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Chapter 9 ~ THE CAGE THAT MOVES
Darkness. Not the peaceful kind found at night, but a heavy, suffocating darkness that felt alive. It pressed against Kai’s skin, muffling sound, thought, even breath. Then, clink… clink… clink… Chains. Cold metal dragging across stone. Kai stirred. Pain rippled through his ribs, sharp enough to steal his breath. His eyes fluttered open. A dim blue lantern hung from the ceiling. He was inside something made of blackened steel, bars etched with glowing runes. A cage, no, a transport cell. The kind the Provincial Arcane Council used to move dangerous criminals or arcane anomalies. His wrists were shackled in front of him. The cuffs hummed, draining every sliver of energy that tried to awaken. Kai exhaled shakily. He wasn’t dead. But he wasn’t free. He pushed himself upright, gripping the bars. The metal stung his fingers, reacting instantly to his touch, locking down any trace of spiritual energy. He was fully powerless. Footsteps echoed outside the carriage. Kai leaned
Chapter 8 -THE KNIFE IN THE DARK
Night fell over Emberfall like a blanket of quiet unease.The village was tense after the attack. Guards patrolled with lanterns, elders whispered in fear, and every corner seemed to hold smoke from destroyed buildings. After the second celestial assassin vanished into the cracks of the earth, nothing felt stable anymore.Kai felt it too , a tightening in the air, an invisible hand gripping his lungs.He sat inside Elder Han’s old hut, now converted into a temporary holding room. The anti-magic chains still clung to his wrists, glowing faintly. His body felt bruised from the earlier battle, but the real pain was the knowledge that more assassins were coming.And the Provincial Arcane Council would arrive by morning.Kai wouldn’t survive either of those.Lira paced the small room, biting her lip. Her silver hair shimmered even in low lamplight. She looked at him like she couldn’t bear to blink.“You can’t be here when the Council arrives,” she whispered. “They’ll take you away, or wor
Chapter 7- WHEN CHAINS BREAK, STARS TREMBLE
The ground trembled like a living beast awakening beneath the medical hut. Dust shook from the ceiling as the armored assassin stepped fully into the room, his heavy boots crushing the wooden floorboards as if they were brittle ice. His helmet, shaped like a horned celestial beast, gleamed with cold, emotionless light. Blue-white fire pulsed from the slits of his eyes.Kai struggled against the glowing chains that held his arms down. The runes tightened, igniting with sharp pain. They were designed to suppress magic entirely, especially dangerous magic like his.Lira stepped directly in front of him, her entire body trembling, silver eyes burning with fear and determination. “You won’t touch him,” she whispered, voice shaking.The assassin didn’t even look at her. “Civilian. Move.”Raven moved first.Dark flames erupted from his feet as he launched forward in a flash, blade slicing a curved arc of shadow toward the intruder.“Get away from him!” Raven roared.The assassin raised a sin
Chapter 6- WALKING TO CHAINS AND LIES
Kai felt warmth first.Soft, gentle, familiar.Then pain , sharp and sudden , flashing through his limbs like needles of ice. His breath hitched as he fought upward through the fog in his mind. Voices echoed around him, muffled and distant.“He’s waking up”“Stand back. We don’t know what he is.”“That blast nearly erased half the arena”Kai’s eyes snapped open.A wooden ceiling stared back at him. Lanterns hung from beams. He turned his head slowly, realizing he was lying on a bedding mat inside a medical hut.But something was wrong.His wrists were glowing.Chains , thin, translucent, etched with runes , wrapped around both arms, anchoring him to the bed.Anti-magic seals.Kai inhaled sharply. “They… chained me?”A shadow moved beside him.Lira.Her silver hair was messy, her eyes red, but she leaned close as soon as he stirred. “Kai, Kai, are you okay? Say something.”He blinked rapidly. Lira’s face was inches away, filled with worry. Too much worry.“How long was I out?”“Two day
Chapter 5 -THE VOICE IN THE RUINS
Kai jolted awake.His lungs seized, then dragged in a ragged breath. He lay on cold stone, the chill biting into his back. For a moment, he couldn’t tell if he was dead or alive. His vision swam in and out of focus, shapes twisting like smoke.Then the ringing in his ears faded.He pushed himself up slowly.The world around him wasn’t the arena.It wasn’t the village.He was in… ruins.Massive white stones lay shattered across a floor carved with glowing runes. Broken pillars stretched upward like the bones of a dead giant. A soft, pale light illuminated the space, but Kai couldn’t see the source.The place felt ancient. Sacred. And wrong.Kai’s pulse hammered. “Where… am I?”The system answered, voice quieter than usual.“Dimensional drift detected. You are inside a remnant space connected to your sealed memories.”A memory chamber? A soul-echo?Kai stood, wobbling slightly. His entire body felt sore, but the burning pain from earlier had faded.“What happened to the village?”“Unkno
Chapter 4 - THE ASSASSIN WHO KNEW MY TRUE NAME
The world snapped back into focus with a violent jolt.Kai felt the ground slam against his back, air knocked from his lungs. Smoke curled around him in black and gold spirals, the residue of the Heavenbreaker’s burst. His ears rang. His vision blurred.Shouts echoed faintly.“Get the healer!”“Protect the students!”“Where’s the assassin?!”Kai pushed himself up, coughing. His vision cleared just enough for him to see Elder Han lying unconscious against the far wall, staff cracked in two. The arena floor was shattered, forming a small crater where Kai had been standing.But the assassin…He was still alive.Standing calmly amid the ruin as if nothing had happened.That cold, unreadable mask reflected the broken arena. His white veil symbol glowed faintly, resisting the Heavenbreaker’s energy.Kai swallowed hard. He tanked that burst…? This can’t be a human.“Correct,” the system whispered. “He is not human. He is a Divine Construct, created for killing.”The assassin stepped forward,
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