It wasn't dead, but the demon had clearly lost that last exchange.
Enraged, He no longer held back .. relying now on nothing but its monstrous instincts.
He's next scream shook the ground itself .. forcing Frey and Oliver to cover their ears before the pressure burst their eardrums.
The demon wanted only one thing now: both of them dead.
Adopting its feral form, the demon clasped his hands together .. and the sky above began to quake.
Its shadows came from darkness .. and the night sky itself was now the perfect source of power.
Frey's eyes widened as he and Oliver looked up ..
The heavens had split open above them.
And from that rift…
A colossal black hand descended like a meteor, threatening to crush them .. and everything around them.
"This is insane…"
How was he supposed to stop something like that?
Frey's thoughts froze.
"Stay focused! We're still on the battlefield!"
Oliver's voice snapped him out of it.
The masked warrior gathered all his strength, ready to intercept the falling hand ..
But before he could leap, the demon appeared out of nowhere .. finally joining the fight directly.
With one punch, he sent Oliver flying, smashing him into the ground.
The demon didn't stop ..he roared and charged at Frey next.
Frey barely blocked the blow with both swords .. his entire body trembling from the impact.
Unfortunately, the demon pressed the advantage—crushing Frey relentlessly in a brutal, one-sided assault.
Oliver returned immediately, slashing at the demon to draw its attention ..
But he was struggling, barely keeping up, his body weakened from his previous wounds and the non-stop battle against Sansa.
He was running on fumes.
Above them, the massive black hand was nearly upon them .. ready to wipe everything from the surface of the earth.
Frey hesitated, scrambling for a solution.
"Should I use Ignition?"
It was strong enough to stop that hand—no doubt.
But a move of that scale would take him out of the fight instantly.
And if that happened… they'd lose.
He stood frozen ... his thoughts spiraling ..
His mind… Went blank.
"Damn it!!!"
Frey cursed with all his might, ready to unleash everything he had. But at the last moment ...
The sky flashed.
It cracked wide open as a massive lightning spear tore through it, colliding with the black hand and obliterating it in a single devastating explosion.
The scene was nothing short of surreal, followed by a thunderclap so powerful it echoed all the way to the capital.
Frey's hair stood on end from the shockwaves of lightning that tore through the area.
The demon, stunned, withdrew immediately.
"A lightning spear…?"
Frey muttered, his eyes narrowing. He and Oliver both thought the same thing ..
There was only one person in this world capable of launching such a thunderous attack.
"Maekar Valerion…?"
Did the Emperor just… save them?
But It didn't matter.
What mattered was that they had been saved.
That lightning spear had kept them in the fight.
Without wasting a second, Frey lunged at the demon .. his swords now blazing with black, destructive flames.
Oliver Khan joined him immediately, launching a pincer attack from the other side .. trapping the monster between them.
"Don't just stand there! Sansa!!"
Frey shouted, slashing at the demon's thick skin. He knew the girl was still inside.
"Fight it!!"
He needed her to resist.
"Fight it!!!!!"
Frey and Oliver pressed the assault ..
"More!!"
Until the demon himself was forced out.
Surrounded by blinding slashes that threatened to tear him apart, None of them noticed the shadow crawling beneath their feet ... until it formed a massive circle, trapping them both.
"Die, you cursed humans."
SLASH!!!
They didn't see it.
They didn't even feel it ..
Not until dozens of fresh wounds bloomed across their bodies, and blood soaked the ground.
The demon had released an invisible cutting attack .. thousands of blades at once.
So fast neither Oliver nor Frey could block them in time.
Their bodies were torn open again and again as they quickly pulled back, trying to escape the death zone.
The further they retreated, the less intense the cuts became .. but that was a bad sign.
It meant the closer they got, the deadlier it became.
"How the hell are we supposed to get close now?"
There was now an entire cutting field around the demon .. touching it meant being sliced to pieces.
"You're trying to approach me?" the demon mocked.
Black flames ignited on both his arms as his body swelled .. now towering over three meters tall.
A fully formed monster.
The demon had finally revealed his true form.
"You won't have to come to me ..
I'll come to you!"
BOOM!
A deafening explosion rang out as both Frey and Oliver barely dodged a massive beam of violet fire hurled at them.
The black tendrils rose again ..stronger than ever .. while the demon rained violet fire upon them, layer after layer.
All the while, the cutting field continued slicing at their bodies with every movement.
They couldn't even counterattack anymore ..
They were like rats caught in a trap.
The attack was overwhelming ..fast, deadly, suffocating.
Oliver survived thanks to his vast experience and incredible speed.
Frey fought back too .. relying on Phantom Steps and Hawk Eyes to keep up. Everything moved in slow motion for him now…
But even his heightened senses weren't enough to detect the ambush coming from behind.
One of the black tendrils shot straight toward him .. aiming for his heart.
Frey saw it too late ... leaving him unable to dodge it.
'I won't be able to block it…'
Frey thought, frozen ...
But then .. his vision was consumed by a brilliant, fiery blue light.
A devastating explosion tore through the space around him, hurling Frey backward.
He staggered, barely regaining his balance.
When his senses returned, what he saw left him speechless ..
A trail of blood stretched across the ground… leading to Oliver Khan, who had been blasted into a distant wall.
His arms had been completely destroyed.
His body was shattered.
His mask .. broken, revealing his face for the first time.
Frey stared in shock.
Oliver looked back at him ..one final glance.
He couldn't speak.
But his eyes said everything.
"Save her."
Seeing Oliver reduced to that state because of him…
Frey clenched his teeth, then turned toward the raging demon behind him.
Dark Sister flared with a white glow, while Balerion pulsed with destructive black aura.
"Let's finish this."
Frey pushed his exhausted body forward and charged toward his enemy.
The battle was now one-on-one.