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CHAPTER 10 —The System That Should Not Exist
The heartbeat beneath Blackstone Village grew louder. John felt each pulse travel through the soles of his feet and climb into his bones.The ancient chamber trembled around him as dust poured from the ceiling, while the blue crystals embedded in the pillars flared one after another.Then the entire ruin awakened. A violent wave of spiritual energy exploded from the stone beneath John. Mira staggered backwards. “John!” He barely heard her.The energy struck him like an invisible hammer, forcing him to one knee. His muscles tightened as an enormous pressure pushed against his body.The ancient inscriptions covering the walls began moving, their carved lines rearranging themselves as though an invisible hand were rewriting them.Above them, Blackstone Village erupted into chaos. John could hear people screaming from the surface.Another section of earth collapsed. The ancient chamber shook so violently that one of the pillars cracked down its centre.“We have to get everyone out!” Marcu
CHAPTER 9 — THE VILLAGE UNDERGROUND
The ground split open beneath Blackstone Village.A deafening roar rolled through the settlement as the earth shook violently enough to throw people from their feet. John caught Lily before she fell.“Everyone out of the houses!” he shouted. “Move toward the western field!”Another crack tore across the village road. A house collapsed. Wood and stone crashed into the street, sending dust into the air.“Mother!” a child screamed. Elena pulled two children away from the falling wall while Marcus organised the guards.“Keep moving!” Marcus shouted. “Nobody stays inside!” But several villagers refused to leave. “My belongings are in there!”“My family's food!”“My tools!”John grabbed one farmer by the shoulders. “Your house can be rebuilt!” The man looked toward the collapsing structure.“My wife left those things to me.” John's expression softened for only a moment. “I understand.”He pointed toward the western field. “But if you die here, those possessions will bury you.”The farmer he
CHAPTER 8 — THE WOMAN FROM THE RUINED KINGDOM
The pressure outside the house became so heavy that the wooden walls groaned.John could barely breathe. Mira was already on her feet despite her injuries. They're here.”John looked toward the window.“Who?”“A hunter.”Her expression was grim. “Not an ordinary one.”A deep voice suddenly echoed across Blackstone Village.“Give me Mira Vale.”Every candle in the village had already gone out, leaving the settlement buried beneath darkness.The voice came again.“Hand her over, and nobody needs to die.”John's jaw tightened. Around him, the village guards were gathering weapons.Marcus was already outside organising them. John knew the truth. If the man outside was as powerful as Mira claimed, sending the militia against him would be suicide.But fighting openly would be just as dangerous. The stranger might sense John's cultivation. John turned toward Mira. Can you walk?”“Yes.”“Then you're going to hide.”Mira stared at him. You intend to fight him?”“No.”John looked toward the darkness. I
CHAPTER 7 — THE NIGHT THE SKY CHANGED
The crimson star pulsed again, and every person in Blackstone Village felt the ground tremble beneath their feet.Children began crying. Dogs howled from every corner of the settlement. Several villagers dropped to their knees and started praying.“What is happening?” Tomas shouted. Nobody answered. Above them, the night sky had become something unnatural.A massive red formation stretched across the heavens, its intricate lines connecting star to star until they formed a perfect circle around Blackstone Village.John stared upward. His heart was pounding. He could still feel the energy flowing through his body from his first attempt at cultivation.The formation was feeding it. No. John's expression changed. It was not feeding him. It was searching. The realisation sent a chill through him.The strange creature he had killed earlier had arrived shortly before the celestial formation appeared.That could not be a coincidence. “Everyone get inside!” John shouted. The villagers hesitate
CHAPTER 6 — THE FIRST STEP INTO CULTIVATION
The wounded soldier had barely finished speaking when a scream tore through Blackstone Village.John spun toward the eastern wall. A second scream followed, this one cut short by a terrible growl.Marcus came running from the direction of the barracks. “John! Something is inside the village!” The alarm bell began ringing.Villagers poured from their homes, some carrying farm tools, others clutching spears that John had helped them practice with.Then something crashed through a wooden fence. A creature emerged from the darkness. It looked like a wolf, but John knew immediately that it was not one.Its body was nearly twice the size of an ordinary wolf. Thick black fur covered its limbs, and two pale ridges ran along its spine. Its eyes reflected the moonlight with an unnatural red glow.More frightening was the faint distortion surrounding its body. The air itself seemed to tremble around it.“Hold the line!” Marcus shouted. Four villagers raised their spears. The creature disappeared
CHAPTER 5 — THE SECOND CONSCRIPTION
The first man to refuse conscription was dragged into the village square before sunrise. John arrived just as two soldiers forced the young farmer to his knees.“My son is all I have left!” the farmer's mother cried. “Please, he cannot go!” The officer holding the recruitment list did not even look at her.“Every household must provide one able-bodied man. Refusal is punishable by execution.”The words spread through Blackstone faster than fire. Doors slammed. Children were pulled inside.Young men disappeared into barns, storage sheds, and abandoned houses. Within an hour, the village that had celebrated its first green field had become a place of fear.John stood near the square, watching soldiers search houses.The kingdom had come with barely enough food to feed its own men, yet it had arrived expecting Blackstone to surrender more.Marcus walked toward him. “They're going to search our house next.” John looked at his father.“Then we won't hide.” Marcus frowned. “What are you pla
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