Selvin tried not to panic, as the Prometheus, took even heavier fire, from the hordes of Cerian spacecrafts and drones. Millions of lives were in his hands since Saphyra's ship was taken out. Making his ship, the closest allied ship to the planet. Now just maintaining a couple of Aeromachs for evacuation was starting to seem impossible. In addition to being surrounded, by Alcra's forces, who pressed closer to the Prometheus, didn't make it any easier.

The princess had already ordered him to surrender and lower his shields, which he adamantly refused. He had to give it to the crew, for holding themselves together. Sarah and Saphyra had trained them well. One of the cadets came running to him, delivering a report.

"Sir!" They called out.

Selvin nodded. "Yes, cadet?"

The soldier relaxed and delivered her report. "Unknown forces are pressing past the Cerian forces from behind us. If my assumptions are correct, they may be the forces of Kiros."

Selvin stepped back. 'This was the worst-case scenario.' However, an idea struck him, making him want to take advantage of the situation. He turned back around to speak to the rest of the crew. "Everyone, begin slowly retreating from our position. Send word to the remaining Aeromachs. Get into Formation I and lure the two forces into fighting each other. Focus priority on rescuing and getting our people out of there!"

The crew nodded in agreement and got to work immediately, but moments later, they were hit, by several more missiles. This time, coming from the forces of Kiros...

Zelha vs the Novas...

Norah jumped up at the massive flaming fist, bearing down on them. "Static: Tardad!"

She punched the flaming fist, as a massive strike of lightning reinforced her. Then, coursed through the giant, while she poured in billions of volts, until the giant, with a massive explosion, dissipated along with it.

Then she spun around just in time, as the princess tried to catch her off-guard and to the Nova's despair, successfully. The flaming kick crashed her back down into the ground and dragged her across for some distance.

Norah managed to stay on her feet, but her body was ringing from the force. However, even as Zelha landed in front of her, she did not falter nor hesitate to call out to the skies. "Static: Berserker!"

Lightning reinforced her body and settled with an electric armour over it, while charging her up, to the maximum she could hold. They lunged at each other, trading intense blows, intending to kill.

Norah struggled, unable to take any more of the princess' strikes. The only advantage, she managed was speed. With quick reflexes, she drew her sword as Zelha missed a left fiery swing at the Nova's head and slashed her gut, with billions of volts.

"Static: Sadaa!" She yelled, as the princess along with the rest of the horizon, behind her, was sent crashing through the plains.

Norah appeared above her, with a blue sphere, trying to finish her off. "Converge: Easifat Raedia!"

A beam of lightning, shot forth out of her hands, racing to swallow up the child Atlas. However, to her dismay, she started to get pushed back instead, as a wave of fire, ate away towards her.

Norah was frantic, the princess was much stronger, but not as fast as her. However, that wouldn't matter, if her hands didn't stop shaking. She knew she needed to end this as soon as possible.

With quick thinking, she sidestepped away from her beam, while maintaining its strength with an electric clone, to not alert her opponent of her intentions. Then, she manifested an electric spear, behind her.

"Static: Harbatan!" She yelled as she chucked the spear with lightning speed and caught the princess off guard while causing violent tremors as her body struck the ground. Kicking up rocks and dust in a small electric explosion, while sending out an enormous shockwave.

Norah heaved, trying to catch her breath. She could feel her fingers, and parts of her body, beginning to seize and twitch all on their own. As the dust settled, the Nova, almost gave up, as the princess stood back up again, seemingly annoyed rather than weakened, from her last attack.

Zelha shook her head. "Do you actually think you have a chance?"

She reached into a pocket, pulling out a USB-like syringe. "I've seen that medicine that weakling injected into the other insect. We have something similar, but not as useless. I guess, I have to give you guys and those Hashin some credit. You all have done a number on me. Might as well be safe and show you some true despair."

Norah was not in the mood for any surprises, but the princess continued and injected her neck. The Nova watched as orange veins, started to creep up all over Zelha's body, with rings of fire, beginning to crush the ground.

"We call these Dosers. Liquidated lifespans, for us to consume on the go. My siblings hate relying on this, but I don't mind, as long as it can make the battle, a lot more fun." She said as she struggled to hold it all in.

Norah didn't blink, but the princess disappeared and reappeared with speed, she could not fathom, then punched her straight into the sky, with devastating force. The Nova flipped around to try and kick her as she reappeared right behind her. However, her leg was caught with ease, while Zelha proceeded to deliver another strike, covered in flames, right into Norah's gut and caused her to lose consciousness for a second, as she was sent flying back once more through the sky.

She reopened her eyes, as she was about to dip back down to the ground, and saw the princess, bearing down again above her, with her entire might. "Inferno Fist, Demolition!" Zelha yelled as she punched the Nova while enveloping her body in violet fire, as the Nova crashed into the ground, causing an intense, violent earthquake, and promptly fell unconscious.

The princess laughed. "She's still alive after that? I might have to keep her. I can't believe, she pushed me this far." However, suddenly a jolt of fear, washed over her, as she turned her head towards the sky. "There's no way. They can't be here!"

She began jetting towards the Emperor's position. "Father!"

Kayed vs Demil...

Kayed's head teetered back, as immense power coursed through him. His skin became magma-like, with his veins glowing across the cracks, while pulsing colours of black and reddish-orange. An ash-coloured skull with three blood-red whisker marks running horizontally, over another three running diagonally down like tribal markings, manifested over his head.

His hair glowed full silver, then dropped back to even drops of silver all along his hair. His eyes went white, as they rolled back, then came back glowing hazel. His bodysuit started to burn off, showing the veins coursing through him and across his chest, but he quickly raised tough sheets of metal over the pants, to keep them from burning.

Then, the skull shattered, as several geysers sprouted up from below them and shot lava into the sky. Following intense tremors, large fissures, and volcanoes erupting all around the continent.

Demil watched the Novas' transformation, with awe. "That technique... The Hashins used it, but why does this one feel different? Are you prepared, to give up your life to fight me?"

Kayed gritted his teeth, as he started to feel his life drain away, by the second. "With the strength, they've given me... I'll be sure to take you down."

Demil blinked, missing him move, as it was too late for him to react. When his eyes reopened, all he could do was eat the punch covered in magma, to the face, as he was sent hurdling back. The prince recovered in midair, putting up his arms to block a follow-up, from the Nova.

He smirked, trying to ignore the pain of his face, fixing itself, back up. "It seems I won't need to hold back against you."

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Energy, unlike any Kayed had ever experienced in battle, burst out of Demil, carrying hot winds and stinging his face. Reddish orange veins, pulsed in intervals all over the prince's body. His hair was now glowing streaks of silver. The prince laughed out loud, then returned a strike back at the Nova, shaking him, with incredible force.

Kayed reeled back, realizing, that they were now at least nearly equal in strength. Then they lunged at each other, throwing earth-shaking lethal strikes, at each other, while trying to gain the upper hand.

Kayed found an opening and took it, manifesting a condensed heated sphere of magma in his palm. "Erupt: Kura!"

The ball, took Demil, back down to the ground. Resulting in a massive massive explosion, several kilometres wide.

Kayed raced towards the center of the explosion as it died down, seeing the prince already standing back up while creating his own condensed sphere of lava. "Origin Erasure!"

He launched the beam at the unprepared Nova, frantically raising up another sphere of his own. "Erupt: Nihayiy Burkania!"

The two beams, collided, sending shockwaves throughout the land, as hot winds rushed past the both of them. Resulting in a draw, but Kayed didn't hesitate. Pointing his hand at the ground, he yelled once more. "Create: Muharib Shaj'ah!"

A clone of him made out of magma, but covered in titanium and diamond armour, rose out of a fissure below him and raced toward Demil. The prince smirked and placed his hands together.

"Two can play at that game. Magma Battalion!" He yelled, as hundreds of warriors, modeled after the prince, intercepted and overwhelmed Kayed's clone.

Kayed gritted his teeth, at the wasted energy, but he didn't let it deter him, as Demil began making his way towards him.

The Nova dropped his hands to the ground once more. "Erupt: Malik Alsama'."

Tremors, followed by a huge crevice opened up below them. The prince looked down at the last second, as a massive magma dragon, sprung out of the crevice and chomped down on him, in midair. However, to Kayed's dismay, the prince remained in one piece, as he held apart the dragon's jaws, to avoid being swallowed. While the dragon's tongue continued to whip him, to force him inside.

He struggled, trying to keep the mouth open with one hand, then aimed the other inside of the dragon's mouth, blasting it, point-blank. Flames coursed through the dragon's throat, and out the back, erasing a mountain in the distance. Then they crashed together below, as the dragon, reformed itself and took back to the skies.

Kayed hopped onto its back and flew towards the prince's landing site. Wary, as his side effects, had started to signal early.

Demil got up, as his body, and arm reformed themselves. "This is fun! You're actually a real threat. It's been a while since anyone other than my siblings could even challenge me!"

The Nova wasn't entertained by his words and ordered his dragon to blast him. However, Demil raised a tough titanium curved dome, shielding him from the blast of fire and magma.

"I won't lose to you!" He said excitedly, as he dropped underground and reappeared out of a new crevice, shooting up with the force of a volcanic eruption below the dragon.

"Volcanic Fist!" He yelled, as he struck the dragon, from its underbelly, and blew it apart, as he crashed into Kayed's raised arms, shooting them, both up into the air.

'He's way too strong, I have to finish this in the next few minutes, otherwise, I'll run out of time.' the Nova thought to himself.

Demil laughed out loud, enjoying his fight. "Come on now, show me more of what you're capable of!"

Kayed returned a strike, blocking another coming from Demil, as they freefell back to the ground, landing, with a massive tremor, yet continuing to trade blows. His blood splattered all over the ground, with burn marks appearing all over his body. He was beginning to reach his limit, in addition to his wounds starting to take a toll, on top of the technique.

The Nova jumped back, watching all of the damage he inflicted on Demil, healing itself back to normal. "That regeneration ability is annoying." He spoke out loud, as he tried to regain his breath.

Demil chuckled. "It's your fault for being a mortal. That's why, we are the chosen ones. The ones who will bring humanity and all living beings, closer to God."

Kayed gritted his teeth angrily. "You think God, chose you soul-less monsters to lead us? Stop being delusional!" He clasped his hands together, gathering up the last bits of energy he had left. "Don't worry, I'll be sending you closer to God. In the next minute, I'll make you realize, that you were never special."

The prince braced himself, feeling the amount of energy, the Nova was gathering. "Let's see about that." He said, as volleys of magma, rose around him and rotated with incredible speed. "Rain of the Underworld!"

Kayed dodged the first few, as he leaped into the air, to avoid them, but the rest surrounded him, with no way to escape.

"Ahahahaha! Die!" Demil laughed maniacally.

Metals rose up quickly from the ground and shielded the Nova, as he was bombarded by the attack. The prince, let up after a moment, heaving and trying to see the state, he left him in.

The metal deformed shield glowed bright hot from the onslaught and somehow still held together, but broke apart a moment later, revealing Kayed, still in one piece. However, his skin was starting to peel and flake off, as cracks began to show up evidently all over his body.

Still, he ignored the pain and didn't take his focus off of his mission. "Erupt: Complete Borehole!"

The ground below Demil cracked open and spread dozens of meters wide as he began to fall. Leaving him shocked, as this was the first foreign opponent, that he felt like he couldn't read.

The Nova had directed his energy to the center of Rennaya, digging away in both directions as they fought, until he created a perfect borehole, to the core of the planet.The prince caught himself and pulled together a launch pad from the crumbling rubble, then tried to leap up out of the hole. However, Kayed hovered above, with a sphere of lava rotating faster than sound.

"There is no escape for you." He said as he placed his hand forth, forcing the prince to instinctively try and block it, as the he pulled together more rocks and rubble to shield himself. "Erupt: Nihayiy Burkania!" Kayed yelled, as Demil was pushed back down. Struggling to hold his shield together, with all of his might and continued reinforcing it with tougher materials from the planet, as he descended down lower.

Suddenly, the beam stopped, but moments later as he thought it was safe to fly back up, Kayed struck down, breaking through the shield, and socked him in the face. Behind him, trailed a lamp, made out of glass and amplifying light from a ball of lava, floating within. The prince was thrown further down into the abyss, asthe Nova plummeted after him, while coating himself in iko to protect himself from the pressure.

Each time Demil tried to stop, he would get struck by the walls, manifesting hands, columns, and whips, over and over. Until light began glimmering below them, out of the end of the massive tunnel. His eyes grew wide, realizing what Kayed was aiming for. He reached into his pocket, gripping the content tightly as he was smacked down further by another metal hand. Then injected his neck with it, the moment he was free.

His wounds, which took time to heal, instantly popped back up, as massive spikes of energy coursed through him. He couldn't help but chuckle as he blocked a column, about to slap him down, and blew it into smithereens, while the streaks in his hair glowed harder.

Kayed came in a second later, shocked to see his strike blocked easily, then was sent flying into the walls as a follow-up. The heat was starting to rise around them, as the walls combusted, turning into magma, from both of their energies.

"You've dug your own coffin." The prince spoke as shards of magma showered Kayed in his position, putting out his light.

Demil smiled and raised a lamp of his own, a little above them, to try and see what happened to the Nova, through the smoke and falling debris. However just a little to his left, he dodged a volley of magma, and then glanced back into the dark.

Kayed appeared from the shadows, eyes, and hair, giving him away. "Forbidden Art: Limit Breaker." He whispered, then launched himself with frightening speed at the prince, trading blow for blow, then knocking him back down on his journey.

"Why do you persist on throwing your life away for lowly mortals? They will die anyway! With this much power, your potential could be far greater!" The prince tried reasoning with him, as he blocked a burning strike, sinking deep into his arm. "Stop this. Let us cleanse them together brother, for the good of all mankind!"

Kayed ignored him, as he continued to spin around and kick him into a wall. "I could never trust you, to know what's good for us. Life means nothing to you or your family. As long as you're alive, my planet, my people, and my comrades are in trouble."

He coughed blood, wondering if what he was doing was going to make a difference, but that thought quickly went out of the way as he struck Demil down further into the hole. The light at the end of the tunnel, blared at them, before revealing the majestic, undisturbed, planetary core, spinning in harmony.

The drone, watching Kayed, could no longer keep up with the temperatures and switched to telescopic zoom to continue keeping the world, up to date on the scene. His performance was moving many people across the world to tears. Saphyra had thought many times to switch the camera off. However, they had always promised complete transparency. So she decided to continue although it pained her, not being able to do anything from her main body back on the Moon.

"No, no, no I can't be defeated. I won't be. Believe this mortal, I will win!" Demil yelled out, unaware of how his face was going to become in the next second, as it got punched in once again.

Limit Breaker, forced all of the last dormant energy a user possessed out, ignoring their pain with adrenaline, and giving them the ability to go all out, even if their body, couldn't handle it anymore. So Kayed, knew he needed to make the most of every second. Because the moment it stopped, Demil could overwhelm him.

The prince drew his sword, swinging frantically and trying to escape his fate. However, with quick instincts the Nova dodged each swing and cut his sword arm off then proceeded to stab him through his chest, nearly missing the core. Then, shielded his body with rocks from the exit of the borehole, cooling him down, to hold out as long as he could.

Demil's voice broke, as he blasted Kayed point-blank, with multiple volleys from his remaining arm. "You can't do this! I'm a prince of Ceria! I cannot lose... I... I was chosen!"

Kayed smirked. "This is the part where you should repent. It's over for you. Even mortals, have a way of defeating, those who believe they have escaped death!"

The core's heat, plus his side effects, started to take him, as his body began to crumble and burn into ashes. He said the his last rites in Arabic, then drove his sword, deeper through the prince's chest, diving them both into the burning core.