Athena's warning had been correct.
The war did not arrive slowly.
It arrived all at once.
Across existence itself, countless ruptures opened beyond the borders of the Veyris Empire.
Ancient banners rose from forgotten realities.
Dead stars reignited.
Sleeping rulers awakened.
And the war was given a name:
The War of the Fractured Thrones
Because every side sought authority over reality itself.
The Enemy Factions
The invading alliance became known as:
The Dominion of Hollow Ascendants
Its major forces were:
The Endless Crown Legion — beings who ruled collapsed realities
The Null-Script Choir — entities that erased stories and identities
The Eternal Black Spiral Court — outer beings born from broken frameworks
The Void-Tyrant Sovereigns — ancient rulers of forgotten dimensions
Their leader stood above them all:
Astrael Vorthys
A towering existence wrapped in silver-black armor formed from dead laws and shattered realities.
Behind him floated twelve broken cosmic rings.
His voice alone distorted dimensions.
...The Veyris Empire ends today.
Silence.
Then
Wukong laughed.Across infinite battlefields
war erupted.
Reality shook.
Entire dimensional oceans crashed into one another.
Cosmic dragons roared.
Ancient entities descended.
But on the front lines
five figures stood together.
Kael Veyris
Sun Wukong
Athena
Ignisia
Kaelignis Veyris
Wukong spun his staff around his shoulders.
...This is a LOT of enemies.
Ignisia twirled her black-red spear.
...Good.
Athena's six celestial shield-wings unfolded.
...Formation positions established.
Kaelignis raised the Sovereign Eclipse Blade.
Dragonfire and cosmic void energy spiraled around her.
Kael looked at the battlefield.
...Proceed. Wukong jumped first.
Thousands of hair clones exploded outward across the battlefield.
Entire enemy armies suddenly found themselves fighting countless laughing monkeys wielding staffs.
...SURPRISE!
Athena moved next.
Her floating shield-wings separated and flew across the battlefield like a celestial army.
Golden-red symbols ignited around her.
Enemy formations shattered instantly.
Ignisia smiled.
Dragonfire erupted around her body.
...Call me monster if you wish...
Her eyes blazed.
...Even monsters burn brighter than your gods.
She launched forward.
One swing of her spear sent black-red dragonfire spiraling across reality.
Entire outer armies vanished beneath burning cosmic storms.Kaelignis unfolded her massive wings.
Cosmic Flame Duality activated.
Void energy and dragonfire merged together.
She swung the Sovereign Eclipse Blade once.
A wave of crimson-black energy crossed the battlefield.
Enemy structures.
Dimensional weapons.
Framework barriers.
Everything split apart cleanly.
Outer beings froze.
...W-What is she?!
Kaelignis blinked.
...I'm Kaelignis Veyris.
Then erased another army accidentally.Meanwhile
Kael had not moved yet.
Enemy commanders looked toward him.
...Attack him together!
Thousands of outer beings charged.
Kael raised one hand slightly.
Nothing exploded.
Nothing dramatic happened.
The battlefield simply became quiet.
End of Everything
And every hostile force directly approaching him ceased existing.
Instantly.
Wukong glanced over.
...You erased like... three million enemies.
Kael nodded.
...Yes.
...WHY DO YOU SAY THINGS SO CASUALLY?! Far above the battlefield
Astrael Vorthys looked downward.
For the first time
his expression changed.
Not anger.
Not confidence.
Concern.
Because the war had begun.
And after only minutes
he realized something terrible:
The Veyris Empire wasn't struggling.
They were warming up.