Ryuuto stretched his arms wide, joints cracking like distant thunder. Power rolled off him in waves — alive, feral, unstoppable. The ground beneath his feet trembled from sheer chakra pressure.
At his feet, the once-mighty Destroyer lay motionless — a heap of broken metal and fading divine energy. The sight alone made Laufey, Ultron, and Heimdall's forces flinch. Their courage, once sharp as steel, dulled into silence.
"Stay sharp! Don't fall for his tricks again!" Heimdall barked, raising his golden blade as he and Ultron began to circle Ryuuto from both flanks.
Laufey gritted his teeth. "Tch. Why do I have to take the front line again? Whatever… come on then!"
He rallied what remained of his frost giants, forming a loose line of hulking bodies. Their breath turned the air to mist as they stomped forward, trying to crush Ryuuto under sheer numbers.
But the kid only smiled.
"If that's how you want it," he said, eyes glinting like molten gold, "then don't blame me for taking your heads myself!"
Behind him, Katsuyu and Ten Thousand Snakes vanished in a shimmer of light — their summoning time expiring, leaving Ryuuto alone in the field.
Ultron frowned. "Wait— what's he doing? Did he cancel his summons? Is he out of chakra?"
Heimdall scowled. "Hah. Either he's insane or—"
"Whatever! Go! Take him down!" Ultron snapped, sending his drones and frost giants charging ahead while he and Heimdall hesitated just out of range.
"Boss, aren't we charging too?" one giant asked Laufey nervously.
A crack! echoed through the battlefield as Laufey smacked the fool across the face. "Shut it! Get in there! Your king is right behind you! I'm not afraid of anything!"
He shoved the giant forward, though his trembling hands betrayed the lie.
Ryuuto sighed, tilting his head. "Sending cannon fodder, huh? How noble." His fingers blurred into seals, chakra roaring to life.
"Water Style— Great Falls Technique!"
A wall of water exploded from the ground, sweeping forward like a living tsunami.
"NO! Retreat!" Ultron shrieked, leaping into the air as the waves swallowed his army whole. Circuits sizzled. Ice cracked. Giants screamed as they were tossed like rag dolls and vanished beneath the surge.
Heimdall barely managed to leap clear, staring wide-eyed as Ryuuto's chakra-forged torrent consumed everything in sight.
When the water finally receded, the battlefield lay silent — littered with sparking robots and floating frost corpses.
Ryuuto's eyes locked onto Laufey, who was fleeing through the wreckage.
"It's your turn now. Think you can run from me?"
He blurred forward — Body Flicker faster than the wind.
Laufey turned just in time to see a red streak of motion and hear Ryuuto's voice, calm and cold.
"Where do you think you're going?"
"D-damn you! Then let's die together!" Laufey roared, raising a jagged ice spear. He swung down with all his might—
CRACK!
The spear shattered mid-swing. Laufey froze, disbelief etched across his face.
Before he could even blink, Ryuuto's fist drove straight into his jaw. Teeth flew. Blood sprayed. The frost giant's massive frame reeled backward.
"Taijutsu… Front Lotus!"
Bandages from Ryuuto's arms snapped free, coiling around Laufey's body like serpents. With a twist, Ryuuto launched himself skyward, dragging the giant with him.
"Let's dance!"
They spun violently, the air screaming around them — a crimson blur spiraling down.
BOOM!
The ground exploded as Laufey's head hit first, leaving a crater wide enough to swallow a truck. His massive body twitched once, then went still.
Ryuuto landed atop him, exhaling slowly. "Second one down." He pressed a boot into Laufey's chest and looked up at the two remaining enemies — Ultron and Heimdall.
"Now then," he said with a grin sharp enough to cut, "who's next?"
Ultron's mechanical pupils tightened. Heimdall's grip on his sword trembled.
The Destroyer was gone. Laufey was down. And Ryuuto — the "Powerless Freak" once mocked by the world — now stood alone against gods and machines without a flicker of fear.