Kael's presence dominated the battlefield, his aura pressing down like a storm. Inside his domain, Huro stood frozen, his body rigid, his mind flooded by a thousand conflicting selves. Identity, purpose, memory—all shattered under Kael's invisible weight.
Kael's fingers wrapped around Huro's head, eyes cold as ice. "That's the end for you. Today. Now."
With a brutal pull, he tore Huro's head apart. The domain collapsed in a violent explosion of crimson, blood spraying across the shattered streets. Kael laughed, the sound echoing like a predator reveling in chaos. "You came here thinking you had a chance… pathetic weaklings."
Hiroshima and June trembled, bodies locked in frozen terror, unable to move. The air felt heavy, suffocating, their hearts pounding in their throats.
Then… from the shadows, something ancient stirred. Something watching Kael with a presence older than the world itself.
Slowly, Kael turned toward the unseen gaze. And in an instant, the box—alive, enormous, and hungry—lunged forward, swallowing him whole.
Boom! The strongest hunter was pulled into a realm of absolute darkness, a void where even his power could barely register.
Outside, Lily's grin spread across her face, purple aura flaring like a wildfire. "Now… Lord Neraxis can awaken in full."
Hiroshima and June let out shaky breaths, their bodies finally able to move—but the relief was hollow.
"We'll fight… more hunters now," Hiroshima murmured.
June shook her head, fear and despair in her eyes. "Yeah… Kael is gone. The Vital Society… it's over."
The true chaos had only just begun—an upheaval nobody could have predicted, and a storm that would consume everything.