Far beyond the Crimson Kingdom's outer walls, Ember Valley stretched in obsidian plates and fractured terrain--scarred from ancient wars and layered with cosmic anchors. A perfect place for power to be unleaser without consequence.
Void ling and Blaze arrived at the valleys edge, flanked by silent mountain ridges and swirling ash winds. Behind them, Kai, Takashi, and Glacior stood atop a stone overlook--ready to spectate.
Glacior:
(Cold and composed)
"Alright, you guys can fight as much as you want, but please try not to collapse causality again. Because you guys can destroy it, if you go too far in your training fight. Because the Ember Valley is a localized region of space-time that exists within a larger universe, often with its own unique physical laws and properties as a universe. Which is described as Pocket Dimension."
Void ling cracked his neck, his cloak fluttering as ambient pressure rose around him. Blaze summoned flickers of flame that danced between his fingers, ready to fight Void ling.
Void ling:
(Calmly, almost in thought)
"...Back at the top of the kingdom...did you feel it?"
Blaze Vortex:
(Eyes narrowing, tone shifting)
"...I did. Subtle, but massive. Like pressure behind the veil. I couldn't pinpoint the location... but i know what it was."
He paused,letting the silence weigh, and then he spoke again.
Blaze Vortex:
(Firmly)
"A group. Eight maybe? Definitely not from here. I couldn't see them--just sense their aura stretching like it was echoing across layered dimensions. Felt older than time. They weren't watching us... they were waiting."
Void ling:
(Nodding slowly)
"...I sensed it too. Their energy didn't ripple--it bent. Like they weren't moving through reality, they were rewriting how reality feels."
They didn't name the universe, but Blaze's instincts were already circling the PRIMEVAL UNIVERSE---and Void ling's silence said he understood it, too.
Blaze Vortex:
(Grinning, stepping forward)
"...Well, we can't say much until they move first. But until then--let's break each other just to stay sharp."
Void ling:
(Eyes bored)
"...Let's see who cracks first. Let go all out."
The ground beneath them flared--fire and void meeting like old rivals as their training duel ignited. Above, Kai, Takashi, and Glacior watched in silence, knowing this wasn't just sparring--it was the sharpening of blades meant for the next cosmic storm. Meanwhile at the Kingdom market, it was alive with gentle motion--people selling their goods and doing their usually stuff. Celestina and Seraphina walked side bh side, talking to each other.
Celestina:
(Softly, with curiosity)
"So...Seraphina. What is your relationship with Void ling, truly?"
Seraphina's stride slowed slightly. Her cheeks flushed, but she didn't look away. Her voice emerged gently--woven with emotion, uncertainty, and buried admiration.
Seraphina Nyx:
(Quietly, but sincerely)
"It more than affection, deeper than respect. He is always kind to me. He is the most respected and most handsome person I have ever seen. He is the one I look up to."
Celestina:
(Voice like velvet)
"...That's beautifully Seraphina, You also have to protect him too, You don't always have to rely on him, I hope both of you friendship will last forever, but let wait for the future of both of you."
As they turned a corner near a status. The gentle market murmurs fell silent. Standing in a perfect formation amidst the shoppers were the unmistakable figure of THE CHAOS SHADOWS KINGDOM. King Julius and his crew. Celestina paused mid--step, eyes sharp but untreathening. Seraphina stood tall at her side.
Julius:
(Calm, dignified)
"Greetings, Celestina. Seraphina. Seems the market holds more than rare slices today."
Celestina:
(Bowing politely)
"Greetings, Lord Julius. What brings you and your crew here on such a calm morning market?"
Julius:
(Sming faintly)
"Observation. The winds shift, even beneath lanters and laughter. And we move with them."
Raine:
(Softly)
"...Isn't it Seraphina Nyx?"
Krista:
(Smirked)
"Yep. The one who stood beside the Empress during the Declaration of War, she even healed Queen Revy."
Satori:
(Quietly)
"I remember her aura. Gentle...with concealed depth."
Albus:
(Nodding faintly)
"A melody surrounded by silence. The kind that waits for the right verse."
Seraphina Nyx:
(Smiled with a little sweat on her face)
"Yea, I didn't notice i would see you guys Chaos Shadows."
Julius folded his hands, gaze shifting across the market before landing back on Celestina. And then King Julius spoke.
Julius:
(Casually)
"Tell me...where are those two boys? Void... Void ling, is it? And Blaze...Vortex, I believe."
Celestina:
(Smiling knowingly)
"Training. Out at Ember Valley. It's the only place sturdy enough to handle them without cracking a continent."
Julius:
(Chuckling lightly)
"Fitting. They don't walk--those two quake wherever they tread."
Krista:
(Arms crossed)
"Maybe next time they invite someone who can keep up."
Back beneath obsidian skies, Void ling and Blaze stood across from one another in the deep ring of Ember Valley. The wind carried hot ash. The tension was poised like a blade between them.
Void ling:
(Calm)
"You ready?"
Blaze Vortex:
(Grinning)
"I was born ready. Try not to erase reality mid--swing."
Above, Kai, Takashi, and Glacior stood on high ground, silently preparing to spectate one of the most intense sparring matches known across the kingdoms. Emberstones flared under their feet. The air within Ember Valley snapped to attention. Winds of residual magic curled around the jagged obsidian formations, and the faint hum of anchored space--time resonated beneath the fighters feet. This wasn't just a battlefield--it was a crucible.
Void ling:
(Quietly, gaze locked on Blaze)
"No holding back. If you fracture the field, I'll contain it."
Blaze Vortex:
(Grinning)
"Good. I was planning on bending time sideways anyway. Let's see which one of us needs stitches first."
They both launched forward simultaneously--Void ling folding space to close the distance in a blink, Blaze erupting upward on a pillar of accelerating flame. The clash didn't boom--it pulled like gravity shifting the landscape. Spacd distorted. Time bent. Ember Valley--an obsidian--forged pocket dimension laced with ancient cosmic anchors--shuddered beneath the intensity of a duel unlike any other. Void ling and Blaze surged forward in immense speed--a velocity beyond calculation, transcendending linear motion. Their bodies became streaks of energy, blinking between fixed points in reality, faster than thought, faster than causality.
Fist met fist. Again.And again. Each collision was a monument of force, sending shockwaves rippling outward across the valley--not just through physical terrain, but into the weave of space--time itself. Obsidian plates cracked, energy fields spasmed, and even the cosmic tethering stones groaned under pressure. Kai, Takashi, and Glacior watched from the high ridge, the skh behind them warped by residual kinetic ripples.
Glacior:
(Wide--eyed, voice low)
"Even Ember Valley...reinforced and stabilized as it is was never meant to absorb this. It's a dimensional shell, a sealed construct between stable layers of space--time designed to contain catastrophic energy. And they're bending it."
Takashi:
(Sternly)
"They're not just warriors. They're manifestation of chaos and order forged into human form. What kind of beings are they?"
Kai:
(Grinning slightly)
"The kind that don't stop when physics ask nicely."
Back at Void ling and Blaze, both fighters leapt backward, dust and heat swirling around them. Void ling stood, calm but breathing heavier. Blaze's flames flickered with unstable rhythm, time curled around him like smoke.
Blaze Vortex:
(Lightly)
"You wanna escalate? We could summon our armies. My flames armies itching for release. You've got those Void--born shadows, right? Let's go full scale."
Void ling:
(Firmly)
"No. Not this time. This isn't about them. It's about us. Armies change the shape of war--this is about the edge of our fists."
Blaze Vortex:
(Nodding with a smirk)
"Fair. No backup. No theatrics. Just me and you, cracking the skeleton of this Valley."
They launched against. Fist to fist. Reality warped--pressure splitting the sky above Ember Valley like ripples in a cosmic pond. Back at the market, Celestina and Seraphina walked beneath glowing arc--lanterns, flanked now by the solemn yet potent presence of king Julius and his crew.
Julius:
(Low and reflective)
"Even sealed within Ember Valley, their duel echoes here. That kind of force...it bleeds into places no meant to hold weight."
Raine:
(Softly)
"...That energy isn't just impact--it's resonance. Like something responding. Whispering back."
Seraphina Nyx:
(Worried and whispering to herself)
"...I hope nothing happens to both of them."
THE BATTLEFIELD ISN'T JUST FELT. IT'S BEING ANSWERED.
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