Eden casually walked into the hall, a hand behind him as he stared at Kyle.

Kyle paused as their eyes met. When Eden drew closer, a smirk appeared on Kyle’s face. "I guess you came after all... all it took was to almost send him to meet his pathetic father."

Eden’s cold eyes were on Kyle as he pulled closer. "You have quite the audacity." He scoffed as he stared at Felix, who was on the floor struggling to get to his feet. "Don’t you know the consequences of your actions?"

Kyle smirked. "It’s not like I wanted anything to do with this good-for-nothing here." He stared at Felix. "I guess he thought he could actually take me down..." He stared at Eden. "And so the poor boy is here to save face for you." He laughed.

Eden walked up to Felix, bending down to help him up to his knees. Their eyes met as Eden let out a soft smile.

It had been a while since he last saw him. And seeing him now reminded him how much he had missed him. "Are you okay...?"

Felix stared at him. He seemed surprised to see him here. "What are you doing here...? You shouldn’t..." He coughed out some blood. "You shouldn’t be here..."

Eden shook his head with a smile. "No, I should be here." He gently ran a hand through his bruised face. "You are the one who shouldn’t be here..."

Felix stared into his eyes. "I’ll get back at him for what he did to you..." He cleared his throat. "I’ll make sure... he pays for... all he did to you..."

Eden smiled as he ran his hand through his hair, checking him over. "You don’t have to... You don’t have to... Let me handle it..." Eden scoffed. "Let me end what was started... okay?"

Eden smiled and helped him sit down at the corner by the wall. "So just stay here... alright? I’ll soon be done. And then I’ll take you back."

Felix shook his head. He didn’t wish to. He wanted to help, but Eden refused. Eden helped him sit down while he stood up. "Wait for me here, okay?"

Felix stayed there as Eden turned to stare at the Emperor, who had been staring at them for a while.

Kyle scoffed. "How pathetic. Too bad whatever you have now won’t be lasting that long. Since you’re already here, I’m pretty sure you’re aware of what you’ve walked into." He smirked.

Eden had a calm expression as he stared at him. "Yes, I know. I’ve walked right into your doom. An end you’ve set for yourself. And I’m going to honor that invitation as someone who was unfortunate enough to see you run mad." 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

Kyle glared at him as he spoke, his fists clenching as Eden’s words pissed him off. But he kept his calm as he smiled. "So you think, huh?"

Eden folded his arms. "I don’t have much time left, so let’s get this done with. Why? Why did you call me out here? What is it? What do you want from me?"

Kyle smiled as he raised an eyebrow. "Isn’t that an easy guess?" He smirked as he added, "I want you over. I want to end you. That should at least be easy to guess."

Eden said nothing. He stood there with both arms folded as he stared at him. Kyle suddenly smiled as he turned.

"But... you could put it some other way if you want." Kyle smiled as he said, "You should already know that no one wants you around here. No one wishes to have you. So don’t think you should leave."

He turned and stared at Eden. "Come with me instead and let’s leave here forever. Let’s go somewhere where we won’t be rejected." He smiled. "You know, we’re of the same kind. So that’s the best solution."

He smirked as he said, "I’ll give you this opportunity. Come with me and I’ll end everything. No one gets hurt."

"No! He will never go with you!" Felix snapped, sitting at the corner.

Kyle cast him a cold glare and then stared at Eden. "So? What do you say?" He smiled as he approached him. "You know what we had before... it was only between us. So come with me and everything will come to an end. Then you can save everyone... just the way you wanted it."

But Eden stared right into his smiling face and said, "And what if I said no?"

Kyle frowned. "Then you’d be asking for chaos."

Eden smirked. "Just a reminder, we’re not the same. So know that and at least know peace. Okay?"

Kyle laughed as he turned, laughing with both hands behind him as he said, "I see. You want to abandon me so bad, is that so?" He smirked. "Well then, don’t blame me for destroying all that’s left of you."

Kyle immediately turned and waved a hand at Eden. A black wave washed toward him. Eden used his hand to shield himself, brushing the wave off into thin air.

Eden smirked. "You’ve gotten so much better with your stolen powers... compared to the previous time." He smirked. "I guess stealing souls really did work out."

Kyle smiled. "I was just going easy on you the last time." He said, approaching Eden with both hands behind him. "This time, I’ll show you why I’ve spent years preparing to meet you. And I’ll let you know that those years weren’t in vain!"

The Emperor abruptly stepped backward as he raised both hands. He clapped them together as a dark wave pushed through his hands and washed toward Eden.

Eden twirled backward as he opened a shield around himself, protecting himself from the wave. And when he had done that for a while, he kicked through the shield and sent purple lightning striking through the shield and flying toward Kyle.

Kyle caught the lightning with his hands and smiled, watching it linger around his fingers for a while.

He stared up at Eden. "You thought you were still that powerful, huh?"