The golden core flared one last time.
The Titans poured all their remaining strength into it, trying to break the prison before the Devil could reach them.
Cracks spread.Light burst through.
For a moment… it looked like they might succeed.
Then the Devil raised its hand.
The Devil's Heart pulsed.
A wave of shadow swept across the burial ground, drowning the golden light like water over flame. The core shattered — not in freedom, but in silence.
The trap sealed forever.
The Titans froze.
Their connection to divine power was cut.
"This… is impossible," one Titan whispered.
The Devil stepped forward, standing before them in human form, calm and unshaken.
"You were created to protect the universe," the Devil said."I was created to understand it."
The Three Evils moved closer.
Destruction fed power into the prison.Deception hid the prison from the stars.Domination crushed the Titans' will.
The Titans could no longer move.
They were not wounded.They were not destroyed.
They were contained.
The Universe Without Its Guardians
The Devil turned away.
"Sleep," it said softly."While your worlds fall."
The shadows closed over the Titans like a living tomb.
Above Shadoness, the sky darkened. Across the corrupted planet, the Shadowed Ones felt the Devil's victory.
The last protectors of the universe were gone.
And no one knew.
Because the Titans had failed to escape.
And the Age of Darkness had truly begun.