Switch again to another place of battle, or rather on the first floor of the Sword Freedom headquarters building. There was a fight still going on between Ren against Razor, very intense fire and water clashes continued to spark throughout their fight. Even though Ren attacked with all his might, the water slashes he gave could always be blocked by Razor's powerful fire power.
Even though Razor's shield power had been exchanged for fire power thanks to the use of the fire necklace relic, he was still able to have a very strong defense thanks to the immense fire power generated from his hands. So that Razor becomes a very complete fighter in terms of defense and in terms of attack, especially from his fire blows that can destroy various objects. Even if Ren didn't have the power of water, then it was certain that Ren was already roasted to death already.
On the other hand, when his friends are struggling, and fighting against powerful enemies. Inside the black dome, Alex still has to deal with the dark side inside him, right now he is really being manipulated by the Demon King who wants to control his body from within, while outside Alex's body who is being enveloped by the black dome, there is Jefirros who was overseeing the whole process of black spirit that will taking over Alex's body.
On the inside, Alex's dark side keeps talking to him. "Alex, you are a Holy knight who has amazing power... You should use your power to kill anyone you don't like, that way you can rule over all mankind on this earth... Come join me, so that you can become the greatest human being, and can have anything you want."
After Hearing that, Alex's body started to wobble a little and he started to lose his consciousness, so without will power left, his body started to move on its own and walked closer to his dark side, he stretch his hand to the front. While walking, Alex didn't show any facial expression other than a blank stare.
While outside, Jefirros started to smile, because he saw the black dome covering Alex's body was getting smaller in size and it seemed like all the power of darkness was about to enter Alex's body completely. That means Alex's body will soon become the Demon King's, and Jefirros' goal will soon be achieved.
But before that happened, suddenly Jefirros had an uninvited guest, who undetected swung his sword at him. That person was none other than Ara, who appeared by sneaking beside Jefirros and then giving a surprise attack in the form of a drawn sword. But unfortunately Jefirros was able to anticipate the attack, he used his greatsword to block Ara's sword s***h attack.
And after that, because Jefirros was stronger, he could easily push Ara's body to the side and hit the wall.
After that, Jefirros asked. "Who are you? You damn intruder?!"
But Ara did not intend to reveal her name. She yelling. "Let go of Alex! He has no right to be treated like that!" Ara snapped at Jefirros.
"Hmm, who do you think you are?"
"I am his friend?"
"Hahha... I don't care, you won't be able to do anything. You're just a girl, and even your sword power is still level 1 ... So, you better get out now. And don't bothering me."
"Don't underestimate me!" Said Ara.
Then Ara started running and dealt various slashing attacks towards Jefirros. At first Jefirros parried all the attacks casually, but over time he began to feel a little overwhelmed, because Ara has a fighting technique that is not to be underestimated, so several times she could almost land a cut on Jefirros' body. In addition, her flexible body also allows Ara to move more freely and her attacks can reach unanticipated parts of the opponent's body.
Ara's fighting ability, of course, she got from her hard training with her brother. Even though until now her elemental power has not yet awakened, but Ara's sword fighting skills are getting honed every day thanks to the strenuous training that Ren gave to her, so that she can be called a female warrior swordsman.
While continuing to attack Jefirros, Ara shouted at Alex.
"Alex listen to me! Wake up! Let's get out of here!"
However, Jefirros wouldn't let Ara act as she pleased in that place. Surprisingly Jefirros began to show the power of his element, namely the power of the earth element, which could give Jefirros the freedom to create rock or dirt attacks. He quickly backed away from Ara, then created a stone wall that blocked Ara's s***h. After that Jefirros gave a powerful s***h attack that was able to split the stone wall into two, then because the s***h was so strong, Ara who couldn't see the opponent's movement because she was blocked by the wall, was immediately shocked and almost hit by the s***h, then due to the strong wave generated from the attack, Ara's body was immediately pushed and fell backwards.
Meanwhile, inside Alex's body, when Alex was about to shake hands with his dark side, he suddenly stopped and just stood there in silence, because he can hearing the voice of Ara from the outside. Hence, his dark side started to feel irritated and told him to hurry over. But suddenly the expression on Alex's face changed, and he stared at his dark side with sharp eyes.
Alex said, "I can hear Ara's voice."
"What? Th- It wasn't anyone's voice. It was just your imagination." Alex's dark side is starting to panic.
"Ara is in danger." said Alex.
"Yeah, that's why you have to join me, so we can save Ara together." Persuade the dark side.
"No, that's wrong." Alex said while walking back.
"Come on Alex, lets join with me."
"No! Because you are my dark side, then I can also feel your desires, which I have never agreed to! ... You want power and destruction, but I am different from you, I will not obey everything you say!"
"W-what?"
"I alone will determine my destiny, and determine who I am. Indeed i am a Holy knight. And I will not use this power of mine to destroy or rule over mankind ... I will only use this power to protect and create peace!" said Alex.
"Hahahahaha!!! You're so naive! ...In this cruel world, how can you create peace without hurting or killing people huh? You're still a kid!"
"Even if I have to hurt someone, then I will only hurt that person because he deserves it... Not because I want to."
"W- what?"
Then with a hard fist, Alex hit his dark side in the face until he fell down. So with that, Alex has officially succeeded in defeating his own dark side. He accepted the existence of the dark side within him, but he would not allow his dark side to change or control him.
For a moment Alex spoke to the owner of the black dome dimension. "... You are the Demon King who took advantage of my dark side form right? so you can take over my body completely. But I won't be persuaded by you at all, because even though I've always been ostracized and treated badly by other people, but i can finally have friends who treats me well, who believes and is proud of me, so there is no reason for me to harm many people or rule this world at all." said Alex.
Meanwhile in the outside world, when Ara was busy dodging the attacks of the rocks flying at her. Ara suddenly felt shocked, because she saw the black dome that covered Alex's entire body had now begun to fade and disappear without a trace, so now all that visible was Alex's figure and the pagoda relic lying on the floor, Alex stand up with a sharp gaze in there. And besides being surprised, Ara also wondered in her mind, did Alex really come to his senses, or was he now under the control of the Demon King?
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