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I was discharged from the hospital good as new, and Shayra was outside with Palgaro-Sensei to welcome me. "Claive! I'm so glad now that you're out!" Shayra squealed as she hugged me. "I'm glad to be back on track. Hey, did you get Nefilhame's... er, my spear?" I asked.
"I tried, but whenever one of us reached for it, it would burst into flame. We couldn't touch it."
"I guess it rejects whomever isn't its master. Well, no biggie."
"Claive," Palgaro-Sensei said, "I took the liberty of getting your armor repaired since Shayra here brought what was left of it to The Forge. It's also been treated to resist temperatures up to 1600 degrees Centigrade."
"Thank you, Sensei. I truly appreciate that." I told him, bowing.
"Just please, take it easy next time. I had better not catch you in the ICU again." he replied, grinning. I chuckled and turned to Shayra. "So, Popper, shall we go back to Kithnal?" She nodded and grabbed me, and we teleported home.

We arrived right where we left from, and everyone was asleep. Seeing this as a prime opportunity to be a jerk, I inhaled deeply and shouted, "HEEYY YOOUU GUUYYS!!" Everyone bolted upright, nearly scared out of their skins. Doriyan said, "Hey! What the hell happened with you? You leave for a bit over half a day and you're all fixed up, just like that?"
"I've been at Chromozone's medical facility, which as I told you, is on a hyperbolic plane. It's been a bit less than a month for me, but whatever. What's been up with my new spear?"
Gryphen replied, "It's just been smoldering over there where you killed Nefilhame. None of us could touch it before it would start burning."
"Ah, I see. Well, I'll go get it." I walked over and pulled it from the ground, and suddenly, visions of demonic armies attacking places flooded my mind. Gasping, I said, "I need to stop them!" Somehow, I knew I could speak to them with the spear, so I focused on it and spoke loudly in Abyssal. "Armies of Nefilhame, hear me! I am Claive Ilusta, and I have defeated your king. I decree as the new lord of Nessus, retreat! Return to Nessus at once!" I watched as the demons disappeared from the worlds they were attacking and return to their own. I sighed. "Good. Looks like we won."


[Continued in Chapter 18-2]