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Ra'Sha landed at the base of the dune, his wings combining back into the holy wind. "I am unsure, there is no telling what he has prepared. This tomb is very peculiar in that no divine essence can penetrate it's walls. The Annihilus are born without gods and die without gods, once we step in there we're on our own.", he said, slowly walking up the dune to the massive archway, looking down into the seemingly endless staircase. "I suppose if I had to guess, then we should keep him from cornering us both in one place.", he said, his voice sounding resonant.

Ra'Sha began to descend the stairway, followed closely by Kasumi. As they descend, torches along the wall light themselves as they pass. "The tomb expects us...", he whispered. The stairway goes on for what seems like forever until they come to the bottom. Several torches light along the wall to reveal the massive stone door, the depiction of angels and demons gathering around a well glowing softly. Golden sparks form along his unarmored arm as his blade forms from the light within him. A harsh, abyssal laughter can be heard from behind the slab as it begins to rise into the ceiling, opening up to the long hall like room of the tomb's main chamber. The chains on the ceiling clatter against each other as torches along the pillars light themselves, bathing the room in a dim glow. Far at the end of the room, Arkon stands facing them, blade in hand as Rian'Ka lays unconscious on the altar. "Welcome...Welcome to the last place you will ever draw breath", Arkon hissed, his voice echoing down the chamber.

Arkon raised his sword and slashed down vertically, splitting the fire blasts as they reach him. The spirit walls hummed around him as a fanged grin cracks his face. "You don't get it, my dear. This is MY grounds!", he hissed, as he raised his sword and stabbed it into the ground. Walls of black force formed very close to his body then expanded outward suddenly and swiftly, shattering the walls she placed around him. The black force dispersed as he began to walk slowly down the hall, scraping his blade across the stone pillars as he passes. Ra'Sha growled as he rushed the abyssal, taking his holy blade in both hands and holding it to his side as he charged. He swung his blade horizontally at Arkon when the two were within slashing range. The abyssal brought his blade up and caught Ra'Sha's in a block, the two blades grinding together and throwing off a shower of black and gold sparks.

Arkon pushed against Ra'Sha's blade, causing him to stumble back. The abyssal leaps backwards, planting a foot against a pillar and pushing off with great strength. He slashed his blade horizontally at the incoming fire and spirit projectiles, devouring them with his negative energy blade. He launched toward Kasumi as he pulled his blade back to swing, as Ra'Sha lept off of a nearby pillar up toward the abyssal. Ra'Sha grabbed Arkon's ankle as the abyssal swung his blade, missing Kasumi's face by mere inches as Ra'Sha growled with righteous fury and hurled Arkon back down the hall. The abyssal back flipped as he tumbled through the air and landed on his feet, sliding to a stop at the far end of the room. "Very clever, Lightbringer. But It will all be for naught, she will be mine and YOU will be dead!", Arkon roared.

Arkon cracked a wider grin as he saw Kasumi run past Ra'Sha toward the altar. "Got you!", he hissed, striking his blade off the edge of the well. The ringing of the blade's resonation echoed throughout the room, the chains on the ceiling rattling wildly. A pair of black metal shackles launched down drom the ceiling and clamped around Kasumi's wrists, crackling negative energy coursing into her mana channels and devouring her energy as fast as she can conjure it. The chains pulled her against a pillar and wrapped tightly around her waist, a second pair of shackles clamping around her ankles, binding her to the pillar as the black energy drains her strength.

Ra'Sha saw the chains bind Kasumi to the pillar and he roared in fury. He charged Arkon, who charged right back. Ra'Sha took his blade in both hands and swung horizontally with all his might, blinded by rage. Arkon scoffed, "Pathetic!", as he dropped to his knees and slid under Ra'Sha's swipe. The abyssal stood swiftly after Ra'Sha's swipe and slashed across his midsection. Ra'Sha screamed in pain as blood splattered from the gash and black energy crackled over his wound, drawing intense amounts of heat from his body. Ra'Sha stumbled, vision going blurry as blood poured from the open wound. Arkon turned to face Ra'Sha, swinging his blade out to the side to splatter the blood against the pillar that Kasumi was secured to. "It ends, Lightbringer.", Arkon hissed.

The fireball collided with Arkon's back as it was turned, stumbling him foreward. The abyssal growled as he turned to Kasumi, raising his blade as if to strike. "Insolent wretch!", he hissed. Ra'Sha seized the opportunity and slashed out horizontally with his blade. Arkon, however, spun on his heel at the sound of Ra'Sha's growls and caught the blade of light in a block with his blade of dark, twirling the blade around Ra'Sha's and yanking it from his grip. Arkon hurled the blade across the floor and walked over to Ra'Sha, the Lightbringer's mouth agape and dumbstruck. Arkon kicked Ra'Sha hard on his wound, sending him to his back with a pained scream. "Enough of this game, Lightbringer. It ends NOW!", Arkon roared as he stood over Ra'Sha, blade in both hands and pointed down at his chest. Arkon roared with fury as he thrust his blade into Ra'Sha's chest, the Lightbringer gasping as the negative energy sword impaled through him.