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THE STRATEGIST: Monster of the game The First Move
Soren did not sleep.Not because he couldn’t but because he didn’t need to.Old habits lingered. Even in a world with soft beds and locked doors, his awareness never fully shut down. He lay on the couch, eyes half-closed, breathing slow, listening to the city breathe around him.Traffic far below.A neighbor’s television through concrete.The hum of electricity in the walls.And beneath it allMana.Thin. Diluted. Scattered.But unmistakably real.[System Notice]Observation Status: ActiveThe translucent message hovered near the ceiling, as if trying to be polite.Soren ignored it.That, more than anything else, was his first move.Most people panicked when the system spoke. Others tried to negotiate. Some begged. Some flaunted power.Soren did none of that.He simply rolled onto his side, adjusted the blanket, and closed his eyes.Let them watch.The next morning, the Hunter Association acted like nothing unusual had happened.Which meant everything had.News feeds were strangely re
Last Updated : 2026-02-02
THE STRATEGIST: Monster of the game The World Notices
The moment Lyra Ashveil stepped onto the platform, the noise died.Not slowly.Not reluctantly.Instantly.It wasn’t fear at least not on the surface. It was recognition. The kind that came from knowing exactly how far below someone you stood.Soren felt it too.Not pressure.Expectation.The kind that weighed heavier than killing intent.Lyra rolled her shoulders once, loosening her arms like this was a morning warm-up rather than a public duel. The faint crackle of mana around her didn’t flare. It didn’t need to. It was contained, disciplined, dense.She wasn’t leaking power.She was holding it back.“So,” she said calmly, eyes locked on Soren, “you’re the civilian.”A few people flinched at the word.Soren tilted his head slightly. “Is that a problem?”Her lips curved not into a smile, but into something assessing. “It is when civilians don’t move like hunters.”The arena’s barrier shimmered as it sealed. Cameras adjusted automatically, drones hovering closer. Somewhere above them,
Last Updated : 2026-01-30
THE STRATEGIST: Monster of the game Cracks
The moment Lyra stepped in front of Soren, the air changed.Not magically.Politically.Cameras refocused. Commentary drones adjusted their angles. Analysts behind screens started talking fast, voices overlapping, feeding interpretations into the world in real time.“Soren, this is your last chance to disengage,” Director Reeves said quietly. “If you remain here, you become a permanent factor in global security doctrine.”Soren glanced at her.“Sounds expensive.”She didn’t smile.“You just rejected Zephyr Union,” Lyra said. “You embarrassed them. They don’t forgive that.”“I wasn’t trying to embarrass them,” Soren replied.“That makes it worse.”He sighed.“Figures.”Behind the barricades, people whispered.Some looked hopeful.Some afraid.Some furious.Some calculating.He could almost hear their thoughts.What is he?Can he protect us?Can he be controlled?Can he be killed?Soren rolled his shoulders once.This is why I stayed out.Lyra stepped closer. “I’m taking you off-site.”
Last Updated : 2026-01-19
THE STRATEGIST: Monster of the game When the World Notices You
Soren felt it before he understood it.Not fear.Not danger.Attention.It pressed against his skin like humidity, invisible but heavy, seeping into every pore of reality around him. The street no longer felt like a place—it felt like a stage.People were staring.Not the frantic, confused stares from moments ago.These were… different.Careful. Measuring. Afraid.Mina’s hand tightened around his.“Are you going to disappear too?” she asked.That sentence hit harder than any monster.Soren crouched in front of her, bringing his eyes level with hers.“No,” he said.And for the first time since returning to Earth, he meant it.Sirens grew louder.Drones hummed above the skyline.Windows lit up with recording lights.Someone shouted, “It’s him! The anomaly!”Another voice: “Don’t provoke him!”Another: “Are we supposed to evacuate or…?”Soren exhaled slowly.So this is what being visible feels like.In the other world, he had been watched.Here, he was being judged.Lyra’s voice came thr
Last Updated : 2026-01-19
THE STRATEGIST: Monster of the game The Variable
The Thing That Shouldn’t ExistSoren arrived before the sirens.That alone told him everything he needed to know.The city was quiet in the wrong way not peaceful, but muted. Traffic had frozen mid-lane. Streetlights flickered like nervous eyes. Even the wind felt hesitant, as if unsure whether it was allowed to move.Urban Sector Thirteen was a residential district.Families. Students. Office workers. Normal people.Not a battlefield.Soren stood on the rooftop of a mid-rise apartment building, coat fluttering faintly in the strange pressure hanging in the air. He inhaled slowly.“…This isn’t an erosion point,” he muttered.He closed his eyes.Mana drifted through the atmosphere like dust motes, thin but unmistakable. But beneath it was something else.Not mana.Not anti-mana.Something between.Something that felt… edited.He opened his eyes.Down below, the street had split open—not like a crater, not like a tear. It looked as if someone had erased a section of reality and forgotte
Last Updated : 2026-01-19
THE STRATEGIST: Monster of the game The First Move
Soren didn’t speak after Kaelith left.Not because he was intimidated.Because he was calculating.Lyra stood beside him, arms crossed, eyes fixed on the holographic globe still rotating in the air. The red fractures pulsed faintly, some growing brighter.“You didn’t have to antagonize her,” Lyra said quietly.“Yes,” he replied. “I did.”She looked at him.“You just rejected one of the most powerful political entities on the planet.”“Good.”“That wasn’t sarcasm.”“I know.”She exhaled sharply.“You don’t understand what you’ve done.”“No,” he said. “I understand exactly what I’ve done.”He reached out and tapped one of the red fractures.A new one blinked into existence.“…What?” Lyra whispered.Then another.Then two more.She stared.“That’s impossible,” she said. “New erosion points don’t appear without precursor destabilization—”“I didn’t create them,” he said. “I revealed them.”She turned to him slowly.“You’re saying these were hidden?”“Yes.”“By what?”“By who,” he correcte
Last Updated : 2026-01-19
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