Chapter 223, The Remnants of the Chains

"Come again?!" I exclaimed.

"Within the ships heart is a special room called the Tombe de l'Ancien. I suppose it's better to call it a spell." Fluer stated. "Within the room's walls are artificial Ancients."

"Fluer, no Felicia, what was the purpose of that room?" I asked. "You said it was a grave."

"It is. The room houses a certain spell, the Root of Origin. A spell I created to act as a revival spell should the purification of the Ancients was complete." She answered. "I originally meant for the artificial Ancient bodies to act as vessels for the souls of the Ancients after they were purified from the darkness which afflicted them."

"So, what makes it so dangerous if that was all it could do?" Van asked. "Sure it could bind the souls of Ancients, but what other effects does it have? Or is something more dangerous stored within?"

"There is... Or so I say there are more dangerous things stored inside. Alongside the 100 Artificial Ancient Bodies are exactly 1000 spare bodies and 15000 War Braves designed to drive away the Night of Catastrophe." With Felicia's words I immediately realized the gravity of the situation. "The War Braves were originally meant to fight Night of Catastrophe. I'm sure knowing just this much is enough to comprehend the dangers if Karin we're to obtain them."

"That's very bad! We have to reclaim that ship at once!" I exclaimed. "What if she opens the door?!"

"Calm down, Arata. It won't be an easy task." Felicia assured me. "After all the key to that room is within you. With the four sources and four keys head to the distant lands and dance upon the stage of Fatum."

"Furthermore there is a gate keeper. A guardian who guards the entrance to that room. Velti, do you remember that child?" Felicia added and turns to Livre.

"Oh, the guardian is that child?" Livre, or should I say Velti answered.

"That child?" I asked.

"A Familiar created as a vessel for the memories of the Ancients, Légataire, Lemianile." Velti stated. "If she is the guardian then she would have escaped the moment she sensed anything unusual to make sure no one gets the keys."

"Which also means Karin won't be able to open gate right away and she also won't be able to use the ship's ability to traverse worlds." Sabre stated and he looks at me and smiles. "If you're wondering what my real name is it is Sebastian."

I'm astonished as he could read the thoughts in my head, I had wondered what their true names were. How is he reading my mind I wonder.

"I don't need to read your mind Arata, it's written all over your face." Sebastian smiled.

"Ah, my name is Siel." Balise states. "Navire's real name is Navinile."

"My real name is Sidwell by the way." Praesidium says.

"So, what do we do now exactly?" Theo asked.

"We're getting off track indeed. I'll leave that to Arata's judgement. What he decides we follow." Van states and I nodded.

"We wait for Saint. He is coming here, I can feel it." I answered. "The final battle is nearly here. We have to be ready. Karin could attack us at any moment."

Just when I say that we hear a large sound outside. We rush to the window and we see giant golems, moving towards the school.

"What are those things?" Moyu exclaimed with excitement.

"The War Hammers." Felicia stated. "Their auxiliary soldiers with Humunculus inside them. Karin must've activated them."

"What do they do?" Monica asked.

"They usually obey the command they are given. Either till the orders are fulfilled or they are destroyed. I used them to guard the ship." Felicia answered. "Karin must've overwritten the order I gave them."

"So what do we do?" Ethan asked.

"We have to stop them, if they keep moving they'll destroy the barrier around he school." President Mayumi stated.

"How?" Mao asked.

"There are two ways to stop the War Hammers. One, destroy the Humunculus inside them or extract the Humunculus from the armor." Velti stated. "They are covered by a form of magic known as Vestige Armor. It draws in power from the rift of the worlds."

"Vestige Armor isn't affected by Vi. It isn't compatible with magic from this world so anything from this world will only bounce off them." Sebastian stated. "If I had to say the only things that can affect it are those born from the shadow of the Le Fluer."

"That means only Arata can affect them." Van stated.

"I won't be able to handle all of them by myself..." I stated as I watched the dozen of War Hammers marching towards us. "I can't possibly do this by myself."

"Arata, do you have the Utopia in your storage?" Felicia asked and I realized what she was planning.

"With Utopia you should be able to temporarily make it so that other Braves can affect the War Hammers." She stated.

I reach into the depths of my shadow and pull out the Utopia. It's a lamp.

"So this is the Utopia, the lamp which alters the laws of the world." I gazed at the lamp. "Let's go."

"Before that, Arata." Felicia kisses my forehead. "May glory and victory be with you."

With those words she disappears along with the other Ancients. We all head outside, the others are already armed and ready to fight the War Hammers.

"So, what do we do exactly?" Will asked.

"Oh sealed lamp, I am the key to your power, awaken the magic which sleeps within you and burn away the injustice!" I chanted. "With the blessings of Fate, rewrite the predestined past, warp the laws, break the limits, remove the restraints, destroying the shackles as you go, I now rest my hands upon the remnants of those chains!"

A golden light shines from the lamp and shoots out and covers all the Braves around us. With their weapons in hand, Will and the others charge forward towards the War Hammers.