Greatest of All Time – Season 2Chapter 9: The Heavenly War
"When heaven falls... the world burns."
The Edge of Heaven
Far beyond Earth...
Beyond galaxies...
Beyond time itself...
A magnificent floating continent drifted through the endless universe.
It was known as...
The Sanctuary of Heaven.
At its center floated three Heavenly Stones.
One blazed with crimson flames.
One crackled with endless blue lightning.
One radiated golden divine light.
They were the legendary treasures capable of awakening the ruler of Heavenly Fire...
The Northern Heavenly Dragon.
More than one hundred Blue Guards surrounded the altar.
Each warrior wore sapphire armor engraved with ancient runes.
Each possessed an S-Rank Monster Soul.
Each had only one duty...
Protect the Heavenly Stones.
The captain slowly unsheathed his blue sword.
"The enemy will come."
"Stand your ground."
The guards raised their weapons.
Their battle cries echoed across the stars.
Suddenly—
The universe became silent.
Too silent.
A young guard looked upward.
"...Captain?"
"...Why did the stars disappear?"
The captain's expression changed.
His eyes widened.
"No..."
Above Heaven...
A gigantic crimson crack slowly split open across space.
CRAAAAAAAAACK!!
The fabric of reality shattered.
Thousands...
No...
Millions...
Of crimson portals opened simultaneously.
An endless Red Army marched out like a tide of destruction.
Flying beasts.
Ancient dragons.
Demonic soldiers.
Crimson giants.
They covered the heavens.
The Blue Guards froze.
The captain roared,
"DEFEND THE STONES!!"
BOOOOOOOOOOM!!
The war began.
Blue lightning exploded.
Red flames swallowed space.
Monster Souls awakened one after another.
"Wolf King!"
"Thunder Eagle!"
"Ice Dragon!"
"Celestial Lion!"
The universe shook beneath the collision of thousands of attacks.
Entire asteroids exploded.
Stars dimmed.
Yet...
The Red Army kept advancing.
One Blue Guard after another fell.
Blood floated through the endless vacuum of space.
The captain cut down dozens of enemies before suddenly sensing...
Something impossible.
Heavy footsteps echoed through space.
Step...
Step...
Step...
The Red Army instantly knelt.
The Blue Guards trembled.
From the largest crimson portal...
A man walked forward.
Long crimson hair.
Golden eyes.
Red robes fluttering without wind.
He carried no weapon.
Yet...
Every living being felt death.
The captain whispered,
"...Nature God..."
Biyan.
Silence consumed the battlefield.
Biyan looked around with calm eyes.
"So..."
"This is where Bibek hid them."
The captain pointed his sword.
"You'll never touch the Heavenly Stones."
Biyan smiled.
"You fought well."
"But..."
"You never had a chance."
He raised one finger.
Nothing happened.
The Blue Guards looked at each other.
"...That's it?"
Three seconds passed.
Then—
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!
Reality exploded.
The entire floating continent shattered into countless pieces.
Blue Guards were thrown across space like broken leaves.
The captain crashed onto the ruined altar, coughing blood.
"N-No..."
He crawled toward the Heavenly Stones.
Biyan calmly stepped over him.
He gently picked up the three Heavenly Stones.
The moment his fingers touched them...
The universe roared.
Lightning swallowed galaxies.
Dark clouds covered stars.
Time itself seemed to hesitate.
Biyan closed his eyes.
"The first piece..."
"...is mine."
Then...
He disappeared.
Leaving only silence...
And ruins.
Earth
Emergency sirens screamed across every continent.
Television broadcasts suddenly changed.
A frightened reporter appeared.
"This is a worldwide emergency!"
"Unknown dragons are attacking every major city!"
"Please evacuate immediately!"
People ran through burning streets.
Children cried.
Buildings collapsed.
Police officers awakened their Monster Souls.
"Lion Transformation!"
"Steel Gorilla!"
"Thunder Wolf!"
Hundreds charged the invading dragons.
One dragon simply inhaled.
Its chest glowed crimson.
ROOOOOOOAR!!
A river of fire consumed the city.
Everything disappeared.
Homes.
Cars.
Hospitals.
Schools.
Ash filled the sky.
A mother hugged her crying daughter beneath a collapsed bridge.
"Please..."
"Someone save us..."
An old priest fell onto his knees.
"We don't ask the gods anymore..."
"We pray only to one..."
Destroyer...
"If you truly exist..."
"Save us."
Across Earth...
Millions of voices whispered the same prayer.
School Grounds
Arashio, Siya, Alya, Neku, Aika and the other students stared toward the burning horizon.
Black smoke covered half the sky.
The air smelled of ash.
A distant explosion shook the ground.
BOOOOOM!!
"What..."
"...is happening?"
Siya whispered.
Before anyone answered—
The clouds split apart.
A colossal golden dragon descended from the heavens.
Its wings covered the sunlight.
Its golden scales reflected flames.
Its eyes looked older than civilization itself.
Every dragon across Earth bowed.
Every monster lowered its head.
The world itself seemed to acknowledge...
The Dragon King.
He looked down at humanity.
"...Pathetic."
"So this is the world James died protecting?"
Inside Arashio's consciousness—
James stood frozen.
"...Impossible."
Saku clenched his fists.
"So he's finally here..."
The Dragon King suddenly looked directly at Arashio.
His smile widened.
"...Interesting."
"I can see both of you."
James' face changed.
"He..."
"...can see souls."
The Dragon King laughed.
"So James..."
"And Saku..."
"You're both hiding inside one body."
"What a disappointing ending for two legends."
Arashio stepped forward.
His fists tightened.
"I don't care who you are."
"I won't let you hurt innocent people!"
Blue lightning exploded around him.
Crimson flames ignited.
James roared,
"Let's fight!"
Saku grinned.
"Finally!"
Arashio's eyes changed.
One glowed crimson.
The other burned neon blue.
Lightning and flames wrapped around his body.
The ground beneath him shattered.
Students stepped backward in shock.
"What..."
"What kind of power is that?"
Siya covered her mouth.
"...Arashio..."
The Dragon King merely sighed.
"Show me."
"The strength..."
"...of the vessel carrying two broken souls."
BOOOOOOOOOOM!!
Arashio vanished.
His speed broke the sound barrier.
Blue lightning carved through the sky.
Crimson flames followed behind him like a comet.
He appeared directly before the Dragon King.
James shouted,
"NOW!"
Saku roared,
"END IT!"
Arashio combined both energies into one fist.
The heavens darkened.
The ocean split apart.
Mountains trembled.
His strongest attack was born.
"CRIMSON LIGHTNING...""GOAT BREAKER!!"
The punch flew toward the Dragon King's face.
Everyone held their breath.
Then...
The Dragon King slowly raised...
Two fingers.
TAP.
Arashio's ultimate attack...
Stopped instantly.
Silence.
No explosion.
No shockwave.
Nothing.
The Dragon King had blocked everything...
With only two fingers.
James' smile disappeared.
Saku's eyes widened.
"...Impossible..."
The Dragon King smiled coldly.
"So..."
"That's all?"
He slowly tightened his fingers around Arashio's fist.
CRACK...
Arashio screamed.
His bones began breaking.
The Dragon King's eyes glowed with absolute authority.
"You carry two legendary souls..."
"But you..."
"...are still only human."
He raised his other fist.
"...Now."
"Let me teach you..."
"...what true despair feels like."
To Be Continued