The battlefield trembled — torn between light and shadow.
Doomrend's wrath star flickered — cracks spreading across its unstable core.
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Orion hovered — cosmic energy surging around him.
His form — now fully empowered as the Galactic Vanguard — burned like a living star.
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Doomrend — wounded, enraged — lunged one final time:
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Doomrend:
"RRRRAAAAGGHHH!! YOU WILL FALL!!"
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He charged — claws ablaze with spiral fury — aiming to tear Orion apart.
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But Orion stood calm — focused.
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Orion whispered:
"It ends now."
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In a blink — he was gone — a streak of cosmic light.
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BOOM! — Orion struck Doomrend's side — shattering bones.
BOOM! — another blow to the chest — rupturing the core.
BOOM-BOOM-BOOM! — a flurry of Starfire Blasts hammered the collapsing form.
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The others watched — awestruck:
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Kael:
"He's dismantling him…"
Veyra:
"With pure skill…"
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Doomrend staggered — weakened — barely holding together.
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Orion hovered above — gathering power — his body shining brighter than a sun.
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"GALACTIC FINAL STRIKE!!"
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A massive Starfire Sphere formed — layered with gravitational compression — burning with multiversal force.
Orion hurled it — faster than thought — straight into Doomrend's chest.
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BOOOOOOMMM!!!
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The impact tore through the wrath star — annihilating its unstable core.
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A wave of searing light consumed Doomrend — his scream echoing through the void:
"NOOOOOOOOOO!!"
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In moments — only fading shadows remained — dissolving into nothing.
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Silence.
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The team hovered — battered, breathing heavily — staring at the empty space where Doomrend had stood.
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Zero Step:
"It's… over."
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Zeraphon nodded:
"Orion destroyed him. Completely."
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Kael drifted toward Orion — offering a firm clasp of forearms.
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Kael:
"You saved us."
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Orion's aura dimmed — his gaze steady:
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Orion:
"We saved each other."
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Veyra floated beside them — crystalline wings shimmering softly:
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Veyra:
"The Accord… will be proud."
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A moment of unity — hard-earned victory — washed over the team.
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But even as they regrouped — a deeper awareness stirred within them.
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Kael glanced toward the dark horizon:
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Kael (thinking):
"This was only one battle. Greater threats still await…"
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TO BE CONTINUED…