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chapter seventy: The fallen kingdom
THE FALLEN KINGDOMThe thirteen remaining players stood inside the central hall, silent as crimson warnings flashed across the walls.Nobody had slept well. Ethan stood near the back of the group and Claire beside him. Sky on his other side with Bim slightly behind them.The others kept their distance. The system suddenly came alive.A deafening alarm echoed through the hall.MASTER LEVEL TRIAL COMMENCINGTHE FALLEN KINGDOMPREPARING TRANSFERThe floor vanished and everyone screamed.The world shattered into light them darkness swallowed everything.Ethan hit the ground hard and pain exploded through his shoulder. He rolled instinctively and jumped back to his feet.His surroundings stole his breath. The kingdom was dead.Massive stone castles towered across the horizon.Ancient walls stretched for miles, cracked and covered in black vines. The sky was blood red and floating islands drifted overhead.Lightning flashed silently between them.WELCOME TO THE FALLEN KINGDOMDURATION: FI
chapter sixty nine: Ready?
The room was silent.Thirteen survivors stood beneath the giant red screen, frozen as the words continued glowing above them.POSSIBLE TRAITOR.Ethan didn’t move, the system was playing games now, he didn’t even have to say anything because he wasn’t permitted to and all these would be for nothing.Sky stepped forward first.“This is bullshit.” His voice echoed through the hall.Claire immediately moved beside Ethan.“I agree.”But not everyone looked convinced. Trace folded her arms, she was the one who didn’t trust Ethan ome bit, he always acted like the leader and now he was communicating with the overseer behind their backs.Her eyes never left Ethan.“Do you?” She asked Claire looked at her. “What is that supposed to mean?”Trace shrugged.“It means every piece of evidence points at him.”“Evidence created by the system,” Sky snapped.“Maybe.”“Maybe?” Sky barked.Trace’s jaw tightened.“How do we know?”Nobody answered.Because that was the problem, they didn’t know.The fake m
Chapter sixty eight: No trust
The atmosphere inside the dormitory changed now that everyone suspected Ethan, no one trusted him to be a leader anymore.Conversations stopped when Ethan entered a room and people lowered their voices.Nobody was openly accusing him yet but the doubt was spreading exactly as the system intended.Ethan sat alone in the training room. The rhythmic sound of metal striking metal echoed through the empty space.Clang.Clang.Clang.His spear moved automatically, his body trained while his mind wandered.The Overseer’s warning replayed endlessly.You may not defend yourself.Every hour that passed made those words harder to follow. Because remaining silent was becoming painful.A door slid open behind him, he didn’t need to turn around.“Claire.”The sound of her footsteps paused. “You knew it was me?”“Of course I do .” He said She laughed weakly and snorted, usually Ethan would have smiled today he didn’t.Claire approached him slowly. Something about her expression made Ethan stop tra
Chapter sixty seven: The target
Ethan couldn't stop thinking about what the system was up to now and if it was worth him trying for at all.He didn't want to tell the rest yet cause he didn't know if that is what the system is testing him for.The only way to end all these if for him to ascend to Master level so they can destroy the system.This morning he had a weird feeling and he couldn't wrap his head around it.And the system was calm, no trials or announcements, just waiting for something to make a move.The remaining survivors sat scattered throughout the dining hall, eating to their fill in silence. Claire pushed her food around her tray without eating while Sky sat beside her, equally uninterested.Across from them, Bim sipped her water quietly.Ethan sat with them, though his attention seemed elsewhere.His mind kept replaying the Overseer’s warning.You may not defend yourself.The words refused to leave him alone. He hated not understanding and he hated feeling unprepared because it meant he was clueles
chapter sixty six: Do not defend yourself
The dormitory had never felt this quiet. Not after the Blood Forest Trial.Not after the maze. Not even after the deaths.But tonight, silence hung over the room like it was a funeral..Only thirteen players remained.Thirteen.The number sat heavily in everyone’s mind.Somewhere beyond the metallic walls of the dorm, the system hummed softly, alive and watching.Ethan felt like breaking the system as a repayment for all the lives lost.Sky sat on the edge of his bunk sharpening one of his knives.Scrape.Scrape.Scrape.The repetitive sound echoed through the room.Claire was pretending to read one of Professor Lorne’s notes, though her eyes hadn’t moved from the same paragraph in ten minutes.Bim sat nearby with her knees pulled against her chest.Even Trace wasn’t arguing with anyone.Nobody wanted to talk because every survivor knew what came next.The Final Stage.Master Level.The end.The giant screen at the center of the dorm suddenly flickered.Everyone looked up.A pulse of
Chapter sixty five: The final stage
The metallic doors of the central hall slid open with a whisper, and a cold, hollow light spilled across the remaining thirteen survivors. The floor shimmered like liquid steel, reflecting their exhausted faces back at them. The air vibrated faintly, as if the chamber itself were alive, waiting for something. The System’s voice cut through the silence like a blade.“Survivors. You have reached the threshold. The Final Stage of the Deadly Game System is now unlocked. Only those who prove mastery will live. Only the strongest, smartest, and most adaptive will advance.”A murmur rippled through the group. Claire’s fingers tightened around the edge of her dagger, Sky’s eyes darted to the corners of the hall, and Bim pressed her hands together in a silent anticipation. Even Marcus, standing off to the side, seemed quiet, his usual arrogance gone by the gravity of the announcement.Ethan’s gaze swept over them all. Thirteen. Just thirteen remained from the original fifty. Every face bore
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