The war chamber remained completely silent after Kaien's declaration.
No one interrupted him anymore.
Not after the battlefield footage.
Not after the supernatural creatures.
Not after entire military sectors vanished overnight beneath forces humanity didn't understand.
Now every eye inside the chamber remained fixed on him alone.
Because whether they liked it or not—
Kaien was the only person in the room who understood what was happening.
The battlefield projections continued flickering across the chamber while casualty reports updated endlessly beside them. More northern territories had already gone dark. Entire Dominion divisions were retreating toward inner defense lines while Vesper corruption spread unnaturally fast across frontline regions.
Humanity was losing ground.
Fast.
And it had only begun.
Orion finally broke the silence afterward.
"You said you can fight them."
Kaien slowly nodded.
"I can."
One strategist immediately stepped forward afterward.
"Then how?"
His eyes shifted toward Vijaya resting beside Kaien.
"What exactly is that weapon capable of?"
The entire chamber focused instantly.
Even the researchers stopped speaking among themselves now.
Because despite everything revealed so far—
nobody truly understood Vijaya yet.
Kaien quietly looked toward the spear afterward.
The weapon pulsed faintly beneath the holographic battlefield lights.
Not aggressively.
Almost patiently.
Like it waited for something.
Then Kaien finally spoke.
"In my first life…"
The room instinctively quieted further.
"…Vijaya wasn't a spear."
Several researchers immediately started recording again afterward.
Kaien slowly reached toward the weapon before lifting it calmly into his hand.
"It was a bow."
Golden-black energy lightly shimmered across the spear afterward as though responding to his words.
"The strongest divine bow ever created."
Nyra and Lyss silently listened nearby while fragments stirred faintly within them again hearing his voice speak ancient truths.
Kaien continued afterward.
"The complete Vijaya could withstand powers beyond ordinary existence."
"It was created for one purpose only."
His eyes slowly darkened.
"To carry divine astras."
The room became tense immediately afterward.
Several researchers exchanged confused looks.
Seraphine finally asked carefully,
"Astras… meaning the ancient celestial weapons from the Mahabharata?"
Kaien nodded once.
"Each astra carried powers capable of reshaping battlefields entirely."
The battlefield projections around them suddenly felt much smaller somehow after hearing that.
One commander frowned afterward.
"You're saying ancient weapons surpassed modern military technology?"
Kaien calmly answered,
"Yes."
No hesitation.
No uncertainty.
Just fact.
That answer unsettled nearly everyone present.
Kaien continued afterward while slowly rotating Vijaya within his hand.
"The Brahmastra alone could erase entire armies."
"The Brahmashirastra could destroy worlds if fully unleashed."
Several officers visibly stiffened hearing that.
Nyra quietly glanced toward him afterward.
Because unlike the others—
she remembered part of this already.
The fragments.
The destruction.
The endless light consuming everything.
Kaien noticed her expression briefly afterward before continuing.
"But…"
His voice lowered slightly now.
"…this isn't the true Vijaya."
That immediately confused the room.
Everyone looked toward the spear again afterward.
Kaien slowly raised the weapon slightly.
"What I carry now…"
"…is only a fragment of what Vijaya originally was."
Silence followed instantly.
Seraphine frowned afterward.
"A fragment?"
Kaien nodded slowly.
"When I died in my previous life…"
Fragments surfaced painfully again.
The Brahmashirastra.
The destruction.
The collapsing reality.
He pushed the memories aside before continuing.
"Vijaya changed alongside my soul."
The room became quieter again afterward.
Kaien looked directly toward the spear now.
"The complete bow carried power too immense for this form."
"So now…"
Golden light lightly flickered across the weapon again.
"…it exists as a spear."
One strategist frowned immediately afterward.
"That makes no sense."
Kaien calmly answered,
"Neither does reincarnation."
That shut the room up quickly.
Nyra almost smirked slightly afterward hearing that response.
Kaien continued more seriously now.
"This spear still possesses enormous power."
"It can still kill the corrupted beings appearing across the battlefield."
"It can still destroy manifestations born from the darkness."
His expression darkened slightly afterward though.
"But there's a limit."
The atmosphere shifted again immediately.
Kaien slowly tightened his grip around Vijaya.
"I cannot fully use the astras anymore."
That stunned the room.
Orion immediately asked,
"Why?"
Kaien quietly exhaled afterward.
"Because only the true Vijaya can fully manage their power."
Silence followed again.
Kaien continued carefully.
"The astras weren't ordinary weapons."
"They were divine authorities."
"Each one carried overwhelming energy tied directly to cosmic forces."
Several researchers stared at him like he was describing mythology itself becoming reality.
Because he was.
Kaien slowly looked toward the battlefield projections again afterward.
"With the spear form…"
"…I can still access fragments of those powers."
"Smaller manifestations."
"Limited releases."
"But not their true scale."
Nyra quietly frowned afterward.
"So you're weaker now."
Kaien remained silent briefly.
Then nodded once.
"Yes."
The answer disturbed everyone more than expected.
Because if this version of Kaien—
already capable of manipulating space and altering sunlight—
considered himself weakened…
Then what exactly had he once been?
Lyss softly asked afterward,
"Then can you still stop them?"
The room immediately focused on him again.
Kaien looked down at Vijaya briefly.
Then slowly—
"Yes."
Absolute certainty.
Not confidence.
Certainty.
Kaien's gaze hardened afterward while looking toward the corrupted battlefield projections.
"Because the darkness doesn't fear modern weapons."
"It doesn't fear armies."
"It doesn't fear technology."
The room listened silently.
"But it remembers divine power."
Vijaya suddenly pulsed brightly once afterward.
Golden light spread faintly across the chamber floor while every screen around the room distorted for half a second.
The pressure inside the chamber changed instantly again.
Ancient.
Overwhelming.
Kaien's voice lowered slightly afterward.
"And even incomplete…"
His eyes darkened.
"…Vijaya still carries enough power to kill them."
No one spoke for several seconds.
Because deep down—
they believed him completely now.
Not because of stories anymore.
Because something inside the room itself reacted every time he spoke about the weapon.
Almost like reality acknowledged it.
Seraphine slowly stepped closer afterward while staring carefully toward the spear.
"Then what exactly can this form still do?"
Kaien quietly thought for a moment.
How could he explain it properly?
Finally—
"With the complete bow…"
"…I could unleash astras capable of erasing armies alone."
His grip around the spear tightened slightly.
"But this form specializes differently."
Several officers leaned forward slightly afterward.
Kaien's eyes sharpened now.
"The spear is more stable."
"More direct."
"It carries destructive force concentrated into singular attacks rather than widespread devastation."
Nyra frowned slightly afterward.
"So instead of destroying entire battlefields…"
Kaien nodded once.
"…this version kills gods."
Silence crashed through the room instantly afterward.
Even the battlefield projections suddenly felt insignificant compared to those words.
Kaien slowly looked toward the corrupted Vesper forces displayed across the holograms.
"The manifestations appearing now are only the beginning."
"Stronger entities will eventually emerge."
Fragments stirred violently again behind his eyes.
The Entity.
The endless darkness.
The thing hunting him across lives.
Kaien's voice became colder afterward.
"And when they do…"
Golden light reflected sharply through his eyes.
"…this spear will be enough."
Outside the command tower, thunder roared once more above Novaris.
And somewhere far beyond humanity's collapsing frontlines—
the darkness continued preparing its army.