Laur took a deep breath, "Suppose I agree, then what? You may not think we're worthy opponents, but there's a huge amount of energy in every Dragon! You have to put it all somewhere!"

Sven nodded slightly, "Don't worry Marlis has a way to store as much energy as you need. By the way, we'll also take all the souls of the Black Whip as well as your crystals that still have energy in them."

Laur frowned, but didn't object. The only thing he could hope for in that situation was that Sven wouldn't cheat them and leave after he got what he wanted.

"Well, now that we've agreed on everything, it's time to get started." Sven smirked and beckoned to Marlis.

Marlis nodded, and a sphere of many magical circles appeared in front of her with Birit's soul locked inside.

Laur's eyes went wide when he saw this, for he had not expected that it was possible to keep such a powerful soul just between barriers.

'Damn... Marlis Layre... Her abilities are truly astounding...' Laur inwardly muttered with a dazed expression.

"Hey, you should give your subordinates a command. I don't want Marlis to waste any extra energy on you, we're already pretty tired after the battle." Sven said arrogantly, covering each Dragon with his cold stare.

Laur took a deep breath and gave the order. The Dragons did not resent it and did as he said, releasing some of their energy that Marlis could cling to. The dragons understood that neither their leader nor they had any other choice. After all, being weakened for a few years was far better than dying.

'Hmm... Though I could be wrong, as far as I understand there are a few years left before the First Great War begins, so what will Sven do all that time? How much energy will he be able to gather?' Wain muttered a thoughtful expression, hovering around like a ghost.

Marlis gradually absorbed energy from the Dragons, causing them to weaken, then she moved on to the crystals and souls of the Black Whip.

The Dragons' auras dropped to First Chronicle and slowly recovered. Their Soul Temples were intact, but they would be very weak for a long time.

"Well, I think we're done here." Sven said carelessly, shaking the dust off his hands.

"Hey... What are you going to do now?" Laur asked with an exhausted look.

Sven shrugged, "Nothing ordinary, it's all horrible, all that's left is to act on my plan. Good luck, I hope you make a full recovery after the war."

Whooooooooooooooosh.

Sven jumped, quickly leaving the territory of space. Osvald and Marlis looked at each other, shrugged, and followed him.

"Agh... This isn't what I expected at all, but at least we stayed alive..." Laur muttered while shaking his head.

Tremble. Tremble. Tremble.

Suddenly the whole space shuddered, covered in a green grid. Laur grew wary since he thought Sven had decided to kill them after all, but then a bitter smile appeared on his face.

"I see... Not only have they weakened us to the lowest level, but they also made sure we wouldn't get in their way... Well, I doubt we could..." Laur sighed, looking at his men, "All we can do now is rest and wait for our strength to recover.

Within minutes, all the gaps in Azure Tail's Void were sealed as well as the space itself. Marlis's energy had completely obscured it, so now, for the World of Darkness, this area did not exist.

"Surely they can't get out of there?" Sven asked as he raised an eyebrow.

"Sure... Until their powers are restored to the God Stage they can't break my seal. I did exactly as you said." Marlis calmly replied with a nod.historical

"Hey... Guys, I don't understand something..." Osvald muttered with a confused expression, scratching the back of his head.

"Hmm?" Sven glanced at him.

"What do we say to Olax? I mean... We were sent to destroy the Azure Tail, but we ended up helping them and killing all the members of the Black Whip instead, including their leader." Osvald waved his hand.

Sven grinned, "It's simple. Let's just say that Azure Tail destroyed the Black Whip in a clash between the two organizations. We just didn't get there in time, but we took care of the consequences and dealt with Black Whip, that's all."

Osvald's eyes went wide, "Right... Because of Marlis's seal, no one can know what really happened... Damn, that's genius!"

"Hah, you overestimate me. It's a common manipulation." Sven shrugged, then he looked forward and his face became serious, "Well, it's time to go back. Don't forget, no one must know of our secret plans, until after the Great War."

Marlis and Osvald did as he said and nodded with cold faces. To the world, they were still the strongest Arkans after their leader.

It was one of the most important parts of Sven's memories, so until the next major point, things were happening unaccustomedly fast.

'Damn... It looks like something interesting is ahead of me... First, he defeated one of the strongest Dragons, but now what...? Did Sven do anything else before the great war began?' Wain muttered, looking at the hundreds of events quickly passing before his eyes.

There was something going on in each memory, but it wasn't critical. In general, Sven, Marlis, and Osvald continued to do their leader's bidding. Sometimes it was killing, sometimes it was negotiating, or even participating in a local war between some organizations.

Each time Sven made small adjustments to the original plan and took every opportunity to gather energy. Sometimes for the sake of it, Sven would kill hundreds of creatures that were in the Fifth Chronicle.

Crackle.

The white gate opened as three silhouettes stepped inside, heading towards the man standing in the center. Olax's white hair fluttered slightly in the wind while he looked out over the shining city from one of the highest points in Arkan World.

"Well, it looks like we've come to the end... The Great War will begin shortly and I have one last, easiest task for you." Olax turned, meeting eyes with Sven, Marlis, and Osvald.