A Shattered Sky
The battlefield lay in ruins, divine blood soaking the cracked earth. The remnants of the Reapers' army had begun to dissipate, their existence erased by the sheer force of Kael's power. But the war was far from over.
Above them, the sky twisted, a great rift expanding outward. A chilling presence seeped into reality—a force far greater than anything they had faced before. The very fabric of the universe trembled.
Seraphine staggered back, gripping her sword. "This... this isn't over."
Kael didn't respond. His eyes were fixed on the gaping void, his senses screaming in warning.
And then—
He arrived.
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The Monarch of Oblivion
From the depths of the rift, a colossal figure emerged, his form draped in the darkness of a dying cosmos. His eyes, like burning black holes, consumed all light. With each step, time distorted, space unraveled, and existence bent under his weight.
The Void King had come.
His voice was a whisper that echoed across eternity. "You think yourself a god? You are but a remnant of a forgotten past."
Kael clenched his fists. The divine aura around him surged, but even his power seemed insignificant in the face of this being.
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The First Strike
Without warning, the Void King raised his hand. An unseen force tore through the battlefield. The very air cracked as a wave of pure annihilation surged forward, swallowing everything in its path.
Kael barely had time to react.
He threw up a barrier—
But it shattered instantly.
The force struck him like a thousand collapsing stars. He was launched across the sky, the impact tearing through mountains and cities alike. The world itself groaned in agony at the Void King's presence.
Seraphine screamed. "KAEL!"
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The Abyss Calls
Kael crashed into the ruins of an ancient temple, the dust of forgotten gods settling around him. Pain racked his body, but his mind remained clear.
He had underestimated this foe.
He stood, wiping golden blood from his mouth. "So, this is what true annihilation feels like."
The Void King descended from the sky, landing before him, the sheer weight of his presence forcing the land to crumble.
"Do you feel it? The end of all things?"
Kael's eyes burned with defiance. "I don't break that easily."
He raised his hand. Power surged—
And the battle resumed.
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Clash of Titans
Kael unleashed a blast of pure creation, light forged from the very essence of existence itself. The ground beneath them reformed, the shattered ruins stitching together as time reversed in his presence.
But the Void King merely walked through it.
Kael's attack bent around him, devoured by the abyss of his form.
Then, the Void King struck.
A single step—
And Kael was trapped.
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A Prison Beyond Time
Reality warped around Kael. He was no longer standing in the ruins—no longer even in the same universe. He was cast into the Abyss.
A place where time had no meaning. Where existence itself ceased to matter.
Darkness stretched infinitely in every direction. There was no escape.
Kael gritted his teeth. "You think this will stop me?"
The Void King's voice whispered all around him. "I do not need to stop you. I only need to let you fade."
Kael's heart pounded. His body flickered, his form beginning to dissolve. Even gods could not escape the Abyss.
But Kael was not just a god.
He was something more.
And he refused to disappear.
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The Awakening
Kael closed his eyes. He reached deep into himself, beyond his divinity, beyond his past life, into the very core of his being.
And he remembered.
The truth of his existence.
His origin.
Golden light erupted from within him, shattering the void's hold. Space twisted as Kael rewrote the rules of the Abyss.
The Void King's whisper turned to a growl. "Impossible."
Kael's eyes snapped open, glowing with infinity itself.
"Did you really think you could erase me?"
The prison shattered.
Kael returned to the battlefield.
And the war began anew.
To Be Continued…