The El's Restoration
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Prophecy of the World's Root
Sasha and Artea soon arrived in Lanox; with all six El Priestesses assembled, they would finally be able to open the prophetic gate said to show the road to the El Lady. The Priestesses traveled across Lanox to reach the far edge of the Elrios continent, the Distant Ruins. There they found a hidden shrine that was only revealed after the demons' commotion. The six priestesses offered their prayers and a light shone from the shrine. The El Search Party all prepared themselves as they stepped into the light which would take them into the unknown. With the El Search Party gone, the El Priestesses reflected on their decision, Sasha worrying that they have tasked them with problems that they should be dealing with. Ignia and the other priestesses decided to quell Sasha's worries. Artea trusted Elsword that the El Search Party will do their best. Rekindling their purpose to the world, they returned do whatever they can to protect their El.
Returning to Lanox, the Priestesses were soon met with Rose and Zero, whom Anduran had telepathically helped some time earlier in Sander. Foreseeing Rose's arrival and soon learning of their past and purpose, the Priestesses decided to sent the two to seek out the El Search Party as well. Using Zero's coordinates from their initial landing in Atlas, the Priestesses used the prophecy to whisk them away to the El Lady.
Atlas
The Other Dimensional World
Passing through the pillar of light, the El Search Party found themselves in the completely unfamiliar Atlas Station and were greeted by Yuno. He introduced himself and his companion Nono as the area's Nasod Director and apologized to Eve whom he immediately recognized. Elsword asked him about Solace, which made Yuno stutter before an alarm signaled that Diceon Cubes were detected missing from the mines.
The El Search Party helped investigate the cause of the alarm and discover that Dekal had been stealing the S grade Diceon and sending it to Solace. Elesis then got a headache at the mention of Solace as the El Lady's power began to take root inside of her. Following the transport tubes, they deduced the supplies were headed to Atlas City, so they followed their trail.
When they approached the city, they were all spotted and the alarms started to ring. The security system had them pinned as the Diceon Cube thieves. Security being high, the group fled the city. When they returned back to Atlas Station, they found that Yuno has taken on a different form: he revealed that he was once Elysion's architect, Herjuno. Herjuno regained memories he had previously lost when Atlas City reactivated its emergency protocol, and remembered that he had been betrayed by Solace and was cast down into Atlas. He realized that he needed to get back to Elysion, as he knew that Solace was planning something. Herjuno hacked Altas City's system to trace the missing cubes to Elysion Tower.
A Certain Farewell
Bypassing the security system, the group manageed to ascend using the cargo transport tubes and reached the very top of the tower. The tower's commander, Maya, spotted the intruders but also noticed that Herjuno was still alive. Not allowing any unauthorized travelers to Elysion, Maya attacked the El Search Party and Yuno. She was defeated but in a last ditch effort to prevent anybody from reaching Elysion, she caused the teleporter to self-destruct, hurling it down the tower. Yuno, in a desperate attempt to get the party to Elysion, leapt off the tower and dived for the teleporter core. Using his own core, he jammed it into the teleporter causing it to send the El Search Party up to Elysion, sacrificing himself.
When the El Search Party landed in the outskirts of Elysion, Eve noticed that she had a fragment containing some of Yuno's memories. She gave it to Nono who then projected the memory of Yuno thanking the entire group for the short time spent together, and his final farewells. Elsword was filled with a new determination not only to find the El Lady, but to avenge Yuno's sacrifice.
Elysion
Land of Angels
Now in Elysion, after the group gathered themselves, Eve decided to send Moby and Remy to scout, but then she started feeling signals from the Nasods in the area. Using Eve's authority, she managed to mask the El Search Party as Atlas Troops so the surrounding Nasods would not see them as intruders. Now so close, the El Lady was able to reach out and spoke to Elsword faintly. When they reached the gates of Elysion, the guardian statues came to life as Solace congratulated them for coming this far. Elsword lashed out and Solace told them to stop playing their little game, and that Elsword must be the one to decide. Defeating the statues, they finally make it into the village of Elysion.
Elsword heard the El Lady again, urging the Guardian of El to come to her. In the village, they met with the chief, Bernard, and learned the city has been put on lock down and communication with Adrian's Palace has ceased due to a barrier. Seeking aid, Bernard directed them to Durenda, who had them gather Nasod Wokers who've gone missing outside the village; the group recovered one of the attacked workers and were able to read its memories, and find that the Nasod had information on Solace's Fortress. Without any way to get directly to the palace, with Hugo's aid, they deduced the barrier was being held up by somebody on the outside and eliminating that factor should grant them access.
Father of the Nasods
They managed to find Dekal as the barrier's gatekeeper; upon defeating the scientist, the barrier was lifted and they traveled upwards towards Adrian's chamber. At the highest point, they came face to face with Elysion's current acting leader, Herbaon. Herbaon quickly saw that they were not Atlas Troops as the systems said. Herbaon assumed the El Search Party were with Solace and prepared to fight. Eve tried to calm down the Nasod but he assumed they had altered her code. After a battle, Eve explained that she was acting on her own will and Elsword tried to tell Herbaon their current situation. He cautiously accepted, under the condition they kept their distance. After Elsword explained the situation up to this point, Herbaon understood them and agreed to help them awaken Adrian. Eve and Herbaon connected to Adrian's hibernation capsule and were able to hack it, allowing Adrian to awaken prematurely.
Adrian Nasod awakened, but realized that it was not the proper time for his reawakening. He saw Eve and was surprised to see his creation alive, having assumed she was lost long ago during the Nasod War. Eve explained to her father all the events that had transpired up to this point. Adrian expresseed his regrets for what he had done to Herjuno. He then retold the events of Solace and the El Lady's arrival to Elysion. Elsword asked if Adrian knew what Solace was planning but he did not know himself, but given he was tapping into Elysion's central energy, Adrian said his actions may affect the entire continent. Adrian told the El Search Party of a hidden path that would lead them into Solace's Fortress, and he returned to his hibernation capsule to resume his stasis.
The Dark Flame Sun
They descended down underneath the palace where they found the entrance to Solace's Fortress. Immediately they were greeted by Nasods enhanced by Solace's power and Diceon energy; unable to defeat these machines, they retreated. Theodore introduced himself, and revealed the existence of some strange Diceon device at the Fortress's core he wasn't able to reach. They managed to traverse the fortress and destroy the cores until they could reach the center of the operation. As they got deeper into the fortress, the El Lady called out to Elsword. When they arrived at the very center, they found a massive device with a Diceon core. Elsword felt a familiar sensation, one that he described as being similar to that of the original El. When Ain asked Elsword if he still desired to restore the El, Elsword replied that he'd do it no matter what. Ain began to fear that the restoration of the El would cause him to disappear, but he trusted Elsword's judgement. The ground began to shake and a large scabbard broke through the floor, sending the El Search Party below.
The group got back on their feet after the surprise fall, and they noticed that right before their eyes, was the El Lady herself in a type of stasis pod. Being so close to the El Lady, Elesis started to have severe headaches, completely disabling her. Solace appeared before the group, and told them that the El Lady has chosen Elesis as her successor and called upon Elsword's decision to choose the fate of the future. However Solace prepared to fight the El Search Party as a final test. Rose, performing her own investigation, wound up falling in the sidelines of the El Search Party's confrontation with Solace; she and Zero kept a low profile as they watched from afar. Solace managed to defeat the El Search Party, and they all found themselves collapsed on the floor as Elsword remained the only one barely standing. With just the two of them remaining, Solace turned on his device and the entire room was consumed in a blinding white light.
The Past and the Future
Elsword, alone, was in the blank white void. He began to hear voices, then he found his surroundings changing before his eyes. Elsword was shown the memories of Solace himself, the story of him and the El Lady, Hernia.
Choice Between a Diverging Path
As the story ended with the fateful day when the El exploded. Elsword found himself in a new location, with Solace before him. There, Solace revealed his plan, that he intended to create this device in order to circumvent the need for the El Lady. He hoped that by connecting his device to the large El of the world, and with the contribution from all life that blessed the land, he could create a sustainable world that did not require the El Lady to slave away as a sacrifice. He left the decision to the Guardian of El, Elsword. The boy told Solace that he promised that he would restore the El no matter what, but Solace urged that doing so would only make history repeat itself, with his sister Elesis being the next casualty. Solace told Elsword that he alone couldn't change the world, that the cooperation between he and his friends are what shaped their destinies. He left the boy to make the final choice.
Elsword hesitated, but he began to hear words of encouragement from his friends, though they themselves did not see Elsword. Ready to make his choice, Elsword decided on neither of Solace's proposed solutions. Elsword saw beyond what Solace had said, and worried for Elysion under Solace's plan, realizing sacrifices had to made no matter what. Instead, Elsword decided that he was unwilling to sacrifice anybody he cared about, and sacrificed himself. All the El from around the world reunited and reformed the original El, with Elsword himself in its core.
Elrianode
The Boy and the El
With Elsword having sacrificed himself, his will restored the El. The seal that Denif had placed on Elrianode was lifted and the El Masters began to awaken from their slumber. Additionally, all the El Priestesses were teleported to the reawakened city, where they met Denif. Ain, much like he anticipated, completely lost his form when Elsword restored the El.
Back in Elysion, the other members of the El Search Party regained consciousness and Hernia awakened from her long slumber. Hernia told the group she has been watching them and apologized to Elesis. She told them that Elsword had restored the El, but she feared that if left alone, he would disappear into the El. Aisha panicked, but Solace told them that he managed to inject the El with Diceon, temporarily halting the El's absorption. Hernia told them of somebody in Elrianode who could help them while Solace and Hernia stayed in Elysion investigating the ones responsible for the El Explosion. Hernia used her powers to teleport the party to Elrianode.
Rose, unaware of what had transpired, noticed Zero has ceased to function. Hernia confronted her, already aware of their presence as she'd been watching them for some time. Believing the Large El may restore Zero and wishing she aided the El Search Party, Hernia gave her her blessing and sent Rose down to Elrianode.
The El Search Party arrived in Elrianode. Denif spotted them as the Earth Priestess Artea introduced them as the El Search Party. Aisha told Master Denif about the situation regarding Solace, Hernia, and Elsword. Denif agreed, but warned they might get consumed as well. He opened up a gap in the El for the group to enter. While inside, each member was split up and faced a personal trial as the El tried to test their wills. They all managed to successfully resist the El temptations. Ain's lingering spirit saw the value in the El Search Party and in an act of defiance, went against his original mission and decided he must save Elsword. In that moment, Ain's allegiance switched from the Goddess Ishmael to the God Elria. Elsword's friends started to call for the boy, and they all reached out to Elsword and managed to free him from the El.
During that time, Rose arrived in Elrianode and met with Denif, holding a token from the El Lady to gain his trust. Denif took her to the Large El and sent her into the Hall of El where Zero regained consciousness. While in the Hall of El, the two began to see visions of Elsword.
Back outside the El, Denif assured the group that he and the priestesses would do their part in maintaining the El. However, he was unsure if they could keep it stable when the Diceon runs out, and suggested the group seek out a hidden relic which had been sealed in Elrianode by Denif's ancestors. Ain found himself alongside his friends, now no longer a spirit tied to Elsword's memories, but his own being.
Restored Elrianode
With Elrianode returned, Hennon and his minions had their opportunity to return to the lost city. With pre-existing knowledge of the location of Henir's Passage, Hennon and his colleagues went to the Debrian Laboratory underneath the old palace almost immediately. Using that portal device in the lab, they accessed the Demon Realm for themselves. Hennon was able to extract a piece of the Demon World's Dark El for himself; with half of his plan already completed, he only needed to get the Primal El located in the Water Dragon Sanctum.
Denif took the group to the Water Dragon Sanctum, where Aisha was able to undo the seal which locked the area away. The group scouted the sanctum and when Elsword approached a pedestal, the ground opened up and an oddly unremarkable El rose out. Before they could take the stone, Hennon swooped in and took the Primal El. Aisha realized the man was the same one who stole the Ring of Mimir from her. Hennon fled and zealots of Henir's Order began to show themselves, injecting themselves with the Seed of Life and transforming into Freak Beasts.
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.
The El Search Party managed to catch up with Hennon, but he summoned a Skin Splitter who distracted the El Search Party while he made his escape into the city. The group managed to obtain one of the devices from the cult members.
Rose exited the Hall of El with a revitalized Zero. Tipped off by Denif, they sought out the El Search Party, but trailed behind them. While in the Water Dragon Sanctum, Zero began to project visions of the El Search Party's deeds just prior to their arrival, though this power swiftly ran out and they headed back to Denif.
Invasion of the Order
Afterwards, the El Search Party alerted Denif of these intruders and showed him the device. Ain proposed the possibility they may be Henir's Order, which Denif found likely. Seeking leads, the group then took the device to Glave. He revealed he was the one who invented the device and ran through his past as a scientist in Seven Tower. He told of a laboratory under Elrianode's Palace where Henir research was once conducted, however he was unable to tell them its exact location. With that in mind, they searched through Elrianode City.
Rose overheard the conversation and decided to conduct her own investigation. The El Search Party dealt with portals of Henir being opened up and spilling more Freak Beasts all over the city. As they were being overwhelmed, Solace appeared to help out. When they met back up with Denif, Solace confirmed their suspicion of Henir's Order; he'd also found out that certain types of beasts were generating these Henir portals. Solace agreed to stay and defend the tower as the El Search Party went and scouted the city once more.
After finding the creature creating the gaps of Henir, they managed to defeat it, but it tried to land one final attack on Rena. It exploded, but Rena was saved by Ventus. Rena was shocked to see the wind spirit Lincy once again. Ventus introduced himself, gaining their trust by showing them that he had stolen back the Primal El. They all returned back to Elrianode to meet with Denif.
While the El Search Party searched the city, Zero used his knowledge of the old Elrian Kingdom to help search for the whereabouts of the ancient Debrian Laboratory. Their search proved successful as they found rubble matching that of the old Elrian Palace around a cave. They headed to report their findings to Denif.
Henir's Passage
Ventus spoke with Denif and revealed the ancient inscriptions on the bottom of the stone, revealing half of a phrase. Chung brought up the information about the ancient lab they learned from Glave. Denif told the group of Rose. With Rose and Zero's help, they all traveled to the Debrian Laboratory. Lu noticed that Ain was being affected heavily by the present Henir energy; she tried to tell Ain to back out, but Ain dismissed her. Elsword tried to calm the two when Lu suddenly ran off. Ciel, Elsword, and Ara chased after her. Elesis and the remaining party decided they had to press on.
Lu revealed she noticed demonic markings and followed them, finding a secret door into a closed off room. She found signs of research into the Demon Realm and a Seed of Life on the desk and some letters in a demonic script. Reading the letter, she learned of the power of the Primal El: if the Primal El and Dark El were united, it would unleash an unspeakable power. She quickly gathered the material and rushed back to the other group.
Ain began to fade due to Henir's influence, but Lu suddenly burst in with the Seed of Life. Lu used the device on him which absorbed all the Henir corruption out of his body and manifested it as a monster which the group quickly disposed of. Having been saved by Lu, Ain began to see her in a better light. They then pressed forward into the lowest part of the facility, where they saw the enormous Henir's Gate before being attacked by the lab's security system. Eve managed to change the control options and minimize the output from the gate, but they all assumed that Henir's Order had already gotten to it and had taken what energy they needed. Lu told them about the full prophecy and they deduced that Henir's Order was planning to retrieve a Dark El in order to awaken the Primal El's power.
Interdimensional Colossus and...
Hennon discovered that the stone he had was a fake, and in retaliation planned to attack the El Tower.
The El Search Party rushed back to Elrianode anticipating an imminent attack. Sure enough, Hennon jumped through a gap in Henir and landed in front of the El Tower. Ready to attack the tower to obtain the Large El and Primal El, he summoned hordes of Freak Beasts. Denif handed the Primal El to Elsword to prevent the enemies from getting it if they claim the tower. Hernia appeared in the city, pleading Denif to let her stabilize the El but he denied her request; instead, he set the El Priestesses to use their powers to stabilize the El together. As the monsters advanced towards the tower, all the El Masters present prepared themselves to defend the tower at all cost.
While all of the El Search Party were distracted dealing with the monsters, Hennon took the opportunity to surprise attack Elsword. Hennon obtained the Primal El and combined its power with the power of a Dark El. With it, he transformed into a massive interdimensional colossus. After a fierce battle, the group were able to barely take down the enormous beast and clear out the rest of the city.
Hernia told Denif that she wants to maintain the El, but Denif once again refused. Disagreeing with the path of sacrifice, he dismissed Solace and Hernia, allowing them to leave and do whatever they wished. The El Search Party agreed that their next course of action should be to go to the Demon Realm to seek out of the Dark El.
Twisted Time and Space
After the defeat of Hennon, other members of Henir's order began taking actions of their own. In the process, they began running experiments which caused twisted holes in time and space to open all around Elrios. One such portal sent the group back to Farhmann's Peak, but the area had been consumed by Henir. A mysterious member of Henir's Order released Drabaki back into the area to gauge the power of the El Search Party. They faced off against Drabaki once again and were able to slay the beast and escaped the distorted realm. The remnants of the beast were retrieved by the Henir cultist and he was impressed by the El Search Party's performance.
Recuperation
As the El Search Party rested before embarking on the next step of their journey. Ventus approached them with information of places called Elriabrunnrs where the flow of El energy go, places where those of the past used to travel to train. He sent the group off to explore an Elriabrunnr he had just rediscovered, where they each individually heard the voices of the past and had their powers awakened to a new level. When they returned from their training, they came back with new powers and were ready to take on the Demon Realm.
