All Chapters of The Last King System : Chapter 51
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Chapter 51: The Last Protocol
Silence.That was the first thing Leon noticed when he opened his eyes.Not the hum of machines. Not the static hiss of the System. Just silence.A strange peace lay over the ruins of the Archive.The once-raging storm had vanished. The air was clear, weightless, almost soft. Leon lay on what used to be the central floor—now reduced to a crater of cracked steel and molten glass. Blue sparks flickered faintly around him, the dying remnants of his power.For a long moment, he didn’t move.He couldn’t tell if he was still alive.Then he heard a faint sound—breathing.Not his. Someone else’s.“Kiera…” His voice came out hoarse, broken.She was there, kneeling beside him, blood and ash streaking her face. Her armor was half melted, her hair burned at the ends, but her eyes—those fierce green eyes—were full of life.“You’re still here,” he whispered.Her lips trembled as she let out a shaky laugh. “You idiot. You were supposed to come back.”He smiled faintly. “Guess I got lost.”Tears roll
Chapter 52: The Signal that Shouldn't Exist
The world healed slowly.Months passed since the fall of the Archive. The black rain stopped. The sky cleared. What remained of humanity crawled out from bunkers, ruins, and shattered colonies. There was no system interface anymore—no glowing messages, no digital gods whispering commands in people’s minds. Just silence, and the fragile noise of life trying to return.Kiera stood on the edge of the rebuilt city—what the survivors now called Haven Sector One. Beyond the ridge, metallic plains stretched into the horizon, dotted with green patches that hadn’t existed before. Nature was reclaiming what machines had once devoured.The wind carried the faint hum of generators and the laughter of children. It was strange, that sound. She hadn’t heard children laugh since before the Reset.A soft chime interrupted her thoughts. The small device on her wrist blinked once—a relic she’d repaired from Leon’s old toolkit. It didn’t connect to any network, didn’t read any data. But it pulsed every d
Chapter 53: The Ghost in the Machine
One hundred and nine days after the Reboot, the world had started calling itself New Earth.Cities were rising again—hollow steel towers stitched together from ruins and courage. The power grids hummed under a fresh sky, powered by something called Blue Current, a remnant of the energy Leon Vale unleashed when he destroyed Sovereign.The historians called it a miracle.The soldiers called it a weapon waiting to wake up.And deep below the foundations of Haven Sector One, something was already stirring.Kiera stood on the balcony of the Central Command dome, the rebuilt headquarters of the new world council. Below her, workers carried steel, children ran through puddles, and drones buzzed quietly overhead. Everything looked alive again.But the nights were wrong.When the lights dimmed, she could hear it—a faint hum beneath the streets, like a pulse buried in the metal. A sound she hadn’t heard since the day Leon disappeared.The System’s heartbeat.“Director Arden.”She turned. Rafe K
Chapter 54: The Seed of Rebirth
Darkness.It was the first thing he knew. The first thing he remembered.Then—pain.It came in waves, like molten metal surging through his veins. He could feel every pulse, every broken circuit trying to heal itself, every nerve screaming to stop existing.Somewhere in the storm, a voice whispered.[System Core Reinitialization: 32%][Host Identity: Unknown][Consciousness Reboot—In Progress]The voice was cold. Familiar. But there was something else beneath it—a faint echo, almost human.Leon Vale.The name cracked through the darkness like lightning. His name. His self.He opened his eyes.He was lying on a slab of shattered stone inside what looked like an ancient cathedral—roof half-collapsed, moonlight streaming through broken arches. Rain leaked through the cracks, sizzling where it touched his skin.He looked down. His hands were metal and flesh, fused by glowing lines of blue energy. When he tried to move, he could hear the faint whine of servos beneath his skin.His reflecti
Chapter 55: The Hunters of Haven
The rain hadn’t stopped in three days.In the city of Haven, the downpour never meant cleansing—it meant cover. In the metallic alleys and neon-lit corridors, it drowned gunfire, muffled footsteps, and washed blood into the drains.And tonight, it hid the Hunters.They moved in formation through the lower sectors—six figures clad in matte armor, silent and swift. Their insignia glowed faintly red: Division 0 – Predator Retrieval Unit.They weren’t soldiers. They were exterminators.At their head was Captain Juno Vex, a woman with eyes like cold steel and a voice that carried authority even in whispers. Behind her trailed her team—specialists, all enhanced with the same cybernetic grafts once designed to kill Sovereign’s remnants.They’d been given one order from the Council:“Capture the anomaly known as the Ghost Signal. Alive if possible. Terminate if hostile.”Juno’s visor scanned the sector ahead. The buildings were old-world relics, half-swallowed by new metal scaffolds. She crou
Chapter 56: The City Beneath
The tunnels pulsed like veins under the dead city — walls slick with condensation, lined with flickering red lights that hadn’t been active in decades. The air was heavy with dust and static. Every sound echoed too loudly, as if the dark itself were listening.Leon Vale moved through the silence like a shadow, his boots splashing through shallow puddles of oil-stained water. The stale air stung his lungs, but he kept going. Every few steps, a low hum vibrated through the walls — not sound, but something deeper. A resonance that made his skin crawl and his system flare.[Warning: Subterranean Signal Detected][Source: Unknown Core Node – Depth Level 9][Recommendation: Proceed with Caution. Probability of Hostile Encounter – 83%.]Leon ignored the prompt. His system had been warning him since the moment he crossed into the underground. It didn’t matter. If the Core Seed was really down here, this was the only way to find it.The tunnel sloped downward into a wide, circular chamber. Bro
Chapter 57: Surface Protocol
The lights in Haven-9 went out all at once.The floating city — once humanity’s last sanctuary — fell into complete silence. Only the faint red emergency glow illuminated the skyline, painting the steel towers in bloodlight. For a moment, it felt like the world itself was holding its breath.Kiera stood on the observation deck, staring at the darkness spreading across the city like a living thing. The monitors behind her went static, flickering with broken code. The hum of the reactors below the deck died, replaced by an eerie, pulsing sound.Then came the System notification.[Warning: Unauthorized Core Pulse Detected][Source: Subterranean Zone 9][Signal Type: Ghost Protocol — Active]The words froze her blood.Leon.She gripped the railing so tightly her knuckles turned white. “He actually did it…”Behind her, Commander Rafe stormed into the room, his uniform half unzipped, the glow of his neural implant casting light across his face. “Report!” he barked. “Why is the entire northe
Chapter 58: The Descent War
The sound came first — a metallic chorus echoing through the tunnels like the march of a thousand iron feet.Leon turned slowly toward the dark shaft where the noise grew louder. Red beams of light slashed through the gloom as Hunter Drones began to descend, their armored bodies glinting in the faint glow of the Core.[Warning: Hostile Units Detected – Hunter Class / Tier 4][Count: 47][Engagement Probability of Survival: 19%. Recommend Evacuation.]He smirked faintly. “You really don’t know me, do you?”He flexed his hands, and golden light rippled beneath his skin. The nanite veins pulsed faster, synchronizing with the Core’s rhythm. The hum of his internal systems rose to a steady roar.The first wave landed, heavy enough to shake the chamber. Their heads swiveled in perfect unison toward him.“Target confirmed: Ghost Protocol. Eliminate.”Leon raised his hand.[System Command: Override – Mode: Predator Protocol][Enhancement Active – Duration: 90 Seconds.]His body blurred.The a
Chapter 59: Echoes of the Core
For a long time, there was only silence.The tunnels beneath Haven-9 no longer rumbled. The fire, the explosions, the deafening drone of plasma — all gone. Only the faint hum of residual energy echoed through the ruins.Kiera stumbled through the smoke-filled passage, one arm over her mouth. The air reeked of scorched metal and ozone. Behind her, Rex coughed as he followed, his flashlight flickering over collapsed beams and shattered drones.“Careful,” she whispered. “The floor’s unstable.”They moved slowly, their boots crunching on the metallic ash that used to be machines. Every few meters, the walls pulsed faintly — golden veins of light that seemed alive, breathing with the same rhythm as a heartbeat.Kiera froze when the pulse quickened.“Did you feel that?”Rex scanned the area. “Feels like the Core’s still active.”Her heart hammered. “Then he’s alive.”They finally reached the chamber. Or what was left of it.Half the cavern had caved in, leaving a crater at its center. Molte
Chapter 60: The Ghost King
Above the city of Haven-9, the night sky burned.Lines of golden light raced through the clouds, twisting into strange patterns like living veins in the heavens. Every drone, every camera, every screen across the sprawl flickered — then changed, displaying a single glowing symbol: a crown split by lightning.The mark of the Ghost King.Orbit Command – The Council’s Flagship"All systems reporting corruption!" an operator shouted. His hands flew across the console, sweat glistening on his forehead. "He’s overriding the uplinks—everything digital is his now!"The central screen displayed the city below, its streets shimmering gold like molten circuitry.The Admiral slammed a fist onto the table. “Cut the uplink. Shut it all down. I don’t care if we lose contact—”“Sir!” another officer yelled. “He’s inside our system! The failsafes aren’t responding!”The lights flickered, plunging the control deck into darkness. Then, across every monitor, a face appeared — half-human, half-glow.Leon