Back in "Woodnd of Dreams", Shokei and her party continued to walk further into another forest and are heading downhill. Then, the party has made their way to another destination that is marked on the map, The Astral Beach of Memories. The party looks around the field as they see that the beach looks clean, and the sands looks smooth not he surfaces. The endless ocean is quiet as the sea waves touch the sand to make the surface wet.
"Oooh...pretty..." Mariko said, admiring the location.
"Looks...very quiet around here." Shokei said.
"My people make visits here in spending time on the beach." Young said. "We enjoy swimming out in the ocean, to py, and to dream by rexing out in the sand. Now it's all quiet here due to the curse."
"I see." Mariko said.
"We need to hunt down the st member of the Three Little Evils." Shokei said. "But the question is where is that fiend hiding?"
"Maybe...the shores?" Mariko asked.
"Hmmm..." Shokei thinks about it for a second. "Maybe...but we'll just have to find out ourselves. Let's check out this area while we're at it."
The party did as they walk in the shores of the beach. Shokei can hear the endless ocean as the waves of the current is gently touching the surface. The party continues further until they spot something ahead. There appears to be two people lying on the sand.
"Ummm..." Mariko, feeling disturbed from what she sees, asked. "A-Are...are they..."
"Dead?" Egoh finished her sentence.
"Let's check it out." Shokei said to her party.
The party heads over to investigate the figures on the sand. There, the party can see that there are two hares, but they don't appear to be dead at all. However, the hares are in a state of despair as the dark energy consumed into them. One of them has their eyes closed, still breathing. The other hare looks up to see that there are newcomers in his view.
"Hey!" Young called out to him. "You're still awake."
The hare blinks as he stares up in the air.
"What just happened here?" Young asked him. "And why are you and your partner here are the only ones on the beach?"
"It...its terrible..." The hare responded weakly. "S-some...vile creature...p-pgued t-this beach..."
"Really?" Young asked him. "Do you happen to know what she looked like? And where can we find that fiend around here?"
"N.... not...sure...." The hare replied. "L...look...around...let...me...s-sleep..."
The hare closed his eyes as he drifts back to sleep.
"Oh no." Young said, shaking her head. "Even if he's asleep, the curse is strong around here."
"Then we'll need to search the area." Shokei said. "I bet the st of those Little Evils is hiding out in this beach."
The party continues their trail into the beach. They scout around the area and hopes to find anything that would lead them into finding the final fragment piece. Walking ahead, the party spots a cave just ahead.
"Do you think the enemy is hiding inside that cave?" Mariko asked.
"I bet she is." Shokei said. "It's a wild guess, but let's check it out."
"Sure."
Shokei and her party enters the cave. Inside, the party walks through a passageway until they find an opening. Looking around the field, Shokei can see that there are big, sealed doors. Examining the doors, Shokei can see that the doors appear to be ancient and it looks to be sealed off by magic. The door appears to have a hole in the center, which keeps both doors tightly closed.
"A sealed door..." Shokei said.
"What do you think is behind this door here?" Mariko asked.
"This door...I have no idea what this door leads to." Young said.
"Quite fascinating because I've never seen a door inside of a cave before." Egoh said.
"This door..." Shokei said. "Perhaps, this could be...a way..."
"Huh?! Wh-what's that?!"
Suddenly, the party can hear a rumbling sound heading straight at them. There appears to be a huge iron ball charging right at them at full speed. Shokei takes Mariko and leaped away along with Egoh and Young as they dodged away from the threat. The iron ball hits the sealed doors as the ball magically shatters into tiny pieces. The party looks back to see that the ball has been destroyed but the sealed doors are still in pce. The party looks around on who tried to kill them off until Mariko looks ahead to see someone in the air.
"W-who's that?!" Mariko asked.
Shokei looks to see that there is a someone inside the cave. There, she and her party can see that there is someone floating in the air. The figure turns out to be a halfling in a mercenary outfit and holds a two-handed great sword, which is a Zweihander. With a bck bow on the back of its head, the halfling grins mischievously as it looks down at the party.
"Gah ha ha! I knew that all of you would be foolish enough to find me." The halfling said.
"Who the hell are you?" Shokei asked.
"I am one half of the Three Little Evils, Onat the Wreckless." The halfling introduced herself. "I sense that there was those who are unaffected by the despair I caused in this beach."
"And it looks like we're the ones who are unaffected." Mariko said.
"Don't tell me." Onat said. "I bet you're looking for the st fragment piece that you need to restore that pitiful Kingdom, right?"
"And your guess is good as mine." Shokei said.
"Speaking of that, what lies behind that door?" Mariko asked the halfling. "What are you hiding behind there?"
"My duty is to protect that door at all costs." Onat replied. "I'll make sure that neither of you will leave here alive."
"And we'll make sure that we smite you permanently." Mariko said back at her.
"Speaking of that, we fought against your sisters and defeated them by our hands." Shokei said. "You're all that is left of the trio and we're here to fetch that fragment you possess."
"You...w-what?!" Onat said furiously. "You killed my sisters?! You bashful murderers!"
Onat feels enraged to hear that her sisters have fallen. Shokei sees the enemy in a raged look that quickly made her unsheathe her sword out. The party did the same as they are all set, ready for battle.
"You b-bastards..." Onat angrily said. "Y-you have the nerve to say that you killed my sisters...t-that is something I'll never forgive you!!"
The enemy grips her Zweihander and points her great sword at the party.
"Know your pce!" Onat shouted. "Engarde!!"
The fight commences as Shokei and her party cshes against Onat the Wreckless. The fight against the st of the Three Little Evils proven to be tough as the halfling was skilled in wielding a two-handed sword. The party evades and dodges the enemy's attack as Onat swings her sword violently, leading her use of the Zweihander with big swings and unpredictable movements. The enemy made the fight even more impossible as Onat teleports around the field in order to make contact against her opponents.
The party stands their ground as they take caution in fighting against the enemy. Shokei turns to see that Onat appeared from behind and the enemy swings her sword downward. Immediately, she guards herself against the attack, but notices a steamy effect when the sword made a connection.
"W-what the? Poison?" Shokei said, recognizing the effect that was given off from the enemy's sword.
"Ha! So, you can easily tell that my sword has been fused with poison." Onat said. "Feel the bane of my sword...when it touches you."
"Everyone, the sword is poisoned!" Shokei informed the party. "Stay away from it!"
The party hears this as they are aware of the enemy's poisoned weapon.
Onat looks at her targets. She waits as she is figuring out on who she should go after. Her eyes have her attention on Mariko. Onat teleports and reappears behind her target. Young saw what the enemy was trying to do, and she rushes in for the attack. Onat sees her coming and she rammed her body straight at her stomach. Young felt the enemy striking at her in the gut, catching her off guard, and then she felt the sword connecting against the side of her shoulder causing an open cut wound.
"Ahhhhh!!"
"Oh no!! Y-young!!"
Young falls on the sandy ground and felt the pain and sting from the enemy's sword. The steam of the poison affected her body as the Hare lies on the ground. Egoh comes to her aid and protects her from the vicious enemy. Onat ughs as she is amused to see that she was able to strike a target with poison.
Seeing that the situation is becoming dangerous, Shokei grips her sword to charge at Onat. The halfling sees Shokei coming directly at her, and she tries to take a swing against her with her great sword. Shokei makes a dive to avoid the enemy's attack by making a roll for it. Then, she grabs a handful of sand and gets up in time to throw sand at Onat's face. The enemy was caught off guard as her eyes were blind sighted by the sand. As the enemy was trying to wipe her face, Shokei sees the opening ahead and she thrust her sword into the body. Onat gasped as she felt the sword penetrating through her body. She felt the sword has stabbed right into her heart. Shokei kept the sword in pce as she sees the enemy has blood pouring out of her mouth. She kicks the enemy away from her, letting her sword loose, sending the enemy down to the floor. Onat lies there motionless as she was instantly defeated. Then, the corpse of the body dissolved into ashes as it fades away.
"Yes! You did it!" Mariko cheered for Shokei.
With the enemy defeated, Shokei and Mariko looks back at Young. Egoh checks the Hare out by examining her shoulder. The ssh was a heavy one, near dismemberment, but looking carefully, the poison does not turn out to be ordinary as the effect of the poison is spreading out on Young's body.
"N-No! No! D-Don't touch me!!" Young warned the others as she felt the poison affecting her body.
"Huh?" Shokei paused as she looks at Young to see the poison is making her body feel weak.
"No..." Young shakes her head. "T-this poison is n-not n-normal...uh, uhhhhhh..."
Young coughs as she tries to clear her throat. Mariko looks carefully to see that the Hare's tongue is turning dark purple.
"N-no!" Mariko said with a worried look. "W-we need to save you! Please! My magic can work..."
"N-no..." Young said as she coughs louder. "...it...won't work...just..."
"Even with my magic...I don't know how to cure someone." Egoh said sadly.
"Its...its fine..." Young said as she made a few more coughs. "Ju...just these words...everyone..."
The party listened to her as Young can see everyone around her.
"I...I'm gd I m-made it far with all of you..." Young tells them. "...b-but...it seems we h-have defeated...those vile beings..."
Shokei looks down on Young as she gets her attention.
"I...I'm sorry that I have to d-die...like this..." Young said. Her voice is getting weaker. "...ju...just...save Hogsfeet...and...and..."
Unable to finish her st sentence, Young turns her head as she passed as the poison succumbed her. She lies there on the sandy ground, deceased, as she could not breathe no more. Shokei, Mariko, and Egoh turned their heads away to avert their attention on Young's dead corpse. Mariko has tears in her eyes as she felt disturbed to see someone dead in front of her. She held Shokei close as Shokei closed her eyes in silence to pay their respects towards Young. Within a minute, Shokei opens her eyes and looks back on the site to where she has defeated Onat. There, she has found the st fragment piece.
Shokei lets go of Mariko and she slowly approaches the fragment piece. She takes the fragment piece in her hand and looks down on it. Suddenly, the fragment pieces are coming together. Shokei, Mariko, and Egoh look to see that the pieces have connected to fuse into a Medallion. The Medallion of Prophecy has been restored.
Shokei felt the Medallion touching her hand. She feels the smoothness of the important item in her hand.
The shiny texture of the Medallion made it shine a bit. The feature of the Medallion has an evocation symbol included.
"Oooh...pretty." Mariko said, examining the medallion on Shokei's hand.
"The Medallion of Prophecy...it looks brand new..." Egoh said, getting a closer look at the item. "This will be the key to restore humanity back to the Woodnd of Dreams."
"Er, how do we restore your world back to normal again?" Mariko asked.
"We need to pce the medallion back on the statue in Hogsfeet." Egoh replied. "The fountain is the main source of power that is needed to restore the life in the world."
"I see." Mariko said.
"Now that we have the medallion, we need to head back to the castle." Shokei said.
"Right...and hopefully we should find some meaning behind that sealed door." Mariko said.
"Before that..."
Shokei looks back on Young's corpse. Mariko and Egoh also look back on their fallen ally. The three of them knew what needs to be done and together, they went over to take Young and escorted her out of the cave.
Outside, the party dug up the sand as much as they can. It took them some time to dig through the sand deep enough for a burial. After they have dug up much sand, Shokei and Egoh carefully put Young inside to rest. Then, all three of them buried Young with all the sand that they dug up. Being creative in honoring their fallen ally, they look around to find seashells and by collecting enough shells, they all pce the shells surrounding the mark of her grave. Luckily, Egoh found a stone tablet, crooked and solid, and pced it right at the mark to where Young has been buried. The memorial site is complete.
The party takes a moment of silence to honor Young. Mariko takes her witch hat off to show solidarity. Shokei has her arms crossed and has her head down in silence. Egoh closed his eyes, and he gave a silent prayer. A few minutes have passed as the wind blows and the sound of the ocean is heard calmly.
Shokei looks among her party members, Mariko and Egoh. They realized that they done their part in paying tribute. Shokei gestures her head to indicate that she is leaving. The party leaves the burial area.
Shokei and her party are leaving the Astral Beach. Just ahead, Mariko sees something.
"Wait a minute...look."
Shokei looks up and there she sees Queen Ogiva standing there. She notices that the Queen is all by herself as she looks at Shokei.
"Th-the Queen of the Hare Kingdom...wh-what is she doing here?" Egoh asked.