[Scene 1 – Faith Burning in Blazing Fire]
"A man was screaming in the blazing flames..."
In the middle of the village, a man was burning tied to a wooden pole. There was hatred in people's eyes, not fear.
"Sorcerer!"
"He talks to ghosts!"
"He will curse us, burn him!"
Ravik Suthar, once a healer, was now being burned alive in that fire - by the very people whose lives he had saved.
> "I saved your children's lives..."
"I cured your mother's illness..."
"Why?"
No one answered. Just the sound of burning wood, and smoke – which was rising to the sky.
And then…
Death.
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[Scene 2 – Reincarnation: 500 years later]
"The body is cold… the air has changed a lot…"
Ravik opens his eyes – he is lying in a strange cave. Ancient symbols are engraved on the walls. The roar of a demon is echoing outside.
> "So this is the time…"
"Where demons rule over humans."
He remembers everything. Every betrayal. Every burning corpse.
But now… a new system has awakened within him.
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[Scene 3 – First experiment: Soul Seed]
An injured hunter is lying outside the cave. Breathless, claw marks on the body.
Ravik goes to him, places his finger on the hunter's forehead – and sows the "Soul Seed".
A faint light enters the hunter's eyes. His breathing becomes normal, but Ravik's eyes shine.
> "Now I know, who he was running from."
"That demon's strength is in the hunter's memories... now it is mine."
Within a few moments, Ravik gets complete information about the demon's speed, vision, and hunting habits.
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[Scene 4 – For the first time I am not the prey... I have become the hunter]
Ravik goes after the demon - but will not fight.
On the way, he sees a squad of soldiers, who are searching for the demon.
Ravik smiles.
> "Why should I fight, when these fools can fight?"
"I have to spread a little fear, give a little information... and then these people will clear the way for me."
He confuses the soldiers, gives them half true and half false information and sends them to the demon.
And he sits on a distant rock and watches as the first pieces fall into place according to his plan.
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[Scene 5 – Ravik's Resolution]
That night, Ravik stands on a hill, facing a huge black temple, where the Black Eternity Gate is faintly visible.
> "This time… I will not let myself burn."
"I will not show mercy, nor will I trust."
"Every person will be a ladder to reach this gate."
"I will make this world my chessboard."
And his eyes shine in the sky – like an old monster awakening again.
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--- True Power of the Soulbound Seed
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[Scene 1 – The Surviving Soldiers and Ravik's Game]
In the darkness of the night, in the middle of the forest -
Screams were echoing.
There were 3 soldiers left, the rest had been killed by the demon.
The soldiers were afraid, but Ravik's eyes were calculating.
> "He killed 6 out of 9, but left 3..."
"Either the demon is tired, or... these three are useful to me."
Ravik quietly comes to the three of them.
One of them, Kadan, is seriously injured. His mind is filled with fear, anger... and most of all - the fire of vengeance.
Ravik smiles.
> "Perfect."
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[Scene 2 – Expanding the Seed: Memory Leeching]
Ravik places his finger on Kadan's forehead.
He plants another Soul Seed, but this time something else.
A glowing wave penetrates Kadan's eyes.
Memory Leeching activated.
Now Ravik can see —
Kadan's past battles, his training, his fears, his hates.
> "Your emotions, your skills, are now mine."
But this time the Seed doesn't just provide information —
Ravik puts a command inside Kadan.
> "If I want, you will kill yourself... and you won't even know why."
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[Scene 3 – Soul Trap]
Ravik now plants the Seed in each of the remaining soldiers.
All three are now his puppets — but they don't know it.
They think of him as their "Savior." They say:
> "You saved our lives. Are you some great master?"
Ravik calmly says:
> "I am just a fortune teller… who knows who will die, and who will live."
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[Scene 4 – A new pawn: Commander Varha enters]
Far away, a royal army commander enters the forest — Varha, an S-Rank cultivator.
He sees the dead bodies of the soldiers and growls:
> "This is not the work of an animal… this is the plan of a clever hunter."
He captures the three surviving soldiers for interrogation.
Ravik watches from hiding.
> "Interesting… this commander is far beyond the ordinary."
"His soul is complex — if I give it seeds… I can turn a city around."
But Varha's soul is not that simple.
As Ravik tries to plant the seed from the shadows —
Varaha turns back and swings his sword in the air!
"Who is there?"
Ravik smiles.
> "So your soul… has awakened?"
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[Scene 5 – Moves in the Shadows]
Ravik retreats from there, closes the seed.
> "You are not useful yet… but breaking you will give me fun."
He comes out of the forest – in his pocket the souls of the three soldiers, their fears, their memories… all closed.
And a new map opens in his mind –
The first direction of the Black Eternity Gate has been found.
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[Chapter Ending Monologue of Ravik]
> "The first move of chess is complete."
"Now the real game will begin – when the kings themselves start becoming pawns."
"Not just souls, now I will steal history too."