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Janice gasped at Guy's new form.

"Guy, are you alright?" She queried, helping him up.

"M'tun has returned!" Thaqotul boomed "Rejoice my bretheren, rejoice!"

And the lair was filled with reptillian cries of "rejoice" from the other Blackpyre.

"Lord M'tun." Thaqotul spoke. "The mind and the soul of your previous incarnation have been alligned to you. However, you are still not at full power. The last of your power lies within M'tun's body, which, as we told you, is sealed beneath the earth. When the Echanii returns, you must do battle with the old M'tun and defeat him before he can spread his master's power further. Alas, you are still not powerful enough to defeat him, for he is riddled with the Echanii's power, which has formed an almost inpenetrable shield for him. There is, however, one artifact that can pierce through the Echanii's power and thus weaken the old M'tun. It is called the Prism of Palovala. You see, in the early days of man, when the Echanii's army was still at large, there was an artist named Palovala whose artwork was so pure and beautiful that it attracted the attention of the godess Hikari. They began to talk and became close friends, but soon they fell in love. However, soon they realised it would never work out, what with the war with the Echanii and Hikari's duty as a goddess, and Palovala's mortal lifespan, so they both formally ended it. Brave Palovala still loved Hikari though, and she loved him still, so he decided to do one last thing for his beloved. He infected himself with the Echanii's power, but used his will, determination and his love for Hikari to keep the curse at bay. He studied its effects, and crafted a prism, that, when the purest of all lights was shone through it, would pierce through the Echanii's power. When he was finished, the curse had almost consumed him, so he hastily called upon his beloved, and bade her to take the prism. It was at that moment that the curse took over poor Palovala, and so Hikari was forced to kill him. Angry at the Echanii, she used the power of the prism to defeat him. Since the Echanii's death, the prism's exact location has remained a mystery, and only Hikari herself knows of its whereabouts. Furthermore, the prism would be useless without that pure light I was telling you about, and to make that, well......you need the gods. Only when the powers of all the gods are focused all at once on the prism will a beam then form and shatter the old M'tun's defences. You must rally all the gods to your cause if you hope to save Daughtris."

"There's a group of heroes searching for the gods too." Janice piped up. "I saw it on the news......Hey, Wait a minute! Are you.......proposing.......an alliance!?"

"I am." Thaqotul replied calmly.

"Well that's......that's.......that's proposterous! As if they'd ally themselves with us!" flustered Janice.

"They wouldn't at first." Thaqotul agreed. "But you will have to convince them that there is a greater threat at large. At present, the group has found a few gods, and are trying to find them to fight against the children of Venash in their petty squabbles over kingdoms and land. You must convince them that the return of Echanii far exceeds any of their wars, which it does, and they will realise that, if they have any sense. However, you three should not go alone on this quest, you should get your dragon friends involved. As we sad,they are powerful allies, and plus we have reason to believe that the angry one is in contact with the god Kuro, whom you need anyway, so that is a bonus."

Thaqotul took a deep breath

"Ok, so here's a runthrough of what you need to do; Step one: Tell your dragon friends about everything and ask the angry one to help you contact Kuro. Step Two: Persuade Kuro to join your cause. Step Three: Intercept Hikari's search party, tell them about the Echanii's return, say that you will help them find the other gods, and also ask Hikari where the prism is, though be careful how you approach this as she's probably really sensitive about it. And finally step five: find the other gods! When the prism is in your possession and the all the gods stand as your allies......well, by that time all will be clear as to what you need to do next. Got all that? Good. This tunnel here will lead you back to Freedom incorporated's entrance."