CHAPTER 18 — Titan Fight (Part 2)

  The Titan didn’t hesitate.

  The moment Aiden steadied himself on the drifting slab, the monster lunged—its entire body twisting with gravitational force. The void bent around it, platforms shattering as they were pulled into its orbit.

  Aiden sprinted—lighter—leaping to another slab just as the Titan’s arm tore through the space he’d been standing in. The shockwave hit him mid?air, spinning him violently.

  He crashed onto a floating chunk of asphalt, rolling hard enough to tear skin from his palms.

  He barely had time to breathe.

  The Titan’s gravitational pull intensified, dragging him toward its core like a collapsing star.

  Aiden dropped his weight—heavier—anchoring himself to the slab.

  The slab cracked.

  He pushed harder.

  The cracks deepened.

  The Titan roared, the gravitational pulse ripping smaller platforms apart. Debris spiraled inward, smashing against its armor and fusing into its body.

  Aiden gritted his teeth.

  He couldn’t hold this.

  He couldn’t fight this.

  He couldn’t—

  The slab beneath him shattered.

  Aiden fell.

  The void swallowed him, weightless and silent. His stomach lurched. His vision blurred. The Titan’s pull dragged him downward, toward its core, toward death.

  He unleashed a desperate Pressure burst downward, slowing his fall just enough to land on a drifting slab far below.

  He hit hard.

  Pain exploded through his ribs.

  He gasped, clutching his side.

  Something cracked.

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  He didn’t know if it was the platform or his bones.

  The Titan loomed above him, gravitational energy swirling around its core like a storm. It raised its arm again—slow, deliberate, inevitable.

  Aiden forced himself upright.

  He couldn’t dodge.

  He couldn’t run.

  He couldn’t survive another direct hit.

  He needed something more.

  He needed Gravity.

  He reached inward—toward the weight behind his ribs. It pulsed weakly, strained from the fight. He pushed it—harder, deeper, further than he ever had.

  The Titan’s arm descended.

  Aiden screamed.

  Gravity surged outward from his chest—wild, uncontrolled, desperate. The air warped. The platform cracked. Debris trembled violently.

  A notification flickered at the edge of his vision.

  [GRAVITY FORCE — Proficiency Increased]

  He pushed harder.

  The Titan’s arm was seconds from crushing him.

  Aiden roared back.

  Gravity exploded outward.

  The void bent.

  The Titan’s arm slowed—just slightly—but enough.

  Aiden staggered, nearly collapsing.

  He wasn’t done.

  He pushed again.

  Harder.

  Deeper.

  Beyond anything he’d ever felt.

  The weight inside him twisted violently, like a star collapsing inward.

  Another notification flickered.

  [GRAVITY FORCE — Level Up]

  [Gravity — Level 4]

  Aiden gasped.

  The weight inside him changed—denser, sharper, more precise. He could feel it in his fingertips, in his breath, in the way the void responded to him.

  The Titan’s arm descended again.

  Aiden raised his hand.

  He didn’t push downward.

  He pushed sideways.

  Gravity obeyed.

  A focused pulse shot from his palm—sharp, dense, crushing. It slammed into the Titan’s arm, twisting the gravitational field around it.

  The Titan staggered.

  Aiden’s eyes widened.

  “…I can aim it.”

  He pushed again.

  The pulse hit the Titan’s elbow.

  The stone cracked.

  The Titan roared, stumbling backward as its arm buckled under the sudden weight.

  Aiden didn’t hesitate.

  He sprinted forward—lighter—leaping across drifting slabs until he reached a platform close to the Titan’s leg. The gravitational pull dragged at him, but he dropped his weight—anchored—fighting it.

  He raised both hands.

  He focused.

  He aimed.

  He pushed.

  Gravity surged outward in a concentrated pulse—like a collapsing star exploding in reverse. It slammed into the Titan’s knee, crushing the stone inward.

  Crack.

  The Titan roared, collapsing onto one knee.

  Aiden staggered, nearly falling off the platform. His vision blurred. His chest burned. His muscles trembled violently.

  He’d never used this much Gravity before.

  He wasn’t sure his body could handle it.

  But he wasn’t done.

  Not yet.

  The Titan struggled to rise, gravitational energy swirling around its core. Its damaged limb trembled, stone cracking under its own weight.

  Aiden steadied himself.

  He raised his hand again.

  He pushed.

  Gravity surged outward—focused, precise, devastating.

  The Titan’s knee shattered.

  The monster collapsed fully, slamming into the void floor with enough force to send shockwaves rippling across the entire Rift interior.

  Aiden fell to one knee, gasping.

  He’d done it.

  He’d crippled a Titan.

  But the fight wasn’t over.

  The Titan roared—louder, deeper, angrier than before. Its core pulsed violently, gravitational energy spiraling outward in chaotic waves.

  Aiden forced himself upright.

  He tightened his grip on the rebar.

  He wasn’t done.

  Not even close.

  “Round three,” he whispered. “Let’s finish this.”