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Chapter 21 - .21 THE SIX KINGS.

The void trembled.

ThefirstSovereignKing was gone—not just defeated, but completely erased from existence.

The remaining six Kings stood still.

For the first time in eternity—

They felt fear.

Rei's golden aura surged. His power had already transcended reality, and yet—

He was still evolving.

ThesecondKing clenched his fists. His body flickered, shifting through infinite dimensions at once.

"This battle is far from over!"

He vanished.

And in the same instant—

A billion spears of light rained down on Rei from every direction. Each one had the power to destroy entire multiverses.

But Rei…

Didn't move.

The spears stopped midair—trapped in the sheer gravity of his presence.

Rei raised a single finger.

And then—

Reality shattered.

The second Sovereign King's body froze. His form began breaking apart, pixel by pixel.

He looked down in horror.

"W-What… is this…?"

Rei's voice was calm. Absolute.

"You've already lost."

With a single thought—

The second Sovereign King ceased to exist.

Five Sovereign Kings remained.

The battlefield was no longer a place—it was a concept.

They weren't fighting in a realm that could be measured by space or time.

This war was happening on a scale beyond understanding.

Yet, in the middle of it all—

Rei stood alone.

The third Sovereign King stepped forward. His presence alone was enough to reset entire timelines—every step he took rewrote the past, present, and future.

"Rei Kisaragi." His voice was like a thousand echoes, speaking across all of existence. "You are powerful. But against us, you will fall."

Rei smirked.

He could feel his power growing, surging beyond limits he thought impossible. But this wasn't just about strength.

This was about his will.

And that was something no god, no Sovereign, no force in the universe could break.

His voice shook the void.

"I'll save the world—no matter if I have to die or kill the gods!"

His golden aura exploded.

And the battle against thethirdSovereignKing—

Began.The third Sovereign King, ruler of all timelines, raised his hand.

The moment he did—

Time stopped.

Rei's movements froze midair. The battlefield was locked in an eternal moment, trapped in a loop that not even light could escape.

The Sovereign King's voice echoed through the void.

"No matter how strong you are, you are still bound by time. And I… am time itself."

He clenched his fist.

And in that instant—

Rei's existence began reversing.

His body unraveled. His very essence was being rewritten, erased from the past, present, and future.

The Sovereign King smirked.

"It's over, Rei Kisaragi."

But then—

A voice cut through the frozen reality.

"Who decided that?"

The Sovereign King's eyes widened.

Rei moved.

No—he didn't just move.

He walked through frozen time.

"Impossible!" The Sovereign King staggered back. "No one can resist my authority!"

Rei's golden eyes burned with an unshakable resolve.

"I don't care about your authority." His aura surged, shattering the chains of time. "Because I've already surpassed time itself!"

With a single step, Rei closed the distance.

And then—

He punched straight through the SovereignKing's core.

The God of Time's body collapsed into fragments of history, scattering across every timeline.

And with that—

The third SovereignKing was no more.Thefourth SovereignKing stepped forward.

His body was forged from collapsing stars, his presence alone enough to erase galaxies. He was theTyrant of Destruction, the one who decided what deserved to exist— and what didn't.

And now—

He had chosen Rei for annihilation.

With a wave of his hand, the void shattered.

Entire dimensions collapsed, their essence being crushed into nothingness.

"Rei Kisaragi." His voice was deep, filled with absolute authority. "You are strong. But strength means nothing when faced with absolute destruction."

Rei stood his ground.

His golden aura flickered, then ignited into a storm.

"You talk too much."

He raised his hand—

And caught the very essence of destruction itself.

The Tyrant's eyeswidened. "What?!"

Rei clenched his fist.

And then—

The Sovereign King's own power turned against him.

The force of destruction, the energy meant to erase Rei, instead ripped through the Tyrant's body.

He screamed as his form collapsed, the weight of his own power crushing him.

Rei's golden eyes locked onto him.

"You were right about one thing." His voice was calm—absolute. "Strength means nothing against absolute power."

And with that—

The Tyrant of Destruction was erased.The battlefield shifted.

No, it wasn't shifting—it was vanishing.

The sky, the stars, even the concept of space itself—gone.

And in their place—

Endless illusions.

The fifth Sovereign King emerged from the void, his form constantly shifting, appearing as a god, a shadow, a ghost—a being that existed beyond reality.

He was theSovereignofIllusions, the one who controlled perception itself.

"Rei Kisaragi…" His voice echoed from everywhere and nowhere. "You think you've won? You haven't even begun to understand reality."

Rei's eyes narrowed.

His body froze.

Because in front of him—

He saw himself.

A thousand versions of Rei, each one holding the power he held, each one ready to end him.

And then—

They attacked.

A storm of golden fists, blades, and energy blasts struck Rei from every angle. He blocked, dodged, countered—but the moment he struck one down, another appeared.

Endless copies of himself.

The Sovereign King's laughter echoed through the void.

"Fight yourself, Rei Kisaragi! Let's see if you can kill the one enemy you can never defeat!"

Rei stood in the center of the storm.

And then—

He smiled.

"You think this is enough to stop me?" His voice cut through the illusions like a blade. "You're wrong."

The Sovereign of Illusions hesitated. "What…?"

Rei closed his eyes.

And then—

His aura exploded.

The illusions shattered.

The clones of himself? Gone. The false reality? Torn apart.

The true battlefield returned.

The Sovereign of Illusions staggered back.

"Impossible—how did you—"

Rei appeared in front of him.

His golden fist pierced through the Sovereign's chest.

He never looked back.

"Your illusions don't work on someone who only sees the truth."

With a final surge of golden energy—

The Sovereign of Illusions was erased.Two remained.

The Sovereign of Fate.

The Sovereign of Eternity.

They stood side by side, the last remnants of absolute rule.

The Sovereign of Fate, cloaked in golden threads of destiny, controlled all outcomes.

"Rei Kisaragi, your fate has already been sealed."

The Sovereign of Eternity, a being forged from the very fabric of time itself, was indestructible.

"You cannot destroy me. I exist beyond the end of everything."

Rei clenched his fists.

His golden aura roared.

"Fate? Eternity?" His voice shook the void. "I don't care what you are. You're just obstacles standing in my way."

His eyes burned with absolute resolve.

"And I'll crush you both!"

The Final Battle Begins

The Sovereign of Fate moved first.

Golden threads wrapped around Rei—binding his existence to a prewritten future.

A future where he lost.

A future where he never won.

"This is the will of fate," the Sovereign declared. "No matter how strong you are, this future cannot change."

But then—

Rei laughed.

The Sovereign of Fate's eyes widened. "What…?"

Rei grabbed the golden threads—

And tore them apart.

Reality itself screamed.

The prewritten fate shattered before the Sovereign's eyes.

Rei's golden aura surged as he stepped forward.

"Fate doesn't decide my future." His fist glowed with overwhelming power. "I do."

And with that—

He punched through the Sovereign's core.

The Sovereign of Fate crumbled into nothingness.

One remained.

The Sovereign of Eternity.

His presence surged, bending the concept of time itself.

"I cannot be destroyed." His voice echoed through infinity. "Even if you kill me, I will always return."

Rei's eyes burned with determination.

"Then I'll erase you so completely that you won't have a future to return to."

The Sovereign of Eternity unleashed his full power.

Reality fractured.

Time looped infinitely, creating countless versions of the battle—each one where Rei lost.

But Rei moved.

He didn't just break the loop—

He rewrote time itself.

His golden aura transcended the concept of existence.

And then—

He struck.

A single punch.

A single moment where absolute destruction met absolute eternity.

The Sovereign of Eternity's form shattered across every timeline.

His voice faded.

"Impossible… I was supposed to exist forever…"

Rei stood over the empty void where thefinalSovereign had once been.

"Nothing lasts forever." His voice was calm—absolute. "Not even you."

And with that—

The last Sovereign King was erased.

The war was over.

Rei Kisaragi had won.

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