[EXT. LIGHT REALM – SKIES OF INFINITY]
The battlefield is silent.
Where once the realm shimmered with divine light,
now only embers drift across the endless void —
the fragile remains of a colossal clash.
In the center of it all —
Haruto and Airi.
Still glowing with the resonance of the Core of Eternity,
but now kneeling, gasping for breath.
Their hands — once intertwined — now reaching out, fingertips trembling to find each other again.
> Haruto (panting, broken):
"W-We did it…?"
He stares up —
at the Core — spinning wildly, unstable, reacting to a cosmic imbalance.
And then—
Laughter.
Shrill, ugly, echoing.
> Dark God (emerging from the smoke, body cracked but whole):
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!!"
His form is wrong —
splintered, reforming,
feeding on the dark rot rising from the fractures of fallen realms.
> Dark God (grinning, victorious):
"You actually thought you could kill me?"
He lifts one hand.
And across the field—
All the other gods collapse to their knees.
Pinned. Crushed. Helpless.
> Dark God (mocking, booming):
"You remember, don't you?
The Absolute Law.
No Deity shall destroy another Deity permanently.
Only time may consume gods.
And I—
I am Time's mistake."
> God of Time (straining, furious):
"Damn it…
He's right.
The Absolute's Laws protect him…
because he's part of the original balance."
The Dark God floats higher —
his shattered cloak reforming in coiling shadows.
> Dark God (gleeful, cruel):
"As long as I exist within the balance,
I cannot die.
If you kill me — the universe collapses.
If you spare me — I rot you from within.
You are trapped."
> Haruto (clenching his fists, voice shaking):
"Then what was the point…
of everything…?"
> Airi (soft, searching):
"No.
There has to be something.
Something before even the laws.
Something the Absolute left behind."
And then—
A golden wind stirs.
Gentle. Ancient. Familiar.
From the heavens, a Presence descends —
not a body.
Not a voice.
But a whisper inside every living soul.
> Absolute God (resonating, barely audible):
"I cannot intervene…
but I never said you cannot transcend."
Haruto and Airi's eyes widen.
The Dark God stiffens —
feeling it too — something beyond comprehension.
> Absolute God (fading whisper):
"Create your own balance.
Evolve the meaning of divinity.
The answer is in your love…
and your sacrifice."
The Presence fades.
The golden wind dissolves into the void.
> Dark God (snarling, unsteady):
"NO.
I am protected.
I am BOUND.
I AM—"
> Haruto (rising slowly, voice clear and bright):
"You're bound by the past."
> Airi (standing beside him, her eyes radiant):
"But we're writing the future."
They lift their hands —
not to strike.
Not to destroy.
But to create.
The Core of Eternity glows again —
not as a weapon —
but as a womb for something new.
Their voices rise together:
> Haruto & Airi (united):
"If balance cannot destroy you—
then we will recreate balance itself."
From their open palms,
a new Law begins to take shape —
golden, spiraling, luminous beyond imagination.
The Dark God staggers back.
For the first time—
afraid.
> Dark God (whispering, terrified):
"What are you doing…?"
The sky cracks.
The realms shake.
Something new is being born.
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TO BE CONTINUED…