Chapter: Chapter 194Oliver walked alone. His boots hit the cold stone floor with soft thuds. The hallway was dark and quiet, but not in a peaceful way. The ground felt wet, like it had been crying. Every step left a faint echo, as if the past was whispering behind him.He stopped. The light around him dimmed, like the world itself was holding its breath.Then came the words, soft, but deep, as if spoken by the air itself.“Harmony Trial Four Initiated: Grief.”“Guardian: The Mourning Choir.”“Format: Multiphase Encounter Internal Fragmentation.”“Objective: Reclaim all pieces of self.”Oliver blinked. Suddenly, he was no longer in the stone hallway. He stood inside a long, white corridor. It stretched out in every direction, left, right, forward, backward, with no end, no corners, no doors except for the ones right beside him.Each door had a name on it. Each name was his. He stepped closer.OLIVER. The One Who QuitOLIVER. The One Who FailedOLIVER. The One Who Survived AloneHis hands trembled as he
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Chapter: Chapter 193Location: Composer’s Gate, Trial ZoneTime Remaining: 4 hours, 58 minutesSystem Support: 52.6%The battle against the Choir of Precision had ended only moments ago, but there was no time to recover.The Gate pulsed. A second chord formed, low, throbbing, painful. It bent the air around them. Everyone instinctively stepped back. Except Oliver.He moved forward. The atmosphere thickened, muffling sound. Even his boots made no noise on the stone.A woman emerged from the stillness, her body translucent, eyes wide and vacant, mouth sewn shut by lines of song-threads.Second Harmony: SilenceGuardian: Syra of the Quiet CoreClass: Nullbard AscendantTrial Type: Isolation Duel, No Communication, No Party BuffsThe world around Oliver dimmed. And then, everything cut out.You have entered a Silent Zone.All sound-based abilities, emotional links, and auditory spells are disabled.HP and MP regeneration reduced by 80%. Escape is impossible.He tried to speak. Nothing came out. Even his breat
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Chapter: Chapter 192Time Remaining: 5 Hours, 58 MinutesSystem-wide Vote ImminentProposal: Harmony Reboot, Sovereign Harmonist WorldstateStatus: ActiveEligible Voters: 18.4 Billion System-Aware BeingsCurrent Support: 49.8%The numbers hovered before Oliver’s eyes as he tightened the leather around his bracers. A soft hum passed through his chest, the Forge’s internal song quiet but steady.Too close. Too fragile. One misstep, and everything would collapse.Mina crouched beside a broken stone to sharpen her knives. The red haze of dawn cast the air in a war-born hue, and for the first time in days, they felt the world breathing again.They had a name now, Reclaimers. That’s what the voices were calling them. In the whispers of reawakened dreamers. In the fragments of broken dungeons. In every crumbling stronghold that flickered with half-remembered song. And now? They had an army.…Location: Eastern Fringe, Threshold of the Final ScoreThe Reclaimers advanced in silence. It wasn’t fear that kept the
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Chapter: Chapter 191The moment Oliver stepped onto the Resonant Plateau, the world changed. It wasn’t subtle. The ground hummed.The sky echoed with tones beneath the wind. And far, far away, across mountains and fields, oceans and towers, the System woke up.System Broadcast: Anchor Restoration DetectedDivine Talent Path Reinstated: Sovereign Harmonist. Class of OriginWorld State Shift: Pending ConsensusAll Choirs Will Now Be SummonedOliver didn’t even blink. He knew it was coming.Mina, standing beside him, tilted her head as a pulse of light rippled outward from the plateau’s center. “They’re coming,” she said softly.He nodded. “Let them.”There were twelve Choirs. Fragments of the old System, born from its collapse. Each one had claimed part of the world, molding it to their own rules. Oliver had only glimpsed a few before, like the Choir of Echoes, who consumed truth, or the Silent Score, who erased history.Now, they came to him. The first arrived without ceremony.A ripple in the fabric of s
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Chapter: Chapter 190The entrance wasn’t marked. No gates. No path. No sign. Only a note.It drifted on the wind, faint, raw, aching. A single pitch that resonated not in the ear, but deep inside the bones. Oliver heard it in his chest. So did Mina.“This is it,” he whispered.“The song that never ends,” she said.Together, they followed it. They crossed the plains of Reson, passing broken towers and forgotten echoes. As they walked, the world changed.The color bled from the sky. The air grew still, not quiet, but expectant.Then they reached the chasm.A great wound in the earth, like something had torn open the foundation of Harmony Null with a conductor’s baton.Location: The Deep ScoreWarning: Harmonic Pressure exceeds recommended thresholds.Entry will disable surface interface protections. Proceed?“Yes,” Oliver said, stepping forward.Mina followed. The ground fell away. They dropped into silence.The first layer of the Deep Score felt like falling through someone else’s dream.The space was fill
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Chapter: Chapter 189The moment Mason crossed the gates of Argent Academy, something felt… wrong.The air was too still. Not quiet, Argent was never quiet, but stiff, like the grounds themselves were holding their breath. Students bustled between classes, robes fluttering, wands at their hips, laughter echoing in the courtyards. It looked normal.But Mason could feel it. Underneath the surface. Something had shifted.Norra walked beside him, her hood low. She hadn’t said much since they left Virell’s Hollow, and Mason hadn’t pushed. Whatever she faced during her trial had left a scar he couldn’t yet see. John had returned to his family estate under a secrecy pact. He didn’t want his bloodline tied to Vazquez publicly.Mason understood. He didn’t want his name tied to the suit either.They passed the east tower, where duels were held. A small crowd was gathered around a chalk-drawn ring. Two second-years were sparring, their magic crackling in the air.Mason glanced over, and froze. Standing just beyond t
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Chapter: Chapter 221The university admissions agents started arguing loudly.Draken stood there watching them fight over which of them would win him over to attend their school but deep inside, he was not interested.Draken had other ambitions. He didn’t want to take the normal journey anymore, as he had been through things none of them could bear.The homeroom teacher noticed and hurried over. "Draken, hurry and choose which school you want to attend!"The admissions agents quieted down and turned to Draken.Draken replied calmly, "Thank you for your offers, but I want to try to create my own academy into the top-ranked space for talents."Everyone fell silent.Draken had thought about this for a while and knew it was his goal. With his talent and strength, he felt he should aim for the best school in the country.The other admissions agents quickly tried to change his mind."Are you sure you don’t want to reconsider?""Berserk College didn’t even send anyone to invite you. They don’t seem serious.""Th
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Chapter: Chapter 220When Gaffa announced Draken as first place, the entire room fell silent.Everyone thought they misheard, but recalling Draken’s performance, they realized it made sense.Class Two students cheered collectively.“Draken is amazing!”“He’s the pride of F-level talent!”“Number one in the entire state! Draken made a miracle happen!”The students in other classes had mixed emotions. They didn’t feel great knowing the top student was from another class.“Prepare for the second stage of the exam, now we will have a halftime break,” Gaffa said.The mages began to rest as they stopped their formations. The students returned to their classrooms to rest.Draken also went back to his class to rest. Many people approached him, curious about his strength improvement.“Draken, how did you get so strong?”“Yeah, how can an F-level talent improve so quickly? Any tips for us?”“I understand Draken comes from a low-income family and can’t afford good equipment and potions. He’s extraordinary to have im
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Chapter: Chapter 219Draken turned to Lord Luke and said, “The exam rules require me to accept the first two matches. If I win, I can choose whether to accept the next match.”“I also have the right to pick my opponent.”Lord Luke frowned and asked, “Are you saying you’re rejecting my challenge? Are you a coward?”Draken glanced at the black horse behind Luke. Using his Eye of Truth, he saw the horse’s stats.Night Spirit HorseAttack: 40Speed: 700Health: 930Mana: 100Defense: 200 The horse’s speed and health were impressive. Draken thought having this horse would make his travels easier. Although cars existed in this world, rare mounts like this were more valuable.Draken decided it would be great to have this horse. “Lord Luke, if you want to fight me, you must place a bet.”“If I win, I get your horse!”Luke clenched his teeth. The horse was his prized possession. How did it quit just like that? But he thought beating an F-level talent would be easy, so he agreed.“No problem, but what if you lose?
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Chapter: Chapter 218Draken activated his Split Claw skill, and in an instant, he destroyed all the vampire bats flying towards him!Everyone watching was shocked.“What just happened? Did he really kill all those bats in a split second?”“This doesn’t seem like F-level strength.”“These bats are Lord Nazzy’s strongest attack, and Draken just blew right through them!”Even Lord Nazzy himself was stunned. He knew how powerful his vampire bats were, and normal attacks wouldn’t usually harm them much.Lord Nazzy glanced at Draken and started to rethink Draken’s power. Seeing Draken’s sharp claws made him nervous. He realized he might not be able to beat Draken.Draken, not wanting to waste time, charged at Lord Nazzy. Seeing Draken rush at him, Lord Nazzy tried to run away, but Draken was too fast. In the blink of an eye, Draken was right in front of him.“Damn it. He’s too quick!” Lord Nazzy shouted in shock.“Didn’t you say you found me a grave?” Draken asked coldly. “You’re the one who’s dead!”Draken sa
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Chapter: Chapter 217Akpi was shocked by Draken’s words.He quickly backed away, trying to put some distance between them.“Why aren’t my attacks working?” Akpi wondered aloud.After thinking for a moment, he reassured himself, “You must have focused all your training on defense. That has to be it. Your attack, speed, and health must be much weaker than mine.”Confident once again, Akpi decided he could break through Draken’s defenses with his speed over time.Just then, Draken’s figure flickered and vanished!In a flash, Draken reappeared right in front of Akpi.Akpi’s eyes widened in disbelief. Draken’s speed was faster than his!Draken raised his right hand, which transformed into a powerful dragon claw. His muscles expanded, scales emerged, and five sharp claws gleamed menacingly.Akpi was stunned. How could such a fierce-looking dragon claw be considered the weakest F-level talent?Swallowing hard, Akpi stammered, “Bro, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have said those things…”Draken remained calm. “I told you
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Chapter: Chapter 216Gaffa stood in the center of the formation and shouted, “Start now! Find your opponents! You have one minute!”Immediately, more than half of the male students in Class Two locked their eyes on Draken and moved toward him.One student rushed forward and yelled, “Draken! Let me be your opponent!”This made the others panic. They all wanted to face Draken and didn't expect someone to cut in line.“Draken, come and fight me. I’ll be gentle!”“Draken, we used to be friends. Let me have this opportunity!”“Grant me this opportunity, and I’ll make it up to you!”The scene was chaotic as everyone rushed toward Draken. He gave a faint smile, finding it ironic how they had just comforted him in class. Their hypocrisy was now clear.A quick-footed student reached Draken first. “I’m the first here. I’m Draken’s opponent. The rest of you are too late!” he announced proudly, thinking his ranking would improve easily.The others stopped, filled with regret.“This guy sure runs fast!”“I missed it.
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Chapter: Chapter 32"You think he wasn't alone?" Mason asked.Headmaster Orvel didn’t answer immediately. His gaze drifted toward the shattered greenhouse wall, where vines still twitched with the echo of magic. He seemed older today. Not in years, but in burden.“The Varneth Eye is one of thirteen,” he said at last.The silence that followed was suffocating.Mason blinked. “Thirteen?”Orvel nodded, grim. “Thirteen mirrors. Each built from the same forgotten glass. Each connected to a different realm. Only one is at the academy. The rest... scattered. Buried. Lost. Or worse, hidden.”“Hidden by who?” Norra asked.Orvel’s voice darkened. “By the Cabal of Thorns. A secret order of scholars who believe the mirror realm isn’t a threat... but a key.”Aurora crossed her arms. “Key to what?”“To power,” Orvel said, “and to rebirth. They believe the realms should merge. That death is simply the first door.”Mason’s stomach turned. “And Grayson?”“One of their high members,” Orvel said. “I suspected for years, bu
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Chapter: Chapter 31The silence in the infirmary was stifling. Mason sat beside Elara’s bed, hands folded tightly. The thin curtains surrounding her hospital cot swayed gently with the wind from the cracked window, but her words lingered far heavier than the breeze.“It’s not a prison,” she’d said again, her voice hoarse, eyes distant. “It’s a waiting room. Someone, or something, is trying to come back through the Eye.”Aurora, standing by the foot of the bed, looked pale. “Come back from where?”Elara didn’t answer right away. She stared at the ceiling. “From whatever’s behind the mirror. From where the souls go after they’re taken.”Norra leaned forward. “You mean like an afterlife?”“No,” Elara said softly. “Not quite. More like a… mirror-world version of ours. Bleaker. Older. Hungrier.”Mason’s fingers clenched. “Did you ever see it?”“Just glimpses.” Elara slowly sat up, wincing. “But I remember something else. Before I was bound in chains, someone visited me. A man.”Mason froze. “What kind of man
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Chapter: Chapter 30She was there. Bound in chains of silver light. Thin, trembling, her hair matted with ash.Elara.Mason stood frozen, the image of her face burned into his vision long after it vanished from the surface of the Eye. Her lips hadn’t moved. Yet somehow, he had heard her.“Help me.”Aurora’s voice cut into the silence. “Did you see that?”Norra stepped forward, eyes wide. “A girl.”“I think it was her,” Mason said softly. “Elara. She’s in there.”Orvel’s brow furrowed, voice cautious. “Impossible. Elara died, six months ago.”“No.” Mason shook his head. “Her body was found. But her soul, what if it didn’t pass on?”“What if it was taken,” Aurora added, catching on. “By the mirror.”Orvel looked back toward the Eye, the mirrored disc still glimmering faintly in the vault's golden light. “If that’s true... then the Eye has begun collecting again.”Mason turned to him. “Then we have to go back in.”“No,” Orvel snapped. “You barely survived last time.”“Because we didn’t understand it. But no
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Chapter: Chapter 29Mason stared at the shard. It was no bigger than his thumb, but it pulsed faintly, rhythmic, alive. The air around it crackled with a silent hum, like a memory refusing to die.Aurora crouched beside him, brushing soot from her robe. “It shouldn’t be doing that.”“No,” Mason whispered, “it shouldn’t even exist.”They’d shattered the mirror, expelled the being within. The room reeked of burnt magic, and the stone beneath the frame still smoked. But the shard sat perfectly intact, defying reason.Aurora reached for it. “Wait.” Mason stopped her hand. “We don’t know what’s left inside.”She hesitated. “If that thing’s still in there…”“I don’t think it is,” Mason murmured. “But something else might be.”Footsteps echoed from the far end of the chamber.Both turned.An old man stepped into the room, robes of midnight blue trailing behind him, a crystal-tipped staff in hand. His face was thin, long-bearded, eyes hidden behind silver-rimmed spectacles.Headmaster Orvel. “You weren’t meant to
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Chapter: Chapter 28The wall sealed behind them with a soft shhhck, like breath being drawn into a closed mouth.Mason turned instinctively, heart racing, but there was no door to reopen, no seam to pry. The room was gone. The world was gone. Only the mirror remained, tall, flawless, still. And humming.“Do you hear that?” Aurora whispered.He nodded. It wasn’t a sound exactly, more like a feeling. A presence crawling up their spines, whispering through their teeth, pressing against their minds.Mason reached toward the mirror. “Wait, ” Aurora grabbed his wrist.But his fingers had already brushed the glass. And everything shattered.The fall wasn’t physical. It felt like being pulled through water that had no temperature, through darkness that had no color, through memory that wasn’t entirely his.And when Mason landed, it was on grass. Warm. Sun-kissed. Soft. He blinked.They stood in a forest clearing, surrounded by tall white trees with golden leaves. A stream ran nearby, glistening beneath twin suns
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Chapter: Chapter 27The moment Mason crossed the gates of Argent Academy, something felt… wrong.The air was too still. Not quiet, Argent was never quiet, but stiff, like the grounds themselves were holding their breath. Students bustled between classes, robes fluttering, wands at their hips, laughter echoing in the courtyards. It looked normal.But Mason could feel it. Underneath the surface. Something had shifted.Norra walked beside him, her hood low. She hadn’t said much since they left Virell’s Hollow, and Mason hadn’t pushed. Whatever she faced during her trial had left a scar he couldn’t yet see. John had returned to his family estate under a secrecy pact. He didn’t want his bloodline tied to Vazquez publicly.Mason understood. He didn’t want his name tied to the suit either.They passed the east tower, where duels were held. A small crowd was gathered around a chalk-drawn ring. Two second-years were sparring, their magic crackling in the air.Mason glanced over, and froze. Standing just beyond
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