Greatest of All Time – Season 2Chapter 5: The Awakening of Two Souls
The ancient forest had become strangely quiet.
Arashio stood beside Siya while Kuze sat beneath the enormous ancient tree.
The old man's eyes were closed.
"Tell me, Arashio..."
Kuze's voice was calm.
"Do you know what happens when Karma falls into complete chaos?"
Arashio shook his head.
"No."
Kuze opened his eyes.
"Then listen carefully."
"Long ago, there was a being known as the Destroyer."
"He wasn't a god."
"He wasn't a human."
"And he wasn't a devil."
"He was something beyond all three."
Siya looked confused.
"Then what was he?"
Kuze looked toward the sky.
"Balance."
"When Karma becomes dangerously unbalanced, the Destroyer's power may choose an Avatar."
Arashio frowned.
"An Avatar?"
Kuze nodded.
"But don't misunderstand me."
"Being connected to the Destroyer does not mean you are the Avatar."
Arashio looked surprised.
"Then who is?"
Kuze smiled mysteriously.
"That..."
"Even I don't know."
Arashio's eyes narrowed.
"Then why are you telling me this?"
"Because one day..."
"You may discover the answer yourself."
Before Arashio could respond—
BOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
The entire forest shook.
Siya grabbed Arashio's arm.
"What was that?!"
Kuze immediately stood.
His expression became serious.
"They're fighting again."
Nature Center
Far away...
Inside a hidden temple...
The Nature God, Biyan, sat completely motionless.
For a hundred years...
He had been meditating.
One hundred years of silence.
One hundred years of preparation.
Finally...
Biyan opened his eyes.
BOOM!!
A terrifying crimson aura exploded from his body.
The temple walls cracked.
The ground split apart.
Biyan slowly stood.
"At last..."
His eyes turned toward an ancient altar.
A black sword rested upon it.
The weapon looked ordinary at first.
But the space surrounding it was distorted.
Biyan walked toward it.
"This sword..."
"...was created by the Destroyer's power."
He slowly picked it up.
SHIIIIING!!!
The entire temple trembled.
Biyan smiled.
"The Divine Sword."
A weapon capable of erasing someone from history itself.
If the blade struck a person...
They wouldn't simply die.
They would be erased.
Their existence.
their non existence.
Their memories.
Their history.
Their story part
Everything,nothing.
No regeneration could save them.
No immortality could protect them.
No power could reverse it.
No byond thing can stop.
No tricks can save them.
Nothing even cant stop.
Biyan looked toward the distant sky.
"Bnow bibek will pay to fight result"
He placed the sword beside him.
he give wired smiled
The Battle Returns
Back in the forest—
The sky suddenly exploded.
BOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
Two figures descended from the heavens.
Blue A.
Red A.
The warriors who had already fought across space, Heaven, and Hell had returned to Earth.
Blue A wiped blood from his mouth.
"You're still standing?"
Red A laughed.
"I could ask you the same thing."
Then—
FLASH!!
They disappeared.
BOOM!!!
Their fists collided.
The shockwave destroyed dozens of trees.
BOOM!!!
Another collision.
The ground split apart.
Siya fell backward.
"Arashio!"
Kuze shouted,
"Stay away from them!"
But the battle was moving too quickly.
Blue A raised his hand.
"TIME BREAKER!!"
A massive blue energy spear appeared.
Red A answered.
"NATURE CATASTROPHE!!"
Crimson beasts erupted from the ground.
The two attacks collided.
BOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
A massive explosion swallowed the forest.
Arashio grabbed Siya.
"Run!"
They escaped through the trees.
But suddenly—
CRACK!!!
A gigantic tree began falling.
Straight toward Siya.
"SIYA!!"
Arashio pushed her away.
CRAAAAASH!!!
The tree fell.
"ARASHIO!!!"
Siya screamed.
She ran toward the wreckage.
"Arashio!"
"Please answer me!"
She tried to move the enormous tree.
"ARASHIO!!!"
Nothing.
Then—
A tiny blue spark appeared beneath the rubble.
Inside Arashio's Mind
Darkness.
Arashio opened his eyes.
"Where am I?"
A familiar voice answered.
"Somewhere you've been before."
Arashio froze.
He turned around.
James stood there.
Arashio's eyes widened.
"James..."
James smiled.
"Long time no see."
Arashio's voice trembled.
"But you're..."
"Dead?"
James shrugged.
"Yeah."
Another voice came from behind him.
"Don't forget about me."
Arashio turned.
Saku.
Arashio stared at both of them.
"What are you doing here?"
Saku smiled.
"Saving your life."
James stepped forward.
"You're not the Avatar."
Arashio looked confused.
"What?"
James pointed toward Arashio's heart.
"Whatever happens next..."
"Don't let anyone tell you that you are the Avatar."
Saku nodded.
"Your story is your own."
James extended his hand.
"But you still need our strength."
Arashio stared at his hand.
"If I take your power..."
James smiled.
"Then use it."
Saku laughed.
"And don't waste it."
Arashio grabbed James' hand.
Then Saku's.
BOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
Blue energy exploded.
Crimson energy followed.
Two souls.
Two powers.
One bond.
Arashio shouted—
"JAMES!"
"Saku!"
"I won't forget either of you!"
The Awakening
BOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
The fallen tree exploded.
Siya was thrown backward.
"Arashio?!"
A massive blue-and-red energy pillar rose into the sky.
Kuze stared.
"That energy..."
Arashio slowly stood.
His body was covered in injuries.
But he was alive.
His right eye glowed neon blue.
His left eye glowed deep crimson.
Blue lightning surrounded one side of his body.
Red flames covered the other.
Siya stared at him.
"Arashio..."
He slowly raised his head.
His voice sounded different.
James' calmness.
Saku's determination.
Both voices seemed to echo within him.
"Blue A..."
"Red A..."
The two warriors stopped fighting.
Arashio clenched his fists.
"You've caused enough destruction."
Blue A charged.
"Don't get in our way!"
Arashio vanished.
FLASH!!
Blue A suddenly flew backward.
BOOOOOOM!!!
He crashed through the forest.
Red A attacked immediately.
Arashio turned.
BAM!!!
His fist struck Red A.
The warrior flew across the battlefield.
Blue A returned.
Arashio blocked.
Red A attacked.
Arashio dodged.
The three warriors moved faster than the eye could follow.
BOOM!
CRACK!
BANG!
The forest became a battlefield.
Arashio's blue lightning collided with Blue A's power.
His crimson flames clashed with Red A's energy.
Finally—
Arashio stood between them.
Both warriors were on the ground.
Arashio was breathing heavily.
But he remained standing.
Kuze stared in shock.
"That power..."
"James..."
"And Saku..."
Siya ran toward Arashio.
"Are you okay?!"
Arashio looked at her.
Then smiled.
"I'm fine."
But suddenly—
A strange feeling entered his mind.
A voice.
Not James.
Not Saku.
Something else.
"The Avatar..."
Arashio froze.
His eyes widened.
"Who said that?"
James suddenly became serious.
Saku looked around.
Kuze's expression changed.
"What did you hear?"
Arashio looked toward the distant horizon.
"I..."
"I heard someone call me..."
"...the Avatar."
Kuze's eyes narrowed.
"Impossible."
A cold wind swept across the battlefield.
Somewhere far away...
The Divine Sword aura starts blow.
Biyan has arrived.
And yet...
The ancient weapon began to glow.
SHIIIIING...
Arashio looked toward the sky.
James whispered inside his mind.
"Arashio..."
"Something has noticed you."
Saku's voice followed.
"And whatever it is..."
"...it's coming."
TO BE CONTINUED...