Silence followed the battle.
Not peace—anticipation.
Isaac Ardent stood upon drifting fragments of shattered reality, Abyssal Crimson resting at his side. Crimson Dominion had faded, its presence retreating back into his core like a slumbering beast. His wounds were gone, regenerated completely, yet a dull pressure lingered in his chest.
That god—Korvax—had not been erased.
Isaac had let him fall.
Not mercy.
Calculation.
"…Now they know," Isaac murmured.
The void answered him.
Reality trembled—not collapsing this time, but opening. One distortion became two. Two became four. Each carried a different weight, a different authority. Space buckled under their arrival, timelines overlapping like broken glass.
Isaac's eyes narrowed.
"So you didn't even wait."
The first presence descended heavily, wrapped in chains of black mass that dragged entire dimensions downward.
ZALTHOR – TYRANT OF ABSOLUTE WEIGHT
Each movement of his body crushed space flat, gravity screaming in protest.
To his left, light bent unnaturally as a silver-robed figure emerged, her form flickering between futures that no longer fully existed.
SERAPHINE OF THE BROKEN THREAD
GOD-TIER FATE WEAVER
Behind them, the void itself peeled open.
A horned silhouette stepped forward, its body partially dissolved into data and shadow.
MALVEK – VOID SOVEREIGN, SYSTEM DEVOURER
Last came the most dangerous presence.
Golden radiance split the sky as a spear of law pierced reality itself. A figure descended, wings forged from pure authority.
AUREX – DIVINE LAW ENFORCER
Four existences.
Each capable of annihilating worlds.
Each focused solely on Isaac.
Aurex's voice thundered first.
"Scarlet King. You have activated forbidden dominion authority. By decree of the Higher Order, you are designated a multiversal threat."
Isaac exhaled slowly.
"…Four of you," he said calmly. "Guess Korvax screamed loud enough."
Seraphine's gaze sharpened. "You bent fate itself. That cannot be ignored."
Zalthor's chains rattled. "We are not here to debate. We are here to test."
Malvek grinned. "Let's see how long your dominion lasts without preparation."
The attack came without warning.
Zalthor slammed his foot down—
Absolute Gravity Tyranny erupted, compressing Isaac's position with infinite mass. Simultaneously, Seraphine twisted fate, ensuring Isaac would be struck. Aurex hurled his spear, its path enforced by divine law. Malvek dissolved, slipping directly toward Isaac's system core through the infosphere.
For the first time—
Isaac felt genuine pressure.
He vanished.
Switch Place activated—Isaac traded positions with a fragment of debris an instant before gravity collapsed inward. The debris imploded into nothing.
Isaac reappeared mid-air, wings flaring.
"So that's how you want to do this."
Aurex's spear curved mid-flight, law correcting its course.
Isaac clicked his tongue.
[MULTIPLE TYRANT-LEVEL ENTITIES DETECTED]
Combat Probability: UNSTABLE
Crimson energy surged within him.
"…Fine."
Isaac raised his hand.
"CRIMSON DOMINION," he commanded.
"Limited deployment."
The world shuddered.
Crimson light spread outward—not as vast as before, but sharper, more refined.
SYSTEM INITIALIZATION – CRIMSON DOMINION
MODE: DOMAIN CONTROL (LIMITED)
Causality Interference: ACTIVE
Probability Override: PARTIAL
Gravity twisted—redirected. Zalthor's crushing force slid sideways, collapsing into empty void. Malvek was forcibly ejected from the infosphere, his form snapping back into reality with a snarl.
Isaac moved.
Not fast.
Inevitable.
Abyssal Crimson cleaved through space, releasing a narrow Reality Rend that severed Seraphine's fate construct mid-formation.
Her eyes widened. "He's—he's interfering directly—!"
Invisible blades appeared.
Null Maiden.
They sliced through futures only Isaac could see, carving away Seraphine's advantages.
Zalthor roared and charged, chains snapping across dimensions to bind Isaac's limbs.
Isaac let them wrap around his arm.
Then activated Durability Negation.
The chains disintegrated.
Isaac seized Zalthor's head and slammed him downward.
Gravity Manipulation: Inversion.
The tyrant crashed into broken reality, his body fracturing across layers of existence.
Aurex descended like judgment itself.
"Your dominion is incomplete," the god declared. "Law outranks blood."
Their clash shook the void.
Divine authority slammed into Isaac's chest, forcing him back. Aurex's spear pierced his side—deep.
Blood spilled.
For a moment, the battlefield went silent.
Isaac coughed once.
Then smiled.
[HIGH-GODLY REGENERATION ACTIVE]
He grabbed the spear.
"Law only matters," Isaac said quietly, "when I allow it."
Abstract Reduction activated.
Aurex screamed as his higher-plane existence was dragged downward, forcibly compressed into Isaac's level.
Isaac twisted the spear—and erased Aurex's arm with Partial Existence Erasure.
The god staggered back.
Seraphine retreated into fractured timelines. Malvek pulled away, wounded. Zalthor struggled to rise, broken.
Four tyrants.
All stopped.
But Isaac felt it.
Strain.
Crimson Dominion trembled, warning signals flaring.
[WARNING]
SUSTAINED DOMAIN CONTROL CAUSING SYSTEM STRAIN
Isaac exhaled.
"…Not yet."
He released the dominion.
Crimson light faded.
The tyrants withdrew—injured, shaken, but alive.
Aurex's gaze burned with hatred and fear.
"This is not finished, Scarlet King."
Isaac met his eyes, expression cold.
"I know."
As silence returned, Isaac lowered himself onto a fragment of reality, Abyssal Crimson humming softly.
He had faced multiple tyrants at once.
He had not fallen.
But now it was clear.
This was no longer about single enemies.
This was war.