All Chapters of The fortune's deadline : Chapter 31
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52 chapters
chapter 31: Brothers of cold and blood
The light from the explosion tore through the dark mist, spreading across the broken field of data and memories. Jason fell to one knee, his vision flickering with static. Gold sparks still burned around him, fading slowly into the shifting air.Across the battlefield, Malik stood tall — calm, cold, almost human again. The red lines crawling up his skin glowed like veins of fire. Behind him, the souls of the forgotten drifted silently, trapped again by his control.Jason rose slowly, breathing hard. “You don’t have to keep doing this, Malik. It doesn’t have to end this way.”Malik’s lips curved into a strange smile. “You still think this is about choice? You think you can just decide to be good, and everything resets?”He raised his hand. The red lines on his arm expanded, and the air around him cracked open like glass. From the cracks, dark shapes crawled out — shadows shaped like men, but with no faces, no sound, no light. They moved like smoke, stretching toward Jason.Jason’s eyes
chapter 32: the black cross awakens
Darkness.That was all Jason could see at first — a heavy, living darkness that moved like smoke and breathed like a beast. The air was thick and cold, humming with a strange power that pressed against his chest. He couldn’t tell if he was standing, falling, or floating.The golden glow that had always surrounded him was gone. His hands trembled as he looked down — the cross on his chest no longer shone with light. It was there, but dim… almost dead.Then he saw it.Across the void, Malik stood on a rising platform made of black light, his eyes burning like fire behind glass. In his hand, he held a symbol — Jason’s cross, but twisted. The gold had turned deep black, the red lines now bleeding with shadow.> SYSTEM NOTICE: UNKNOWN RELIC DETECTED – BLACK CROSS PROTOCOL ACTIVE.Jason whispered, voice shaking, “What did you do?”Malik raised the Black Cross high, and the void responded. Waves of dark energy rippled out from him, spreading like ink in water. “I finished what Victor started
chapter 33: the rise of the void king
The void burned.Black light spilled through the cracks in the sky, pouring down like liquid fire. The air around Jason turned heavy and sharp, buzzing with power that didn’t belong to any world he knew.Malik floated above the broken ground, no longer just human. His body shimmered with dark energy — metal, code, and flesh twisted together until his face looked like a reflection in shattered glass. The Black Cross hovered before his chest, spinning slowly, each turn releasing a hum so deep it shook Jason’s bones.> SYSTEM ALERT: ENTITY “VOID KING” – PRIORITY THREAT LEVEL: OMEGA.Jason tried to stand, but his knees trembled. His golden armor flickered, the light struggling to stay alive against the darkness filling everything. He could feel the system collapsing around them — every digital wall, every memory, every life connected to the Legacy was now bending under Malik’s control.Malik’s voice rolled across the air like thunder.“Do you see it now, Jason? The light and dark were nev
chapter 34: the trial of kings
The black ocean stretched forever, silent and endless. Jason stood on its glassy surface, his reflection glowing faintly gold under the void sky. Every breath he took felt heavy, as if the air itself didn’t want him there.> SYSTEM NOTICE: DIMENSION SHIFT CONFIRMED.YOU HAVE ENTERED — THE VOID REALM.Jason looked around. The place was wrong — no wind, no sun, no time. Just a huge, empty darkness that swallowed sound and thought. Then, far ahead, something started to glow — a line of floating lights forming a path into the distance.“Another test…” he muttered. “Of course.”He took a step forward, his boots sending small ripples through the black surface. Each ripple shimmered gold and vanished. As he followed the path, whispers filled the air — soft voices, familiar ones.> “You failed us, Jason…”“You couldn’t save them…”“You let him become this…”Jason clenched his fists. He recognized those voices. His friends. His soldiers. The ones Malik had taken.“I didn’t fail,” he whispered.
chapter 35: the first crown bleeds
The fall seemed endless. Jason felt like he was dropping through layers of broken dreams — light, shadow, memory, all twisting around him like torn fabric. The deeper he went, the louder his heartbeat grew until it echoed like thunder in his ears.Then, the fall stopped.He hit solid ground — not cold, not warm, but alive. The floor glowed faintly red, like it was made of pulsing veins under glass. The air was thick and heavy, filled with the scent of iron and smoke.> SYSTEM NOTICE: YOU HAVE ENTERED — BLOOD REALM.DANGER LEVEL: EXTREME.Jason pushed himself up slowly. All around him stood massive statues, each one shaped like a crowned figure. But their crowns were cracked, and red light dripped from the breaks like bleeding wounds.He took a step forward and winced — the ground under his boot shifted like flesh.“This place is alive,” he whispered.A quiet, low hum filled the air. Then one of the statues — the tallest one — opened its eyes.They burned red.> “Welcome, bearer of the
chapter 36: the kingdom of echoes
Jason stepped onto the staircase made of bone and light. Each step felt alive beneath his boots, as if the world itself was breathing. The air was colder now, filled with whispers that came from everywhere and nowhere. The deeper he climbed, the more the sound turned into voices — familiar voices.> “Jason…”“You said you’d never leave us…”“Why did you survive when we didn’t?”He froze. The voices sounded like the orphans from Haven — the children he once knew, the ones who died when the fire swallowed everything. His heart twisted painfully.> SYSTEM NOTICE: YOU HAVE ENTERED — THE KINGDOM OF ECHOES.OBJECTIVE: CONFRONT YOUR PAST. ESCAPE THE LOOP.Jason reached the top of the stairs and stepped into a world that looked like the city — but broken. The buildings floated upside down, the streets hung like ribbons in the sky, and the people were shadows, replaying their deaths again and again.The echo of himself — a younger Jason, smaller, dirt-stained, terrified — ran through the stree
chapter 37: the crownless one
The air screamed as Jason faced the army of shadows. Every echo had a face — some human, some broken, some too twisted to name. They poured out of the mirror towers like black rain, their bodies glitching as they moved. Each carried the same hollow eyes, the same whisper:> “Join us.”“Stay in the Legacy forever.”Jason’s heart hammered. His cross pulsed wildly, gold light fighting against the darkness that wrapped the sky. The storm above cracked with red lightning, revealing the face of the Crownless — calm, cold, watching.> SYSTEM ALERT: ENTITY — “THE CROWNLESS.” THREAT LEVEL: UNKNOWN.MISSION OBJECTIVE: SURVIVE UNTIL SYNTHESIS CYCLE COMPLETES.Jason swung his blade of light, cutting through three shadows. They shattered like glass, scattering into pieces of data that melted into the ground. But for every one that fell, two more appeared.He clenched his fists. “So this is what you call a test?”The Crownless tilted his head slightly. His voice was deep, echoing like thunder trapp
chapter 38: the mirror war
The sky broke open like glass. Shards of light fell all around as Jason and the creature that looked like him collided again and again. Each hit shook the ground, each echo twisted the air into wild colors. It was like fighting inside a broken dream that refused to end.Jason’s sword of light clashed with the hybrid’s claws of shadow. Sparks flew like tiny stars. Every sound was a roar. The ground kept changing — first stone, then mirror, then black water that showed Jason’s own face staring up at him in fear.> SYSTEM NOTICE: ENVIRONMENT SHIFTING – STABILITY LEVEL: DANGEROUS.The hybrid laughed with Jason’s own voice. “You see? The Legacy doesn’t need heroes. It needs survivors. It needs monsters like me.”Jason breathed hard, every bone in his body aching. He shouted, “You’re not me! You’re what I was supposed to become — but I didn’t!”He ran forward again, slashing through another wave of shadow. The cross on his chest glowe
chapter 39: the first creators wrath
The silver field shattered beneath Jason’s boots. Every step he took toward the Original Creator made the ground ripple like water, sending waves of force in every direction. The enormous figure towered over him, circuits twisting across its body like glowing veins, eyes burning with a fire that was older than time itself.Jason’s cross flared bright gold and red, sending pulses into the air. Each pulse struck the figure, but it didn’t flinch. Every strike he had ever made, every fight he had survived, had led to this moment. And yet, the air around him was heavy with danger — too heavy, too alive.> SYSTEM ALERT: ENVIRONMENT HOSTILE – THREAT LEVEL: OMEGA.RECOMMENDATION: FULL SYSTEM ENGAGEMENT REQUIRED.Jason clenched the cross and shouted, “I’ve fought through storms, broken the mirror world, and faced Malik! I’m not afraid of you!”The Original tilted its head, almost curious. Its voice rumbled like mountains cracking.> “You are bold, human… too bold. Do you even understand the we
chapter 40: the true inheritance
The cathedral of light and shadow trembled like it knew the moment had arrived. Jason’s chest burned with power, the golden-red pulses of his cross synchronizing perfectly with his heartbeat. Every muscle in his body was tense, every nerve alive. He could feel the Legacy itself stretching toward him, whispering, calling, testing.The Original Creator hovered, massive and unmoving, eyes like molten fire scanning every corner of his being. The air shimmered with the weight of impossibility. Every step Jason had taken, every trial, every loss and betrayal, had led to this moment.> SYSTEM ALERT: INHERITANCE PHASE ACTIVE – FULL ENGAGEMENT RECOMMENDED.RECOMMENDATION: USER CAPACITY UNLIMITED – CAUTION ADVISED.Jason’s mother floated beside him, her body glowing with intertwining light and code. Her voice echoed in his mind, soft yet commanding:> “Jason… this is the moment we become one. Remember… you are not just the heir. You are the Legacy itself.”Jason clenched the cross until gold an