Confront Elok Daven.

With your sword ready, you lower yourself into a combat stance. You may hate this man, but you know not to underestimate him, so you keep a keen eye about you. "So you're facing me already. That saves a lot of time. I don't need an army to take down one man."

His lips curl into a smile before letting loose a bellowing laugh. "Kyle, please. I practically made you. I know what you're capable of doing, and I'm not so foolish as to fight you like this. No, this isn't our final battle. Not yet. In fact, I doubt that day will come. You'll perish alone, without your friends, and without even striking a hair off my head."

"Flare Bolt!" you shout as you whip the point of your blade forwards. Energy pulses down the metal until an arrow of flames propels from a thrust in your enemy's direction. It careens out at an alarming speed, and he either can't dodge in time, or doesn't. Either way, the bolt hits, though it passes right through and disperses on the wall by the door behind him. You squint at him. "Of course you're not really here."

"Call me a coward if you wish, but I frankly don't care." He brings one hand forward and raises it up. When he does, two tiles in front of him extend up from the ground. The risen platforms reveal copper automatons, but mounted firmly as turrets. Then when he moves again, two sink down from the ceiling, and before you know it, all four are aimed directly at you. "This is my laboratory. My domain. You were a fool to come to me. In here, I am God, and soon that will extend across all of Tivera, and then Absoterra, and then Earth as well."

Each of the turrets start to hum with life as they charge their attacks.

You squat down, waiting to dodge. "I trust in my allies, wherever they are. All I gotta do is find you. They'll deal with the rest. This place may be woven with magic by you, Nae, Breiah, and whomever, but it can't be impossible to navigate. There's always a way to the core."

"Naturally, but you won't find it in time. And remember, Kyle. You're alone now. I know your weakness. You gain power from those around you, do you not? I've seen it with my own eyes. Truly, it's quite a remarkable skill. You've discovered empty slots in the system I designed, and you've begun to fill them, consciously or not. But this tether you have with your allies means nothing if you're separated."

You don't want to say anything about Peony in your armour, just in case he doesn't know.

The turrets fire. A second before the blasts hit their target, you leap forwards. Using Bunny Hop, you warp across the room and slash over the projected body of Elok Daven, purely to flex, before tumbling back to your feet by the door behind him. You slam your boot into the knob and snap it open, and you speak without turning back. "Your hubris is coming back to haunt you, David. Delphi. William. Me. And by the end of things, I think your own people will betray you."

"Possibly," he says as he turns. "I care little as to whether or not my so-called allies say with me or not. Breiah and I are an unstoppable team, and we need nobody else. This is why if you even manage to find me, you won't defeat me. I'm not hindered by disconnection. I am the culmination of all that's transpired. An ultimate being. The perfected version of you. And to think, all you needed to do was accept my hand, and we could have had all of this together."

"You just said you don't care about your allies anyway."

He chuckles. "Ah. You got me."

With that, you walk at first, and then begin to run down the hallway to wherever it may lead you next.

Aris. Let's check it on everyone. That may be the only way to find where people are. He might not even know I can do that.

"With Nae here, I think he probably does," she speaks in your mind. "But still, it's out best bet."