2025-08-11 02:09:27The bus finally pulled over after arriving at its destination. Everett got off the bus and glanced around the area he now found himself in.
"I already asked Alice to meet me here, so she'll be here any minute," Everett mused as he walked towards a nearby wall and stood to wait.
Alice was Everett's colleague at work, and while he was on the bus, he managed to convince her to meet him here. Everett did well to leave out some details, afraid of how she might react.
Everett leaned his back on the wall and took out his phone to play some games until she arrived. The anticipation inside him was killing him, and all he needed now was a distraction.
While Everett stood there playing his game, the sound of a vehicle driving towards him caught his attention. He turned off his phone and shifted his gaze towards the direction of the sound.
"She's here already. That's quick," Everett muttered to himself as he saw a car driving towards him. He couldn't see what car it was exactly since the lights were blinding.
"That doesn't look like Alice's boyfriend's car," Everett mumbled as the car pulled over in front of him. It was an expensive black limousine.
The doors of the limousine opened, and three men dressed in black suits got out of the car and began to walk towards Everett. Everett panicked as the men walked towards him with fierce looks on their faces, and he had no choice but to take a few steps backwards.
"Are you Mr. Everett Lang?" One of the men questioned in a deep voice.
"Yeah. Who are you guys?" Everett questioned in a shaky voice, fear written all over his face.
"We were sent by DDD to come get you. Please, follow us," the man informed.
It was at that moment Everett felt relieved. He had thought they were kidnappers or armed robbers, so he panicked. But since they were sent by DDD, he knew he was safe.
"So, he sent a private expensive car to come get me? Wow," Everett blurted out in disbelief as he began to walk towards the limousine. "Um, my friend. We planned on going together. She will be here any moment now," Everett halted his steps and informed.
"There is no time to waste, Everett. Let's go," the man informed, and Everett nodded. Besides, he could always call her to tell her not to bother anymore.
Everett got into the luxurious car, and the door was shut. Two of the men also got in and sat beside him, while one went to the driver's seat.
The engine started, and the car drove off.
While sitting inside the car, Everett pulled out his phone and began to dial Alice's number to inform her about what happened and also save her the stress of coming back to the store.
"No signal in here," Everett lamented as the call failed to connect. He tried dialing the number again, but it still failed, so he just gave up and placed his phone back in his pocket and leaned back in his seat.
The limousine drove for several hours, and even Everett was starting to feel slightly uncomfortable. The men seated with him hadn't said a single word ever since they began the journey, and that alone creeped him out.
After a few more hours of driving, the car finally stopped moving. The door was opened, and Everett got out of the car and glanced around the place.
Everett's mouth widened in amazement as he examined the headquarters of the Blood Battlefield.
It was a tall skyscraper with several billboards displaying gameplay and advertisements of the Blood Battlefield game. Several expensive cars were parked outside, and workers could be seen walking here and there.
"This way," the deep voice of the man snapped Everett out of his daydream as he began to walk forward, and Everett followed him closely behind. He led Everett to an elevator, and they both got in as it began to take them up to the top floor.
In a few minutes' time, the elevator chimed, and the doors slid open. The man in the black suit and Everett stepped out of the elevator and began to walk towards an office stationed meters away.
Arriving in front of the office, the man knocked on the door three times before speaking. "Go inside, he is expecting you."
"Shouldn't we wait for his response after knocking?" Everett inquired nervously while straightening his salesman's uniform.
"Go inside, he is expecting you," the man repeated. Everett nodded as he pushed the door open and walked into the neatly arranged office.
The office was quite vast and spacious, with several modern designs. A flat-screen TV was mounted on the wall, and the wall behind it was made of glass, offering a nice view of the city.
Everett noticed a man in his early thirties working on his computer. He had short black hair, was clad in a white suit, and wore glasses.
"Good evening, sir. It's me, Everett Lang," Everett introduced respectfully.
The man paused in what he was doing and shifted his gaze towards Everett.
"You must be Everett Lang. Please, have a seat. I have been expecting you," Mr. Daniel D. David spoke with a smile, pointing towards an empty seat in front of him.
Everett nodded as he sat down on the chair and straightened his shirt.
"Wow, to be honest, I was expecting someone much older," Mr. Daniel chuckled slightly. "Don't get me wrong, though. It feels good knowing we have young talented individuals in our community who are capable of crafting a masterpiece," he added.
"Yes, sir. I have always studied programming right from when I was a baby, and I have always been an avid gamer. I have been playing your game for seven years now, and you inspired me to create mine," Everett remarked with a slight bow.
"That's nice. It feels good knowing I actually inspired someone with my own game," Mr. Daniel smiled. "About what I told you in the review sections earlier concerning the collaboration. Are you interested?"
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Chapter 95
Morning light poured over the valley like warm water. It caught the dew on every blade of grass, turning the hills silver and gold. The sky had the soft color of honey. Birds called in long, lazy notes, and the river below hummed as it bent around stone and tree.A figure stood at the edge of the high meadow, watching the sun rise. His hair, once pale, now carried faint silver threads that glimmered in the light. His cloak moved in the breeze, and the shards that circled him glowed gently like quiet stars.Kael had grown tall, no longer the boy who once trembled in the ruins of an old world. He had become the keeper of this one.He raised his hand slightly, palm open. From his skin a thin pulse of light drifted outward, invisible to most eyes. It passed through the grass, through the air, down into the soil. The world breathed in reply. The wind picked up. Flowers opened. Kael smiled faintly. “Good morning.”His voice was soft, almost shy. From behind him, soft footsteps approached
Chapter 94
Morning light poured over the valley like warm water. It caught the dew on every blade of grass, turning the hills silver and gold. The sky had the soft color of honey. Birds called in long, lazy notes, and the river below hummed as it bent around stone and tree.A figure stood at the edge of the high meadow, watching the sun rise. His hair, once pale, now carried faint silver threads that glimmered in the light. His cloak moved in the breeze, and the shards that circled him glowed gently like quiet stars.Kael had grown tall, no longer the boy who once trembled in the ruins of an old world. He had become the keeper of this one.He raised his hand slightly, palm open. From his skin a thin pulse of light drifted outward, invisible to most eyes. It passed through the grass, through the air, down into the soil. The world breathed in reply. The wind picked up. Flowers opened. Kael smiled faintly. “Good morning.”His voice was soft, almost shy. From behind him, soft footsteps approached
Chapter 93
The storm came slowly. It rolled across the new land in long, heavy waves, thick gray clouds bending the sky. Lightning flashed, low and gold, touching the fields with light before vanishing again. Kael stood in the middle of it, his shards spinning quietly around him. The wind pushed at his hair, his clothes, but he didn’t move. His glowing eyes were fixed on the horizon. Everything had changed since the flame broke.The rivers flowed again. The trees breathed again. Grass moved beneath the touch of wind. The world was alive, really alive, but raw, unstable, and uncertain.He felt it every time he took a step. The ground trembled like a heartbeat that hadn’t learned its rhythm yet.Kael looked down at his hands. The faint cracks from before had grown brighter, thin lines of light pulsing through his skin. He could feel the balance inside him now, the pulse of fire, the memory of shards, the rhythm of life itself.He wasn’t sure if it was a gift or a curse. “Everett…” he whispered
Chapter 92
Kael woke to still air and a gray light that had no sun. He lay on the cold ground, feeling the earth’s surface like smooth glass beneath his fingers. No pulse. No warmth.His shards floated faintly around him, dim and trembling. He blinked hard, trying to remember, flame, screaming, darkness swallowing Everett, then silence.Everett was gone. Kael sat up fast, heart pounding in his chest. “Everett?” His voice echoed, soft but sharp, through the empty trees. Nothing answered.He pushed to his feet, swaying. His body felt too light, like something inside him had been scooped out and left hollow. He looked down at his hands, glow faint, cracks running through his wrists. His power was fading. “Everett!” he shouted again, louder this time, desperate. His voice bounced back from the still forest.He waited, then, faintly, from far away, he heard a sound. A soft crackle, fire. Kael’s head snapped toward it. “Everett?”He ran. The trees were endless. Their silver leaves brushed against one
Chapter 91
The wind was quiet. Too quiet. It moved through the valley with soft whispers, bending the grass but carrying no sound, no insects, no birds, no heartbeat of the world. The sky was pale blue, washed out and perfect, stretching endlessly. Everett stood on a ridge overlooking the new world. His eyes scanned the horizon, watching rivers shimmer under the morning light. Everything looked alive, but it didn’t feel alive.He closed his eyes, letting his fingers brush over the air. He could sense the warmth of fire still flickering inside him, steady but thin, and beneath it, like a thread woven into his blood, he felt Kael.The bond wasn’t like before. It wasn’t pulling or pushing. It was just there, a quiet rhythm that hummed between their souls.Kael sat cross-legged on a rock nearby, the morning light glowing faintly on his skin. His hair caught every beam, shining like glass. His shards no longer floated wildly around him, they drifted slowly, lazy and weightless. He looked peaceful,
Chapter 90
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
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