The sky above Spiral Island brooded with dark clouds. A haunting silence loomed. Inside the Spiral throne room, Siddik stood motionless, staring at the empty war map and preparing himself to fight for his dream. His elite army hasn't arrived, but his enemies are knocking at the door.
Outside the gates, Mike's massive army of five thousand stood ready. Heavy boots pressed into the soil. Iron roared through the air. Nafisa stood beside Mike, calm but grim.
Mike (smirking): "It'll be easy to crush him at the moment. I already killed his Spiral army last time."
Zakaria (checking his intel): "As far as I know, they still have a thousand soldiers in hidden bunkers."
Mike (laughing): "Just a thousand? That's all? I'll slice through them like paper."
Nafisa (coldly): "Then let's do this right. We'll offer peace. One letter. One chance."
Siddik came to the royal courtroom, where his father once ruled the island. He stepped forward to the throne and sat on it. Tayeb entered and saw Siddik sitting on the throne, wearing black titanium armor, a mask that covered half of his face. A sword is lying on his lap, and another rests on his right, a white saber sheathed behind him.
Tayeb: "They're outside the gates, Siddik. Almost seven thousand strong, almost five thousand maybe Mike's, and others from different countries. And Nafisa… she's with Mike. I can't believe my eyes. How can she?"
Siddik: "I know, Tayeb."
Tayeb (hesitates): "Our reserved soldiers are ready, but they are also afraid to see the outside scene. We'll be nothing against them."
Siddik (sighs): "I know, Tayeb. But I have something to ask you and something to tell you."
Tayeb: "First, tell me what's on your mind. Then ask me what you want to know."
Siddik: "The reserved soldiers haven't seen my face for eight years, so they are unsure about the fight. Once I meet them, they'll get their confidence back."
Tayeb (smiles): "And what do you want to know?"
Siddik: "Tell me honestly, why did you stay? Why betray others for me? Why risk your valuable life?"
Tayeb (with steel in his voice): "I bled in many years, Siddik. But they didn't deserve my blood. But you… You bleed with us, risked your life many times for me, for the people. You could've built your empire for yourself. But you built it for those forgotten. That's why. You gave me a lot of reasons to stand with you."
Siddik walked up to him and hugged him.
Siddik: "Thank you, Tayeb. If I die today, please carry this legacy forward."
Tayeb: "You won't die. You have a lot of work to do. And your family is waiting to meet you after this long period."
A soldier rushes in with a message.
Soldier: "Sir, they've sent a letter."
Siddik unfolds the letter:
"We wish to talk. No blood. Let us negotiate. Trust me.
– Nafisa."
He handed it over to Tayeb. Siddik grabs a pen.
"The time for talk is over. You hurt my people, killed them. You hunted Rafiq, sent the army for the family. You've crossed all the limits. There will be just war, Nafisa. Today, either you stand, or I stand. Today it ends here. And trust? It's a poison that I don't drink."
He ordered the soldier to send it to them.
Siddik (to Tayeb): "We don't have much time, Tayeb. Let's meet the soldiers."
Siddik and Tayeb went to meet the soldiers. The soldiers, some were afraid, some didn't know why they would fight after many years. Siddik stood in front of them. Tayeb joined Musa and the soldiers.
Siddik (shouts): "I know you are afraid. You are thinking about what's going on. I, Abu Bakar Siddik, the Prince of Spiral Island, once took an oath. That oath left me out of this kingdom. But now, I am here today not as a prince, a warrior, a soldier, but as a Spiral army like you. We once took a promise, remember? We promised to take down each of the Spiral Crown's people, who took our family, our partners, and our beloved ones. Today is the day to fulfill the promise."
The soldiers clap their hands.
Siddik: "Today, we fight as if it's our last breath. Because if we fall now, the Spiral Crown rises again—and we all know the cost of their return. Just two days ago, they killed our Spiral army. And today, they are here again to finish what's left and destroy our legacy."
Siddik was silent for some seconds. Then again, roared.
Siddik: "We are the protectors of Spiral Island. Today we bled together. We fight together. And we die together. Let's show them who we are.
The Spiral army got full confidence. They chant, "LONG LIVE SPIRAL! LONG LIVE SIDDIK!"
Siddik: "My soldiers rage! My soldiers scream! My soldiers assemble!"
Everyone chanted and ran towards the main gate, "RAGE! FIGHT! DIE!"
The soldiers divided into two teams. Musa and Tayeb led them from the frontline. Siddik stayed back at the royal court, waiting. Siddik contacts Rafi via comms.
Siddik: "Rafi, what's the situation?"
Rafi: "Mike has sent a hundred army here. I don't know how to handle. Also, those bastards bombed my jet. The drones are telling them they are finding them. I am here at your mansion gate. What about you?"
Siddik: "They haven't arrived yet. And these bastards are stepping forward. Maybe the battle has begun. I don't know how much I can do."
Rafi: "Where is Brother Hasan? He's not responding to my calls."
Siddik: "He's out dealing with the rebels. But honestly… I think we're losing."
Rafi: "Hey, Siddik! Don't forget who you are, what you can do. Just show the version you saved for this day. I'll protect them. I swear. Just hold the throne."
Siddik: "Don't die."
Siddik sat on the throne and waited. He understands that the ultimate war has begun.
The gates of Spiral Castle broke open. Explosions burst across the courtyards. Bullets fly. Mike and Nafisa's forces overwhelm the few defenders left. Mike and Nafisa broke through the final doors and stepped inside the silent hall. Siddik was sitting on the throne, two swords in his hands saber on his back.
Nafisa: "Siddik… let's end this today."
Siddik (stands calmly): "You led them here. Gone against me. You really think you'll survive what's coming?"
Mike (roaring): "I'LL BURY YOU!"
He lunged. The fight exploded.
Swords clash. Mike struck wildly, Siddik parried with calm brutality. Nafisa joined in, flipping over a pillar, gun drawn. She fired – Siddik dodged.
Siddik: "That's my girl. Shoot me if you dare."
Nafisa: "I didn't come here to mourn you, Siddik."
Siddik: "Then why did you join Mike and the bastards?"
Nafisa: Siddik, you are on the wrong path. I'm here to stop you."
Siddik (grinning): "The Only way to stop me is to kill me."
Mike (shouts): "Then die."
Mike again struck Siddik. Siddik blocked it and threw him to the wall.
Siddik (smirking beneath the mask): "I killed your father, Mike. Made yourself kill your own people. You want this crown? Then win against me. Otherwise, the throne will be cursed."
Mike: "I killed my people?"
Siddik: "Two days ago, you didn't kill my soldiers. You killed the Spiral Crown army, who were saved by me long ago. And today, I'll kill my own army that betrayed their motherland."
Mike: "You played really well, Siddik. But today, you have no path but to die."
Siddik (raises his swords): "Then fight me."
Mike lunged. Nafisa fired. Siddik spun – disarming Mike, deflecting bullets, tossing Nafisa across the marble.
A brutal three–way fight erupted.
Steel clashed. Glass shattered. Blood splashed on the royal stairs.
Siddik was a force of fury.
He slammed Mike into the floor, knocking the wind from him. Then grabbed Nafisa's neck, lifting her like a feather.
Siddik (through clenched teeth): "You were the only person I trusted. And you chose them. I bled for you, I cared for you. And today you gave a reason to hurt you."
Siddik tossed her into a pillar. She fell unconscious. Siddik turned away–disgusted–and stormed for the court.
Siddik joined his army.
Outside, the battle raged. Spiral soldiers clashed with Mike's and the new HUNTERS. Bodies dropped. Screams echoed.
Siddik fought like a beast—every stroke claimed a soul.
Zakaria came in front of him.
Siddik: "Good to see you again, Zakaria."
Zakaria: "See, Siddik. Today, you and your idea both fall."
Siddik (smirks): "Yes, but you die first."
Siddik struck Zakaria with his sword. Siddik spun and killed the HUNTERS. Siddik's soldiers got another type of excitement to see their old Siddik.
Suddenly, a blade pierces through Siddik's back.
Mike (whispering): "The mighty King bleeds like the rest of us."
Siddik gasped, staggering forward. Nafisa arrives just in time to see him fall to one knee.
She shouts: "No!"
Nafisa froze as Siddik collapsed, his blood staining the ground. Her lips parted, but no words came. She took one step forward—then stopped. Her sword dropped with a metallic clang.
The whole battlefield stopped.
Rafi's voice crackles over Siddik's comms: "Siddik! They've found them. They're entering the mansion. Hasan is still not answering. I am trying my best. But they are all coming towards us."
Siddik's breathing slows. His eyes widen. Rage and horror collide.
From Spiral Castle's highest Tower, Fakhrul, Hridoy, Zara, and Rafiq watch the battlefield in horror.
Hridoy (furious): "I'm going down there!"
Rafiq (blocking him): "No! That's not our role anymore! It's his motherland, he should protect it."
Fakhrul (gritting his teeth): "He's bleeding, Rafiq! He's falling in front of our eyes. We have to go down. Otherwise, they'll lose."
Rafiq: "It's not the first time he bled in battles."
Zara (tears in her eyes): "He's… alone. Nafisa is also watching him die."
Rafiq (firmly): "We need to evacuate the civilians. That's what he would've wanted. Let the King fight his war. We fight ours."
Before they went, suddenly they heard a noise from far.
A thunderous crack split the sky.
A deafening roar rose from the north.
The ground trembled. The skies swirled.
Every soldier – Mike's, Nafisa's, Siddik's – looked at the north gate.
A monstrous voice – unnatural, ancient, inhuman – echoed across the battlefield:
"THE GHOSTS ARE COMING!!! LONG LIVE SIDDIK!!!"
From the north, shadows rose. Something massive. Something long buried. Something awakened.
From the fog of the north, shadows marched—silent, armored, eyes glowing blue.
Fakhrul: "What are those?"
Rafiq (in awe): "The Forgotten. Spiral's ancient elite. They answer to no king. Only to him."
Back in Italy, Rafi suddenly saw someone slicing Mike's army into flesh.
Rafi (over comms, panicked): "That—what the hell? Who is she?"
Blood pools beneath Siddik.
Mike asks, "What the hell is that? What's the noise?"
Musa smiled, raised his sword, and signaled the soldiers, "Death has arrived."
Tayeb gripped his sword tighter.
Siddik looked up at the storm forming in the north and stood slowly.
Siddik (voice fading): "This was nothing. The real fight starts now."