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=== Solace in Elysion ===

== El Explosion Aftermath ==

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=== Reign of the Demon King ===

=== Stirbargen and Rosso ===

== Rena's Journey ==

=== Portrait of Younger Days ===

Every day, two young elves, [[Lua]] and [[Rena]], explored the forests that surrounded their village. One such day, a change occurred in Rena, as she was now seeing small spirits gather around her. She attempted to tap into the power of these spirits by saving a wilted flower, but the effort caused her to fall unconscious. The head elder, [[Branwen]] arrived to help, sending the spirits away and awakening Rena. After learning what happened, Branwen took Rena in as her disciple, and taught her how to control and use her power responsibly.

Sometime after, an event occurred which caused Rena to lose her best friend [[Lua]]. Still haunted by the memories.

Having been awakened due to [[Lincy]]'s efforts, [[Ventus]] was not awake in a new time period. He first met up with Lincy once again and the two explored the new time period. The group would eventually catch wind of [[Henir's Order]] boiling up a plan. From there on, Ventus lurked and observed their actions from a far, all the way till they reached [[Elrianode]] when it was reawakened by [[Elsword]].

== Raven's Story ==

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[[Raven]] Cronwell is a commoner born in the Velder Kingdom. His biological father was an unknown commoner but also a strong warrior. At some point, he died, leaving Raven orphaned. Raven was later adopted by one of Velder's most powerful commanders, General Cronwell. He raised Raven to be an expert swordsman. He attended a prestigious military academy but once word of his commoner upbringing became known, many of the students began to discriminate against him, birthing his hatred for nobles. During the academy's Mock Siege Warfare, Raven saved a student named [[Owen]], a brilliant tactician who was bullied by other students. Raven met [[Seris]] leading up to the Siege Warfare, a student who wasn't part of any team, she asks Raven and Owen if she could be a part of their team. While Owen was reluctant, Raven agreed to invite her. The three turned out to be a great team and won the competition.

== My Brother & I ==

In the Northern Empire, resides a martial arts family, known for having sealed the destructive Spiritual Beast, Eun. After the great El Explosion, the Haan family was able to wield the power of the Moon El after it flew into their territory, turning them into fierce warriors. This did not sit well with others in the capital, who tried to quell their power by appointing the eldest son, Aren as the capital's guard captain. Ara's mother met the head of the Haan family by chance and the two started to see each other, eventually marrying. Within the family, some of Ara's new step siblings weren't too pleased with her and her mother being a part of the family, all except Aren who treated her just as he would any of his other siblings. She tried her best to be as perfect as can be, in order to avoid being teased by her other siblings. Due to Aren's respect and faith in her, she was able to withstand the teasing from her other siblings, knowing that at least one of them cared for her.

== Elesis's Story ==

== Nasods of Elder ==

=== Lord Wally ===

=== Add in Elder ===

After leaving the library for the last time, he encountered [[Wally]] and proposed that the Lord could make use of his Nasod expertise in exchange for aid in his quest to find the Nasod Queen. The Lord agrees, Add providing him with schematics for various Nasods. The two research and discover the existence of the Nasod Queen [[Eve]]. Following the discovery, both Add and Wally plotted to back stab each other. Add tries to confront Wally in his underground lab but Wally had already anticipated his betrayal, sending his Nasod after Add. Add manages to defeat the Nasod and escapes with the information related to Eve.

They learn that the [[The Black Crow|Black Crow]] has been floating around the island and terrorizing the Ponggos to keep them from fleeing the island, blowing the cover of the Nasods. [[Elsword]] manages to bring Black Crow members back to Adel where they learn that they were all human who had been turned into cyborgs. With the knowledge, they face off against their leader, [[Raven]] and prove to be victorious.  Raven begins to gain control of his senses and manages to break free of his mind control. He vows to repay for his sins and agrees to help the El Search Party and the Ponggos.

=== Total War! ===

[[King Nasod]] now possesses the El Shard that Raven had taken from Wally. The El Search Party face off against King Nasod and come out victorious. With the large king defeated [[Elsword]] retrieves the El Shard from the king's core, at the same time, [[Eve]] awakens from her log hibernation. Unable to comprehend what had happened, Eve slaps Elsword in the face, with the others surprised to see another person.

One of the earliest target of the Demon Army was the Moon El located in the Northern Empire Xin, in Isshin village. [[Aren]] Haan was a strong warrior of the Haan clan and was stationed as a guard captain for the land's capital. He was the target of the demons, the demon [[Ran]] managed to possess Aren's body. With one of the empire's best warrior under their control, Ran opened a portal and demons began to flood the city. The capital city quickly descended into chaos and fell.

In time, Ara was able to regain her own consciousness and she began to hear Eun's voice calling from the hairpin. Eun filled Ara in on what had happened as well as why she was trapped inside of the hairpin. The fox spirit requiring Ara to act as her medium decides to make a deal with the girl. Eun would help save Ara's brother in exchange for Ara helping Eun seek out the power of the El, a power she believed might be strong enough to break the seal that had been placed upon her, undoing the ancient seal.

The demons launched their first large scale attack through the El in the Feita region commanded by [[Berthe]], opening a large portal at the top of the tower, the Glitters started to pour out and corrupt the desolate tower. The Feita Knights couldn't fend the demons off, but they were able to at least barricade them inside the tower to prevent them from escaping.

=== Invaders from the other world ===

== Demon Invasion of Hamel ==

With the help of Helputt, [[Ran]] stormed the Temple of Water and captured both the Water Priest [[Avalanche]] and the Water Priestess [[Sasha]]. Controlled like a puppet by [[Ran]], Helputt interrogated the Water Priestess for information about the Water Seal and the "Prophecy of the World's Root". However, the Priestess remained silent and the Water Seal's location remained unknown.

== Velder ==

=== Velder is in danger ===

=== Kingdom in captivity ===

When they make it to the area immediately outside of the place, they find the entire area engulfed in an ominous fire. The troops begin to scramble in the chaos of the situation, running into the Demon General Mcgard the Blitzkrieg who had taken out several soldiers. They manage to take out the demon general and are confronted with the Glitter Vanguards that were patrolling the palace grounds. When they destroyed the tank, it exploded, leaving everybody dazed. [[Aisha]] realized that the tanks had been filled with fire spirits ready to explode, many of their soldiers were caught up in the series of explosions. [[Ain]] got scattered away from the other members of the party. [[Vanessa]] orders a retreat, Elsword in a fit of rage wanted to rush and take on the demons but [[Raven]] grabbed Elsword and demanded he clear his head and help clear the way for their retreat. Ain decides that he must intervene and assumes his spirit form once again. He makes his way to the Earth El itself, using up nearly all his power, he manages to shut the Demon Realm portal tied to the Earth El. On his way out he finds [[Chloe]] discussing with another subordinate about the Earth Priestess and how the Dark-eyed duo had already taken her. During this time, Elsword's memories of Ain begin to fade, but Ain is able to return after not too long.

=== Add's Laboratory ===

Upon arriving to [[Hamel]] the group meet up with the Red Knight Captain [[Penensio]]. He tells them that while [[Velder]] is in trouble, Hamel is in just as much trouble and they can't simple leave the situation as is. [[Raven]] realizes that if Hamel get's taken, Velder might follow soon after regardless, [[Elesis]] agrees and they all stand to solve the crisis and Hamel first.

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=== Secrets of the Temple ===

With both the Waterways and Water El normalized, the water level in Hamel too returned to normal. [[Penensio]] reports to [[Elesis]] that with their job in Hamel complete, they'd be making there way back to [[Velder]] in order to drive the demons out of the city. Sasha tells everybody that the Water Seal that had taken obtains the location of the El Lady herself, that the demon were targeting the Priestesses and tells them that they need to help the others out, with the closes one being the Wind Priestess located in the desert next to Senace.

=== Fahrmann's Peak ===

== Demon Duo ==

== Sander ==

[[Karis]] was sent to the [[Sander]] region of Elrios in order capture and use the Wind Priestess to wreck havoc in Elrios. In order to do so, Karis planned to manipulates the residents of Sander to do her dirty work. Her first course of action was to gain control over the Trocks, she made a deal with Chieftain [[Trockta]] in order to retrieve their homeland, she gave him an amulet which ended up controlling his mind. Her next targets were the harpies, knowing that there were already fragile relations between the harpies and humans due to the long history of harpy hunting in the past, she killed a harpy and framed the merchants for selling harpy feathers, an infringement on the peace treaty the harpies had with the merchants of Sander. With that, Karis gained the support of the Trocks and the Harpies.

=== The Predicted Misunderstanding ===

With Anduran kidnapped, Karis used that as an opportunity to get at the Caluso as well. She blamed the Wind Priestess's kidnapping on the people of Sander and too gave [[Karu]] and amulet which mind controlled him.

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=== Soul of the Wind ===

The group traveled through the bowls of the beast and find Karis fused with Behemoth itself in her true form. Managing to defeat her as she cursed the Ancient Gods and swore they would fall to the demons. [[Ain]] grew suspected that the demons are aware of the angels and ancient gods. Everybody escaped Behemoth and the people of [[Sander]] thanked them. Anduran said she felt her mother while she was connected to Behemoth and ensured he would be alright. Anduran then showed the El Search party the Prophecy of the World's Root revealing a great darkness in a land of flames. She hoped the El Search Party find all the priestesses before the demons, and told them that when they all gather, the road to the El Lady would be revealed.

=== Scorched Harbingers of Darkness ===

When in the Burnt Forest, Eun senses demonic energy and they all ready themselves when [[Lu/Ciel|Lu]] appears. [[Raven]] demands they state what business they have as everybody is still on the defensive, Ciel explains their situation and Lu assures she wishes to also destroy the demons invading. [[Elsword]] is unsure what to make of the situation and [[Elesis]] is too still skeptical about allowing demons to ally with them. Elsword agrees with them for the time being. [[Ain]] and [[Chung]] both heavily disagree with Elsword's decision, both not in the position to be trusting demons. Elsword explains that he doesn't feel it right not to give them a chance and says they do have information that can prove useful and that he is willing to take the risk. Chung still remains skeptical but Ain begrudgingly accepts Elsword's choice.

=== An Exposed Dark Secret ===

Edel suspects the perpetrators in Phantasmal Geyser retreated to the volcano and tells the group to pursue them, Sdeing aid them by building them suits to resist the heat. The El Search Party scale the path to the Fire Temple and Ignia follows the group. When they reach the gates to the Fire Temple, Ignia blows her cover and tried to kill the El Search Party there. With Ignia no longer among them, the Fire Refiners in Lanox begin to overheat, but Sdeing manages to get the machines back under control. With that temporary crisis averted, [[Eve]] deduces that they should go straight to the Fire Temple.

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=== A Broken World ===

=== The Source of Demonic Energy ===

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=== The Other Dimensional World ===

At about the same time, [[Rose]] was sent by Princess [[Ezre]] of the Empyrean Empire in a different dimension to investigate the forces said to bring forth a great calamity. She traveled through a portal created by [[Cloud Mason]] and ended up in the dimension between her's and Elrios, landing on the outskirts of Atlas.

=== The Elysion Journey to Solace ===

=== Eltrion MK2 ===

Now in [[Elysion]], [[Lu/Ciel|Lu]] wishes that Yuno was able to see the continent once more. After the group gather themselves, [[Eve]] decides to sent Moby and Remy to scout but then she starts feeling signals from the Nasods in the area. Eve tells the group that the Nasods in Elysion are far more advance, even more than anything that was every made in Elrios, realizing that everything here was part of the 3rd generation of Nasods. Using Eve's authority, she manages to mask the El Search Party as Atlas Troops so the surrounding Nasod would not find them as intruders. Now so close, the El Lady was able to reach out and spoke to Elsword faintly. When they pushed on, the Nasods began to attack, Eve soon realizes that there is another force which is blocking any interference to the Nasods. [[Raven]] suspecting Solace. [[Elesis]]'s head begins to hurt again at the mention of Solace, indicating the El Lady's influence. When they reached the gates of Elysion, the guardian statues come to life as Solace congratulates them for coming this far, but says it is too early. [[Elsword]] lashes out and Solace, tells them to stop playing their little game and tells Elsword that he must be the one to decide. Defeating the statues they finally make it into the village of Elysion.

=== Find Solace's Fortress ===

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=== The Dark Flame Sun ===

The group get back their feet after the surprise fall, and they notice right before their eyes, is the [[Hernia|El Lady]] herself in a type of stasis pod. Being so close to the El Lady, [[Elesis]]'s begins to have severe headaches, completely disabling her. Solace appears before the group, he tells them that the El Lady has chosen Elesis as her successor and calls upon Elsword's decision to choose the fate of the future. Solace however, prepares to combat the El Search Party as a final test. Solace manages to defeat the El Search Party, they all find themselves collapsed on the floor as Elsword remains the only one barely standing. With just the two of them remaining, Solace turn on his device and the entire room is consumed in a blinding white light.

== Elrianode ==

=== The Boy and the El ===

With the boy having sacrificed himself, his will restored the El, and with it the seal that [[Denif]] had placed on [[Elrianode]] was lifted, as well as the slumber the remaining masters were under. Additionally, all the El Priestesses were teleported to the reawakened city, where they met Denif and conversed about what had happened over the past 500 years as well as the recent development with the El Search Party. [[Ain]], much like he anticipated completely lost his form when Elsword restored the El.

=== Restored Elrianode ===

While Hennon was fleeing, [[Ventus]] who soon arrived to Elrianode after Henir's Order, managed to sneak by and nab the Primal El away from the cult leader, replacing it with a nearly identical stone.

=== Invasion of the Order ===

After finding the creatures creating the gaps of Henir, they manage to defeat it, but it tries to land one final attack on [[Rena]]. It explodes, but Rena is saved by [[Ventus]]. [[Lincy]] appears beside her partner and [[Rena]] is shocked to see the wind spirit once again. Ventus introduces himself but the El Search Party are wary if he is telling the truth. Ventus shows them that he has stolen back the Primal El and duped Henir's Order with a fake. They all return back to Elrianode where Ventus intends to meet up with Denif.

At the time, [[Rose]] met with [[Hernia]] in [[Elysion]], she spoke of her situation and that she was sent from Empyrean. Hernia gave Rose her blessing and sent her too to [[Elrianode]]. There she met up with [[Denif]] and while the El Search Party investigated the city, Rose too conducted her own investigations of the area. She and Zero discover the secret passage to the Debrain Laboratory using Zero's data and they secure the area of any suspicious activity.

In the time, Lu tells the group that followed her that she notices demonic markings and followed them, finding a secret door into a closed off room. She finds material belonging to a researcher who must've been researching the demons. She finds a Seed of Life on the chamber's desk and some letters in a demonic script. She takes the device and reads the letter, learning of the power of the Primal El they had found. That if the Primal El and Dark El were united, it would unleash an unspeakable power. She quickly gathers the material and rushes back to the other group.

When Bellonde found his sister's grave, that is when he met the mysterious girl of the Black Forest. Laby leaving the black forest, saw a light and followed it till she found herself as the Earth Priestess's grave. Bellonde was surprised to find another person in the Black Forest, much less a child. He introduced himself and asked why the girl was in the forest, she explains that it is where she came from. Gaia is oddly suspicious of how she could've existed in the forest of demonic energy, but they both start hearing voices calling for help. The girl jump to try and help but Gaia realizes it is likely a trap by a monster. Laby is lured in by the monster but Gaia manages to save her, Laby seeing its action as a rude prank. Gaia worries for the child, asks if she had any company, family, a place to go, or even a name. She can't recall a name, and tries to adopt Bellonde's, he then goes on to tell her about the forest she came from, how it is dense in demonic energy and how it used to go by a different name, Nisha Labyrinth, the Labyrinth of the Night. Using the name of the forest, he gives her the name, Laby, which she gleefully adopts. She then gives her mirror the name, Nisha, calling it her friend. Bellonde is confused when he looks at the mirror as he sees no reflection and begins to wonder if it a kind of Nasod. He asks her again if she had any place she wished to go, Laby replying just outside the forest. With Bellonde planning to meet with his teacher [[Denif]], he decides to take Laby with him, hoping that he might potentially know more about what the girl was.

=== The Sea, the Ship, and the Teacher ===

Laby asks if they could board a ship but they learn that the ports have recently had a bit of a monster problem and the soldier are busy dealing with demons elsewhere. Seeing the monsters, Laby is vaguely reminded of her friend, Bellonde is curious as he thought Nisha was Laby's only friend. Laby hesitates but notices that the monsters are trying to eat parts of the ships. They clear the monsters, Bellonde is surprised to see how resilient Laby appears to be when taking harm and how cheerful she remain in spite of being attacked. While they wait for the ship workers to finish repairs on the ship, Gaia decides he could teach Laby how to fight. Laby gleefully accepting him as her teacher.

== North Fluone ==

=== Second Help ===

They eventually make it to Mao's house where she introduces Laby to her grandfather, [[Calonne]]. He accepts Mao's plea to offer Laby asylum and offers her snacks for the time being. Laby is curious as she sense similar energy from Calonne as she did the Feudal Guards, an energy she finds familiar. Mao talks over some food, Mao tell Laby that Calonne found her after demons had killed her family, he took her in and they've been family since.

When they went to check up on Calonne they are shocked to learn that he had been kidnapped by the guards. Mao is deeply saddened that her grandpa had been taken away and Laby feels as if she can't understand how she is feeling, only feeling an empty sensation. Laby tells her she is strong and can help. The two take a shortcut through the dokkaebis infested forests. The two reach the Lord's Keep gates and are confronted by the [[Captain Guard]], he tells them that Calonne was arrested by order to [[Nenya]] himself. The guard refuses to let them through and they fight, they defeat the guard and realize they'll have to make their way to the prison.

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=== From the Ground Up ===

They manage to free the rest of the prisoners, including the Estranged Lord. Now freed, the prisoners agree to fight alongside them to fend of the demons outside. The lord informs them that Nenya's chamber is located at the top floor. Calonne gathers that Nenya is likely one of the demon who invaded the capital several years ago. He believed Nenya sought Calonne in an attempt to make a demon portal so he could conquer all of Northern Empire. Scaling the castle's interior they are confronted by Nenya's generals. Deborah returns but Nenya has taken control of her, after they defeated her, she reveals his mind control over the other demon troops. She tells them they must kill Nenya to free them and directs them to his chamber. They reach his lavish chamber and Nenya appears before them, he asks if Calonne reconsidered his offer, but Calonne swiftly declines. Nenya manages to take [[Mao]] and threatens to kill her if Calonne doesn't make the demon portal. Calonne still refuses and Nenya strikes Mao. Laby filled with an empty feeling doesn't understand how to feel. Nenya assumes his demon form and attempts to control Calonne's body, Laby doesn't want to let it happens and attacks Nenya. He attacks her with a blast of demonic energy but Laby is completely unphased, she fights and defeats the demon. Calonne was shook that Laby was unaffected by the demonic energy. Calonne is relieved to see that his device was able to protect Mao. Calonne asks Laby if she was a demon, but he noted her energy wasn't quite like other demons, faint but powerful enough to defeat Nenya. Laby tells him of her goal to find who she is and her destination of [[Elrianode]].

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=== In the Demon Realm ===

Inside the seal, they find themselves in a subspace of Henir between the material and Demon Realm. Trying to go through the labyrinth, [[Elsword]] begins to have visions, visions that his friends would be wiped out by a large school of Chaos Leviathans. However, the group manage to get through without considerable issue, Elsword being relieved his visions had not come true. Making it out other side, they emerge from a place known as the Cave of Death by the local Dark Elves. Wandering through the forest, [[Rena]] spots a Dark Elf, she tries to talk with her in an Ancient Elven tongue, however the Dark Elf immediately becomes suspicious of the group and call for reinforcements for their capture. In their escape, they run into the Red Guardian, Forginay and defeat the guardian. In that moment, [[Chloe]] appears struck by what they had just done. [[Elesis]] suspects something is off when she notices that Chloe is without any troops, Chloe admits that she has long since left the demon ranks but refuses to elaborate any further. She says she had business with the Dark Elf Village and was on her way there when she saw that the group attacking the Red Guardian. Explaining that it was a guardian that lived in a symbiotic relationship with the other creatures of the forest. Elsword tries to ask Chloe for aid, but she shuts him down before he could even get a word out, Elesis then tries to strike a deal, telling her that they both need each other to get through to the Dark Elf Village, Chloe reluctantly agrees to working with them.

=== Strange Phenomenon ===

=== Back in Elrianode ===

The Tiny Spirit lead them to a large deposit of Mystic Stones. [[Eve]], [[Lu/Ciel|Lu, and Ciel]] all confirm that the stones gave off a similar aura to the Dark El Hennon had used, though faint. [[Ara]] reflects that she remembers seeing similar stones when she was a child visiting the capital city. [[Aisha]] notices the stones were very similar to Magic Stones from Elrios, realizing that there are many similarities between the two worlds. Further down, they spot Shadow Demons with mining equipment, they try to sneak past them but are spotted. The group notice the soldiers didn't seem properly trained, likely just miners, but they are then greeted by [[Nero]] who introduces himself as [[Ran]]'s right-hand man. The group managed to corner Nero, in a last ditch effort, Nero exclaims that he sees a giant bat. The El Search Party still a bit out of it since their last battle all fall for his trick and Nero manages to strike and shatter the ground beneath them. They land and awaken the master of the vein, Dark Agate. After they defeat the gem monster, the [[Tiny Spirit]] thanks them, but a lone demon soldier tries to land a sneak attack. Caught off guard, the Tiny Spirit uses his powers and swiftly takes out the demon. He then reveals himself to be [[Stirbargen]]. Lu tells the rest of the group that he was one of the 4 Demon Lords. He goes on to explain he too had his powers stripped away, before Eun, taking over [[Ara]]'s body, interjects. Eun lashes out in rage, planning to kill the demon, Stirbargen only laughs at their reactions. He offers to strike a deal with the group, though [[Add]] is extremely suspicious of how words. [[Elsword]] asks what information he has, and if it was worth his life. Stirbargen tells them that he managed to get to the Demon Realm because he knew its exact coordinates, he then goes on to tell them that the Dark El has been an object of myth for a long time, with [[Barkat]] as the current leader of the Demon Army seeking it out. He reveals to them that the spirits in the Demon Realm are only able to vaguely sense the location of the Dark El, that even if they did ask Nephilim Lord, he'd still point them towards the mines due to it being the closest large scale deposit of them. He tells them that he had made a bet with Rosso in the past and had lost it, giving Rosso his eye. But now he has it back, though drained of its power. The Demon Lord then strikes another bet with the group. He mentions to them that the Dealm Realm has been in political disarray for quite some time.

== Fallenode ==

=== You and I Are One ===

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Back in the city, [[Denif]] recalls to Gaia the events following the El Explosion, informing Gaia that while he fell asleep after he poured his energy into the El, Denif remained awake and used the last of his energy to seal off [[Elrianode]]. Gaia wondered why Denif decided to seal the city alone and not requested the aid of the other masters. Denif gave two reasons, the first being that making the Elemental El was the more important priority they could not afford to fail, and the other was he suspected the possibility of a traitor. Gaia is saddened that Denif did not trust him enough but understands his judgement and promises to earn his trust in the present. Denif applause Gaia's growth in the time they've been apart, noting that he and Ventus haven't been as affected due to their already inherent long lives, he thanks Gaia for returning. Gaia states his new resolves came from Laby, believing their meeting at his sister's grave was a sign.