🌌 Chapter 58
"In the age before the fall… there was one who could bend timelines… and command monsters without speaking. He wasn't a king.He was the Clock-Eyed Vessel."
🕯️ Secret Meeting – The Grand Archive Chamber, Sinjai Academy
Inside the hidden depths beneath Sinjai Academy, three Diamond-ranked Seekers sat at a round table made of pure Sky-Ore, glowing with inscriptions.
Kaelron – the Head of the Seeker Evaluation Division.
Rivael – Combat Instructor and ex-Commander of the Void Wars.
Mistress Vei – A mystic scholar and bloodline theorist.
They were reviewing a sealed scroll retrieved during the last dimensional crack incident.
Rivael pointed at the mark recorded from Aeren's back."It matches… exactly. The mark of the forgotten god—Chronyx."
Mistress Vei whispered, "That means Aeren isn't awakening a power… he's remembering it."
🌀 Meanwhile, in the Infirmary
Aeren sat by the window, his body still weak after the event. Anshi had barely left his side.
"I didn't do anything… I just blacked out again," Aeren muttered, confused.
Anshi gave a weak smile, bandaged and bruised. "And yet, that monster ran like it saw a god."
Aeren clenched the bedsheet. "What am I, Anshi?"
Anshi stared at him for a moment before saying:
"You're Aeren. That's all that matters right now."
🔍 The Theory of the Vessel
Kaelron gathered top researchers and revealed classified files.
"We believe Aeren may be the Vessel—a reincarnation, or storage, of Chronyx's power… The Eye of the Abyss."
This "Eye" was said to observe every timeline, copy any ability it sees, and even pause a being's existence mid-fight.
But the catch?The Eye… could also destroy the vessel holding it.
"If he awakens too fast… he'll shatter."
⚙️ Strange Visions Begin
As Aeren recovered, his dreams became stranger.
He saw:
Himself standing atop a pyramid of monsters, crowned in violet fire.
A girl made of stars whispering, "Don't trust time."
And a locked door, behind which a crimson eye blinked once every dream.
🕳️ Shadows Move – The Abyssal Order
Far away, in the mountains of Dreadviel, the Abyssal Order stirred.
A hooded figure stood before a mirror of black glass.
"The Vessel has been marked…"
Another voice replied from the shadows, cold and sharp.
"Then it's time to break the chains. Before the Vessel remembers who sealed us."
🗡️ Back at Sinjai – Preparations Resume
A week passed.
Despite the mystery, the academy resumed its regular activities. The Ranking Tournament entered Stage 3: Solo Elimination Trials.
Aeren's team advanced through strategy and skill, and Anshi was moved up to help instruct newer recruits—though her mind remained on Aeren.
But something was different in Aeren.
He didn't speak much.
His eyes would flick to shadows that weren't there.He'd predict monster movements with impossible precision.And sometimes, just sometimes, the clock symbol in his eye would glow faintly.
🌀 End of Chapter 58