The Monarch of Destruction did not rule a kingdom—he reigned over extinction.
From this throne carved of melted obisden, resting atop of the floating citadel Valekrath, Antares surveyed the fractured universe. His mind stretched across the realms, sensing the pulse of dying stars, the screams of collapsed dimensions—music to his ancient ears.
His generals, lesser dragons wrought from his blood and fire, awaited his every command.
"The Rulers stir again," muttered Kaedros,his flame-scaled advisor. "Ashborn remains silent"
Antares Shood, his voice low and thunderous.
"Let them stir. Let them rise. I will burn their heaven once more."
Antares remembered when the balance broke.
The Monarchs—Antares,Frost,Beast,Insect,Plague, and many more— had waged war against the Rulers, celestial stewards of existence. Together, they had nearly shattered reality.
But it was Ashborn, the Shadow Monarch, who betrayed them.
"Peace," Ashborn had said. " A future without slaughter."
But Antares saw the truth: Ashborn feared him. Feared what destruction would come if his powers grew unchecked. So the shadows turned against fire, and the tide shifted.
"I will kill him," Antares vowed,"and when I do, I will end this game the Absolute Being began."
After the silent war, Antares slumbered within the rift outside time—a wound in the universe left by his fury. The world moved on. Rifts open. Hunters rose. Kamish fell. Monarchs crept into the Earth one by one.
Antares waited. His vessel was not yet ready.
But he watched.
He saw Sung Jinwoo rise. He felt Ashborn's legacy ignite. He saw the armies of shadows consuming the Monarchs one bye one.
And finally, the cup was full…
"The vessel is ready," he whispered.
"Let the gates break."
Clashed with the Shadow Monarch.
Antares did not disguised himself. He descended in flame, wings ablaze, in the skies above Seoul.
"SUNG JINWOO!" He roared with burning hatred.
The battled was cataylismic. Flame met shadow. Dragon breath scorched the land; the sky was fractured under the weight of their clash.
Antares fought not just to kill-but to remind e world of fear.
And…yet he lost.
However Seven Rulers united their powers,creating a Divine Convergence Seal - a prison of light strong enough to bind even the Monarch of Destruction Legions were scattered.
Returning in the Solo leveling Time.
When Sung Jinwoo began his rise as the Shadow Monarch, Antares was the last and strongest Monarch to face him. By then millena of imprisonment had only honed his hatred. His returned brought with it storms of fire, skies red with dragon wings and the Earth trembled under his will.
And so 27 years later…
And so even if the Monarch of Destruction was ultimately defeated by Sung Jinwoo, Antares' legacy endured — his name is still invoked in fear by Monarchs,Rulers and even dragons and even gods alike.
The End of Antares Backstory.