Mado was feeling annoyed to be held up, by a single child of Atlas, when the man himself was here. He knew he could defeat her easily, however, it would require a bit of strength, which may be a disadvantage against Atlas. He glanced at his brother, after sending Calypso flying far off. Just in time to watch him cut Zelha's arm off and kick her flying through a hill. "Rael! Do you think you can handle both of them on your own?"

Rael, looked at his brother, squinting with skeptical eyes. "You're not planning on leaving me here alone... Are you?"

Mado smiled. "Oh come on! If we're both stuck here, none of us will get to fight him. After you kill them, come and join me, otherwise, he might escape."

Just then, the kings felt an incredible amount of energy coming from Akio's direction. Followed by earthquakes, shaking the world around them.

They both looked at each other at the same time, then Rael cursed, as a replica of him, made out of the strongest steel and magma launched out of the ground. Immediately, intercepting Calypso's strike, which was targeting his brother.

Mado smiled, then gathered some energy. "Thanks, brother." Then, teleported and left him alone, as the two princesses charged him.

Atlas vs the Hashin...

Atlas crashed into a valley, as his platform and restraints crumbled apart, from the impact. He looked above him, as a Hashin jetted towards him, with his fist covered in magma.

Without hesitating, the emperor, shifted into second gear, sidestepped, and punched him in the gut, destroying his internal organs as he was sent flying hundreds of kilometres away. "One down."

He sighed, then backflipped, as one more crashed down from above, followed by another coming from below and managing to grab hold of his legs as he landed. Burning them, while a third tried to punch him in the back.

He ducked and flipped forward, lifting his legs up into the air with the Hashin below ground, to smack him into his comrade. As the one who attacked from above, tried to end it all with a point-blank, beam of lava, which he effortlessly blocked with an invisible forcefield, slightly cracking up around him.

Atlas shook his head, realizing that they were ready to risk each other's lives. He raised his left hand as dual waves of lava pressed him from behind.

The three Hashin yelled, placing their entire might's as they aimed to crush him in one go. However, in seconds, he shifted into third gear, releasing an outburst of energy and pushing the waves back at them. They were knocked off their feet and showered by drops of scorching hot lava, as the emperor appeared between the two nearest each other and gifted them with spheres of telekinetic force with each hand. "Particle Vortex."

The two, once whole, seemingly burst like balloons, while showering blood everywhere. The third Hashin, had watched everything that occurred, as he got back up, then yelled at the top of his lungs. "You'll pay for that!" He clasped his hands together and gathered energy. "Forbidden Art-"

He stopped chanting, as he was raised into the air. Atlas walked up to him, kissing his teeth. "I'm not a fan of your gruesome arts."

The Hashin's body began to contort, then as he tried to utter a few barely audible words, Atlas crushed his entire body. His transformation fizzled off, while he sighed in disappointment, as he could not keep the blood off of his clothes.

A large pool of energy forced him to glance up at the sky. He frowned, as he watched three more Hashin, pooling together a massive sphere of lava. Condensed hundreds of times over by an ice wielder, as she struggled to hold together all of the pressure, within a thin film of ice.

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They launched it, while yelling in unison. "Forbidden Art, Core of Mercy!" Each of them, coughed up blood, as the ice user's arms began to tear itself apart, from within like a ripple, heading towards her main body. She screamed, but held on, as all of them put in every last drop of their energy.

The emperor sighed and raised his hand towards the pressurized bomb, heading for him. "I'm extremely disappointed. How low, you Hashin have fallen within this past millennia."

Immense energy began to well up within him, as he prepared himself, however, out of nowhere, a chain of lava whipped around him and held him tight. He cursed, he forgot that they were, complete masters of stealth. He looked behind him, as two Hashin held on to the chains tightly, reinforcing it with their iko and burning it with their rage.

He took a deep breath, as the world seemingly began to stand still. His hair flickered full silver once more, with silver and black veins coursing and glowing throughout his body.

Furious, he snapped himself out of the chains and held onto the remnants, then overtook their iko and clenched their hands firmly to the chains with telekinetic force, as he dragged them into the incoming attack.

Rupturing the thin ice film, holding it together, and letting out a tremendous explosion killing them instantly. Yet, the explosion seemed to maintain a fixed position in midair and started to condense, unnaturally. The Hashin in the sky, braced themselves, wary of what was going on. However, within the blink of an eye, the bizarre explosion crashed into all three of them.

All they could do was look within the glass-like phenomenon, as they tried to raise their heads, lift their arms, or move their bodies, to no avail. Traces of their iko shimmered within the condensed explosion, which hadn't stopped, till they reached a safe enough distance from him.

"AHHH!" They screamed, as he continued to admire his artwork, by placing his hands to his ear to listen before the deafening explosion, shook him a bit, as he undid his transformation.

"Now then, what should I do about this situation." He thought out loud, as he felt a Hashin flying away with Tobi and Osei's body, then smiled, after deciding his priorities. However, suddenly the world around him began to shake, with intense earthquakes and fissures sprouting in the far-off distance and making their way towards him.

"Akio!" He yelled at the top of his lungs. "What do you think you're doing?!"

On Senae's outskirts, above the heated battle between Cerian and Kirosian forces...

The Hashins had just finished, helping the last of Beyond's forces off-ground. None of their main forces were allowed to land except for them, so they watched, disgusted, as the Kirosians mercilessly powered through Cerian infantry with ease. All while enjoying their chance at a good battle.

They encountered several soldiers already and avoided many that went for their heads, as soon as their crests were in sight. For the rest of the way, the two opted, to switch on their invisibility cloaks and remain above, overlooking the situation, as the last shuttle started to jet off, a few hundred meters away.

The plan changed for the location of the last shuttle for the Novas since it had gotten too dangerous near the extraction site. However, out of the blue, the shuttle exploded as if it was crushed by something. The Hashin were alarmed by what they had just witnessed. Wasting no time, they contacted another Hashin on evacuation. "It's 9 & 13. I'm not sure how, but the last shuttle has just been destroyed."

Number seven spoke up. "What? How?"

Thirteen shook his head. "I'm not sure, but I've just sent an alert to Commander Ba'jin to send another. Unfortunately, all of Rennaya has become a battlefield. He'll need to create a small window for us, to help them escape. "

Nine tapped his temple once. "21 did you find them?"

Twenty-one chimed in. "Yes, I did. The one they call Sarah is heavily wounded and losing a lot of blood. Kiala is fine, however, the shuttle they tried to reach, fell into a crevice."

A blur caught thirteen's eye, as he glanced around, finding nothing. Relieved, he continued the conversation. "3, 7, 21. Make your way to these new coordinates that I'm sending you. I will secure the location until you get there."

"Hai!" They answered back and closed their comms. He sighed, as he began making his way toward the new site. He knew the space force commander had a lot on his plate, but he just had to trust, that he would be able to pull through.

Suddenly, he noticed a flash of a large black object, in front of him. Disappearing and reappearing, faster than the eye could see.

"Hey 9, did you see that?" He spun around to look at his comrade, only to find him missing.

Seconds later the camouflage on the object, he saw statically, came undone. As something the Hashin had only heard of in stories, but had never actually seen before, opened its jaws out wide and bared large razor-sharp teeth. It had long noticed them and wondered, why they had treaded onto its domain. Regardless, with a futile attempt, he tried raising his hands up to protect himself, as the massive black dragon, chomped down on him, and swallowed him whole.

Then it let out a deafening roar.