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Syrus stands near the gates of the
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mysterious island. Mr. I begins flapping his
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wings and takes flight. Syrus hangs onto
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Mr. I’s feet and he lifts off of the ground.
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Mr. I and Syrus slowly ascend from the island
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and rise over the volcano. Through the red, foggy
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smoke, Syrus can see Wizeman’s Castle.
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“Go!” Syrus says. Mr. I begins to soar
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over the mountain. Syrus looks down and notices
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that the ground is shaking.
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“Mr. I, what’s going on?” Syrus says.
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“I’m not sure... wait! It must be
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Sage!”
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“Sage? You mean that person that Kail
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was looking for?”
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“Yes. Kail didn’t tell you much about
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Sage. Or Veronica, even.” Mr. I says.
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“Yeah. The only thing I’ve noticed is that
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they all have Synan’s last name.” Syrus says.
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“There is much more than that, but I
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can’t explain it now.”
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They are now floating directly over the
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crater in the volcano. Syrus looks ahead and sees
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that the castle is shaking more violently than the
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rest of the island. The walls of the castle crack
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and begin to collapse.
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Syrus looks closer at the castle. Suddenly,
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a huge beam of light shoots up through the center
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of the castle. The castle begins to explode from
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the top out. Bricks and debris are flying away from
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the castle. Soon, the center tower in the castle
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is completely annihilated. The four guard towers
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are also badly deteriorated.
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The rocks from the castle are flying away
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at an amazing speed. Mr. I and Syrus dodge most
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of them. One rock is flying straight toward Mr. I.
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Mr. I is almost bashed in the face by it. Syrus takes
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out Mr. I’s Ideya Capture and returns him to it,
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leaving Syrus falling toward the mountain below.
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Syrus hits the rocks on the volcano hard,
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and begins to roll and tumble down the mountain.
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A big rock petruding from the mountain’s surface
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saves Syrus’s fall. Syrus has an almost-perfect view
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of the castle from here.
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Syrus looks around, towards the castle.
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In front of the castle, Syrus sees Synan and Zoe.
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Another girl is with them. Veronica!
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Veronica looks up at the mountain, at
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Syrus. How did she know he was there?
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Syrus looks up into the beam of light. A
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boy, maybe 15, is hovering up there. He is wearing
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a blood-red cape. His hair is brown, and the clothes
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under his cape are black.
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“So, this is Sage.” Syrus says. He moves
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closer to where Synan and Zoe are, so that he
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can hear them.
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Zoe says, “I’m assuming that is not a good
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thing.”
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“No,” Veronica answers, “Sage will morph
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into Deity and destroy the entire universe.”
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Syrus listens to that statement. ‘Sage will...
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morph? Into Deity?’ Syrus could already sense the
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strength and evil in Sage. But that’s not even his
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full form.
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Syrus looks up at the evil man in the sky.
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‘How can he be human?’ Syrus thinks, ‘I have
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never seen any human with that kind of power.
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Well, James is an exception, but he probably
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isn’t human either.’
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Syrus hears footsteps behind him. Syrus
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sits up and looks. Kail is standing there. Kail
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crouches down behind the rock with Syrus and
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watches.
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“Kail.”
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“...What?” Kail responds, after a short
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delay.
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“Is that what you were searching for?”
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“Yes. I was hoping to rescue him before
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Veronica could give him that kind of power.”
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“Veronica made him what he is?” Syrus
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asks, skeptically.
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“Yes. They used several magic stones
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on him.”
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“Magic stones?” Syrus asks.
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“Yes. There are several kinds of magic
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stones on this island. They all do different things.”
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“Go on.” Syrus says.
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“Well, the Dark Stone gives a human
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or monster the mega-monster power. James has
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one. Have you met James?”
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“Yeah.” Syrus answers.
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“Well, James has a Dark Stone. That’s
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what makes him have a yellow flame and give
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him his power. They trained Sage with the
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Dark Stone, so that he could move up to the
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Ultra-Monster level. That is where Veronica is.”
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“Veronica is Sage’s brother. My sister.
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Since Sage is older than her, she decided to
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put Sage through even more training. Sage
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eventually graduated to a Hyper-Monster.
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That’s even more powerful than Veronica.”
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“At the hyper-monster level, Veronica
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decided that Sage could stand the power of
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the Light Stone. The Light Stone has so much
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power that a normal human would most likely
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spontaneously combust if they tried to use it.”
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Syrus comments, “You know, for a
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ten-year-old, you sure have a big vocabulary.”
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“Yeah, well. No interruptions. So
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anyway, with the Light Stone, Sage got even
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more power. He then went beyond the level
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of a hyper-monster. At that point he had
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enough power to destroy several universes.”
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“Veronica then gave Sage the magical
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stone of Deity. At Sage’s power level, he
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could easily stand the stone’s extreme powers.
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And that’s where we are now.”
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“Where are we?” Syrus asks.
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“Watching Sage transform into a
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being too powerful for even him to control.”
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