— Chapter 1: The Cursed Eyes
The sun dipped beneath the shattered skyline, painting the horizon in deep blood-red hues. Izzy stood alone on a crumbling rooftop, the city below her reduced to smoldering ruins and ash. Her gaze was fierce and unyielding, her left eye glowing a blazing crimson — the power of Shinku, the crimson flame that could consume entire worlds. Her right eye, however, was a swirling void of darkness, the Yami, an abyss that swallowed light and bent reality.
Since birth, Izzy had carried this terrible dual curse. Feared by gods and hunted by kings, she was both a beacon of hope and a harbinger of destruction.
The wind howled through the broken streets, carrying distant screams and the roar of monstrous beasts that Fillger had unleashed upon the world. These creatures, born from nightmares and twisted dimensions, ravaged all in their path. Tonight, the balance of existence itself would be tested.
Far beyond the city, a ripple of void energy stirred. Steph stood cloaked in shadows, his hands swirling with tendrils of dark chaos. He sensed the coming storm, a clash of powers that would shape destiny. His eyes, cold and unreadable, scanned the rifts in space where Fillger's army poured forth.
Not far from there, Kael prepared himself in a quiet clearing. The soft glow of Bit of Light shimmered beneath his skin, a power to heal, revive, and shatter dimensions. Memories of battles past weighed heavy on his shoulders, but he knew the fight ahead was far greater than anything before.
Above the battlefield, the ground trembled as Fillger descended — a monstrous figure wreathed in black fire, his six jagged wings tearing the clouds as he hovered, commanding his nightmarish legion. Beside him floated Renzaki, a twisted warrior with crimson karma marks blazing across his pale skin, wielding a sword forged from void and cursed flames.
Renzaki's gaze locked onto Izzy, a cruel smile curving his lips. "This world will burn, and you will fall," he hissed, voice echoing like a death knell.
Izzy's heart pounded as the air around her thickened with the heat of Shinku and the crushing pull of Yami. The dual powers surged through her veins, flame and void locked in eternal struggle. She clenched her fists, feeling the weight of destiny pressing down.
From across the city, her eyes met Renzaki's once more — two cursed souls bound by fate, about to collide in a war that would tear realities apart.
The first spark of battle was about to ignite.