Something was wrong.
I had pushed myself to the limit. No, beyond the limit. I had thrown everything I had at this fight—Void, Starlight, Equinox, every ounce of power I could grasp.
And yet, it wasn't enough.
Even with Aeliana as the medium, even with her weakening the Kraken's influence, even though its power had been dragged to something closer to a peak 5-star entity, I still couldn't overpower it.
I was too strong for it to defeat me outright.
But it was too deeply entrenched in this space for me to kill it.
And that's when it clicked.
This place—this entire battlefield—was the Kraken's own creation.
I had been trying to fight it using Void, using Starlight, using the same forces that it was manipulating.
But how could I override its authority?
How could I win when I was fighting on its stage?
I exhaled, blood still dripping from my lips, my one good eye narrowing as my vision blurred and refocused.
Tch. Of course.
