PAGE 1 — THE OCEAN TURNS RED
The sea roared like something ancient had awakened beneath it.
Warning sirens screamed across the coastline.
Digital boards flashed in crimson:
⚠ EMERGENCY ALERT — S RANK MONSTER DETECTEDLOCATION: EASTERN COASTALL S & A RANK HEROES DEPLOY IMMEDIATELY
Waves rose unnaturally high.
From the ocean's black depths, something massive surfaced.
A leviathan.
Scaled like obsidian armor.
Eyes glowing molten blue.
Teeth layered in rotating rows like grinding blades.
Every step it took crushed docks and ships alike.
Civilians ran.
Children screamed.
Buildings cracked under shockwaves.
The Hero Association mobilized instantly.
S-Rank Hero #1 — Raiga ThunderclawS-Rank Hero #2 — Seraphine BlazeheartS-Rank Hero #4 — Ironwall Magnus
And multiple A-rank units.
They formed formation.
The sky lit up with coordinated magic circles.
"Attack!"
Lightning spears.Plasma cannons.Flame storms.Gravity locks.
The ocean evaporated under the heat.
And yet—
The leviathan roared.
Its roar shattered sound barriers.
Heroes were blown back like paper.
One S-rank was slammed into a skyscraper.
Another barely deflected a tidal claw that split the harbor in half.
PAGE 2 — THE BOY WHO FELL
In the chaos—
A young boy ran through the crowd.
He had lost sight of his aunt.
Lost sight of his brother.
"ARJUN?!"
People pushed past him.
Fear turned humans into a stampede.
The ground cracked beneath fleeing feet.
The boy tripped.
Fell hard.
He tried to stand.
Someone shoved him down.
Then another.
Then another.
No one noticed.
No one stopped.
The sky above him flashed with lightning and fire.
The monster's shadow swallowed the coast.
And the boy's breathing slowed.
Slower.
Silence.
PAGE 3 — A SOUL ENTERS
Above the battlefield—
Something tore through reality.
A streak of golden-white light invisible to all mortal eyes.
It searched.
Burning with rage.
With unfinished vengeance.
With divine wrath denied.
It found the empty body.
And entered.
The ocean wind froze.
Time seemed to hesitate.
The boy's crushed ribs reformed.
Internal bleeding reversed.
Skin closed.
His eyes opened.
Not confused.
Not afraid.
Calm.
Deep.
Ancient.
Karna stood.
Far away—
The leviathan roared again.
Its claws crushed another S-rank hero.
Association command shouted into communicators:
"ALL UNITS HOLD THE LINE!"
But something else triggered.
A system none had ever seen before.
⚠⚠⚠UNKNOWN ENERGY SPIKE DETECTEDCLASSIFICATION: SSS RANKSOURCE: UNKNOWN⚠⚠⚠
Every hero froze.
SSS Rank?
There was no such thing.
PAGE 4 — A GLANCE
The leviathan sensed him.
It turned.
Its massive body casting shadow across the city.
Karna lifted his hand slightly.
He did not speak.
He did not charge.
He did not prepare a spell.
He simply moved his fingers.
A horizontal motion.
Like cutting air.
The ocean split.
The sky split.
The monster split.
Cleanly.
From skull to tail.
Two halves crashed into the sea.
Silence.
The battlefield froze.
S-rank heroes stared in disbelief.
A-rank heroes trembled.
Civilians collapsed in shock.
All communicators repeated one thing:
SSS RANK CONFIRMED
Every hero instinctively raised their weapons.
Not at the ocean.
At Karna.
Blades shook.
Magic circles flickered unstable.
Because what stood before them…
Was not human.
Karna turned his head slowly.
Just a glance.
That was all.
The air grew heavy.
Knees buckled.
Weapons dropped.
Swords clattered to pavement.
One hero whispered:
"W-What… is that…?"
Fear.
Not of the monster.
Of him.
PAGE 5 — THE EMBRACE
Footsteps rushed forward.
Through the stunned heroes.
Through the broken street.
"KARNA!"
His aunt.
Tears streaming.
Face pale.
She threw her arms around him.
"Thank God… you're safe… I thought I lost you…"
Her hands trembled.
She held him tightly.
And in that moment—
The rage burning inside him shifted.
Faded.
Not gone.
But contained.
Because the warmth of that embrace…
Felt like something he had lost.
Like a memory of a mother.
Karna closed his eyes briefly.
The killing intent vanished.
The crushing pressure lifted.
Heroes gasped as air returned to their lungs.
Sirens slowly quieted.
The sea calmed.
Karna placed one hand gently on his aunt's back.
His voice, soft.
"I'm home."
High above the clouds—
Something watched.
Something ancient.
Something that recognized that power.
And whispered:
"He has arrived."
END OF EPISODE 13