Scene: The Queen's Ghost
Ayumi's breath hitched behind the throne room tapestry. Through the silk, she watched her father drink – not wine, but liquid soul from a chained girl's screaming mouth. Dark Seekers circled like vultures.
"Two years I've waited, Arata!" Fernando slammed his chalice. "I sacrificed my queen to harvest Nero's 'pure soul' – only for his name to haunt my halls again!"
Ayumi's knees buckled. Mother's death... Father's scheme... My dagger in Nero's heart – ALL A LIE?
A hairpin clattered on marble.
"Who's there?!" Arata snarched.
Then—
BOOOOOOM!
The northern sky exploded in violet hellfire.
Scene: Skyborne Anarchy
Over Aryavarta, the Moonlight Dagger's spirit fled like a silver comet – pursued by a masked demon cackling through torn reality.
"RUN, LITTLE KNIFE!" Darky howled, shattering a watchtower with a backhand swipe. "I'LL PLUCK YOUR EDGE!"
Below, citizens gaped as legends clashed:
Moonlight's final attack: A blade of condensed starlight capable of cleaving nations
Darky's retort: A fist wrapped in primordial void
CRACK!
Darky materialized behind the spirit, fingers vise-locked around its ethereal throat. "Nighty-night, cutlery." He hurled it into a dimensional pocket.
Fernando's Observation Balcony
The king drooled, wine staining his robes. "That brute... I WANT HIM! Chain him to my throne!"
Arata paled. "But the Moonlight Spi—"
"—Is a blunt tool!" Fernando roared. "I crave that beast's feral glory!"
Scene: Cage of Betrayal
As Darky admired his captive, triple-layered barriers snapped shut around him – Zoke's void-shackles reinforced by Kanori's runes.
"Got you, mongrel," Arata smirked from below.
Darky yawned. "Cute birdcage." He raised a finger—
SHATTER!
Whity descended like a silver comet, barrier-shards raining around him. "IDIOT! You blew our cover across six dimensions!" He seized Darky's collar. "Nero will flay us ALIVE!"
"Worth it!" Darky grinned, patting his dimensional pocket. "Wait'll boss sees his killer trussed up!"
Epilogue: Whispers in the Dark
Ayumi's Bedchamber
She vomited into a basin, Fernando's words echoing: "I sacrificed my queen... for Nero's soul."
A shadow detached from her wall – Zornak's spectral familiar, whispering:
"Princess... your father lies. Your mother discovered his pact with us. Nero was framed to silence her... and bind you to the throne."
Nero's Safehouse
Whity dumped a bound, gagged Moonlight Spirit before Nero. Darky beamed: "Surprise! I caught the dagger that—"
Nero's eyes bled cosmic blue. The temperature plummeted.
"...You captured what?"