2026-06-02 02:07:13The steel baton came crashing toward Ethan's head.
Fast. Far faster than any ordinary person could react. Yet in Ethan's eyes... It looked slow. Painfully slow. The strange voice inside his soul echoed once more. "An opening." Without thinking, Ethan tilted his head. WHOOSH! The baton sliced through empty air. The attacker stumbled forward. His eyes widened. "What?!" Before the man could recover, Ethan instinctively stepped sideways and struck the man's wrist. CRACK! The sound of breaking bone echoed through the street. The baton fell. The attacker screamed. "Aaaah!" Everyone froze. Even Ethan. He stared at his own hand. He hadn't used brute strength. The strike had been simple. Precise. Perfect. As though he had practiced it millions of times. The leader's expression darkened. "Don't stand there!" "Get him!" The remaining attackers charged together. Five men. Six. Seven. All rushing forward at once. Ethan's heartbeat accelerated. Not from fear. From excitement. An unfamiliar excitement. The feeling of battle. The feeling of being alive. Another fragment of memory surfaced. A battlefield stretching across the stars. Countless enemies. Countless victories. The sensation vanished. But the instincts remained. The first attacker threw a punch. Ethan stepped aside. The second swung a knife. Ethan grabbed the attacker's wrist and redirected the blade. SLASH! The knife cut across another attacker's arm. Chaos erupted. The attackers crashed into one another. Curses filled the air. Before they could regain their footing— Ethan moved. One strike. One kick. One elbow. Each attack landed exactly where it needed to. A knee shattered. A shoulder dislocated. A jaw cracked. Within seconds— Every attacker was lying on the ground. Groaning. Bleeding. Unable to stand. Silence filled the street. Rain continued falling. The leader stared in disbelief. Impossible. This was the same Ethan Carter they had investigated. The useless live-in son-in-law. The man everyone called trash. How could he fight like this? "You..." The leader took a step back. Ethan slowly raised his head. His eyes seemed different now. Calmer. Colder. More dangerous. For a brief moment, the leader felt as though he wasn't facing a human. But an ancient predator. "Who sent you?" Ethan asked. The leader hesitated. Ethan took a step forward. The pressure in the air intensified. "Who." Sent. You." The leader swallowed nervously. "Young Master King." Ethan frowned. The name meant nothing to him. Luna spoke quietly from behind. "Lucas King." "The heir of the King Corporation." Ethan glanced at her. "Why would he target me?" The leader laughed nervously. "You really don't know?" "Know what?" The leader pointed toward downtown. "Your ex-wife." "Olivia Carter." "She's been seeing Young Master King for almost a year." Ethan's expression remained unchanged. The leader blinked. No anger? No jealousy? Nothing? What kind of reaction was that? "He planned to marry her after the divorce." "And he wanted to make sure you disappeared completely." Ethan nodded. "I see." The leader sighed in relief. Good. At least the lunatic wasn't angry. Then Ethan spoke again. "Take me to him." The leader's smile disappeared. "W-What?" "Take me to Lucas King." The leader looked horrified. Was this man insane? That was Lucas King. One of the most powerful young men in the city. His family controlled billions. His connections stretched everywhere. Even major officials treated him respectfully. And this former son-in-law wanted to confront him? "You should just run," the leader said. "Far away." Ethan smiled faintly. For the first time. It wasn't a warm smile. It was the smile of someone who had once stood above the world. "I've spent five years running." "I think that's enough." The leader shivered. Before he could respond— Luna suddenly looked toward the sky. Her expression changed instantly. Fear. Urgency. Shock. "Ethan." "What is it?" "We need to leave." "Now." A powerful gust of wind swept through the street. Dark clouds churned violently overhead. The temperature dropped. Every instinct in Ethan's body screamed danger. Luna's face turned pale. "They found us." The moment she spoke— The sky split apart. BOOM! A black lightning bolt crashed down from the heavens. The road exploded. Concrete shattered. Smoke billowed everywhere. The attackers screamed and scattered. Ethan shielded his face from the shockwave. When the smoke cleared— A figure stood in the center of the crater. A man dressed in black robes. His face hidden behind a silver mask. Black energy twisted around his body like living shadows. The pressure he released was terrifying. The surrounding air itself seemed to tremble. The masked man slowly lifted his head. His gaze locked onto Ethan. Then he spoke. "After five years..." "We finally found the Sovereign." Ethan's pupils contracted. The Sovereign. That title again. The masked man raised his hand. Dark energy gathered around his fingertips. Luna stepped in front of Ethan immediately. Her voice trembled. "Run!" But the masked man laughed. A cold, merciless laugh. "Run?" "Neither of you are leaving tonight." Behind him— Three more masked figures descended from the sky. Each radiating terrifying power. And all four of them were staring directly at Ethan. Like hunters who had finally found their prey.
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Chapter 70: The Final Choice
CRACK.The Tenth Fragment fractured.Golden light leaked from Ethan’s chest like blood.The empty world around him trembled.Not from force.From decision.Everything had come to this.Every battle.Every betrayal.Every death.Every fragment.Every choice.All of it led here.To this moment.To this choice.Ethan stood frozen.His breathing uneven.His mind in chaos.Because for the first time—He had no enemy to fight.No monster to kill.No battlefield to conquer.Only truth.Painful truth.Silence stood before him.Hand extended.Patient.Calm.Lonely.Still waiting.The same way he had waited since before existence began.Then Ethan looked at that hand.And memories surged.The Carter family.Being mocked.Humiliated.Treated like trash.Then—Sophia.The divorce papers.The cold look in her eyes.Then—The girl in white.The shattered soul bead.The awakening.Then—Leon.Aria.Seraphina.Kael.Adam.Orion.Raizen.Everyone.Every ally.Every enemy.Every life he had touched.Ev
Chapter 69: Come Home
CRACK!The Ninth Fragment shattered.Golden light exploded from Ethan’s chest.The shockwave froze the battlefield.Not physically.Existentially.Time halted.Space halted.Reality halted.Everything stopped.Everything except Ethan.And the First Silence.Then the battlefield disappeared.The collapsing Dream vanished.The shattered heavens vanished.Adam.Orion.Raizen.Gone.Silence consumed everything.Not the First Silence.Just emptiness.Endless.Still.Ethan stood alone.Again.Exactly as he had seen in the oldest memory.No stars.No worlds.No sound.No time.Only himself.And the First Silence.Standing before him in human form.The silver-gray body was gone.The monstrous presence was gone.Now it looked simple.Human.A man dressed in plain white robes.Black hair.Golden eyes.A calm face.Ordinary.Terrifyingly ordinary.Then the man smiled.Warmly.Gently.Like greeting someone after a long journey.Then he spoke.This time with real sound.Soft.Human.“Welcome back.
Chapter 68: Return to Silence
The Dream collapsed.Instantly.BOOM!The heavens cracked apart.Stars went dark.Entire constellations vanished in seconds.The Nine Realms shook violently as reality itself began unraveling.Not exploding.Not burning.Unraveling.Like threads being pulled from a tapestry.The world was coming apart.Returning to stillness.Returning to Silence.Then Athena’s voice returned.Broken.Distorted.Fading.“Critical failure—”Static.Then:“Reality integrity— 63%… 41%… 27%…”Her voice glitched violently.Then vanished again.The battlefield plunged into chaos.Soldiers screamed.Realms cracked.Dimensions folded.The nightmare army panicked.Even they were not spared.Because Silence didn’t discriminate.Dreams.Nightmares.Laws.Everything would return to nothing.Then Raizen roared.Black lightning exploded around him.For the first time—The First Nightmare attacked with everything.BOOM!Dark storms swallowed the sky.The entire black realm surged behind him.Billions of nightmares c
Chapter 67: The First Silence
Silence.Real silence.The moment those words left the creature’s mouth—Sound vanished.Completely.The battlefield fell into absolute stillness.No wind.No breathing.No heartbeat.Nothing.Not because everyone stopped moving.Because sound itself had ceased to exist.The realization struck instantly.This was not normal silence.This was something far worse.This was the absence of sound as a concept.The First Silence had spoken.And reality obeyed.BOOM—No.Even explosions made no sound now.The heavens cracked silently.Stars shattered in complete stillness.The Nine Realms trembled without a single vibration reaching anyone’s ears.It was horrifying.Then Ethan moved.Golden power erupted around him.The fragments resonated violently.Third.Fourth.Fifth.Ninth.Tenth.All burning.All reacting.The silence around him fractured slightly.Enough for him to breathe.Enough to think.Then he looked around.Everyone was struggling.Leon collapsed to one knee.Aria clutched her c
Chapter 66: The Beast Evolves
The First Beast screamed.A horrific sound.Not a roar.Not a cry.A scream.Raw agony mixed with primal terror.Every soldier on the battlefield froze.Even the nightmare army recoiled.Because something was terribly wrong.The First Beast convulsed violently.Its massive body twisted.Bones cracked.Muscles expanded.Black blood erupted from its flesh.CRACK!CRACK!CRACK!The sound echoed across the heavens.Then the beast collapsed.Its colossal body slammed into the battlefield.Entire continents shook.Mountains crumbled.The Nine Realms trembled.Then black lightning erupted uncontrollably from its body.Not Raizen’s lightning.Something darker.Something far older.Then Athena’s voice rang out.Panicked.For the first time—Truly panicked.“Critical anomaly detected.”Silence.Then:“Foreign energy signature confirmed.”The battlefield froze.Foreign?Then Athena continued.Her voice shaking.“Signature does not match dream energy.”Golden light flickered.Then:“Signature doe
Chapter 65: The Dream’s Judgment
The heavens opened.Completely.Golden light poured across the battlefield like an endless ocean.Warm.Ancient.Absolute.The war stopped.Not because either side wanted it to.Because something greater had arrived.Every soldier froze.Every weapon lowered.Even the First Beast stopped moving.Even Raizen became still.Because all of them felt it.Judgment.The Dream itself had answered.BOOM!The sky split apart.A massive silhouette descended.At first, no one understood what they were seeing.Then Athena's voice echoed.Shaken.Almost disbelieving."Unknown entity detected."Silence.Then:"Energy signature matches... reality itself."The battlefield froze.Then the silhouette became clear.A woman.Radiant.Divine.Her form seemed woven from stars, dreams, and cosmic law.She wore flowing robes of golden-white light.Her silver hair stretched endlessly through the heavens like rivers of moonlight.And her eyes—Her eyes contained galaxies.Entire universes spun within them.She
