All right.
Now the time has come...
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Chapter Thirteen: Betrayal of the Throne... and the Birth of Fury
Ethan returned to the Sanctuary, not as a soldier, not as a commander... but as a blazing planet fallen from the sky.
On his shoulder, his spear; in his eyes, the ashes of battle; and in his heart... a homeland yet to be created.
The Sanctuary was not as he had left it—people chanted his name, children ran toward him, soldiers lined up as if before a sacred statue of fire.
And in the great square, in his blood-stained white cloak, emerged Victory of Light, the stern ruler, who resembled legend more than man.
His voice echoed through the Sanctuary walls:
> "From this moment... I declare Ethan Lawrence promoted to High-Class Governor... Deputy Deputy Commander! There is no one above him... but Heaven... and I alone!"
Everyone applauded, but Iris did not. She ran to him, tears streaming down her face, and hugged him tightly, as if she feared he might return and disappear forever.
The child, the one adopted by Frederick, the old man who had retired from command, smiled in strange silence, as if seeing the future through his past.
The celebration was magnificent... But Ethan? He couldn't bear to stay long.
He received information about an unfamiliar energy source 800 kilometers away... "I'll be back before sunset," he said with a smile.
But he didn't return... not after a day, not after two.
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And on the third day, something happened that hadn't happened since the beginning of the catastrophe...
The heavens opened.
Millions... no, billions of monsters, zombies, parasites, mutants, creatures of every kind and level... they gathered as if the whole world had come to finish off the last human stronghold.
The sky was black, the earth shook, and hearts died before bodies.
But the refuge wasn't without a protector...
Nasr Al-Dhiya emerged alone, wielding his celestial sword, his speed tearing through the air.
Each strike shattered a thousand monsters.
Every step crushed a zombie kingdom beneath him.
But he was alone... and the number was endless.
His body was riddled with wounds. His breath grew heavy.
In a moment of despair, he collapsed to his knees, groaning, not from pain... but from defeat.
"Calvus...!" he cried at the top of his lungs.
And on the upper balcony of the command palace... sat Calvus.
His hair as black as the dawn that never comes.
He who was always in the shadow of the commanders.
Whom Nasr had raised like a son, like a heart guarded.
But he didn't move.
Instead... he smiled.
He stood, and with a gaze as cold as a knife, he said:
"Forty years... and I was but a shadow.
You were the leader, and I was the hand that fought for you. But now... the world will not be ruled by the old.
But by those who know the taste of blood... and crave it."
Then he looked up at the sky...
The catastrophe was there.
The woman clothed in darkness stood in mid-air, her hair flying, her hands covered in a flame unlike any power known to humankind.
She looked at Calvus... and smiled.
He smiled back... then drew the black dagger.
He approached Nasr, the air around him thick as death.
All the soldiers witnessed...
Calvus had killed the ruler.
But not with a sword.
Slowly... with a dagger that tore through his insides as he looked into his eyes, as if to say:
"You made me this way."
Blood soaked the ground.
Silence filled the sky.
But Iris... did not remain silent.
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She screamed a scream that cracked the walls.
"The Ice Queen Chain - Second Form!!"
With a single touch, she froze the sky.
Tens of millions of zombies turned to stone, exploding under the crushing cold.
But...
Calvos? He didn't move.
In just ten minutes, he approached her, his legendary axe in hand, and...
He tore her body apart.
She screamed... She fell... Blood covered the ice.
But... before she hit the ground, the child appeared.
The one without a name... but like light entering an ancient cave.
He placed his hand on her chest, and a transparent energy began to flow.
But he didn't just heal her...
He used his special skill:
"The Call of Star Communication."
Energy from his eyes stretched to the sky, drawing a spear of light that pierced through dimensions.
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In another dimension... hundreds of kilometers away...
Ethan was fighting an S+ monster, half his armor broken, his arm bleeding.
But suddenly...
He saw that energy.
And he saw everything:
The Shelter...
The Betrayal...
The Blood...
Iris...
He screamed:
> "Void Gateway - Instant Fusion!"
And in an instant, he leaped through the void, shattering dimensions.
He arrived... just in time.
The Cataclysm was preparing a final blow to annihilate the rest...
But his spear blocked his path.
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Now...
He stands.
And they are before him.
Calphos... the traitor to the throne.
The Cataclysm... the Lady of Death.
They said together:
> "You won't stop us. It's impossible."
But Ethan didn't reply...
Instead, he screamed:
> "Second Form!!"
The earth burned.
The sky screamed. And the chapter... is over.
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