Silence didn't return.
It shattered.
Liblee hovered above them—
Calm.
Smiling.
Untouched.
Like everything that had just happened—
Didn't matter.
"…So fragile."
Her voice echoed across the broken chamber.
"…And yet… you still stand."
A tilt of her head.
Her red eyes scanned the battlefield—
Ryota.
Rio.
Auram.
Girsu—
Buried beneath rubble.
"…How amusing."
Then—
She vanished.
No sound.
No warning.
Just—
Gone.
Ryota blinked.
"…Huh—?"
Too late.
She was already behind him.
"You…"
Her voice whispered beside his ear.
"…have the most annoying ability here."
"—?!"
He turned—
But her fist had already moved.
BOOM
The punch connected with his side—
The force—
Unreal.
Amplified beyond reason.
Ryota's body disappeared from where he stood—
Launched across the chamber—
CRASH
He tore through stone—
Through walls—
Through pillars—
Until the far end of the dungeon exploded outward from the impact.
"GHH—!"
He bounced—
Rolled—
Slammed again—
His HP—
Dropped violently.
Before he could even breathe—
She raised her hand.
Red energy gathered.
Condensed.
"…Disappear."
A barrage followed.
BOOM—BOOM—BOOM—BOOM—BOOM
Relentless.
Unstoppable.
Each blast tore apart what remained of the dungeon walls—
Engulfing Ryota in destruction.
Smoke.
Flame.
Debris.
Nothing left untouched.
"Ryota—!"
Rio moved—
But—
She stopped.
Not by choice.
Liblee was already in front of her.
"…Too slow."
A blade formed.
Not metal.
Not physical.
Pure red energy.
Condensed into a weapon.
And then—
THRUST
It pierced through Rio's left arm.
Clean.
Precise.
Brutal.
"—AHH—!"
Her scream echoed—
Her HP dropped instantly—
61 Hp that is equivalent to 0.12% of her total hp
The pain—
Real.
Sharp.
Unforgiving.
Liblee tilted her head.
Watching.
Enjoying.
"…Interesting."
Her hand moved.
Grabbing Rio by the neck—
Lifting her effortlessly.
Rio struggled—
Her hand gripping Liblee's wrist—
Trying to break free—
But it didn't move.
Not even slightly.
"…So this is the one."
Liblee's voice softened.
Mocking.
"…Saros chose to stop me?"
Rio's eyes widened.
"…You—"
A pause.
Then—
"…You died before, didn't you?"
Silence.
Total.
Absolute.
Rio froze.
Her breath—
Stopped.
Her mind—
Raced.
"…How—"
Liblee smiled wider.
"…Ah."
"…So it's true."
A quiet laugh.
"…This really is another run."
Rio's grip tightened.
"…Saros…"
She whispered it.
Barely audible.
Liblee leaned closer.
"…Very well."
Her voice dropped.
Playful.
Cruel.
"…I'll play along."
A pause.
"…I won't end your champion just yet."
And then—
She threw her.
CRASH
Rio's body slammed into the ground—
The impact cracking the floor beneath her.
Before she could recover—
Liblee raised her hand.
Point blank.
"Goodbye."
BOOM
The blast engulfed Rio completely.
Light swallowed everything.
Then—
Silence.
Her HP—
was exatly at 1.
Barely alive.
Her body—
Broken.
Her vision—
Blurred.
Liblee smiled.
Satisfied.
"…After all…"
A soft laugh.
"…I've won every game before."
She turned away.
"…It's my destiny to win."
Behind her—
Movement.
Auram.
He rushed forward—
Silent.
Focused.
Blades drawn—
Aimed directly at her back.
"…Not this time."
He struck.
But—
She caught them.
Without turning.
Her hands reached back—
Grabbing both blades mid-swing.
"…Still predictable."
She turned.
Smiling.
Then—
CRACK
Both blades shattered in her grip.
Fragments falling to the ground.
Auram's eyes widened.
"…You—"
"To think…"
She stepped closer.
"…I used to be afraid of you."
A pause.
"To think this girl is way stronger than you could ever be"
"…How disappointing."
Auram clenched his fists.
"…Stop talking about Lib like she's an item!"
Liblee laughed.
Cold.
Cruel.
"I prefer to hear you dead."
Her hand raised.
Energy gathered—
Then—
EXPLOSION
A blast erupted outward—
Point blank—
Sending Auram flying into the air.
His body spun—
Uncontrolled—
Defenseless.
Liblee smiled.
"…Goodbye now."
Her hand lifted again—
A barrage forming—
A rain of death—
Aimed at him.
Then—
A roar.
Deep.
Ancient.
Powerful.
The Ancient Dragon Almarduke—
Moved.
Its massive form surged upward—
Breaking through rubble—
Wings spreading wide—
It intercepted.
Grabbing Auram mid-air—
Shielding him.
The blasts struck—
But the dragon endured.
Liblee watched.
Unimpressed.
"…So you broke free."
Her eyes narrowed slightly.
"…Indratos"
The dragon growled.
A warning.
A challenge.
Then—
It fired.
A concentrated blast of energy—
Straight at her.
Liblee raised her hand.
And stopped it.
Effortlessly.
The attack dispersed—
Like it never existed.
"…Still weak."
Then—
Something changed.
The dragon glowed.
Light spread across its body—
Not corruption—
Something else.
Something pure.
Auram's body—
Responded.
The two—
Merged.
Light exploded across the battlefield—
Blinding.
Overwhelming.
Power surged.
Reforming.
Rebuilding.
Reawakening.
Liblee smiled.
Wider.
"…Oh…"
"…So you've finally returned."
The light faded.
Auram stood.
Changed.
Stronger.
Whole.
Complete.
"…Your full strength."
He didn't respond.
He moved.
Instantly.
Faster than before.
A single step—
Closed the distance.
His blade—
Reformed—
Struck.
SLASH
Liblee's arm—
Severed.
Clean.
Falling through the air.
For the first time—
She froze.
Her eyes widened.
"…What—?"
The arm hit the ground.
Silence.
Then—
A slow smile formed again.
"…Interesting."
She looked at him.
Really looked this time.
"…Now this…"
A pause.
"…is worth my time."
The battlefield shifted.
Again.
Because now—
Someone—
Had finally hurt her.
The dungeon no longer resembled a battlefield.
It was ruin.
Shattered stone floated in midair, caught between collapsing gravity fields and the lingering force of clashing powers. Cracks ran through the walls like veins, glowing faintly from the residual energy released by two beings who had long surpassed the limits of players.
At the center of it all—
Two figures collided.
Auram.
And Liblee.
Steel met energy.
Light met corruption.
Each clash—
Detonated.
BOOM—
The air ruptured as Auram's blade carved forward, dragging a golden arc across the battlefield.
Liblee answered with a wave of crimson energy—
The two forces collided midair—
And exploded.
The shockwave tore through the dungeon, ripping apart what little structure remained.
Auram pressed forward.
Relentless.
Every strike he took—
He returned.
Stronger.
Faster.
His armor—once fragmented, once incomplete—now glowed with unified brilliance. Each piece pulsed with power, resonating with the dragon that had fused with him.
"—!"
Liblee's smile faltered for the briefest moment as Auram's blade grazed her side—
A clean hit.
Not deep—
But real.
"...You've grown."
Her voice was softer now.
But beneath it—
Irritation.
Auram didn't answer.
He moved again.
Another slash—
Faster this time.
Liblee raised her arm—
Blocked—
But the impact—
Forced her back.
The ground beneath her feet shattered as she slid.
For the first time—
She was being pushed.
"...Tch."
Her eyes narrowed.
Then—
She vanished.
A red flicker—
And she reappeared above him.
"Still not enough."
Her hand glowed—
A condensed sphere of energy forming—
Then she drove it down—
Auram crossed his blade—
BOOM
The impact slammed him into the ground.
Stone erupted upward.
Dust swallowed everything.
And for a moment—
Silence.
—
Far from the center of destruction—
Another battle struggled to continue.
Rio stumbled forward.
Each step—
Heavy.
Unstable.
Her HP—
1%
Her vision blurred at the edges.
But she kept walking.
Because ahead of her—
Ryota lay on the ground.
Unmoving.
"…Idiot…"
Her voice was quiet.
Barely there.
But her eyes—
Softened.
Just slightly.
She reached him.
Knelt down.
Her body nearly giving out from the motion alone.
"…Looks like…"
A weak breath escaped her.
"…we're both barely alive."
No response.
She glanced at his status.
120hp
115hp
105hp
Dropping.
Slowly.
But steadily.
"…Of course you are…"
Without hesitation—
Rio opened her inventory.
Her hand trembled.
Not from fear—
But from the cost.
The last one.
Her final resource.
"…Don't waste this."
She muttered.
Then—
Used it.
The potion shattered into light—
Flowing into Ryota's body.
His HP—
Stabilized.
Then began to rise.
1%
5%
7%
Rio exhaled.
A small—
Relieved—
Breath.
"…You owe me."
She leaned back slightly.
Her body refusing to move further.
Above them—
The battle shifted again.
Liblee stood in the air.
Untouched.
Unharmed.
Her eyes locked onto Auram—
Who was just rising again.
"…You're getting too annoying."
Her voice dropped.
Cold.
Final.
Then—
She raised her hand.
And everything changed.
The corpse of the Guardian Chimera—
Trembled.
Split.
Its massive body breaking apart—
Returning—
To its original forms.
Seven beasts.
Seven elements.
Dead.
But not gone.
Liblee's fingers moved slightly.
And the bodies—
Dissolved.
Not into dust—
But into light.
Condensed.
Refined.
Seven gemstones formed.
Each one glowing—
A different color.
A different element.
Fire.
Lightning.
Wind.
Poison.
Light.
Shadow.
Earth.
The air itself seemed to bend around them.
Power—
Pure—
Unfiltered—
Unclaimed.
Until now.
"I'll be taking these."
Liblee smiled.
Slow.
Sinister.
The gemstones rose.
Floating.
Orbiting her.
Then—
One by one—
They fused.
Embedding themselves—
Into the hollow structure of her black wings.
CRACK
The moment they connected—
The dungeon screamed.
Energy surged violently outward.
The walls cracked further.
The ground sank.
Reality itself seemed to distort under the weight of what she had just become.
Her wings—
Expanded.
Now glowing with seven shifting colors beneath the black.
Her presence—
Multiplied.
Overwhelming.
Absolute.
Rio's eyes widened slightly.
"…She's… absorbing them…"
Not just power.
Abilities.
Elements.
Existence.
Liblee flexed her fingers.
Testing.
Feeling.
Enjoying.
"…Now this…"
A low laugh escaped her.
"…this feels right."
Her gaze dropped.
Back to Auram.
Who stood—
Still ready.
Still defiant.
"…Let's try that again."
She moved.
Faster than before.
A blur of red and shifting light—
Auram barely raised his blade—
CLANG—
The impact sent him flying.
He crashed through layers of stone—
Barely stopping himself.
Liblee followed instantly.
No delay.
No hesitation.
Her hand struck again—
Auram blocked—
But his stance—
Broke.
"…Too slow."
Another hit—
Stronger.
Faster.
Auram coughed—
His body forced back again.
For the first time since their clash began—
He was losing ground.
Below—
Rio watched.
Her grip tightened slightly.
"…Not good…"
Beside her—
Ryota's fingers twitched.
Barely.
A sign.
Small.
But real.
His HP—
Still rising.
Slowly.
Quietly.
Unnoticed.
And above them—
Liblee smiled.
Because in her eyes—
The outcome hadn't changed.
It never did.
"…This is where it ends."
She raised her hand.
All seven gemstones pulsed at once.
A combined energy—
Far greater than before—
Formed.
A final blow.
A finishing strike.
A declaration.
"…You were never meant to win."
Auram steadied himself.
Breathing heavy.
Body damaged.
But eyes—
Unbroken.
And far below—
Ryota's eyes—
Slowly—
Opened.
The battle—
Wasn't over yet.