A sharp pain shot through Julius' forehead.“Argh”He grabbed his head as the pain came out of nowhere, just like needless piercing his skull, blurring his vision.“What is happening?” He clenched his teeth as the strange pain only grew stronger. His forehead felt hot, almost like it was burning and something beneath his skin came alive.A faint golden glow leaked through his fingers, widening his eyes.He felt like screaming as the excruciating pain became intense but his voice was seized and he couldn't voice out.As he had been abandoned, nobody noticed what was happening to him. Every other student focused on Deen Carl.Julius quickly lowered his head,his heartbeat accelerated.Glow?Was he imagining things? Just like that, the pain vanished. He touched his forehead, his temperature had gone back to normal and the glowing gas vanished but yet, something felt different, as if something had awakened. He raised his head up to focus on what Deen Carl was saying. There is more to the

The words struck Julius harder than any punch he had ever received."They came for you."The Grand Hall fell into complete silence. No one laughed at him or mocked him.Every pair of eyes was fixed on Julius. The same students who had ridiculed him moments ago now stared at him as if he were some unknown creature.Julius could barely breathe."What are you talking about?"The Deen looked pale."The Mark of Sovereignty..." he whispered. "It cannot be."Outside, another thunderous step shook the academy.GBIM!Cracks spread across the walls and dust rained from the ceiling.Students screamed.The Titan was approaching, and it wasn't hiding its intentions. Its gaze never left the academy, never left Julius.The Deen quickly recovered his composure."Instructors!"Several academy masters immediately stepped forward."Evacuate the students.""But Deen…”"Now!"His voice left no room for argument.The instructors sprang into action, students rushed toward the exits. Panic spread throughout

Julius did not feel his body at first.It was as if he no longer existed in physical form. Only thought remained and awareness.Then slowly… sensation returned. Cold stone beneath him and air in his lungs, pain in his forehead.Julius gasped.“Argh”He opened his eyes. He was no longer on the battlefield or in the shattered Academy. He stood in an endless white space, a place without sky or ground, only floating fragments of light drifting in every direction..“Where am I now?” he whispered but no answer came. But one thing was clear to him, he wasn't alone. A sound echoed behind him. Julius spun instantly.The silver-haired man stood there again. The same one from his vision, calm as usual.Watching him with faint interest.Julius stepped back.“You again? What is this place?!”The man tilted his head slightly.“This is what remains of your memory.”Julius froze.“Mymemory?”The man nodded.“Fragments of it. Locked away for a long time.”Julius clenched his fists. “I don’t underst

The kneeling Titan closest to Julius lowered its head even further, "It has begun..." it whispered.The Deen stood frozen behind him, his hands trembling, "No... this level of awakening... it shouldn't be possible..."Marcus remained among the ruins, staring at Julius in disbelief, "That idiot..." he muttered, his voice shaking. "What is he becoming?"Julius heard none of them because he was no longer fully there. Inside his mind, the world collapsed and rebuilt itself.He found himself standing within a vast golden expanse. Unlike before, it was no longer empty. A throne room stretched endlessly in every direction. Broken pillars floated in midair, while shattered stars drifted like dust through the golden void.A throne stood at the center. Julius couldn't explain why his eyes were drawn to it immediately. It felt familiar in a way that unsettled him, as though he had stood before it long ago and simply forgotten.He stepped forward slowly. His footsteps echoed despite the absence o

The sky screamed, not with thunder or lighting but with something far worse than them.Reality itself was tearing apart.A massive black gate hung above the distant mountains, swallowing all light around it. Clouds vanished the moment they touched its edges. Even the sun seemed weaker in its presence. The entire kingdom watched in horror.Nobody spoke or moved because whatever was emerging from that gate made the Titan army look small ,made them look harmless is far beyond their imaginations.The first thing to emerge was a hand. It was a gigantic hand, black as the void itself. Its fingers were covered in strange glowing symbols that constantly shifted shape.Then came another hand and another.The creature was crawling, slowly pulling itself out from somewhere beyond reality.Marcus fell backward."What in the world is that? Oh my goodness!” He half screamed but no one answered. All terrified already.Even the Titans looked uneasy. The kneeling Titan that had guided Julius throughout