Chapter 66: The Leviathan’s Awakening

The roar tore through the heavens.

A sound older than creation, deeper than space itself.
It wasn’t merely heard—it was felt.
Every living thing on the island trembled as the vibration passed through their bones.

The storm turned silent for a heartbeat, then split open with a voice of godlike fury.

“What… was that sound?”
The students scattered across the ruined island froze, their hearts racing.

Broken Kanata looked toward the dark horizon.
His face turned pale.

“Damn it. He’s coming. The disruption in the time stream… it called him here.”

“What do you mean? Who’s coming?” Prime Kanata grabbed him by the collar.

Broken’s eyes gleamed with dread.
“Leviathan.”

The name alone made the air grow colder.

“He devours worlds when their timelines become unstable,” Broken continued.
“I’ve tried stopping him. Thousands of times. Every time he comes, he leaves nothing but silence. He can’t be killed—because he is part of every world.”

Prime Kanata’s fingers clenched.
“Then how do we fight something like that?”

“You don’t.”
Broken’s tone was empty. “You survive long enough to make it regret showing up.”

The ground shook.
The sea erupted.

And then—Leviathan emerged.

From the shattered sky descended a colossal shape—a dragon made of black stars and molten time.
Its wings were rivers of darkness.
Its body stretched beyond the horizon.
Its eyes were burning suns filled with hunger.

One roar.
Just one.

GROOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRR!

The entire island cracked.
Even the Eternal Fountain quivered like a frightened creature.

All across the coast, warships fired their cannons, but the shells dissolved before touching its scales.
The air around Leviathan twisted into vacuum—
and its breath unleashed a spiral of annihilation.

In an instant, steel ships lifted like paper.
Men screamed.
The sea turned white from heat.

On one of the evacuation ships, Celestine stared at the chaos.

“Celestine-san! What are you doing?! Don’t tell me you’re going back to the island!”
Her teacher’s voice cracked in fear.

Celestine’s answer was simple.
“I won’t leave Kanata behind. He’s still there—and he’ll need me.”

Before anyone could stop her, she jumped into a smaller boat.

“If she’s going, I’m going too!” Itsuha declared, throwing her coat aside. “I’m not letting that idiot die alone!”

A.R. Celestine and A.R. Itsuha exchanged long, exhausted sighs.
They muttered in perfect harmony:
“Stubborn as ever.”

Then, without another word, they followed.

“If they’re going, I’m coming too,” A.R. Aine said, loading her rifle. “Kanata saved our worlds once. This time, we’ll save his.”

A.R. Caine appeared next, stepping forward from the mist.
“Count me in. If not for him, I’d still be lost in the dark.”

One by one, others joined.

Students, soldiers, wizards.

“Then I’m coming too!”
“Me too!”
“If it wasn’t for Kanata, our Academy wouldn’t exist!”

Their voices blended into the wind.
A hundred lights heading toward the storm.

Back on the island, Broken Kanata and the others watched Leviathan rise higher.
Its shadow devoured the moon.
Its voice was a hymn of the apocalypse.

“Is there any way to stop that thing?” Future Kanata asked desperately.

Broken spat on the ground.
“For the thousandth time—no! I’ve tried everything!”

A.R. Kanata suddenly spoke up.
“Wait. Maybe there is another way.”

Prime Kanata turned to him. “Don’t tell me you plan to kill it.”

“No. Listen.” A.R. Kanata’s voice was calm but sharp.
“Every universe has a Void—a place outside of time. Think of it as a cosmic trash pit. What if… we send him there?”

Broken blinked. Then he smirked.
“That’s insane.”

He paused.
Then nodded.
“But I like it.”

Alyana—Kanata’s mother—lifted her gaze toward the dark sky.
Her eyes reflected the faint white light still glowing from the Fountain.

“If we can channel our ‘Kizuna’—our bond—into one singular flow, we might open a path to the Void.”

She looked at both Kanatas.
“But we’ll need everyone’s strength.”

Prime Kanata clenched his fist.
“Then we’ll give it everything.”

From the sky, lightning split into a thousand arcs.
From the sea, ships formed a circle of light.
From the ruins, survivors raised their hands—each glowing faintly with energy.

One by one, they linked.
Through magic.
Through hope.
Through memories.

The world itself began to pulse with a single rhythm—
a heartbeat shared by all.

Naomi, Haqua, and A.R. Nagisa finally reached the island, waves crashing violently against the shore.
They stared up at the horror in the sky.

“So this is Leviathan…” Haqua whispered.

A.R. Nagisa gritted her teeth.
“We don’t have time. We’ll have to fight it here and now.”

She turned toward the students who followed her.
“Everyone—prepare yourselves! Today we fight for the future of every world!”

Aine and Nagisa dashed ahead.
Their magic flared, combining with Celestine’s light barrier and Itsuha’s kinetic blades.

Above them, Broken Kanata spread both his dragon arms.
“Alright, Prime Me. Don’t screw this up.”

Prime Kanata smirked, Cyborg Arm whirring as light filled the cracks in the sky.
“I was about to say the same thing.”

The Mother’s voice rose above the thunder.

“Now, my sons—together!”

The clouds parted as Leviathan’s full body broke through.
Its wings blotted out the stars.
Its roar made mountains crumble.

But this time, humanity didn’t bow.
They stood—united.

Magic circles ignited across the island.
Thousands of lights connected to the Fountain’s core.

Kanata’s right arm flared, merging machine with dragon.
Broken Kanata’s twin arms mirrored him, their powers synchronized by the resonance of the “Kizuna Field.”

“Clock Shift — Overdrive Ignition!”
“Temporal Rift — Infinity Drive!”

Their voices overlapped as their magic fused into a single spiral of light.

Alyana’s hands rose high.
“All bonds… all time… all hearts—become one!”

And then, the sky screamed.

The world shook.
Leviathan lunged forward, jaws wide open.

Kanata and Broken Kanata stood side by side, light bursting from their arms.
The Fountain’s power surged through them.

Together, they shouted—

“KIZUNA BURST—VOID BANISH!”

The explosion erased sound itself.
Light swallowed everything.

For a moment, the universe forgot how to breathe.

And when the radiance faded—
only silence remained.

The sea was calm.
The sky… still broken, but slowly healing.

And Leviathan—
was gone.