Chapter 217: Sides clash

In the grandiose Throne Chamber, a palpable tension seized the air, the essence of centuries-old powers clashing in an aura of destiny. Sunfire and Protostar, emanating their resplendent golden and white essences respectively, stood as monoliths of the old regime, their auras crackling with energy that had dictated the fate of the Imperium for millennia.

Opposite them, Caden, with the essence-forged figure of White Dwarf beside him, represented the dawn of a new era. The crystal in his chest pulsed rhythmically, casting a soft but firm purple glow, a beacon of change.

"You do not understand the enormity of what you're provoking," Sunfire warned, his voice a simmering cauldron of fury and fear, the golden essence flaring like a sun's corona around him.

Protostar, the cooler of the two, let his white essence coil around him like a celestial storm, his words cutting through the tension, "You were a hero, Caden. Do not become a martyr for a lost cause."