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Chapter 454
Oliver stirred beneath the thin warmth of his blanket, the hum of Solara Vant’s city barely filtering through the reinforced glass of his high-rise quarters. His dreams, however, were not of the city, nor of the streets bustling with hope and light. They were of the battlefield, the endless twilight of shattered rock and rippling rifts, the smell of scorched steel and ozone.Andre stood before him, whole, unscarred, almost impossibly human again. His figure radiated calm authority, the twisted corruption of the Rift and machinery absent, replaced with a strange, unyielding clarity. Above them, the black aurora pulsed across the sky, vast and immovable, as though the heavens themselves were holding their breath.“You did well, Oliver,” Andre said, his voice low but carrying, echoing as though the winds themselves repeated it. “But they’ve seen you now.”Oliver’s fists clenched, the weight of every battle, every life saved, pressing on him even in sleep. “Who? What do you mean?” His
Chapter 453
The hall filled before dawn. Light panels slid into place along the Traveler Academy’s outer ring, locking with a low hum that carried across the plaza. Rows of recruits stood shoulder to shoulder on the polished stone, boots aligned, hands at their sides. Some wore fresh uniforms that still held sharp creases. Others wore patched gear from border towns and rebuilt cities. Drones hovered overhead, adjusting angles, projecting the scene to cities across the world.Oliver arrived without escort. He walked through the side entrance, armor sealed but unmarked, cloak removed.The silver sigil at his chest stayed dim, barely visible. The crowd noticed anyway. Heads turned in waves. A ripple moved through the formation as whispers cut off and posture tightened.Iris stood near the front platform, light-division whites trimmed with gold. Her hair was tied back, throat scar still faint but visible. Billy leaned against a support pillar at the edge of the dais, jacket open, hands loose, eye
Chapter 452
The first sign that the world had changed appeared at dawn, not in the sky, but in the streets. Workers moved without escorts.In the coastal city of Naros, cranes lifted steel frames into place while children ran between their shadows. The ground no longer trembled with Rift pressure. The air no longer hummed. Sirens stayed silent. The System displayed green stability icons instead of warning glyphs.Oliver walked through the rebuilt market district with his hood down. He carried no weapon. His Reality Anchor rested quiet against his chest, the silver sigil dim beneath his uniform.People noticed him anyway. A woman froze mid-step, her hands full of tools. She stared, then bowed so fast her helmet slipped. Others followed. A ripple moved through the street as heads lowered.Oliver stopped. “Please,” he said. “Keep working.”No one moved. He lifted his hands, palms open. “I’m just passing through.”A man stepped forward, old, spine bent from years of labor. He held out a small carved
Chapter 451
Oliver sat cross-legged in the crystalline meditation chamber, the air around him still but humming faintly, as if anticipating the next beat of his heart. The shards of the plateau’s Rift remnants glimmered faintly outside the reinforced viewports, each pulse of light tracing the invisible seams of reality that he alone could feel. His Reality Anchor thrummed in tandem with the chamber, a low vibration that carried through his bones. For the first time in months, the world felt both heavy and hollow.He closed his eyes, letting his senses stretch into the ether, reaching toward the small fissures of unstable energy that dotted the surrounding lands. The moment was quiet, sacred, a pause between storms. And then, the pulse changed. It was sharper, more insistent, and the familiar System tone echoed in his mind with a clarity that made his teeth clench.“User Oliver,” the voice said, calm but unyielding. “Synchronization threshold exceeded. New parameter available.”Oliver’s eyes s
Chapter 450
The morning sunlight struck the crystalline towers of Solara Vant with a glare that made the polished surfaces almost unbearable to look at directly. In the training courtyard, Iris stood at the center of a semicircle of cadets, her arm still bandaged from the last Rift engagement, though it no longer slowed her. Her boots clicked sharply on the glass tiles with each step as she circled them, the sound echoing across the open space.The cadets shifted nervously, eyes wide, holding their weapons with hands that trembled just slightly. Iris didn’t allow herself to flinch at the heat of their gazes. She had walked through fires that would have consumed them in seconds.“You’re not here to prove yourselves,” she said, voice firm, carrying across the courtyard. “You’re here to learn to hold others up when the world tries to knock them down. Not just to fight, learn to save.”A young cadet, barely sixteen, stumbled forward, a trainee blade clutched in his hands. “Ma’am, I don’t know if I
Chapter 449
The hangar smelled of fuel, dust, and ozone. Dim strips of light hung from the ceiling, casting long shadows across crates stacked high like silent sentinels. Billy moved along the corridor, his boots clicking sharply against the metal grating. He kept his head down, glancing at the walls where old transport schematics and repair logs were pinned in haphazard order. The building was abandoned in name only; the air vibrated with whispered transactions, the faint hum of illicit commerce.At the far end of the hall, a figure stepped out of the darkness. He wore a long coat stitched with pockets, each seam glinting with metal clasps, and a wide-brimmed hat that hid most of his face. The faint glow of the hangar’s emergency lights outlined him, creating a halo of menace. “You’re late,” the man said, his voice smooth, controlled.Billy shook his head, closing the distance between them. “Traffic,” he said, his tone casual, though his eyes scanned every corner. “Never thought I’d meet in a
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