The Dreamer's POV

I jetted to the door of the standing hut. The hut in itself was larger than the others, much more elegant, but outside of that, there was nothing outside of normalcy around it, nothing that told of danger.

I felt the others coming to me. Park was at my side as soon as I stretched forward my hand. I held the knob, and opened the door.

It was pitch dark, I held out my glowing hand to have the light emanating from me to brighten things up, nothing changed however.

I ignored it, and went into the darkness. I walked for a couple tens of minutes and I hadn't encountered anything. The energy licking my skin illuminated just inches away from me but that didn't suffice. I created an energy ball and flung it forward, and yet, there was nothing. The light was dimmer than I expected, it shrunk to just an inch around the ball.

'Hmmm…'

I took another step, and I felt the surface I stood on cracked. I wanted to hover and fly away when the surface broke apart and I fell. For some reason I couldn't fly, and <Grand Flight> wasn't working.

I fell and I was suspended, it was like a taut rope stopped me from falling down further.

The engulfing darkness suddenly flared up, and I was in a place riddled with multitudes of lakes and rivers of molten rock and flames.

I felt Park's presence but I couldn't see him, and then he was standing behind me.

"I thought I was going to be trapped in that carpeting darkness forever." He said.

"Don't rejoice yet." I muttered. Then, I began feeling the presence of others, but they weren't close to me as Park was. My vision zoomed, and I spotted them at different locations. I stood atop a rocky hill with rivers of molten rock running down from it and joining up into a stream.

The others were at different hills, with some being atop jutting rocks just by plateaus and spires. The sky was dark, illuminated by the red fiery gas that continuously drifted upwards.

I heard sounds of battle, and I was sure the others did as it echoed across the expanse.

I activated <dragon eyes> and moved my eyes about seeking to find the area of conflict.

"There!" Park cried, pointing up west of where we stood.

I saw Lucy Fer and Caleb exchanging attacks with a large smirking dragon kin. This one however wasn't like the rest. First, it was clothed in purple robes, its scales were red, and it was incredibly massive–about three times the size of Caleb and Lucy.

I saw blinding bright attacks come from the two of them, they unleashed combos and they looked to be giving their all. The dragon kin on the other hand was at ease with them. He fought well, but he was clearly not giving his all, and I watched as he unleashed powerful flame attacks.

I took a step to join when I felt some other hostile presence. Hovering before me were two large dragon lords in robes as well, though theirs wasn't as elegant as the one that fought Lucy and Caleb.

They shared themselves amongst those of the alliance. In total, there were six of them, with two facing us and the four divided amongst the alliance members.

I outstretched my right hand, and on it materialized the Wyvern Blade, it gleamed to the light of the expanse and I held it up to the pair like a warning.

They both smiled. They blurred soon after, and I felt a pressure above me. A powerful fist came down at me, and swiftly, I held up my blade and stopped the attack with a loud clang. The surface below me sank to the force.

My teeth were gritted. The force behind the punch was incredible. I pushed back the blow and arched the blade for a cut to its flank, however, it backstepped and I missed.

I didn't stop there. I thrust my opened left hand and sent an energy attack. It crisscrossed its arms and blocked the blast.

I teleported behind it and drove my sword down on its back. My blade went through it, and momentarily I was relieved but the image blurred and I sensed the dragon lord behind me.

A massive fireball came down at me and boom, it struck.

I was hurled down over the force of the blow. I had activated <Haven> and the energy shield around me protected me against the attack.

The dragon lord continued as it appeared before me and drove forward punches, striking and striking with loud clangs as my shield repelled its attacks.

It raised its arm and left it hanging up longer than it had been. Flames sprouted around the hand and the hand became a blade of fire. It came down at me, intending to cut through my Haven.

The clash generated a powerful shockwave that spread across the expanse.

My Haven stood strong, unfazed by the blow and I smirked triumphantly as I undid the Haven and struck my blade, digging it into its flesh.

It screamed in pain, and I was certain that it wasn't an afterimage this time around. I then projected an energy blast through the blade and it flared up within him.

I was certain that it was a goner with that move as it fell to its knees and steam oozed from. That was until it held my blade and slowly raised its face to my perturbed eyes.

It smirked and stretched its arms, gripping me, my blade still imbedded and driven further into it.

Its eyes lit up in excitement, and I heard it mutter some words, "True Flame." A chill ran through my spine and I was frozen.

I was bathed in the hottest of flames. I felt my body torn apart by the flames, and my nerves searing in pain, and I screamed as I had never screamed before.

I was engulfed by the incredibly hot flames, it was all that I could see, all that existed but the pain.

Was this the end for me?