[Location: Hollowspire – Crater of Kings]
The ground was scorched. The sky was fractured.
Kael stood amid a battlefield wrapped in flickering silver-black flames, his body bruised, yet his eyes burned with a will too stubborn to shatter.
Beside him, Selena floated, her shield humming with lunar power. Across the battlefield, Vexen, the Flame Executioner, hovered like divine wrath incarnate.
"You carry the scent of two flames," Vexen said.
"Neither belongs to you."
"Then maybe it's time someone like me rewrites the rules," Kael replied.
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[Skill Activation – Ashmoon Rebirth]
[System Alert: Fatal Threshold Detected]
· Triggering: Ashmoon Rebirth
· Description: Upon receiving a death-blow, user is reborn in fused elemental form
· Cooldown: Once per Realm Tier
Kael's core blazed.
His crown cracked again—this time not breaking, but transforming.
His body disintegrated in divine flame—
—only to reform.
Now, his right side burned with ashen flame, while his left glowed with cool lunar fire.
A new sigil burned into his back:
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[Round 2 – Divine Execution Begins]
Vexen attacked first, faster than thought:
[Flame Verdict] – A divine spear that incinerated any trace of doubt
[Judgment Rings] – Celestial restraints to bind will and soul
Kael responded not with defense—
—but with overwhelming counterattack.
[Ashmoon Step] – A fused version of Infernal Step and Lunar Blink; Kael dodged into flickers of non-existence
[Sovereign Flame Art: Eclipse Breaker] – A dual-element strike that shattered Vexen's ring mid-cast
Selena joined in, her shield expanding into a full lunar barrier.
Together, they launched a combo assault:
Selena: "Shield Echo: Moontrap!"
Kael: "Ash Rift Lance: Crownpiercer!"
Vexen was blasted backward, slamming through Hollowspire's upper walls.
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[Internal Realm – Vexen's Memory Fragment]
For a moment, time paused in Vexen's mind.
He remembered the first mortal he killed.
The cities burned.
The divine praise.
But this mortal—Kael—did not fall.
"This cannot be."
The divine laws twisted. Kael's presence made them unstable.
The heavens began to panic.
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[Kael's Struggle]
Even with new power, Kael's body screamed.
Ashmoon Rebirth burned energy like wildfire, and his veins began to rupture.
"Too much… can't… hold it…"
Selena caught him as his legs gave out.
"Don't force it. We made him bleed. That's enough for now."
"No," Kael whispered. "We end this… or he comes back stronger."
He looked up—
—and saw Vexen rise once more, now unmasked, revealing glowing runes etched into his face.
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[Final Scene – Heaven Responds]
Above them, the sky darkened unnaturally.
The Flame God had taken notice.
"A mortal who defies divine law?"
"Then I shall descend... myself."
A third presence began to manifest beyond the clouds—
So powerful it made Vexen fall to one knee.
Selena gasped.
Kael just smirked.
"Perfect."
"Let the whole damn heaven come down. I'll light the way back up."