The battlefield shimmered under the fractured moonlight — debris scattered, shadows twisting unnaturally across the ruined cityscape.
Kael, Veyra, Orion, Lyra, Cryalis, and Zevak regrouped — battered but standing strong.
Kael wiped blood from his lip:
"He's powerful… but we know his weakness now."
Cryalis nodded:
"Chaotic energy… and pure light. He can't fully counter it."
Zevak's voice crackled across comms:
"I've just finished prepping something special. Sending a drone assault ship — fully loaded."
Far above the battlefield, one of Zevak's remote assault crafts — bristling with drones and tech-forged attack bots — streaked through the night.
Zevak smirked from his control station:
"Deploying anti-cloaking nanites… and disruption bots tuned to chaotic waveforms. Let's see how you like this, 'Moonveil Sovereign.'"
Hundreds of small drones burst from the ship — swarming the sky around Ecliphaze.
They sprayed chaotic energy bursts, light-disrupting fields, and targeted his stealth matrix.
Ecliphaze's cloak flickered violently.
His voice echoed with frustration:
"What—?! How dare you—"
Kael shouted:
"Now—everyone! Hit him together!"
The team surged forward: Lyra dashed between drones, blades flashing, severing the remaining Shade Replications. Orion launched into a brutal barrage of punches — cosmic force shaking the air with each blow. Cryalis unleashed concentrated absolute zero beams, freezing chunks of Ecliphaze's armor and slowing his reactions. Veyra, her aura blazing bright, struck with crystalline flame kicks shattering the weakened areas of his form. Kael, power radiating from within, drove a silver-lit punch straight into Ecliphaze's core cracking the Lunar Binding Mark that held the Sovereign together. Above them, Zevak's drones bombarded with focused chaotic disruptors — feeding into Ecliphaze's growing instability.
Ecliphaze's form trembled — destabilizing, flickering between phases.
His voice screamed through the collapsing air:
"NO—IMPOSSIBLE—! I AM—THE MOONVEIL—SOVEREIGN—"
Kael's final command:
"NOW—FINISH IT!"
In perfect sync, the team unleashed a unified assault — cosmic fists, blades, ice, flame, and pure force — crashing into Ecliphaze's exposed core.
With a final blast of distorted moonlight—Ecliphaze's form shattered.
Fragments of shadow and light scattered into the sky — fading, defeated.
A heavy silence followed.
Then — the team stood victorious.
Zevak's voice came through:
"Target neutralized. Great job, team. That was beautiful."
Kael exhaled:
"Another threat down… but this isn't over. Whoever's sending them… is still out there."
The team silently nodded — ready for what would come next.
End of Chapter 13.