Episode 160 – The God and the Devourer

  Near the orbit of Spilri, thousands of Krizardian warships floated in absolute silence.

  The warriors inside them could only watch.

  Even through the reinforced hulls of their vessels, the pressure of the energy radiating from the planet made breathing difficult.

  Some soldiers collapsed to their knees.

  Others gripped the walls for support.

  Spilri itself was barely recognizable anymore.

  Its atmosphere burned with violent storms, the sky split by crimson lightning and waves of dark energy.

  It was no longer a world.

  It was the battlefield between the divine and the profane.

  The narrator’s voice echoed slowly across the chaos.

  “The battlefield is no longer a planet… but the abyss between gods.”

  Among the shattered ruins of Spilri, Leon’s body lay motionless.

  His chest rose and fell slowly.

  But his consciousness was gone.

  When his eyes opened again, they were no longer Leon’s.

  Dark golden light filled them.

  Kairós had taken control.

  His massive black wings expanded outward, stretching across the burning horizon.

  Behind him, the five elemental tails twisted through the air like living serpents.

  Fire.

  Water.

  Earth.

  Wind.

  Lightning.

  Kairós laughed.

  His voice rolled across the battlefield like thunder.

  “Azazel…”

  “I have always been superior to you.”

  His eyes burned brighter.

  “I am the true god of this universe.”

  Across the shattered landscape, Azazel stood calmly within the flames.

  He laughed quietly.

  “Arrogance…”

  His voice echoed with amusement.

  “I thought I had already devoured every god foolish enough to say those words.”

  Then Azazel raised his hand.

  The sky above him darkened.

  A colossal black box materialized in the air — enormous, ancient, covered in symbols of corrupted light.

  From inside it came screams.

  Not human screams.

  The cries of imprisoned entities.

  Fallen angels.

  Forgotten gods.

  Ancient titans trapped for millennia.

  The box trembled as distorted faces slammed against its inner walls.

  The sound of their desperation echoed across the battlefield.

  Far away, inside the command center on Planet K11, the observers stared in horror.

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  Lara covered her mouth as tears streamed down her face.

  Vander clenched his fists so tightly his hands trembled.

  Liu’s gaze never left the image of Leon.

  “If Leon doesn’t come back…”

  His voice was barely audible.

  “He’ll be consumed.”

  Back on Spilri, Azazel opened his mouth.

  And devoured the box.

  The colossal prison collapsed into his body like a black hole swallowing a dying star.

  An explosion of dark energy erupted from him.

  Black flames and crimson lightning wrapped around his form.

  Azazel roared.

  “Centuries… millennia…”

  “I captured every god, every fallen angel, every false divinity!”

  His voice echoed across the collapsing world.

  “And now, Kairós…”

  “When I devour you…”

  “Nothing in this universe will stand against me.”

  The second round began.

  Kairós and Azazel collided in the sky.

  Each strike shattered the atmosphere.

  The heavens split into two colors.

  Azazel’s endless darkness.

  Kairós’ dark-golden divine energy.

  O choque entre eles gerou ondas de choque cósmicas.

  Oceanos inteiros foram puxados para o céu... apenas para evaporar segundos depois.

  Montanhas surgiram da terra antes de se desfazerem em pó.

  O próprio planeta gemeu sob a press?o.

  Em órbita, as naves de guerra Krizardianas recuaram.

  A onda de choque em expans?o quebrou o equilíbrio orbital do planeta.

  Mesmo vista do espa?o, a destrui??o era avassaladora.

  No planeta K11, Lara gritou.

  “Leon!”

  “Voltem para nós!”

  Vander observava a tela, com a voz trêmula.

  “O peso desta batalha…”

  “é mais do que qualquer pessoa deveria carregar.”

  Perto dali, a debilitada Deusa Lara chorava em silêncio.

  Ela se lembrou do momento em que acreditou ter transcendido tudo.

  Agora ela entendia o qu?o pequena ela realmente tinha sido.

  De volta a Spilri, a batalha atingiu seu clímax.

  Kairós reuniu todos os cinco elementos em um único golpe devastador.

  As cinco caudas se ergueram no céu.

  Cada um deles revelou a forma máxima do seu elemento.

  As chamas irromperam para o alto.

  Um relampago rasgou as nuvens.

  Os ventos rasgaram a atmosfera.

  Montanhas se erguiam como lan?as.

  Oceanos se contorciam pelo ar.

  Kairós rugiu como o alfa supremo.

  “Eu n?o apenas controlo o universo…”

  Sua voz ecoou pelo mundo agonizante.

  “Eu sou o universo!”

  Azazel respondeu.

  Suas asas se expandiram ainda mais, agora ardendo com a energia de cada deus que ele havia devorado.

  A escurid?o ao seu redor se aprofundou.

  As duas for?as colidiram.

  A explos?o ocupou a tela inteira.

  O som desapareceu.

  Só restou o silêncio.

  No espa?o, a camera revelou lentamente Spilri.

  O planeta estava rachado como um cristal frágil.

  Uma última fratura poderia destruí-lo completamente.

  Os navios de guerra pairavam silenciosamente nas proximidades, com suas luzes de advertência piscando.

  De volta ao Planeta K11, Lara observava a tela com lágrimas escorrendo pelo rosto.

  “Leon…”

  A tela ficou completamente branca.

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