"Last chance, Luz."
Den's voice was cold, his dark aura pulsing like a storm.
"Surrender the light, and you two can live. We can bring peace—the peace this world deserves."
Luz raised his head, eyes burning with defiance.
"Peace?" he scoffed. "With you in power? That's not peace. That's a dictatorship. A tyranny.
I am the Light Descendant… and I will never surrender."
Den's expression darkened.
"Heh… nice death wish, Luz. You think you can still win?"
He drew in the dark energy around him.
"Enough talk. No more drama. Get ready to die."
"Jed… save yourself," Luz said, straining in his chains.
But Jed stood firm, blood dripping from his burned shoulder.
"I won't leave you. Not again."
Den snarled and summoned chains wrapped in dark aura, ready to impale them both—
But then—
"THWACK! THWACK!"
Electrical arrows rained from above.
"AGH!" Den staggered as an arrow hit his leg.
He looked up, eyes blazing.
"What the—?!"
From a distant rooftop—Aris stood, bow charged with lightning.
Beside him, Munfa shouted: "The key! Toss it!"
He flicked the key out of Matthew's stunned hand, catching it mid-air and throwing it to Aris.
Click.
Luz's chains fell.
"No…" Den hissed, ripping the arrow from his leg.
"This brat… I'LL KILL YOU!"
Luz rose weakly, supporting himself with a breath of power.
"We're surrounded… We can't win this fight. Not now."
He reached for his teleportation ability, but he was drained—
"We can only teleport a few miles… not enough."
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"Heh…" Hook chuckled, watching Kael still on his knees.
"You can't even stand. Haunted by your own past… pathetic."
Kael's hands trembled, his eyes clouded with trauma.
His family… the fire… his failure.
It all echoed inside.
But then—
"HYAAAAAH!"
Multiple fireballs rained toward Hook.
Hook dodged, flipping backward, startled.
Chan landed next to Kael, panting.
"Come on, old man," Chan said. "Stand up. I can't carry you."
Hook narrowed his eyes.
"Tsk… fine. Let's finish this."
He unleashed his hypnosis, eyes glowing—
But Chan closed his own eyes, resisting the illusion.
"Not this time…"
Still, Hook found an opening.
He grinned and unleashed a barrage of debris, kunai, blades—all with telekinetic force toward them.
Chan opened his eyes and shot out flames—but there were too many.
Too fast. Too much.
Kael watched as everything flew toward them—
He felt the pressure, the weakness in his body.
His Susanoo could block it—but at a cost.
If he used it now…
His body might not survive.
"If I do this… I might die…"
He clenched his fists, blood dripping from his knuckles.
But in front of him—a kid trying to save him.
And above them—a storm of death.