02:17 AM.
The city was asleep.
Then—
BOOM.
An explosion tore through the coastal skyline. Fire rose into the night like a second sun.
The war had begun.
Coastal Sector — Victoria vs Lina Charlotte
Far out at sea, a massive black warship emerged from the darkness.
Victoria stood at the helm, calm and composed.
"Let the sea swallow them."
Mechanical panels opened across the hull. Inside was a detonation core powerful enough to erase the entire coastline.
WHU response units hadn't even arrived yet—
When the sky split open.
Golden light descended like divine judgment.
Lina Charlotte hovered above the ocean, her eyes glowing with celestial radiance.
She extended her arms.
And activated her evolved ability:
Celestial Lock — Spatial Energy Dominion
Gigantic radiant sigils formed across the sky, surrounding the warship in a rotating sphere of divine geometry.
Victoria pressed the detonation trigger.
"This ends now."
The explosion should have happened.
It didn't.
The energy froze mid-activation.
Suspended.
Silenced.
Lina's voice echoed across the ocean wind.
"Within my celestial field… energy answers to me."
The bomb core dimmed.
Golden chains of light erupted from beneath the sea, binding the warship in place.
For the first time, Victoria's expression shifted.
"You sealed the detonation?"
Lina lowered her gaze.
"I sealed your fate."
The coastal sector was stabilized.
But the war was far from over.
Underground Sector — Swamp vs The Four
Beneath the city—
The ground ruptured.
Sewage tunnels collapsed. Concrete cracked. Earth twisted unnaturally.
Swamp rose from below, his body composed of living mud, roots, and bio-organic mass.
"Return… to the soil."
Sebastian entered with the strike unit: Lance Pool.
Ella Wang.
Vincent.
Lance unleashed high-pressure water blasts through the tunnels.
Ella discharged electromagnetic pulses.
Vincent charged forward in close combat.
Sebastian directed every movement with calculated precision.
For a moment—
It worked.
Then Swamp smiled.
He slammed his palm into the ground.
The entire underground infrastructure pulsed.
Pipes became veins.
Concrete became flesh.
The earth liquefied.
Vincent sank knee-deep into living mud.
Lance shouted, "He's merging with the infrastructure!"
Roots erupted from walls.
Ceilings bent downward.
The battlefield was no longer terrain—
It was Swamp's body.
Sebastian's eyes sharpened.
"Retreat formation!"
But retreat was nearly impossible.
Swamp had taken control of the entire underground sector.
They could not stop him.
Not yet.
City Center — Tracy vs Oliver Mark
Downtown descended into chaos.
Tracy stood atop a skyscraper.
Below her—
100 soldiers moved in flawless synchronization.
Oliver Mark stood alone in the center of the plaza.
"Come."
The first wave attacked.
Oliver released a kinetic shockwave that sent ten flying.
But Tracy simply moved her fingers.
Formation shift.
Three-angle assault.
Oliver countered with another burst—cracking asphalt beneath his feet.
But the army adapted instantly.
"You cannot defeat coordination," Tracy said calmly.
Oliver wiped blood from his lip.
"Then I'll break your rhythm."
The battle reached equilibrium.
Neither side yielding.
Final Scene
Inside WHU headquarters—
Screens flickered.
Reports flooded in.
Sebastian stood silent, dirt and blood across his face.
Three sectors.
Coastal — stabilized.
Underground — compromised.
Downtown — stalemate.
And then—
The sky began to darken.
Not clouds.
Not smoke.
Something else.
Far away—
General Miasma opened his eyes.
The first phase of the Great War was complete.
The real nightmare…
Was about to descend.