The moment Bairam's broken body stopped tumbling through the mountains, the
entire battlefield fell into a tense silence. The once-oppressed Solarian warriors who had
lived under the empire's boot for decades starred in stunned disbelief. Talus had barely
moved. And yet, he had sent one of Prince Lupus' strongest warriors flying like a ragdoll.
Lupus' jaw clenched. His golden lupine eyes burned with rage, his hands trembling with a
mix of humiliation and fury. "You dare humiliate me?!" Lupus growled, his aura flaring.
"ME?!" Talus rolled his neck, popping his joints. "You're the one who made this a big
deal, pup." Lupus' fur bristled. His small frame tensed before he suddenly blurred from
existence. Lupus reappeared directly in front of Talus, his fist crackling with violet
energy, aimed straight for Talus' chest. Talus didn't move. The punch connected. For a
moment, everything was dead silent. Then— KRA-KOOM! A cataclysmic shockwave
erupted outward, carving deep trenches in the earth and sending dozens of warriors flying
from the sheer force. Buildings trembled. The sky itself seemed to distort.
When the dust settled, Lupus' fist was buried into Talus' chest. But Talus... was
still standing. And he was still smirking. "Not bad," Talus admitted. "You hit harder than
your little pet. But..." With zero effort, Talus grabbed Lupus' wrist. His grip was like an
iron vice. Lupus' eyes widened. "What—?!" CRACK! Talus twisted, sending Lupus
flying into the sky. Before the prince could react, Talus vanished—reappearing above
him. "Try keeping up, mutt!" Talus roared. Talus hammered Lupus downward, sending
him crashing into the ground like a meteor. The earth shattered on impact, the prince's
body embedding into the dirt. A second later, Lupus exploded from the rubble, snarling.
His energy flared, his muscles tensed. The air hummed with power. "ENOUGH!!!"
Lupus' entire body began to shift. His golden aura darkened, turning into an eerie violet
mist. His canines grew longer, his fur thickened, his body expanding. The transformation
was happening instantly. "Behold, fool," Lupus growled, his voice deeper, his form more
beast than man. "The true power of an Izadoran warrior!" Talus' smirk widened. "Oh?
You're transforming already? I must've hit a nerve." Lupus vanished again. This time, he was faster. Before Talus could react— BANG! Lupus' clawed hand ripped into Talus'
side, sending him skidding backward.
CRACK! A follow-up knee slammed into Talus'
ribs, bending the air around them. Talus grunted, more from surprise than pain. "Not
bad," he admitted. Lupus snarled. "You mock me?!" His hands crackled with energy,
summoning an enormous sphere of condensed gravity. The sheer force bent the
landscape, lifting boulders into the air. Talus snorted. "That's cute." Lupus hurled the
attack forward. Talus yawned. Then, with a single flick of his finger— BOOM!
The massive gravity sphere exploded instantly, scattering into nothingness. Lupus'
eyes widened in horror. "W-what?!" Talus appeared directly in front of him, his hand
glowing. "Let me show you what real power looks like." Talus' fist struck Lupus square
in the chest. The sky shattered. The ground caved in. Lupus' entire body bent backward,
his ribs audibly cracking as he was sent flying miles away, crashing through mountains
and skidding across the earth like a comet. The battlefield was silent. The Solarian
warriors watched in complete shock. Lupus staggered out of the rubble, panting, blood
dripping from his mouth. He looked up at Talus—and for the first time in his life... he
felt fear. Talus descended slowly, grinning. "Still feeling like the greatest warrior in the
universe?" Lupus trembled. For the first time... he had no answer. Lupus wiped his face
and noticed the blood on his claw, which made him begin to shake. "My blood, my noble
blood, spilt fighting such trash!! I'LL MAKE THEM PAY, I'LL MAKE THEM ALL
PAY!!!!!!" Lupus screamed: which confused Talus. Lupus flew up into the air. When he
was several hundred feet up he cried. "DODGE THIS ATTACK IF YOU MUST!!! BUT
KNOW THAT THIS ENTIRE FAMILY WILL BE REDUCED TO SPACE-DUST!!!!!!!"
Below Talus snickered is that all: "Try your worst." Lupus began to charge up his attack
with a massive ball of power. Talus thought to himself: "I'm not gonna kill him but after I
counter, he'll be crawling home with his tail between his legs. The humiliation makes me
drip with pleasure." He said this as he licked his fangs and his lips and his mouth dripped
with sensual delight.
High above the battlefield, Lupus' aura flared like a dying star. The sky
darkened, the clouds twisting and convulsing under the sheer force of his power. The
energy in his palms swelled into a black and violet sun, its gravitational pull ripping
stone from the earth, bending reality itself. The oppressed Solarians, once beaten
into submission, watched in horror as the so-called Prince of the Universe prepared to
erase them. "WITNESS TRUE DOMINANCE!!" Lupus roared, his voice shaking the
heavens. "THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SUPER ELITE AND A
WORTHLESS INSECT!!" Talus, hovering far below, merely smirked. His golden
aura crackled, flickering brighter than the twin suns of Solaria. His sharp fangs gleamed, his green eyes filled with sadistic amusement. "Oh, puppy... You really are
desperate now, aren't you?" Lupus' face twisted in fury. He threw his arms
forward— "ALL OF YOU ARE AS GOOD AS SPACE DUST!!!" BOOOOOOM!!!
The attack was unleashed. A colossal beam of destruction tore through the sky,
blinding light engulfing everything. It was a force capable of obliterating entire
planets. The blast thundered downward, devouring everything in its wake— Until it
met Talus. And stopped. A single hand had caught it. The Solarians gasped. Lupus
froze in shock. Talus, completely unbothered, stood with one palm outstretched,
catching the massive sphere of destruction like it was nothing. His grin widened. "Is
that all?" With a flick of his wrist, Talus hurled the attack back. The entire sky
ignited. The black sun ripped apart, scattering into harmless streaks of light.
Lupus' body seized. His limbs trembled, his pupils shrinking in sheer terror.
"T-That's impossible..." he whispered. Talus vanished. Talus cried: "BOO!" Lupus
barely had time to react before— CRAAAAACK!!! Talus' fist collided with Lupus'
stomach. A shockwave split the sky. Lupus' body contorted unnaturally, his ribs
shattering from the force. The impact launched him across the heavens, his form
trailing like a dying comet before he smashed into the ground so hard it left an impact
crater a mile wide. The battlefield fell dead silent. Solarians and Imperial warriors
stared in awe and terror. A few of Lupus' loyal soldiers dropped to their knees. Some
fled outright. Talus descended slowly, rolling his shoulders. "Not gonna lie... That
was fun." Lupus groaned, barely able to move. His once-mighty form was now
battered, broken. His aura flickered weakly, his arrogance crushed. Talus stood over
him, cracking his knuckles. "You're done." Lupus trembled. His pride, his
power—everything—had been shattered. He had never lost before. And now, he had
lost what mattered most, his pride. Talus grinned one last time. "Run home to
Daddy, I'm sure he misses you, sweet boy, hehehehehe." As Lupus crawled away
some of the soldiers took Bairam back as well, it wasn't clear if he was alive or dead.
Lupus said as he staggered back into his imperial shit, "This isn't over, not by a long shot,
YOU'RE ALL DEAD!!!! YOU HEAR ME, DEAD!!!!!! I'll go back to your precious
Planet Helios and I'll destroy you all, in a year or two, or five, or ten. He began to smile,
consider yourself lucky, I'll train and when I come back you'll wish you hadn't done this.
Hehehehehehehehehe." He crawled away, defeated.
After the battle the King Solarius X agreed to let them use the Seal which took
them straight to the Seal of Osiris the final roadblock to: Apollonia the seat of the
Apollonia and the source of the Old God's Power.