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The ocean changed color before it changed shape. At first it was only a shadow beneath the waves, a wide dark stain spreading outward like spilled ink. Fishermen saw it from their boats and turned back in fear. Coastal sensors began to scream seconds later. Sirens followed. Then the water itself began to rise.Rifts opened beneath the sea. They did not tear the sky like before. They bloomed silently under the waves, vast and deep, pulling light and heat into themselves. The ocean boiled. Steam rolled toward the shore in thick white walls. Ships anchored in the harbor strained against their chains as if something massive was breathing below them.Meridian’s coastal alarms wailed without pause. Oliver was already moving when the first alert hit his System.“Multiple anomalies confirmed,” the System said, voice clipped and cold. “Classification updated. Rift Network: Active.”He did not wait for orders. The war spire’s command deck filled with motion. Officers shouted coordinates. Holo
Chapter 406
The city did not sleep after the pulse. Meridian stayed awake through the long night. Lights burned brighter than usual, white and harsh. Patrol drones moved in slow circles above the streets. Guards stood at corners with hands on weapons. People stayed in doorways and windows, watching the sky, waiting for something to happen again.The citadel felt different now. It was not broken. It felt watched.Deep inside the citadel, Oliver stood alone in a narrow strategy room. The walls were plain steel. The floor hummed softly with hidden power lines. A single table stood in the center, empty and cold.The door opened. Commander Rhoen stepped inside and closed it himself. He raised one hand and pressed it against the wall. A private ward sealed the room with a low tone. The hum beneath the floor faded, as if whatever listened outside no longer cared.Rhoen did not sit. He walked to the table and placed a small data crystal on its surface. The crystal glowed faintly, pale blue. He pushed i
Chapter 405
The Traveler Citadel should have felt safe. From the outside, it still looked like a monument to survival. Its towers rose clean and bright above Meridian, layered with fresh barrier runes and glowing lines of restored mana conduits. Flags of the Traveler Guild moved gently in the wind, and people walked the streets again without looking at the sky every few seconds.But Oliver felt it the moment he woke. The floor beneath his boots vibrated, not enough to shake dust loose, but enough to feel like a slow heartbeat that did not belong to the city.The sensation crawled up his legs and settled in his chest. His Reality Aegis responded on its own, a faint warmth spreading under his skin, like something listening.He stopped walking in the corridor. Around him, other Travelers moved as normal. They laughed softly, spoke about patrol schedules, complained about paperwork. None of them noticed the hum. None of them paused.Oliver pressed his palm to the wall. The stone felt warm. Not sun-w
Chapter 404
Morning came to Meridian with a strange calm. The city had survived war, rifts, fire, and fear, yet today the streets were clean. Banners hung from towers rebuilt with fresh stone and shining metal. The air hummed softly with barrier fields, steady and patient, like a held breath.People gathered early. They filled plazas, rooftops, and wide bridges that crossed the inner canals. Some wore guild colors. Some wore patched coats and carried memories instead of medals. Children sat on shoulders. Elders leaned on rails. All of them looked toward the citadel.The Hall of Accord stood at its heart, wide and circular, open to the sky. Golden light traced the floor in slow moving patterns, each line shaped like a promise that could not be taken back.Oliver Beckett stood at the edge of the hall with the other survivors. There were fewer than thirty.Once, hundreds had entered the exams. Now, only these remained. Oliver felt the weight of that truth press against his ribs.Iris stood beside hi
Chapter 403
The teleport came without warning. One breath, Oliver stood beneath the arena lights. The next, cold air rushed into his lungs.He staggered forward and caught himself as grass brushed his boots. Blue light stretched across the sky, not bright like the arena, but deep and wide, like a living ocean turned upside down.They were in the Azure Expanse. The System spoke once, clear and final.[Phase Two: Survival Gauntlet Initiated.][Objective: Survive seven days. Retrieve one Rift Core.][Failure Condition: Death or Extraction.]The message vanished. Silence followed. Wind moved through tall grass that shimmered faintly, each blade glowing with soft mana veins. Trees rose in clusters, their leaves shaped like glass petals. Far away, mountains floated slightly above the ground, anchored by threads of light.The world felt alive. And dangerous. Iris stood beside Oliver, eyes wide but steady. Billy appeared a few steps away, already scanning the horizon, hand near his gear.Around them, ot
Chapter 402
Morning light moved slowly over the rebuilt arena. It touched stone and steel like water rising over a shore. The stands filled early. People came in waves. Some spoke in low voices. Some laughed too loud. Some sat in silence, hands locked together.Banners hung high and moved with the air. Their colors shone under the pale sky seal above the arena. The seal curved like glass, hiding the true world beyond.Today was not a lesson. Today was the combat phase. Today, the System would not ask what they knew.It would ask what they could face. It would ask who could stand when fear pressed close and the body wanted to fall.Oliver Beckett stood at the edge of the arena floor. He did not stand with the other candidates. He stood alone.At the center of the arena, a wide circular platform rose from the ground. It was smooth and white. Thin lines crossed its surface. Those lines pulsed with a soft light, slow and steady, like a quiet heartbeat.The standard-bearer platform. When Oliver stepp
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