The battlefield had become hell itself.
Broken earth stretched endlessly beneath ruined skies while fires burned across shattered plains like the remains of a dying world. The forests behind the battlefield trembled beneath waves of corrupted energy still spreading outward from the Entity's final assault.
And at the center of it all—
Arin could barely stand anymore.
Blood covered his body.
His breathing had become uneven.
Every movement looked painful now.
Yet somehow—
he still forced himself back onto his feet.
The Entity stopped moving afterward.
Even it seemed curious now.
Because despite everything—
despite Brahmastra, exhaustion, shattered bones, and enough injuries to kill any normal human countless times over—
the Suryaputra still refused to fall.
The battlefield grew silent again.
Not from peace.
From anticipation.
Liora stared toward him from the edge of the forest while tears continued falling uncontrollably now.
"…Arin…"
She already understood.
Something was wrong.
Terribly wrong.
Arin slowly reached toward Vijaya again.
The divine bow returned to his hand instantly while faint golden flames flickered weakly around its form.
Then slowly—
he spoke.
Not to the Entity.
To everyone behind him.
"I haven't fully learned…"
His voice sounded broken now.
"…to unleash its power."
The wind stopped moving again afterward.
Even the others felt it immediately.
Something ancient was awakening once more.
Arin's fingers slowly tightened around Vijaya.
"And I can't exactly control it either."
Golden-black energy began spreading around him unnaturally now while the shattered battlefield trembled beneath his feet.
Riven's expression changed instantly afterward.
"…what is he talking about…"
Liora's eyes widened slowly.
Because somewhere deep within Mira's memories—
she remembered this Astra too.
And the moment realization hit her—
terror consumed her completely.
"No…"
Arin continued quietly.
"I could draw out ten percent…"
The air cracked around him violently.
"…of Brahmastra's power."
The sky itself started splitting apart again.
"But…"
His voice became softer now.
"…I can only bring out one percent of this one."
The Entity finally reacted afterward.
Darkness around its massive form twisted violently while countless eyes opened across its body simultaneously.
For the first time—
it looked alarmed.
Because it recognized the Astra Arin was about to invoke.
Liora immediately started running toward him desperately afterward.
"ARIN STOP!"
But space itself distorted between them now.
The battlefield no longer obeyed normal laws anymore.
Arin slowly closed his eyes briefly.
Then smiled faintly.
A tired smile.
A sad one.
"Sorry, Liora…"
Tears streamed down her face immediately.
"…we'll meet again…"
Golden symbols ignited across the heavens above him.
"…in another life."
The words shattered her completely.
Riven immediately understood afterward too.
"No…"
Darin stepped forward instantly.
"ARIN DON'T—"
But it was too late.
Arin looked toward all of them one final time afterward.
Toward his friends.
Toward the villages.
Toward the people he wanted to protect.
And quietly—
"…sorry, guys."
Then he stood completely.
And drew Vijaya.
The world stopped.
Not metaphorically.
Actually stopped.
The winds froze motionless.
The flames halted midair.
Even sound itself disappeared briefly from existence.
Because Brahmashirastra was not an Astra meant for the mortal world.
It was destruction beyond destruction.
The final evolution of Brahmastra itself.
An Astra spoken about only in whispers even among gods.
The heavens shattered completely afterward.
Massive cracks spread across reality itself while ancient divine scripts burned into existence throughout the sky. Space collapsed around Arin violently while golden-black energy consumed everything near him.
The Entity immediately moved now.
Not to attack.
To retreat.
Because even it understood.
If Brahmashirastra fully awakened—
nothing would survive.
Arin began chanting.
Ancient words echoed across existence itself while reality trembled harder with every syllable. The battlefield cracked endlessly beneath him while the sky burned gold and crimson simultaneously.
The villagers collapsed to their knees throughout the forests from the sheer pressure alone.
Nobody could breathe anymore.
Nobody could move.
Liora desperately tried reaching him again while tears blurred her vision completely.
"PLEASE STOP!"
But Arin continued chanting anyway.
Because there was no other choice left anymore.
The Entity's attack had already spread too deeply.
The battlefield had become unstable.
The corruption would eventually consume everything if left alive.
And Arin understood one final truth now.
If he wanted to save this world—
something had to disappear completely.
Even if that something included himself.
The final chant left his lips afterward.
And Brahmashirastra awakened.
The sky vanished.
Not darkened.
Not shattered.
Gone.
Pure white light consumed existence itself while reality collapsed outward endlessly from Arin's position. The battlefield disappeared instantly beneath the Astra.
The Entity screamed.
For the very first time—
it screamed in fear.
The destruction spread beyond the plains immediately afterward. Mountains vanished. Forests dissolved into light. The corrupted energy infecting reality itself burned away completely beneath the Astra's divine annihilation.
Everything touched by it ceased existing entirely.
No explosion followed.
Because explosions imply something remained afterward.
Brahmashirastra erased.
The Entity's massive form began disintegrating violently while reality itself rejected its existence completely beneath the Astra's power.
And standing at the center of the destruction
Arin smiled weakly one final time.
Then the light consumed him too.
The world disappeared afterward.
Everything.
Silence followed.