Rebirth: Childhood friend of the heroine-Chapter 250 - 249- For the last time~2

"Hey… how are we supposed to win this?" Alex asked, his voice shaking. He couldn't hide the fear anymore. Today's opponent wasn't just anyone. It was a God. And not just any god—one fighting for survival. Even a dying animal could be dangerous. A cornered god? That was something else.

Veyra stayed calm. His voice echoed in Alex's mind.

"We're not holding back this time. We had reasons before—your soul wasn't ready, and we were afraid your loved ones would be targeted. But now? There's nothing stopping us. Mother and Father know who I am. Solaris can't touch your family anymore."

Alex felt a grin spread across his face. "So… we're going all in?"

"That's right. Everything we've got."

The arena grew silent. The mortal warriors were set aside. The battlefield expanded, glowing with divine light. This wasn't a place for humans anymore. It was for the gods to settle their war.

From afar, the two Primogenitors watched, uneasy.

"Is this really okay, Mother?" Lumiera asked, her voice full of worry. "Brother has been sealed for so long. And Solaris… his power has only grown over the centuries."

She wasn't wrong. Veyra was strong—she had seen it. Strong enough to scare even gods. But for over a thousand years, he'd been forced from body to body, his power sealed again and again. Solaris had planned to erase him completely when he was weakest.

And now? Veyra had only just begun recovering. He had finally merged with a mortal, but it had only been a few months. Was that enough?

Most of the gods didn't think so. They believed Solaris would win.

But Gaia, the Earth Mother, stood tall. Her eyes glowed with fierce pride.

"I know one thing," she said, voice steady. "My son doesn't lie to me. If he says he can do this, then I believe him. No matter what."

Lumiera looked down, guilt tightening in her chest. Her mother had forgiven her, but the truth still hurt—she had betrayed her brother and broken her mother's trust. That kind of wound didn't heal easily.

Still, now wasn't the time for regret.

Now… it was time for war.

"Here it begins..." Eldorin muttered.

The silence didn't last long.

A blinding flash cracked the sky as Solaris stepped forward, his golden armor shimmering like a second sun. His presence was suffocating—space bent around him, the air humming with raw energy. Every god watching held their breath. Even mortals, far away from the battlefield, felt a strange pressure in their chests, as if the world itself was holding back a scream.

Alex stood across from him, his fists clenched, heart pounding. His legs felt heavy, like they might give out any second.

"Don't freeze," Veyra's voice said in his mind, steady and sharp. "You're carrying my power now. Breathe through it. Let it settle in."

Alex gritted his teeth as golden light exploded toward him—Solaris had already made his move.

He barely dodged the heat from the blast, searing his arm even as he moved. He stumbled back, skidding across the ground, stones cracking beneath his feet. He wasn't fast enough. Not yet.

Solaris didn't let up. A wave of divine fire rushed in, splitting the sky with each strike. Alex raised his arm instinctively, and a shimmering black barrier pulsed around him, taking the hit.

"There. You felt it, didn't you?" Veyra said. "That's your body starting to understand. Keep going."

Alex's eyes widened. The barrier—it had formed without him thinking. That was Veyra's power. His power.

The ground quaked as Solaris summoned a spear of pure light and hurled it down. Alex dove forward, barely missing the impact. The blast sent out a shockwave that cracked the ground. The space above began to swirl like a hurricane.

He coughed, was bruised and dizzy, but he smiled.

"I think I'm starting to get the hang of this."

"Then stop holding back."

Alex stood tall, power rippling off his skin. The air around him changed. Lightning snapped in the sky, and the cracks beneath his feet glowed red-hot.

When Solaris struck again, Alex didn't dodge. He punched straight into the god's attack, and the blast shattered like glass.

The gods watching stirred.

He launched forward like a meteor, his fists burning with shadow and flame. Each strike now met Solaris head-on. The ground was turning to molten rock beneath them. Every punch shook the battlefield. Stars flickered above, disturbed by the growing storm of divine power.

Solaris growled, his calm cracking. "You're just a mortal!"

Alex's fist crashed into his jaw, sending the sun god flying through the arena.

"I was," Alex shouted, voice echoing across the heavens. "Not anymore!"

Solaris rose from the rubble, his armor cracked, his eyes glowing with fury. But so was Alex—his mortal frame now cloaked in Veyra's essence, his power growing, adapting, evolving with every second.

The battle was far from over.

But now, for the first time in thousands of years… Veyra was fighting at full strength.

'Don't you need the help of one of the spells?' Veyra asked, leaving the decision to Alex.

Alex had a library of spells that contained more than a thousand usable spells in combat.

As such, he went ahead and used one.

*GIIIIIINK*

A ray, hotter than the sun, which could melt a planet, was shot toward Alex. However, the silver head didn't budge.

"Ah!" Gaia exclaimed while Lumiera's expression turned pale.

However, their concern was unnecessary.

The attack was absorbed, and Alex marched forward.

He was absorbing the heat using the spell named 'Scatter and Converge'. He is distributing the heat into a very vast space and then converging it into a point.

A point that contains the energy of such heat. A single point which was placed on the tip of Alex's knuckle.

"Damn you! Just die!" Solaris joined his hands and increased the intensity.

However then,

*BLINK*

Alex disappeared from sight, the heat rays searing the battlefield, and crashing into the barrier surrounding the contestants.

Solaris stopped attacking and looked around, "Stop hiding and fight like a man!" He cried, looking far more animated than before.

*Tap* *Tap*

Just as Solaris felt two taps on his shoulder, he clenched his fist and punched at the person; however, he hit nothing but empty space.

"Huh?"

"Wrong side, bitch!" Alex appeared on the other side, his punch reeling and a wild grin extending his lips.

Solaris turned, his eyes wide—but too late.

CRACK!

Alex's fist smashed into his ribs with a deafening boom. The energy from the earlier heat ray exploded outward from his knuckle like a compressed sun breaking free.

BOOM!

Solaris flew back like a ragdoll, skipping across the battlefield and crashing into the ground with a violent thud. Smoke rose from his body, and the floor around him melted into glass.

"W-What was that…" one of the spectators mumbled, barely able to believe what they were seeing.

Alex didn't stop.

"Let's try something new," he muttered, lifting one hand and drawing a strange circle in the air with glowing silver lines.

"Chain Loop: Echo Bind."

Dozens of glowing chains erupted from the circle and wrapped around Solaris before he could even rise. They twisted around his arms and legs, digging into his flesh, each one pulsing with cold, silver energy.

Solaris screamed and tried to break free, but each movement made the chains tighten further.

"Wanna see something cool?" Alex said with a mocking grin. He pointed his finger, and another magic circle formed above Solaris's head.

"Static Storm."

A wild surge of lightning crashed down from the sky, hammering Solaris into the ground again and again. The crowd gasped. Even the arena trembled.

By now, Solaris was smoking, gasping, and barely able to move.

Alex walked up slowly, casually, like he was taking a stroll in the park.

"Where's all that fire now, sunshine?" he asked with a smirk, tapping his foot on Solaris's burned shoulder.

Solaris growled, eyes bloodshot. "I'm not done yet!"

Alex knelt beside him. "You are now."

He whispered another spell.

"Mirror Pulse."

A strange wave of energy passed over Solaris, and suddenly his own body lit up with his last attack—the same deadly beam of fire he'd used earlier.

His eyes widened. "No—wait—!"

GIIIIINK

A beam of fire burst from Solaris's chest and soared into the sky, leaving him half-dead, burned, and broken.

Alex stood up, wiped imaginary dust off his shoulder, and looked down at the fallen God.

The one who spoke this time wasn't Alex but the one who had been tormented by Solaris.

"You saw me as a disease...someone who can only be kept as a tool but can't voice his opinion or even breathe without your permission. It's not because I was below you...it was because you were jealous of me."

Solaris's chest heaves, anger flaring in his eyes, but he never got the chance to retaliate before the Divine Punishment descended on him.

A blinding light spread across the arena, and slowly, Solaris's body started to turn into dust.

He trembled under a heat which even he couldn't tolerate.

He looked at his father, begging him wordlessly.

However, all Solaris received was disgust and anger from his Father.

With that, the God of Light ceased to exist.

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A/N:- Thank you for being with me till this far.