Paras City was gone.
What had once been a living, breathing home — full of bright lights, busy streets, warm houses, and the laughter of people who had fought so hard to rebuild after every war — was now nothing but a silent wasteland. The tall buildings that used to touch the sky were reduced to broken piles of concrete and twisted metal. Streets that once echoed with footsteps and voices were now covered in thick layers of dust and rubble. The air smelled of smoke and ash, heavy and bitter, like the last breath of something that had died too soon. The sky above was gray and empty, with no birds, no clouds, just a cold silence that made the heart feel heavy. Wind blew across the empty land, carrying tiny pieces of what used to be homes, shops, and memories. There was no one left. No voices. No life. Only the quiet sound of dust settling on the ground.
In the middle of this empty battlefield stood Dano. He had his arms folded across his chest, his orange-and-black striped fur catching the faint light. His cruel smirk was still there, sharp and confident, as if he had already won everything. Beside him stood Diablo and Esta, side by side, ready for the last fight. Diablo's four massive demon wings were folded tightly, his neon-crimson eyes dark with quiet pain. Esta's ice-blue armor gleamed coldly, but his face showed the heavy weight of regret. High in the sky, Dano's alien army glowed with dark energy, their ships hovering like silent shadows, waiting for the order to attack.
Dano raised his hand slowly.
"Don't have to come here… We three can handle him easily."
The aliens stopped instantly. Their glowing lights dimmed as they obeyed without a word.
On the other side of the battlefield stood Astra.
He clenched his fist so tightly that his knuckles turned white. His silver aura rose slowly around him, flickering with power, then faded away just as quickly. His silver eyes were full of pain, tears already forming at the corners. The wasteland around him felt even emptier because of the weight in his heart.
Dano looked at him and teased, his voice smooth and mocking.
"See, Astra… Prince… History repeated itself finally. You lost everyone, just like before. And they are never coming back."
Astra's voice came out as a whisper, broken by tears that rolled down his cheeks.
"I have built the world with everyone… You have destroyed it in some seconds… You didn't even give them time to breathe."
He raised his hand. His silver eyes glowed with a mix of sadness and burning anger.
"You have taken everything, everyone from me! You will must pay for it!"
Dano smirked wider, his red eyes shining with amusement.
"Oh ho ho? Then let's see how you take revenge!"
Astra's aura suddenly exploded with flames of inferno. Orange flames wrapped around his hair, making it spiky and fluttering like living fire. His pupils turned bright orange, shining with raw rage. His white jacket fluttered violently in the pressure of his power. The ground beneath him cracked as his aura burst outward.
"Super Inferno!"
Astra transformed in an instant. His whole body burned with power. He rushed at Dano with full force, his punch covered in roaring flames.
Dano countered easily with one punch. The clash sent a shockwave across the wasteland.
Astra's transformation faded instantly. The orange flames disappeared. He fell to one knee, looking at his own hands in shock, his eyes shaking with disbelief.
Then Dano's power pressed down on him. Astra was sent flying backward through three entire mountains, crashing through rock and dust in a trail of destruction.
Dano stood there calmly, still smirking.
"You are currently not my level… You are too weak."
Astra slowly pushed himself up from the rubble. His body was badly injured. His dress was torn, even the black sleeves ripped apart. Blood trickled from cuts on his face and arms. He looked at his trembling hand.
Astra whispered, voice full of pain.
"Did I really become that weak… after everyone gone? So… were they the shield for me all this time?"
He lifted his head and looked directly at Dano, who was walking toward him slowly.
"Am I really nothing without them?"
He looked down at the ground, tears falling freely now.
"I couldn't even protect them… And yet… they protected me, gave me a place… Even sister Yuki called me her brother and gave me the name 'Astra'…"
His face became shadowed. His silver eyes glowed like dying stars in the darkness.
"No."
A deep, demonic sound echoed across the entire wasteland, shaking the air itself.
Dano stopped in his tracks.
"Why did he seem changed?"
Astra's fist clenched even harder. His silver aura rose again, stronger this time.
"You all are stronger than me for sure… but you cannot beat me in raw combat."
And then —
He teleported behind Dano in a flash.
Dano dodged the punch and countered with his own.
Astra's aura glowed brighter. Flames of inferno wrapped around his attack. He sent Dano flying backward through three mountains, the impact creating huge explosions of rock and fire.
Dano shouted as he crashed.
"Diablo! Esta! Stop watching! Come here!"
Diablo and Esta teleported instantly to join the fight.
Diablo appeared close to Astra. He whispered softly, his voice full of pain.
"Sorry Astra… But I must do."
His wings swung wide. Crimson waves of energy shot forward like deadly blades.
Astra dodged every single wave and rushed at Diablo with a flaming punch. His primordial silver energy leaked out like burning light. He grabbed Diablo's head and smashed it hard into the ground.
**Booooooom!**
The attack shook the entire planet. A continental-level explosion erupted, sending shockwaves that shattered the ground and even cracked space itself nearby.
Esta flew down from above and punched harder than before.
Astra blocked every punch perfectly. He raised his fingers. Silver burning slashes shot out like deadly blades of light.
Esta dodged them, but behind him a whole mountain was cut cleanly in half and burned away in flames.
Esta breathed out a freezing storm, trying to trap Astra in ice.
Astra's energy burned through the frozen area instantly. He snapped his finger. Time stopped for two full seconds around him.
In that frozen moment, he prepared a powerful energy attack.
He shot a burning divine silver beam straight at Esta. The beam hit with full force. Esta crashed through the ground, creating a deep crater.
Astra landed on the ground, his muscles shining under the light of the sun.
He locked his glowing silver eyes on Dano.
"You have taken everything… So I will give you something worse than you expected."
Dano raised his head, still confident.
"You think you can hurt me or kill me? You know how strong I am?"
Astra's voice was calm but full of quiet power.
"In this world… strength isn't everything…"
A small, confident smug appeared on his face.
"Strategies also matter."
Dano looked confused for the first time.
"What do you mean by it?"
Astra's silver aura glowed brighter, burning with flames. The atmosphere around him started to melt from the heat.
He flew upward into the sky.
Esta looked up, eyes wide.
Diablo stopped flying and protected himself with his wings.
Esta whispered, voice full of worry.
"I can sense something really bad…"
Astra floated high above them, his voice echoing across the entire cosmos.
"Since you were fighting me, I was saving and charging Taiyo's given energy… It's time to use it on its peak…"
"Welcome to my Domain of Terrora Divinity!"
The words themselves echoed through the whole universe, shaking stars and planets.
Around Astra, his aura glowed even stronger. He raised his palm upward.
A massive silver energy ball formed in the sky, growing bigger and bigger until it covered the entire sky, burning with living flames.
Dano looked up, his smirk fading slightly.
"So it was a plan of yours?"
Dano got angry, his voice rising.
"Alright, I am not running."
Astra's eyes burned with determination.
"Now suffer!!!"
The energy exploded across the sky.
The entire Earth burned instantly.
Massive incarnations of silver flames appeared. Silver slashes rained down, multiplying again and again, exploding with terrifying power.
Jupiter, the Moon, Saturn — even the Sun itself started burning and getting erased in seconds.
Dano's armies in the sky were wiped out one by one. Billions and trillions of soldiers turned to dust as the slashes cut through them, burning them alive.
Dano covered himself with his energy, but the slashes still burned his fur and cut deep into his flesh.
Diablo's shield slowed down and began breaking apart.
Even Esta's blizzard ice pillars started fading under the overwhelming heat.
Dano quickly created a bubble barrier around the three of them.
The attacks couldn't break through at first.
Astra pushed his power even further.
The barrier cracked and finally broke apart.
**Boom! Boom! Booooooom!**
Massive explosions erupted everywhere. The entire solar system was destroyed, burned away in silver flames.
Time itself seemed corrupted. The atmosphere burned and twisted.
The scene shifted to a random distant planet, far from the destruction.
Astra landed heavily on the ground. His sash belt fluttered in the wind. His spiky hair moved with the force of his power. His face was shadowed, but his silver eyes glowed brightly through the darkness.
Dano, Esta, and Diablo landed there too, breathing hard from the fight.
Dano spoke first, his voice full of surprise but still confident.
"It was a nice move, Astra… Didn't expect something like this from you."
Astra's voice was steady and cold.
"I am far more intelligent than you think…"
He swung his finger forward.
"Get ready for a true 3 versus 1."
Dano grinned.
"Sure…"
Diablo cracked his knuckles.
"Let's begin!"
They all teleported at once.
Astra punched straight at Dano.
Dano swung his body and dodged.
Shadow aura swirled around them.
Shinigami hands appeared from the ground, trying to grab Astra.
Astra's aura burned them away instantly.
His silver eyes glowed brighter.
Esta was sent flying backward by the force.
Diablo charged his demonic scythe and swung it hard at Astra.
Astra simply broke the scythe by touching it and delivered a powerful uppercut that sent Diablo flying through the sky.
Dano slammed his tail at Astra.
Astra grabbed the tail and slammed Dano hard into the ground.
Astra punched with flames covering his fist.
Dano punched back with equal force.
Their punches clashed, and the entire area exploded in a massive blast.
Half the land burned in silver flames. The other half was buried under dark shadows.
The planet shook violently.
At that exact moment —
Diablo used his dark magic and tried to mind-control Astra.
Astra grabbed his head in sudden pain, shouting loudly.
Diablo poured more power into it.
Astra fell to his knees, struggling hard.
Dano smiled widely and raised his hand toward Astra's head.
"Nice… Now my way is clear. I will end you here."
He charged his energy, mixing crimson flames, shadow powers, and magical spells.
Blood ran down from Dano's lips from the effort.
Astra looked up at him, voice weak but full of pain.
"I am done for real? No—"
He stared directly at Dano.
"Tell me… What you got… by ending everyone?"
Dano laughed.
"Huh? I got fun… Authority, power… Fear of people! And that's the most satisfying thing in this mighty world!"
His attack glowed brighter, ready to strike.
Astra's voice grew stronger, even through the pain.
"So every life, every person… every memory… are just nothing to you?"
Dano answered without hesitation.
"Exactly… Those were just traps… Manipulation."
Astra's eyes filled with deep sorrow.
"You… You don't know how it feels to lose everyone…"
He continued, voice trembling but determined.
"Even if you want… you cannot bring anyone back now… Suffer endlessly… No one is here to help you, no one to listen to you."
He clenched his fist so hard that more blood seeped out.
"I am fighting here alone… Nobody is beside me…"
He slowly stood up, no longer kneeling.
"I won't give up until I get justice."
Dano's smirk returned.
"Guess what? I like that attitude… By the way… Can I know who you really are?"
He looked straight into Astra's eyes.
"You didn't break down fully by their erasure… You aren't giving up… You aren't normal anyway."
Astra's voice was calm and strong.
"Yes… I am like that… And that's why I am Astra…"
He raised his hand.
"Now it's time for a serious battle."
Dano laughed.
"For real… You won't survive this time."
Dano rushed at Astra with full speed.
Esta attacked from behind with his ice magic, freezing Astra in place.
Diablo used his crimson blood to chain Astra tightly.
**Stabbbb!!!**
Dano stabbed his hand straight through Astra's chest.
Blood sprayed from Astra's mouth.
Astra looked at them with pure shock in his eyes.
"You… You betrayed…!"
His vision started to blur.
Dano smirked down at him.
"Kid… You really thought? I listened to you?"