Chapter 126 - Ashes of the Titan

The hundred-and-twentieth dawn crept over Kael El's Ashen Empire with a muted golden veil, the continental dominion—a fractured colossus—stirring amidst ruin. The capital's skyline sagged—bone steel keeps crumbling, the Golden Colossus a dying titan, its hundred-meter frame dim, core flickering with a faint violet-gold that cast broken shadows across a shattered plaza. Kael stood amid the wreckage, atop a mound of ash and steel, Stormforged Blade gripped tight, shard-pommel humming softly, like a fading heartbeat. EX: Dragonflame Reaver dulled at his hip, Stormhide Armor cracked and soot-stained, Lyra's survival and Rhea's fierce love anchoring his soul. His flirty smirk was buried, replaced by a weary glare, masking a raw resolve—the Error's death, the Colossus's fall, and the empire's ruins weighing on his blood. He flexed EX: Gold Dominion, golden veins threading weakly through the rubble, molten but faint, answering the shard's quiet call.