The giant’s sword ignited brighter than ever, white fire spilling like liquid sunlight across its blade. The heat was suffocating, scorching even the protective enchantments that lined the arena walls. The colossus raised its weapon in both hands, every motion slow yet terrifyingly deliberate, as though it were preparing to split the world itself in half.
“Back!” Seth barked, his voice a whipcrack.
The others obeyed without hesitation, retreating as the blade came down. The impact was apocalyptic—stone fractured, a crater forming where Darius had stood seconds earlier. The shockwave blasted across the arena, hurling debris in all directions.
Darius coughed violently, blood flecking his lips. “I can’t keep eating those hits forever!”
“You won’t need to,” Seth said coldly, stepping forwa
