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The Ancient Signature of the Vessel
The old supply building had once been used by merchants who transported food and equipment to the city.After the merger, it became a temporary shelter for survivors.Ethan arrived with Darius several minutes later.Clara and Lucas were already waiting. Lucas stood beside a broken window, watching the street.Clara looked at Darius with open suspicion.“So, this is the man who tried to kill Ethan?”Darius glanced at her.“I have tried many things. You will have to be more specific.”Clara’s expression hardened.“Don’t test my patience.”“Enough,” Ethan said. He moved toward the table in the center of the room.“We have a problem.” Lucas turned.“Victor?”“Victor, the Shadow Order, and whatever was controlling that creature.”Ethan explained what Darius had told him.He also described the conversation with the damaged terminal.When he finished, Clara looked troubled.“The First Architect.”“Yes.”“Do you think that was the same person who controlled the creature?”“I don’t know.” Luca
The Mark of a Failed Experiment
Ethan remembered Ryan’s recording. Victor had been collecting rare talents, bloodline users, and ancient weapons.“What did he do with them?” Darius looked down at the black mark.“He experimented on them.” A faint silence followed.Ethan asked, “What kind of experiments?”“Energy extraction. Memory preservation. Ability transfer. He wanted to find a way to take the strongest parts of one player and give them to another.”Ethan thought about the creature. It had called Darius a failed experiment.“Your hidden class came from one of those experiments.”Darius nodded.“Victor arranged everything. He found a research center and sent me there. He told me I would receive a class that would make me stronger than anyone in the game.”“And you accepted.”“I was foolish enough to believe him.”“What did the experiment do?”Darius took a breath.“It gave me the ability to absorb temporary advantages from defeated enemies. Strength, speed, resistance, and sometimes fragments of their skills. The
The Shadow Order’s Missing Players
The battle had been dangerous, but his talent had continued to grow with every normal attack.A second notification appeared.[Emergency World Event Completed.][Reward: 1 Attribute Point.][Reward: 500 Experience.][Reward: Rare Material, Aberration Core Fragment.][Reward: Skill Upgrade Token.]Ethan accepted the rewards.He allocated the attribute point to Agility.He wanted to improve his movement speed and reaction time.His current HP was dangerously low, so he activated his recovery skill.[Death’s Refusal: Passive Recovery Activated.][Restoration Beginning.]A warm sensation spread through his body.His injuries did not disappear immediately, but the pain began to fade.Clara reached him.“Are you hurt?”“Nothing serious.”She looked at his bloodstained clothes.“You need to stop saying that.”“I’ll consider it.”She shook her head.Lucas approached from the other side.He was holding his injured shoulder.“Darius is over there.”Ethan turned.Darius was standing near a broke
The Battle for the Ancient Core
Clara caught his arm. Are you all right?”“I’m fine, You are bleeding.”“It is not serious.” She gave him a disapproving look.“You always say that.”“Because stopping to complain won’t make it heal faster.”Ethan pulled away gently and looked at the creature.Something had changed. The glowing cracks along its body were closing.The wounds were healing. He watched the process carefully.It was not ordinary regeneration.The creature was absorbing energy from the destroyed arena.Every time a section of the barrier collapsed, a faint stream of light entered its body.Ethan understood.“It is feeding on the arena’s energy.”Lucas returned to their position.“Can we stop it?”“We need to destroy whatever is supplying that energy.”Ethan looked toward the central platform.Several large crystals stood beneath the arena’s broken floor.Their surfaces were covered in the same black markings as the creature.One crystal had already cracked. The creature was drawing energy from them.“Lucas,
THE ENEMY INSIDE THE ARENA
Ethan immediately stepped back.The machine had been inactive moments earlier. Its broken panels were covered in dust, and several cables hung from the ceiling. Yet the golden light beneath its surface was growing brighter.Ethan raised his Moonfall Bow. “Identify yourself.”There was no immediate response.Instead, a faint blue screen appeared above the machine.[Unknown Connection Established.] [Searching for Available Records.][Warning: External Authority Detected.]Ethan narrowed his eyes.“External authority?” The screen flickered.[Connection Stabilized.] [Welcome, Vessel.]A cold sensation moved through his chest.He had seen that title too many times to dismiss it as an ordinary system notification.Before he could investigate further, a second message appeared.[The First Architect has requested access.][Grant Access?] Two options appeared beneath the message.[Accept.] [Reject.]Ethan did not hesitate. He selected Reject.The screen turned black. For several seconds, nothin
The Archive of Stolen Souls
Clara looked at the sky through the broken ceiling.“We should rest first. You were injured during the fight, and Lucas took a heavy hit.”“We do not have time to waste.”“We also do not have time to collapse halfway there.”Ethan looked at her.She held his gaze.“You keep telling everyone to learn how to survive before they try to become stronger. You should follow your own advice.”For a moment, he almost argued. Then he looked at his status window.His health was stable, but his shoulder had begun to hurt again. The Ancient Core had strengthened his talent, yet it had also stirred something inside him that he could not fully understand.He needed to be careful.“Two hours,” he said. “We rest here, then leave.”Lucas nodded.“I will take the first watch.”Clara found a room away from the damaged energy conduits. They secured the entrance and checked the remaining supplies.Ethan sat against the wall with the Moonfall Bow across his knees.He tried to focus on his breathing.The vis
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