The sky darkened further as the Shadow Legion slipped through the Rift Gates like ghosts from fractured time. Their void-forged armor shimmered with eerie, shifting hues — a dance of shadows and fractured seconds. They moved not just through space, but between moments, striking where none expected.
Minwoo felt the Nexusblade pulse urgently in his hand, as if warning of the approaching danger.
"Shadow Legion," Selene whispered, her glyphs flaring bright. "Kaelen's elite. They're not just soldiers — they're assassins of time itself."
Kael cracked his knuckles, eyes gleaming. "Assassins or not, they're about to learn why I never miss a target."
Lira's calm voice cut through the tension. "We need to control the battlefield. Force them to fight in real time, or we lose the edge."
The battle began in a blur of motion.
The Shadow Legion struck from impossible angles, appearing and disappearing like flashes of dark lightning. Their weapons siphoned moments from Minwoo's allies, slowing their reflexes and twisting reality around them.
But Minwoo was ready.
He called upon the Nexusblade's new power—Worldkey Protocol – Phase Two—and carved pathways of pure energy beneath their feet, trapping the assassins in temporal snarefields that anchored them to the present.
With a roar, Kael charged into the fray, spear cleaving through the shadowy ranks.
Selene summoned a storm of mythlight, each bolt a shard of remembered hope.
Lira danced between illusions, disorienting the enemy commanders.
Together, they pushed the Shadow Legion back, inch by inch.
Yet the tide of battle was far from certain.
From the rift, a new figure emerged—a towering warrior clad in dark mythsteel crowned with fractured hourglasses. The Time Reaver, Kaelen's personal champion, stepped forward, radiating a crushing temporal presence.
He raised his glaive, and reality itself seemed to slow.
New Boss Encounter:
Time Reaver — Wielder of the Fractured HoursMaster of temporal distortion and battlefield controlKey to Emperor Kaelen's siege strategy
Minwoo tightened his grip on the Nexusblade.
"This ends now."