2026-07-13 19:27:25A deep explosion rocked the underground floor, throwing Chidi against the steel wall as the emergency lights turned bright red. Through the thick glass windows of the main lab, a massive black shape tore through the silver metal vault doors, its claws cutting the steel like soft paper.
[Warning! Level 60 Rift Shadow-Hound has escaped containment.]
[Threat Level: Fatal. Recommended action: Immediate retreat.]
Chidi grabbed his mother’s arm, pulling her behind a heavy stone pillar. Her body shook so much she could barely stand, and she pressed her face against his shoulder. Chidi felt a sharp stab of pain in his chest. His mother spent her entire life hiding from the system, working until her hands bled just to keep him out of the low-tier mines. He promised himself she would never live in fear again, yet here she was, trapped in a death zone because of his choices.
"Ifunanya!" Chidi looked toward the center of the room.
Ifunanya did not run toward the elevator like the other scientists. She stood near the main console, her face completely calm as she typed a series of fast codes into the keypads. In the upper sectors, the high-tier families treated captured rift monsters like simple research tools, trying to steal their skills to make their own children stronger.
Ifunanya knew exactly how reckless her father was, which was why she kept a personal override code for the safety shields. She did not care about the monster; she only cared about using this accident to force her father into a corner.
"Get back, Ifunanya!" Chief Inspector Cross ran toward her, his purple armor glowing as he pulled out a long blue energy blade. "My personal guards can handle this. We just need to wait for the sector defense force!"
"They will not make it in time, Father," Ifunanya replied, her voice cold as she pressed the final button. A heavy glass wall slid down from the ceiling, completely sealing her father and his ten elite guards inside the testing zone with the massive beast. "You wanted to see what Chidi can do. Now is your chance."
"What are you doing?" the chief inspector shouted through the glass, his face turning pale as the shadow-hound bit the head off his first guard. "Open this door right now!"
Ifunanya turned her back to the glass, looking straight at Chidi. "The glass will hold for exactly three minutes. If you want my family’s full protection, you need to prove your worth right now. Kill that beast, and my father will give your mother a permanent residency card for the Inner Core. If you run, the guards outside will shoot you as a fugitive."
Chidi stared at her, realizing just how dangerous this woman truly was. She trapped her own father with a killer monster just to force a deal. She was using him, but she also provided the exact thing he needed most: safety for his mother.
"Put her in the security pod behind the desk," Chidi said, stepping forward as he gripped the Dragon Spear. "If a single scratch touches her, I will pierce your heart next."
Ifunanya nodded, pulling Chidi’s mother toward the heavy metal capsule near the back wall. "She is safe here. Go.
Chidi activated his internal system panel, his eyes fixing on the massive beast through the glass. The hound had already crushed four level-30 guards, its red eyes glowing in the flashing emergency lights.
[Sovereign Gaze Activated.]
[Target Analysis: Level 60 Shadow-Hound.]
[Physical Shield: Active (1500 points). Weak spot detected: Below the left jaw.]
Chidi took a deep breath. His own level was far below this monster, but the Dragon Spear felt light in his hands. He ran toward the glass partition, sliding through the small maintenance hatch that Ifunanya opened for him.
The moment his boots hit the blood-stained floor of the testing chamber, the shadow-hound turned its massive head toward him. It let out a deep roar that made the metal floor vibrate. The beast jumped, its front claws aimed straight at Chidi's chest.
"Move, boy!" the chief inspector shouted, swinging his energy blade to block the monster's tail. "Your low level cannot take a single hit!
Chidi did not move away. He waited until the beast was only two meters away, its sharp teeth inches from his face.
[Passive Skill Activated: Dragon Blood Suppression. Target’s attack power reduced by 20 percent.]
The hound’s movement slowed down slightly as a heavy weight seemed to press against its body. Chidi used that split second to drop to one knee, tilting the tip of the Dragon Spear upward.
"Soul Pierce," Chidi muttered.
The spear tip flashed with a bright, blinding crimson light. The active skill allowed him to ignore the physical shield completely. The silver point cut through the beast's outer energy layer without any resistance, sinking deep into the soft skin beneath its left jaw.
The shadow-hound let out a sharp cry of pain as the crimson light traveled up the shaft of the spear, burning the inside of the monster’s throat. A massive wave of black fluid spilled onto the floor as the beast crashed heavily onto its side, its massive legs twitching before it became completely still.
[System Notification: You have defeated a Level 60 Shadow-Hound.]
[Experience gained. Level increased from 15 to 22.]
[You have obtained: High-Tier Shadow Core.]
Chidi stood up, pulling his spear out of the dead monster. His chest rose and fell rapidly as he wiped the dark fluid from his arm. The chief inspector stared at him, his mouth open in complete shock. A level-15 novice just killed an S-rank specimen with a single strike.
Suddenly, the computer monitors on the wall flashed again, but the text was not red. It was a bright, golden color that Chidi had never seen before.
[Alert! The death of the S-Rank specimen has triggered a high-frequency resonance.]
[The Sovereign Spear has detected its original creator.]
[Hidden Protocol Activated: Forced Teleportation to the True Gate.]
Before Chidi could take a single step toward the security pod where his mother was waiting, the floor beneath his feet turned into a circle of golden light.
"Chidi!" Ifunanya ran toward the glass hatch, her face losing its calm look for the very first time.
But it was too late. The golden light shot upward, covering Chidi completely, and the entire underground room vanished from his sight.
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My blood turned completely cold as I stared at the golden collar locked around my mother's neck on the screen.In this world, a golden royal collar was the most cruel device created by the High Sovereign Court. It was linked directly to the Royal System Matrix, allowing high-tier nobles to shock, track, or instantly destroy the heart of any prisoner with a single thought. The court used these collars on captured family members to force rogue hunters to give up their legendary items or turn themselves in for public execution.Ifunanya stepped closer to the screen, her cold eyes analyzing the metal walls behind my mother in less than three seconds. She did not panic, nor did she let her feelings hide her sharp thinking. While Commander Tora cursed under her breath, Ifunanya’s mind was already dissecting the video feed to figure o
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The giant golden battle station fired fifty heavy cannon rounds at once, sending golden beams of pure energy tearing through the night sky directly toward our ship.In this world, the High Sovereign Court held ultimate power over every sector through the Royal System Matrix, a global energy grid that monitored all registered player classes. Prince Valen was not just a royal heir; he held the unique Level 99 class of Sovereign Arbiter, giving him authority to lock down entire airspaces and strip lower-tier hunters of their active skills with a single command.Ifunanya stood beside me on the metal deck, her short hair flying in the strong wind as three golden beams exploded against our warship’s outer force field. She did not panic or flinch when the iron floor shook under our feet. Her sharp brain worked at top speed, analyzing
A Dangerous Alliance
The massive red energy beam hit High Executioner Vane in the chest, blasting his body back into the crumbling trench as dust and stone debris flew into the air.In this world, the Rebel Syndicate was the only armed army that dared to fight open wars against the High Sovereign Court. They operated from secret mobile bases hidden inside unmapped rift zones, using heavy anti-system artillery to break through the High Court’s golden energy shields. While high council lords ruled the central cities through fear and strict laws, the Syndicate recruited rogue hunters, abandoned scavengers, and fallen nobles to fight for control over the core rifts.Ifunanya looked up at the red-haired woman standing on the iron deck of the warship, her sharp eyes instantly recognizing the Syndicate emblem stamped on the ship's heavy hull. She did not
The Golden Cage
The golden bars locked into place with a deafening click, trapping Chidi, Ifunanya, and Kira inside a cage of pure divine mana.In this world, the High Sovereign Court sat above all city guilds, regional councils, and sector lords. They controlled the ancient realm seals and held absolute authority over high-tier dragon inheritances. While regular guilds fought over land and trade routes, the High Court worked in secret to wipe out any unregistered hunter who awakened a true royal bloodline. To them, a scavenger holding the Sovereign Dragon Heart was a direct threat to their global rule, and they had come to reclaim what they believed belonged only to the ruling bloodlines.Ifunanya stepped up to the glowing bars, her face completely calm despite the extreme heat radiating off the metal. She did not waste her breath screaming or poun
The Heart of the Rift
The blue core floating beneath Ifunanya’s platform pulsed with raw energy, throwing bright light across the entire underground chamber.In this world, high-tier rift masters like Malakor could not maintain physical forms outside their native void dimensions without anchoring their artificial heart cores to high-density mana battery stations. By hiding his spatial anchor directly underneath the Cross Guild's stolen laboratory supply line, Malakor had turned himself into an unkillable ghost. But Ifunanya had spent four days as a captive tracking the power flow in the walls, calculating the exact moment when the anchor core would overheat and expose its physical shell. She did not care if her own father lost his leverage or if the whole room exploded, as long as she broke the guild's control over her life."Strike it now, Chidi!"
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