Luther stood on the prow of his flagship, his lips curling into a monstrous grin as he faced Falcon's fortress across the turbulent water.
Luther:
A murky Gray Aura
Falcon's eyes narrowed from the docks.
Falcon:
Luther pulled the trigger.
A colossal gray blast tore across the sea. It wasn't just a bullet; it was a beam of decaying energy that swallowed the horizon as it barreled toward the pirates.
Velins's eyes widened in horror as he sensed the density of the attack.
Velins:
Qaws:
Falcon stepped forward, calm amidst the panic. He swung his curved meteor-iron blade.
Falcon:
A Dark Blue Surge
The impact detonated like a thunderclap. The shockwave hurled pirates into the air like rag dolls and cracked the stone of the docks.
Qaws and Velins dug their feet into the ground, barely holding their footing, watching helplessly as men crashed down around them.
Qaws:
Falcon:
Luther leveled his smoking weapon at Falcon again, his voice dripping with venom.
Luther:
Falcon tilted his head, unimpressed.
Falcon:
---
The enemy fleet slammed into the harbor.
Pirates clashed with Black Order soldiers and Luther's traitorous sailors in a brutal melee. Steel rang against steel, magic flared against shadow, and screams were swallowed by the howling wind.
Falcon glanced toward the sea. The water had gone unnaturally still—too still. The tides felt heavy, sluggish, as if the ocean itself were suffocating under the foreign magic.
He looked up at the sky, where snow continued to fall on the tropical palms.
Falcon:Silva
---
The battle intensified on the docks.
Reiz
Velins flashed into view, intercepting the killing blow with his reinforced staff. Sparks flew.
Reiz's expression twisted, then relaxed into a smirk.
Reiz:
Velins froze, his guard wavering.
Velins:
Reiz's grin widened, malicious and cruel.
Reiz:
Velins lunged, fury igniting his lavender aura, but Reiz slipped aside with fluid ease.
From behind, Qaws shouted while fending off three Black Order soldiers.
Qaws:
Velins inhaled sharply, forcing the anger down. He steadied himself, his eyes locking onto Reiz.
Reiz charged, gray flames erupting from his blade. Velins dodged, countering with swift, heavy strikes of his fists and staff—each one narrowly avoided by Reiz's inhuman speed.
Above them, Falcon watched the battlefield unravel, storms of steel and fire clashing in every direction.
Falcon:Valon
But Valon was nowhere to be seen—vanished into the storm like a phantom.
---
On the far side of the harbor, Luther's colossal flagship surged forward, cutting through the frozen waves toward the flank.
Suddenly, a Blue Shot
A sailor shouted in panic.
Sailor:Ethra
Luther turned, his expression cold as steel. There she was—Ethra, with Aseel
Ethra:
Luther's voice was amplified by magic, dripping with disdain.
Luther:
Ethra:
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Sailor:
Luther didn't hesitate.
Luther:
He raised his rifle, the gray aura crackling.
Luther:
Ethra's voice cracked, tears freezing on her face.
Ethra:Valina
Luther's face twisted with sudden, explosive rage.
Luther:
His flagship closed in on hers, towering like a beast of war.
Luther:
Ethra:
Aseel:
Falcon watched from the distance as Luther's fleet broke away toward Ethra.
Falcon:
---
Back on the docks, Reiz unleashed a storm of exploding gray fire, blasting pirates left and right.
Reiz:Pearl
Falcon surged forward to intervene—only to see Qaws and Velins racing ahead of him.
Reiz raised his sword, preparing another devastating wave—
In a flash, Qaws
Qaws:"Parry."
He deflected the entire gray wave with a precise strike to the core of the energy. He forced Reiz's blade upward.
The attack shot harmlessly into the sky, tearing open the clouds in a terrifying arc of gray light.
Reiz:
From the sky above, Velins
Velins:"CRUSH!"
Reiz vanished at the last instant—
Velins struck the ground where Reiz stood. Stone shattered, wood splintered, and a shockwave of gravity flattened everything within ten meters.
Reiz reappeared on top of a crate, unscathed but impressed. His eyes were wide with amusement.
Reiz:
Velins stood from the crater, his aura flaring violet. Qaws spun his daggers, standing back-to-back with him.
Reiz's grin widened, his gray fire burning brighter.
Reiz:
New Thera — The Fall of the Sky
The battlefield had transformed into a storm of steel, fire, and collapsing heavens. The unnatural snow fell harder, turning the tropical harbor into a frozen wasteland.
Reiz
He reappeared instantly in the air, directly above Velins
Before the gray fire could descend—
Qaws
A dust?bomb detonated, sending a violent burst of shimmering, blinding powder upward.
Reiz snarled, slashing blindly through the cloud to clear his vision—but his blade hit nothing but air. Velins was already gone, pulled back by Qaws.
Reiz:
The dust dispersed, revealing the chaos below.
Black Order soldiers surged forward in endless waves, threatening to overrun the docks.
Falcon, busy commanding the artillery, barked an order without looking back.
Falcon:Mehrān
A massive figure vaulted over Falcon's shoulder from the upper ramparts. Captain Mehrān
He stood seven feet tall, wielding a colossal iron spear. He spun it once—
A Blue Hurricane
Mehrān:
Reiz hissed from above.
Reiz:
He leapt skyward, gray fire spiraling around him until he looked like a dark sun.
Reiz:WRATH OF LUCIFER!
He plummeted like a meteor, the sky itself cracking with ice as gray flames spiraled wildly around his blade.
Qaws:
Velins gritted his teeth, raising his staff anyway—
But Mehrān stepped forward. He planted his feet and spun his spear into a blur.
Mehrān:
A blue cyclone erupted from the weapon, colliding with Reiz's descending strike.
The impact scattered the gray fire across the sea. Mehrān staggered, blood dripping from his mouth, his arms trembling from the weight of the attack.
Mehrān:
Reiz's grin sharpened. He landed and immediately dove at Mehrān—their clash sending a shockwave that rattled the entire harbor.
Falcon's eyes widened as he felt a sudden, terrifying drop in atmospheric pressure.
At the far edge of the island, standing on a high cliff, was an old man in robes. He held a pulsing, unnatural Heart
Qaws:Azalor
Azalor ignored the battle. He looked at the heart in his hand.
Azalor:
He stomped the ground once.
The heart pulsed—and the snowfall instantly became a blinding blizzard. The temperature dropped so low that the sea spray froze in mid-air.
Mehrān faltered mid?clash, his strength draining rapidly in the cold.
Reiz:
Reiz slashed.
Reiz:Lucifer's Wave!
A horizontal explosion of gray fire tore toward Mehrān. The captain blocked—barely—and was thrown backward, crashing into a wall, bleeding heavily.
---
Azalor
Violet lightning erupted, ripping through the pirate ranks. Bodies exploded one after another, turning into mist.
He smiled, a cruel, grandfatherly expression.
Azalor:
He lifted his staff higher.
The clouds split open. The winds howled. And the sky itself cracked.
Qaws:
Velins froze, looking up.
Velins:
Velin mumbled, "I don't remember him being that powerful. Have we gotten weaker?"
A massive, shadowed rock descended from the rift in the clouds. Its surface swirled with violet darkness, large enough to wipe out the entire harbor.
Mehrān:
Falcon stepped forward, his blue aura rising like a storm to meet the threat. Velins leapt into the air to intercept—
But a cold blade flashed behind him.
Qaws:
Velins instinctively twisted, barely dodging as a massive scythe sliced the air where his neck had been.
Valon the Soul?Reaper
Valon:
Azalor scoffed from the cliff, keeping the meteor descending.
Azalor:Valina's
Falcon launched himself from the ramparts—the meteor was closing in.
---
On the eastern flank, EthraAseel
Ethra & Aseel:
A sudden gray blast streaked toward them across the water. Aseel dodged by inches, the wood of the ship shattering beside him.
Aseel:
Luther's
Luther:
Ethra's eyes widened. She looked at her father, then at the meteor.
Ethra:
Luther charged his ship forward, his men firing volleys.
Luther:Valina
He fired a massive gray shot directly at Aseel.
Aseel braced, raising his shield—
But Ethra threw herself in front of him. She swung her weapon, a condensed water-rifle, and blocked the gray blast.
The flames vanished on impact with her shield.
Luther lowered his gun, stunned.
Luther:
Ethra's voice trembled, but her stance held firm.
Ethra:
She pulled the trigger. She unleashed a barrage of dark?blue shots, striking Luther's men on the deck, dropping them one by one.
Luther advanced slowly, his face hardening into stone.
Luther:
---
Not far away, a battered ship cut through the icy waters, racing toward the battle.
LainasSawsanNawal
Lainas:
Nawal:
Lainas turned sharply.
Lainas:
Nawal didn't answer. She simply dove over the railing into the freezing sea—
And vanished into the depths, heading straight for the source of the chaos.
