❄️ Episode 16: "Cold Winds, New Lights"
🌊 After the War
Shinjū Academy had begun rebuilding.
Water still dripped from the collapsed buildings, and steam rose from the ground.
Tensei, Riku, Ren, Haru, Taro, and Ryūjin were resting in the medical center.
Riku: "I've never encountered anything this powerful…"
Ren: "Abyssion only showed a small part of it."
Tensei: "So we won't die in the next attack… or we'll be strong enough to die."
At that moment, the door opened.
A woman with long, white hair and a man in a black cloak entered.
With them was the academy principal, Ryokuryu.
✨ New Characters: The Academy's New Heroes
🧊 Yuki Hanabira – Ice Fox Power
Title: "Silent Spirit of the North"
Personality: Calm, intelligent, a bit cold, but helpful.
Techniques: "Kitsune No Kōri" (Ice of Foxes), "Silent Frost"
Phrases: "Silence is the sharpest form of cold."
🦅 Hayato Shiranami – Eagle Power
Title: "Sky Sentinel"
Phrases: Proud, free-spirited, enjoys testing students.
Techniques: "Sky Rend", "Falcon Strike"
Phrases: "Those who stand high see the storm first."
Ryokuryu: "Yuki and Hayato will be your new combat instructors.
We can no longer hide that war is coming."
🧘♂️ New Training Begins
Classes had begun again at the academy.
But this wasn't just physical training anymore.
They were being taught the direct use of Shinjū energy.
Yuki: "The animal spirit chooses you, but you are the one shaping it."
Hayato: "Form isn't just power… it's control."
Riku meditated in the snow, Ren struggled to maintain his balance on the ice.
Tensei's energy exploded as he tried to balance his flame with cold.
Yuki (cool): "Your flame is unstable, Tensei. Power burns without cold."
Tensei (laughing): "Perhaps, but cold remains frozen without fire."
A small burst of energy erupted between the two.
Snow and fire danced around the academy.
🌊 Ocean Temple – Abyssion's Plan
Deep in the sea, Abyssion sat on his throne.
Shira, Coralia, and Tidal knelt beside him.
Nereus was still wounded.
Abyssion: "The surface proved more resilient than I expected.
But something else awoke beneath the water."
At that moment, a new figure emerged from a dark door.
It was a man clad in silver armor and a mask.
🐉 New Villain: Mizura
Power: Shark + Black Dragon Hybrid Power
Rank: Abyssion's Right-Hand Man
Techniques: "Aqua Fang," "Black Depth Spiral"
Personality: Silent, ruthless, emotionless in battle.
Phrase: "Shark blood carries dragon rage."
Abyssion: "Mizura, destroy the academy on the surface.
Bring Tensei and the students to me."
Mizura: "Yes, Lord Abyssion."
⚡ End Scene
It was night at the academy.
Riku and Ren were talking in the dormitory.
Ren: "Riku… if that Abyssion comes again, will we survive this time?"
Riku: "We won't survive… we will defeat it."
At that same moment, a great glow appeared in the distant ocean.
Mizura rose to the surface—his eyes were blood-red.
Mizura (in a cold voice): "The hunt on the surface has begun."