The Abyss

Chapter 15: The True Identity

"Edward Ironvale! Sebastian Eldrion!"

The roar of the Eleventh and Twelfth Princes echoed across the battlefield, sending a shockwave of disbelief through the Eldrion family.

Lucas blinked, his voice tight. "Edward Ironvale...?"

"Edward is our classmate," Isolde said, her hands trembling. "And Sebastian Eldrion is our younger brother... How do the Abyssal Warriors know them?"

Stepping forward to stand face-to-face with the twin Abyssal princes, King Dominic demanded, "How do you know those names? How do you know Sebastian Eldrion and Edward Ironvale?"

The Eleventh Prince sneered, a twisted grin spreading across his face. "Because they destroyed the Kingdom of Morvane-our home in the Abyssal Realm!"

The revelation struck the Eldrion family like a physical blow. Shock and grief overwhelmed them, tears blurring their vision. Sensing their vulnerability, the Eleventh Prince seized the moment. He unleashed a devastating beam of concentrated light directly at the weeping family.

"Look out!" Luke shouted, stepping in front and successfully parrying the initial blast.

"Retreat! Back to the barrier!" Dominic ordered.

But it was already too late. Before they could take a single step, the Twelfth Prince stepped forward, his eyes glowing as he activated his time manipulation magic. The world froze around them. A split second later, a chilling, mechanical voice echoed across the sky:

**[ ANNOUNCEMENT: THE ELDRION FAMILY AND LUKE ARE NOW DECEASED. ]**

When Sebastian and Edward heard the worldwide announcement, the air pressure instantly dropped. A terrifying, suffocating aura exploded from their bodies, making even the arrogant Abyssal princes stumble backward in fear.

Suddenly, a glowing blue holographic screen materialized in front of Sebastian's eyes:

*[ ! SYSTEM ! ]*

*QUEST: DO YOU WANT TO REVIVE THE ELDRION FAMILY AND LUKE?

*SELECTION: [ YES ] / [ NO ]

Without a shred of hesitation, Sebastian slammed his hand against **[ YES ]**.

Instantly, motes of pure, golden light swirled around the fallen forms of his family and Luke, rapidly reconstructing their bodies. Seeing the resurrection in progress, the Eleventh Prince lunged forward to disrupt it. But before he could even close the distance, Sebastian flicked his wrist, sending an invisible kinetic force that blasted the prince across the battlefield and deep into a distant mountain.

Seeing his brother thrown aside, the Twelfth Prince panicked and attempted to freeze time once more.

"Not on my watch," Sebastian muttered.

Overriding the prince's magic with his own superior time manipulation, Sebastian seized control of the flow of time and threw the Twelfth Prince effortlessly into the horizon. He then stood guard, waiting patiently for the System process to finish.

The moment the process finished, the Eldrion family gasped, waking up and rushing forward to wrap Sebastian in a fierce, tearful embrace.

"I'm sorry," Sebastian whispered softly, holding them tight. "Mother, Father, Brother, Sister... I'm so sorry."

Celestine, holding back fresh tears, gripped his shoulders. "Are you okay? How... how did you return to us?"

"It's thanks to Edward," Sebastian replied, offering a small nod toward his friend. "He's the reason my true power finally unlocked. But for now, please leave the rest to us. Father, Mother, Sister, Brother-I will tell you everything once this is done."

His family stepped back, watching him with a mixture of awe and concern.

Suddenly, a dual roar shook the earth. From the horizon, the Eleventh and Twelfth Princes returned, their bodies radiating absolute rage. Raising their hands to the heavens, they began to summon an army of thirty thousand Abyssal warriors.

"Wield your elemental weapons and attack the sky!" Sebastian commanded his family. "Don't let them complete the summon!"

The Eldrions didn't hesitate. They called forth their respective elemental weapons, preparing to attack. Simultaneously, Sebastian activated his own time freeze, locking the upper atmosphere so the thirty thousand warriors couldn't descend into the human world.

"NOW!" Sebastian signaled.

The family unleashed their coordinated elemental strike. A massive magical barrage ripped through the heavens, wiping out the vast majority of the Abyssal forces, though a fraction of the high-tier warriors managed to survive.

"What's next, Sebastian?" his family asked, catching their breath.

"Leave this to us," Sebastian smiled faintly. "Now it's my time to repay you, my family."

The twin princes landed, their eyes locked onto the two teenagers as they sensed their massive auras. "So, you really are Edward Ironvale and Sebastian Eldrion."

Edward stepped up beside Sebastian, a dangerous smirk on his face. "Yes. Let's end this war."

The Eleventh Prince turned his attack toward Edward, while the Twelfth Prince lunged directly at Sebastian. Seeing the impending clash, Instructor Ronan and Professor Selene rushed forward to help them, but King Dominic held up a hand, stopping them in their tracks.

"He doesn't need our help," Dominic said firmly. "Let us watch how he defeats them."

"But King Dominic," Ronan and Selene protested, "they shouted the name of your younger son! And our transfer student, Edward!"

Dominic's eyes softened with pride. "It's them. Sebastian has finally come back."

On the battlefield, the Twelfth Prince activated his time freeze again, but the magic washed over Sebastian like a harmless breeze, completely ineffective.

On the other side, Edward casually raised a hand. He released a localized black hole that instantly began swallowing the charging Abyssal warriors. With a flick of Edward's wrist, the void collapsed, completely erasing them from existence. A few minutes later, the residual energy of the black hole exploded outwards.

To their surprise, the Eleventh and Twelfth Princes emerged from the smoke, laughing and mocking them.

"Is this the power that supposedly destroyed our Kingdom of Morvane? How interesting!" the Eleventh Prince sneered. "Let me show you what real power looks like!"

The princes unleashed their full, unbridled energy. The sky darkened as two massive, catastrophic dragons materialized behind them, blotting out the sun.

Sebastian and Edward exchanged a look.

"Where did you even get a dragon like that?" Sebastian asked.

"Yeah, honestly, I want one of those," Edward laughed, entirely unbothered.

Behind them, the Eldrion family was terrified by the sheer scale of the mythical beasts. Celestine called out in a worried tone, "Be careful! We don't want to lose you again!"

Sebastian turned back with a reassuring smile. "Don't worry, Mother. Your youngest son has become stro-"

Before he could finish his sentence, the Twelfth Prince launched a surprise energy blast directly at him. Simultaneously, the Eleventh Prince ambushed Edward. The princes laughed triumphantly, shouting, "This is what true power looks like, you human insects!"

As the dust cleared, Sebastian established a psychic mind-link with Edward. *'Maybe it's time to get serious?'*

*'Yeah,'* Edward's voice echoed back. *'Let's quit playing around.'*

Both of them suddenly stood right back up, completely unscathed. Enraged, the Twelfth Prince commanded his dragon to tear Sebastian to pieces. The beast didn't hesitate to lung forward, but with a single, effortless strike, Sebastian killed the massive creature instantly.

The Twelfth Prince stumbled back, completely shocked. In his entire life, no one had ever been able to harm his dragon, let alone kill it in one blow. "How... how can you kill my dragon?!"

"It was weak," Sebastian stated flatly.

Furious, the Twelfth Prince launched a barrage of attacks, attempting to use his ultimate trait: *Time Erasure*. It had no effect on Sebastian. Desperate, he tried to tap into his specialized *Darkness Magic*, throwing waves of void energy. Again, it dissolved into nothingness before it could even touch Sebastian.

Sebastian looked down at him pityingly. "You are trying to use darkness against me? I am the one who created the concept of darkness power in the first place."

Realizing he was outmatched, the Twelfth Prince frantically tried to summon the remaining Abyssal reserves to block his retreat.

As the dark warriors stepped onto human soil, Sebastian sighed. "Maybe it's time to use my third power."

Behind him, the Eldrion family gasped. A third power? To hear of someone wielding three distinct high-tier elements at once was unheard of.

"Blood," Sebastian spoke softly.

The family's jaws dropped again. He possessed a legendary, forbidden attribute.

"This is how to clean up the mess," Sebastian said.

With a wave of his hand, a massive blood-red tornado erupted across the landscape. The vortex swept through the remaining Abyssal warriors, wiping them out and vaporizing them into mist within seconds.

Turning his gaze back to the trembling Twelfth Prince, Sebastian whispered, "Now, it's your turn."

The prince turned to flee, but the sky turned a deep, crimson red. He was already trapped.

"Welcome to my domain," Sebastian announced coldly. "No one escapes from my *Blood Domain*."

Falling to his knees, the Twelfth Prince began to beg, his voice cracking with terror. "Please... have mercy! Spare my life!"

"Mercy?" Sebastian's voice boomed, the domain vibrating with his fury. "Did you think about mercy while you killed my family?! DID YOU?!"

Without giving the prince a chance to answer, Sebastian forcefully drained every ounce of his magical energy. Then, using absolute *Blood Manipulation*, he expanded the blood vessels within the prince's body. With a sharp snap of Sebastian's fingers, the Twelfth Prince exploded from the inside out using his own vessels of blood.

Sebastian deactivated his domain. The crimson barrier shattered, spraying Abyssal blood everywhere across the battlefield.

Turning around, Sebastian watched Edward's fight with the Eleventh Prince. It turned out that Edward hadn't even released his true power yet; he was simply toying with his opponent, effortlessly dodging every light beam the prince threw at him.

Finally, Edward grew bored, letting out a sigh. "Maybe it's time that you go meet your Twelfth Prince."

Edward raised his hand, channeling his **Lightning Manipulation**. Standard lightning cracked across the sky, but as Edward amplified his output, a blinding, terrifying display of celestial power completely vaporized the Eleventh Prince.

Watching from the sidelines, the witnesses, the professors, and the Eldrion family stood in absolute shock. The entire world had no idea that the quiet transfer student and the presumed "Level 1 Void" younger son were actually the legendary wielders of the world's most catastrophic blood and lightning manipulation magic.

With the threat completely annihilated, the storm clouds parted. Sebastian walked back toward his stunned family, a warm, familiar smile returning to his face.

"I'm back," he said.