2026-04-05 08:20:44"We have studied your weakness very well, Demon!" the Black Knight Commander's laughter boomed triumphantly, lowering his pistol barrel right at Caleb's forehead, who was still kneeling on the street asphalt.
"Brother Caleb! Don't die! Please don't leave me!" screamed Lisa hysterically from inside the car, tears flooding her pale, beautiful face. Her trembling hand tried to reach her brother's back, which was billowing pungent white smoke, but she didn't dare come out of her hiding p
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Ashes of Humanity
"Five small-sized coffins, Caleb. I have seen thousands of corpses in this underworld, but I don't think I will ever get used to seeing coffins that small."Isabella Vane stood close beside Caleb. The incredibly cold and bleak morning wind swept across the public cemetery on the outskirts of the city. In the distance, the sound of ambulance sirens still wailed mournfully in turns from the direction of the orphanage ruins, which had now been leveled to scorched asphalt. The smell of fire smoke was even carried to where they stood.Caleb stood frozen like a stone monument. A black leather eyepatch now covered his completely dead left eye socket. The thick black blood that had stained his face all night had been carefully cleaned by Dr. Hans, but the throbbing pain penetrating to the base of his skull still clearly remained. That wound would never heal. It was the permanent price of a flawed tactic.In front of them, about fifty meters from where Caleb stood,
Inherited Sins
"Get these children out of here, Viktor. Take them away from these ruins right now."Caleb Thorne's voice sounded very hoarse and trembled softly, breaking the choking silence amidst the smoldering rubble of the orphanage. He slowly lowered both his arms that had been holding up dozens of tons of concrete weight. His muscles screamed, the ancient bone vest on his chest cracked and fell to the floor, but he didn't care.Viktor Krum jumped down to the bottom of the ruined crater. The Russian giant immediately stretched out his large, tattooed arms to receive the crying, terrified orphans."Woof! This dog will take them to a warm place, My King. Everyone is safe with me," answered Viktor with a very serious tone, losing his mad laugh after seeing the five crushed small bodies in the corner of the room.Isabella stepped forward hurriedly. Her eyes, emitting silver flashes, stared in horror at Caleb's face. The man's left eye had changed color to a com
The Fall of the False Paradise
"Close your eyes tightly and do not breathe!" roared Caleb with a voice that drowned out the roar of death.A wave of blazing orange fire exploded from beneath the wooden floor. The first C4 explosion tore through the orphanage's foundation in a matter of milliseconds. The dormitory floor split and shattered, spewing pillars of fire that swept the entire room with temperatures of thousands of degrees. The air was instantly burned away.Caleb did not retreat. He hurled his massive body forward. Pure necrotic energy exploded from the remnants of his consciousness, solidifying the shadow nets wrapping the orphans' beds.Boom! Crack!The concrete roof above them collapsed instantly. Steel beams and cement pillars weighing dozens of tons plummeted down onto the room. Caleb thrust both his hands upwards. The muscles in his arms swelled until his veins nearly burst. He held up the giant chunks of the concrete roof purely with his physical strength.<
The March of the Starving
"This is pure biological madness! He just destroyed his own organ!"Bastian slammed both his fists onto the marble desk in his underground control room. The face of the usually calm philanthropist was now as pale as paper. The monitor screen that previously displayed the EMF wave graph suddenly sparked a small explosion, spewing blue electrical sparks into the air before finally dying completely.On the main CCTV screen, Bastian saw the monster still kneeling on the wooden dormitory floor. Caleb Thorne's left eye was now a grayish-white color, completely dead. A thick silvery-black fluid continued to flow from the damaged eye socket, staining his dirty white shirt. The man smiled at the camera, a smile promising the torments of hell."Do you think that crippling sacrifice can save you, Thorne?" hissed Bastian with his breath racing hard. He pressed his radio intercom button roughly. "All field units! The target is severely injured and half-blind inside the
Blood on the Glass
"Mr. Thorne, please stop this madness! You will destroy your own brain!" shrieked Dr. Hans Gruber through the earpiece. His voice cracked with absolute panic. "That optic nerve cable is connected directly to your visual cortex. If you sever it with the force of pure energy, you will suffer a permanent disability!""Shut up and watch your screen, Doctor," whispered Caleb with tightly clenched teeth. His hand holding the black dagger did not tremble in the slightest. "How much time is left before the bombs under these children's beds explode?""Ninety seconds, Sir! But you cannot make a biological sacrifice like this!" argued Hans hysterically.Bastian's laughter drifted again from the intercom speaker on the dormitory ceiling."What are you doing down there, Shadow Emperor? Trying to gouge out your own eyes so you don't have to watch the seconds of your death?" mocked Bastian. His tone of voice was incredibly arrogant, filled with the absolute conf
The Politician's Logic Flaw
"Time keeps ticking, Mr. Thorne. Three hundred seconds to the most beautiful fireworks in Zurich."Bastian's clear and mocking voice echoed from the intercom speaker hidden in the corner of the dormitory ceiling. Under the beds, the red lights of the five remaining C4 bombs blinked faster and faster.Beep. Beep. Beep.Caleb Thorne was still lying face down on the dirty wooden floor. His breath raced hard. Cold sweat mixed with dust flowed to his temples. Amidst that deadly countdown, a five-year-old little girl jumped down from her bed in fear. Her tiny feet almost touched the wooden board filled with pressure sensors.Caleb reacted faster than a bullet. His large hand grabbed the little girl's waist, pulling her to fall right onto Caleb's chest before the child's soles triggered the explosion. The girl cried hysterically, hiding her face in Caleb's dusty shirt. The other children on the beds also cried loudly, terrified seeing the scary-faced man hugging their friend on the floor."S
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