The battlefield went completely still.
Not because of the system.
Not because of the Divines.
Because of him.
A black distortion spread silently across the fractured sky, swallowing silver light wherever it moved. The system symbols flickering through reality began destabilizing immediately, breaking apart like corrupted code under an overwhelming foreign presence.
And then—
he appeared.
Vireon of Eclipse.
The man even the Divines feared.
Dark robes moved slowly around him as fractured space bent unnaturally at his feet. His presence alone distorted reality more deeply than Kael's domain ever had, yet unlike Kael's unstable power—
Vireon's felt perfectly controlled.
Perfectly calm.
Which made him terrifying.
Riven froze instantly.
"…Father…"
His voice barely came out.
The Inferno Monarch stepped backward immediately.
The Soul Hall authority fell silent.
Even the silver figure paused.
Because the battlefield itself recognized Vireon as something dangerous.
Vireon's gaze moved slowly across the war.
The shattered sky.
The collapsing domain.
The chained Elara.
Then finally—
Kael.
For a few seconds, neither spoke.
Yet the pressure between them shook the battlefield harder than combat itself.
Then Vireon smiled faintly.
"You've made a mess."
Kael's expression darkened immediately.
"You shouldn't be here."
"And miss this?" Vireon glanced toward the trembling system authority above them. "Absolutely not."
The silver figure reacted first.
"FORBIDDEN EXISTENCE DETECTED."
"EXECUTION PRIORITY UPDATED."
Vireon looked upward lazily.
Then laughed softly.
The sound alone unsettled the battlefield.
"You still think you can execute Eclipse bloodlines?"
The silver figure immediately attacked.
Massive silver spears descended from the fractured sky toward Vireon simultaneously.
No warning.
No hesitation.
Vireon raised one hand slightly.
The spears vanished.
Not blocked.
Not destroyed.
Simply gone.
Riven's eyes widened.
"…What?"
Even Kael narrowed his eyes slightly.
Because he hadn't seen how Vireon did it either.
The silver figure paused again.
"UNIDENTIFIABLE AUTHORITY DETECTED."
Vireon's smile faded slightly.
"You built your system on laws," he said calmly.
"Eclipse was created outside them."
The battlefield shook violently.
The silver chains restraining Elara suddenly cracked apart on their own.
Kael immediately moved to her side the moment the restraints broke.
Elara steadied herself against him briefly, breathing unevenly as the suppression disappeared.
But her eyes remained fixed on Vireon.
Because now—
she finally understood why even immortals feared him.
Vireon looked toward her calmly.
"So you're the girl."
Kael's expression sharpened instantly.
"Don't."
Vireon raised an eyebrow slightly.
"You've become predictable."
"And you enjoy making problems worse."
"That's true."
Riven looked between them nervously.
The fact that Kael could speak to Vireon this directly already felt unbelievable.
Because everyone else feared him.
Even now—
the Divine forces remained silent.
The silver figure suddenly expanded the system authority across the battlefield again.
"MULTIPLE ANOMALIES CONFIRMED."
"FULL PURGE AUTHORIZATION ACCEPTED."
The sky cracked wider.
But Vireon looked bored.
"You talk too much."
Then he moved.
No explosion.
No visible attack.
Yet the entire battlefield distorted violently around the silver figure.
For the first time—
the system entity staggered backward.
The Divine forces visibly reacted in shock.
Riven stared in disbelief.
"…Father just attacked the system itself…"
Vireon calmly adjusted his sleeve afterward as if nothing unusual had happened.
"Disappointing durability."
Kael stepped forward slightly.
"You shouldn't interfere."
Vireon finally looked directly at him again.
"And let you destroy yourself instead?"
Silence.
Because Kael had no answer.
Vireon's eyes shifted briefly toward Elara beside him.
Then back to Kael.
"So this is the reason."
Kael's expression immediately hardened.
"That's none of your business."
"It became my business the moment you started tearing reality apart for her."
Elara's heartbeat tightened slightly.
Because hearing someone else say it aloud made everything feel painfully real.
The silver figure recovered instantly.
"THREAT LEVEL EXCEEDS MAXIMUM PARAMETERS."
"ABSOLUTE ERASURE INITIATED."
The battlefield screamed.
The sky above shattered completely as an enormous system circle formed beyond the clouds themselves, larger than anything before.
Even Vireon's expression changed slightly.
"…Now that," he murmured, "is troublesome."
Kael immediately noticed the difference.
"You know what that is."
"Yes."
For the first time—
Vireon sounded serious.
The massive circle above the battlefield continued opening slowly, revealing endless silver light beyond it.
Reality itself began disappearing around its edges.
Riven looked upward in horror.
"…That thing can erase worlds…"
Vireon answered quietly:
"It already has before."