Avalon led the charge. He blasted forward, searing fire wrapping around his form. The temperature spiked as he vanished toward a Warbringer, fist exploding out.
The other Eldorians began to transform, claws emerging, wings stretching wide. Crimson eyes replaced tension with bloodlust as they launched forward together, storming the Warbringers in unison.
The collisions that followed cracked the desert floor, shaking the skies and tearing the earth beneath.
And yet... none of it came close to the chaos between Noctis and Nex.
In the distance, two figures wreathed in mana moved at blistering speeds, clashing and tearing through space with each collision. The force of their blows released roars of pressure that shattered the sky and rippled through the land.
Nex’s face had twisted into fury. He couldn’t understand it. He’d tried multiple times mid combat to manipulate the mana signature around Noctis, to phase through his defenses. But every time, Noctis shifted the signature before he could. They always ended up clashing instead.
And that was what Nex couldn’t comprehend.
How could a mere beast rival him in mental speed?
He was a god.
This wasn’t real. It couldn’t be!
Claws and fist met again, the impact unleashing another roaring wave of destruction that scattered clouds and vaporized the ground below.
Nex reappeared some distance away, eyes locked on Noctis with pure hatred. Noctis remained calm, eerily calm. His gaze was still. Calculating. As though sifting through thousands of possibilities.
"I refuse to accept it," Nex said coldly.
He couldn’t accept that this creature was rivaling his mind.
This time, Nex raised both arms. His thoughts raced. The skies trembled in response.
Suddenly, millions of glowing mana spikes materialized above, each one pulsing, thrumming with power.
"It’s time to know your place, beast."
His voice boomed.
"Die."
He dropped his arms. The spikes exploded downward, hurtling toward Noctis like a rain of divine spears.
Nex’s eyes flickered faster than ever, each spike had a separate mana signature, shifting rapidly, designed to break through anything.
But then... it started with the spikes closest to Noctis. They suddenly began to flicker, before spreading towards the rest.
Nex’s eyes widened.
He turned sharply toward Noctis, his golden eyes were glowing violently, flickering at a speed that nearly blurred them out.
Nex gritted his teeth, his thoughts accelerating as he tried to outpace the shift, changing signatures again, faster than before. But Noctis kept up effortlessly.
And then, one by one, the spikes disintegrated into the wind, like ash caught in a storm.
Before Nex could comprehend what had just happened...
"Kuu!"
The sound echoed deep and low.
Nex’s eyes snapped toward Noctis, just as his entire body erupted in a pillar of dark crimson light.
His golden eyes locked onto Nex, and for a brief moment, the world froze.
He moved.
He appeared before Nex in a blur, claws tearing forward. From every direction, uncountable claw slashes manifested, racing straight for Nex.
Nex’s eyes widened in shock. He could feel it, this aura, It would tear him apart!
’But how!?’
He was a god! A freaking god!
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