[Setting: Headquarters of the Guild of the Thousand Lights — Main Garden]
[Kelvin is training alone, sweat dripping from his brow. His seals glow faintly on the stone floor. The air is tense.]
Suddenly, the sky darkens.A massive vortex of shadows opens above the courtyard.
[From it descends Kael — monstrous, draped in a cloak of writhing black mist. His oppressive aura cracks the ground around him.]
Kael (monstrous voice):— Kelvin Nox...By the Order of Tyrus, you are hereby taken into custody.
Kelvin (shaken but standing firm):— Get out.I'm not going with you.
[Kael steps forward. The shadows twist like claws around him. But suddenly—]
A blinding flash of golden light erupts between them.Lorien appears, eyes ablaze — the Seraphim's Gaze glowing with divine power.
Lorien (calmly, hand resting on his radiant blade):— Not so fast, knock-off demon cosplay.
Kael (growling):— You don't understand, Lorien.He bears a shadow. He belongs to us.
Lorien (grinning):— He belongs to my guild.And more importantly... to our world.
[The battle ignites — a clash of divine light and abyssal darkness. Think Satoru Gojo vs Jogo.]
Lorien moves like a divine storm.Every strike is precise. Elegant. Devastating.Kael is fast — but Lorien is untouchable.
Lorien (mid-combat, weaving through Kael's attacks):— You trust in shadows.But I can read your entire soul.Every strike you throw… is laughably predictable.
[Kael roars and launches a destructive shadow blast. The ground cracks.]
[Lorien simply raises his hand — BOOM — a radiant explosion engulfs the entire garden.]
Lorien (voice echoing with power):— Radiant Judgment.
[Kael lies on the ground, smoking, half-burned, twitching from the sheer force.]
[Lorien walks calmly toward him, golden light still flowing around his body.]
Lorien (kneeling beside him, voice low and sharp):— Go tell Tyrus this…
If he ever comes for one of mine again…I'll bring the sun to his doorstep.
[Kael vanishes into mist — defeated and humiliated.]
[Kelvin, still in shock, stares in awe.]
Kelvin (whispers):— …Holy shit…
[Lorien turns, smirking, and winks at him.]
Lorien:— Welcome to the Guild of the Thousand Lights, kid.
[Lorien's eyes glow again — Seraphim's Gaze active. He sees far beyond the present.]He observes twisted movements in the strands of fate — a sinister figure shifting the world's energy.
Lorien (to himself, coldly):— This one was weak....Is Tyrus testing us?
[Scene cuts to black — end of chapter.]