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The sky above cracked open like shattered obsidian glass, revealing a vortex of burning violet and ink-black tendrils. Veil’s voice thundered across the dimensions—ancient, cold, and inescapable."You rejected me, Samuel. You defied balance. Now the world will break with me."A dome of shadow erupted from the center of the battlefield, swallowing light itself. The remaining lines between realities bled into each other. Mountains trembled. Oceans boiled.The final gambit had begun.The battlefield was chaos. Veterans from all divisions stood together, shoulder to shoulder—some injured, some barely able to hold their stance, but none willing to retreat.Joey screamed orders, his eyes scanning the unraveling sky. “Hold the lines! Focus your energy on protecting the inner circle! We cannot let Veil reach Samuel!”Dozens of veteran warriors raised shimmering barriers of flame, light, wind, and steel. Powers clashed in luminous bursts, countering the tide of writhing shadows surging toward
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The battlefield was a canvas of chaos—ashen skies torn by lightning, the ground trembling with every pulse of Veil’s creatures. Shadowbeasts surged from ruptures in the earth, their snarls echoing like a chorus of nightmares. Joey stood at the front lines, covered in grime and sweat, slashing through one after another with barely a second to breathe. But it wasn’t enough.They were losing.And Samuel was still unconscious."Fall back to the ridge!" Joey shouted over the din, dragging a wounded veteran with one arm while fending off an attacker with the other. “We hold the line until—”A sudden tremor silenced everything.From the center of the field—where Samuel lay beneath layers of debris—a golden ripple spread outward, smooth and silent like sunlight breaking through a storm.Everyone froze.Then the debris exploded.Light surged upward like a geyser, searing white laced with streaks of celestial blue, blinding and radiant. The battlefield hushed as a figure rose from the core—Samu
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The storm inside Samuel had long stopped roaring. Now it whimpered.He sat in the heart of the shattered sanctuary, its ancient walls scorched with dark runes from the last Veil assault. Shattered pillars, broken statues, and the scent of burnt air were all that remained of a place once devoted to healing. His shoulders hunched as if gravity had finally claimed its due, and his hands trembled over his knees. The once-brilliant markings of light along his arms had dulled to a dim shimmer, like coals clinging to dying embers.A breeze passed through the broken ceiling above—carrying ash, not hope.“Is this all I’ve become?” Samuel murmured, his voice hoarse, his eyes hollow. “A bridge that cracked in half before it could be walked.”He couldn’t feel the fracture anymore. Not because it had healed—no. Because his connection to both the Light and the Veil was thinning, fraying like a worn tapestry at the edge. His body, pushed too far by the ritual and the battles, was failing. But worse,
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The sky above the veteran community turned crimson.It began with a ripple—a shimmer in the air like glass breaking, followed by a storm of obsidian arrows raining down from a chasm that tore the sky open. Shadows surged from the rift like liquid nightmares, forming the vanguard of Veil’s legion. They marched with purpose. Silent. Absolute.Inside the community fortress, alarms wailed.Joey stood on the northern wall, his armor dusted with ash, his jaw clenched. “They’re coming faster than we thought. Everyone to your positions! No one fights alone!”Below, the last line of veterans assembled. Their bodies were marked by Samuel’s awakening light—tattoos of luminescent gold and deep silver that pulsed when their emotions flared. Some had begun to master their abilities. Others trembled at the surge of uncontrolled power.Samuel stood at the center of the courtyard, unmoving. A strange calm radiated from him, as if he existed just outside the flow of time. His eyes shimmered with pale w
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The sun didn’t rise that morning. Instead, a strange violet light shimmered on the horizon, as if the sky itself was holding its breath. The battlefield from last night was quiet now, soaked in blood, dust, and echoing grief.Samuel stood alone on a ridge overlooking the ruined valley. His chest rose and fell with each breath, but his heart beat with something deeper—something ancient. His veins no longer carried only blood, but threads of radiant energy and shadows interwoven in impossible harmony.Behind him, Joey approached slowly. “You’re glowing again,” he said.Samuel chuckled softly. “It’s not light. It’s... something else. I feel them—Light and Veil. They’re watching me now, whispering louder.”Before Joey could respond, a ripple tore through the air behind them. A portal, jagged like broken glass, split the sky open. From it, stepped a towering figure—half-beast, half-light, its face hidden beneath a silver mask. Others followed. Their forms twisted—some scaled, others transl
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The battlefield had quieted for a moment—an eerie, unnatural silence, as if even the dimensions themselves were holding their breath.Joey stood on the edge of the breach, light crackling faintly in his palms. The remnants of the Veil’s Legion were dissipating like fog burned by sunlight. Behind him, the wounded were being tended to, and Samuel—still glowing faintly with the golden hue of the Light—hovered inches above the ground, his breathing shallow, his body trembling with effort.He was changing.The golden fractal tattoos that had bloomed across his arms and neck now pulsed erratically, bleeding faint trails of both darkness and light. Something was tearing at him from the inside. Not just power—but presence.Suddenly, a low whisper reverberated across the air—not from a mouth, but from everywhere."You’ve gone far, little bridge. Farther than I predicted. But every gate must be closed."Everyone froze. Even the air thickened. The sky above shimmered, parting like torn silk. Fro
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