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Chapter 22: The Room of Multidimensional Dimensions — Purging Souls by Fire
Scene One: Entering the Unknown
Location: The entrance to the Room of Dimensions, deep underground beneath the royal palace, behind a stone door carved with ancient symbols that shimmer before their eyes.
Fairon (in a low voice, heavy with awe):
“What you are about to enter is not a place for training… but a spiritual and physical trial that will reveal your truth. No law governs the inside… no time exists there. Only your will means anything.”
Kain stares at the door hesitantly, while Rygar swallows hard, his hands trembling slightly. Lorena places a hand on her chest, feeling her heartbeat quicken. Hanto, though silent, has eyes filled with concern.
The door opens slowly… a black wind bursts forth, as if swallowing the light, pulling them into another world.
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Scene Two: Land of Chaos — Cursed Magic Creatures
When their eyes open, they find themselves in a gray wasteland, no sky above—just spinning shadows and floating rocks in midair.
Suddenly… the first monsters appear.
Creatures with no faces, but eyes covering their chests. Their long arms are slit from shoulder to wrist, spewing curses from a mouth that stretches to the chest.
Kain (raising his sword):
“Get ready!”
The first battle begins. Each knight faces a different creature:
Kain fights a shadow-manipulating monster that disappears behind him and attacks unexpectedly. Kain counters with blades of shadow, slicing them down one by one, swallowing them in darkness.
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Rygar fights a monster that breathes green flames capable of melting steel. He resists with his energy and then unleashes a fiery wave, turning the monsters to ash.
Lorena battles a creature made of broken glass. Every time she shatters it, it reforms, reflecting her attacks. But she channels her light sword, pierces its core, and decapitates it.
Hanto is trapped by a monster with a piercing sound that echoes in his head, forcing him to relive the screams of his past. But he awakens his golden runes, moves like lightning, and cuts the creature into pieces.
Hakora faces a monster emitting poisonous mucus from its belly. She’s nearly hit, but she activates her Ice Age technique, freezes it completely, and impales it with an ice spear.
The battles rage on. Their bodies grow weary… but they are not allowed to fall.
Every wound heals slowly, forcing them to fight on.
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Scene Three: The Blade Arena — Dancing on the Edge of Death
After defeating the monsters, they suddenly fall into a void, then land on black tiles.
Above them… giant blades begin to descend—some horizontal, some vertical, some spinning like scythes.
Fairon (his voice echoing distantly):
“This stage tests your instincts… your sixth sense… your desire to live.”
The blades begin to move. The first slashes the air, nearly decapitating Rygar if not for a last-second dodge.
Lorena leaps between two crossing blades, nearly falling, until Hanto grabs her hand.
Kain closes his eyes and relies on his sense of motion and air—becoming like a dancing shadow among the blades.
Every minute is fatal… one wrong step means death.
But they persist… bleeding, stumbling, yet surviving.
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Scene Four: Reflections — Their Other Faces
Beyond the blades, they find themselves surrounded by massive mirrors…
which suddenly shatter, releasing bloody, terrifying versions of themselves.
Kain faces a version with black eyes and a blood-soaked sword:
“You’re just a coward… running from everything—even yourself.”
Lorena sees a reflection laughing madly:
“Everyone you loved died… because you’re weak. Your magic protects only your pride.”
Rygar sees himself killing those he loves. His reflection whispers:
“You’re a smiling weapon of death… hiding from collapse.”
Hanto sees his mirror self standing in snow, holding his family’s corpses:
“You could have saved us… but chose to live.”
Hakora sees herself carrying her dead brother, weeping.
The knights fight themselves… not just with swords, but with words, doubt, and grief.
It takes time, and pain, to defeat that inner darkness…
But when each one defeats their reflection…
The ground collapses beneath them once more.
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Scene Five: The White Inferno — Final Stage
They awaken in a boundless white field bathed in light. No sound. No shadow.
A small child in white appears before each of them—different for every knight:
For Kain: The child holds a broken sword.
For Lorena: A spellbook with blank pages.
For Rygar: His father’s old helmet.
For Hanto: A frozen flower.
For Hakora: A bloodstained sword.
The child does not speak… only stares.
Suddenly, the light turns to searing heat… then to a white fire, surrounding each of them in a separate vortex.
Fairon (his voice echoing):
“The final stage… is the breaking of the chain.”
In this fire, they relive their worst moments:
Kain holds his dead brother.
Lorena watches her home burn, powerless.
Rygar witnesses his best friend’s death—because of him.
Hanto returns to the cave where his master died in front of him.
Hakora sees her younger brother slain by a masked beast.
But this time… they face it.
They scream. They cry. They fight. They fall…
Then they rise again.
*Suddenly, the fire calms…
They emerge from the vortexes with scorched faces, and silent eyes that say:
We survived.
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Final Scene: Return to Reality
The door to the Room of Dimensions opens…
The knights exit in silence, sweat mixed with blood, their steps heavy.
Fairon stands before them, and for the first time, he smiles faintly:
“Welcome… to your true beginning.”
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End of Chapter 22.
