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FE7 Novelization Translation - Chapter 13 Section 6

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Chapter 13: Light (Section 6)

All of their allies approached the morphs, so rather than go fight them, Eliwood and Athos were able to choose to face Nergal uninjured.

Nergal was in the room where the Dragon’s Gate was located. The three faced off directly in front of it.

“Nergal!”

“...So you have come, Eliwood. Keh keh keh, you seem to have recovered completely. Is the pain you inflicted upon that girl truly so insignificant? Keh keh keh… Emotions, in the end, are all merely a fleeting moment of indecision. With the passage of time, they are utterly forgotten… They hold no meaning.”

“...I will not forget. There is no way I could ever forget. It was because of my mistake… that Ninian was lost.”

The image of that time… that moment… when Ninian collapsed to the ground… was burned into his memory. The feeling in his hands when he cut Ninian still lingered, and he continued to feel the pain deep in his heart.

But that was his punishment.

The final present she left with him was the warning to not lose himself when wielding such great power.

Eliwood raised Durandal and continued, “That is why… I will fight. I will not hide away in my grief… I will end all of this!

“Hmph…. You are truly the spawn of Marquess Pherae. Don’t get cocky just because you have a Legendary Weapon!” Nergal shouted, then began to cast the most powerful of all dark magic tomes, Ereshkigal.

But his body was enveloped in a blinding wave of light, stopping him from completing the spell.

“Do not forget that I am here, Nergal!”

“Grr…! You have Aureola, the Glorious Ascension?! How cunning coming from you, Athos!”

Athos ripped off the blue cloak he wore, revealing that his body was covered in scars inflicted by Nergal.

Not letting the opportunity go to waste, Eliwood swung Durandal. However, the moment before the blade would make contact with his body, Nergal disappeared into a teleportation circle to dodge it.

He reappeared in a spot far enough away from them that he could pour all of his magical power into an Ereshkigal spell. “Now you two have angered me…! I will send you both to hell together!!”

Eliwood and Athos… a giant wave of darkness closed in on them, so large it could consume them both.

“I will never allow you to! Glorious Ascension!!”

Two huge manifestations of light and darkness collided, and were evenly matched.

By nature, only a Legendary Weapon could match another Legendary Weapon in combat. The tomes that could oppose Aureola were just Forblaze, which Athos also possessed; and Apocalypse, the Darkness of Revelation, which Bramimond owned. Even other high level tomes could not compare to the a Legendary Weapons.

But Nergal had used a large amount of the quintessence stored within his body to strengthen his tome to a level comparable to those Legendary Weapons.

“Keh keh keh keh keh…! What’s the matter, Athos? Is it too much for you?”

“Urgh…" Athos groaned.

As Nergal’s words implied, Aureola’s light was starting to become overpowered by Ereshkigal’s darkness.

“Now, I will crush you with this single spell!” Nergal shouted and used even more quintessence in an attempt to heighten his magic’s power, when Eliwood ferociously thrust himself between them.

“Haaaaaaaa! Nergal!!” With a roar like that of a beast, Eliwood swung Durandal down between the two manifestations of light and darkness. The moment he did so, the sword was enveloped in the power of fire within it.

When the three elements of light, darkness, and anima all collided with each other, a mass of light so great it struck fear disappeared into thin air.

“I-Impossible…! My magic vanished!!” Nergal had such absolute confidence in his magic that this chain of events happening before him now seemed entirely impossible, and was so taken back he froze.

Eliwood took full advantage of the opportunity and howled, “Nergal!!”

Durandal was swinging straight down towards him. When Nergal realized it, he dodged to the right in a panic.

But his being so shocked by what had happened made his reaction come too late. Eliwood cut off his left hand.

“Grrrrr! You impudent boy!!"

Having lost part of his body, Nergal glared at Eliwood with bloodshot eyes and cast an Ereshkigal spell with his remaining right hand. The mass of darkness was aimed at Eliwood.

But it was stopped in its tracks by a wave of light Athos shot at it. "I told you, Nergal! Do not forget about me!"

"Athos! How far will you go to stand in my way?!"

Light and darkness collided once more. But this time, the opposite result occurred.

When Eliwood cut off his left hand, Nergal lost the quintessence he stored in his body, weakening his power.

Athos put all of his strength into this Aureola spell, so it consumed Ereshkigal, and Nergal took the full brunt of it.

"Gaaaaaaaah!" Nergal screamed, the light piercing his body.

To deliver the final blow, Eliwood shifted into position to stab him, then unleashed his attack with the speed of an arrow shot out of a bow.

Eliwood felt an unmistakable resistance in his hands.

"Guh… Gaaah!!"

Fresh blood poured out from Nergal's mouth. Eliwood pulled Durandal out of his body, and he took two, then three steps back, before falling backwards.

"Guh… I will not… die like this. My final power… will make you tremble in despair… Heh ha ha… ha… ha ha ha ha…" Nergal started laughing.

For a long while, the only sound that echoed throughout the shrine was Nergal's laughter… but eventually, it stopped. It stopped the moment he left this world.

With each of his allies having also finally won all of their battles, everyone gathered together.

"It's over… right?" Hector asked.

Lyn nodded and said, "Yes. Now, it's finally…"

"Father…"

They had finally defeated the villain behind everything. When Eliwood thought of his late father, a roar echoed throughout the shrine, so loud that it shook the entire building.

"Impossible…" It was a roar they knew all too well. Eliwood turned towards the Dragon's Gate and ran.

Lyn, Hector, Athos, and his other allies were right behind him.

"What?!" Hector was at a loss for more words when he saw the spectacle before them.

From within the Dragon's Gate, three fire dragons appeared, each covered in red scales and surrounded by flames.

"Nergal's last words… This is what he was talking about!"

"This is bad! If dragons cross over into this world… it will be less than one month before this entire continent is reduced to ashes!!" Even Athos trembled at the sight of the truth in front of them.

"...We'll do whatever it takes to stop this! We will stop it!!" But Eliwood raised the Blazing Blade without a hint of hesitation.

Hector also held Armads, and Lyn tightened her grip around her two spirit-possessed swords.

However, they were also frozen in place, feeling the pressure of how overwhelmingly intimidating the three fire dragons were, surrounded by white-hot flames.

"Grr… These aren't your average monster! Just standing before them is making my legs shake…"

"And there is not one, but three of them… To be honest, this makes me want to pray to the gods."

Hector and Lyn were both usually confident whenever they spoke, but this one time, they were the exact opposite.

Among them, Archsage Athos, the only one with real experience in battle against dragons, stepped before the three fire dragons.

"I will go first. I will halt their progress… Then you will strike!!" He said, then used a teleportation circle to transport directly in front of the dragons. The moment he used all of his strength to cast a spell, the front most dragon breathed white-hot fire.

“Guh… What great power! Is there no way they can be stopped?" Athos had created a magical barrier, and while it was offering some protection, it would not hold for long.

“Lord Athos, please run! I’m coming towards you!!” Eliwood shouted, worried for the archsage.

But Athos would not listen. “...If I do not stand here… then we will have no… chance of victory.”

The moment the dragon started to breathe fire that could melt steel at Athos once more, a bright light flashed from around the Dragon's Gate.

The light was so bright that it made the three dragons pull back.

Then, only a moment later, someone clad in a dark green robe suddenly appeared in front of Athos.

“Bramimond!” Athos shouted.

“...Preparations… took some time. …Now, I will borrow everyone's strength… Gather here, power of the Eight Legends…!" Bramimond said, then took Athos with him and disappeared into darkness. In their place reappeared the Legendary Weapons, suspended in the air by magic.

Athos' Aureola and Forblaze, then Tempest Bow Mulagir, Blizzard Spear Maltet, Apocalypse and Eckesachs…

Those were the Divine Weapons, known as the blades and tomes that slayed dragons during the Scouring.

Each weapon emitted its own powerful light, glowing in unison as if they were all resonating with each other.

Eliwood and Hector’s Durandal and Armads were glowing as well. Both were shining brighter and then dimmer, over and over again.

And all of their lights together filled the room, making it shine bright.

It was so bright that everyone closed their eyes. When they sensed the light finally go out and they opened their eyes again, they saw a person beside Bramimond that shouldn’t possibly be there.

“This girl… child of the dragons… may her soul be restored…" Bramimond chanted.

With the power of every single Legendary Weapon gathered in one place, a miracle they could hardly believe occured.

“Ninian!!”

“...Ah, Ninian…!”

Eliwood and Nils both shouted in their joy.

In contrast, Ninian, having only been revived just moments ago, was surveying her surroundings in shock, not knowing what was going on around her. "This is…? Am I…"

"Girl with the exalted blood of a dragon. Use your powers to calm them." Bramimond said.

"...Ah… I, cannot. I do not have… my powers here…"

"...Do you not feel them returning to you?"

"Huh…? Ah, …yes… …I will try." Bramimond's words made Ninian realize that the original powers that resided within her as an ice dragon were at full strength.

"...This is all I will need. I am sorry… Even though you have probably done nothing wrong, this has happened… I am sorry." Ninian turned towards the three dragons and unleashed her powers. A freezing cold snow storm blew out from her thin, white hands.

Engulfed in the winds of a blizzard that could extinguish hellfire, one of the fire dragons, then a second, was defeated.

But as one still remained, Ninian exhausted her powers. "I now… no longer have any power left…" She fainted, and fell straight to the ground where she stood.

The sight made Eliwood and Nils immediately rush over to her.

"Ninian!!"

"She’s alright, she just fainted. …Thank goodness, Ninian…"

"One dragon still remains. …Leave her to me." Bramimond picked up Ninian.

Eliwood turned towards the remaining fire dragon.

"Everyone, this is the final battle that everything hinges on!! We will do whatever it takes to defeat this dragon and return home safe!!" Eliwood shouted, then swung Durandal at the fire dragon.

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