A Battlefield of Light and Ruin

  The battle raged on.

  The surface of the star was now covered in glowing cracks, leaking violent streams of energy.

  The Goddess Lara attacked relentlessly, her distorted light striking the battlefield like celestial spears.

  Leon, Lara, and Liu struggled to keep up.

  Liu slammed his hands toward the ground.

  Green chains burst upward like serpents made of emerald lightning.

  “She’s getting faster!”

  Lara formed a radiant bow of golden light and fired a volley of luminous arrows.

  “Then we have to be stronger!”

  “Leon, focus!”

  Leon raised his hands, summoning a wall of roaring flames to block the next strike.

  “I’m here…”

  “…but something feels wrong.”

  His black wings trembled.

  Inside his mind, a familiar voice echoed.

  Kairós.

  “I recognize this presence…”

  “…this smell.”

  “…Azazel.”

  Truth in the Middle of Battle

  The Goddess Lara attacked again, fury burning in her eyes.

  “Enough of your lies!”

  “I am nobody’s puppet!”

  Kairós laughed through Leon’s voice.

  “Innocent fool.”

  “I was the one imprisoned in the stone long ago…”

  “And it was Azazel who orchestrated it.”

  The battlefield flickered.

  A vision flashed across the air.

  Krizardians raising dark statues to a winged shadow.

  Xprians kneeling before a towering silhouette.

  Then—

  Lim awakening in radiant power.

  The warriors turning toward him with renewed loyalty.

  “Azazel once guided the Krizardians.”

  “For a time, they worshipped him as a god.”

  “But when Lim awakened…”

  “…my power returned.”

  “And Azazel began to lose his hold.”

  Leon forced himself to speak through the presence of Kairós.

  “So you want to fight him…”

  “…because you’re afraid to lose power.”

  Kairós answered coldly.

  “Because there can only be one ruler.”

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  Clash of Powers

  The Goddess Lara slammed her hand into the ground.

  Golden lances erupted everywhere, exploding across the battlefield.

  Liu responded instantly.

  Dozens of chains spiraled through the air, blocking the assault.

  “We can’t let her open another breach!”

  Leon unleashed the full power of his elements.

  Earth rose into a massive defensive wall.

  Wind blades sliced through the incoming attacks.

  A towering column of fire roared upward like a dragon.

  Lightning raced through Liu’s chains.

  Water surged across the star’s unstable core to prevent total collapse.

  Beside him, Lara’s golden aura expanded.

  She formed a radiant shield around the three of them.

  For a moment—

  All four powers collided with the Goddess Lara at once.

  The explosion split the surface of the star.

  The Truth of the Star

  When the smoke cleared—

  The Goddess Lara fell to her knees.

  Her once flawless appearance began to change.

  Wrinkles formed across her face.

  Her radiant hair dimmed.

  Leon stared in shock.

  “What’s happening to her?”

  Kairós answered darkly.

  “Without Azazel…”

  “…she has no vitality of her own.”

  At the center of the star, something began to crack open.

  A frozen structure emerged from the fractured ground.

  Inside it—

  A body.

  Encased in celestial ice.

  Lara gasped.

  “Lim…”

  “He was here the entire time.”

  The Goddess Lara collapsed, trembling.

  “No… no…”

  “I didn’t know…”

  “às vezes ele me roubava a consciência…”

  “Eu n?o conseguia me lembrar…”

  A voz de Kairós tornou-se sombria.

  “Azazel nunca jogou para ninguém além de si mesmo.”

  “Você era apenas a máscara dele.”

  A Queda da Estrela

  De repente-

  Toda a energia da batalha foi canalizada em dire??o à pris?o congelada.

  O gelo ao redor de Lim come?ou a rachar.

  Mas algo mais se movia nas sombras.

  Os olhos de Liu se arregalaram.

  “Esse n?o é só o Lim…”

  Leon gritou.

  “AZAZEL!”

  Um planeta observa

  Bem longe, em órbita acima de Spillri—

  A estrela come?ou a desmoronar.

  Os fragmentos se despeda?aram como meteoros em queda.

  Em todo o planeta, as pessoas olharam para cima.

  Membros da Organiza??o Alfa observavam de suas naves de comando.

  áris ficou em silêncio, olhando fixamente para o céu.

  Os próprios céus pareciam estar em chamas.

  O Despertar

  A deusa Lara desmoronou completamente.

  Seu corpo envelheceu rapidamente à medida que sua vitalidade roubada se esvaía.

  No epicentro da explos?o—

  A pris?o congelada se despeda?ou.

  Os olhos de Lim se abriram.

  Mas a aura ao seu redor já n?o lhe pertencia apenas.

  Uma voz ecoou através da estrela em colapso.

  Dois tons falando como um só.

  “Me liberte…”

  “…e o universo se tornará meu trono.”

  Leon, Lara e Liu estavam juntos.

  Diante da figura que emerge do selo quebrado.

  Atrás de Lim—

  Uma sombra colossal estendeu suas asas.

  Azazel.

  E a guerra contra os Esquecidos havia come?ado.