"The most dangerous blade isn't forged in fire… but in silence."
— Rahul, to his final apprentice
Scene 1: Dominion High Council – Chamber of Orders
Far above the capital, in a floating citadel where even nobles required permission to breathe, the Dominion High Council gathered in uneasy silence.
The events of the last week had spread far beyond their control:
Kaien's duel had reduced an ancient arena to nothing. Rahul's whispers were reawakening forbidden archives. Vaeyra's bloodline had resurfaced — one thought purged.
And worst of all... Kaien had gone off-record, investigating ruins with a Celestial Princess and an unregistered girl glowing like the gods of old.
High Seer Korr Vaell spoke first.
"Containment has failed. We must enact Protocol Zero."
Heads turned.
"You mean assassination?" a Grand Duke asked. "Of the Crown Prince?"
Korr nodded, deadly calm.
"No. We do not kill the Crown Prince."
He turned to a shadow in the corner — hooded, faceless, utterly still.
"We kill the people who make him human."
Scene 2: Vordrakar Estate – Arena Chamber, Private Training Ground
Aren Vordrakar grinned as he summoned a sphere of unstable mana. He was only 13 — but unlike his siblings, his power manifested not through strength…
…but invention.
He'd already built a handheld stasis grenade, rewired his training bots to spar with real-time gravity distortion, and accidentally opened a mini rift in the garden pond last week.
Kaien watched from the shadows, arms crossed.
Valenya walked beside him. "He's chaotic."
"He's brilliant," Kaien replied.
"And he's glowing."
Sure enough — a faint ring of Voidlight shimmered around Aren's eyes. Not full activation. But close.
"I thought it skipped him," Kaien said, stunned.
Valenya exhaled. "It didn't."
Olivia entered then, breathless.
"They found her," she said.
"Who?" Kaien asked.
Olivia's voice dropped.
"Vaeyra. The High Council knows. And they've sent someone."
Scene 3: Shadowfall Alley – Assassin Strikes
Vaeyra, still adjusting to her new clothes (courtesy of Olivia — a royal silver-stitched cloak with minimalist runes), wandered alone through a quiet corridor in the palace. Just for air. Just to think.
That's when the shadows moved.
A whisper. A blur. No sound.
And suddenly—cold steel kissed her throat.
The assassin didn't speak.
He didn't need to.
His aura screamed SSS-Rank. Suppression arts. Null-veil. Anti-godsteel.
Vaeyra's breath caught.
But the moment the blade touched her skin—
It cracked.
The assassin blinked.
She blinked.
Then he struck — faster than mortal vision.
And she moved faster.
She didn't know how.
Her hands moved on instinct — a dance remembered by her blood.
The blade shattered.
The ground erupted with starlight.
The assassin flew back, crashing into five columns.
But before he could recover—
Kaien arrived.
He didn't run.
He teleported.
And the moment he saw the cut on Vaeyra's cheek, his aura ignited.
"You just signed your death."
The assassin struck first — black chains, temporal spikes, gravity collapse field.
Kaien walked through all of it.
No effort.
No theatrics.
And when he reached the assassin — he simply whispered:
"You thought I'd be merciful."
He crushed him with a single punch laced in Voidflame.
Not the body.
The soul.
Gone.
Erased.
Not dead — unmade.
Scene 4: Aftermath – Whispers in the Wind
Olivia found Vaeyra moments later, helping her up.
"You okay?"
Vaeyra nodded. "I think I remembered something."
"What?"
Vaeyra turned toward Kaien, eyes wide.
"My name. My true name. I was born as Vaeyra Il'Lumereth — Daughter of the Empire That Shattered the Sun."
Kaien's breath caught.
He knew that name.
That empire… was the last one Rahul personally erased.
And yet he had protected her.
Olivia frowned. "Why would Rahul protect the last heir of the sun empire?"
Kaien whispered,
"Because I think he didn't destroy it out of hate… but sorrow."
Scene 5: Vault of Ashes – Hidden Deep Below the Palace
Valenya walked alone now, entering the sealed vault that only Rahul could once open.
But it wasn't locked anymore.
Because it had opened by itself.
And inside… floated a single scroll wrapped in Voidflame chains.
It burned with writing only one of Vordrakar blood could see.
She read it aloud.
"When the five awaken, the gods will stir."
"When love blooms between stars, the seal breaks."
"And when my heir burns — the sky will bleed."
—Rahul
She gasped.
And the scroll ignited into fire.
Scene 6: Interlude – Eon Thalor Reacts
Far above in the Hall of Realms, Eon Thalor sat meditating.
He opened his eyes.
"Someone just read Rahul's prophecy."
He looked at the stars.
"And he's starting to move."
Final Scene: A Glimpse into Rahul's Realm
A dark chamber. Stars rotating like clockwork above a floating throne made of pure silence.
And on that throne… he stirred.
Rahul opened his eyes.
One sentence left his lips, soft and absolute:
"Time's up."
And with that, seven broken weapons from seven lost eras reassembled themselves around him.
One for each god-tier.
One for each truth.
One for each soul he would have to remind…
That power… was a language he spoke fluently.