As Lia's black, oily energy enveloped them, Kaelen and Zane didn't just join forces—their physical and spiritual forms began to melt. It was an agonizing, unnatural process. Gold fused with shadow; royal blood mixed with slave sweat.
The High Inquisitor's visor flickered. For the first time, his internal sensors failed to identify the target. "Warning: Unknown biological signature. Subject does not match any registered lifeform in Sector 4-B."
From the swirling vortex of black and violet light, a new entity emerged. It stood taller than either man, clad in armor that flickered between existence and non-existence—a living "Glitch." One half of its face was the stoic, pale mask of the Hero; the other was the snarling, draconic visage of the Rebel.
"ERROR-ENTITY: THE VOID-STALKER."
This new being held a weapon that defied logic: a jagged shard of pure nothingness that pulsed with the heartbeat of Fang Yuan.
The Inquisitor raised his hand, his halos spinning at light-speed. "NULLIFY. ERASE. RESET."
The white light of absolute order struck the entity. In the past, this would have turned Kaelen to ash. But now, the light simply passed through him. Because he was an "Error," the laws of the Overlord no longer recognized him as something that could be deleted.
"You cannot erase... what isn't there," the Entity spoke, its voice a terrifying harmony of Kaelen's nobility and Zane's rage.
In a flash of distorted space, the Void-Stalker appeared in front of the Inquisitor. The jagged shard of nothingness pierced through the Event Horizon Armor. The armor, which could survive a supernova, cracked like cheap porcelain.
"Impossible," the Inquisitor's mechanical voice faltered. "My laws are absolute."
"Your laws," the Entity hissed, plunging the blade deeper, "are just a story... and we've reached the final page