Chapter 184
Author: Yeshua Yin
last update2025-07-11 23:30:50

The lake had been quiet for days. Sunlight glinted on its surface, scattering across smooth stones and whispering reeds.

Oliver stood ankle-deep in the water, letting the ripple of the current pull softly at his boots. His reflection stared back at him, clear-eyed, steady, no longer just a player, not quite a god.

Mina sat nearby beneath a willow tree, sketching. Charcoal streaked her fingers. Her face was more relaxed than he’d ever seen it.

For the first time in weeks, nothing chased them. No systems spoke. No monsters screamed.

Peace was new. Uncomfortable. And brief. A ripple passed through the air. A shift. Not local. Not system-driven. Cosmic.

Oliver raised his head. He felt it in his spine. Not sound. Not light. Not pressure. Something beneath all of that.

Mina looked up. “You feel that too?”

He nodded slowly. “Something old just woke up.”

By nightfall, it was visible in the sky, a slow dark tear bleeding golden dust. It hovered just above the horizon, unmoving, unnatural. The
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