Years passed so and the war began more deadly. Especially when Cynder and Gaul were on the battlefield at the same time. It always was a victory. Cynder killed, during those years, three Guardians: The Wind one, the Water one and the Poison one. For Gaul, it was two : the Plant one and the Darkness one, that he killed with his bear hands. Four Guardians survived : Fire, Electricity, Ice and Earth. Only one, the Fire one, Ignitus, escaped from Cynder.

 And that's when they found him that they learned about the little Purple Dragon: Spyro.

 Gaul went totally mad when he saw that the attacked he ordered was in vain. So he locked himself after ordering to kill the Dragon, alone, protecting his people of what his madness would have done, questionning himself and all the actions he did during his life.

 But when he finally got out of his room and took place on his throne again, he felt a sudden pain into his chest. Everybody next to him thought that he was going to die for how miserable he looked. That was also the first time that he cried in public.

 And, suddenly, he yelled! It resonated through the entire room! Then, he felt on the ground, breathing loudly but, this time, with a more calm speed.

 “What happened, my King ?” asked one of his subjects.

 He didn't aswered, continuing to take his breath. But, after that...

 “No...” he sadly whispered. “Why her...”

 “My King?”

 He looked at him and realised he was in public. So he got up and got back on his throne, slowly, before saying out loudly:

 “I have a bad news and a good news. The good news is that our Master will soon return, at the Eternal Night. Cynder succeed her mission, prepare yourself for the journey to the Well of Soul. The bad news...”

 He took a moment of silent and looked down before saying with a sad accent: “We lost Cynder...”

 A silent came to the room. A deadly silent. The Apes were hesitating to this: was it really a bad news since she was a Dragon? Even if she was our allie, she could have betrayed us because Malefor was her Master. But others were also in the sad mood: they began to appreciate Cynder, after all. She even saved more Apes than everybody in the History. Even Gaul was saved by her when they fought Ignitus when he lost this little one called Pyra. They remember that because it was really recent, and it was right before Ignitus ran away and disapeared of their sights.

 Gaul got up and began to get out of the room.

 “Prepare yourself! Our destination is the Well of Soul!”

 And the doors were close brutally.