The silence snaps.
Romen moves first.
Punk meets him mid-step.
The ground explodes beneath their clash.
Hope collides with madness.
Romen moves forward a little.
Punk throws all the lasers and beams he has.
Romen dodges a few—
but others hit his body.
The wounds grow bigger.
Romen struggles to stay standing.
But he still resists.
Punk brings both hands together.
He smiles.
"Here comes your death!"
He begins charging a Death Sphere.
Romen doesn't move.
Punk smiles again.
"Here we go."
The Death Sphere launches toward Romen.
But—
Suddenly, out of nowhere—
Goul comes between Romen and the attack.
The Death Sphere hits Goul directly.
BOOM!!
Goul crashes into the shattered ground.
Dust erupts around him.
For several long seconds...
He doesn't move.
Romen watches everything.
Punk explodes into laughter.
"How stupid?"
"So what did you earn from this sacrifice?"
Punk steps forward.
Grabs Goul's arm.
Pins it.
Twists it.
Romen screams.
"PUNK! ENOUGH!"
Romen walks toward Goul .
Punk drops Goul's arm.
He smiles.
"Oh… I'm seeing sympathy."
Romen replies.
"You can be evil..."
"...or a coward."
"I'm neither."
Romen rushes toward Goul.
He kneels beside him for a brief moment.
"...Can you still move?"
Goul slowly opens one eye.
He gives a single nod.
Romen stands.
"Then stay alive."
Without another word... He launches back toward Punk.
Meanwhile—
Punk laughs loudly, crossing his arms like he is enjoying the scene.
Romen goes up into the sky.
Punk asks.
"So you want to die in the air? With nature's touch?"
He laughs again.
"Strange wish! I can fulfill it."
Punk also goes into the sky.
Brittne holds her breath.
Lee doesn't move, eyes locked there.
Goul stands far away, watching everything.
Romen launches toward Punk.
Punk grabs Romen's hand.
Twists it.
Romen suppresses pain inside him.
He doesn't scream or react.
He uses his leg.
Punk grabs that too with his other hand.
Romen uses both legs now.
He pushes Punk away and escapes.
"Smart!" Punk says while smiling.
Now Punk crosses his arms again.
He laughs.
"Nothing!"
Romen doesn't wait for his move.
He goes for the first strike.
Romen bursts onto Punk with back-to-back exchanges.
Punk defends every exchange with his legs.
Then—
Punk grabs Romen and locks him using his legs.
He laughs loudly.
Romen is dying in pain.
His body can't handle this much.
His enhanced state flickers.
It disappears.
The last aura fades away.
Now—no energy, no aura.
He is in base form.
Lee watches it.
Brittne doesn't understand what it means.
Lee answers.
"He used too much energy."
"It was going to happen eventually."
Brittne asks.
"Can it happen to Punk too?"
Lee doesn't answer first.
Then he says,
"I don't know… but it should happen."
Far away—
Far away...
The broken stones begin to shift.
A massive hand rises from the rubble.
Goul slowly pulls himself free.
He doesn't roar.
He doesn't speak.
He simply turns toward the battlefield...
...and begins walking.
Goul reaches the battlefield again.
He sees Romen locked in Punk's leg hold.
But Romen is not screaming.
Goul watches silently.
Lee watches it.
Romen struggles to get out.
Punk throws him with pressure.
Romen is launched and hits a mountain.
He falls back to the ground.
He stands again.
Now Punk realizes—
No Limit Breaker.
No enhanced state.
He is running on pure adrenaline.
Punk says,
"Let's see how long it lasts."
Punk gets irritated.
He says,
"Now you will die not because you are too weak..
but because you are too stupid to survive!"
Death Sphere begins charging again.
Romen stands again.
Lee notices—
Punk is sweating.
The Death Sphere takes longer than before.
Romen stands up calmly.
He looks straight into Punk's eyes.
Punk smiles.
This time.
Romen is not calm.
Punk asks,
"Still want to die in the air? With nature?"
Romen doesn't answer.
Punk rushes aggressively.
But Romen dodges it.
Punk lands in the mountain.
BOOM!
The mountain explodes.
Lee, Brittne, —even Goul—eyes widen.
"How?!"
Suddenly an explosion happens.
The mountain gets destroyed.
Romen slips away just before the explosion .
Punk stands in smoke.
Blood drips from his right arm.
One fist is clenched.
This time—serious.
Punk rushes toward Romen.
Back-to-back exchanges begin.
Romen dodges every move.
Punk screams,
"This can never happen!"
Romen doesn't react.
Suddenly—
Lee's hands shake.
Brittne notices.
"Lee?"
Lee realizes what Romen achieved.
But he still doubts.
"Is it adrenaline… or that technique?"
Punk keeps escalating speed and pressure.
Romen continues dodging everything.
Punk steps back.
He is fully enraged.
His emotions are uncontrollable.
Sometimes he screams.
Sometimes he laughs.
Sometimes he burns in anger.
Now he starts gathering energy.
Death Sphere forms again.
This time fast.
He launches it toward Romen.
Romen dodges it—
and appears in front of Punk instantly.
For the first time—
Punk gets scared.
Fear is clearly visible in his eyes.
He lands far away.
He raises both hands.
Lasers and beams fire in every direction.
Punk rises into the sky.
Romen doesn't go up.
He simply dodges everything.
Then—
He appears in front of Punk again.
Punk realizes—
It is the same thing that happened when Romen fought Goul.
Near Romen—
A faint transparent aura becomes visible.
Lee's eyes widen.
"…It can't be…"
Brittne calls out to Romen.
She gets excited.
"We are winning!"
But even she doesn't understand—
why Romen is not attacking Punk.
Finally—
Romen speaks.
"Punk! Stop this mess."
Punk gets irritated.
He jumps into the sky again.
He laughs loudly.
He points his hand toward Goul.
"Goodbye!"
He launches a beam cannon toward Goul.
Before Goul can react—
Romen instantly appears in front of it.
He shifts the direction of the beam toward
distant mountains.
The beam hits a mountain.
It slices it into two pieces.
Punk screams in jealousy.
"HOW?!"
"How could this be possible!"
His voice echoes everywhere.
"Every time I surpass you… you show up with something!"
"Sometimes it feels like a miracle!"
"Get out of my way! Let me rule this place!"
Romen appears in front of Punk again.
Romen doesn't attack.
Brittne changes expression.
"Why isn't he attacking?"
But Lee doesn't reply.
He shouts.
"GOUL!"
Goul on the ground hears it.
He glances toward Lee.
Lee continues.
Goul says nothing.
For several long seconds... He simply watches Romen.
Then—
He gives Lee a single nod.
Goul moves now.
He launches toward Romen and Punk.
Punk jumps away before Goul can grab him.
Goul almost hits Romen by accident.
But Romen dodges him.
Lee smiles.
"Finally…"
"For one moment… we forget our purposes and stop the common threat."
Punk and Goul both notice the strategy.
Romen understands it too.
But Punk screams.
"You can never stop me!"
He rushes toward Goul.
Goul is pushed back by Punk's strikes and pressure.
Romen appears between their clash and splits them apart.
Punk grits his teeth.
He targets Romen again.
Romen begins dodging everything again.
Beams, lasers—everything Punk throws.
But from behind—
Goul starts forming a massive blue sphere.
Romen keeps Punk distracted.
Punk continues attacking everything blindly.
Then—
In rage—
Punk turns to attack Lee and Brittne.
But Romen appears in front of them.
He blocks him.
He grabs Punk's hand—but doesn't attack.
He pushes Punk away.
Romen lands on the ground.
Goul completes the giant blue sphere.
Romen still holds Punk briefly.
Punk looks and sees Goul approaching with the sphere.
He struggles violently.
He bites Romen's hand—tearing flesh.
But Romen doesn't let go.
Goul launches the blue sphere.
Romen releases Punk just before impact.
BOOM!!
A massive explosion erupts.
A shockwave tears across the battlefield like a storm.
Wind and debris scatter everywhere.
Smoke fills the sky.
Everything disappears into silence.
Chapter ends.