All Chapters of System Activated: Divine Talent Granted : Chapter 371
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Chapter 370. Contact
The ruins outside the city were silent when Oliver arrived, too silent for a place that once held thousands of people. The broken towers leaned over the cracked streets like tired giants, their windows reflecting nothing but the dull red glow leaking from distant Rift scars in the sky. Even the wind sounded different here, as if it whispered warnings instead of moving air.Oliver tightened the strap on his gloves and stepped forward. The System hovered faintly in his vision, lines of quiet blue text sliding across his sight every few seconds.[Tracking Hayes Energy Signature.][Signal Weak but Active.][Warning: Stealth Recommended.]Oliver inhaled slowly. He kept his steps steady and his breathing even as he walked deeper into the ruins. Every shadow looked like it wanted to reach for him. Every crack in the concrete made his skin crawl.He sensed movement behind him and stopped immediately.Iris slipped out from behind an old pillar, crossing her arms with a stubborn look. “You r
Chapter 371. Collapse
The moment Oliver returned to the academy grounds, he felt the atmosphere twist around him.Like a tightening rope, as if the very air had been pulled taut with fear and hidden tension, and before he even reached the central courtyard he heard shouting, crashing, And the unmistakable sound of System barriers powering up and then flickering out again with a sharp electric snap that made his skin prickle. He took one more step, and a second later the first explosion hit, echoing across the academy like thunder ripping straight through the sky.And dust rose in a thick cloud as students ran in all directions, some screaming, some frozen, some clutching their arms as the ground trembled beneath their feet.Oliver sprinted forward, eyes scanning everything at once, and he shouted, “What is happening? Who opened the outer gates?”But no one paused long enough to answer him because chaos had swallowed the campus whole. The normally calm halls where students trained and laughed felt like a
Chapter 372. The Stolen Heart
Rain poured from the night sky like a broken river as Oliver ran across the shattered academy courtyard.Each footstep splashing in cold water that mixed with soot and ash from the earlier explosions, and the storm seemed almost alive, as if the sky itself cried for what had been lost. The air smelled of burnt metal and broken wards. The walls trembled under the last waves of energy left from the raid, and despite the fires dying slowly in the distance.Oliver could feel only one thing in his chest, sharp and cold like a knife pressed between his ribs. The artifact was gone. He had failed.He reached the far end of the courtyard just as Iris caught up with him, her hair soaked, droplets sliding down her face like tears she refused to show. “Oliver, wait,” she said breathlessly, grabbing his arm. “We need to regroup first, Kael is calling a full lockdown, we need a plan.”Oliver pulled his arm free, voice tight and trembling. “There is no time for plans. They took it, Iris. The one th
Chapter 373. Shattered Bonds
The night after chasing Hayes’s agents felt longer than any night Oliver had lived through. He returned to the academy soaked, trembling, and carrying nothing but the weight of failure on his shoulders. The rain had stopped by then, leaving a heavy silence hanging over the broken courtyards, broken walls, and broken trust of the place he once considered safe. The fires from the earlier attack still smoked in scattered corners, curling upward in thin white threads that smelled like wet ashes and melted stone. It felt like the academy itself was mourning.Students rushed around gathering the injured and repairing what could still be saved, their faces pale and exhausted. Some paused when they saw Oliver, whispering behind their hands, but he kept walking, unable to focus on anything except the empty space where the artifact should have been.Iris found him at the entrance of the infirmary. Her clothes were torn and stained with dried blood from helping the wounded, her eyes red wit
Chapter 374. The Rift’s Whisper
The world looked different the next morning, as if the sky itself had been drained of color. Oliver walked across the academy courtyard with slow, steady steps, feeling the weight of every glance that followed him. Students stared at him like he was a walking omen. Some whispered his name with fear, others with suspicion. No one dared approach him. But none of that mattered. Not today.Because today, he was following the faint trail of energy left by Andre Hayes, and every part of his body felt tense, ready, and restless.He left before dawn, slipping past the half-functioning wards, past the cracked gates and the long shadows cast by broken lampposts. He did not tell Kael. He did not tell Iris. This was something he had to do alone. If he brought anyone else, Hayes would use them against him.The sky was hushed and almost bruised in color as he walked across the field, the grass cold under his boots. The System remained silent, but sometimes it flickered at the edge of his vision
Chapter 375. Dawn Of The Trials
Morning rose slowly over the academy, not with bright colors or gentle warmth, but with a strange gray light that spread across the courtyard like a veil. Students gathered in groups, some whispering nervously while others stood silent, staring up at the sky that flickered faintly with threads of Rift energy. It was supposed to be a day of pride and celebration, the beginning of the official Traveler Trials, yet everyone could sense that something in the world had shifted in the last few days. A subtle tremor sat under the surface of everything, like the whole academy was holding its breath.Oliver Beckett walked through the courtyard with Iris at his side, moving quietly between knots of anxious students. His steps were steady, but inside he felt like he was walking with two versions of himself, the one who used to believe the System was a guide, and the one who now understood it was watching him like a lab experiment. His chest still ached where Hayes forced the artifact into h
Chapter 376
Oliver opened his eyes to a world covered in silver mist.For a long moment he did not move. His breath formed small clouds in the cold air. A quiet ringing echoed in his ears, the after effect of teleportation. Slowly he pushed himself up from the damp ground and looked around.The testing zone was nothing like the academy training fields. Here the trees were towering pillars of strange wood, their branches glowing faintly like threads of moonlight. The soil was warm beneath his fingers even though the air was icy. Every direction felt alive, as if the entire forest was listening to their arrival.A soft rustle came from behind him.“Oliver,” Iris whispered. Her voice sounded small inside the fog. She knelt nearby, brushing dirt from her clothes. “We made it. It really sent us in.”He nodded slowly. “Stay close. The survival phase starts the moment we wake up.”The System confirmed his words. A clear notification slid across his vision:[Survival Exam – Day One Begins][Objective:
Chapter 377
Oliver woke before the others. The sky above the camp was a soft grey, the mist still thick and unmoving. The air tasted metallic, like frozen mana. A single thought sat heavy in his mind: today would be worse than yesterday. The Trial zone grew more dangerous with distance, and the forest ahead pulsed with a strange rhythm, as if breathing in slow, uneasy waves.Iris stirred beside him, wrapped in her cloak. Rhea slept against the tree trunk, her chest rising and falling in uneven breaths. Oliver stood quietly, stretched his arms, and scanned the woods for any signs of movement.A faint echo drifted toward them from the right. It sounded like footsteps, but the rhythm felt wrong. The echoes returned a heartbeat after the steps, like delayed reflections.Iris opened her eyes and frowned. “Is that someone walking?”“No,” Oliver murmured. “Not someone. Something.”The Survival Phase had many dangers, but the Forest of Echoes was one that even veteran Travelers whispered about with ca
Chapter 378
The sky above the Trial zone changed color before Oliver even reached the clearing. The mist brushed away like a curtain, revealing a sky streaked with deep red light. The clouds swirled like fire slowly twisting across the heavens. Even the air grew hotter, as if something enormous was breathing warm gusts into the forest.Rhea stopped walking and pressed a hand to her chest. “This is not normal weather.”Iris gripped her staff tighter. “It’s the beacon. The System said it would activate at dawn.”Oliver felt the ground tremble beneath his feet. Not enough to knock him off balance, but enough to make his muscles tense. The temperature climbed with every step they took. Sweat rolled down the side of his neck, and his breath came out warm.“It’s starting,” Oliver said quietly.They stepped out of the tree line and into a vast clearing shaped like a bowl of scorched earth. Blackened grass crackled under their boots. At the center stood the beacon, a towering crystal pillar glowing li
Chapter 379
The world returned in a burst of golden light. Oliver felt solid ground under his boots and cool air rushing past his face. A moment later, the mist cleared, revealing a huge coliseum rising around him in a ring of white stone. The rows of seats climbed so high that the top vanished into a hazy glow. Every seat was full. Students, officials, guild representatives, and watchers from the Traveler networks sat shoulder to shoulder, their cheers crashing like waves.The surviving candidates stood on the arena floor, barely fifty of them. Most had torn uniforms, tired eyes, and bruised limbs from the survival exam. Oliver felt the weight of their fear and excitement. Iris stood close beside him, her breathing shaky.“It looks like the whole world is watching,” she whispered.Oliver nodded slowly. “Then we give them something to watch.”A booming voice echoed through the coliseum. “Welcome to the Combat Phase of the Traveler Trials!”The crowd roared again. Panels of shimmering blue ligh