Exaluz's Story

## Intro

This Bonus Chapter follows a new character named Exaluz and her Guardian Shinoa as they make their way through an underground pathway leading them into the Southern Lands. Exaluz is the Half-sister to Kryis and the only other person to make it out of there village alive. This is her journey.

## Requirements

* The Chapter Alternate Dimension and Anilex must be complete.

## Story

The morning before Kryis's fourteenth birthday Exaluz woke up and was looking for her sister that had already left as Exaluz was the one that took care of Kryis while her parents Hakuto and Nefertina were gone, Exaluz wanted to make sure Kryis had a great birthday so that day she goes to look for something to get for Kryis. Exaluz wandered around many shops looking for what she could get her sister trying to find something Kryis may like Exaluz searches but comes up empty handed until a traveling merchant passing through the town stopped her, the merchant had a unique looking bag full of items that are unique that can only be used by a truly powerful person in hopes that Kryis would like it Exaluz buys it from the merchant and then heads back home. Exaluz wandered into to her home and packed the gift away in a safe place where she would be able to remember where she put it and she then waited for Kryis to come in again and she kept on grinning at what her sister's reaction was going to be, she hoped it would be the best. Without even noticing the time Kryis began to fall asleep out in the field to the east of the village with her summon Ryuku watching over her. Exaluz wondered where her sister was and began to worry about her but knew that Ryuku was keeping Kryis safe so Exaluz went to sleep and then hoped to see Kryis in the morning.

That morning Exaluz woke up hearing fighting going on in the village so she gets up and grabs Kryis's gift and takes the hidden path in there home into a underground pathway and to Exaluz's surprise her friend Shinoa was there waiting for her. Shinoa just stood there watching the entrance as Exaluz entered the underground pathway. Exaluz nodded and hugged Shinoa. "We need to get to my sister, Kryis, we have to be quick though." Exaluz said worriedly and looked around at her surroundings of the pathway. This pathway had to have been built eons ago as they still had that musty and dank smell of catacombs. With no other way to go but south from there current postion Shinoa and Exaluz begin to head south and continued to walked till there were stopped. Her only Summon Manus appeared to her and said from here on out we will have to fight more and more summons your sister is safe as she is being guided by Ryuku so stop worrying and get ready to fight these up and coming battles that will be getting tougher and tougher as we go along so stay motivated and happy and don't do anything that will risk your life so upon Manus telling her this Anatra the Chaos Demon appeared she knew that he would be a tough fight so she got ready to attack and with Shinoa's help and with Manus she should be able to defeat Anastra. With Exaluz and Shinoa they begin to fight everything in the room around them defeating all and upon cleaning the room empty of monsters the summon appears and Anastra introduces himself as the Armoured Demon Summon and with that said they begin to engage him in battle. With Exaluz ready to fight she takes on Anastra and during her first turn she uses her best attack Celestial Slash which drops Anastra's Guard for the whole fight allowing them to take him out faster with Shinoa going next she attacks using one of her special attacks called Half-Summon Slashes it lets her attack using her scythe eight times and even does critical damage with that attack and each one doing more then 2000 damage with each hit she was able to really show Anastra that getting to Exaluz won't be easy. Anastra attacks using his Overdrive called Blue Flames Serenade it lets him burn all the enemies for intermediate based damage but deadly if a person is weak to fire or ice. With the turn going back to Exaluz she summons Manus who even though is a Fire type also like Anastra he is wind so the damage will hurt Anastra and not heal him. So with Manus up he uses his Overdrive Flaming Wind Razor which lets him focus all the wind around him and along with the spiritual energy also in the passage he sends sharp wind razors at Anastra doing a lot of damage but also severely weakening him giving Shinoa the advantage she needs to take out Anastra so Shinoa uses another special attack of hers called Vanishing Slash which allows her to appear behind the enemy at there vulnerable spot and with a single slash doing massive damage in turn defeating Anastra and upon his defeat he agrees to join Exaluz as her second summon.

Immediately upon the beginning to walk again they are stopped by Necroph who stopped them mid way through the passage to let them know the he has no means to wanting to fight them so he won't and agrees that when they get to his spot that he will just join immediately after the room is cleared of monsters. Upon getting to the room they see more monsters then before that were in Anastra's room but they don't let that get to them they defeat them and then Exaluz speak to Necroph to get him to join her and he thanks her and then joins her without a single blow getting landed and no fight even starting. He tells her my Overdrive is called Flapping Gusts it lets me send the dust or the air at an enemy in the form of a small tornado doing moderate damage. Without having to fight Necroph they immediately head to the next area and even see more then the usual amount of enemies from the other two rooms Exaluz and Shinoa defeat them and upon doing so a suit of armor moves and tells Exaluz you made it but can you beat me and she introduces herself as Anri the Possessed Armor Summon. Exaluz is more reluctent to fight her as they don't have Holy Magic as it can beat her faster if they did but they will have to make do with what they have so immediately upon the battle starting Anri taunts Exaluz and Shinoa not letting out a single care in the world about if she wins or loses. Exaluz begins by Summoning Anastra who uses his Overdrive on Anri which freezes her and not allowing her to move at all and upon doing this is given the whole battle to just do damage to her as long as she doesn't use Manus they can defeat her easily but if Manus is used she will unfreeze and be able to move. So with Shinoa going next she uses her third special attack called Former Lady it lets her do holy based damage to an opponent and does normally moderate damage in one attack but because Anri is weak to holy is does massive damage leaving her weakened and near death. Anri not being able to move told her you got lucky girl as my overdrive would have took your allies soul and would have let me take control of her for three turns. But the the battle went back to Exaluz who uses her special attack Spinning Death and in turn defeating Anri who accepts defeat and tells her enjoy your win we keep getting harder and harder as the passage goes so do enjoy this little bit of free time before going after the next one upon becoming Exaluz's Summon she drops and Armor called Former Lady's Attire which is an armor for Shinoa and only Shinoa boosting her damage when she uses her special attack Former Lady.

The team keeps going as they know that once they get half way they will be able to rest for the night and not have to worry about monsters so they head south some more into an aread full of ice with Manus melts and with the ice gone the monsters show up and are defeated even faster as the ones that appeared are all weak to fire and with the team still on the same side they aren't taking damage only the enemies rushing towards them are and even before they could make it to both Exaluz and Shinoa they all die and then the ground goes back to normal without the fire or ice and then the next summon appears he openly says what a way to win using fire again ice based enemies what a shame but I won't go down so easily so do enjoy your this battle he rushes right infront of the team and says my name is Artorias as you can see I am the Ice Beast Summon and I won't go down without a fight. Exaluz then says it will be an easier fight if Manus burned the ground below you so that is what he will do so she summons Manus causing the floor below Artorias to burn causing him to take massive amounts of damage and then upon doing that Shinoa defends in order to not lose health. In the next turn Artorias attacks Exaluz who gets protected by Shinoa who defended and then she took the damage but not as much as Exaluz would have. Manus keeps the effect going while Exaluz uses Flaming Vortex a spell that Kryis will learn as well and upon using it she also does double the damage to Artorias causing him to take way to much damage but with still a bit left and Shinoa defending he goes to use his Overdrive Ice Rush which lets him attack an ally and he retargets Exaluz but with Shinoa again taking the hit for her and Artorias wasting his energy he lost the fight and became Exaluz's Summon and accepted defeat. With Exaluz and Shinoa very tired they know that after the next one they can take a small break but they need to be careful and even more alert as now they are getting tired and need to relax. With the two of them slowly moving closer and closer to the next room they see a single woman standing in the middle no monsters in the room and upon them getting closer they don't since any monsters in the area for a long while meaning the woman before them must be someone keeping the enemies at bay or she is very powerful. So Exaluz speaks to the woman and she says nice to see you summoner I am Erith nice to meet you it seems your looking for the exit your about half way there now you just need to keep going a bit further but before that you must challenge this rooms summon in a fight they ask the woman were is the summon and she says how can you be so naive girl I am the summon Erith the Goddess of Deceit. With Erith prepared to fight and Exaluz and Shinoa also ready they begin the match but Erith says all you have to do is be able to damage me in anyway without dying and I will join you so better hope you two are able to go first as if I do you won't last long with my Overdrive which will easily put an end to you fast it's called Rain of Deceit it lets me rain down beams of deceit and petty emotions on my enemy doing massive damage to all people on the field. But since Exaluz is able to go first she summons Artorias who uses his Overdrive to Rush at Erith and not only knocking her down but also doing damage to her even though it was basically moderate damage Erith told her as I said I will stop the fight and join you as you have shown me that you know what your doing at least for now.

With the Exaluz and Shinoa beat tired Erith agrees to look after them as they sleep and then lets them get the amount they need before waking them up so they can continue Exaluz's Journey. When the two wake up Erith goes and says not continue on and keep your head up never let your guard down. The two girls remember her words and continue with caution they get half way through the passage and being to encounter monsters much stronger then before and they are able to defeat them and continue on with each monster defeated they continue to level up and get stronger but when they get into the next room they sense no monsters so they begin to think that the monsters will be in the halls for now and then the next summon appears and says you two are correct the God/Goddess summons are to powerful for a normal monster to harm so we are able to protect our rooms in this passage so they ask the man who he is and he then says I am Vyx the God of Buffs I make sure everyone is able to not take two much damage and is safe from being killed. When Exaluz approaches Vyx he goes and says don't be worried I won't fight you and there are two more that won't past me but the others you will have to prove yourself to in order to defeat. He begins to tell her that his overdrive is called Unbreakable Protection which lets him protect all allies on the field with full strength, magic, defense, and magic defense boosts granting them more of a winning chance along with boosting their speed and dodging abilties as well making it easier for them to win. With Vyx now as a Summon Exaluz and Shinoa begin to walk again into the passage and see that the enemies in this area are all fast so they need to be on their toes and even faster then the enemies to win they did defeat them and continued on and made it to the room with them seeing the summon he lunges torward Exaluz that deflect his attack with her scythe. When she deflected the attack the summon goes at least your a bit quick but I almost got you. Exaluz asks who he is and he says I am Nypherion but you can call me Ny for short I am the God of Stealth. Exaluz remembers the words of Vyx and then upon the battles start Vyx immediately summons himself to help out and uses his overdrive and that immediately give Exaluz a turn of her own letting her use her special attack Celestial Slash that immediately drops Nypherion's guard then immediately after Shinoa uses her special attack Former Lady which does massive damage to Nypherion as he is also a Darkness element as well so it really lets him see how committed they are but it doesn't completely take him out. In his turn Nypherion does his overdrive called Deadly Alliance which lets him clone himself and immediately attack an enemy doing massive damage to one person but it misses Exaluz thanks to Vyx and it also lets her counter the attack letting her do normal damage to him. In the next round Exaluz immediately calls upon Artorias to use his Overdrive to freeze the enemy it landed but it didn't freeze him but the damage did a lot so it weakened him and then Shinoa did her special attack Half-Summon Slashes and it inturn defeated him to were he would give up and agree that Exaluz is worthy of him as a summon for her. After the fight he joins her and drops a sword called Nypherion's Edge it has a very strong critical hit rate and is ment to be used by a very strong person as the sword is way to powerful for normal people. They pick it up then begin to head out again.

Continuing down the path they run into enemies that are easy to kill but will also heal all there health and mana back up so they use this time to restore all the mana lost and all health to be at the max when they go against the next summon. In the room they see a beautiful blonde hair woman with green eyes standing before them and she tells them don't be worried I won't harm you so they approach her and she introduces herself as the Goddess of Mana Kyla. She tells them that her Overdrives are both based off Mana and both are holy based on is an attack called Mana Cluster it send a giant cluster ball of mana at an enemy dealing massive damage the other one she has Mana Surge lets her increase the allies on the field's Mana to even more heights beyond there level. She also gives Exaluz a sword only Angels can use called Mana Syphon before letting Exaluz go on ahead. Now walking they make it into the next path and they see enemies that can inflict death or doom on an enemy so they kill them fast and move faster and they are able to make it to the summon's room. Upon entering the room the Summon says well you defeated all that came before you what do I owe the honor have having you in my presence my name is Abyss I am the God of Death and I am and always will be one of the toughest to obtain. He keeps up with his attitude and he continues it at the start of the battle before Kyla appears to help the team by using Mana Cluster on Abyss causing him to lose massive amounts of health and then Exaluz goes to use her special attack Celestial Slash that does more damage to Abyss and then Shinoa attacks him using her special ability called Former Lady which really cripples him to a dangerously low amount of health he tells them that no one has ever been able to beat him but he accepts the defeat and ends the fight he tells Exaluz and Shinoa that his Overdrive called Doom's Awakening which lets him attack all characters in turn casting doom on them all and if the doom effect hits it will take only ten minutes to immediately kill all that get effected by it. He joins her and then tells her that the next two aren't gods so be careful but they can be deadly if taken lightly. Walking slowly they make it to the one before the last and notice the monsters are back in the room a group of normal werewolfs and wolfs all getting slautered by Exaluz and Shinoa upon the defeat of the last group the Werewolf Lord appears and introduces himself as Gundyr. He was mad that the monsters were defeated but then immediately went and told Exaluz that she has to prove herself if she wants him so they engage in battle where this time Vyx reappers for the second time but this time against Gundyr and he used his overdrive which helped Exaluz user her best special to break Grundyr's guard followed by Shinoa using her best special so far which did massive damage to him because Gundyr is also a darkness type but after her attack he began his he used his Overdrive called Beast Lords Revenge it lets him go berserk and attack one enemy at random going massive damage to that enemy. But he misses hitting Shinoa and then get attacked again by Exaluz that summons Manus to attack him which does his overdrive that does massive damage to him as well leaving barely enough to hold on but Shinoa takes him out with a normal attack and that helps Exaluz gain Gundyr as a summon and is able to finally make it to the last room before the exit to the passageway.

With the light coming closer and the team of Exlauz and Shinoa making their way to the end they happen to make it straight to the room without a single encounter and they walk into the room and Shinoa was sent ahead while Exaluz was left in the room that was a brightly orange color so bright that you can barely see anything and when Exaluz closed her eyes the summon spoke saying my name is Riya the Phoenix Summon I am not the only Phoenix Summon but I am one of the two I am stronger then the other but that means nothing as I prefer to not fight like it also does so hear goes I hope you can take my power because if you can't you will be without a single chance to redeem you will be dead so behold my power. With Exaluz ready Riya tells her my Overdrive is called Cosmic Blast I will take all my power and cause a cosmic blast of fire and have it scorch all enemies on the field doing near deadly damage. With Exaluz's willpower she was able to pull through and gain her final summon but also she knew that her powers as a summoner won't grow like her half sister Kryis but in the end at least she gathered hers. Upon being able to see the light and Shinoa they head outside to a view of the outside world and it shows that they are in a forest and very close to a village when they get closer to the village all they see are elves and the leader tells them a summoner and her guardian so you must have survived the whole undergound passage congratulations and welcome to the Village of Elves in the Southern Lands your safe here and welcome to stay lets hope some other summoners have survived but we won't know till later on so you two deserve a nice long rest where you aren't going to be desturbed so they follow the elf leader and they go to a home where they stay and relax until the time comes where Exaluz can reunite with any other summoner's that happened to survive.

## Summons

Manus - Ninetailed FoxAnastra - Armoured DemonNecroph - PegasusAnri - Possessed ArmorArtorias - Ice BeastErith - Goddess of DeceitVyx - God of BuffsNypherion - God of StealthKyla - Goddess of ManaAbyss - God of DeathGundyr - Werewolf LordRiya - Phoenix
## Rewards

The rewards in this Chapter are none but you get to see two characters that join later on with the items she obtained.

## Notes

* Kryis's Birthday Gift that Exaluz has will be given to Kryis the moment Exaluz joins with Shinoa upon being obtained in the Southern Lands.
* Anri gives Exaluz an Armor named after Shinoa's best special attack called Former Lady this Attire boosts that attack and it's damage upon being equipped.
* Nypherion gives Exaluz a sword called Nypherion's Edge but it can only be equipped by powerful warriors like Shadow, Broventhor, Shade, Drelon, Slovnic,Valkyrie, and Crisin to be exact so far.
* Kyla gives Exaluz the Mana Syphon Sword but it can only be used by Lorna.