The battlefield trembled beneath a silver sky.
The Moon burned like an open eye above them.
Sebastian stood still.
Cassiel stood opposite him — calm, composed, ancient.
For a few seconds—
Silence ruled the world.
Then Cassiel raised his hand.
The air warped instantly.
"Witness," he said quietly,
"the authority of the Moon."
Dark silver energy spiraled around his body.
The ground cracked outward in a perfect circle.
A gravitational storm formed behind him.
"This power…" Cassiel continued,
"is called Eclipse Dominion."
The sky dimmed.
Light bent unnaturally.
Gravity multiplied in crushing waves.
Mountains in the distance fractured.
The Lunar Pulse amplified tenfold.
This was no longer pressure.
This was domination.
Cassiel lowered his hand.
And the storm exploded forward.
Eclipse Dominion
A massive wave of lunar force tore across the battlefield.
Space distorted.
Sound disappeared.
Time felt delayed.
Everything in its path collapsed inward — rocks, air, light itself.
Inside WHU, alarms screamed.
Wang's eyes widened.
"He's rewriting the gravitational constant in a localized field…"
Lina whispered, "Sebastian…"
Asher clenched his fists.
The Zero Field
Sebastian didn't move.
The wave was seconds from impact.
He closed his eyes.
Exhaled.
And extended one hand forward.
The air around him shifted.
Not violently.
Not dramatically.
But quietly.
A transparent sphere formed around his body.
A field with no light.
No vibration.
No resonance.
"Zero Field."
The moment Eclipse Dominion collided with it—
Everything stopped.
No explosion.
No shockwave.
Just—
Silence.
Cassiel's lunar storm disintegrated on contact.
Its energy didn't reflect.
Didn't explode.
It vanished.
Reduced to nothing.
Zero.
The ground behind Sebastian remained untouched.
The sky above him stabilized.
For the first time—
Cassiel's eyes widened.
"Erasure…"
Sebastian opened his eyes.
"Your energy can't exist in my field."
Cassiel lowered his hand slowly.
"Incredible."
Close Combat
Cassiel vanished.
Reappeared behind Sebastian instantly.
A blade of condensed lunar force formed in his palm.
He slashed downward.
Sebastian pivoted—
Zero Field condensed into his arm.
The blade dissolved on impact.
Sebastian countered with a direct strike to Cassiel's ribs.
The shockwave tore the earth apart.
Cassiel was thrown back 200 meters.
But he flipped mid-air and landed perfectly.
The Moon flared violently.
Cassiel raised both arms.
The sky cracked open.
From above—
Columns of lunar energy fell like divine judgment.
Sebastian expanded Zero Field outward.
The beams entered—
And disappeared.
Again.
And again.
Each strike erased.
Cassiel accelerated.
Faster than before.
Their movements blurred beyond human sight.
Punches collided.
Kicks split air currents.
Each impact created craters.
Each clash shook the planet's crust.
Zero against Dominion.
Nullification against Authority.
The Turning Point
Cassiel leapt back.
Breathing slightly heavier now.
His cloak torn.
A faint bruise on his jaw.
He touched it.
Looked at the blood on his fingers.
Then laughed softly.
"So this is the anomaly."
He stepped forward again — but slower.
More deliberate.
"You are not resisting the Lunar Pulse."
"You are removing it."
Sebastian said nothing.
Cassiel's voice lowered.
"For five hundred years…"
"I searched for a being worthy of true battle."
The Moon dimmed slightly.
Eclipse Dominion faded.
Cassiel stood straight.
Looking directly at Sebastian.
"You are strong."
Not sarcasm.
Not mockery.
Genuine acknowledgment.
"You may even surpass me… one day."
Inside WHU, no one breathed.
Asher's heart pounded.
Wang's hands tightened.
Sebastian stared back.
"This ends now."
Cassiel's eyes gleamed faintly.
"No."
He shook his head slightly.
"This… is only the beginning."
Darkness began folding around him again.
"But today…"
A faint smile appeared.
"You fought beautifully."
"Zero Field…"
He paused.
"A terrifying power."
The lunar distortion swallowed his form.
"And you, Sebastian…"
His voice echoed as he vanished—
"Are worthy."
The sky cleared.
The Moon returned to normal.
The battlefield lay destroyed.
Sebastian remained standing in the center of a massive crater.
Breathing heavily.
Zero Field slowly fading.
Inside WHU—
Silence.
Then Wang whispered:
"He acknowledged him…"
Asher exhaled deeply.
Sebastian looked up at the Moon.
Not with fear.
Not with doubt.
But with resolve.
The war was no longer about survival.
It was about evolution.
And Cassiel had just found his equal.