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(Smirking evily)
"I'm Antares the King of Dragons and the Monarch of Destruction."
Chaos Tenno:
(Eyes widen in horror and shock)
"What??"
Antares didn't blink. His pupils narrowed into draconic slits, and the shadows behind him twisted like they were bowing.
"I am Antares," he repeated, his voice echoing with a layered, ancient resonance. "King of Dragons. Monarch of Destruction. The one your kind sealed away when the stars were young."
A pulse of crimson energy rippled outward from him, cracking the ground in a perfect circle.
Chaos Tenno's instincts screamed at him to run, but his legs refused to move. "This… this can't be real. Dragons went extinct eons ago."
Antares tilted his head, amused. "Extinct? No. We simply grew tired of mortals who thought themselves gods."
He raised a hand.
The sky darkened instantly.
Clouds spiraled into a vortex above them, lightning flickering in unnatural colors—violet, gold, and a deep red that looked almost like bleeding light.
Chaos Tenno finally forced his body to move, summoning his energy blades with a snap. "If you're really who you say you are… then why reveal yourself now?"
Antares' wings unfurled—massive, obsidian, and edged with fire. The ground trembled under their weight.
"Because," he said, stepping forward, "the seal has weakened. And you, Chaos Tenno… you are the final key."
Tenno's heart dropped. "Me? Why me?!"
Antares' eyes glowed brighter.
"Because your power was born from the same cosmic flame that forged my kind. You are the only one who can either restore my throne… or destroy me."
A gust of scorching wind blasted outward as Antares took to the sky, circling above like a living eclipse.
"Choose wisely," he thundered. "Your decision will decide the fate of every realm."
Chaos Tenno clenched his fists, trembling—not from fear, but from the weight of destiny suddenly crushing down on him.
He looked up at the dragon king, voice steadying.
"Then I guess today… I choose to fight."
Antares roared, the sound shaking mountains.
And the battle for the cosmos began.
TO BE CONTINUED.