Location: Machu Picchu, Peru – Hidden Eternal Sanctuary
Time: 5:12 p.m.
The air was too clean here.
Like the mountain itself refused to let in the rot of civilization.
Which made sense—this wasn't just a ruin. It was a lock. A gate hiding something that shouldn't exist. Something older than Earth itself.
I stood on the temple's central platform, heart pounding, system pulsing.
[Objective: Locate Eternal Ajak – Keyholder of the Celestial Vault]
[Threat Level: Variable – Depends on Interaction]
I looked up.
A silhouette moved through the shafts of golden sunlight—robes flowing, face calm, eyes glowing with ancient judgment.
Ajak.
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"You're not like the others," she said before I spoke. "Not even among those touched by gods."
I bowed slightly.
"I didn't ask for this," I replied. "But I'm not walking away."
A faint smile tugged at the corner of her lips.
"That's what makes you dangerous."
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Ajak's Sanctum – Minutes Later
She led me inside—into a structure that shouldn't exist inside a mountain. Cosmic metal lined the walls. Gravity shifted subtly with each step.
My system vibrated with warning pings.
[Material Detected: Celestial Alloy – Usage: World Forge, Starcore Armor, Eternal Genetics]
[Dimensional Pressure: Active – Reality Anchor Required for Stability]
"So," I asked, "what's waking up?"
She paused at a floating sphere in the room's center.
With a wave, it displayed a rotating Earth… and inside it, a massive being stirring beneath the crust.
"Tiamut."
"A Celestial?"
She nodded.
"One slumbering beneath your planet's tectonic plates. Its birth will shatter Earth—unless stopped."
"And you're asking me to stop a space god?"
"No," she said. "I'm asking you to choose a side."
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Suddenly, the chamber dimmed.
The temperature dropped.
The shadows moved.
My instincts screamed.
[System Warning: Unknown Interference Detected]
[Source: Parallel System Signature – Aggressive]
From the shadows, a figure stepped forward.
Dressed in tactical armor. Mirror-shades. Confident swagger.
A face I hadn't seen in years.
"No," I breathed. "You died."
"Guess I'm better at respawning than you, Vic."
Alex.
My college roommate. Former mercenary. Long buried in an op gone wrong in Syria.
But now… standing here, alive. And glowing.
Just like me.
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[New Entity Detected – SYSTEM HOST: Code Name: Revenant]
> Template Set: Punisher / Kratos / Reverse-Flash
Bloodline: Saiyan (Fragmented)
Unique Skill: "Vengeance Loop" – Gains power every time he's killed
Status: Hostile
Alex cracked his neck.
"They gave me a system too, Wick. Difference is—I embraced mine."
"Who's 'they'?"
His smile widened.
"Project Omega."
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He struck without warning.
The first punch shattered a stone pillar behind me—his strength boosted by a Saiyan bloodline and Kratos' fury.
I ducked, rolled, and blasted him with a Wind Sign (Witcher).
He absorbed it.
Reverse-Flash traits let him phase for just a second—long enough to reappear behind me and slam a foot into my back.
I coughed blood.
Then smiled.
"You're fast," I muttered.
"But not Wick-fast."
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I flipped a chakra seal from my belt—Uzumaki-style—and detonated it midair.
He stumbled.
I activated Shadowstep, teleported behind him, and drove my Blade-katana deep into his side.
He howled.
"Still hurts, huh?"
He grinned through the pain.
Then punched me square in the chest—sending me flying into Ajak's floating sphere.
The display shattered.
But something unlocked.
[System Alert: "Celestial Key" Imprint Scanned]
> Synchronization with World Forge 12%
Unlocking Celestial Blueprint (Tier: God-Tech)
"What did you just do?" Alex shouted, backing up.
"I think I just upgraded."
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[Fusion Slot Available – Initiating]
> Blade Regeneration + Saiyan Resilience + Celestial DNA Sample
Result: NEW TRAIT: Eternal Warrior Protocol
— Near-limitless combat stamina
— Accelerated healing + adaptability
— Base power rise during sustained battle
— Energy compatibility: Arcane, Chakra, Divine
I felt it rush in.
Like fire and steel merging in my bones.
The system screamed. My skin glowed.
And I rose.
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Alex charged again.
This time, I didn't dodge.
I caught his punch mid-air—and twisted his arm until the bones cracked.
Then drove my palm into his chest, unleashing a fusion of arcane, chakra, and celestial energy.
He flew across the room and crashed into the wall, groaning.
I walked toward him slowly.
"Still think you're the upgrade?"
"You… always played defense," he gasped.
"Not anymore."
I slammed him with a Sign combo—Yrden + Lightning Pulse + Seal Break.
His armor shorted.
His body convulsed.
Then he vanished in a shimmer of red static.
[Revenant: System Host Escaped via Emergency Recall]
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I turned to Ajak.
"You were right," I said. "I'm dangerous."
She nodded grimly.
"And now so is your enemy."
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Location: Hidden Facility – Unknown
Alex knelt before a shadowy figure—a humanoid outline of pure distortion.
"You lost," the figure said. Its voice echoed in multiple languages at once.
Alex growled. "He got lucky."
"No," the figure replied. "He adapted. Faster than predicted."
"What now?"
The shadow extended a tendril toward a glowing pod.
"We release the next piece."
Inside the pod floated a female silhouette with white hair and burning eyes.
"Let's see how he handles a system user who never dies."
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[System Alert: Global Threat Update – Hostile System Users: 4 Confirmed]
[New Event: "System Wars: Phase I" Begins]
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