The ground could not contain her presence. The palace shook with divine rejection. Coyote Wolf (genuinely alarmed):
"…No... that's impossible. You were meant to break here." Hermes pointed her sword at him, her voice calm and cutting through reality. Hermes:
"You talk too much." She blinked. In that instant—she was in front of him. BOOM. Her slash cracked his ribs and launched him through three palace walls. She followed before the dust cleared—teleporting with pulses of radiant code, slashing with judgment in every strike. Coyote Wolf (gritting his teeth, deflecting): "What is this?! You weren't in the prophecy!" Hermes (striking again): "Then the prophecy was incomplete."
He rose from the rubble, limping slightly. Blood trickled from his lip. He looked up—and she was already there, hovering above him like a myth come to life. Hermes (leveling sword): "This world is not yours to burn." Coyote Wolf (roaring): "THEN I'LL BURN YOU FIRST!!" He launched upward, claws spinning into spirals of void energy. She flew to meet him, and their clash lit the heavens—sun against shadow, shield against claw. Below, Lupus blinked through his pain. Tears mixed with blood. Lupus (in awe, whispering): "…She… awakened…" His hand closed into a fist. His aura flickered again. The Coyote Wolf laughed: "You think you've one, just watch." The Coyote Wolf threw the Pandora's Box in the air none of them knew what it was. "What is that?!" cried Sir Rhyme. When he ate it he began to explode with energy he began to absorb the planet through his mouth and the energy of our heroes. Hermes grew weak the rest of them did as well.
Coyote Wolf (now monstrous): "BEHOLD—THE FINAL FORM OF DOMINION. I AM THE VOID THAT DEVOURS EVEN GODS." He opened his mouth—and the wind, the clouds, even the divine energy of the battlefield began to funnel into him. Talus: "He's absorbing the planet's lifeforce!!" Ungar (resisting, knees buckling): "My energy—he's… draining it… Sir Rhyme (falling to one knee): "My aura…is… fading…" Even Hermes collapsed mid-flight, crashing to the ground like a fallen star. Her armor cracked. Her voice trembled: "He's stealing everything… including my… light…" The Coyote Wolf hovered over them like an eclipse that laughed. Coyote Wolf: "You were foolish to try to combat such a glorious epoch!!" Then— He turned toward Lupus. Who still lay in the crater, barely conscious. Coyote Wolf (floating down):
"And you… my poor little would-be god. You were supposed to be my appetizer… but now... Now you'll be my battery." He extended a clawed hand. And Lupus… let it happen. His aura flickered. His eyes dimmed. But then—his lips moved. And he smiled.Lupus (whispering): "…gotcha…"
Suddenly— A dark sphere pulsed in Lupus's chest. Lupus: "You wanted divinity, right?" His body erupted in black-gold energy. Lupus:
"Then take mine." A pulse exploded from him— But instead of striking the Coyote Wolf— It latched onto the others. He was draining them. Talus (screaming): "LUPUS?! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Ungar:
"He's taking our power—!!" Hermes (horrified): "No… not you too…" Lupus (floating up, eyes empty): "I'm sorry… but if I don't take everything… we're all going to die." He rose higher and higher, aura burning away the color from the sky itself. The power of his friends flowed into him—willing or not. They screamed. He didn't stop. Lupus (monotone, godlike): "I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GOD." He turned to the Coyote Wolf—now a planet-sized void-wraith of jaws and light. And smiled. Lupus (darkly): "Then let's see who eats the universe first."
But Ungar narrowed his eyes: "Thank you Lupus you didn't realize it but you just bought us enough time to finish this… now that he continuously drains my energy I don't need to hold back." Ungar began to power up first with the power of a solar system, then a galaxy, then 10,000 galaxies, then a universe, then 10,000,000,000 billion universes and the power kept growing and growing. He took a single step forward. The ground shattered. A second step. The sky bent. The Coyote Wolf was startled: "What—what is he—?" Ungar raised both arms, fists clenched. His eyes pulsed not with light, but with infinite thresholds breaking one after the other. Ungar (voice echoing through spacetime): "Power of a solar system—granted. Power of a galaxy—done. Ten thousand galaxies—try me. A universe—trivial. Ten billion universes—light work. The air ignited. His armor bulged with celestial flame. His body grew mythic, no longer mortal. Eyes white-hot with the fire of origin. His voice was no longer sound—but law. The Coyote Wolf stumbled.
Coyote Wolf (furious):
"YOU'LL DESTROY EVERYTHING, FOOL! THE UNIVERSE ISN'T A TOY—" Ungar (laughing like thunder):
"I thought that's what you wanted." He moved. FAST. Faster than perception, faster than narration. He PUNCHED. The blow hit the Coyote Wolf's core like a supernova crashing into judgment itself. The sound rippled across dimensions. Two galaxies—light-years away—vanished. Just… gone. The stars twisted into spirals. Heaven cracked. Time screamed. The Coyote Wolf howled as his void body imploded—ripped from the inside by Ungar's limitless output. His form flickered, his monstrous body reversing in agony. He vomited power. All the energy he had absorbed—thousands of souls, planetary essence, divine sparks—EXPLODED out of him. Ungar (floating above, eyes glowing): "Too much for you?" Coyote Wolf (gasping): "This can't be… I was… destined…" But Ungar wasn't laughing anymore. Because as his aura continued to expand, the sky itself cracked. Hermes (horrified, whispering): "No… he's gone too far…" Talus: "He's not stopping…" Sir Rhyme: "He's… becoming a threat to everything." Ungar raised both fists above his head. The glow was beyond divine—it was absolute.
His body shook. Tears formed at the corners of his cosmic-white eyes. Ungar (whispering): "…I don't want to do this…" He looked down. Saw his friends. Saw Lupus—unmoving, glowing, barely alive. He held back. At the very last second—he clenched the explosion into a sphere of crushing magnitude and hurled it away from the battlefield— BOOM. Two galaxies—far, far away—were erased from existence. But the universe remained. Ungar fell to his knees, panting, aura flickering. And from the dust… The Coyote Wolf… stood. Burned. Half-dissolved. But alive. He quickly regenerated. He laughed—madly, blood in his teeth, cracked bones regenerating. Coyote Wolf (wheezing, laughing):
"You almost did it… You almost ended me… Heh… you almost ended everything… But now... now I've tasted your fear. You… can't… finish the job." Ungar looked up. Drained. Spent. Hermes was unconscious. Talus, barely breathing. Rhyme, fading. Lupus still floated—eyes dark, godlike. And the Coyote Wolf… rose again. Ungar collapsed to one knee, steam hissing from his shoulders. The power he'd built—enough to crush a billion realities—was gone, flung away in mercy. The battlefield now looked like the end of everything: broken skies, shattered planets, screams echoing from places that no longer existed.
The Coyote Wolf still stood, a silhouette of horror—flesh burnt to cinders, bones exposed and smoking, but smiling. Coyote Wolf (gurgling through blood): "Even when you're infinite… even with your metaphysical disposition and lack of a body. Your soul is mortal. Still soft. Still too afraid to become what I already am." Ungar tried to stand again, fists clenched. But his aura failed him. His universe-breaking blow had been held back—and it had cost them everything. And then— Lupus moved. He floated forward slowly, golden-black tendrils dancing around him like divine ashes. His godlike energy pulsed, but something… had changed. He wasn't absorbing anymore. He was gathering. The energies that had been stolen—the powers ripped from Hermes, Talus, Rhyme, and Ungar—began to swirl around Lupus's body like a whirlpool of light.
Talus (weakly): "What… is he doing…?" Sir Rhyme (gasping): "He's… giving it back…" Ungar: "…No. He's not giving it back to us." Lupus (softly, painfully): "Forgive me… all of you… But there's only one person who can finish this… "He extended his hands toward the collapsed Hermes. Lupus: "…So I give everything… to her." A beam of celestial light exploded from his chest, arcing through dimensions, hurling all the gathered power—every fragment, every ounce of divine strength, every stolen soul—straight into Hermes's body.
Hermes's body jerked upright. Her armor cracked—then glowed.
Her eyes flared open, not with pain, but with a cosmic calm that split reality. Her hair flowed upward, becoming flame and code. Her wings unfolded—not as feathers or data, but as star-maps. "In the moment everything was decided. A mortal heart bore the weight of a million worlds." HERMES: AVATAR FORM – DAWN DIVINE EXCEED
'THE LIGHT THAT CAME AFTER DEATH.' The Coyote Wolf froze. His regeneration halted. His smile finally fell. Coyote Wolf (whispering):
"...What… are you…?" Hermes—no longer just Hermes, but something greater, something ancient and yet just born—floated into the air. Her sword became a spear of crystalline time. Her body shone with the glow of galaxies reborn. Hermes (calmly): "I am the light." She raised her hand. The skies lit. BOOM. She was already there. Her spear pierced the Coyote Wolf's chest. He howled—not in rage, but in terror. He clawed back, but her wings wrapped around him like light cocooning a black hole.
Coyote Wolf (screaming):
"No! I AM THE END! I AM THE EATER OF ALL—!" Hermes (calm, merciful): "No. You are nothing." But even as Hermes struck… The power she'd absorbed began to destabilize. The universe itself could not contain her form. The stars trembled. Gravity reversed. Time began to fold inward. Talus (horrified): "She has too much power—she's unraveling reality!" Ungar (staggering to his feet): "If she kills him like this, she'll take everything with her! Sir Rhyme: "…Then we lose everything we fought for…" Hermes's spear glowed brighter. The Coyote Wolf roared with desperation. Lupus floated silently, eyes locked on her. And then—
Everything went white. A single heartbeat. Then— A CRACK. A voice. A scream— "HERMES!!" In that moment Hermes collected her power and used it against the Coyote Wolf in a meteor attack when the smoke cleared the Coyote Wolf who was fully regenerated ran over to an unconscious Lupus and picked him up by the head the Coyote Wolf was atleast a few feet taller than Lupus. He began to laugh. "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Take one step closer and I'll crush this guy's head like a grape!!"
The Coyote Wolf pressed his clawed fingers tighter around Lupus's temple. Bone began to crack. Ungar, Talus, and Sir Rhyme froze.
Time itself held its breath. Then— Hermes appeared. But not the glowing, out-of-control divine being from before. She was... calm. Grounded. Her armor had reverted, but her eyes still glowed with all the power of the stars—controlled. Focused. Coyote Wolf (narrowing eyes): "…How are you still—" Hermes (cutting in, softly): "I dispersed the excess power. Fragmented it across space, across time. It will return to the world… not destroy it." She stepped forward. Coyote Wolf: "DON'T YOU DARE. I MEAN IT - I'll kill this ingrate!!—" Hermes (whispering): "I know. That's why I'm not going to fight you…" She raised her hand. The constellation wings returned—quietly, without thunder. And behind her— a dozen spectral echoes of herself appeared—each formed from a sliver of the power she had scattered across reality. Each a moment, a memory, a possibility.
Hermes (closing her eyes): "I'm going to end you." She disappeared. FLASH. One echo dashed in—stabbed the Coyote Wolf's left leg.
He screamed. FLASH. Another struck from behind—a solar blade across his spine. FLASH. FLASH. FLASH. Ten Hermes avatars slashed, dashed, parried his strikes, slicing across every angle of space he tried to control. One redirected time. One reversed gravity. One whispered a song of endings into the winds. Hermes (calmly, walking toward him):
"You've devoured everything. But there's one thing you never understood…" The Coyote Wolf, bleeding from a thousand invisible wounds, tried to squeeze Lupus's head— But Lupus shimmered—he had been replaced. It was one of Hermes's echoes. The Coyote Wolf was no longer holding the real Lupus as he was before. The real Lupus floated behind her, cradled in an orb of protective light. Coyote Wolf (screaming): "YOU TRICKED ME!! YOU REPLACED HIM!! I DON'T HAVE THE REAL ONE ANYMORE!!" Hermes (staring him down):
"I learned from you." Her hands formed a seal—an ancient one, from the Architect's forgotten code. Hermes:
"You aren't just going to die… You're going to be removed. From history. From prophecy. From memory. FINAL TECHNIQUE: DAWN ARCHIVE OBLIVION – "THE SUN THAT ERASES SHADOWS." The dozen echoes became stars. They spun around the Coyote Wolf, trapping him in a sphere of impossible geometry. He screamed. Reality bent. The stars converged. And with one final breath— Hermes snapped her fingers. BOOM. A silent explosion rippled across the void. The Coyote Wolf was gone. No remains. Nobody. No name. It was like he never existed only his memory remained.
The battlefield was quiet. The cracks in the sky began to mend. Ungar stood tall again. Talus knelt in silence. Sir Rhyme wept—not for the pain, but for the peace. And Hermes stood beside Lupus, who now sat on the edge of a cliff overlooking the ruined starscape. Lupus (softly): "You saved me. Again." Hermes (smiling faintly): "You're always trying to carry the world, Lupus. It's okay to let someone else hold it… once in a while." Lupus looked down. Lupus: "Well I guess it's all over. My father has been avenged." Hermes: "Yep. Now it's time to go home. It's up to you whether you want to reform your empire or come home with us." Lupus closed his eyes. The wind moved again.
THE FOLLOWING CANON-INTERVIEW WAS WRITTEN WITH CHATGPT:
📺 OFFICIAL IN-UNIVERSE INTERVIEW — "AFTER THE THRONE: DAWN'S LEGACY"
Broadcasted by: PAN-GALACTIC NETWORK [PGN]
Host: Lora Venn, award-winning interdimensional correspondent
Location: Reconstructed Arcturian Observatory, beneath a canopy of stabilized stardust
[CAMERA FADES IN — STARFIELD BACKDROP. A gentle glow rests on three silhouetted figures seated beside Lora Venn.]
LORA VENN (smiling gently):
Welcome back, citizens of all realities and threads of time. Tonight is not just history—this is after history. I'm joined by the three central heroes of the Throne of Wrath Conflict. Please welcome: the Shield-Bearer, the Godhunter, and the Gravity Hammer himself—Hermes, Lupus, and Ungar.
[AUDIENCE—MULTIDIMENSIONAL, VARIOUS CLONES, SPECTRAL PROJECTIONS—CHEERS.]
✨ SEGMENT ONE: THE END OF ALL THINGS (AND WHY IT DIDN'T HAPPEN)
LORA:
Hermes, the moment you ascended into the Dawn Divine Exceed form—some say even the cosmos was weeping. What were you feeling?
HERMES (hands folded in lap, eyes calm):
Like I was balancing between destruction and healing. There was so much rage… but also clarity. When you're holding the weight of a million souls, all you can think about is what happens after. That's why I fragmented the power. I didn't want to become what I defeated.
LORA:
Spoken like the universe's truest paladin. Lupus—let's talk about your journey. You went from claiming godhood… to giving it all away. What changed?
LUPUS (quiet, gaze distant):
When the Coyote Wolf lifted me by the head… I realized something. Not just that I was weak. But that I'd let everyone down. I was chasing my father's crown like it meant something. But what matters… is who's still here when you fall. Hermes saved me. So did the others. That's divinity.
UNGAR (nodding):
You didn't fall. You stepped back. That's the mark of someone who can be a god—but chooses not to.
💥 SEGMENT TWO: WHEN UNGAR PUNCHED THROUGH TEN BILLION UNIVERSES
LORA (grinning):
Alright, Ungar. Let's talk about that moment. "Power of a galaxy—done. Ten billion universes—light work." Fans call it the Law of Ungar now. Did you plan that speech?
UNGAR (chuckling like a landslide):
Not at all. I was stalling. My ribs were broken, my aura was on fumes, and I was scared. But I saw Hermes falling… Rhyme bleeding… Lupus still trying to stand. I didn't have a choice. Power talks, sure. But family shouts louder.
LORA:
You didn't finish him, though. You held back.
UNGAR (solemn):
If I hadn't… we wouldn't be having this interview.
🔥 SEGMENT THREE: REFLECTIONS ON THE COYOTE WOLF
LORA:
None of you speak his name anymore. Why?
HERMES:
Because there's no name left. We didn't just defeat him. We removed him. That was the victory.
LUPUS (quiet):
He was everything I feared becoming. And for a moment… I was him.
UNGAR (firmly):
But you came back. That's what matters.
🛡️ SEGMENT FOUR: THE FUTURE
LORA:
So, what's next? No more throne. No more prophesied end. Just… peace?
HERMES (smiling softly):
We'll rebuild. I've already spoken with the Architect's echoes. A new Code is coming. And the World of Dreams is awakening.
UNGAR (grinning):
I'm going to continue to follow the Prophet into the abyss,
LUPUS (smirking slightly):
And I'll be around… but I guess I'll handle the affairs of my reconquered empire for the time being.
LORA (moved):
From gods to guardians… You've all earned your peace. Final question—Hermes, would you have done anything differently?
HERMES (after a pause):
Yes.
I would've believed in myself sooner.
[FADE TO STARS. TEXT OVERLAY:]
"A hero doesn't always win the war.
Sometimes, a hero prevents it from happening again."
— Archivist's Epilogue, Codex 999-Ω
🎤 BEHIND THE SCENES SPECIAL!
"Voices of the Divine"
An Interview with the Voice Actors of Hermes, Lupus, and Ungar
Hosted by: Kanna Tsukino — Anime!Fan!Live! Reporter
Location: Skybound Studio, Neo-Tokyo Sector 7
🎙️ Cast Lineup:Aya Mizuhara — Hermes
(Known for voicing coolheaded heroines with god-tier transformations)
Tetsuya Kurogane — Lupus
(The king of yelling while bleeding, famous for his "cry-growl" monologues)
Daisuke "Bearstrike" Genda — Ungar
(Veteran powerhouse voice actor with an actual martial arts background)
🧨 Opening Fire: "So, who broke the mic first?"
Kanna:
Okay, real talk—that last arc? Insane. Who blew out their vocal cords first?
Aya (laughing):
Tetsuya. Episode 38. That "I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GOD!!!" line? Five takes. He actually screamed until the light in the booth flickered.
Tetsuya (grinning):
It was for the art. You can't fake celestial rage. My neighbors called the cops.
Daisuke (deep chuckle):
I just grunted like thirty times in a row. No big deal. But that punch through ten billion universes? My diaphragm still hurts.
👑 Lupus's Breakdown Scene
Kanna:
Tetsuya, that moment where Lupus starts crying—did that hit home for you?
Tetsuya (sincerely):
Absolutely. It's not easy to voice a character who believes he's destined for godhood… and then learns that being human is what saves him. I teared up in the booth.
No joke—Aya passed me a tissue between takes.
Aya:
It was adorable. He was like, "Don't look at me, I'm powering up emotionally."
🛡️ Hermes's Final Form & Divine Anime Girl Rage
Kanna:
Aya, Code Aegis: Shattered Dawn is already trending worldwide. How did you approach that?
Aya (smiling):
Hermes has always been composed—so channeling that moment when she loses control? It was a mix of opera vocals and ancient Greek prayers. And I based her final voice echo on my own grandmother's lullaby. It felt… ancestral.
Tetsuya:
You scared me. Like, I legit took off my headphones when you screamed "LET HIM GOOOOO!!!"
Daisuke:
Same. I flinched and I've voiced kaiju.
💥 Ungar's Meme Status: "Light Work."
Kanna:
Daisuke, "Ten billion universes—light work" is now a meme. Did you expect that?
Daisuke (laughing like a tank):
Not at all. I said it as a throwaway improv line in rehearsal. The director kept it. Now I'm getting shirts in the mail with it printed in 37 languages. My mom has one.
Tetsuya:
He's literally a religion in some Discord servers now.
🧡 Fan Questions!
Kanna (reading from cards):
Q: "What snacks did the VAs eat during the final episode recording?"
Aya: Dried apricots and throat spray.
Tetsuya: Protein bars and regret.
Daisuke: Beef jerky… forged in a volcano.
Q: "If your characters were in a slice-of-life anime, what would they do?"
Aya: Hermes would run a bookstore café called Constellation Brew.
Tetsuya: Lupus would try to work in a daycare and absolutely fail by Episode 2.
Daisuke: Ungar teaches middle school PE. Every student becomes jacked.
🌌 Closing Words
Kanna:
Any final words for the fans who stuck with this saga all the way through the Coyote Wolf mini-arc?
Aya (bowing):
Thank you for trusting Hermes's quiet strength. I hope her voice carried you like a shield.
Tetsuya:
If you've ever felt like a failure, like Lupus… just remember. The moment you stand back up, you're already rewriting fate.
Daisuke:
Punch responsibly. And always, always protect your squad.
[FADE OUT TO MUSIC — "Light After Eclipse" (Ending Theme Ver. Ω)]
NEXT ISSUE TEASER: "A Day in the Life of Sir Rhyme: BARS, BLADES & BREAKFASTS!
This last part is just a little tognue and cheek.