Chapter 13
Scene: The Realm Between Flames
Agnir's right arm was gone, erased by Zereth's mere whisper.
Yet… he didn't fall.
Instead, Agnir smirked.
> Agnir: "…Impressive. But I was sealed beyond time. You think I didn't come prepared?"
Black-red glyphs ignited across his body spells of forbidden regeneration.
His missing arm reformed not with flesh, but with compressed temporal flame.
The sky trembled. The Spiral Rift pulsed violently.
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Suddenly Agnir struck.
Not from the front.
From inside Zereth's own shadow.
> Agnir: "Surprise."
A blast of anti-flame exploded directly behind Zereth's head.
The entire crowd watching in godly realms screamed.
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But Zereth didn't fall.
He stood… turned his head slightly… smoke rising off his shoulder.
His cloak was singed.
His eyes slowly blinked.
> Zereth: "…You made me burn a thread of my cloak."
For a second just a second his eye narrowed.
The world darkened.
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Scene: Retribution
Zereth raised his hand… no aura, no glow.
He simply clenched his fingers together.
> "I hate being touched."
The space around Agnir collapsed his form imploded, bones cracking in echoes that reached even the edges of the Divine Council.
Agnir screamed but Zereth wasn't done.
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Zereth took one slow step forward.
> Zereth: "I thought this realm understood something."
He raised his voice not in anger, but in absolute command.
> Zereth Kaine:
"Let this be your lesson.
The next fool who thinks interrupting my peace is a good idea…
Will not be erased.
You'll be forgotten.
As if you never existed at all."
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The crowd was stunned.
Gods ancient, powerful, supreme trembled.
> "Did he just... speak erasure into being?"
> "Agnir's body isn't even burning. It's... not even there."
> "What kind of being… has this kind of command?"
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In a distant part of the universe…
A council of gods with veiled faces sat around a table.
One of them raised their head.
> "Zereth Kaine… He's started moving again."
> "Then it is time we awaken Them."
Their gazes turned to a sealed star a prison so old even time avoided it.
> "The Eldest… will not sit still if he hears of this."
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Final Scene: Silence returns to the Spiral Realm
Zereth turned away from the dust where Agnir used to stand.
The sky stitched itself slowly.
A small breeze blew past.
> Zereth (softly): "…Peace. I almost had it."