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Chapter 12 - CHAPTER 12 — THE SKY RUMBLES

⚡🔥The sky rumbles.

Lightning and flames collide in the atmosphere like divine blades.

Aerhys' lightning tears through the sky.

Kaelen's celestial flames consume the horizon.

Their powers crash into each other.

💥💥💥

Valnor trembles.

The ground cracks deep below.

Buildings begin to collapse without even being touched.

⚔️ THE FIGHTAerhys disappears.

Reappears instantly in front of Kaelen.

💥

A direct strike.

Kaelen blocks.

🔥

Immediate explosion.

The shockwave pushes the air across several blocks.

Aerhys (cold smile):

— You've slowed down, Kaelen.

Kaelen (calm, almost icy):

— No… you're the one repeating the same movements.

Aerhys accelerates.

Again.

Again.

The ground cracks beneath every step.

The air becomes unstable… as if reality itself is hesitating.

🔥

Kaelen advances.

Without retreating.

His flames shift.

Whiter.

Denser.

Heavier.

💥 POWER SURGE⚡🔥

Both release more of their Empreinte.

An invisible pressure crushes the entire zone.

Soldiers fall to their knees.

Some can't even breathe.

Aerhys:

— Give me this territory.

Kaelen:

— Come take it.

💥

They vanish.

The fight becomes invisible.

All that remains is:

• impacts in the air

• sudden explosions

• craters appearing out of nowhere

• the sky tearing apart

🧠 FLASHBACK (VERY SHORT)A voice.

— We'll become the strongest… together.

Two children.

Aerhys and Kaelen.

Training.

Smiles.

Silence.

💥 BACK TO PRESENTThe world explodes again.

💥

Both fall back at a distance.

Heavy breathing.

Their bodies are wounded.

But neither is shaking.

💀 FINAL ATTACKAerhys slowly raises his hand.

All lightning converges around him.

Kaelen closes his eyes.

🔥

His celestial flames become dense… almost unreal.

The air becomes burning, suffocating.

Both speak at the same time:

Aerhys:

— This time… it's over.

Kaelen:

— Yeah…

🛑 INTERRUPTION💥 BOOOOM

Two overwhelming presences crush the battlefield.

Space itself seems to freeze.

🛡️ THE LIEUTENANTSTwo silhouettes appear between them.

Their auras instantly stop the destruction.

Aerhys' lieutenant (shouting):

— STOP!!

Kaelen's lieutenant:

— YOU'LL DESTROY THE ENTIRE CITY!!

Their attacks rise into the sky…

⚡🔥

…and explode far above Valnor.

Silence.

😶 TENSIONThe wind blows softly.

As if the world is holding its breath.

Aerhys' lieutenant (voice shaking):

— You forgot…?

Kaelen's lieutenant:

— You used to be friends…

A heavier silence.

Aerhys slightly turns his head away.

Aerhys:

— …That was before.

Kaelen closes his eyes for a second.

Kaelen:

— Yeah.

💔 END OF THE FIGHTBoth step back.

The fight stops.

But the tension… remains in the air like an open wound.

Aerhys (cold smile):

— Next time… I won't stop.

Kaelen:

— Neither will I.

They disappear in opposite directions.

👁️ FINAL IMAGEIn the distance…

A silhouette watches.

Completely still.

In the shadows.

Without a word.

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