"V-Vor?!"

Vor: You all know what my element is, right? It should be obvious.

Xiel: Wait.. so, you weren't.. hurt at all?

Vor: Hmm, yeah.

Reus: Where's the king?

Vor: In ashes.

Shocked, they didn't know who they were talking to anymore.

Nyx: Vor?

Vor: Ahh, my brother. Yes, what is it?

Nyx: Is that.. really you?

Vor: So-so. Probably.

"...what?"

"I told you, it's me. But it's another me. But I'm still me."

Xiel: What.. what is going on?

Cylo: I have no idea as well.

Reus: Well, now that he's here. We can go back now, right?

Xiel: *Sigh* Damn it, Vor. We actually had to go to another building then came back here just to rescue you.

They all turned and went back.

Reus: Yeah. Good thing Nyx was there, we could've died.

Vor: ...Oh..?

Xiel: And what about you, Cylo?

Cylo: Well, I don't really know. Mind if I joined you guys for a bit?

Nyx: Yeah. We could use someone as transportation.

Cylo: Grrr..

Reus: Haha, nice to have you on the team, then.

Cylo looked intently at Reus, and smiled.

Cylo: Yeah, thanks!

Nyx was thinking. Is this all? Why does it feel so.. strange?

It's not like the time where I destroyed a whole city.. no.. this time it felt different.

This time... it didn't seem like it would end in an ending that I was expecting..

He turned around, and looked at Vor. Something feels... off.

Nyx: Hey.. Vor? You avoided my question. Who are you..?

Vor: Bro, what are you expecting, some kind of evil monster? Haha..

Xiel: Now that I think about it, you never used that.. element.. in your hand.

She pointed at his hand, which showed a light that was faint. He closed his hand like he was about to punch, but Xiel still saw it.

Vor: ..I just found this out as well.

Nyx: I don't buy it. If it was really inside you, you could've unlocked it years ago.

Cylo whispered something to Nyx, and she has the same feeling as his.

Cylo (whisper): Nyx.. there's something strange about.. him. Why didn't no one comment that he came out in actual sea of fire? Or that the floor below exploded?

They were now in the 4th floor. Vor was listening, but he didn't utter a word.

Reus: Nyx.. do you remember what you said? The one with the 100% talent and stuff?

Nyx: Don't tell me..

Reus: Yeah.. he's element attribute in Fire is over 150%.

Nyx: Wait.. what?! I thought it was 100%?! Damn! That's nice, then!

Vor: ...

Xiel: Oh? I haven't actually heard of that! Nice, dude!

Vor: ...

Reus: Yeah.. although you have no magical prowess, but we can do something about it, don't you think?

Vor: ...

Xiel: Yeah!

They then turned back again, and continued walking.

Vor: ...Stop..

Nyx: ?

They didn't bother to look around, because they thought that he was talking to his imaginary.. friend. Oblivious of the fact that the friend that they were thinking about was the one standing behind them.

Vor: I.. I don't need your fucking congratulations..

Nyx: Huh?

Vor: You'd probably think that it was my fault again.. You'd think that I'm a nuisance because I'm an irregular..

Xiel: Vor..?

Nyx: The hell are you talking about?

Vor: SEriously? You guys haven't figured it out?

From somewhat depressed to prideful, something is really off with Vor.

Vor: Hahahaha, they use my power to.. power up this city. It was simple. The king was the one who brought me here.

Nyx: Wait.. where is the king?

Vor: As you can see, he's there.

He pointed at the sea of flames.

Xiel: W-what about those other irregulars!? What happened?

Again, he pointed at the sea of flames.

Cylo: ...This is.. what they were hiding? All this time?

Vor: Yeah. Of course. Fuck. Haven't you listened, at all?

Xiel: Vor.. you.. you killed all those irregulars..

Vor: If you think about it, Nyx has a larger body count than mine.

Reus: That was different, Vor. They were going to kill us, whereas those irregulars didn't do anything. They didn't deserve this.

Vor: Oh, shut up. When did you become the goody-two-shoes?

Reus was angered by his remark. He knows what those irregulars feel because they were the same as him and Xiel. They were locked up against their will, and forced to do whatever those who locked them up force them to do.

Nyx: Reus, it's ok. He's probably throwing a fit right now.

Reus: Nyx.. how the HELL IS THAT OK?! HE LITERALLY BURNED PEOPLE WHO WERE SUFFERING ALREADY!

Nyx: ....

The memories of him triumphantly stomping over the city of Krux had a side that he didn't even considered up until now. The reason why the man that drove the carriage and sold them was because he was suffering already, and it got even worse when his city got destroyed. The city that everyone was living, and probably worked hard to earn a house there all got destroyed when he "triumphantly" stomped the knights. He never got to think about the ones who were affected by his actions.

Vor: Hey, have you ever wondered what Nyx did?

And just to rub the salt to the wound, Vor mentioned that incident again.

Cylo: Nyx..?

Vor: He destroyed a city, for God's sake. Consider this, what happens when a city is destroyed?

Nyx: ...

Vor: The city would go into total discord. And, on top of that, the whole monarchy and the whole line of defense was gone in one night. The people who were already suffering in that city would have to suffer more, because someone decided to kill the king.

Nyx: You speak of that as if I actually did anything. I was covering your stupid ass, you fuck. You killed the king, not me.

Vor: Yeah. But it was a monarchy, Nyx. Someone would've take the position even if the king was killed. What you did scared them off, leaving the city in shambles. Did you ever think about that?

Nyx: That wouldn't even happen if you didn't stab the king! I tried to save you. You were the one who started that whole incident.

Reus: ...Although, you both were wrong, Nyx only did it for you, Vor.

Reus seemingly calmed down, and said that.

Xiel: Yeah, Vor. Nyx only wants the best for you, that's why we came here to rescue you. You're our friend.

Vor: Nyx, Nyx, NYX, NYX! GOD! MY POINT IS THAT HE ISN'T A FUCKING SAINT! YOU ALL KEPT ALLYING WITH HIM BECAUSE HE'S STRONG, AM I RIGHT?!

Reus: No, Vor. We allied with him because he's right. He did something wrong, and he may seem like he doesn't care at all, but he tried to help us, helped this girl over here, and even tried to help you.

Vor: HELP ME? HAHAHAHAHA! HELP?! HE DOESN'T EVEN CARE! HE THINKS OF ME AS A NUISANCE. FUCK, IF HE DOESN'T HAVE THAT IMMORTALITY OF HIS, I WOULD HAVE KILLED HIM A LONG TIME AGO.

Nyx: ..Vor. That's enough. I-

Vor: SHUT THE HELL UP. YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I'VE HELD IT IN. I don't even know who's talking right now. ahAHAHAHAHAHa.

Reus: Vor, calm down.

...

Vor: I'm real tired of your bullshit.

Vor charged at Reus, and pinned him down by making him lose his balance. He then used his element, Fire..

With that, he ripped out Reus's arm. He threw it at the stairs that was going up.

Xiel: Vor...!

Vor: Don't fucking move if you don't want him to turn into the same fucking material your brother turned into. You know, Ashes.

Xiel: ...You're not.. Vor.

Vor: I am me. Always have, always been.

Wood materialized from the ground, and a pillar came out of it, crashing Vor into the bridge's ceiling. The bridge was made out of glass, and the glass was beginning to crack. Fire and Ground, Lava, was leaking out of the broken glass. It didn't affect Vor, and Vor just burned the wood that came crashing to him, hurting Cylo.

Vor broke out and tried to run to Reus to kill him, but Xiel was there and tried to stop him by multiplying herself and tried to confuse him.

Xiel: Don't..

Vor summoned his element, and the element materialized in his arm, turning his arm into a burning weapon. Because it was a small space, Xiel had the disadvantage. The clones were destroyed in an instant because they weren't that strong to begin with, and Xiel didn't want to hurt Vor, but she had to, so she tried to pierce through his body but unfortunately, Vor quickly retaliated.

Xiel was caught off guard by his retaliation, but she was luckily saved by Nyx, who slashed in front of her, creating a shockwave. Vor dodged it, so it didn't do any damage.

Nyx: Cylo.. you're at a disadvantage here. You can't fight him, since his element is opposite to yours. Take Reus, and escape.

Cylo: Shit.. are you going to be okay?

Nyx: Yeah.

Cylo: Not you, her.

Xiel: I.. I don't know.. I'll be okay. I'll be fine.

Cylo left. Using her guise, she quickly carried Reus on her element, Wood. They went up above first.

Nyx and Xiel were left, and facing them, was a Vor that they didn't know.