Chương 25: Chapter 21 Victors journey into the Hades Horn to get the Ring of Fire the first Ring of Light

As Victor walked up the long and winding staircase, he pulled out the Magic Map and saw that he could no longer see his friends on the map he only saw himself walking towards the Hades Horn. As Victor neared the Gateway of the Horn the Staircase stopped at a huge barren valley that was unnaturally hot.Victor walked though this valley and saw on the map that he was in the Valley of the Horn. Victor looked around the Valley of the Horn and saw that sky was painted blood red as dark red lava was jetting into the air. After several hours of traveling through the valley, Victor was getting thirsty as the heat was unbearable for any mortal man to survive in even several hours in this heat. Victor was not a mortal man he was from beyond the earthly plane and in his training, for becoming a Reality Weaver he had to survive in elements that would kill weaker men. But in this case, Victor had never been in heat such as this He looked around and saw that there was no water to be seen only a large river flowing with dark red molten lava. Victor pushed on he was not going to give up because of some heat. Victor, finally he reached the Gateway of the Horn " Thank the Gods I have made it to the Gateway of the Horn." Victor ran up to the Gateway but stopped as the gateway morphed into a large fiery face the face looked at Victor and said loudly " who dares seek entry to the Hades Horn? Speak your name now or fate will swift and just!" Victor then said to the Fiery face " I am Victor Silvertounge the first of the Six of Legend and the bearer of the Ring of Fire!"the Fiery face examined Victor for a moment then said: " you may pass Victor." As Victor walked through the Gateway of the Horn, he looked at the map and saw that he was in Lavabreathers Shore. Victor looked around and saw that the Hades Horn was a large mountain that was in the shape of a horn. As Victor walked towards the Horn he saw that there was a problem the Hades Horn was surrounded by a huge lake of lava supplied by two volcanos that flow lava throughout the Valley of the Horn Victor looked at the map and it said that this lake is called the Lake of the two Lavabreathers. Victor looked at the Volcanos with he assumed were called Lava Breathers since this place was called Lavabreather Shore. The Lavabreather on the right looked like a screaming man with his hands over his eyes and his mouth wide open with lava pouring out of it. The Lavabreather on the left had his hands over his wars and lava was flowing from both his eyes and mouth into the Lake of the two Lavabreathers. As Victor was walking up to the lake, he saw a large boat made of Fire Hydra Bones rise out of the lava and make its way from the farthest Lavabreather to the shore where Victor was standing watching the ship get closer. As the boat neared the shore Victor could see that the head of the boat had six giant king lava snakeheads carved into the head of the boat. Victor could see a tall skeleton wearing a long black robe with a black hood he had a long oar that was crafted out of Hardened Lava. He used this oar to stir the boat to shore. The figure with his free hand waved his hand from side to side as he did the lava near the shore formed lifted and formed a pier. Victor was unsure to step on the pier that was formed from lava by this mysterious man that he did not know if he were friend or foe. " I think I have to go with this strange being." Victor thought as he looked at the lake and said: " I don't see any other way across the Lake of two Lavabreathers." Victor walked up to the boat and when he approached the being piloting the boat he said "Boatman I am Victor Silvertounge the first of the Six of Legend and the bearer of the Ring of Fire. Are you going to take me to the Ring of Fire?" The Figure looked at Victor with empty soulless eyes and spoke in voices that sounded faraway " yes, it is my sworn duty to take you to the Hades Horn." Victor got onto the Boat and the Figure piloted the boat across the Lake and towards the Hades Horn. As the Figure was piloting the boat Victor asked him " what is your name?" the figure replied, " my name is the Boat Keeper and I have been tasked with protecting the Ring of Fire until its bearer comes to calm it." As the boat approached the Hades Horn Victor saw a large stone archway in the side of the left Lavabreather. the boat went underneath the archway Victor looked around and saw that they were inside the Lavabreather and all around them were crystals of many different shapes and sizes. The Boat-Keeper docked the boat at the shore and once Victor got off of the boat the Boat-Keeper said " this is as far as I can take you. The rest of your journey is in your hands now." The Boat-Keeper pointed a long boney finger to a crystal path and said " the way to the Ring of Fire is to follow the crystal path. Victor nodded and walked down a path that was covered in many different crystals. As Victor walked down this path, he found that he was descending deeper into the Horn. The walls became red and fiery Victor then noticed that he seemed to be in the Heart of the Horn and the Heart of the Horn resting on a platform made of hardened crystal was a gold pedestal that held a ring engulfed in flames. Victor walked up to the Pedestal and took the ring . Once he took the ring and slipped it on his finger. There was a flash of light as the platform crumbled Victor fell into the Lava thinking he was going to die he closed his eyes expecting to be burned alive. The lava burned Victor's skin he could feel the intense heat burn the right side of his face. But instead of instant death, Victor could feel the lava become cold and calming like he was swimming in a lake. His skin was no longer burned his skin hardened and crystallized the burn mark embedding into his skin, Victor's hair had changed from white to dark red and was gifted the power to fly.Victor got out of the lava and examined his face. A deep red third-degree burn was embedded into his skin as a permanent scar, Victor then flew out of the Horn and back to the stairs where he can in. once he entered Caillys house the rest of the Six were outside training when Victor can into the Yard everybody stopped what they were doing and looked at Victor. there was a long period of silence and Cailly was the first to speak " I know that this is a shock to see Victor like this, but this Transformation is called a Guardian Form. I will assure you that when you put the Ring on you will not stay in your Guardian Form forever. You can De-transform into your normal form."She motioned for Victor to come over to her side she then motioned for Nina to came next to her. " Victor could you please give your right hand to Nina. I have heat-sensitive skin so I can't touch you."Nina looked at Victor's face and said, " what happened to your face?" she placed a hand on Victor's face, a cold flame surrounded her hand"Nina!" Luke cried out as he rushed over to her and grabbing her, he pulled her away from Luke." she is not hurt." Victor said Nina turned to Luke and said, " yeah his fire felt cold and calm."Luke nodded he may have acted rashly but he still saw his sister as his responsibility, a duty that he must see through until they find their father.Luke watched Nina talk to Victor their words were silent to him all, Luke had one thought in his mind. "What if I die? Who will take care of my baby sister."?Luke feared only one thing in this world, the loss of his sister this fear had haunted him since there father vanished and Luke became the only person to look out for her. A brilliant flash of light engulfed Victor and after a few seconds he was no longer in his Guardian Form, but his hair was still fiery red, and the scar on his face remained. Victor looked at himself and said, " so when we wear the Rings of Light, we are transformed into are Guardian Form and when we take the Rings off, we are transformed back into are normal form." Cailly said " that is it" she then looked at Adam and said, " but it is different for you Adam when you are transformed into the Warrior of Light you can transform into the Warrior of Light at will." Cailly then collapsed and Ralingar rushed to her side. Kai'la looked at Adam and cried out "Adam!" she grabbed him as his eyes rolled back in his head and were transported into a vision Kai'la grabbed him " No Adam don't die! I don't want to be alone anymore!"Nina walked over to Kai'la who was crying and sat down next to her " Jinji you are not alone, you have me. I will always be by your side no matter what."Kai'la lifted her head and said " thank you" Adam was standing in Cailly house expect it was on fire Adam then heard screaming he ran and found a body facedown. Adam turned this body over and saw that it was a woman with no face, but she had blue fur all over her body. The faceless woman leaped up and wrapped herself around Adam like a snake as she did the room morphed from a house to space Adam looked around and saw that nine planets were aligned. Then at the base, a vortex opened and all Under-hell broke free. Adam could see a creature cloaked in darkness with he assumed was Zargorwarth laughing as demons killed everyone. Adam awoke screaming. Kai'la embraced him and Adam told everyone about his vision. Cailly was quiet and said, " it seems that you had a vision of a possible future." Adam asked, " what is that?" Cailly replied, " it is a future that might happen if it is not prevented." Cailly still struggling to get up said: " Ralingar take me to the Scale I fear that something is wrong." Ralingar helped her get to a large golden scale that on one side had an orb made completely of light and on the other side was an orb made of darkness. Cailly pointed to the orb that was made of light she said: " this is the Orb of Light." The Orb of Light was shrinking and then she pointed to the other orb and said " this is the Orb of Darkness" that orb was getting bigger Cailly said darkly " it is just as I feared Zargorwarth's dark presentence on this world is creating more darkness and has caused the Scale of the Balance to be tipped in the side of Darkness." Cailly sat down and Luke asked Cailly " what happens if the Scale is not corrected?" Cailly replied, " if the Darkness continues to tip the scale of the Balance then the whole world will fall into complete chaos and Zargorwarth will have enough power to recreate Tylingariea in his twisted image." Adam already knew what Zargorwarth would do to them for he had seen it he would kill everyone that has wronged him. Adam asked Cailly " in my vision I saw a planet alinement what does that have to do with anything?" Cailly replied, " every thousand years there is an event that allows the cosmos to be perfectly aligned blurring the barrio between the realm of the living and the realm of the Demons." Adam looked at Ralingar and asked him " Zargorwarth would not be crazy enough to unleash a horde of demons on the world to aide in his pursuit for power?" Ralingar replied " I hope to the Gods that he will not. There are reasons why there is a barrio between them and us." Jason throws his arms in the air and cried out " great if we don't defeat Zargorwarth then the whole world will be consumed in darkness!" Cailly nodded and said, " not just this world but every world, every timeline and all Multiverse past and future will fall into darkness." As they were leaving Luke said jokingly "oh and I thought this was going to be easy." Nina who was walking next to him slapped him on the back of his head and as Luke glared at her she said: "stop joking this is not a game." Luke nodded and mounted his horse. Victor gave the map to Adam so that he would not burn it with his powers. Before they left, they thanked Cailly for her help and Ralingar hugged her and said: " I will be back soon I promise."Cailly nodded she grasped his hand and said " if I never see you again. Just know I love you."Ralingar confused said, " I know." He paused and said, " did you see a possible future for me?"Cailly nodded " Your end will come by one of the foes you make on your journey."Ralingar replied, " I will be fine." He then kissed her and got onto his horse. Once they were out of Deltariea Adam looked at the Map and said, " It looks like the second Ring of Light the Ring of Earth is located in the Forest of Thought." Ralingar then leads them towards the Forest of Thought so that they could retrieve the Second Ring of Light the Ring of Earth.