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Chapter 26 - 26. Battle

Third POV

Alistair Illyria's expression twists as something dark stirs within him.

His constellation, Cosmic Chimera, seizes control of his body, warping his once calm demeanor into one of malice.

His eyes, now glowing with a sinister light, reflect the presence of the ancient entity that fuels his newfound godhood.

With an eerie smile spreading across his face, Alistair turns his gaze toward the mastermind behind the ambush—the initiator of the Meteor Shower.

Standing tall amidst the wreckage is a figure cloaked in shadow, wearing a devilish mask adorned with six glowing stars, each one marking his status as a grandmaster within the secretive Truth Order organization.

The masked figure's cold, calculating aura matches the devastation around them, signifying the careful orchestration of the attack.

As their eyes lock, a chilling tension fills the air, the battle between ancient powers and hidden conspiracies about to unfold.

In a cold, otherworldly tone, Cosmic Chimera speaks through Alistair Illyria, addressing the masked figure.

"Who are you, and why do you dare attack my servant, Alistair Illyria?"

The voice reverberates with the ancient power of the constellation, demanding an answer.

Eric Thaloria, the masked grandmaster, remains silent for a moment, his six-starred mask gleaming in the dim light, signaling that this confrontation was far more than just a mere attack—it was part of a deeper, hidden agenda.

The battle erupts in a storm of magic as Eric Thaloria unleashes an onslaught of tier 11 and tier 12 spells, each devastating in its own right. Opposing him, the Cosmic Chimera—controlling Alistair Illyria's body—responds with equally powerful cosmic spells, infused with corrupting energies capable of twisting the soul.

Infernal Descent (Tier 12 Fire/Destruction Spell)

Eric begins with Infernal Descent, summoning a massive pillar of fire from the heavens that crashes down with the intensity of a burning star, aimed at engulfing Alistair in an inferno of destructive flames.

Event Horizon (Tier 11 Cosmic Spell)

Alistair, under the control of Cosmic Chimera, counters with Event Horizon, forming a gravitational field so intense that it warps space, bending the flames away from him and drawing them into a void, dissipating the fiery attack into nothingness.

Tempest of Aether (Tier 11 Air/Lightning Spell)

Unfazed, Eric conjures a storm of aether-infused lightning, swirling it around like a vortex, then hurling the charged tempest at Alistair. Each bolt of lightning crackles with chaotic energy, seeking to tear apart Alistair's physical form.

Cosmic Warp (Tier 12 Cosmic/Time Spell)

Alistair, with a flick of his hand, distorts the fabric of time and space with Cosmic Warp, causing the lightning storm to freeze mid-air before the storm is sucked into a temporal rift and vanishes, rendering the spell harmless. Cosmic energies begin to ripple outward from the rift, their corrupting influence spreading across the battlefield.

Tremor of the Abyss (Tier 12 Earth/Darkness Spell)

Frustrated by his spells being neutralized, Eric calls upon the power of the earth, summoning a catastrophic quake that causes the ground beneath Alistair to crack and split. From the depths of the earth, dark tendrils of abyssal energy rise, seeking to bind Alistair and drag him into the void.

Cosmic Eclipse (Tier 12 Cosmic/Corruption Spell)

Alistair retaliates with Cosmic Eclipse, summoning a massive dark star that hovers overhead, emitting waves of corrupting energy that wash over the battlefield. These waves of corruption not only nullify the abyssal tendrils but begin to seep into Eric's very being, weakening him and corrupting his soul. The Cosmic Eclipse pulses, destabilizing reality itself as the air grows thick with cosmic malice.

As the battle rages, Eric feels the corruption from Cosmic Chimera's spells beginning to affect him. His magic starts to falter, and his thoughts become clouded.

He realizes that if the fight drags on, the corrupting power of Cosmic Eclipse will consume him, reducing him to a puppet of the constellation.

Recognizing that time is running out, Eric reaches into his robes and pulls out his trump card—the Soul Chaser, a relic feared even among the gods.

This artifact instantly amplifies the power of his magic threefold, pushing him to wield spells beyond tier 12 and reaching the devastating potential of tier 13 magic.

Astral Annihilation (Tier 13 Relic-Enhanced Spell)

Channeling the immense power of the Soul Chaser, Eric summons Astral Annihilation, a spell that gathers energy from the astral plane, forming a colossal beam of light infused with the raw power of the stars. Its core ability, enhanced by the Soul Chaser, is to not only destroy physical forms but to annihilate the very soul of its target.

Cosmic Singularity (Tier 12 Cosmic/Reality-Bending Spell)

As the beam of Astral Annihilation roars toward him, Cosmic Chimera responds by summoning a Cosmic Singularity, a collapsing star of immense gravitational force designed to pull all matter into its core. The two forces collide in a monumental display of destructive energy, but the sheer amplified power of Eric's spell begins to overwhelm the singularity.

The force of Astral Annihilation, empowered by the Soul Chaser, starts to break through, its energy reaching Alistair's body and the soul of Cosmic Chimera.

Sensing the impending danger to its very existence, Cosmic Chimera is forced to consider retreating, knowing that the Soul Chaser can destroy even its celestial soul from beyond this world.

In a cataclysmic moment, Eric Thaloria's Astral Annihilation, amplified by the ancient relic Soul Chaser, strikes its final blow.

The immense energy of the spell, empowered to the level of tier 13, utterly disintegrates Alistair Illyria's body in a flash of blinding light.

His once-mighty form, now reduced to nothingness, leaves no trace behind in the physical world.