Chapter 103—The Eclipse of Solarius.
Chapter 103—The Eclipse of Solarius.
The towering white-marble grand bridge stretched across the sea of golden clouds, leading straight to the heart of the realm—the Sun Throne. High above the grand sanctuary, the artificial celestial star pulsed with blinding crimson-gold light, humming with enough divine plasma to incinerate an entire legion of standard mortals in a fraction of a second.
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[ZONE ENTERED: The Sun Throne — Heart of the Astral Temple]
HAZARD RATING: TIER-SSS (Divine Plasma Ignition & Astral Core Radiance)
FIELD EFFECT: [Solar Flare Overload] — Non-Sovereign Entities Suffer 90% Thermal Damage & Mana Burn!
STATUS: Overlord Boss Lair Reached
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Kaelen walked calmly across the polished marble floor, his dark coat rustling gently against the intense thermal draft. His hand remained warmly wrapped around Lyra’s slender dark-gloved fingers.
Her golden staff projected a pristine sphere of divine solar light around them, deflecting the scorching plasma heat and completely negating the mana burn before it could touch any member of the squad.
Behind them, Ignis, Tsubaki, and Ren stepped into the grand chamber, their eyes locked on the colossal golden altar standing at the far end of the sanctuary.
"The thermal concentration in this room is higher than the core of Floor 14," Ren stated quietly, her gauntlet projecting gold holographic energy meters. "Solarius is drawing power directly from the artificial star floating above us. Condensed stellar plasma reinforces his physical armor."
"A star made of light is still just fuel for my claymore," Ignis grinned, black dragon fire flickering along the edge of his massive sword.
"Be on guard," Tsubaki whispered, his body blending into the white shadow of a marble pillar. "The space around his throne is saturated with radiant light traps."
"Let his traps spring," Kaelen purred softly, his low velvet voice carrying a chilling, effortless aura of divine authority. He squeezed Lyra’s hand gently, his dark violet eyes gleaming with triple-ringed golden light. "Light without a shadow is merely a canvas waiting for the dark."
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[OVERLORD BOSS ENGAGED!]
𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚
TARGET: Solarius—The Astral Sovereign (Level 189 Tier-OVERLORD)
HP: 310,000,000 / 310,000,000
SPECIAL RULE: Stellar Core Radiance—Restores 3% Max HP Every Second Under the Astral Sun!
RELIQUE RESONANCE: Key of the Holy Grail (100% Operational)
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At the top of the white stairs, sitting upon a throne woven from pure golden starlight, sat Solarius the Astral Sovereign (Level 189 Tier-OVERLORD).
Solarius stood twenty feet tall, clad in pristine celestial armor crafted from star-titanium and white gold. Six wings made of pure golden plasma expanded behind his back, and in his right hand, he held a massive weapon forged from condensed star core energy—the Sun-Forged Astral Greatsword.
"Mortal scum..." Solarius spoke, his resonant voice sounding like overlapping angelic choirs that made the white marble pillars tremble violently. "You defiled my sacred temple, erased my vanguard, and stand before my throne. But under the light of my artificial star, I am immortal."
Solarius rose from his throne, raising his greatsword as the star above the chamber flared with blinding crimson light!
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[OVERLORD DOMAIN UNLEASHED!]
FIELD EFFECT: [Dominion of the Astral Sun]
EFFECT: Solarius gains 400% Divine Light Attack Power! All Physical & Elemental Attacks Suffer 85% Damage Reduction!
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"Your star is bright, Solarius," Lyra said softly, her blue eyes shining with calm, unwavering conviction as her golden staff emitted a soothing aura that completely stripped away the 85% damage reduction.
"But true light does not seek to burn creation—it yields to the sovereign."
"You talk of immortality under a false sun," Kaelen purred smoothly, taking a calm step forward as his dark coat billowed gently in the divine pressure. His dark violet eyes flashed with absolute, god-like disdain. "Yet you fail to see that your star is nothing more than a flickering candle before the absolute void.
"Solarius’s golden eyes burned with divine fury. He folded his six plasma wings and leaped from the altar at light-speed momentum!
"Astral Overlord Art: Supernova Rupture!"
BOOOOOOM!
A colossal wave of white-hot celestial plasma and spatial heat waves erupted from his greatsword, surging directly toward Kaelen with the force of a collapsing star!
Kaelen didn’t raise a shield or move to dodge. He simply lifted his left dark-gloved hand toward the falling blade.
HUMMMMMMMM!
A pitch-black singularity of pure void origin bloomed into existence before his palm. The massive wave of superheated plasma struck the dark sphere—and was instantly swallowed whole, vanishing into absolute non-existence!
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[PASSIVE EFFECT: Void Singular Absorption]
DAMAGE RECEIVED: 0!
Solarius’s supernova: erased!
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Solarius froze mid-air, his six plasma wings fluttering wildly in genuine shock as his ultimate technique vanished into nothingness. "WHAT?! MY SUPERNOVA RUPTURE... ERASED?!"
"Your starlight is bright," Kaelen purred softly, his velvet voice icy and smooth. "But the Void is the everlasting dark that was here before light was spoken."
Kaelen slowly reached down to his hip, his slender dark-gloved fingers wrapping firmly around the hilt of the Void Blade.
The completed key of the Holy Grail within his soul core flared with intense dark-gold light, resonating with the cosmic blade as black void flames engulfed the dark metal.
He drew the blade completely from its sheath.
SHING!
"Sovereign Secret Art: Spatial Erasure — Astral Collapse!"
Kaelen delivered a single, effortless diagonal slash through the golden air.
SKRRRRRRRAASH!
A razor-thin line of pitch-black spatial deletion expanded through the grand sanctuary!
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[CRITICAL HIT!]
TARGET: Solarius the Astral Sovereign (Level 189 Overlord) & Artificial Astral Sun
DAMAGE DEALT: 420,000,000 (Pure Spatial Eradication)
SPECIAL EFFECT: Stellar Regeneration Negated! Domain Erased!
DEFENSE NEGATED: 100%!
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"AAAAAAAHHHHH!"
Solarius let out a divine, ear-splitting shriek as his twenty-foot body, celestial armor, greatsword, and even the massive artificial star floating above the temple were cleaved cleanly in two! The spatial tear severed his core, erasing his form and the artificial sun instantly into golden particles!
BOOOM!
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[OVERLORD BOSS ELIMINATED!]
TARGET: Solarius—The Astral Sovereign
EXP RECEIVED: 75,000,000 Points!
WORLD SYSTEM ANNOUNCEMENT: FACTION ’SOVEREIGN’ HAS CONQUERED FLOOR 15.
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As Solarius and the star dissolved, the central core resting above his throne condensed into a brilliant white-and-gold crystal that floated gently into Kaelen’s palm.
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Lyra stepped up to his side, gently lacing her fingers through his dark-gloved hand with a radiant smile. "Floor 15 is conquered, Kaelen. The sun itself bows to your shadow."
"The sun was merely in our way, my light," Kaelen whispered, pulling her close as he turned toward the shimmering portal to Floor 16. "Now, we ascend."