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Chapter 415
Weeks passed after the victory at Solara Vant, but peace did not truly return. It only learned how to stay quiet.Oliver stood at the edge of the Traveler transport platform as the world slid beneath them. The sky was clear, yet his Reality Aegis pulsed with a low warning hum that never left him anymore. The System interface floated at the corner of his vision, stable but watchful, like an eye that refused to blink.Ahead lay Veyra Reach. The plateau rose from the land like a broken crown. Jagged stone cliffs ringed its edges, and above them floated hundreds of crystal formations, massive shards suspended in the air by forgotten forces. Long ago, these crystals powered humanity’s first cities, before the System learned how to regulate energy cleanly. Now they were relics, unstable, dangerous, and mostly abandoned.Magnetic storms flickered between them, blue and violet arcs crawling through the air. Localized auroras bloomed and faded like nervous breaths. Even from a distance, the
Chapter 414
The capital celebrated like it had survived the end of the world. Banners of refracted color hung from every tower and bridge. Light spilled from prism mirrors, turning the streets into rivers of gold and blue. Music rolled through the avenues in steady waves, drums and horns echoing between crystal walls. People filled every open space, cheering, laughing, crying, holding each other as if afraid the city might vanish if they let go.They chanted one name again and again. “Oliver. Oliver. Oliver.”Oliver walked at the front of the parade. He wore formal Traveler armor now, polished and bright, the insignia of the Guild etched across his chest. The crystal fused into his arm glowed softly beneath a translucent guard. From the outside, he looked like a hero carved from light.Inside, he felt hollow. He raised a hand when the crowd roared louder. He nodded when officials bowed. He smiled when children waved banners painted with his face. Each motion felt practiced, distant, like he w
Chapter 413
Dawn came slowly to Solara Vant. The sun rose behind broken towers and cracked bridges, its light bending through drifting dust and shattered prisms. Every street shimmered with leftover energy. Pieces of crystal lay everywhere, glowing faintly like fallen stars.Smoke lifted in thin lines from ruined blocks, soft and gray, as if the city itself was breathing again after holding its breath too long. The battle was over. But the city had not yet realized it.Defense sirens fell silent one by one. Med-drones hummed through the air, their blue lights sweeping across rubble. Traveler healers moved in careful lines, kneeling beside the wounded, hands glowing as bones knit and burns faded. Engineers worked at broken pylons, rerouting power and mana through temporary lines. Everywhere, people moved with quiet purpose, too tired to speak loudly, too grateful to stop.Oliver walked among them. He no longer ran. He no longer fought. He walked.His armor was cracked and scorched. The crystal
Chapter 412
Solara Vant’s central plaza split apart with a sound like the world tearing its own skin. Crystal streets shattered and folded downward. Towers leaned as their foundations cracked. Light from the prism spires bent into violent arcs, turning beautiful rainbows into jagged blades that cut the air.From the rupture beneath the cathedral, something enormous rose. At first, it was only shadow.Then obsidian armor pushed free, slick with molten veins of corrupted light. The creature pulled itself upward with slow certainty, as if gravity itself bowed to its will. Each movement twisted the air, bending the city’s glow into warped halos that bled color across the sky. Azrath had arrived.Its body was massive, taller than the cathedral spire it destroyed while emerging. Plates of black stone overlapped like scales. Between them pulsed lines of violet and gold, Rift energy forced into veins. Its head turned slowly, not hunting, not raging, but observing.When it breathed, the city shook. A lo
Chapter 411
Morning broke over Solara Vant with false calm. The city woke to light as it always did. The runic mirrors above the towers shifted and caught the rising sun.Beams of gold and pale blue poured down into the streets. The crystal roads glowed warm beneath waking footsteps. Vendors opened stalls. Transit skiffs hummed into motion. Bells rang from high terraces. For a few heartbeats, the world felt normal. Then the ground breathed.It was not a shake at first. It was a slow pressure, like the city drawing a deep breath beneath its skin. Windows rattled once and then went still. Birds lifted from rooftops in sudden flocks. The light bent strangely, as if the air itself had thickened.Oliver felt it before the alarms. His Reality Aegis flared against his ribs. Pain shot through the crystal veins in his arm. He turned sharply in the command hall as the floor beneath him vibrated.A split second later, sirens screamed. The sound rolled across the capital in layered waves. Red and white lig
Chapter 410
Solara Vant woke in light. Every morning, the city greeted the sun the same way it had for centuries. High above the streets, ancient runic mirrors rotated on slow, perfect axes. They caught sunlight from the upper sky and bent it downward in wide, gentle streams. The light flowed through towers made of crystal stone. It spilled across bridges and plazas. It filled windows and streets with gold and soft rainbow colors. People believed this light meant safety.Oliver stood on the highest balcony of the Traveler Headquarters and watched the ritual unfold. The wind brushed against his coat. Far below, crystal air-skiffs glided between towers in neat patrol lines. Their hulls reflected the sunrise, making them look like moving stars.Everything looked calm. Everything looked secure. His Reality Aegis hummed anyway.The feeling came from deep inside him, not loud, not sharp, but steady. It felt like pressure behind his eyes. It felt like the moment before an earthquake, when the groun
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