They woke up early. The wind was cold now. The hill behind them faded into mist as they looked ahead.
The mountain stood tall, black and glowing slightly blue. At the top, the gem's light blinked like a star.
They packed the camp and started walking.
The path was steep. Rocks slipped under their feet. Strange symbols appeared on the ground as they moved forward.
Ayaan was silent, holding his staff tight. Aditya walked beside him, eyes scanning. Anshuman kept jumping ahead, checking for traps. Anant held the map. Rhea followed closely behind.
Halfway up, the wind turned loud. A storm of dark clouds circled the peak. Thunder cracked.
They saw a gate near the top. Five empty slots were carved into the stone.
A voice whispered, "To reach the gem, prove your hearts. Five trials remain."
Suddenly, the ground split. They all fell into different chambers.
Ayaan stood alone. A mirror in front of him showed his worst memory.
Aditya woke up in a battlefield with shadows of warriors rushing toward him.
Anshuman had to run on a thin path with lava rising fast behind.
Anant was trapped in a cage that shrunk every second unless he solved a puzzle.
Rhea stood before a giant creature made of pure energy that copied her every move.
None of them could hear each other.
Only one thing was clear.
This was the final climb.
Ayaan looked at the mirror. It showed him failing—his friends falling, the gem destroyed, Tsar alive again. He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and swung his staff. The mirror shattered. The room lit up and a glowing crystal appeared. He picked it.
Aditya roared and fought the shadow warriors. They kept coming, but he didn't stop. One after another, he knocked them down. Bruised and tired, he stood tall. The warriors faded. A crystal floated to him. He grabbed it.
Anshuman ran. Lava behind him, the path crumbling. He leaped, slid, and used every bit of his speed. At the end, a small platform held his crystal. He dove, grabbed it mid-air, and rolled to safety.
Anant solved the puzzle in seconds. But the cage didn't stop. He panicked, then noticed a second puzzle hidden below. He solved that too, with shaking hands. The cage opened. The crystal was waiting.
Rhea fought the creature. Every move she made, it copied. She stepped back. Then smiled. She stopped moving. The creature froze. She slowly lifted her hand and blasted the ground, causing it to fall. The creature vanished. The crystal appeared.
They all found themselves outside again, standing before the gate. One by one, they placed the five glowing crystals into the slots.
The gate opened. The path to the gem was now clear.
They opened the door.
In front of them, on a tall stone pedestal, was the gem — glowing bright blue, pulsing like a heartbeat. Behind it stood a massive gate, covered in ancient symbols and sealed shut.
They stepped forward, eyes locked on the gem.
But then—voices.
Another team appeared from the other side. It was Sam, Lina, Raj, and Maya.
Sam pointed. "That gem is ours."
Aditya stepped forward. "You again?"
Maya smirked. "You're too late."
Both teams rushed toward the gem.
Ayaan grabbed his staff, Sam pulled out a blade, and they clashed in front of the pedestal. Rhea blocked Maya's tech attacks, Anshuman zipped around Raj, and Lina set traps around the area.
The gem started glowing brighter.
Suddenly—
BOOOOOOM!
The gate behind the gem opened on its own.
A massive roar shook the mountain.
From the darkness stepped out a mythical beast — taller than any monster they'd seen. Its body was covered in stone armor, wings of lava, eyes like suns, and six glowing arms.
The gem floated upward on its own.
The beast growled, "Only the worthy may touch it."
Both teams turned, frozen.
The final battle had begun.
In a blink, the mythical beast roared—
CRAAAAACK!!
The entire mountain shattered.
Rocks exploded into the sky, the ground beneath vanished, and everyone was thrown into the air.
Ayaan, Aditya, Anshuman, Anant, Rhea, Sam, Raj, Lina, and Maya—
All of them floated, stunned, weightless among flying debris.
The beast's wings spread wide.
It raised one massive hand—
The gem flew into its palm.
Its voice echoed through the sky.
"You are not worthy."
Then it slammed its hand down.
BOOOOOOOM!
They all crashed to the ground across the shattered land, rolling, coughing, hurt.
Dust filled the air.
As it cleared, they looked up—
The mythical beast stood in front of them, holding the gem, eyes burning like fire.
It took one step forward.
The ground cracked beneath.
No one moved.
The beast growled—
"Prove your worth… or perish."
The beast raised one of its six arms.
Flames circled around it. The sky darkened.
Ayaan stood up slowly, gripping his staff. Blood dripped from his forehead, but his eyes were locked on the gem.
Aditya pulled himself up beside him. "We're not done yet."
Anshuman appeared in a blur, panting. "Fastest landing ever… not in a good way."
Anant and Rhea stood back-to-back, ready.
On the other side, Sam's team also got up, wounded but determined.
Sam pointed at the beast. "Forget the fight between us. We deal with that first."
Ayaan nodded.
Both teams turned toward the mythical beast.
It roared, shaking the world again.
And then—they all charged.
The final battle for the gem…
had truly begun.
The beast was unstoppable.
Aditya punched with full power—
The beast caught his fist and slammed him into the ground.
Anshuman zipped around with blinding speed—
The beast swatted him like a fly, sending him flying through a cliff.
Rhea fired blasts of energy—
The beast absorbed them and roared back a wave of fire that knocked her out cold.
Anant tried to outsmart it with traps—
The beast walked through them like dust.
Sam's team fought with everything they had—
But one by one, Raj, Lina, Maya, and Sam were crushed, thrown, or slammed into silence.
The battlefield was quiet.
Only Ayaan stood, bruised, bloodied, breathing heavily.
He raised his staff one last time.
The beast looked at him… and growled.
Then it struck.
It grabbed Ayaan by the chest, lifted him into the air, and with terrifying force—
threw him into the sky.
He flew higher… and higher…
Until he passed the clouds…
Until the light burned too bright…
Until he vanished into the heart of the sun.
Everyone below stared in horror.
They saw the flash.
They felt the silence.
Ayaan was gone.
The world around them stood still.
The beast stood tall, holding the gem.
There was no sound.
No hope.
Only the burning sun…
and the fall of their strongest warrior.
The beast roared again, its voice shaking the broken earth.
It stepped forward and began beating them one by one.
Aditya tried to rise—
CRACK! The beast's fist slammed him down again, leaving a crater beneath him.
Anshuman crawled, bleeding, trying to get to Rhea—
BOOM! A flaming kick sent him rolling like a broken leaf.
Anant stood up with trembling legs—
SMASH! One backhand from the beast shattered the ground behind him.
Sam's team tried to strike from behind—
But the beast grabbed all four at once and hurled them into a boulder, breaking it into pieces.
Rhea screamed and launched one final attack—
The beast caught it in its mouth and spat it back as fire.
They were all down.
Coughing. Broken. Helpless.
Then the beast walked to the center, raised one glowing fist—
And brought it down like a meteor on the earth.
KA-BOOOOOOM!!
The shockwave blasted everything away.
Dust and fire filled the sky.
When it cleared—
They were all lying motionless in the ruins.
And the beast…
The beast sat in the middle of the destruction—
On a cracked rock—
Laughing.
A deep, terrifying, echoing laugh.
It held the gem in one hand, and in the other… the broken staff of Ayaan.
The world was silent.
Aditya coughed and forced himself up. Blood dripped from his lip.
Anshuman groaned and rolled onto his knees.
Rhea wiped tears from her eyes.
Anant looked up at the burning sky.
Sam and his team, bruised and shaking, struggled to rise.
They all looked at each other.
They were broken. But not finished.
One by one, they moved, crawling, limping, staggering—
Until they stood together.
In a circle.
No one spoke.
No plan. No idea.
Only pain… and the sound of their hearts.
Then—
Something ancient stirred.
Their lips began moving on their own.
Whispers. Echoes.
Words no one understood.
Not from any book.
Not from any language.
But from something older.
Their eyes glowed faintly.
The wind began to rise.
The earth shimmered.
The sky cracked open.
The broken staff in the beast's hand began shaking.
It floated upward—
Rising through the smoke, through the clouds—
Into the sun.
The beast stopped laughing.
It turned its head.
And for the first time—
It looked afraid.
They looked up.
The sun exploded.
A wave of golden light spread across the sky—blinding, burning, beautiful.
The clouds vanished.
The winds stopped.
Time itself paused.
And then—
BOOM—
The sun reformed in a blink.
But something was falling from it.
No—someone.
Descending slowly like a god from heaven…
A figure shining brighter than the sun itself.
The ground trembled.
The beast stepped back.
Everyone—Anant, Aditya, Anshuman, Rhea, Sam's team—they all stared, stunned.
The light faded just enough to see the figure clearly.
Golden armor. Eyes glowing like suns.
A cloak of solar fire behind him.
A broken stick now transformed into a divine staff crackling with power in his hand.
He floated down, landed without a sound—
And sat calmly on a broken stone.
He looked at them.
And laughed.
"Ayaan?" Anshuman whispered.
Rhea's eyes widened.
Aditya dropped his sword.
Anant froze.
It was him.
Ayaan… returned.
But not as the same.
He was now a God Killer.
Ayaan stood up slowly, his golden eyes locked on the beast.
Behind him, his friends struggled to move. Their bodies bruised, energy drained, hope nearly gone.
Then—
A scream.
They turned.
Sam's team—Maya, Lina, Raj, and finally Sam—were crushed one by one.
The beast roared with pride, its fangs dripping with dark flames. It turned back, ready to kill the rest.
Ayaan's laughter stopped.
His face went cold.
And in a blink—he vanished.
BOOOOM!!
A punch—faster than sound, brighter than lightning—landed on the beast's jaw. The creature flew into mid-space, smashing through clouds like glass, spinning helplessly.
The world fell silent.
Ayaan floated back down.
He looked at his team—Aditya, Anshuman, Anant, and Rhea.
"Take it," he said.
His divine staff lit up.
Waves of golden power flowed from him into their bodies. Their wounds healed, their eyes shined, their strength multiplied a hundred times.
Each of them stood up, glowing with power they'd never imagined.
Ayaan smiled.
"Let's do this. Together."
As they all soared into space, surrounded by glowing auras of golden and blue energy, the vast emptiness echoed with silence… until—
THOOM.
The beast rose again, floating in the darkness with a cruel grin stretching across its monstrous face. The cracks on its body from Ayaan's punch were already healing, its eyes burning with hate and confusion.
It pointed a massive claw at Ayaan, its voice echoing like thunder across space.
"You… boy…"
"You are no longer mortal…"
"You… are now… the Sun God."
The stars behind them trembled.
The team stared at Ayaan—his body glowing like a miniature sun, flames dancing off his skin, golden wings stretching wide behind him.
Ayaan didn't say a word.
He clenched his fist.
And space itself started to ripple.
From the shadows of space, four more monstrous beasts emerged, each towering and fierce—wings of fire, claws of stone, eyes burning like molten lava.
They circled the team, snarling, ready to strike.
The battlefield was set:
Five beasts. Five warriors.
Ayaan stood at the front, his golden aura blazing like the sun itself.
Aditya cracked his knuckles, eyes fierce.
Anshuman's speed blurred his form.
Anant readied his weapons, focused.
Rhea summoned a shield of light around them all.
The beasts growled in unison, charging forward.
The ultimate battle had begun—five against five, fury against fire, light against darkness.
The five beasts charged like comets blazing through the void, their roars shaking the very fabric of space-time. Each step they took sent shockwaves rippling across distant stars, and their fiery breath scorched nebulas into shimmering dust.
Ayaan's golden wings unfurled, casting radiant light that pierced the darkness. He raised his staff, summoning a blazing sphere of solar energy that exploded outward, colliding with the nearest beast. The impact sent the creature hurtling backward, crashing through a field of asteroids that shattered like glass.
Aditya surged forward, fists glowing with raw power. He slammed into a beast's obsidian armor with a punch that cracked it like brittle stone, sending sparks flying. The beast retaliated with a massive claw swipe, forcing Aditya to leap and twist in midair, narrowly escaping a fatal blow.
Anshuman was a blur, darting between the beasts with impossible speed, his strikes precise and relentless. He struck at their joints and weak spots, disrupting their attacks, but each beast adapted quickly, countering with devastating force. One unleashed a wave of molten fire that seared the air, forcing Anshuman to dive through a collapsing star cluster to survive.
Anant, steady and focused, unleashed strategic strikes that shattered the beasts' defenses. He conjured energy traps that exploded with the force of supernovas, but the creatures' sheer endurance made every victory costly. One beast grabbed him mid-attack, slamming him into a nearby moon fragment, leaving him gasping but unbroken.
Rhea, glowing with celestial light, summoned shields that absorbed blasts of cosmic energy, protecting her team. She retaliated with beams of pure light that scorched the beasts' flesh, but the creatures pressed on, their fury unyielding. She deflected a barrage of fiery spikes, barely managing to keep the team alive.
The battlefield was chaos incarnate. Stars exploded, galaxies trembled, and time itself seemed to bend under the weight of their battle. Every strike, every dodge, every scream echoed across the universe.
In the heart of the storm, Ayaan locked eyes with the beast who had thrown him into the sun. Their clash was a tempest of solar fury and dark fire, shaking entire star systems. Each blow threatened to tear reality apart, their power beyond comprehension.
The fight dragged on—hours, maybe days in mortal time. Wounds healed almost instantly, powers renewed, resolve hardened. Neither side willing to relent.
The universe held its breath.
The God Killer and the beasts—locked in a cosmic battle that would echo through eternity.
And in the middle of it all… the five warriors fought—not just for survival—but for the fate of all existence itself.
As the battle raged on, the four beasts suddenly merged into one monstrous entity—the Ultimate Beast, towering beyond anything they had faced. Its body was a swirling mass of molten rock and dark energy, eyes blazing like dying stars.
With a deafening roar, it unleashed a devastating strike, knocking Anshuman, Aditya, Anant, and Rhea to the ground, barely conscious.
The Ultimate Beast turned its glowing gaze to Ayaan, grabbed him with crushing force, and slammed him down. The impact was cataclysmic. Ayaan lay still, lifeless.
Rhea's eyes filled with tears as she rushed forward, trembling but determined.
"Ayaan," she whispered, her voice breaking. "I've wanted to tell you for so long… I love you. Now, please… wake up. Kill this monster."
Her words pierced the silence. Ayaan's memories flooded back—the laughter, the struggles, the bonds.
His eyes snapped open, shining brighter than ever.
A golden aura erupted from him, exploding outward with the force of a supernova.
He rose, every wound healed, power overwhelming.
With a fierce cry, Ayaan's punch collided with the Ultimate Beast.
The impact shattered galaxies, stars exploding in cascades of light and fire.
The Ultimate Beast staggered under the cosmic assault, the universe itself trembling from the force of their clash.
Ayaan had awakened as the true God Killer—and nothing would stop him now.
Ayaan stood above the ashes of the monster, his body glowing with the flames of collapsed galaxies. The others—Aditya, Anshuman, Anant, and Rhea—floated toward him in the shattered remains of space.
The beast was gone. Silence. A deep, calm silence.
And then…
There it was.
The Gem.
Floating in front of them, radiant with infinite energy. Ayaan reached out, hand trembling, all of them moving closer.
But suddenly, Rhea stepped forward, her voice calm—but her eyes full of sadness.
"Wait."
Everyone froze.
"I… I need to tell you something."
She turned to face them, smiling faintly.
"I'm not a real human. I'm not even from your world. I was placed here… a part of the game. A guardian, a guide… and a friend."
The boys stared at her, stunned.
"I was created to help you reach the end, to become strong enough to survive. But I… I didn't expect to feel anything. I didn't expect to love being part of your team. I didn't expect to care so much."
Her eyes met Ayaan's.
"And I didn't expect to love you."
A long pause filled the space between stars.
She smiled again, wiping away a tear made of light.
"The moment you touch that gem, the game ends. You'll all go back to your world. And I… I'll disappear."
Anshuman whispered, "No… there has to be a way."
Rhea shook her head gently. "This was the price. I was never real to begin with… but this friendship—this bond—I'll remember it, even if I vanish."
Everyone stood silent, the gem still hovering in front of them.
Ayaan stepped forward, his voice low. "Rhea… thank you. For everything."
She nodded. "You made me feel real."
Ayaan turned to the others. "Let's do this. For her."
They all placed their hands on the Gem.
The galaxy burst into golden light—
—and everything faded.
When the light faded…
Their eyes blinked open.
They were lying in the same old park where it all began. Trees swayed gently. The sky was calm blue. Birds chirped. No galaxy-crushing fights. No monsters. Just… Earth.
They looked at each other in shock.
Ayaan. Aditya. Anshuman. Anant.
All of them were back—
—but they remembered everything.
Aditya stood up first, dusting his jeans. "Wait… was it a dream?"
Anant checked his hand. "Nope. Scar's still here. That lightning strike from the island. This was real."
Anshuman looked at Ayaan. "We made it."
They laughed. They jumped. They shouted like mad kids who just survived the apocalypse.
They hugged, cheered, and then ran home at full speed.
—
At home:
Ayaan burst into his house. His mom turned around in shock. "Ayaan?!"
He didn't wait. He just ran into her arms. "I missed you so much."
Aditya hugged his dad tight. Anshuman's little sister tackled him in tears. Anant's mom couldn't stop crying. It was like they had returned from a war—stronger, wiser… but still the same boys their families loved.
That night, none of them slept. They just lay awake… remembering everything.
—
A few days later:
They all met again at their favorite tea shop. Same table. Same jokes. Same fights over fries.
Aditya cracked a dumb joke. Anshuman spat water. Anant nearly fell off his chair. Ayaan laughed so hard his stomach hurt.
But then…
A sudden quiet.
Rhea.
Her name came back like a whisper through the wind.
They all fell silent.
Anshuman whispered, "Do you think she was real?"
Aditya nodded. "She felt real."
Anant looked at Ayaan. "You okay?"
Ayaan stared at the sky. "She saved us all. She made us a team."
They sat in silence, hearts a little heavy… but full of gratitude.
And then Ayaan smiled.
"We may not see her again… but she's part of us now. Always will be."
Just then, a breeze passed. Soft. Warm.
And a single glowing feather floated down onto the table.
They all stared.
Anant picked it up. It shimmered gold.
Aditya whispered, "Rhea?"
Ayaan smiled again, this time brighter.
"Thank you."