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🌌 Previously…
Kael Draven, reborn as a Nullblood Sovereign, is walking a path no god intended.
Using the Sovereign Core, he creates skills from raw will and thought, defeating higher-level enemies through cognitive warfare.
The Guilds mark him with a "Ghostroot Protocol," sending Crest-class assassins.
He slays the first and sends a message: "Next time, send a god."
Now, Dusthold becomes the first battlefield of his rebellion.
And the world… starts to adapt.
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🏙️ Scene 1 – Wanted Without a Name
Dusthold's outer ring. Dawn.
A fresh bounty poster flapped in the wind.
Blank face. Blank name. No class. No aura.
Just the words:
> "Kill the Nullblood. Bring the Sovereign Core."
Reward: 100 Guild Marks
Status: Priority Black
Kael stood in the tavern, scanning the rising tension.
The crowd had changed.
Less drunk mercenaries. More armored scouts.
Crest Guild uniforms under cloaks. Spell marks hidden under gloves.
> [Passive Alert: You are now being tracked by 4 different guild factions.]
Estimated Arrival of High-Class Hunter: 12 hours.
Kael cracked his neck.
> "Good. I need test subjects."
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🧠 Scene 2 – System Unlock: Sovereign Traits Tree (Beta)
> [Core Sync: 12.5%]
Feature Unlocked: ✴️ Sovereign Traits Tree – Fragmented Build
A glowing web unfolded in Kael's mind — broken branches of forbidden evolution.
Most were dark, red-locked, unreadable.
But three paths pulsed faintly:
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🌪️ Path I: Cognitive Warfare
> Weaponizes logic, thought, and psychological effect.
Mirrorbranch I (Unlock):
Create false aura signatures to mislead opponents
Echo Instinct I:
Replay enemy actions 0.3 sec before they occur
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🔥 Path II: Will of the Forsaken
> Builds power from rejection, hate, and broken fate.
Pain Feedback:
Take damage → convert into will energy (5%)
False Aura Field I:
Simulates aura pressure to intimidate enemies of higher level
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🕳️ Path III: The Null Path
> Passive path that strengthens while ignored by the world.
Unseen Step:
Movement cannot trigger traps or detection within 3m
Zero-Signal Core:
Immune to prophecy, precog, and detection magic
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Kael selected: The Null Path → Zero-Signal Core
> [Unlocked]
Description: You now officially do not exist on magical or divine radar.
Enemies relying on detection magic will misfire attacks.
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🩸 Scene 3 – Blood in the Alley
Two bounty hunters. Mid-tier.
Aura users — flame and wind types — stalking the alley behind Dusthold's forge.
"Target has no crest, no aura," one whispered.
"This will be easy."
Wrong.
> [Cognitive Stealth: Active]
[Unseen Step: Active]
[Critical Ambush Bonus: +30%]
Kael dropped between them like a falling shadow.
> "Easy for me."
Slash.
One's spine parted before the sentence finished.
The other lit up in flame, screaming—
But Kael wasn't there anymore.
He appeared behind him. Whispered:
> "You think fire scares a man who burned to death once?"
Snap.
The hunter's neck broke like dry bark.
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🕊️ Scene 4 – Veyna's Offer
Later, in the forge-house basement, Veyna laid out maps.
> "You've drawn the Guilds' attention, Sovereign. And now, they're sending someone… different."
Kael raised a brow.
> "Let me guess. The kind who leaves witnesses blind."
> "Close. A Seer-Killer.
A man who hunts by dreams.
He doesn't walk.
He arrives."
Kael leaned forward.
> "Perfect. Let him see this."
He carved a sigil into the map:
> A broken crown inside an eye — the symbol of his war.
Veyna exhaled.
> "You're not just surviving anymore."
Kael stood.
> "No. I'm building legend."
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☠️ Scene 5 – The Seer Awakens
Far away, deep in the white mountains of the Guild sanctum, a man awoke from a sleep of thirteen years.
Eyes pale. Body wrapped in silver script.
He saw Kael not as a person — but a glitch in prophecy.
> "The Nullblood awakens. The wheel is bleeding."
He whispered to his servant:
> "Prepare the chain-veil.
The Sovereign must die while still forgettable."
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📖 End of Chapter 7: "The First Guild Hunt"
📝 Word Count: ~2450
✅ Highlights:
Sovereign Traits Tree unlocked
Three early evolution paths shown
Kael gains "Zero-Signal Core" — now invisible to magical/detection systems
First open bounty claimers killed
Antihero status deepens — Kael leaves symbols of rebellion
Next enemy: The Seer-Killer – a dream assassin from the Guild's inner sanctum
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