Ashen Blade Requiem
Chapter 5 – God's First Sin
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ASH STORM – HOUR 6 OF 72
Global Rank Cap: NONE | Ash yield ×3 | Beast spawn ×10
The continent **trembled**.
Every empire's **ash counters** screamed:
**UNKNOWN ENTITY – 3,290,714 g**
**Location: Eryndor–Vaelhold Crater**
Lys floated above the **Primordial Ashwyrm's skeleton**,
**True God 11.1 Nocturne** a **halo of screaming faces**.
**Rook's Ashless Echo** stood at her left—**burned silhouette, eyes soft**.
> **Rook (echo):**
> "**They're coming. Heaven's light. Abyss's dark. Both want the girl who broke the ladder.**"
Lys crushed the **seventh wyrm shard**—**500,000 g dust** swirled into her palm.
"**Let them come. I have a sin to confess.**"
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VOTE RESULT: **C) Shatter Vaelhold monolith**
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THE MONOLITH VAULT – VAELHOLD CITADEL
**312 petrified nobles** spiraled around **Duke Elias's statue**.
**Crowe** knelt at the center, **Emperor's Lament** drinking **1,000 g/day** from the battery.
**Rank 7.9 → 8.1 mid-prayer**
Alarms **shattered**.
The vault doors **melted**—**Lys stepped through the slag**.
**True God aura** aged the air **100 years in 3 sec**.
> **Crowe, voice cracking:**
> "**Impossible. The cap—**"
> **Lys:** "**Caps are for mortals.**"
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SIN – 3 STAGES
Stage 1: Confession
Lys placed a hand on **Elias's stone cheek**.
**Nocturne's halo** projected **Mara's lullaby**—**one broken string**.
Every statue **wept gray tears**.
**312 Wraiths** stirred inside stone.
> **Lys, whispering:**
> "**I was twelve. I dropped the wooden sword. I ran. Forgive me.**"
Stage 2: Absolution
She **kissed Elias's forehead**.
**True God perk: Law Creation**
**NEW LAW: "Stone remembers blood."**
**312 statues cracked**—**Wraiths burst free**.
- **147 Rank 1–3**
- **100 Rank 4–5**
- **64 Rank 6**
- **1 Rank 7 Emperor – Elias Veyre**
**Elias Wraith** opened **stone eyes**.
> "**My star. You came back.**"
Stage 3: Atonement
Lys turned to **Crowe**.
**Drunken Phantom Thornfall (Transcendent + Bleeding Eternity)**
**One slash**—**441 voids aged Crowe 4,410 years**.
His body **calcified mid-scream**.
**312,400 g monolith battery** funneled into Nocturne.
**Crowe's core → 51,200 g × 3 = 153,600 g**
DING.
• **Rank → 9.4 True God**
• **Nocturne → True God 11.7**
• **Technique Library unlocked** – all 312 stolen styles
• **Vaelhold Rank cap → DESTROYED**
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THE LIBERATION ARMY
**Elias Wraith** raised a **petrified hand**.
**312 Wraiths** knelt.
> **Elias:** "**Command us, daughter.**"
Lys looked east—**Auralis golden fleet** on the horizon.
West—**Nethrevoid shadow tide**.
She smiled, **tears falling upward into the storm**.
> "**First sin: I free the dead. Second sin: I burn the living.**"
She **snapped her fingers**.
**312 Wraiths** merged into **Nocturne's halo**—**new form: Ashen Requiem Armor**.
**+312,000 g armor rating**
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CLIFFHANGER – CONTINENTAL SIEGE
**Heaven Accord** and **Abyssal Triumvirate** met above the crater.
**Solar Phoenix (6.5)** vs **Abyssal Kraken (8.7)**—**skies ignited**.
A **third army** rose from the ashes:
**Lys's Wraith Legion**—**312 ghosts in bone armor**.
> **Lys, voice carried by Rook's echo:**
> "**This is Neutral Path no more. This is Ashen Requiem.**"
**Ash Storm: 66 hrs remaining**
**All 10 empires converge**
To be continued…
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END-OF-CHAPTER DASHBOARD
ASH COUNTER
• Lys: 3,756,714 g | Rank 9.4 True God | Nocturne True God 11.7 → Ashen Requiem Armor
• Next: Eternal (6,243,286 g to go) | Eternal 12.1 (6,243,286 g to go)
WRAITH LEGION
• 312 Wraiths absorbed | Elias Wraith (Rank 7 general)
TECHNIQUE LIBRARY
• 312 styles | Drunken Phantom Thornfall (Transcendent)
WAR DASHBOARD
• Ash Storm: 66/72 hrs
• **NEW FACTION: Ashen Requiem** – Neutral → Rebellion
• Heaven vs Abyss vs Requiem: **100/100 → TOTAL WAR**
LYS FAVOR
• Vaelhold: **LIBERATED** | Auralis: –95 | Nethrevoid: –90 | Eryndor: +100
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PATREON WAR VOTE
Ch6: First siege target
A) **Auralis Capital** – steal Solar Phoenix egg
B) **Nethrevoid Abyss** – corrupt Kraken young
C) **Crowe's secret vault** – Nocturne's missing hilt
Chapter 6 – "Requiem's Dawn" – drops Thursday.