Hearsha's spell froze the landscape, one could only wonder the effects that would happen if Ashraeh hadn't intervened; not that people had known. The ice formed around William, his breath become visible for a few seconds before his body becoming limp, frozen in place. "Aarraa..." He tries to speak as magic begins to form in front of him, not fire, not lightning, just the essence of magic. As he aims for Ashraeh one more time, time stops.

Rie had pierced William through the chest with her sword, the evil in his body instantly screamed in pain, his body bursting with an electrifying jolt as the cutting edge magic blasts at Rie as one last attempt to attack her. The attack was neither extremely fast nor strong, however the spirit inside him tried its best before disappearing into nothing. William's skin becomes cold and senses fading. His eyes slowly close only for a cloud of darkness to spew out of his mouth, veins bulging from his body as the darkness escapes him. Rie had killed something inside him, but there were others. Others that weren't evil, but were there. They disappeared into an instant, leaving only an empty vessel, or at least that's what they thought.

He could see it all, everyone's efforts, Jess's body being broken, Ashraeh's arms being charred, Rose being knocked out, Rie being blasted, all the others being blasted around, Aliidan, Satoko, Claire, Daisuke, Joseph, Ken... Everyone. Everything from being injured to the fighting, he could see it all. He had no strength to say anything and quickly fell into a deep sleep resembling a coma. The battle had been won, Arcadian Adventurers had won.

Rie, too committed to her attack, was unable to avoid the last ditch effort of the Evil Entity to escape it doom. Whatever the attack was, it was low on destructive capability but very high on the cutting scale. Rie called out in pain as the spell cut her skin and rent her flesh, leaving her with near death injuries including a missing eye, her left arm cut off just above the elbow still holding the hilt of her sword even as Rie collapsed in a pile, writhing in agony. Victory had been achieved at great cost.

"D-damn you bastards..." Hearhsa's conscience plunged into the depths of Ashraeh's soul, once again being barely sealed away. Her body fell to its knees before Ashraeh finally regained consciousness.

Pain jolted through her body, bursting from the stump where her arm had been. "Aaaarrrrgghh!!!!!" Ashraeh screeched and doubled over, clutching her stump. Foam poured from her mouth, then she began to convulse from the rolling pain of having multiple deadly wounds.

"Uguu..." Satoko cries as he's washed ashore after almost drowning, coughing up water haphazardly. Frantic, Satoko tries to muster strength to get himself away from the water, building up a phobia of sorts as he makes it a few centimeters forward only to collapse from lack of endurance. "Big Brother..." He cries as he faints.

It was a few minutes later when Ashraeh regained awareness yet again. She looked around her, through pained eyes. Everyone was unconscious! Quickly using her ice magic to freeze her stump, she decided to call for help. "Daisuke! Ryousuke! Claire, do something, don't just sit there, we're dying!" She gasps in dull pain before using magic to contact a magical hospital.

The expels of the dark energy has came at everyone previously in great forces knocking evidently everyone and after long, it wasn't much of a great condition for anyone after massive loss of energy from the continuous battle. Despite the outnumbering from the beginning, their efforts definitely took quite the duration lasting till this far but now leaves many injured but still persistent to get onto their stand except those whom are far too exhausted from the battle or severely injured, fortunately majority were fine and still withstanding pain in fine posture. All but one has now been left laying weakened, Will whom seemingly is defeated granting victory for the Arcadians but none is certain yet however it was still one of their members so it cause quite a worrisome scene. "Is it really over...?"

Daisuke whom gotten rather weakened along with many around has done his best to get back up but he didn't have a really great posture after using huge amount of magic casting his spells in large quantity. He could see almost everyone as the landscape of the forest has nearly been cleared up entirely and everyone were somehow scattered everywhere. Daisuke slightly staggering from some bruises healing slowly, moved towards Will within a certain distance approximately 20 feet away and then glanced around, he could hear Ashraeh shouting out loud his name along with others soon enough. "Everyone.. is hurt" he said softly only audible to himself glancing around over those having trouble then back to Will for only a few seconds. He turned towards Ashraeh as it seemed like Will had already been done in with their last attack.

The rain begins to pour down as time passes slowly. People either injured, unconscious or dying await for the medical team to slowly arrive. Upon arriving, numerous people were already in a critical state. "Hurry, we need more help over here!" One shouts, as they fumble with different medical equipment, getting those who could afford it onto a stretcher as those who couldn't simply wait for their fate to be decided.

The sound around William became dull, he was already inside an ambulance undergoing surgery. He could see it, everything he done. Tears overcame him. Everyone's efforts, attempts and the damage they all took, he saw it all. He had to heal them one way or another, whether using money or magic, he had to make sure they got back anything they lost. Looking outside the dimmed window, he couldn't move at all. He could hear everything, from the doctors mumbling, to the groans of others. The rain pounding and footsteps thumping. It was one of the few times he could appreciate the sound of the rain, it calmed him. He could forget about anything, even if just for a moment.

"I'm sorry everyone..." He mutters, the doctor quickly chanted a few words as he finished the operation and healing, finishing the wound off by holding the palm of his hand against William's chest. The blue aura slowly dissipated as he leaves William alone, taking the nurses with him to work on the next patient. Listening to the airship ambulance lift off, a slight humming sound could be heard. He could feel it, someone was still here. An evil presence, waiting. Watching. William was helpless, he couldn't move, he couldn't even see who it was. It was getting closer. Step, step, step. A sharp pain hit him, the darkness was consuming him, 'No...' He thought as he tried to fight. Th atmosphere began slowly lifting, step, thump, step... The person wasn't here for William, he was here for someone else. The person stopped, staring contemptibly at one of the people there. After a few seconds pass, the person was gone. Vanished in thin air. As sweat dripped down form his forehead, William sighed a sigh of relief. [color=#AF2020]'Thank god... Please be safe, everyone...' He thought as he begins to fall into slumber.

~END~

Rewards:

William: 3 SP, 2 MP and 180,000 Drachma.
Jess: 4 SP, 3 MP and 200,000 Drachma.
Chloe: 2 SP, 2 MP and 140,000 Drachma.
Satoko: 4 SP, 3 MP and 210,000 Drachma.
Aliidan: 4 SP, 4 MP and 210,000 Drachma.
Kyle: 5 SP, 4 MP and 200,000 Drachma.
Rie: 4 SP, 3 MP and 200,500 Drachma.
Rose: 3 SP, 3 MP and 190,000 Drachma.
Joseph: 3 SP, 2 MP and 180,000 Drachma.
Ken: 3 SP, 2 MP and 180,000 Drachma.