Chương 17: Episode 14: Attack of the Leviathan Round 2

The snow screamed past them, driven by a wind that chewed through armor and skin like it had personal beef. All around them, figures lay frozen mid-motion—encased in jagged crystalline frost, trapped like living statues. Snowflakes cut through the air, sharp as blades. One landed square on Olsen's nose. He blinked, green eyes glowing, and brushed it away as he stood. Ice cracked and slid off his shoulders in heavy chunks.

Ahead stretched a massive stone bridge, thick with snow, leading to a circular platform at the heart of the frozen wasteland. Two smaller bridges branched off, and another twisted toward a dark, yawning cave. Olsen clenched his fists. Green energy pulsed. Each step he took shook the snow beneath him. Behind him, the team started waking up. Ella pushed herself up, tail flicking snow everywhere, golden eyes narrowing. Prince jolted upright, arms thrown wide.

"OHHHHH, I'VE BECOME FROZONE!" He looked around wildly.

"'WHERE'S MY SUPERSUIT'?!" Archie's wings sparked with fire as he groaned.

"So much snow… this environment is actively disrespecting my element."

"Sometimes the fire has to go down, Archie," Sophia said, brushing ice from her shoulders. Jocabed landed hard, fists clenched, snow exploding outward.

"Focus! Power Gems first, jokes later—preferably while alive!" Emely zipped in frantic circles.

"WHERE ARE WE?! WHY IS IT SO WHITE?! WHY IS IT SCREAMING?!" Javier shuffled closer to Olsen, Electrical Katana crackling faintly.

"Okay but like… real question… can we leave?" Angel hovered above them, feathers catching the pale light. Blue portals shimmered faintly beneath him, already mapping exits, angles, contingencies. Then the storm shifted. The pressure changed. Power the Zenith stepped forward. He towered over them, radiant blue light cutting through the blizzard like it owed him money. Calm, steady, ancient, his presence alone made the wind feel quieter.

"Stay close," Power said, voice deep and steady.

"I'll cover you." Instantly, the team tightened formation without arguing. No questions. No panic. Power gestured toward the frozen figures.

"The Waspinites," he explained.

"Conquerors. A rival tribe—the Xeniths. Centuries ago, they tried to take Avangard by force. The Frozenanites stopped them… by trapping them here." Jocabed frowned.

"They're still dangerous, aren't they?"

"Yes," Power replied evenly.

"Especially when provoked." Prince immediately poked a frozen wing. Crack. Everyone turned. Prince froze.

"…In my defense, curiosity is my brand." The ice exploded. Waspinites shattered free, wings twitching, jaws snapping, eyes pitch black and hungry. The ground shook as the frozen army surged forward. Power stepped in front of the team without hesitation, energy flaring.

"Behind me. Now." Olsen raised his hammer.

"Everyone, MOVE!" The battle detonated. Olsen smashed the first Waspinite into the ground. Ella weaved through the chaos, dropping enemies with brutal precision. Prince became a streak of lightning screaming something unintelligible. Archie's flames roared, carefully. Jocabed's fists burned like meteors. Emely's trident spun with surgical violence. Angel warped portals constantly, keeping everyone from getting overwhelmed.

"POWER GEMS—NOW!" Olsen shouted, charging the icy pillars.

"No!" Jocabed leapt, catching the falling Gems midair, energy stabilizing them as shockwaves rippled outward. The temple groaned. Cracks split stone and ice.

"THIS PLACE IS LITERALLY FALLING APART," Emely yelled, pointing at everything.

"YES, THANK YOU," Archie shouted back. Angel opened portals in rapid succession, guiding the team clear as the structure collapsed behind them. Snow whipped past as sunlight finally broke through the clouds. Prince flopped onto the ground dramatically.

"SUNLIGHT. VITAMIN D. I'M HEALING."

"Don't relax," Olsen muttered. Power stepped forward, scanning the area.

"The calm won't last." Right on cue, the warmth vanished. Shadows twisted. Black energy coiled through the air. Incarceration appeared.

"Impressive," he said smoothly.

"You survived. Briefly." Olsen stepped up.

"Not today." Incarceration snapped his fingers. A swirling black globe erupted, devouring light, sound, heat. The world went still.

"POWER!" Olsen yelled. Power thrust his hands out, blue energy flaring, shielding the team.

"Stay together!" The globe twisted, and dragged Power inside with Incarceration.

"No!" Olsen slammed his fist into the barrier.

"We'll get you out!" Inside the darkness, Power's voice echoed, still calm.

"…Okay. I'm going to be honest, this was not on my schedule." Even trapped, his blue light held steady.

"Focus on the Gems," Power continued.

"I can hold him for now." A pause.

"… Also, if I don't make it back, tell Prince he still owes me a supersuit explanation." The black globe drifted away as Incarceration moved, dragging Power with him. At the Snowy Mountain I stared in shock as the figure stepped out of the shadows. It was Eli. You know, that Eli — the kid who uses the Time Element, has Wyvern features, and never says a single word unless he's screaming an attack name like he's in a video game boss fight.

He's 12, wears a gray jacket and blue jeans, has mixed skin and black hair swept sideways, almost covering his left eye but not quite. His dark green Wyvern wings folded behind him, and his black tail dragged along the snowy ground. Crackles of green temporal energy sparked around him as he turned toward the massive, shiny blue Leviathan looming ahead. A case of literary theft: this tale is not rightfully on Amazon; if you see it, report the violation.

"Eli? What are you doing here?" I asked, completely thrown.

"Did you come to find us or something?" Silence. Obviously. Probably using his ability to peek into the past and future — but only three times a day, which is both OP and inconvenient. Then, without a word, he pulled out his weapon: a sleek, metallic dual-bladed sword. Blue with glowing green veins of energy running through it. Sharp as drama at a middle school dance. I turned back toward the Leviathan's glowing golden eyes.

"Alright, let's wrap this up. I got places to be." I glanced down at Kai.

"I don't know where you should go, little dude. Everyone's gone. Just… stay here and promise me you won't do anything dumb." Kai bounced in excitement like this was a field trip. I pulled out my daggers, crackling with celestial energy. Eli pointed his sword straight at the beast, face like stone. No fear. Just quiet fury. We launched ourselves into the air, energy trailing behind us. Together, we slashed at the Leviathan's ear as we zipped by.

I landed on its back, sliding along the icy scales before stabbing my dagger deep into its flesh. I charged forward, dragging the blade across its back, leaving a trail of glowing blood. It jerked, throwing me off — but I whipped out my celestial chains mid-air, latching onto its ear. I reeled myself in, launched forward, and kicked it in the face so hard a shockwave exploded on impact. But the Leviathan was pissed now. It turned sharply and SMACKED me with its head like I owed it money.

I crashed through the blizzard, cold biting every inch of me. Using the chains again, I hooked onto a tree and slingshotted myself back into the fight. Tree to tree I went, energy building with each leap, until I soared through the air and shouted,"GALACTICAL UPPERCUT!" BOOM. My fist met its jaw and an explosion of light and force cracked the sky. The Leviathan roared in agony. It lashed out with a tentacle — I barely dodged. Then another. I zipped right past it.

The third one came, and I spun like a Beyblade, slicing it clean with my dagger. I raised one blade to the sky, yelling, "TAKE THIS, YOU OVERGROWN UNDERWATER LIZARD WHO HAS NO BI—" WHACK. A tentacle sent me flying into the snow like a ragdoll. I crashed hard, snow blasting in every direction. I gritted my teeth and climbed the broken slope back toward the monster.

"So, what, are we just gonna keep fighting this thing 'til one of us gives up?" I muttered. Suddenly, Eli teleported beside the Leviathan's face and hit it with a hurricane kick, then dashed again, aerial kicked its jaw, then vanished again. Dude was everywhere and nowhere at once. But Leviathan got lucky. One of its tentacles smacked him mid-air and sent him crashing through several trees like a human bowling ball. Eli reappeared beside me, quiet as always. I glanced over.

"Can't you just, like, hit it with a mega move already?" He nodded. Then… it started. Timeless energy crackled around him as he smirked. He tapped his foot once. Again. Again. Each stomp sent green sparks flying, growing brighter and brighter." Chrono's Ultimate: TIMELESS DESTRUCTION!" On the final stomp, everything went dark — like someone just deleted the sun. Pitch black. His eyes lit up a blinding green as he began teleporting at hyper speed toward the Leviathan.

His form blurred into a spinning green vortex, time itself unraveling around him. He roared,"CHRONOTROPIC SHATTER!" He ripped through dimensions like paper, phasing through whole universes, jumping timelines, and then— BOOM. He reappeared right in front of the Leviathan's face, unleashing a punch that shattered the air itself. Time cracked. Matter disintegrated. Space didn't even try to hold together. A green shockwave burst from Leviathan's skull, blasting across all of Eclitsic. Mountains crumbled.

The ground split. The world trembled. Silence. Eli dropped to the ground, arms crossed, unfazed. Me? I was standing there gawking at him.

"WHAT WAS THAT?!" I screamed, totally fanboying. The Leviathan let out a final groan and crashed back into the water, ice and snow exploding in its wake. The earth cracked beneath it as it sank out of sight. I turned to Eli, who still hadn't said a word. Bro. When is this guy ever gonna talk? I walked over and gave him a high five.

"Nice job. Now, let's go grab Kai and find our friends. Oh, and by the way — teach me that move. That was NUTS." We walked off, mostly me rambling, knowing full well he wouldn't reply. I picked up Kai, who chirped in excitement. But then I paused. I looked at Eli's sword… at his wings… at the green glow radiating from them. And I couldn't help but wonder…

"What tribe does this guy really belong to?"

"Eli, is there something you need to tell me?" I asked, arching an eyebrow. He wrote furiously, the words appearing in a blur: I was supposed to be part of the Chosen Ones in the prophecy. My role was 'Celestial's Flight'—which used to be called 'Time's Fight'. My eyes went wide, and my jaw dropped like it hit the floor.

"Wait, what?! How were you—this doesn't make any sense! Since when?!" Eli's pen scratched again: Back when Vigilzante was writing the prophecy before he died, the rarest and most powerful Element was Lunar. He assumed only Lunaranites would wield it, so he skipped that Element entirely. Then came the forgotten, lost tribe of Avangard—the Zeriath. Zeriath was once connected to Avangard but drifted away as the earth aged, becoming a distant continent.

Its people, the Nomanites, were born without any Element, mostly bearing Wyvern traits—some had none at all. I was the only exception. Born with the Time Element. I can rewind time, travel to past and future, move at insane speeds, and manipulate time energy—either for destruction or altering the flow of things. Vigilzante wanted me in the prophecy to lead the other Elements. But Avangard's Founding Fathers disagreed. Mark the Celestianite said the Time Element was cheating and didn't fit as the fifth Element.

Plus, I belonged to a forbidden tribe—no one from Zeriath was allowed in other parts of Avangard. Violation meant death. So, over time, Vigilzante removed me from the prophecy. Then, when a Crystallized Celestianite with the Celestial Element appeared, Vigilzante replaced me. That was in 2013—the year you were born—the first Celestial user known to man. After the war in 2013, Vigilzante died fighting Dreadixz. Wars kept erupting. The Lost Key? That was way before all this. I looked at Eli—really looked at him now.

And suddenly, I understood why he chose to stay normal. I dropped my gaze, the weight of guilt and sorrow pressing down. Just as I was about to speak, Eli cut in, flashing me another note: I know you're sorry. It's not your fault. I'm not mad. I'm just glad to be a normal person, like everyone else. I smiled softly.

"Well, you could've been the Hero of it all, but… I guess this works." We laughed as we trudged deeper into the snow, waiting for whatever was next. Suddenly, wingbeats thundered above—hundreds of them. I looked up at the gray sky.

"Eli—ears up, man, do you hear that?" I whisper-shouted, voice cracking like thin ice. He tilted his head, green pupils spiraling—listening through time itself. My heart rocket-jumped into my throat.

"Okay! THAT'S OUR CUE TO LEAVE!" We shot across the rink of permafrost, boots skidding, wings useless against the gale. War cries sliced the sky—"THERE THEY ARE! GET 'EM!" Lunaranite shadows eclipsed the moon like a swarm of angry inkblots. Spiked ice tower ahead—natural ramp. I grabbed Eli's sleeve and slid baseball-style behind it, snow rooster-tailing everywhere. Silence. Eli didn't even breathe loud—pro-level stealth. CRACK! CRACK!

Talons stabbed the ice on the other side—soldiers landing, snarling, arguing with their own echo. Then Dreadixz dropped, blizzard parting like curtains.

"SOLDIERS! Find the runts. Incarceration and I will handle this talk."

"YES, SIR!" — wings scatter, none peering behind our tower. Dreadixz rounded on the nightmare guy, voice low volcano:"You unleashed the ILLEGALS?" Incarceration's smirk twitched—first glitch I've ever seen.

"Yes. Remember our deal?"

"They're forbidden in Foreshade!"

"They're not forbidden everywhere," Incarceration answered, but his eyes kept flicking to Eli's side of the block—like he felt chronos static crawling over his skin. Dreadixz snarled, launched skyward—probably to avoid whatever timeline smell Eli was giving off. Incarceration lingered, boots crunching a slow circle.

"I smell something… Underview," he muttered, not to us—to the air itself. SHOOT. Underview = one glance = instant coal statue. No thanks. He stopped directly in front of our block, back turned, yet voice drilling through the ice:"Come out, little chickens… or shall I scramble you all?" I froze—literally—as ice crystals formed along my eyelashes. Eli's hand brushed my wrist, a silent warning: Don't. Blink. A dark chuckle echoed across the snow.

"I admire survivors… but curiosity kills, Don. Just one peek…" Cold sweat turned to frost on my skin.

"Maybe I lock your pals in a void space—forever," he hummed softly. Above us, a sphere of pitch-black energy bloomed into the air, trapping my friends inside like fireflies in a jar. Their voices rained down, muffled and panicked:"DON! GET US OUT!"

"SAVE US!"

"WE HAVE ALL NINE POWER GEMS!" Jocabed's voice cut through the rest—terrified and completely real. Incarceration stood with his back still turned to me, whispering into the dark air: "Three… two…" A green flash cut through the shadow as the Regeneration Gem bounced off my horn, landing with a soft clink in the snow. It was obvious bait, but it was also our only key.

"ONE—""PLEASE DON'T HURT THEM!" I teleported. The moment my feet left the snow, dark corruption surged up my arms, locking my joints as my mind screamed at me to stop. The void sphere shattered, spilling everyone free. Prince, Ella, and Kai hit the ground scrambling and immediately bolted toward me. Incarceration finally turned around, his eyes widening slightly as he caught Eli's silhouette standing behind the ice shelf.

"Playtime's over, kids," he murmured.

"Daddy will be back—when time isn't watching." He snapped his fingers and vanished, leaving behind only the burned frost after-image of two glowing red eyes that refused to blink. I was stuck completely rigid, dark ash creeping up to my neck, but through the ringing in my ears, his lingering whisper echoed across the empty clearing:"Next time, Wyvern." ELI'S ELEMENT RULES Eli can only travel from the past into the future three times every two weeks.

Eli has already traveled back through time thrice, therefore he can't time travel anymore and has to wait two more weeks. Eli also has the ability to stop time entirely, and while that may be overpowered, some top-tier figures like Zeniths could easily break the ability due to their vast superiority in strength and power. Overuse of time-stopping however would potentially lead to fatigue as it takes a lot of energy to freeze time.

Eli also doesn't speak much, only shouts power moves, and writes on a piece of paper to speak because he doesn't usually like to talk anyways.