🕳️ Chapter 43
"In the corners of forgotten time, they waited. In the cracks of minds, they whispered."
📍Scene: Secret Chamber – Location Unknown
Far from the dungeon, buried deep under an abandoned mountain temple, a massive chained door stood—etched with ancient scripts and glowing with eerie silver light.
Before it, thirteen robed figures knelt in a circle.
Their robes bore the symbol of an eyeless serpent biting its tail—the sign of the Hollow Chain, an organization so ancient that even platinum-tier seekers considered it myth.
In the center, a woman floated in mid-air—her body covered in markings that shifted like liquid text.
"The vessel has awakened," she said, her voice echoing through stone like thunder in silence.
"The Heir of the Mindworn Throne... Aeren…"
📜 Scene: Cult Lore – The Forgotten Bloodline
The cult spoke in low voices:
"He is the last bearer of the Chrono-Spatial Veil, a bloodline that could bend not just space, but memory, thought, and destiny.""Even the gods feared this lineage once," said the masked High Priest."If awakened fully, he will either remake this world… or erase it."
They had waited for centuries, following a single prophecy:
"When the world bleeds silver, and the seekers reach for shadows, the boy with broken fate shall walk through forgotten time, and the world shall kneel… or shatter."
⚔️ Scene: Dungeon Trial – Team 13 in Chaos
Back in the dungeon's Deep Gate sector, Aeren's body began to tremble.
He wasn't tired.
He was changing.
The monsters started hesitating before attacking him.
One even dropped to its knees… eyes blank… whispering,
"My King... you live…"
Anshi noticed it too. She backed away slowly.
"Aeren… something's wrong. You're… glowing."
"I'm hearing things, Anshi. Too many things… at once."
He clutched his head, voices flooding in.
Every monster. Every student. Every whisper within this ancient prison.
"I can't stop… hearing their thoughts."
🧠 Scene: Awakening Level Two – Thoughtweaver
Aeren unlocked: Thoughtweaver Stage 1
Mind Reading (Extended Radius)
Combat Memory Absorption
Echo Prediction: Short-term future flashes
Anshi stood frozen.
"This isn't normal Seeker awakening... This is something else."
Suddenly—a chain emerged from the wall.
Silver-black and glowing, it shot toward Aeren's arm.
He caught it instinctively—and instead of hurting him, it wrapped around him like a glove.
"The chain…" he whispered."It's not binding me. It's... part of me."
The words of the cult echoed from far away:
"He must never know his true name… until the veil is broken."
🕯️ Scene: Outside the Dungeon – Academy in Panic
The Sinjai Academy was in disarray.
"Where are the feeds from Sector X?""Team 13 is alive, but... there's interference. Something's inside the signal."
The Diamond-tier instructor who first noticed Aeren's mark clenched his fist.
"We misjudged him. That boy… he's connected to the Old Kingdoms. The Chrono Cult... it might be real after all."
They sent an urgent message to the Central Seeker Authority:
"Classified: Possible Awakened Entity – Code: Timeborne. Request full investigation."
🧩 Ending Scene: Cult's Decision
The floating woman spoke again:
"He is still unstable. Good.""Begin Phase III. Send in the Dreambinders. He must remember nothing before the final seal breaks.""Let the dungeon crush him… and if he survives—bring him to us."
The cult chanted in one voice:
"Unchain the mind. Unveil the heir. Rebirth the Hollow."
🧠 Coming Up – Chapter 44:
"Dreambinders and the Labyrinth of Echoes"
Mysterious dream assassins enter Aeren's subconscious
Aeren's power begins spiraling out of control
Secrets of the forgotten Seeker Dynasty start to surface
The top 10 team battle is about to begin—with eyes from all over the region watching
Shall we go ahead into Chapter 44 and explore the twisted realm of dreams and dee