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Chapter 189
The moment Mason crossed the gates of Argent Academy, something felt… wrong.The air was too still. Not quiet, Argent was never quiet, but stiff, like the grounds themselves were holding their breath. Students bustled between classes, robes fluttering, wands at their hips, laughter echoing in the courtyards. It looked normal.But Mason could feel it. Underneath the surface. Something had shifted.Norra walked beside him, her hood low. She hadn’t said much since they left Virell’s Hollow, and Mason hadn’t pushed. Whatever she faced during her trial had left a scar he couldn’t yet see. John had returned to his family estate under a secrecy pact. He didn’t want his bloodline tied to Vazquez publicly.Mason understood. He didn’t want his name tied to the suit either.They passed the east tower, where duels were held. A small crowd was gathered around a chalk-drawn ring. Two second-years were sparring, their magic crackling in the air.Mason glanced over, and froze. Standing just beyond
Chapter 188
The moment Oliver opened his eyes, he knew something was different. This wasn’t the red field anymore. The sky above him was not cracked or bleeding stars. It wasn’t dark or full of fire. It was just blank. White. Empty. But not empty in a normal way. It felt deeper. Like a silence that had never been broken.He sat up slowly. The ground beneath him looked like smooth white stone. Thin golden lines ran across it like veins. When he placed his hand on it, it pulsed gently. Like a heartbeat. The stone felt warm. Strange. Like music that had been frozen in time.A soft groan came from beside him. Oliver turned to see Mina pushing herself up, brushing dust off her arms. She looked around, her eyes wide. “Where are we?” she asked, her voice low.Oliver didn’t answer at first. He stood and moved his fingers. The Forge was still inside him. He could feel it. But something had changed. A message appeared in his mind:Location: Harmony Null-00Status: Active System OverrideReality Anchor:
Chapter 187
The Key pulsed in his palm like a living heartbeat. Oliver stood alone at the edge of the Forge Choir’s training ground, the wind rustling the red grass beneath his boots. Behind him, the camp was silent, every Scoreless member asleep, exhausted from their latest battle with themselves.He hadn’t told Mina yet. The Key of Canon wasn’t just a reward, it was an invitation.Key of Canon, Divine ArtifactStatus: DormantFunction: Unlocks a sealed harmonic root structureUsage Limitation: Once per bearerCondition: Anchor must be chosen“Anchor…” Oliver muttered, staring at the crimson sky. “What the hell does that mean?”“Me,” a voice said behind him.He turned. Mina stood barefoot in the red grass, her dagger at her hip, her hair tied back. Her eyes held no surprise, only resolve. “I knew you’d try to open it without me,” she said.Oliver hesitated. “It might not be safe.”“Nothing has been since the Warden,” she replied. “We’ve made it this far together. If the system buried something
Chapter 186
The sky above was quiet. Too quiet. It wasn’t the calm kind of silence that made you relax. It was a silence so deep, it felt like the whole world was holding its breath. Even the wind had stopped. Not a single leaf moved. The clouds didn’t drift. The sun barely warmed the air.In the middle of the wide, circular training ground, Oliver stood still. His heart beat fast inside his chest. His fingers trembled at his sides. Every muscle in his body felt tight, like the strings of an old violin pulled too hard. The weight of a thousand invisible eyes pressed down on him.All around the circle, the Scoreless Choir had gathered. Dozens of them. Boys and girls. Young and old. People who had thrown away the System and its rules. People like Oliver.They watched without blinking. Some held their instruments, strange tools that hummed with their power. A harp of fire. A flute carved from bone. A drum made of stone. Each one was personal. Each one told a story.No one dared speak. And then, he
Chapter 185
The first of them arrived before sunrise. She came barefoot, bleeding from the soles, but not once did she stop humming. Her voice, quiet and off-pitch, echoed strangely through the valley. When Oliver first saw her, she was walking through the mist like she didn’t see the world at all, just something beneath it.Mina stepped in front of her first, hand on her blade. “Name?”The girl blinked. “Name?” Mina repeated.The girl tilted her head. “I don’t know. But I hear her sometimes. The one who sings.”That was all she said before collapsing into the grass.Entity Detected: ScorelessStatus: UnregisteredAffinity: Resonance Type – Inverted PitchWarning: Subject is synchronized with a latent harmonic anomaly“She’s a carrier,” Oliver murmured. “But not of the Aria. Something else.”“She’s infected?” Mina asked.Oliver crouched and placed his hand on the girl’s forehead. Her skin was cold, her pulse erratic, but not dangerous. Not yet.“No,” he said. “She’s caught between songs.”They h
Chapter 184
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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