🕊️ Legacy of Hero: Radiant SagaChapter 16 – Light Before the End
[OPENING – WAR-TORN SKY]
The sky burns.The city lies in partial ruins.Black lightning cuts across the sky as explosions echo across the battlefield.Three young heroes stand against a cosmic force: Zabadon, the Herald of Balance.
Zabadon descends from the heavens, his cosmic aura darkening the air around him.His eyes blaze with golden runes and ancient power.
ZABADON (calm and cruel):— "Three against one. Fair… for you?"
Lorien, Diana, and Kai exchange determined glances.They know what's at stake.
DIANA (firm):— "We won't retreat. Not while we still have strength!"
KAI (grinning):— "Or as long as I've got bad jokes left to throw."
LORIEN (serious, Seraphim Eyes glowing):— "Focus. He's unlike anything we've faced."
The battle ignites.Diana spins in flames, dodging Zabadon's energy projectiles.Lorien unleashes beams of divine light,while Kai tears open plasma rifts, manipulating vectors around the enemy.
⚔️ CLIMAX 1 – DESPAIR
Zabadon changes form.He twirls his stellar staff and, in a single spiraling blow, shatters all their defenses.
SLOW MOTION:
Diana is flung across the battlefield, blood pouring from her abdomen.Lorien is impaled through the shoulder by a dark-matter spear.Kai screams at the sight.
He lunges toward Zabadon's final strike.
KAI (coughing blood, weak smile):— "I'll never... let you die, bro. It's been... an honor…"
Kai collapses in Lorien's arms.His eyes dim.His hand drops, lifeless.
💔 CLIMAX 2 – LORIEN'S AWAKENING
LORIEN (screaming, eyes ablaze):— "KAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!"
His aura erupts.A ring of divine light surrounds him.The ground cracks. The sky answers.
Golden lightning descends like sacred pillars.Diana, wounded, watches near unconsciousness.
DIANA (whispering, tearful):— "Lorien… no…"
She passes out.Lorien walks across the battlefield,his entire body glowing like a living star.
LORIEN (steady, devastated voice):— "It's time to end this."
💥 CLIMAX 3 – FINAL SENTENCE
He raises both hands.In his right: the Light of Creation, calm and pure.In his left: the Light of Annihilation, collapsing like a black hole.
LORIEN:— "Let the light that once forged the world… now be the veil that ends it."
FINAL AURORA.
The fused beam surges forward — white and gold.Silent.It doesn't burn.It erases.
An inverted sun swallows matter in sublime nonexistence.Zabadon is struck full-on.
Half his face and armor are obliterated.
ZABADON (limping, laughing through pain):— "You… almost killed me… bastard."
Lorien collapses to his knees.Spent.Breathing weak.
LORIEN (thinking):— "This is... the end… And Kai... I'm sorry bro"
⚡️ LEGENDARY ENTRY – RAY STORMBREAK
A thunderclap tears the skies apart.A golden flash descends with the fury of the firmament.
Ray Stormbreak appears, storm incarnate.
RAY (deep, firm voice):— "You can rest now, Lorien."
He walks to Kai's body.His face cracks — silent sorrow, heavy and raw.
RAY (after a long pause):— "I'm sorry I didn't come sooner..."— "And Kai... we'll take care of your body. You'll be remembered."
He lifts his gaze toward Zabadon.The sky darkens.Pressure rises.Thunder roars with wrath.
ZABADON (smirking through his broken face):— "So at last… the Lightning awakens."
Ray closes his eyes.Golden energy around him syncs perfectly with the sky above.
NARRATOR (voice-over):— "When the gods fall silent… it is the fury of men that echoes."
🔚 END OF CHAPTER
Next up: Chapter 17 – Wrath of the Lightning – Ray vs Zabadon.