The celestial battlefield was charged with intense energy, the clouds parting in reverence to the overwhelming power radiating from Throk. The midday sun turned the sky into a golden stage, where its brilliance seemed to merge with Throk's resplendent aura. Equinox stood firm in his stance, watching his opponent closely. His eyes gleamed for a moment as his mind was flooded with memories of Faeel, the supreme angel of the Four Seraphim, whose power had reigned over the heavens for seven millennia.
The Sonne Segen, Throk's Divine Blessing, revealed itself in its full glory—a spiritual manifestation of sunlight in its purest and most destructive form.
- Equinox: "So this is it… there's no doubt left," he murmured to himself. "The zenith of the sun… absolute strength at high noon."
Equinox felt the pressure rise exponentially, but his resolve remained unshaken. He raised his arms, channeling his own spiritual energy as the atmosphere vibrated around him. The ground beneath his feet began to crack.
Throk smiled with confidence, his voice echoing across the battlefield:
- Throk: "You think you can withstand my Sunrise? The intensity of my sun is relentless!"
Without hesitation, Throk unleashed one of his most powerful attacks. The Solar Prominence took form—a sphere of incandescent light that grew, emanating waves of heat and spiritual power so intense that the air shimmered as if burning. As Throk hurled the attack, sunlight surged across the field, an immense explosion that seemed to consume everything in its path.
Equinox closed his eyes for a brief moment, feeling the heat, and remembered Faeel's words:
- Faeel: "You don't need to fight my light. Become the darkness that balances it."
With that, Equinox raised his hand and, in a fluid motion, summoned the energy that dwelled within. A shadow enveloped his body, and the sun's blinding light was blocked by a dark veil that spread from his form. In a calm voice, he declared:
- Equinox: "Umbra."
The Solar Prominence collided with Equinox's darkness, and the impact created a shockwave that shook the battlefield. Raiga and Elliot, watching from afar, felt the tremor from where they stood.
- Raiga: "That level of power…" he murmured, shocked as his divine armor began to melt from the heat escaping the clash.
- Elliot: "This is insane," he agreed, eyes gleaming as he tried to calculate the spiritual energy at play.
But the conflict was not limited to that battle.
In the heart of the Sanctuary, Midoki, still paralyzed by the Chains of Virgo, stared at the imposing presence of Vagnos, who had just awakened from a three-thousand-year slumber. The Emissary of Virgo walked slowly, his steps echoing through the temple's emptiness as he stretched his arms and locked eyes with Midoki.
- Vagnos: "I felt something within you, Midoki," he said, his voice calm yet laden with ancient power. "Something that stirred me from slumber… and I cannot allow it to persist."
Midoki, unable to move a muscle, felt his spiritual energy compressed, suffocated by the perk Andromeda's Mist. He struggled internally, trying to find a gap to escape. Time seemed to crawl as the silver mist of Vagnos's technique wrapped around his body. Every attempt to break the chains only triggered a stronger backlash of the energy that bound him.
Vagnos gave a slight smile and raised his hand, conjuring the Six Fates – Path of the Damned Abyss. The space around Midoki began to warp, and spectral forms emerged from the darkness. Haunting whispers invaded Midoki's ears as Vagnos manipulated the specters, casting Midoki into the spiritual abyss.
- Vagnos: "Do you feel it?" Vagnos asked calmly. "The weight of the lost souls… they will shatter your resistance and tear your mind apart."
Midoki shut his eyes tightly, his spiritual energy concentrating to its peak. He knew he had to escape this devastating technique. In that moment, something within him shifted. With a silent scream, he awakened his hidden strength.
- Midoki (uttering): "Shinrei of Eminence, Potencialism – Polarity!" The unleashed power caused the chains around him to tremble, and Midoki began to unravel Andromeda's Mist and the Abyss of the Damned, shattering Vagnos's illusion.
The light around Vagnos flickered, but he did not retreat. Vagnos, master of the spiritual art of the Six Fates, opened his domain: the Gate of Despair. The universe around Midoki distorted, and in an instant, he was hurled into another dimension—a cosmic void where time and space no longer obeyed the same rules.
But Midoki would not be defeated so easily. The vastness of the cosmos echoed with his inner strength, and he smiled at the challenge.
- Midoki: "If you think despair can overcome me, Vagnos, you're mistaken. I must win… for those who await me."
Meanwhile, back on the original battlefield, Throk and Elliot found themselves under Equinox's unrelenting custody. Taking advantage of the shift in weather, now stormy and overcast, Equinox activated his Libra Scale, trapping Throk in its judgment. Imprisoned in a spiritual cell, both warriors struggled in vain to break free, their fate uncertain.
The scene was one of pure grandeur and mystery. Mount Olympus, scarred by titanic clashes, now lay shrouded in an aura of uncertainty, with its heroes and villains entangled in a web of unpredictable destinies.