🕳️ Chapter 38
"There are no accidents in Crosnic Verse. Only delayed revelations."
🎓 Scene: After the Storm
The academy was in a state of controlled panic.
Instructors were reviewing corrupted footage, healers worked nonstop, and seekers from external organizations started arriving under orders of "containment and observation."
But no one could explain how a Level 8 Signal Beast appeared inside a training simulation...
…and then knelt to Aeren.
Aeren lay in the infirmary, unconscious, while a glowing sigil still pulsed faintly behind his neck — the same mysterious mark that appeared during his encounter with Varnyx.
Anshi sat silently at his side, bandaged but alert.
"They'll come for him," she whispered."They'll want to dissect what they don't understand."
🕵️♂️ Scene: Hidden Council – The Black Organ
Far beneath the city, behind ten layers of cryptographic seals, a secret meeting was being held inside an obsidian fortress carved into the roots of a dead mountain.
The room was lit only by floating holograms — monstrous faces, cloaked figures, voices modulated beyond recognition.
"The prophecy speaks of the Seventh Gate — he's awakened."
"The Tyrant knelt. That confirms it. He holds a Prime Path."
"Kill him before it fully opens. We've waited too long to let a child ruin the balance."
"No… don't kill him. Control him. Bend the Gate to our will."
This was The Black Organ — a rogue organization operating from the forgotten ruins of the Old World. They had only one goal:
To recreate the Old World where Seekers ruled like gods.
And Aeren…
…was the missing piece of their forbidden puzzle.
🌀 Scene: Aeren's Mind
Inside his own unconsciousness, Aeren floated in a realm of fractured mirrors and ticking clocks.
He wasn't asleep.
He was awakening.
He stood before the Cloaked One again.
"The world will try to own you… but you were born to override it."
"You are not a glitch, Aeren. You are the Reset Point."
With a blink, Aeren saw flashes of the future.
War. Fire. Anshi bleeding. A dark sun rising. The mountain of kneeling monsters. A throne of broken time.
And then…
A white blade embedded in his own chest — wielded by someone he trusted.
🔥 Scene: Return to Reality
Aeren gasped and woke up.
He was surrounded by silence.
Except…
"You saw it, didn't you?"
Anshi stood by the window, her voice softer than usual.
He nodded slowly.
"The monsters kneeling. The cloaked man. The mark on my back... I don't know what's real anymore."
Anshi walked closer, tears welling in her eyes.
"You don't have to know. You just have to stay. With me."
Aeren smiled faintly — but deep inside, he knew:
"If I stay... she'll die."
🧬 Scene: New Development
Later that day, while the Academy held a secret meeting about the "Glitched Simulation," a rogue data analyst cracked the partial recording from the event.
On screen, for only 2 seconds, they saw:
The Thornscale Tyrant kneeling.
Aeren glowing in time-freeze.
A sigil in the shape of a three-eyed clock.
The words:"Gate 7 – Stabilization In Progress"
The analyst gulped.
He sent it to one contact:
"Black Organ… it's real. We've found the Host."
📜 Chapter 39 Preview:
"Blood Contract – The Hunter Enters"The Black Organ dispatches their first agent — a blood-bound Hunter named Karnyx with the ability to erase memories. His mission: capture Aeren alive. Meanwhile, Aeren returns to classes… unaware that one of his teachers might not be who they seem.
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🩸 Chapter 39: Blood Contract – The Hunter Enters
"To hide from fate is foolish. But to face it unprepared… is fatal."— Ancient Crosnic Verse Proverb
🌌 Scene: Sinjai Academy, 3 Days Later
The Academy had returned to a strange normal. Students whispered theories in the halls, but no one could confirm what truly happened in the simulation room.
The instructors avoided questions.
Anshi walked beside Aeren during lunch, eyes scanning every passerby. She knew something was off — he hadn't spoken about what happened since waking up. No jokes, no training talk, just quiet stares and sudden shivers.
Aeren wasn't sure if he was dreaming or remembering anymore.
🩸 Scene: In the Depths — Karnyx the Memory Hunter
Far away, in the ruins of Krysolith Temple, a figure stood among melted bones and shadows. Cloaked in red threads laced with runes, his eyes glowed black with flickers of crimson.
Karnyx. Level 8 Seeker. Specialty: Memory Erasure. Blood Contract Holder.
He was bred by the Black Organ.
Unbound by mercy. Loyal to the core.
A creature with only one purpose: Find the Host. Bring him back. Alive.
And so, as the moon rose above Crosnic City…
Karnyx stepped through a mirror-like tear in space and entered the outer edge of Sinjai Academy — completely unseen.
🧠 Scene: New Ability – Mind Sync Echo
That evening, Aeren meditated on the school rooftop, trying to "feel" the powers he'd only glimpsed in dreams.
Suddenly, he heard Anshi's voice. Not from behind him. Not aloud.
"You forgot your cloak again, idiot…"
His eyes opened wide. She wasn't even near him.
Did I… just hear her thoughts?
Aeren felt something shift — the air trembled, and time slowed for a split second. A white-blue glow faintly pulsed on his palm.
Mind Sync Echo – Level 1: Active
He grinned nervously.
"Okay. That's new."
🕯️ Scene: Shadow in the Academy
Later that night, while everyone rested, a strange flicker of light passed through the hallway camera system.
In the staff dorms, one of the substitute instructors didn't report for duty.No one noticed.
No one except Headmaster Elroin, who stared at a blank screen and muttered:
"It's begun. The Hunter is here."
⚔️ Scene: Karnyx Watches
From the treetops near the barrier field, Karnyx sat crouched, silent as fog.
In his left hand — a small glowing vial with a strand of Aeren's hair, stolen from the infirmary.
"Your memory… shall become mine."
As the stars fell across the sky like knives, Karnyx activated a blood rune:
"Phase 1: Observation. Assimilate the target's mental patterns."
A small, red insect-like creature blinked into existence and flew toward Aeren's dorm.
The hunter waited.Patient. Precise.And very soon…
He would strike.
🧩 Chapter 40 Preview:
"The Bug in His Mind – Trial of the Echo Field"Aeren starts experiencing strange dreams — but they're not his own. The insect sent by Karnyx has begun syncing with Aeren's memory. Meanwhile, a surprise test forces all students to survive inside a sealed "Echo Field," where time runs differently… and illusions kill.