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Chapter 18 - [Owl]

πŸ“˜ [Blue Trade Document – PREMIUM REPORT]

Entry Title: πŸ¦‰ [Owl] β€” The Silent Watcher of the Land of Legends.

Compiled by: [Black Mask].

Access Level: πŸ”’ Confidential – 600 🟒 Green Cores required.

Classification: Z Ranker | Lone Wanderer | Survivor of a Broken Tale.

🌌 Overview:

Among the vast expanse of the Story World, where tales rise and fade like waves upon the Sea of Fragments, few shine as quietly β€” yet as brightly β€” as the Z Ranker known as [Owl]. πŸ¦‰

Real name Rikudo, his legend begins not in the bustling Fragments of trade or chaos, but in one of the most beloved and storied lands of all: the [Land of Legends] β€” an X Ranked Fragment owned by the illustrious Fairy Crown. πŸ§šβ€β™‚οΈβœ¨

It is said that nearly every Reciter worth their ink has tried to conquer the [Land of Legends], yet only a handful ever reached its end. Even the greats β€” the wandering [Traveler] 🌍 and the elusive [Informant Z] πŸ“œ β€” took their turns weaving its tale, their performances still studied and celebrated today.

Among the 100 Greatest Recitations πŸ“„ ever voted by Players on the Blue Trade Records πŸ“˜, the [Traveler]'s Readthrough of the [Land of Legends] 🍬 ranks #75, a timeless favorite that still earns millions of views and Cores. The Fairy Crown, the Blue Trade Organization, and the [Traveler] himself all profit from its endless replay value β€” a Fragment that never dies, only reborn through each new Storyteller.

βš”οΈ The Tale Within the Fragment:

The version most Players remember β€” and the one lived by Rikudo himself β€” begins in tragedy and ends in shadow.

Once, Rikudo was a young scholar born in an ancient, prideful empire that thrived on order and cruelty. For a crime he did not commit, he was banished to the outer edges of the world β€” to the mysterious Land of Legends.

There, far from civilization, he wandered through realms of talking candy 🍭, laughing toys πŸ€–, and floating dream castles 🏰, a whimsical chaos not unlike the Wonderlands themselves. For a time, he laughed again. He found companionship among the strange beings of that world β€” and even love, in the form of a human girl, the only other of his kind in that vast Land.

They married under the Eternal Aurora, and their laughter echoed across the mountains. They even had a daughter, a child said to carry both light and story in her eyes. πŸ‘¨β€πŸ‘©β€πŸ‘§πŸ’«

But peace in Fragments never lasts.

The Ancient Empire β€” the same one that had exiled Rikudo β€” invaded the Land of Legends for its boundless resources. The war burned bright and brutal. When the smoke cleared, Rikudo's wife and daughter were gone β€” crushed beneath the Empire's cruelty.

That day, Rikudo died too.

And from his ashes rose [Owl], a creature of grief and wrath.

They say he butchered every soldier the Empire sent β€” men, generals, nobles alike β€” until the rivers of the Fragment ran black with blood. His vengeance was silent, but absolute. When it was done, the Land of Legends fell quiet β€” as if the world itself held its breath.

πŸŒ™ The Watcher in the Story World:

When he finally emerged into the Story World, Rikudo was no longer the bright-eyed wanderer he once was. He became a silent observer, a shadow among Z Rankers β€” watching but rarely speaking, never forming attachments.

He has no faction, no allegiance, no title of glory. Only his name β€” [Owl], the one who sees all but feels nothing.

Yet, in recent cycles, observers across the Blue Trade's Information Market have noticed something curious. The once-isolated [Owl] has been seen traveling with [Last Note of Black] (Renzo) πŸ•ΆοΈ β€” a partnership between two of the Story World's strongest lone wolves.

The two have been venturing across the Sea of Fragments, reportedly seeking a specific lost Fragment, though no one knows what it is β€” or what they intend to do once they find it.

Some whisper it's a piece of the Original [Land of Legends], a part erased when the Ancient Empire fell. Others think they're looking for Rikudo's daughter β€” or the Story she might have become.

For now, these are only rumors. But one thing is certain β€” wherever [Owl] walks, silence follows, and Stories remember. πŸ•―οΈ

πŸ“– Closing Statement:

"He is the kind of man who turns sorrow into stillness, and stillness into strength. There's no melody left in him β€” yet somehow, he's become the tune everyone listens for." β€” [Black Mask] β–ˆ.

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