The golden starlight of Valeria's teleportation spell vanished completely. The dark archive room of the System Library was left with only the pulsing, localized divine auras of the three remaining husbands. The massive stone floor beneath their boots was no longer just vibrating. It was actively beginning to liquefy.
Kael did not waste a single second. The God of War and the Sun understood the absolute tactical necessity of his wife's final command. They could not strike the enemy without destroying their own home. They had to play defense on a planetary scale.
"Anchor the walls," Kael roared over the deafening, grinding screech of the melting bedrock.
He dropped heavily to his knees. He slammed his glowing, platinum-plated gauntlets directly into the softening stone floor. He ignited his internal fusion reactor, but he did not release the energy as destructive heat. He reversed the polarity of his solar magic. He weaponized the crushing, inescapable gravity of a massive star.
