All Chapters of Avid Gamer In The Apocalypse : Chapter 81
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Chapter 81
The storm faded. Shards of fire and crystal drifted slowly through the void like snow. The plain was gone, shattered into fragments that floated without weight. The echoes had scattered, their voices silenced. The heart loomed above, still vast, still glowing, but its pulse was uneven now, broken, and at the storm’s center stood Everett and Kael.They were not the same. Everett’s body glowed with fire, but the cracks across his skin no longer bled. Instead, glowing chains wound through him, each link alive with Kael’s light. His eyes burned bright, half flame and half crystal. Kael clung to his chest, but he too had changed. His form was solid now, no longer flickering. Shards orbited him steadily, their glow stable for the first time. His small hands were wrapped in faint fire, his eyes burning with both his own glow and Everett’s blaze.Their chains were no longer two, but one. A single living tether binding them together, pulsing like a shared heartbeat.Everett’s chest rose and
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The heart screamed. Its vast surface split with a thunderous crack, shards of glowing crystal breaking away and drifting into the void. Each fracture bled light so fierce it blinded Everett, searing across his vision. He shielded Kael with his arms, his fire blazing to block the rain of shards.The pulsing grew louder, no longer steady, it was frantic, wild, like a beast tearing at its own cage.Kael whimpered, clutching Everett’s shirt, his glowing eyes wide with terror. “It’s coming out.”Everett held him closer, his own chest aching as the single chain between them rattled violently. “I won’t let it touch you.”Another crack ripped across the heart, wider this time. From inside came a sound that wasn’t a heartbeat, wasn’t a voice, something deeper, heavier, like all the echoes screaming together in agony.The void shook. The broken ground splintered further, fragments tumbling into endless dark, and then Everett saw it. A hand.It pushed through the crack, enormous, made not of fl
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Kael’s scream ripped through the void. One moment Everett’s arms were around him, chains, fire, warmth, everything holding him safe. The next, the monstrous hand tore Everett away, hurling him into the blinding storm. “EVERETT!” Kael’s glowing eyes burned with tears as his small hands clutched at nothing. His shards spun out of control, slashing the air, desperate to pull Everett back. But the storm swallowed him whole, leaving only sparks where his fire had been.The heart’s booming voice filled the silence. “One remains. One binds.”Kael trembled, collapsing to his knees on the fractured ground. His shards flickered, their light dimming. “No… no, you can’t take him… give him back!”The monstrous hand hovered over him, its fingers curling like chains tightening around prey. From within its vast body of shards and fire, the whispers of countless echoes rose together: “He is gone. You are ours now. You are the light. You will complete us.”Kael shook his head violently, glowing tea
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The chain snapped with a scream that echoed through both their chests. Everett staggered backward, fire sputtering out as the darkness swallowed him again. His hand closed on nothing, Kael’s glow vanishing from reach. “KAEL!” His voice tore through the void, raw, desperate. But no reply came, only silence thick as ash.Everett’s knees buckled. His chest burned where the bond had been cut, blood spilling down his shirt in glowing streaks. He clutched at the wound, but the pain was more than flesh, it was emptiness. The fire inside him stuttered. For the first time since Kael had entered his life, Everett felt truly alone.Kael collapsed on the shattered plain, clutching his chest. His small body trembled, shards scattering wildly around him. His glowing eyes widened, wet with tears. “Everett…” His voice cracked into a sob. “I can’t feel you anymore.”The monstrous hand loomed above him, its chains rattling, its shards dripping fire. The voices inside it pressed close, whispering in
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Everett’s roar burned through the darkness. The chains that had once dragged him down shuddered under the force of his fire. They snapped one by one, bursting into sparks. His chest still bled, every breath a knife, but he no longer staggered. Kael’s voice, faint but real, was enough to steady his steps. “Kael… keep calling me. Don’t stop. I’ll follow your voice until the end.”The whispers clawed at his ears, furious now. “He will fade. You cannot reach him. You are fire dying in shadow.”Everett snarled, fire flaring brighter. “And yet I’m still burning.” He pushed forward, tearing through the dark, chasing the faint pull of the bond.Kael stumbled across the shard plain, his bare feet cut and glowing, blood dripping onto the fractured ground. Shards rose like walls around him, hemming him in, their edges sharp enough to slice the air.The monstrous hand moved above, dragging chains that rattled like thunder. Every step he took, it followed, whispering in countless voices: “Come.
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The barrier screamed as the monstrous hand slammed into it. The glasslike surface cracked in every direction, glowing fissures racing outward. Everett and Kael pressed harder from opposite sides, their hands glowing bright against the trembling wall.“Everett, don’t let go!” Kael shouted, his voice breaking with fear and hope tangled together.“Never!” Everett roared, fire bursting from his body, spilling into the cracks. His blood burned down his arms, but he didn’t care. He shoved harder, muscles straining, every ounce of his strength thrown into breaking through.Kael mirrored him, his small frame shaking but his glowing shards swirling in fierce defiance. “We can do it together! Just like always!”The barrier shuddered, the cracks widening, light pouring out. The monstrous hand struck again, chains whipping, its whispers booming: “You will not unite. The chain must stay broken. The boy binds alone. The fire fades.”Everett snarled, his teeth bared. “Shut up! He’s not binding wit
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The blast shook the heart to its roots. Everett and Kael’s combined fire and light exploded outward, tearing through the echoes, shattering the monstrous hand, splitting the ground beneath them into glowing fractures. The storm roared so loud it drowned out the whispers, the endless command of the chain.When the light faded, silence fell. Everett stood panting, blood dripping down his arms, fire still licking at his skin. Kael leaned against him, shards circling weakly, his glowing eyes half-lidded but fierce. “Did we… Did we win?” Kael whispered, voice trembling.Everett looked around. The battlefield was gone. The echoes were gone. Even the chains had faded. Only the pulsing walls of the heart remained, glowing faintly like the inside of a giant vein. “No,” Everett said quietly, his jaw clenched. His fire burned steadier, brighter. “Not yet.”The heart groaned above them, its glow flickering wildly, cracks racing across its surface. From deep inside, something stirred.Kael’s sm
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The chains shattered like glass. The explosion of light knocked Everett and Kael backward, slamming them into the cracked floor of the heart. For a long breath, all was blinding, shards of broken links scattering like falling stars, whispers dissolving into static.When the brilliance dimmed, the storm was gone. The walls of the heart no longer pulsed with rage. Instead, they glowed faintly, like fading embers, and at the center of it all floated the boy. The first vessel.His small body no longer curled tight but unfolded slowly, drifting upright. The silver glow of his hair flowed around him, his eyes opening fully for the first time in uncountable ages. They shone like mirrors, reflecting both Everett’s fire and Kael’s light. Kael clung to Everett’s side, his glowing eyes wide, his voice hushed. “Everett… he’s awake.”Everett pulled Kael close protectively, his fire flickering low but steady. “Yeah. Stay sharp.”The boy turned toward them. His lips parted. His voice was soft, bu
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The chamber split apart. The veins of light ripped open, spilling floods across the floor like molten rivers. The walls shook, fragments falling into the abyss below. The pulse of the heart throbbed faster, harder, like it was panicking.The first vessel floated at the center, his silver eyes glowing with sorrow and fear. His voice rose over the chaos, trembling but stern.“You don’t understand. There is no other way. Without a sacrifice, the heart will die, and the world with it.”Everett stepped forward, fire blazing around him, brighter than ever. His teeth bared, his voice rough with rage and defiance.“Then let it die. If the only world you’re offering us is one where Kael suffers, then it’s not worth saving.”Kael gasped, clutching Everett’s arm. “Everett!”Everett’s fire wrapped around him like armor, shielding him from the falling fragments. “Don’t you dare volunteer yourself again, Kael. I’m not letting you go. Not for anyone. Not for anything.”The boy’s glowing tears strea
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The light faded slowly. It didn’t vanish all at once, it unraveled, curling like smoke in water. Pieces of the broken heart drifted upward, glowing faintly as they rose into the quiet. No more chains. No more voices. Just stillness.Everett stood in the center of the wreckage, his arms still wrapped around Kael. His body was shaking from exhaustion. His fire had gone soft, not gone, but tired, flickering low like the last ember in a forge.Kael’s glow was faint too, his shards floating lazily in the air, circling them like weary birds. The boy’s head rested against Everett’s chest. He was breathing. That was enough.For the first time in what felt like forever, there was no screaming. No pulling. No law whispering in their ears. Just quiet.Everett lifted his gaze. Above them, the ceiling of the heart had torn open, showing not sky, but an endless field of stars. He had almost forgotten what stars looked like. They shimmered faintly, blinking in and out as if testing whether they s