The sky above the Citadel had become completely white.
Yoshiro's Absolute Erasure continued spreading across the world, consuming everything it touched. Mountains vanished in the distance, oceans flickered in and out of existence, and entire cities disappeared beneath the endless white light. Seiyan stood at the center of his Horizon network, desperately trying to calculate every possible route through the destruction while Reji's chains stretched across the battlefield, attempting to anchor what remained of the world.
Dracula moved through it all.
Faster than anything the others could perceive.
He crossed the battlefield in an instant, appearing beside Seiyan before disappearing again to intercept another wave of erasure.
"SEIYAN!"
Seiyan looked toward him.
"I'm still holding the network!"
Dracula glanced toward the sky.
"Then don't stop!"
Seiyan smiled faintly.
"I wasn't planning to."
Another enormous wave of white energy swept toward them.
Seiyan raised both hands.
The Horizon network expanded.
Every remaining energy line connected together, forming one final structure across the sky.
"HORIZON SOVEREIGN!"
The entire network illuminated.
For a moment, the erasure slowed.
Seiyan's eyes widened.
"It worked..."
Reji looked toward him.
"How long?"
Seiyan's smile disappeared.
"...Not long."
Yoshiro stood in the distance.
He looked almost peaceful.
"You've done enough."
He raised his hand.
The white energy suddenly pierced through the Horizon network.
Seiyan froze.
One of the energy lines disappeared.
Then another.
Then hundreds.
His entire network began collapsing.
"No..."
Seiyan tried to restore it.
The lines vanished faster than he could create them.
Reji immediately rushed toward him.
"SEIYAN!"
Seiyan looked at him.
For the first time, there was fear in his eyes.
"Reji..."
His body began fading.
"I can't..."
Reji stretched his hand toward him.
"Don't you dare!"
Seiyan smiled weakly.
"I think..."
His voice became quieter.
"...I finally reached my horizon."
Reji's eyes widened.
"SEIYAN!"
The last light of the Horizon network disappeared.
Seiyan's body followed.
Gone.
Reji stood frozen.
"No..."
His voice trembled.
"No, no, no..."
He reached toward the place where Seiyan had been standing.
"Judas!"
Judas immediately raised her hands.
"I'm trying!"
Restoration energy rushed toward the empty space.
Nothing returned.
Judas' eyes widened.
"I can't find him..."
Reji's expression broke.
"He's still there! You have to restore him!"
"I can't!"
Judas' voice cracked.
"His existence is being erased!"
Reji suddenly turned toward Yoshiro.
"You!"
Chains exploded from his body.
He charged forward.
"You bastard!"
Yoshiro looked at him.
Reji ran faster.
He needed to reach him.
He needed to stop him.
He needed to make him pay for Seiyan.
But Yoshiro simply moved his hand.
The ground beneath Reji disappeared.
Reji's eyes widened.
"What—?!"
There was nothing beneath his feet.
He fell.
Past the clouds.
Past the atmosphere.
Toward the darkness beyond Earth.
"REJI!"
Dracula immediately disappeared.
He crossed the distance almost instantly and reached the edge of the atmosphere.
He saw Reji falling through the darkness.
"REJI!"
Dracula accelerated.
He moved through space without difficulty, his body unaffected by the vacuum around him.
He reached for Reji.
"Grab my hand!"
Reji looked upward.
Dracula was coming toward him.
Reji stretched out his arm.
Their fingers were only inches apart.
Then—
Yoshiro's erasure reached them.
Reji froze.
Dracula stopped.
For a moment, neither of them moved.
Dracula stared at Reji.
"...No."
Reji looked at him.
His body was already beginning to disappear.
"Dracula..."
Dracula accelerated again.
"I'M NOT LEAVING YOU!"
He reached forward.
But Reji's hand was already fading.
"Tell Judas..."
His voice became almost impossible to hear.
"...I tried."
Dracula's eyes widened.
"NO!"
Reji smiled.
Then he disappeared into the darkness.
Dracula remained frozen.
The world around him was silent.
He slowly clenched his fist.
"...Seiyan."
He looked back toward Earth.
"...Reji."
His expression became completely serious.
"I won't let you erase anyone else."
Dracula accelerated.
He returned to the battlefield in an instant.
Yoshiro looked toward him.
"You're still here?"
Dracula stood in front of him.
"Yes."
Yoshiro raised his hand.
"You should have stayed away."
Dracula disappeared.
He attacked.
Yoshiro blocked.
Dracula struck again.
Yoshiro blocked again.
The two moved through the ruins at impossible speeds.
Dracula wasn't trying to win anymore.
He was trying to keep Yoshiro away from Judas.
But Yoshiro's erasure was spreading across everything.
Dracula suddenly felt something behind him.
He turned.
A massive wave of white energy was already there.
He tried to move.
He was fast enough to escape almost anything.
But the wave wasn't chasing him.
It was everywhere.
Dracula looked toward Judas.
She stood far behind him.
Their eyes met.
Judas understood immediately.
"Dracula..."
He smiled.
"Take care of them."
Then the white light consumed him.
His body began disappearing.
Judas screamed.
"DRACULA!"
She ran toward him.
But there was nothing left.
No body.
No blood.
No trace.
Only silence.
Judas stopped.
Her hands trembled.
"Not you too..."
Yoshiro stood among the ruins.
He looked around.
Seiyan was gone.
Reji was gone.
Dracula was gone.
Judas remained.
For a moment, she said nothing.
Then she lowered her head.
Her restoration energy disappeared.
Yoshiro stared at her.
"...You've finally given up."
Judas slowly looked up.
"No."
She smiled through her tears.
"I just realized..."
Her voice trembled.
"...there's nothing left for me to restore."
Yoshiro raised his hand.
"I'm sorry."
Judas closed her eyes.
White energy surrounded her.
Then—
She disappeared.
Yoshiro stood completely alone.
Silence.
No enemies.
No voices.
No resistance.
He looked at his hands.
Then he began laughing.
Quietly at first.
"Hahah..."
His laughter grew louder.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!"
He spread his arms.
"I DID IT!"
His voice echoed across the ruined world.
"I ERASED THEM ALL!"
He looked toward the sky.
"The world is finally mine!"
His laughter became louder.
Then he raised one hand.
"I'll finish it."
White energy gathered around his body.
"Absolute Erasure..."
The energy became so intense that even the remaining sky began disappearing.
Yoshiro smiled.
"This time..."
He clenched his fist.
"...I'll erase the entire world."
He activated it.
The white energy erupted.
But then—
Yoshiro stopped.
His eyes slowly shifted toward the distance.
Something had appeared.
A small distortion in the air.
A strange circular shape.
A portal.
Yoshiro's smile disappeared.
"...What?"
The portal remained completely still.
He stared at it.
His Absolute Erasure continued burning around his body.
But the portal...
Wasn't disappearing.
Yoshiro slowly lowered his hand.
For the first time since the battle began...
He wasn't laughing.
He simply stared.
"...Who are you?"