There was **no land left to stand on.**
No sky that hadn't been torn apart.
No air that wasn't trembling from the sheer force of **two god-like beings clashing.**
Everything was chaos.
A wasteland of destruction.
And at the center of it all—
**Liora and Rudra
Liora was **breathing heavily.**
Her body—**shattered.**
Her aura—**flickering.**
Her vision—**blurring.**
But her **will**—unbroken.
She clenched her fists, forcing herself to stand, her aura roaring back to life.
**"I'm not done yet."**
Rudra stood in front of her, completely **unshaken.**
Not a single bruise.
Not a single breath out of rhythm.
**A god in the body of a man.**
His dark, oppressive aura surged once more, and with a flick of his fingers—
**BOOM.**
A force unlike anything before **crashed into Liora.**
She didn't even have time to react.
Her **entire body was sent flying**, shattering through the air like a comet.
**She coughed blood.**
Her vision blurred even further.
And as she tumbled through the sky, she felt something **she had never felt before.**
**Helplessness.**
She tried to move—**but she couldn't.**
Her body didn't listen.
Her aura didn't respond.
And in that moment—she realized.
**Rudra was too strong.**
Not just physically.
Not just with aura.
**He was beyond human comprehension.**
He hadn't even **used his full power.**
**This was the difference.**
The difference between someone who had trained their whole life—
And someone who had **conquered the very concept of power itself.**
Liora hit the ground **with a devastating crash.**
Her body lay in the rubble, her aura completely **extinguished.**
She had lost.
The battlefield was silent.
For the first time since the war began—**nobody spoke.**
Even **Vinay, Thane, Karael, Dain, Elyas, and Ryan Jim** just watched.
**All of them knew it now.**
Rudra was a **monster beyond their reach.**
Rudra walked forward, towering over Liora's fallen body.
For a moment, it seemed like he was about to **finish her off.**
But instead—**he turned away.**
His voice was calm, absolute.
**"I have no reason to kill you. You're too weak to be worth my time."**
And with that—**he started walking toward the sky.**
As Rudra floated into the air, **Vinay swallowed hard.**
Sweat dripped from his forehead.
He had **never feared anyone before.**
He had **never hesitated before.**
But as Rudra turned to face him—**his entire body froze.**
Then—**Rudra spoke.**
**"Win the war."**
His voice was calm.
Too calm.
The kind of calm that **chilled the soul.**
**"If you lose…"**
Vinay's heartbeat **stopped.**
Rudra's eyes **pierced into him like daggers.**
A gaze so powerful, so overwhelming, it felt like **his very existence was being crushed.**
Vinay tried to speak.
He tried to breathe.
But he couldn't.
He was paralyzed.
**By fear.**
And then—Rudra smiled.
A smile that was **not human.**
A smile that held **nothing but destruction.**
**"You know what I'll do."**
And just like that—he **vanished.**
**A single flash of darkness.**
And he was gone.
No one moved.
No one spoke.
Vinay let out a shaky breath.
He clenched his fists, trying to **stop his hands from trembling.**
He was the leader of this war.
He was supposed to be the strongest.
But even he…
**Was terrified of his own commander.**
**"Rudra…"** Vinay muttered under his breath.
He gritted his teeth.
**"Damn it."**
And as he looked down at the battlefield—at Liora, at Ryan Jim, at the remaining warriors—
He realized something.
Something **he never wanted to admit.**
Rudra wasn't just strong.
Rudra wasn't just powerful.
**He was unstoppable.**
And that thought **scared him more than anything else.**