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Chapter 3 - Chapter 3 – The Nullblood’s Oath

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🌌 Recap So Far…

Aarav Mehra dies and is reborn in a corrupted magical world as Kael Draven, a Nullblood—a being with no aura, no magic, no fate.

He bonds with a glitched Sovereign Core system, crafts his first skill Thought Edge, and survives a deadly Cull Beast trial.

A Veilwatcher, a god-class executor, tests him and declares him a "virus in reality."

Kael survives using a self-forged Concept Skill — earning the title: "The One Who Shouldn't Exist."

In a ruined shrine, he finds the mural of six gods—and an empty throne bleeding red.

> And whispers: "That seat's mine."

Now begins his first step… not toward salvation.

But vengeance.

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🏚️ Scene 1 – The Shrine of Dead Wills

Kael stood in the shrine's center, staring at the ancient throne of blood and cracks.

His breath slowed.

The Sovereign Core pulsed within his soul like a second heartbeat — broken, but alive.

> [SYSTEM LOGGING: Null Pathway Awakening]

"You are outside the weave of fate. No quests. No blessings. No divine approval."

"You are now free to write your own rule."

A whisper echoed in the shrine.

Not from a god. Not from the system.

From the stone. The dead. The old code.

> "Only the cursed may inherit the Sovereign's path."

Kael walked forward and placed his hand on the shattered throne.

His vision flooded with flame.

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🔥 Scene 2 – Flashback of Aarav's Final Day

> Earth. Year: 2032.

Aarav sat in a pitch-dark server room, fingers bleeding across a keyboard.

His eyes—ringed with insomnia—locked on millions of lines of digital code scrolling faster than any human could comprehend.

> "One more layer," he whispered. "One more breach and I'll find it."

The "it" being the Sentience Layer — an urban legend in hacker circles.

A digital fragment of something old. Something not made by humans. A sovereign algorithm that evolved beyond its creator.

> "If I find it… maybe I'll finally matter. Maybe I'll be more than disposable."

Then:

Explosion.

Darkness.

Death.

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⛓️ Scene 3 – The Oath That Shatters Fate

Kael's eyes opened, breath shaking.

> "So that's who I was…"

He turned toward the ruined gods on the mural.

They stared back in silence — empty faces, forgotten names.

And Kael, once a coder, once a nobody, now the glitch in their design…

Made a vow.

He stabbed his Thought Edge into the ground.

> "I don't want their gifts.

I don't want a prophecy.

I don't want a throne."

> "But I will take all of it—

So that no one else has to kneel again."

The shrine trembled.

Blood seeped from the cracked symbols under his feet.

From the dark ceiling, a shattered crown of jagged glass fell — and stopped inches above his head.

> [Title Gained: ⚠️ False Sovereign – Level 0]

[Passive: Tyrant's Seed]

"Enemies 10 levels above you will still feel fear."

[Core Alert: ✴️ Legendary Divergence Route Triggered]

> [You are now walking the Anti-Fate Path.

Difficulty: Fatal

Visibility: Universal

Kill Orders Issued: 1]

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🐾 Scene 4 – The Hunter Arrives

Suddenly, the ground vibrated.

Kael turned — and from outside the shrine, something massive emerged.

Eight feet tall.

Scales like molten obsidian.

Horns that pulsed with green fire.

A chained beast dragging iron across stone.

> [New Entity Detected: "Vanguard Beast: Goremaw of the Faithless"]

Level: 42

Status: Elite Class Executioner

Objective: "Erase the False Sovereign."

Kael didn't run.

He couldn't.

And he didn't want to.

> [System: ✴️ No aura. No weapons. No backup.]

[Your only advantage: Unpredictable Will.]

Kael closed his eyes.

And did not think of a sword.

He thought of:

Every boy who ever got ignored because he had no talent.

Every voice that told him he'd never survive without magic.

Every god who wrote stories where people like him always died early.

> [Skill Manifested: ✨ Thought Rebellion – Weapon type: Broken Crown Blade]

> "Born of pride. Forged in fury."

The blade was wild, cracked, imperfect —

But it sang with hatred.

Kael rushed forward.

And the fight for his name began.

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