✨ CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR — THE WORLDBREAKER CLASH ✨
The sky tore open.
The collision between Aiden and the Executor wasn't an impact anymore—
it was a detonation of reality, pressure folding and unfolding in impossible directions.
Street signs twisted into spirals.
Windows melted from sheer vibration.
Air itself screamed.
Dara clung to a fire hydrant like his life depended on it.
"MAYA—THIS IS NOT EVEN A FIGHT ANYMORE—THIS IS TWO GODS HAVING AN ARGUMENT!!"
Maya didn't answer.
She was too focused, threads extended like silver filaments across the battlefield, anchoring space itself to stop the block from collapsing inward.
"Aiden… don't let it push you into the Citadel rings… don't you dare…"
Up above—
Aiden and the Executor were locked mid-air, aura clashing in massive waves.
Golden-white vs. Crimson distortion.
Will vs. programming.
Vessel vs. Monster.
And the world was cracking under them.
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THE EXECUTOR OVERRIDES REALITY
The Executor's six wings rotated like massive blades, slicing through the atmosphere.
Its arms reshaped—turning from crystal limbs into writhing tendrils of red code.
Then its voice broke into a chorus of corrupted echoes:
"WORLD LIMITS — OVERRIDE."
"LOCAL PHYSICS — REWRITE."
A sphere of space warped around it, bending gravity, sound, even light.
Aiden staggered as the world twisted sideways.
"What the—?!"
Maya screamed from below:
"AIDEN—IT'S ACTIVATING A REALITY FIELD!! THE DOMINION USES THAT ONLY FOR PLANETARY SIEGES!"
Dara pointed. "BRO, NO ONE TOLD ME IT COULD HACK REALITY. THAT'S CHEATING!"
The Executor lunged through its own distorted field—
moving in angles Aiden's brain barely processed.
It struck.
FWOOM—!!!
Aiden blocked by instinct alone—
but the blow didn't hit him physically…
It hit his Vessel core.
Aiden's chest flared with unstable golden light.
He gasped—stumbled—caught himself mid-air.
"What… was that?!"
Maya's heart dropped.
"It's targeting your Vessel directly. It's trying to corrupt your soul-channel."
Aiden wiped blood from his lip.
"Then I'll just hit harder."
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AIDEN BREAKS THE FIELD
He vanished in a burst of white-gold flame.
Reappeared inside the distorted physics zone.
Pain screamed through his nerves.
The air felt like liquid fire.
Gravity bent sideways.
The world stretched like string.
But he endured it.
Aiden flew straight at the monster—
threads of Maya's silver light wrapping around his arms, keeping his bones intact.
He slammed his fist into the Executor's chest.
CRRRRRR-KOOOOOM—!!
The reality field cracked like glass.
A second punch shattered it completely—
sending shockwaves thundering across the city.
The Executor reeled—first time ever.
Its core blinked unstable crimson.
Dara yelled from the ground:
"YEAH!! BREAK HIS REALITY, BRO!! BREAK WHATEVER THAT WAS!!"
But Maya didn't cheer.
She sensed something worse.
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THE EXECUTOR MUTATES AGAIN
The monster froze.
Its entire body tensed.
Then—
The crystal plating liquefied.
The wings folded inward.
All six arms fused into two.
Its core pulse became rapid—too rapid.
Maya's breath stopped.
"Aiden… Aiden, GET BACK—THAT'S A SELF-REPAIR REBUILD."
Aiden's eyes widened.
The Executor's broken form solidified—
cleaner, sharper, more dangerous than ever.
Runes glowed along its spine.
Its voice returned to calm precision.
"Mutations stabilized."
"Combat form: FINAL VECTOR."
Its speed multiplied.
Not doubled.
Multiplied.
Aiden didn't even see it move.
He only felt the punch.
KRACK—!!
He flew through three skyscrapers in a blur of destruction.
Maya's scream tore the air:
"AIDEN!!!"
Dara dropped to his knees.
"Oh no—no no no—NOT THIS—"
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THE EXECUTOR GOES FOR THE KILL
The monster blurred toward the ruins where Aiden crashed.
Every step warped the ground.
Every movement shredded the air.
It raised its arm—
a blade of compressed crimson gravity forming where its hand should be.
"TERMINATION: CONFIRMED."
It swung—
—
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AIDEN'S COUNTER
A flash of golden light erupted from the rubble.
Aiden's hand caught the gravity blade.
Cracks formed along his arm—
but he held it.
A slow, deliberate growl escaped him.
"I'm… not… DONE."
His aura exploded.
White-gold fire surged up his arm—
burning the blade, burning the Executor, burning the air itself.
The shockwave disintegrated the nearest building.
Aiden rose, eyes blazing.
Wings spread wide.
Aura spiraling out with enough force to vibrate the street.
Maya felt the power surge.
Dara felt it in his teeth.
The entire Citadel resonated.
Aiden's voice echoed with a depth not fully human:
"Listen up, monster."
"This city isn't yours."
"This world isn't yours."
"And I am not your Vessel."
He tightened his grip.
The gravity blade shattered.
Then Aiden roared—
"NOW COME AND BREAK ON ME!"
The Executor charged.
Aiden charged.
Their final clash ignited—
and the entire city went white.