~Chapter 3: A Second Chance
The Abyssal Lord stood over Zorak, his white eyes unreadable. "You have resilience, I am impressed," he said, his voice echoing. "This is your second chance—take it, or you know what." He fell silent, his presence commanding. Zorak, kneeling in defeat, accepted the chance with respect. "I accept, Abyssal Lord—not out of fear, but out of respect for a true summoner," he said, summoning an Eternal Shadow Sovereign with the power you granted him.
The Sovereign unleashed an Eclipse of Eternity, a massive sphere of shadow energy, but the Abyssal Lord flicked his hand, erasing the Sovereign from existence. "I have defeated countless of these sovereigns—they are no match for me," he said, granting Zorak the authority to absorb the realm's souls, stripping himself of all summons except Eternal. "If you can touch me, you'll get the multiverse's secret about the Cube, ownership of this realm, and be my loyal servant," he declared.
Zorak, now brimming with power, I summoned a Shadow Singularity to trap the Abyssal Lord, teleporting with afterimages to close the distance. But the Abyssal Lord transformed Eternal into a Shadow Monarch, commanding it to block the attack and counter with a Monarch's Void Slash. The slash shattered Zorak's defenses, sending him crashing to the ground, defeated once more.