All Chapters of Supreme Son-in-law: Reborn With the Apocalypse System: Chapter 41
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Episode 41- The Hollow Below
The silence after the fall was worse that the fall itself. Even though Jared's body struck an unground object, it still stopped him. His vision flickered between dripping black and blinding white as he rolled onto his side, the air leaving his lungs in a ragged gasp. For miles, the only sound was the echo of his own heartbeat. He tried to push himself up after coughing once—smoke, maybe blood. He pressed his hand into the ground. Not all of it was stone. It pulsed softly, moist and warm, as if the world itself were breathing under his touch. "System." His voice was too quiet and cracked. "Status..." There was no response. No lines of text, no warnings, no interface. All that rattled in his skull was an empty static hum. The system was silent for the first time since his reawakening. Jared's throat constricted. He couldn't tell if the clawing at his chest was freedom or fear. The chamber surrounding him had vanished. An endless cavern of broken light extended above him,
Episode 42- Ashes of the Hallow
Silence was the first Jared felt. Silence, not peace. The kind that felt too loud with each heartbeat and pressed against the ribs. He saw a world of grey as he opened his eyes. Ash covered dead roots and cracked stone as it floated through the air like snow. Threads of shadow-light wound through the ruins of what had once been the Arbiter's chamber, and the ground shimmered faintly with blast residue. He was alone. For a moment, he thought he was dead. But the soft hum of the system in his skull, the taste of blood in his mouth, and the ache in his chest told him otherwise. [Rebooting…] [Core Stability: 32%.] [Warning: Identity Fragmentation Detected.] Jared sat up slowly, his ribs protesting. His hand went instinctively to his side — the wound was sealed, but faint black cracks ran across his skin, pulsing like living veins. “Emma… Liam…” His voice came out hoarse, breaking in the stillness. No answer. Just wind sighing through ruins that weren’t supposed to e
Episode 43- The Split
Like static, the rain hissed against the ruins. A thin glimmer of heat warped the edges of broken stone, and the air still burned faintly from the aftershock of the crown-light. Coughing dust from her lungs, Emma stirred among the debris. The world tilted and realigned in flickering fragments as she forced herself upright, her ears ringing with the echo of the collapse. "Jared..." No response. The only sound coming through the broken ceiling is the whisper of rain. She reached for her glasses, her hand shaking. Although the lenses were cracked, there was a slight hum in the air when she pressed the side sensor. Her vision flickered with lines of blue code.[SENTINEL REBOOTING…][Primary Link Offline.][Emergency Scan Protocol: Activated.]The world reshaped itself. Through the lens, data flowed in translucent waves — heat signatures bleeding red, air density mapping in silver, residual energy forming ripples that pulsed where Jared had fallen.She followed the readings through wha
Episode 44- Echoes of the Mark
The night pressed heavy over the ruins of the Bai tower. Ash and ozone, remnants of the explosion that had ripped through its foundations, carried a metallic smell in the wind. Drones used for emergencies floated through the fog, silent witness to the aftermath. Jared's steel-grey eyes were alert but dim as he stood close to the shattered entrance, his coat ripped and bloody.Emma whispered beside him, "Liam's team is sweeping the upper floors. Nothing as of yet. No traces of the energy from the shadow, no spikes in the signal.”Jared didn’t respond. His jaw was locked tight, his hand absently brushing against the side of his ribs where the mirrored chains had once been. He could still feel them there, coiled beneath the skin, waiting.The system flickered across his vision.[Residual Link: Active.][Entity Connection — Unresolved.]He let out a slow breath. “It’s not gone.” Emma looked at him. “What do you mean?” “It’s still inside me. The Arbiter said the heir becomes the king of
Episode 45- The Voice That Wore His Name
The voice didn’t echo. It slithered. It came from everywhere and nowhere at once, curling around Emma’s spine until she could barely breathe.Her glasses flickered violently, readings blurring into static. [Identity Error.] [Signal Corruption.] [Warning: Cognitive interference detected.]“Jared?” she whispered, even though she already knew. The light in front of her pulsed once, then took form—broad shoulders, familiar hair, the same grey eyes. But the warmth that had always softened his face was gone.The figure smiled faintly, head tilting with a calm that felt rehearsed. “You always hesitate when you’re afraid,” it said, voice perfect. Too perfect.Emma’s pulse thundered. “You’re not him.”“Not entirely.” It stepped closer, boots whispering against the cracked stone. “But I am what’s left when the system stops pretending. When the chains stop lying.”Her throat tightened. The system in her glasses glitched again, struggling to lock onto his form. He flickered between flesh and shad
Episode 46- The Echo Left Behind
Since he fell, the rain hadn’t stopped. It clung to everything—the soil, the air, and her skin, like it refused to let go of his memory. With mud stuck to her boots and water streaming down her face, Emma walked aimlessly, unable to tell if she was crying or simply soaked through. Her glasses flickered uselessly. The system continued scanning, trying to find him to make sense of the impossible light that engulfed him. The hollow in her chest grew heavier each time it failed. It made her want to scream. At herself . At him. He had told her once that he didn’t believe in miracles. "You either survive or you don't." However, she had had faith in him. That had to count for something.Lightning flashed. For a second, she thought she saw him in the reflection of a broken puddle—his outline standing just behind her, his silver eye dim, his lips parting to say something she couldn’t hear. Then it rippled away, leaving her alone again.Emma pressed her hand to her chest. “If you’re still i
Chapter 47- The Awakening Below
The sound came first, a low, thrumming pulse that didn’t belong to the air. It went directly into his bones through the stone's fractured veins beneath the floor. As the rhythm got louder and faster, Jared stumbled and gripped his head. Something alive was inside the fracture. Like lightning, the golden threads exploded outward and shattered through the chamber.The chains on his arms trembled as though they had been called home, writhing in response. He could feel them pulling, dragging his body closer to the stone. He hissed, "Stop," but the roar erupting around him caused his voice to break apart. Images flickered through his mind —Faces, burning cities, the gleam of a crown half-buried in ash. And through it all, that same whisper, soft and sure: You left us.Jared fell to one knee. The stone split wider, spilling light so bright it burned the air. Something within it moved—slow, deliberate—and for the first time, Jared wasn’t sure if it was reaching for him… or becoming him.
Chapter 48- The Echo Beneath
The air was colder here. It felt thin and sharp against his skin, as if the world were breathing without him. Something nearby was dripping water when Jared woke up, a slow rhythm that held him in place. The room had vanished. Dust, roots, and stone in its place. It didn't feel natural, but it might have been a cave. Veins of light pulsed faintly through the walls, resembling arteries. He sat up too quickly. The world slanted to one side. His hands shook. The marks remained deep into his arms. However, they were now different, with black streaks twining with gold lines that moved with each blink. His palms ached from rubbing at them. They didn’t fade.He sat there for a long time, listening and trying to remember how to breathe like a normal person. Everything inside him continued to hum from what happened in the chamber. That voice. That thing wearing his face. The crack of the seal. When he eventually forced himself to stand, the cave seemed to be watching him as the walls tremb
Episode 49- When the seal Broke
The world didn't feel alive again, even after the storm had passed. It was hollow. Jared took a seat at the edge of what used to be the chamber. The light was gone, and the stone had split open like a wound. The sky and the ash and the taste of the air were all gray now. Even though he was no longer bleeding, he could still feel the burn where the chains had been beneath his skin. The heartbeat wasn't his when he put his palm to his chest. It sounded heavier and slower, like someone else was still inside of him.[System recalibrating…][Host integrity: 82%][Warning: Identity interference detected.]He exhaled through his teeth. “You again.”Silence. Then—faint, like a thought that didn’t belong to him—You opened the seal, Jared. We’re not separate anymore.He froze. The voice wasn’t cold this time. It sounded… calm. Familiar. Almost like his own, if it were stripped of everything human.“Get out of my head.”I can’t. You brought me back.His fingers curled into fists. He could st
Episode 50- Rebirth of the Chainbearer
The light tore the sky open. Not like thunder. It was unlike any storm he had ever seen. Thin, gold, and alive, it poured through the cloud fissures and bled downward as though the heavens themselves were being rewritten. Jared covered his eyes. The interface of the system was glitching, flickering between static and warnings. Whatever was coming wasn’t supposed to exist. Then the shape broke through. Feathers that glistened between light and metal, wings that resembled blades, and chains underneath it. Like a crown of ruin, dozens of them drag through the air. He gasped. That silhouette was familiar to him. Buried in one of the system's locked files, he had seen it before—the day humanity fell. The day he died.The Archon.Except this time… it wasn’t the same.The light shifted as the creature descended, and for a moment—just a heartbeat—he saw a human form at its center. A face. Pale. Still.Emma.“No…” His voice broke. “No, no, that’s impossible.”The system buzzed, cold and