Chapter: Chapter 503Squad Nine fired blindly into the dark trees. Their heavy lasers hit a massive army of Wraithborn that was sneaking up in perfect silence. The monsters screamed and burned."General Thorne," Oliver said, spinning around in the blue light. He looked at the map of Delta-9. "The enemy ships are trying to land on your east pole. Move your plasma shields from the west to the east.""But the west will be totally open!" Thorne argued."There is nothing in the west but ghosts," Oliver said. "Move the shields. Two seconds."Thorne moved the shields. A massive laser blast from space hit the exact spot where the shields appeared. The human base was saved.Oliver was a machine of perfect logic. He was a god of war standing in a room of light.Captain Vance watched him with his mouth open. Vance could not believe what he was seeing.Oliver was predicting every single move the humanoid monster made. When the monster tried to flank, Oliver was already there. When the monster tried to hide, Oliver dr
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Chapter: Chapter 502"I did," Oliver said flatly. "And because I did, the millions of ships on the moon did not attack your planet. You are welcome.""You are a cold, soulless machine!" Hayes screamed."Commander Hayes," Oliver said. He did not raise his voice. He did not show anger. "You can hate me tomorrow. If we survive today. Look at the data I am sending you."Oliver pushed his hand forward. He sent the holographic data to the other planets.General Thorne gasped on the video screen. "By the gods... the Wraithborn are moving in organized battalions. They are forming shield walls. They are acting like human soldiers.""There is a master strategist leading them now," Oliver explained. "It is a humanoid Wraithborn. It is studying us. If we stay in one place, it will calculate our weakness and destroy us. It knows how thick our walls are. It knows how many bullets we have.""Then what is your plan?" Thorne asked."We must become unpredictable," Oliver said. His hands moved quickly through the glowing bl
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Chapter: Chapter 501The command room was completely dark and entirely silent.Captain Vance sat on the floor. He held his knees against his chest. He was crying softly. The tears left wet lines on his dirty face. He had just watched Commander Oliver say the words, "We lost."The Genesis Key was gone. A monster that looked like a man had stolen it from the deepest vault under the city.Commander Oliver stood by his desk. He did not move for a long time. He stared at the black computer screen. His face was like a stone mask. His hands were flat on the wooden desk.In a normal man, this silence was the sound of a broken heart. In Oliver, it was the sound of a machine rebooting."Vance," Oliver said. His voice was not loud, but it cut through the dark room like a sharp knife.Vance slowly looked up. His eyes were red. "Sir? What is the point? They have the Key. You said we lost.""I was wrong," Oliver said simply. He did not apologize. He just stated a fact. "A game of chess is not over until the King is dea
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Chapter: Chapter 500"If you move, fifty thousand civilians die," Oliver said. "Do the math, Captain. Keep firing down."Jax closed his eyes behind his helmet. He ground his teeth so hard his jaw hurt. He heard the screams of Squad Three to his left. He heard them dying. He heard the terrible crunching sound of the monsters.But Jax was a soldier. He turned his face away from his dying friends."Hold the line!" Jax screamed, tears in his eyes. "Keep firing into the pit!"The rest of the soldiers kept their guns pointed down. They rained fire and death upon the thousands of trapped monsters."Sir," the young soldier with the missing arm spoke into his radio. His voice was very weak. "Commander Oliver..."Oliver pressed a button. "I hear you, Soldier.""I... I can't apply the tourniquet," the boy whispered. "I'm bleeding out. They are all around me."Oliver watched the boy's green dot flashing rapidly on the screen. His heart rate was dropping. He was dying."Listen to my voice, Soldier," Oliver said softly
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Chapter: Chapter 499It started as a soft scratching sound. Scrape. Scrape. Scrape. Then, it grew louder. It sounded like a million sharp knives hitting the rocks.Jax looked down. Through the purple fog, the red wave arrived.The Wraithborn ran into the dark valley. There were thousands of them. They were completely black, shaped like giant spiders made of hard smoke. Their red eyes glowed in the dark. They ran on the walls. They ran on the ground. They climbed over each other.Since their Brain was dead on the Iron Star, they were not marching perfectly anymore. They were wild. They were angry. They were starving.They saw the twenty glowing blue decoys walking in the middle of the road.The monsters screamed. SCREEEEECH! The sound hurt the soldiers' ears. The monsters charged at the robot decoys."They are in the pass," Jax whispered. He held his heavy rifle tight. "The front line is passing us. The middle line is directly below us. The back line is entering the valley."Up in the command room, Oliver
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Chapter: Chapter 498The command room was as cold as a grave. Captain Vance stood in the corner. He was shaking. He was looking at the giant main screen. The screen was empty. Ten minutes ago, the giant spaceship called the Iron Star was on that screen. Now, there was only black space and floating pieces of burning metal.Commander Oliver sat in his large black chair. He did not cry. He did not shake. His face was a mask of gray stone. He looked at his hands. They were clean. But in his mind, they were covered in the blood of four thousand innocent people. He had killed them to save the rest of the solar system. He had killed Captain Iris."Commander..." Vance whispered. His voice was broken. "They are gone. The ship is gone.""I know, Vance," Oliver said. His voice was completely flat. "The Brain is dead. The multi-front attack on the neighbor colonies is stopped. We won that hand.""We won?" Vance asked. He sounded angry. Tears rolled down his face. "Four thousand people are dead! Iris is dead! How is
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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 128The broken earth still smoked from the last clash, and the cries of the wounded hung faint in the air. Yet no one moved. No one breathed. Every soldier, every priest, every king, all stared at the figure of black fire that had stepped from the east.It was not whole. It was not finished. Yet it stood tall, crowned in flame, its body shifting like smoke made flesh.And when it spoke, the world shivered. “You cannot kill what is not finished.”The words slid into every ear like knives. Men cried out, clutching their heads. Some dropped their swords, stumbling back. Others turned and ran, their screams tearing across the field.The kings shouted, their voices desperate. “Hold the line!” “Stand, you fools!” But their words carried no weight. Fear moved faster than command.Priests fell to their knees, chanting broken prayers. Some wept, some tore at their robes, others stared at the shadow with glassy eyes, whispering, “It is the end. It is the end.”The line buckled. The army was breaki
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Chapter: Chapter 127The drums did not stop. All through the night, they beat. Slow, heavy, endless. Each sound rolled across the valley like thunder, rattling armor, shaking bones.When dawn broke, the horizon burned black. The sky glowed as if it had been cut open, spilling fire darker than coal. From that fire, shapes began to march.The shadow host.Soldiers rose from their blankets, their eyes hollow with no sleep. They gripped spears and swords with trembling hands. Some prayed aloud, whispering the names of gods. Others kissed small tokens, rings, cloth, bits of home, before fastening armor with pale fingers.The kings argued even now.King Alaric shouted hoarse. “We cannot face this! Pull the banners back! Save the men while we can!”Queen Seraya snarled at him. “If we run, we are already dead. Do you not see? The shadow will chase us to the ends of the world!”Lord Brennar struck the table with his scarred fist. “Enough! The men need leaders, not cowards. If you flee, then flee. But I will stand.
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Chapter: Chapter 126The march east did not grow easier. Each day the air grew heavier, darker, as if the very sky bent low with dread. The land was sick beneath their feet. Ash drifted over fields where no fire had been. The rivers they crossed ran black, thick as oil, and the priests whispered that the water carried curses.Soldiers grew silent. At first, they marched with songs and cheers. Now they moved with bowed heads, their boots dragging, their voices hushed. Every sound felt swallowed by the land itself.On the seventh day, they found a village burned to nothing. But unlike the others, this one held no corpses on the ground. Instead, the air carried whispers. Faint, chilling voices rose from the ashes, as if the dead still begged for water, for mercy, for life.The soldiers froze. Some clutched their ears, others fell to their knees. A priest cried out, “The shadow binds their souls! This is Vazquez’s work!”Mason stood in the center of the ruin, silent, his silver eyes scanning the ash. His s
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Chapter: Chapter 125The messenger’s words still hung in the tent like smoke. “The east burns. Vazquez’s remnants gather. The shadow is not dead.”No one moved. The kings sat frozen, their crowns heavy on their heads, their eyes wide and pale. The generals stared at the messenger as though the words themselves were poison.It was Queen Seraya who spoke first. Her voice was low, sharp as a knife. “Then all our arguments mean nothing. If the shadow marches, none of us can stand alone.”King Alaric snarled, his hand clenching the table. “And you would put us all under him?” He jerked his chin toward the camp outside. “That… creature who walks in fire?”“Creature or not,” said Lord Brennar, his scarred hands steady, “he is the only one the men will follow now. You know it. I know it. Deny it if you wish, but the fire has already crowned him.”The tent erupted again. Voices clashed, curses flew, pride and fear filled the air like smoke, then the flap opened, and Mason entered.He did not storm in. He did not s
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Chapter: Chapter 124The fire shuddered. The great column of flame, tall as a tower, trembled as though it would tear itself apart. Sparks burst in every direction. The heartbeat thundered, faster, stronger, rattling armor and splitting stone.Men screamed. Women wept. Some fell to their knees, pressing their foreheads into the ash. Others stumbled back, hands over their faces, crying that the fire would consume them all.The priests raised their arms higher, their voices shrill. “The Saint is here!” they shouted. “The Flame Eternal rises!”But even their cries cracked with fear, for the fire shook like a living beast ready to break free.The column of fire began to fold inward.At first it sank slowly, as if collapsing under its own weight. Sparks spiraled down, drifting like burning snow. The glow dimmed to gold, then to red, the edges shrinking smaller and smaller.A whisper spread through the crowd. “It’s fading. It’s over. He’s gone again.”Some soldiers sobbed in despair. Others sagged in relief, b
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Chapter: Chapter 123The altar was gone. In its place stood fire. A column of flame towered from the earth, white at its heart, gold at its edges, sparks falling like embers of a forge. The light blinded the valley, brighter than sun, searing the eyes of all who looked upon it. Heat washed over the battlefield, heavy and suffocating.The heartbeat shook the ground again. Once. Twice. Steady, louder, stronger. Men fell to their knees, some in awe, others in terror. Priests shrieked and wept. Kings shielded their faces with their cloaks. Soldiers cried out to gods old and new. The flame pulsed. Shadows leapt and twisted across the broken stones. For an instant, shapes seemed to move inside the fire. One priest cried out, his eyes wide and wet. “I see him! The Saint walks with wings of fire!” He tore at his robe, beating his chest with bloody fists. “Bow! Bow before the Flame Eternal!”Another priest laughed, wild and broken. “No! Look! A crown of light rests upon his brow. He is the king of fire, ruler o
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