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Chapter 198
Day 1. Post-RebootWorld State: Emotion-Based Talent Integration LiveSystem: Harmonist Framework OnlineResidual Fragment Threat Level: CRITICALThe world didn’t go silent when the System ended. It went louder.Voices returned. Songs born from willpower, not presets. But in the wake of the reboot, not everyone accepted the change. Some…resisted. Some broke. And some—Were waiting.Oliver stood on the rooftop of what used to be the Watcher’s Hall in Winterdeep. His breath curled in the cold morning air. Below him, people sang—not to activate skills, but to clear debris, to lift carts, to stitch wounds.Emotion had become power. But it came with a cost: control.“Reboot’s holding,” Mina said, approaching him with a bundle of reports. Her short hair was tied back, blood on her coat.“For now,” Oliver muttered. “But the east side still has suppression fields.”“Not System leftovers,” she corrected. “Something worse. Something hollow.”Reports had spread quickly: survivors from the old Co
Chapter 197
The ocean was a liar. From above, it looked still, calm, even. But below the waves, secrets stirred.Mason adjusted the breathing rune on his neck, feeling the rush of cool magic tighten around his lungs. The others did the same, Elara, Norra, Aurora, and two new allies Orvel insisted on sending: Laren, a water mage who wore too many belts, and Holt, a storm channeler with permanent scowl lines.Their boat, a tiny skiff warded by ancient sea glyphs, drifted silently toward the dead reef. No birds. No wind. Just the sound of oars slicing water, steady as a heartbeat.The city below, Ys, was lost centuries ago, swallowed whole by a magical collapse. Most said it was cursed. Some said it never existed.But the mirror’s pulse was calling from the depths. And the Cabal had already been seen near the southern cliffs.“Elara,” Mason whispered, “are you sure the seal will hold?”She adjusted the satchel on her hip, fingers dancing across the clasp. “As long as we don’t get close to the gate
Chapter 196
The sky cracked. Not like thunder. Not like lightning. It cracked like something was breaking from inside the world itself.A long line of light stretched from the ground up into the sky, no, not light, music. But no one could hear it. They could only feel it, like a heartbeat made of song.Then a figure fell from that pillar of silence and glow. It did not fall like a person. It fell like a decision being made.Oliver stood on the edge of the Gate, facing the light. His breath caught in his throat.The figure landed hard on the platform before him. The stone shook under its weight.The being was tall, taller than any man Oliver had seen. His robe was made of glowing musical staves. The notes on them moved like ants, pulsing and shifting. Around him, invisible winds whispered wordless songs, rising, falling, swirling with power.He raised one hand. And the world stopped. Birds froze mid-flight. Trees stilled. Not even a breeze passed.Even sound itself vanished. No footsteps. No hear
Chapter 195
Oliver stood alone. The circle of black stone around him was silent and cold. But it wasn’t real cold. It was something worse, something that crept under his skin and made his chest feel tight. The air felt heavy, and the light… bent strangely. It looked like it was mourning something. Like the light itself had been crying for a long time.The Gate behind him closed with a soft clang that echoed too far, too long.Wind howled around him, but it brought no chill. Instead, it carried strange sounds, like whispers, like names he had forgotten. Names of people he couldn’t save. Names of people he never got to know. His fingers twitched as if to reach for them, but there was nothing there.Then, he saw movement. Across the circle, a figure stepped out from the dark mist. Oliver’s breath caught.It was him. But it wasn’t the same him from before. This one was taller, shoulders wide and straight. Golden light burned in his eyes. Shattered glass wings spread from his back, glittering like
Chapter 194
Oliver walked alone. His boots hit the cold stone floor with soft thuds. The hallway was dark and quiet, but not in a peaceful way. The ground felt wet, like it had been crying. Every step left a faint echo, as if the past was whispering behind him.He stopped. The light around him dimmed, like the world itself was holding its breath.Then came the words, soft, but deep, as if spoken by the air itself.“Harmony Trial Four Initiated: Grief.”“Guardian: The Mourning Choir.”“Format: Multiphase Encounter Internal Fragmentation.”“Objective: Reclaim all pieces of self.”Oliver blinked. Suddenly, he was no longer in the stone hallway. He stood inside a long, white corridor. It stretched out in every direction, left, right, forward, backward, with no end, no corners, no doors except for the ones right beside him.Each door had a name on it. Each name was his. He stepped closer.OLIVER. The One Who QuitOLIVER. The One Who FailedOLIVER. The One Who Survived AloneHis hands trembled as he
Chapter 193
Location: Composer’s Gate, Trial ZoneTime Remaining: 4 hours, 58 minutesSystem Support: 52.6%The battle against the Choir of Precision had ended only moments ago, but there was no time to recover.The Gate pulsed. A second chord formed, low, throbbing, painful. It bent the air around them. Everyone instinctively stepped back. Except Oliver.He moved forward. The atmosphere thickened, muffling sound. Even his boots made no noise on the stone.A woman emerged from the stillness, her body translucent, eyes wide and vacant, mouth sewn shut by lines of song-threads.Second Harmony: SilenceGuardian: Syra of the Quiet CoreClass: Nullbard AscendantTrial Type: Isolation Duel, No Communication, No Party BuffsThe world around Oliver dimmed. And then, everything cut out.You have entered a Silent Zone.All sound-based abilities, emotional links, and auditory spells are disabled.HP and MP regeneration reduced by 80%. Escape is impossible.He tried to speak. Nothing came out. Even his breat
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