When light tore itself apart before the abyss, the deepest darkness was born in two worlds at once.
Belial, a warrior exiled from the Land of Light, made the cruelest choice in the void: he split his soul in two. The half carrying his rage and power became Reiblood's puppet, transformed into the Dark Emperor. The half carrying his wisdom and obsession fell into the Armor Universe and was reborn as Ares, the God of War, Lufa.
From then on, two mirrored tragedies unfolded side by side. One unleashed destruction among the stars, while the other pursued his obsession on the battlefield. Unaware of each other, they were like twin shadows, both following their separate paths into the abyss.
Then everyone connected to them was pulled into the “Hall of Truth,” a place beyond time and space, where they witnessed the source of it all. They saw the despair Belial felt when he touched the Spark Tower, having failed to protect his companions. They saw the fury of Lufa, betrayed by civilians, as he sought justice for “his children.” And they saw the humanity that remained beneath the madness, and the fatherly love hidden beneath his harshness.
This is no attempt to excuse them. It is a final judgment on the question of how evil is born.
When the viewing ended, a gentle “what if” was quietly written into the story: in the Armor World, Lufa lived his whole life in glory, never betrayed; in the Land of Light, with understanding and guidance, Belial became a respected “second sun.”
The deepest darkness often comes from the shattering of the purest light. And the most profound redemption is to ensure that light never goes out.
