Syrus stands near the gates of the

mysterious island. Mr. I begins flapping his

wings and takes flight. Syrus hangs onto

Mr. I’s feet and he lifts off of the ground.

Mr. I and Syrus slowly ascend from the island

and rise over the volcano. Through the red, foggy

smoke, Syrus can see Wizeman’s Castle.

“Go!” Syrus says. Mr. I begins to soar

over the mountain. Syrus looks down and notices

that the ground is shaking.

“Mr. I, what’s going on?” Syrus says.

“I’m not sure... wait! It must be

Sage!”

“Sage? You mean that person that Kail

was looking for?”

“Yes. Kail didn’t tell you much about

Sage. Or Veronica, even.” Mr. I says.

“Yeah. The only thing I’ve noticed is that

they all have Synan’s last name.” Syrus says.

“There is much more than that, but I

can’t explain it now.”

They are now floating directly over the

crater in the volcano. Syrus looks ahead and sees

that the castle is shaking more violently than the

rest of the island. The walls of the castle crack

and begin to collapse.

Syrus looks closer at the castle. Suddenly,

a huge beam of light shoots up through the center

of the castle. The castle begins to explode from

the top out. Bricks and debris are flying away from

the castle. Soon, the center tower in the castle

is completely annihilated. The four guard towers

are also badly deteriorated.

The rocks from the castle are flying away

at an amazing speed. Mr. I and Syrus dodge most

of them. One rock is flying straight toward Mr. I.

Mr. I is almost bashed in the face by it. Syrus takes

out Mr. I’s Ideya Capture and returns him to it,

leaving Syrus falling toward the mountain below.

Syrus hits the rocks on the volcano hard,

and begins to roll and tumble down the mountain.

A big rock petruding from the mountain’s surface

saves Syrus’s fall. Syrus has an almost-perfect view

of the castle from here.

Syrus looks around, towards the castle.

In front of the castle, Syrus sees Synan and Zoe.

Another girl is with them. Veronica!

Veronica looks up at the mountain, at

Syrus. How did she know he was there?

Syrus looks up into the beam of light. A

boy, maybe 15, is hovering up there. He is wearing

a blood-red cape. His hair is brown, and the clothes

under his cape are black.

“So, this is Sage.” Syrus says. He moves

closer to where Synan and Zoe are, so that he

can hear them.

Zoe says, “I’m assuming that is not a good

thing.”

“No,” Veronica answers, “Sage will morph

into Deity and destroy the entire universe.”

Syrus listens to that statement. ‘Sage will...

morph? Into Deity?’ Syrus could already sense the

strength and evil in Sage. But that’s not even his

full form.

Syrus looks up at the evil man in the sky.

‘How can he be human?’ Syrus thinks, ‘I have

never seen any human with that kind of power.

Well, James is an exception, but he probably

isn’t human either.’

Syrus hears footsteps behind him. Syrus

sits up and looks. Kail is standing there. Kail

crouches down behind the rock with Syrus and

watches.

“Kail.”

“...What?” Kail responds, after a short

delay.

“Is that what you were searching for?”

“Yes. I was hoping to rescue him before

Veronica could give him that kind of power.”

“Veronica made him what he is?” Syrus

asks, skeptically.

“Yes. They used several magic stones

on him.”

“Magic stones?” Syrus asks.

“Yes. There are several kinds of magic

stones on this island. They all do different things.”

“Go on.” Syrus says.

“Well, the Dark Stone gives a human

or monster the mega-monster power. James has

one. Have you met James?”

“Yeah.” Syrus answers.

“Well, James has a Dark Stone. That’s

what makes him have a yellow flame and give

him his power. They trained Sage with the

Dark Stone, so that he could move up to the

Ultra-Monster level. That is where Veronica is.”

“Veronica is Sage’s brother. My sister.

Since Sage is older than her, she decided to

put Sage through even more training. Sage

eventually graduated to a Hyper-Monster.

That’s even more powerful than Veronica.”

“At the hyper-monster level, Veronica

decided that Sage could stand the power of

the Light Stone. The Light Stone has so much

power that a normal human would most likely

spontaneously combust if they tried to use it.”

Syrus comments, “You know, for a

ten-year-old, you sure have a big vocabulary.”

“Yeah, well. No interruptions. So

anyway, with the Light Stone, Sage got even

more power. He then went beyond the level

of a hyper-monster. At that point he had

enough power to destroy several universes.”

“Veronica then gave Sage the magical

stone of Deity. At Sage’s power level, he

could easily stand the stone’s extreme powers.

And that’s where we are now.”

“Where are we?” Syrus asks.

“Watching Sage transform into a

being too powerful for even him to control.”