Their shouts collided as they charged. With every swing of their fists, the air shuddered under the sheer force of the impact.
Both sides aimed for the face, but only the Trinity Blaster’s blow connected. From that single opening, they unleashed a relentless barrage that could only be described as a total assault.
"Uooooooooooooooh!!"
"Gugaah! Gaaaaaaaaah! Gohaah!?"
Punch after punch after punch—Yugo rained down a relentless storm of strikes, pummeling her face, her torso, and her chest without mercy.
As Galberos’s helpless screams echoed, Yugo spun with bone-shattering force and drove a roundhouse kick into the side of her head.
Galberos bounced off the earth, gasping for breath as she struggled to her feet. She let out a roar of primal fury and spat a torrent of flames from her maw.
"Uuuuuu...!! Oooooooooooooooooh!!"
"Ryuga! Marcos! Lend me your strength!"
Charging straight into the inferno, Yugo raised his left arm. A golden shield manifested instantly, forming an impenetrable wall against the searing heat. He closed the distance in a heartbeat. With a single, fluid stroke of the katana in his right hand, he severed both of the monster's arms.
"Guaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!! Curse you! Curse youuuuu!!"
"Dogma! This ends now!"
Defenseless and bleeding, Galberos tried to regenerate, but Yugo was faster. His uppercut caught her squarely under the chin. Hammered by the blow, she was launched into the stratosphere. The Trinity Blaster didn't give her a moment's respite, soaring into the sky right behind her.
"Ha! Haaaaaaaaah!"
"Gah! How... how can this be happening to me!?"
Drawing level with the tumbling monster, Yugo seized her shoulder and drove a knee into her gut. He hurled her further into the heavens, following up with a flurry of mana-infused punches that drove her body higher and higher.
"Why?! My plans... everything I built! Why must it all be torn apart by insignificant gnats like you?! I am a god! I am—!"
"You don't understand a thing, Dogma. That's exactly why you’re losing!"
"To someone like you, who’s seen so many worlds, we probably are insignificant. But it’s a simple fact: when we take each other’s hands, we create a power beyond anything you could imagine!"
"For all your posturing, there’s one thing you never understood—the power of bonds! You people only know how to distrust, trample, and exploit. You’ll never comprehend the thing that made us this strong."
"I have comrades that span across worlds! Friends who stayed by my side even after they learned my secrets! Allies who fight beside me no matter the odds! And... I have the most reliable little brother in the world! It doesn't matter how mighty you think you are. As long as there are people who believe in me, I am an invincible hero!"
"Silence! I’m not finished yet! Not yet! Not yeeeeeet!"
Howling in a fit of madness, Galberos tried to regrow her limbs. She focused every ounce of her will, yet her body refused to obey. She realized then that the souls trapped within her were revolting, refusing to aid her. Her scream reached a fever pitch of insanity.
"You lot! Why are you betraying me?! I am your leader! I am your everything!"
"Looks like even your most devout followers have turned their backs on you, Dogma."
"The people you murdered never forgave you. Now, in the final hour, they’re showing you what’s left of their pride."
"We’ll carry their rage and their hopes too! And we’re going to take you down!"
Yugo unleashed a spinning drill kick followed by a rapid succession of strikes, driving Galberos so high it felt as if they might break the very atmosphere. He delivered a final cross-chop that sent her spiraling even further. Stopping dead in mid-air, Yugo began to funnel massive amounts of mana into his fist.
"I am the law! I am the god who rules this world! I cannot fall in a place like this! It’s impossible for someone like me to fall!"
Dogma squeezed out every last drop of her power and unleashed a gargantuan fireball. It was a strike fueled by pure, unadulterated spite, meant to incinerate the Trinity Blaster and the entire Luminous Academy below. But the three heroes didn't flinch. They clenched their fists and charged straight into the heart of the sun.
"""Uoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!"""
The mana of Yugo, Ryuga, and Marcos resonated, surging higher and higher alongside their battle cries. Enveloped in a brilliant rainbow light, the Trinity Blaster smashed through the fireball with their bare hands. Yugo pulled back his fist and drove it toward the wide-eyed, terrified Galberos.
"""Saga Blaster!"""
"Guh! Buah!?"
The strike shattered her face and caught Dogma’s very soul as it lurked within the monster's shell. As she felt the agonizing shock of the impact and the overwhelming tide of mana flooding her body, Yugo looked her in the eye.
"Consider this the final settlement for what you did to Fee. Farewell, Dogma!"
"Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
Damaged far beyond the capacity for regeneration, Galberos’s body finally reached its breaking point. She let out one final, piercing scream as the mana within reached its critical mass. Lightning-like flashes strove to escape her flickering form until, at last, the body of the beast erupted in a catastrophic explosion.
High above, the light signaled the end of the war. As Fee and the others watched from the ground, the Trinity Blaster slowly descended through the clearing smoke.