The white light swallowed the storm.
For a moment, the city fell completely silent beneath it.
The creatures pouring from the Rift began convulsing violently in midair, their distorted bodies twisting as if crushed beneath an invisible force. One by one, they started dissolving into particles of black ash before disappearing entirely.
Not destroyed.
Erased.
Danny stared upward as the pressure in the sky intensified.
"…What are those things?"
Even Velkron's expression had changed slightly. The relaxed amusement that never seemed to leave his face was gone, replaced by something far more dangerous.
Caution.
The white radiance condensed above the city until six figures slowly emerged from within it.
Each one wore flowing white cloaks lined with silver markings. Smooth metallic masks concealed their faces entirely while glowing rings of light rotated silently behind their backs.
At first glance, they looked almost angelic.
But nothing about their presence felt comforting.
The moment they appeared, the entire city seemed to stop breathing.
Cars froze in place.
Wind vanished.
Even the sound of rain disappeared.
Ren swallowed hard beside Danny. "…Nope. Absolutely not. I preferred the nightmare monsters."
One of the figures descended slowly from the sky.
Its mask had no eyes.
No mouth.
No features at all.
Yet somehow Danny could still feel it staring directly at him.
"Rewrite Origin confirmed."
Its voice echoed unnaturally, layered with multiple tones speaking simultaneously.
Danny frowned. "Seriously, does everyone have to call me that?"
No reaction came from the masked figure.
"Reality destabilization exceeds acceptable thresholds."
Abby immediately stepped beside Danny as crimson energy flowed around her body.
Her expression darkened.
"…Executors."
Danny glanced toward her. "You know them too?"
"They're worse than Velkron," she answered quietly.
For the first time since meeting Abby, Danny heard genuine fear in her voice.
The Executor raised one hand slowly.
"Authority rewrite identified as contamination."
Danny's chest tightened.
"So you're here to erase me."
"Correction required."
The six Executors lifted their hands together.
The sky above the city fractured into massive geometric patterns of white light, spreading endlessly across the clouds like divine machinery activating overhead.
Danny immediately felt danger.
Real danger.
Abby reacted first.
"Move!"
A beam of white light crashed down from the heavens.
BOOOOOOM.
The attack erased an entire section of the city instantly.
Not exploded.
Not burned.
Gone.
Buildings, streets, debris—
Everything inside the blast radius vanished completely.
Danny's eyes widened. "…They erased matter."
"No," Velkron said quietly.
Danny looked toward him.
Velkron's silver eyes reflected the white destruction above.
"They erased possibility."
The Executors raised their hands again.
This time all six targeted Danny directly.
"Rewrite Origin scheduled for deletion."
Every instinct in Danny's body screamed at him to move.
But before he could react—
Abby stepped in front of him.
Crimson energy exploded outward as a massive barrier formed around them.
The white beams collided against it instantly.
The entire street shattered beneath the pressure.
Abby gritted her teeth as cracks spread across the crimson shield.
"Nngh—!"
Danny's eyes widened. "Abby!"
The pressure intensified.
The barrier began fracturing faster.
Even Abby's knees bent slightly beneath the overwhelming force.
Velkron watched silently from nearby, his expression unreadable.
"…Interesting."
Ren suddenly appeared beside Danny through a spatial jump.
"We helping or are we admiring the apocalypse?"
Danny snapped out of it immediately.
Right.
He raised his hand.
The rewritten authority inside him awakened violently.
Reality warped around his body as invisible pressure spread outward.
The white beams flickered.
One of the Executors tilted its head slightly.
"Authority resistance increasing."
Danny clenched his fist.
The surrounding space distorted—
Then shattered.
BOOOOM.
The white beams exploded apart into fragments of light across the sky.
For the first time since arriving—
The Executors paused.
Velkron smiled faintly from the sidelines.
"There it is."
Danny stepped beside Abby immediately as her barrier faded.
"You okay?"
Abby exhaled sharply, brushing damp hair from her face.
"I hate glowing psychopaths."
Ren pointed upward dramatically. "That's racist against angels."
Without even looking at him, Abby smacked him across the back of the head.
"Not the time."
The lead Executor descended lower toward the ruined street.
Its pressure intensified with every step.
"Anomalies resisting correction."
The glowing rings behind all six Executors began rotating faster.
The sky itself started cracking beneath the strain.
Danny's expression darkened. "…They're serious now."
Velkron looked upward silently for a few moments.
Then unexpectedly—
He laughed.
Quietly at first.
Then louder.
The Executors immediately turned toward him.
"Velkron. State your intent."
Darkness spread outward from Velkron's body like ink swallowing reality itself. Shadows curled across the streets and buildings as the atmosphere transformed completely.
Danny froze.
Because the pressure exploding from Velkron now was incomparably greater than before.
Until this moment—
He hadn't been trying.
Velkron lifted his gaze toward the six beings above the city.
His eyes had become terrifyingly cold.
"You don't get to touch this world yet."
The lead Executor remained emotionless.
"You oppose preservation?"
Velkron smiled faintly.
"No."
The darkness around him intensified.
"I oppose boredom."
BOOOOOOOOOOM.
Black shadows erupted upward and collided directly against the white light flooding the heavens.
The impact shattered the clouds apart.
For the first time since arriving—
The Executors attacked with genuine force.
And as black darkness clashed against divine white radiance above the city—
Danny realized something terrifying.
The true battle hadn't even started until now.