User blog:Redknight910/WWYD Spycrab Otherworld

I put a comforting hand on the kikimora, brandishing the sword I found. She stares at the blade with wide eyes. I feel something from the orb following me, a kind of... image. I realise the phantasmal orb can let me witness what's going on outside. I try to command it through the wall, and it goes!

When I close my eyes I can see the creatures. They're the same horrific, beastly creations as before. I open the door and swing my blade, cutting through one while forcing another to shoot back. I pull the bow I found in the house and fire, driving the arrow deep into the remaining creature.

I close the door again and go back down to the kikimora. My eyes widen as I see a pale blue light coming from a shard of crystal. A shard of the crystal. I look at me hand as I'm bathed in the pale light. The corruption is receeding, albeit slowly. When she opens her eyes and sees me, she cowers, trying to hide the crystal. I smile at her and lay my hand ontop of hers.

She holds the first part of our salvation. I promise her, so long as she has that shard, I'll protect her, from anything and everything. She smiles, a warmth that I've missed for some time now. We leave the ruined house, me wielding the sword and her the bow. I set my sights on a tower in the distance, radiating a soft glow that seems to draw creatures attention.

As we reach the tower we witness a siege, corrupt creatures and beasts trying fervently to enter the tower. A lone defender, a lich wielding her staff and channeling lightning through it, was blasting away at the attackers. I charged forward, swinging my blade into the creatures while my new friend followed, firing arrows.

We reached the lich, who took a moment to eye us off, before returning to her defence. We fought off the wave of beasts, and could already see another on the horizon. The lich looked at the two of us, and spoke quickly.

"Thank you for the aid, but I must prepare for the next wave and make sure the crystal is well." She turns to walk ito her tower when my friend produces the crystal. The lich takes one look at the shard, then another at the two of us, then ushers us into the tower. She makes a gesture and seals appear all over the walls and door.

"That should buy us some time." She mutters, looking at the two of us. "If you have that, then I assume you know what it does?" We nod. It purifies corruption. "Good. I have a much larger crystal here, and with some work I can use it to purify the entire area. I would ask you to aid me." I nod.

I explain that I'm well aware of how to make the crystal's energies radiate further, and of the consequences. She tilt's her head looking at me curiously.

"The last purifier was killed almost a century ago..." My eyes go wide. A century? How could I have been gone for a century? How could I have survived that long? Shaking the thoughts from my head I focus on what matters.

I tell her in no uncertain terms that I was the last purifier, and I know all the intricacies involved in making an amplifier. She nods, her lips tweaking in a smile.

"Then you will be an invaluable asset to me. Come, I will show you what I have. She takes us upstairs, where the crystal sits, hovering over an alter. The thing is both familiar and foriegn, the design greaatly different to my own, but with some similar mistakes. Immediately I set about fixing the mistakes I remember from my own device, and some I discovered after constructing it. With a nod I tell her the only thing it needs now is an energy drain unit to draw in the crystal's power. She shows me to a workbench, where the base for the unit has aready been built.

"All I need a focus rod." She looks to the crystal the kikimora holds, and I hold out my hand, asking if I can have the shard. She looks at it for several long moments, before slowly handing it over. I set it into the tip of the system, holding it tight with a few clamps, and pull the finished drain over to the main unit.

As we draw closer the shard begins to vibrate, matching the glow of the larger crystal. We set it in place, and there's a wail of outrage as the crystal begins to shimmer, a dome slowly spreading from it. I look at my new companions. Last time I did this, I was alone, and couldn't fend off the corruption's attackers. Now there's three of us, and we will hold them off. I can't fail again.

I step outside, as the lich seals the tower again and the kikimora takes up position at the top of the tower. The battle begins, and rages. We fight, sword, spell and shot, the quickly rotting corpses around us filling the air with a putrid stench. I hear a shattering sound, followd by crumbling stone. My first instinct is that the crystal was destroyed. But turning around I'm all but blinded by a great light. The tower had crumbled around the crystal, and the creatures shriek and flee as the purifying power shines over the area.

When I can finally see again, the area is bright and green, the purple clouds no longer obscure the sun, though they can still be seen on the horizon. What's more, my body feels... good. Better than good. I grab a mirror and almost break into tears. My eyes are blue.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Looking around I see the lich and kikimora coming to. They both look around, and even the lich's face is covered in awe. They both look at me, and the kikimora squeals, leaping into my arms and covering me in kisses. Once I finally push her away, I notice her eyes are a bright, vibrant green.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"We did it." I hear the lichh mutter, looking at the remains of her tower. She turns back to us, and I swear I see a hint of tears at the corner of her eyes. "It is but the first of many victories we must have, but we did it." I hear the sound of cries and calls from behind us, and turn to see dozens of women, monsters and men, all coming towards us from caves, ruins and even more coming over the horizon. Survivors. Fighters, each and every one of them.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">From that day, we fought back, and for every loss, we made many victories. We built a city, then a kingdom, and then, a world. Free from the horrors of the corruption, we created portable generators that we took underground, we refined the design, and eventually took back the mines and caverns. We are free. And the world is safe.