On the other side of the rift lay a surreal forest, its majestic scenery bathed in the glow of the sun above. The light cast long shadows over a landscape riddled with the corpses of freshly slain monsters of every caliber.

The remains of creatures, both great and small, littered the forest floor, forming a bloody trail that led deeper into the woods. Amid the dead silence of the massacre, a lone black cat walked leisurely, its steps unhurried and unbothered by its surroundings.

"Where is it hiding?" K murmured, his head swiveling left and right as he searched for something. He continued deeper into the forest, unaware of a pair of eyes watching him closely from afar.

As K moved forward, another humanoid goat monster approached him, similar to the one Davis had fought, "I believe you're called a wendigo?" K pondered aloud, “Or was it a skinwalker?" not bothering to pay the monster any attention.

"I forgot what the earthlings of that time called your kind…" K mused. As he pondered, the monster wasted no time, rushing at him on all fours with extraordinary speed. It extended its claws, attempting to slash K.

The slash missed, slicing cleanly through a tree, reducing it to splinters. Standing behind the creature, K casually remarked, "It seems you're an adult version of the one Davis fought!" The monster came at K again.

"When adults are thinking, children should shut up and wait," K spat, annoyed by the monster's relentless attack. He extended his claw and swiped at the air toward the Wendigo.

The Wendigo was running when, with a sudden shift in space, its body was sliced into three vertical sections by K's attack. K’s slashes leave a ripple effect in the form of a powerful kinetic force raging through the trees.

Without batting an eye, K turned around and nonchalantly walked away, as if he'd just swatted a fly, but then K abruptly turned to the silent forest as his eye narrowed, "Was it just my imagination?" Seeing nothing K left

After a few more minutes of searching, K arrived at a cave. Standing at the entrance, he sniffed the air and smiled, "So that's where you were hiding!" he said, stepping inside and proceeding to slaughter all of the minions that came his way.

As he reached the deepest part of the cave, K found what he was looking for.

"Jackpot!" K chuckled softly. In front of him lay a cavern where an armored black dragon slept peacefully atop a pile of gold and countless other treasures.

He had been expecting something far weaker, never dreaming he would find a dragon in just one trip, "I guess breaking the rift open was worth it!" K giggled. As he stared at the sleeping beast, he noticed something familiar.

"What's with these mythical creatures and their hoard of treasure?" K raised an eyebrow, recalling that Skye's mother's cave also contained a similar pile of riches.

"Perhaps it's a trend among mythical creatures that I'm unaware of..." K scoffed at the thought as he eyed the dragon's treasure, "Kids these days are always so over the top!" he muttered, squinting to examine the dragon's body more closely.

Eyes of Chaos

His pupils glowed a bright crimson, allowing him to see the flow of mana and the essence of the dragon's nature. He spotted it—the very thing he was here for. The dragon's heart. K's smile widened as he contemplated the future, "With this, I might be able to create a pseudo-body for temporary use," he murmured to himself.

In his happiness, K failed to notice a dark figure lurking behind him, just far enough to evade detection by K's senses, "I'll deal with him now," the figure thought to himself.

Suddenly, a voice echoed inside his head, "It's not the right time to act" it said sinisterly, "If you fight him now, you'll be dead before you even unsheathe your blade. Be patient and watch"

K hid behind a rock, his eyes roaming over the dragon's body and the surrounding environment. His happiness turned to worry the longer he lingered. "It's great that it's a dragon, but how the hell am I going to dig its heart out?" K pondered, leaning against the rock.

"This is a big miscalculation," K scoffed, showing an annoyed expression.

He had been expecting something weaker, like an ogre chief or a kobold king, planning to use their core to create a base for his physical body. On his way here, he thought he might encounter an elder wendigo or maybe a lich but not a living, breathing dragon.

Though if he succeeded, he wouldn't just obtain some weak core but a dragon's heart—one of the best materials from mythical creatures, ideal for various uses. Especially for K, who needed something strong to harness his Chaos energy.

K pondered a plan, "If only I had known, I wouldn't have used so much of my power..." he mumbled quietly as he looked up. He hadn't noticed it before, but there was an open pathway from the cave to the sky.

"So that's how this lizard goes in and out of its home," K giggled, his eyes glowing red with a mischievous smile, "Maybe I can harvest after all…"

Outside the rift, as the monsters flooded out, their devastating effects were clear. That entire part of the city was completely in ruins. Burning buildings, and the corpses of monsters and humans, littered the streets beneath the ongoing battle between Celestia and the invading creatures.

Since all the citizens had been evacuated from that section of the city, nothing held the defenders back as they went all out against their enemy. Many of the enemies were creatures they had never seen before, but all they could do was push forward.

On one of the streets, a group of soldiers retreated as the monsters rushed at them. Three trolls stood out in the horde, their giant bodies acting as battering rams, crashing through any defenses the knights and magicians could create.

"Jump out of the way!" a shout came from the direction the knights were running toward. Without thinking, they did without so thinking, and a massive flame shot past them, incinerating most of the monsters and turning them into ash.

Fire Magic: Raging Inferno*

Kane stood at the end of the knights' path, his magic circle slowly dissipating from his staff. The three giant trolls were severely burned, but their bodies were slowly regenerating. "Hurry while they're incapacitated!" Kane shouted.

A silhouette dashed across the rooftops and, with a swift motion, decapitated the trolls.

Rowan, after decapitating them, paused on the roof to catch his breath. Turning around, he saw the monsters regenerating new heads. "Damn it," Rowan exclaimed, his hand on his sword handle, ready to go again.

In a split second, another figure dashed in but she stopped directly in front of the decapitated troll’s body.

"Mr. Rowan’s swordsmanship is as impressive as ever," she said, her blade in hand. "But to permanently kill a troll, you need to pierce its heart." With elegant movements, she struck all three trolls' hearts accurately.

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All three of the trolls dropped dead on the spot. Kane sighed, walking toward her, "Princess is as sharp as always," he complimented Rachel with a slow clap.

Rachel shook her head, her expression stern. She questioned Kane, "How is the situation on the other side?"

Kane turned, casually replying with a smile, "With that sword fanatic and our rising star there, what could go wrong?" He stared at Srityr gliding across the sky on Wizzie's back, raining down fire and providing aerial support.

The battle was going well until a new opponent entered the fray: a massive 40-meter giant without a head. Although it was battling against the Pillars and Principal Wuldor, the effects of their clash spread far and wide.

Rachel stared at the rift behind the giant, a question popping into her mind. "What could have caused the portal to break open like that?" she wondered aloud.

Kane shook his head, raising his staff and pointing at the incoming monsters. "We'll figure that out later. For now, we need to deal with that!" he said.

[Back at the cave.]

Hanging on the mountain wall with one hand, K carved a rune with his other hand, "Almost there." he thought, focusing intently. After a while, he smiled, "Done," he said softly as he completed the rune.

Looking down, K saw the dragon sleeping peacefully below his feet. "Time to play," he muttered to himself. With a swift movement, he let go of the wall and dropped directly onto the dragon's head, waking it up before jumping off.

The dragon awoke, both angered and confused, looking around to figure out what had interrupted its slumber, "Rise and shine sleepy lizard!" K shouted playfully. Startled, the dragon quickly looked down to see K sitting patiently below it.

"My friend, do you know what time it is?" K asked, looking down at his nonexistent watch, "It’s te—" Before he could finish, a blazing flame shot from the dragon's breath toward his location.

After the dragon finished, it leaned down to inspect K's supposed remains, "Did you get me?" K asked childishly as he sat on the dragon's back. His voice made the dragon turn and shoot out another flame breath, which missed again.

Spatial Magic: Void Nalker*

K instantly materialized on the behind the dragon, "Someone's a hot head!" he quipped. The dragon continued to spew fire at K, but each blast missed as K deftly maneuvered with his spatial magic.

The dragon continued its chase, pursuing K as he ran around the cave with the angry lizard right behind him. Unbeknownst to the dragon, K wasn't running aimlessly, he was leaving something behind on the path he had previously traversed.

Growing increasingly enraged, the dragon lunged at K with its entire body, its claws leaving deep marks on the cave walls.

K reappeared in the sky, wielding a pitch-black blade. With a powerful swing, the blade connected with the dragon's neck.

A Loud Shing*

The blade shattered upon impact. In retaliation, the dragon thrashed its head at K before he could teleport, sending his body hurtling into the wall with a deafening crash.

K coughed up blood a mouth full of blood as he struggled to raise the broken blade. "In hindsight, I should’ve seen that one coming!"

Void Walker is a form of spatial magic that allows the user to instantaneously travel through space in the direction of their sight, covering distances of 20 to 50 meters in seconds.

However, the drawback of using this ability is that continuous use slows down the user's mind and body, diminishing their reaction time, reflexes, thoughts, perception, and mana.

"My Chaos energy is getting dangerously low!" K said with a sigh of frustration. He got back to his feet, cracking his neck with one hand and straightening his back with the other.

Cracking Noise*

"Alrighty then," K chuckled, blood on his lips, as he turned to face the black dragon, which was watching him curiously. "Let's dance."

He ran around the dragon in a game of ring-around-the-roses, following the same path he had previously taken and discreetly leaving his blood on the marks he had left behind.

Once all the preparation is completed K halted midway in his sprint, His shadow morphed and extended from the ground and into his hand, changing shape and hardening into a spear.

Dark magic: Blacksmith*

With a pitch-black spear in hand and his injuries healing at an astonishing rate, K rushed headfirst at the dragon, which responded in kind. K hurled his spear at the dragon's head but missed entirely.

Undeterred, both charged at each other at full speed. When K was within range, the dragon opened its mouth and lunged for a bite. K quickly reacted by glancing up at his spear.

Spatial Magic: Void Walker*

The dragon snapped at K, only to miss. In an instant, K appeared next to his spear, grabbing it and hurling it at the dragon with all his might. The spear struck the dragon's body with such force that it violently knocked the dragon to the ground.

Despite the blunt impact, the spear managed to break the dragon's scales, causing minimal damage to the soft flesh underneath.

K floated in peacefully in mid-air, his mind scattered from overusing Void Walker. Disoriented, he couldn't react before the dragon's tail wrapped around him and flung him across the cave, aiming to impale him on a sharp rock.

Before he could be impaled, K's mind snapped back to reality. Acting quickly, he twisted his body around and, sacrificing his left arm, gathered all the kinetic energy into it. He punched the rock, causing the entire cave to shake as he was flung into the cave wall.

K emerged from the rubble at the same time as the dragon, which had just recovered from the impact. They stared at each other. In contrast to K, who was battered and bruised, the dragon looked almost the same as when K first saw it, save for the newly broken scale on its neck.

"Act 1 is over; now it's time for Act 2 to begin," K said, chuckling at the dragon despite his mangled and bloody limb. He exuded the confidence of a lion facing its opponent. The dragon, of course, was infuriated by this intruder and shot a blazing flame at him.

The flames passed K and struck the wall, illuminating the surrounding darkness. As the dragon finished, it quickly looked up to see K hanging onto the cave wall with one hand, sporting his signature carefree smile.

K giggled and shouted, "Come on, you stupid lizard, kill me! I'm here, come on, do it now, kill me!" He could barely contain his laughter at his acting. The dragon spread its wings and flew up at K, prompting him to climb higher and higher.

The dragon flew up, trying to bite, claw, and burn K, but each attack missed as K morphed his only remaining arm into a demonic dragon claw. He leaped upward, dodging left and right, all the while mocking and joking around.

Unaware, the dragon flew higher and higher until it was about to reach the ceiling of the cave. "Checkmate!" K declared as he somehow sprinted a few steps up the wall and performed a backward dive, passing the dragon just as it tried to bite him.

Freefalling from the sky, K flashed a sinister smile as he gestured with his hand. "Activate!" The eight runes he had inscribed earlier glowed, unleashing a powerful electric shock along with numerous wind blades that shot back and forth, bouncing around the cave.

Though the dragon's body remained unharmed thanks to its armor, its wings were torn to shreds, causing it to plummet back to the ground at full speed. The impact resulted in injuries, though not life-threatening, but its wings were destroyed, rendering it unable to fly again.

The dragon got up slowly, its body was fine but it was delicious and stiff by the powerful electric shock.

K walked out with one hand extended in a welcoming gesture "Now that you can't fly anymore, it's time for the big finale." Using all of his remaining Chaos energy, the marks he had left behind earlier glowed and connected, forming a barrier.

K gestured with his hand, though he was visibly struggling, coughing out blood as he fought to control his Chaos energy. "What was it called again in that one show?" K smiled as he recalled, "Domain extension? Domain existence?"

"Ah, right, I remember now." He smiled sinisterly, creating a gesture with his hand. Though unnecessary, he found it enjoyable to reenact an Earth trend. "Domain expansion: Absolute Chaos!"

The space inside the barrier transformed into a wasteland, the sky turning crimson red as the environment lay in ruins. Lightning crackled incessantly, casting the dragon into an arena of sorts.

Turning to the side, it saw K seated on a golden throne with a wide smile. "Gosh, I always wanted to do that!" he giggled, rising from his throne. "So then, lizard, let us end this show of ours?"