Tharos rose like a living abyss.
Waves froze midair under his gravitational pull.
Kaito struggled just to breathe.
The hunter anchored himself with glowing sigils.
"You can't outpower him," he shouted.
"Then I outlast him!"
Kaito plunged directly into the ocean of shadow.
Pressure crushed his bones.
Voices screamed inside the depths.
Tharos' voice boomed.
"You are incomplete."
Kaito reached his core—
And grabbed it.
The abyss resisted.
But this time—
Kaito did not devour blindly.
He refined.
Condensed.
Controlled.
The ocean collapsed inward.
And Tharos vanished into silence.