Part 17: Heaven's Guardians
Wallace visits the different sections of Sarlia's realm, she explains, "This is where the souls go to be judged. The good souls and chosen warriors by Valcia rest. The chosen warriors get to keep their bodies and are escorted to the champion's hall. That is where you will go after you die." Wallace and Sarlia enter the stadium from their last sparring session. They enter the middle of the stadium battlegrounds, "Wallace, you will have to challenge three guardians. The gargoyles, the gryphon, and the mightiest guardian of heaven, the chimera. The gargoyles are strong through numbers but weak by themselves. The gryphon flies through the skies and maintains the policing of the different sections. The chimera protects the warriors entrance, it challenges any warrior before they can enter. The chimera never fights to its full potential, but if it deems the warrior to be strong enough, it will accept them into the warriors' Country Club." Sarlia smiles as she finishes her speech, "Good luck, Valcia has high hopes from you. Now you get to truly see that I was right in you gaining more strength from the antimum inside of here. You have made so much progress over the last five years, now I have to go and release the monsters from the three different chambers. Have fun." Sarlia flies off, heading towards a set of chairs, she sits down next to Valcia as they watch the first gate open up on the West.
Six Statues rest inside of the West gate. Wallace watches as they each break out of their stone shells, each stretching towards the sky as they regain their true form. The beasts walk out of the gate towards Wallace's position, he lifts up his weapon and raises into low ready as the monsters begin to circle around him like a bunch of hungry sharks. Wallace braces as the first gargoyle charges at him, arm stretched out as its claws strike the blade, sparks fly in the air. Wallace spins, then swings his sword at the neck of the gargoyle knocking it to the ground, "So their skin is as hard as stone too!" He hears Valcia yell, "You should be stronger than them by a hundred miles!" Wallace braces for continuous attacks from the first gargoyle as the others circle around him. Wallace knocks the gargoyle backwards into another gargoyle, breaking the formation and bringing the circling to a halt. The gargoyles begin to attack one after another, clinging, clanging resonates throughout the stadium as Wallace blocks, dodges, and swings his sword, chopping a gargoyle in half while jumping, leaping and combat rolling from the onslaught of claw attacks. He stands up behind a gargoyle then kicks its back, launching into the others. Time passed by as he defeated each of the gargoyles. Valcia holds his hand in the air, resurrecting the gargoyles. Sarlia says, "Congratulations!" Ten hours passed by as Wallace defeated the gryphn with his own might. Sixteen more hours passed by as Wallace fights the chimera to a bloodbath between both, drenched from head to toe, their backs covered in blood, and their hair soaked with hardened clumps of dried blood, both passed out from the loss of blood, their eyes both close, their hearts stop and their souls freed from their bodies. Valcia raises his hand, resurrecting Wallace and the chimera. The chimera bows in front of Wallace then licks his face with its giant three feet long tongue.
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