The sky didn't just darken.
It fractured.
Not literally—but the barrier spell around the house flickered so violently it felt like the sky itself ripped open.
My new card—the one pulsing in my shaking hand—was so bright it burned gold into my vision.
Ami stared, eyes wide with disbelief.Yergba choked on her breath.Grey and Tey stopped in mid-reload.
Sam, barely conscious, whispered:
"Aki… what are you doing…?"
I wanted to say,"I don't know.""I'm scared.""I'm shaking.""I'm about to pass out."
But what came out was:
"I'm… finally fighting."
Luci's smile grew like a blooming nightmare.
Her shadow-beast spread its jaws, dripping with cosmic darkness.
"Ohhh, Aki… this is delicious.""You're finally coming alive."
The Overlimit card flickered.
Then cracked.
A glowing sigil appeared under my feet—massive, rotating, layered with thousands of glyphs I didn't recognize.
Grey whispered in horror:"That's a… developer-tier circle."
"No user should be able to channel that," Tey murmured."His body will tear itself apart—!"
I heard them.
But I couldn't stop.
Not anymore.
Not after everything.
Not after Sam threw herself in front of death.Not after Ami bled to protect me.Not after Yergba broke bones to shield me.Not after Grey and Tey risked deletion to hold Luci back.
I wasn't letting anyone die for me again.
I dug my fingers into the Overlimit card as it cracked further—sparks flying like molten stardust.
My voice shook, but I forced the words out:
"Supreme Gacha… Overlimit Summon…"
The sigil under me exploded with light.
Luci's eyes widened.
Ami held her breath.
Yergba stumbled backward.
Grey and Tey shielded their eyes.
Sam, weak but conscious, reached toward me with trembling fingers.
The card shattered—
—and the world went silent.
A massive shape materialized behind me.A silhouette.Not human.Not beast.
Something… ancient.
Something divine.
It wasn't fully formed—more like a being that refused to take shape, wobbling between dimensions.
A deep, harmonic voice boomed across the battlefield:
"USER AKI.ACCESSING ILLEGAL SUMMONING ROUTE."
Grey's eyes widened."He accessed the illegal route?! That's admin-level—!"
Tey stepped back."That's not Overlimit. That's BEYOND IT—!"
Ami whispered hoarsely:"Aki… you'll die! Stop the summon—!"
But the entity continued:
"WARNING: USER BODY UNSUITABLE FOR SUPREME LINK.""COMMENCING ADAPTATION."
My bones felt like they were melting.My vision blurred.My heart pounded like it would explode.
Sam tried to crawl forward, screaming weakly:
"Aki—STOP—! It'll kill you!!"
But I didn't stop.
Because if I didn't do this—Luci would kill all of them.
I gripped the air, as if holding the invisible hilt of something monumental.
The entity behind me lowered its massive head.
Then—
"NAME YOUR SUMMON."
The battlefield froze.
Even Luci tilted her head, fascinated.
"My summon…?"My voice cracked.
Luci smirked."Choose wisely, Aki."
The glyphs around me spun faster—like stars forming galaxies—like fate rewriting itself—like my soul being torn apart and rebuilt in real time.
And then—
I knew.
I knew what I needed.
Not a monster.Not a god.Not a weapon.
I needed balance.Duality.Protection and destruction.
A twin force.
Just like Grey and Tey.Just like Ami and Yergba.Just like light and shadow.
My voice steadied.
I spoke the name.
"I summon—the Twin Celestial Blades."
The sigil exploded.
Twin beams of blinding light shot upward—one white-gold, sharp as a sunbeam—one blue-black, jagged like a storm.
The celestial entity roared—
"REQUEST ACCEPTED.DOWNLOADING CELESTIAL CALLBACK—'TWIN BLADES: ORIGIN'."
Grey and Tey flinched, shocked.
"That's a LITERAL primordial summon!!" Grey yelled.
"No user should be able to call that—NO ONE!!" Tey screamed.
Ami's jaw dropped."That's… those are mythical—!"
Yergba was shaking with fear and excitement."Holy SH—"
The beams struck the ground in front of me.
The dust cleared.
Two massive weapons floated before me—
One was a sword of blinding gold, its hilt shaped like unfolding feathers.The other was a blade of swirling shadow and lightning.
I reached out with trembling hands.
The moment my fingers touched the hilts—
FWOOM—!!
Power surged through me so violently I staggered.
My vision whitened.My heart thrashed.My veins lit with celestial fire.
My body tried to collapse—but the blades held me up.
Sam screamed, "AKI!!"Ami reached for me.Yergba braced to jump in.
Luci simply smiled.
A smile of pure hunger.
"Aki…" she whispered like a lover."So THAT'S your power?"
Her shadow-beast roared.
Her horns flared brighter.
And she pointed directly at me.
"Good.Now fight me."
My breathing steadied.My grip tightened on the celestial blades.
My knees stopped shaking.
And for the first time—
I stepped forward.
The others stared, stunned.
Sam whispered in disbelief:"He's… he's actually fighting…"
Ami's chest tightened.Yergba grinned wolfishly.Grey smirked.Tey whistled.
Luci laughed softly.
The battle about to unfold wasn't human.
Wasn't magical.
Wasn't even logical.
It was primal.
Two forces that never should've existed on the same battlefield.
Luci leaned forward, eyes glowing blood-red.
"Come, Aki."
I raised both blades.
For the first time—
I wasn't running.I wasn't hiding.I wasn't dying.
I was stepping into the fight.
"Round two, Luci."
The ground shattered as we both launched forward.
And the world screamed.