70. Furious bestial crowning
Madrid’s dusk bled gold, a city alive with the echo of Caos’s Champions League triumph. Back from Wembley, the storm-lord paced his manor’s marble halls, the meteor ball a glowing coal in his hands. His mother’s absence clawed his chest, Vesta’s farewell a bruise, yet Keyla’s faith, Zeraphina’s steel, Léonor’s amor burned fierce. Maat’s shadow haunted, a rival unmet, but Caos was no hero. He was chaos, raw and trembling.
“Bloody hell, what’s a god s’posed to feel?” muttered Caos, Birmingham accent thick, tossing the Ouranos ball against a wall. It spun, an Elastico Sprint Snap, its pulse a heartbeat of stars. He saw Mbappé’s grin in his mind, that UCL final nod: “Frère, you’re a meteor.” Vinícius’s laugh echoed: “Not human, mate.” Their 320-goal trinity, 78 assists, was a lifeline, but tonight, alone, Caos felt the cracks in his armor.
“Keyla, love, am I still Daniel?” he whispered, picturing her green skirt, her soft eyes grounding him.
He stepped into the manor’s garden, jasmine heavy in the air. The Ouranos ball danced under an Eclipse Vortex, his 4100 N strength carving arcs of light. “I tore fear apart,” he growled, journaled truth alive, but doubt crept in—fear of losing himself to this godhood. “Léonor, amor mio, you’d tell me to burn brighter,” he said, her texts a spark in his gut. He unleashed an Aurora Strike, the ball weaving emerald flames, a vow for the next La Liga clash. His 0.1-second reactions, 5000% hamstring elasticity, made him a blade, but his heart ached, human and frail.
“Zeraphina, you’d see right through me,” he murmured, her Nordic resolve a mirror to his chaos. He imagined her voice: “You’re enough, Daniel.” The Ouranos ball hummed, as if Iceland’s volcanoes whispered back. He sprinted, 450 km/h, through the garden, a Meteor Pulse Shot splitting a tree’s shadow.
“Maat, you’ll choke on this fire,” he snarled, picturing his rival’s smirk. But the thought of Maat stirred a pang—forgiveness, his journaled win, felt like a chain he couldn’t break.
Mbappé’s words from Wembley rang: “Keep doing what we’re destined for.” Caos paused, sweat dripping, the medal’s weight around his neck a reminder of their 3-1 Arsenal rout.
“Kylian, Vini, we’re eternal,” said Caos, their brotherhood a pulse against his loneliness. Xabi Alonso’s praise—Qué trabajo tan bueno—echoed, but it was Camavinga’s pat, “Life shows you what you couldn’t grasp,” that hit hardest. Caos wasn’t just a storm; he was a man, scared of the void beneath the glory.
King’s suspense shadowed his steps, the manor’s silence a scream. Tolkien’s grandeur lifted him, Madrid a stage where gods danced. He knelt, the Ouranos ball glowing, and saw a vision—Maat on a rival pitch, a La Liga war looming.
“I rule without mercy,” he vowed, but his voice cracked, raw with the boy who’d lost his mum, who loved Keyla’s laugh, who feared Léonor’s fire might consume him.
“I’m a god they made by mistake,” whispered Caos, vulnerable, the words a prayer to keep him whole.
He rose, gripping the ball, its pulse a guide. The next match, a clash with Barcelona, called—a chance to crush Maat, to carve 251 goals.
“Vini, we’ll lift that throne again,” said Mbapoe, imagining Vinícius’s grin. The garden quaked, as if Helios nodded. Caos’s heart, chaotic and human, beat fierce. He wasn’t perfect—just Daniel, a storm with cracks, ready to bleed for Madrid, for love, for myth.
To be continued…