Cruz could feel the intelligence swirling through his entire brain. He began laughing statistically. "Finally!" "Now no one will stand in my way. Not even Solomon himself!" John fired a beam at Cruz as he continued to talk to himself. Cruz quickly responded catching the beam holding it tightly in his hand. Bits of flesh from his hand began burning away. Cruz tossed the beam into the air. The beam exploded into a giant ball of black smoke. "Such a waste of energy." Cruz began firing multiple spiritual needles at John. John dodged all the spiritual needles, quickly sprinting towards Cruz punching him extremely in the stomach. Blood squirted out of Cruz"s mouth. The force of the punch caused Cruz to lift off his feet smacking against the hard, rough, rocky, ground. This caused him to vomit up more blood. Even though his intelligence increased rapidly, his powers were still the same. As Cruz tried to get on his feet his entire body began to twitch. He held his stomach which now had a huge purple mark that pulsated as if his stomach had a heartbeat.
"You pack a punch." "I really underestimated you. "You really are the perfect weapon of destruction." "I am not a fucking weapon!!" Veins began popping out of John's forehead. Black and red aura began circling his body. The entire Temple Of Knowledge began rumbling. Suddenly a piece of the Temple Of Knowledge broke off like a block of cheddar cheese being broke in half. Cruz jumped off the piece of land firing a spiritual needle inside of John's throat causing the black and red aura to disperse. John ripped the spiritual needle of his throat causing blood to squirt out like a fountain. John tumbled to the ground. His vision was slowly disappearing. Cruz walked up to John picking him up with one hand choking him severely causing more blood to squirt out of his neck. "Such a waste." "I do not want to kill such a magnificent weapon like you." I hope you make better choices in your next life John Santana." As Cruz was about to break John's neck, Cross intervened. Cross punched a giant hole inside of Cruz"s chest ripping out his heart. Cruz instantly dropped John on the ground freezing up like a statue. He instantly turned pale. Cruz turned around starting at Cross vomiting up a lot of blood. Cross still held his heart which continued to pump blood.
"Give that back to me!" "I have had enough of your shit," said Cruz. Cruz began smiling. "You are a fucking fool." "If you kill me you the Council Of Fate Empire will kill you as well as the Resistance." Cruz began laughing. Cross then crushed Cruz"s heart in the palm of his hand. His heart turned instantly to blood. Cruz collapsed in the ground with blood spewing out of his chest. Cruz died with his eyes open. Suddenly Cruz's body began levitating off the ground. All the intelligence inside his body which he got from the Temple Of Knowledge came out of his body in a misty aura form. Suddenly it dispersed. Cruz's body then dropped on the ground causing his head to crack open like a coconut. Cross walked past Cruz's body walking up to John helping on his feet. They no longer needed to be on the former Floating Temple Of Wisdom. When they were about to leave an airship approached. It was Python who was accompanied by five hundred of his soldiers. Python was in the main airship watched Cruz's body out from the ship. He began smiling. Cross had done Python a big thanks. "Open the hatch."
The soldier followed her orders opening the hatch. Python walked down the opening hatch jumping from the opened hatch landing on the former Floating Temple Of Wisdom. Python's injuries were already healed. He did not have one scratch or bruise on his body. He wore a cloak that marked that he was a Resistance leader. He stared at Cross and began smiling. "Bravo." "I knew your strength would have increased." "You now have the power to kill a Councilman." "You're from the Resistance, aren't you?"
"Correct." "Why are you here?" I originally came here to kill Cruz and take the Temple Of Knowledge for myself. "However, it looks like I arrived too late." "Because of your Hades and Odin will be angry." I can't go back to them empty-handed. Python suddenly stopped talking. He pointed his finger at Cross like a gun firing poison bullets at him. Cross rolled out of the way dodging the poison bullets. Cross quickly stood on his feet firing a beam at Python. When Python was about to grab the beam, Orion intervened grabbing Python two hands placing him in submission. "Tch." "I never said you could intervene." Poison began spewing out of Python's scales. The beam Cross fired engulfed both Python and Orion. When the smoke cleared up Python was perfectly fine.
Orion evaded the beam just in time. Python began laughing. Suddenly he looked at Cruz"s body. It was not Cruz. The one thought to be Cruz on the ground was a weak Councilman named Cruz. The one who controlled Cruz was a much stronger Councilman named Noir. Noir was the master of puppet masters. He could make you slit your own throat against your will, he could make you cut out your own heart, or he could make you jump off a cliff. He also could make you think that you were him making you look like him. His power was a mixture of illusion and puppeteer. His real name was Alec. "You fucking fools." "You have been tricked." Suddenly armies from the Council Of Fate Empire began firing plasma cannons at the Temple Of Knowledge. The entire Temple Of Knowledge exploded killing all Of Python's soldiers. The entire Temple Of Knowledge turned to dust. Luckily, Cross, Sarah, Jesse, Orion, Lucia, Akashiri, and Naomi avoided the ambush orchestrated by Alec.