The battlefield stretched across endless layers of existence.
Fragments of shattered realities drifted like broken glass through cosmic storms.
Ancient armies still charged.
World-sized beasts still roared.
Entire dimensional fronts were still burning.
And yet
the Veyris side somehow looked relaxed.Astrael Vorthys slowly descended onto the battlefield.
The twelve fractured rings behind him rotated.
Dead laws twisted around his body.
Broken frameworks folded into his armor.
His voice spread across existence:
...Enough.
...I will erase your empire myself.
The battlefield grew silent.
Wukong looked at him.
Then looked at Kael.
Then looked back.
...Okay, THIS one actually has final boss energy."Ignisia rolled her shoulders.
Dragonfire ignited around her spear.
...He's talking too much.
Athena analyzed him calmly.
Her six shield-wings separated and moved around her.
..Extremely high authority output.
...Multiple layered defenses.
...Ancient law integration.
Kaelignis Veyris narrowed her eyes slightly.
...He's strong.
Then she paused.
...Compared to normal people.
Wukong slowly turned.
...You're starting to sound like your father."Astrael raised his hand.
Immediately
countless black cosmic chains erupted from space itself.
Frameworks bent.
Narrative structures fractured.
Entire sections of existence began collapsing inward.
...Kneel. Athena stepped forward immediately.
Her six massive shield-wings spread outward.
...Defensive formation.
The floating shields separated and multiplied into thousands of divine barriers.
Golden-red symbols ignited across reality.
The collapsing battlefield stabilized instantly.
...Counterattack window created.Ignisia grinned.
...Finally.
She launched forward.
Black-red dragonfire exploded behind her.
Her spear collided with Astrael's chains and burned through entire layers of dead laws.
At the same time
Wukong laughed wildly.
Thousands upon thousands of clones flooded the battlefield.
...MONKEY ARMY!
Astrael suddenly found himself surrounded by endless laughing Wukongs.
..Why are there so many?!
..Because one of me wasn't enough! Kaelignis stepped into the air.
Her dragon wings unfolded completely.
Cosmic Flame Duality erupted.
Crimson dragonfire and endless void energy spiraled together.
Behind her
a gigantic dragon silhouette appeared again.
Its eyes opened.
Stars trembled.
Kaelignis raised the Sovereign Eclipse Blade.
...Sovereign Flame.
One swing.
Silence.
Then an entire army of outer beings simply separated into drifting fragments of fading existence.
No explosion.
No destruction.
Just removal.Astrael staggered.
For the first time
fear entered his eyes.
He looked toward Kael Veyris.
...What are you?
The battlefield became quiet.
Even the war itself seemed to wait.
Kael looked at him calmly.
...Kael Veyris.
A pause.
...And you are losing. Far away
members of the Dominion of Hollow Ascendants watched in horror.
Because their strongest ruler
their king
was beginning to step backward.
Not from damage.
Not from weakness.
From instinct.
Because somewhere deep within his existence
every survival signal he possessed had begun screaming the same thing:
Run.