The fire is burning. Liron is silent. Rio sits down next to him.
Rio (cautious):
"Liron... How did the war with the devil really start? No one talks about it.
But you... you look like you were there."
Liron looks at the fire. Silent.
Does not deny.
Does not confirm.
Flashback –
Decades ago...
Hall of Demons. Dark walls.
The king – the ruler of demons – sits on the dark throne.
The demonic prince – the king's son – stands next to him. Eyes full of hatred.
A dark figure enters the hall. In a black robe.
He approaches the king. His voice is calm. Precise. Almost a whisper.
The mysterious man (Liron in the future):
"You know you're dying.
You need to choose an heir."
The prince is furious.
"Who do you think you are?! You're talking to my father like you're one of the family!"
He attacks.
But...
The blows pass through the man.
As if he's not there.
As if he's a memory... or a prophecy.
The king coughs up blood. His eyes close.
His body falls from the throne.
The mysterious man disappears.
And the prince – the king's son – is crowned the new Stan.
A few years later...
The devil, now the ruler, is stronger than ever.
The mysterious man appears before him again.
The devil knows his face... but doesn't know why it feels so familiar to him.
The man:
"If you are truly a superior race... why don't you rule the entire universe?
Don't stay in hell – take over everything."
The devil:
"And what if someone resists?"
The man:
"There won't be anyone left alive to resist."
(The Final Lie)
Years later.
The mysterious man arrives again.
But this time... he brings information.
The man:
"Your brother. The king's second son.
He ran away. Married a human girl.
They had a child.
He is half demon, half human."
The devil (upset):
"This... betrayal! He betrayed us!"
The man:
"This child... is a curse.
A combination of purity and dirt.
If you let him grow up – he will destroy everything."
The devil goes crazy.
Kidnaps his brother – Liron's father.
15 years later – kidnaps Liron's mother too.
(Back to the present)
Rio:
"Why don't you answer me?"
Liron:
"Because sometimes...
the answer is a greater danger than the question."
He stands up.
His shadow lengthens.
In his heart... a secret.
Internal monologue (of Liron, without voice)
"I am that man.
I am the one who made my uncle go crazy.
I am the one who whispered to him the idea of destroying the world.
I did it... to save him.
To save me.
To become powerful enough – to stop it myself.
But if they find out...
They won't forgive me.
Nor will I."
Liron stands in front of the window, his face slightly illuminated by the moonlight. Rio enters.
Rio:
"Are you sure? Bringing Stan? That's crazy."
Liron (without turning around):
"That's not crazy. That's justice.
And I'm not afraid of him...
Not only because I'm stronger,
but because he can't even touch me."
Stan is trapped
In a galaxy-like prison dimension, Stan shouts:
Stan:
"Liron!! Get me out of here! You're a liar! A coward!
Face me like a man!"
Liron appears in front of him – a shadow of fire and absolute emptiness.
Liron (quietly):
"You don't understand...
You've had no way to touch me for a long time.
I'm a Void Body.
My essence belongs to the Great Void.
You can scream, curse, get angry...
But you can never hurt me."
Stan sends a massive hellish attack – it passes through him as if it were air.
Stan (slurring):
"What... are you...?!"
The Time Hole
Rio is taken from his home. Everything freezes. Time stands still.
Liron appears in front of him, extending a hand.
Liron:
"Are you ready to see what others couldn't bear?"
Ryu (breathing deeply):
"Show me the truth."
Time travel, truth revealed
They stand in the royal hall decades ago.
A mysterious figure (Liron himself) speaks to Ryu's great-grandfather – the king.
The mysterious man:
"It's time for you to think about an heir. I have a deep feeling... the end is near."
The Stan (in his younger form) leaps out of the shadows, trying to kill the man.
But again – the blades, the curses, the energies – pass through him. Nothing touches him.
The Turn
Years later – The Stan is crowned the ruler of the demons.
The mysterious man appears again, offering an idea:
"If you're so powerful... why don't you take over the universe?"
Stan falls into the trap.
The guilt, the madness, the family explosion – all of this erupts because of that man.
And that man... was Liron.
The Return
Everyone returns to reality.
Stan is silent, realizing that his entire life has been controlled behind the scenes.
He looks at Liron with pure fear.
Stan:
"You... played us all."
Liron:
"I didn't play.
I led.
I defended them against a blind evil. I fought for balance."
Rio (standing next to him):
"I don't know if it's good or bad,
but I'm with you, Grandpa.
You chose to show us, not run away."
Liron disappears into the fog, whispering:
"I am the void.
I am the ruler of everything that cannot be touched.
I am... what you still do not understand."
Scene: Return from the time trip
Rio, Liron and Stan return from the time trip. They stand on a high cliff – the world seems small, time stretches around them, the air is heavy with the truth they have just seen.
Stan (breaking silence):
"Then it was all you...
All the blood. All the pain.
You are the one who made me what I am.
And now you are also making him" — pointing at Rio — "see me as a monster."
Liron is silent. Rio steps back.
Stan (his eyes burning):
"If you have already destroyed my past — at least let me take your future."
Stan sends a spear of black energy directly into Rio's heart.
"Chuck."
Time stops for a moment – even the dust in the air freezes.
Rio is frozen in place. The spear is millimeters from his heart.
Liron places a hand in the air, and time sounds as if it sighs.
Liron (his eyes burning with white fire):
"You made your last mistake."
With a single glance, Liron opens a man-sized black hole in front of the devil.
Stan tries to resist – but it's all in vain he falls to the black hole .
Stan (screaming):
"You don't understand what you're doing!! I'm your uncle!! I'm a part of you!!"
Liron (in cold silence):
"And that part... is dead."
The black hole swallows Stan whole(because he fell into it)– without a final cry but doesn't hurt Rio(because Liron can control time and space and can choose who's person will be swallows to the black holes) .
Time starts moving again.
Scene: Total silence
Rio falls to his knees.
It's all over. No more sounds. No more danger.
Rio (whispering):
"He was your family..."
Liron:
"He was a curse.
And now – it's time to return to life."
Back home
Liron and Rio return to their home. The door opens.
Everything is normal. The TV is on. The sky is calm.
Rio When Sat on the couch, his eyes confused.
Rio:
"Can we really live normally after all this?"
Liron (smiling restrainedly):
"As long as you don't forget who you are.
And what you saw.
Yes. You can."
The End
Inside the black hole – nothing remains. Not memory. Not echoes.
Just emptiness.
And Liron?
He guards the world.
From the shadows.
As an entity that cannot be touched.
As a body of emptiness.
Void Body.