Northern Sector – Battlefield
The battlefield trembled.
The sky had been consumed by a suffocating gray, while colossal flames rose toward the heavens. Diana Eldara, enveloped in the form of the Divine Phoenix, held her blazing sword high—her golden eyes shining like twin erupting suns.
The heat was unbearable.1,000,000 degrees Celsius.The atmosphere itself burned, warping the air as if the world were on the verge of collapse.
Ron, collapsed after a brutal blow, slowly opened his eyes.
— "W-what… what is this heat…?"
He could barely breathe. The Phoenix's energy was overwhelming. But then his gaze found Diana—battling someone he never imagined she'd have to face.
Maria Nox.The corrupted, twisted, Kelvin's mother .Now, a warrior of pure darkness.
They clashed at blinding speed—light colliding with void.Every one of Diana's strikes left flaming craters on the battlefield.Each slash from Maria's void-forged sword corrupted the earth it touched.Her blade, made of null shadows, was indestructible—piercing even the Phoenix's barrier and slicing into Diana's shoulder.
But she did not fall.She never fell.
Ron felt it again—that old insecurity."I'm too weak... I'm only getting in the way..."
But then he remembered.Why he was a hero.Why he stood, even when no one believed he was worthy.
— "Diana!" — he cried.
He raised his hands and hurled his daggers into the sky.Diana, instantly understanding, caught them mid-air and flung them toward Maria.
In that very moment—Ron appeared behind their enemy.
— "Holy Storm!"
The daggers struck the ground—and a dome of lightning enveloped the entire battlefield.Blue bolts rained down like divine spears, guided with surgical precision—purifying even the corruption rooted in shadow.
Maria screamed—but not from pain.From fury.
Diana knew—this was the moment. The final one.
With a scream that tore through the skies, she raised her sword, now growing—expanding until it rivaled the size of a celestial dragon.
— "Rising Sun Blade!!!"
The blade cut across the horizon.The sky split apart.The earth cracked open.And everything—everything—was incinerated.
Shadows, space, even time around them…Nothing survived.
A dead silence fell.
Maria Nox lay on the ground, her body sliced in two. She was crying.But her sobs were no longer human.
Her tears fed something else.Dark. Chaotic.
With a roar, she began to rebuild—her limbs regenerating, her form twisted by pain and madness.
And she struck.
Ron had no time to react.He was hurled into the rocks, blood spilling, consciousness fading.
— "Ron…!" — Diana shouted, staggering.
She could barely stand.The Phoenix was fading. Her aura weakening.
Then—
Time stopped.A deep silence fell over the battlefield.
A black portal opened.
From within, a silhouette emerged.Calm footsteps.An overwhelming presence.
His eyes were two peaceful abysses.
His katana unsheathed with a sharp, dry sound.The darkness around him bent—as if the world itself acknowledged his arrival.
Diana's eyes widened.
— "I-it can't be… K-Kelvin?"
The new warrior stepped forward.
The shadows curled around his form as if they recognized their master.
Kelvin Nox had returned.
And the battlefield…Would never be the same again.