They say… truth dies where worship begins.But what if the truth… never needed worship at all?"The wind howled through the rusted beams of an ancient bridge, high above the silent golden sands. Once a highway for kings, now a relic forgotten by time.Kael stood at its edge — cloak fluttering like torn parchment in a storm. His white hair glowed faintly in the moonless twilight. The mark of infinity shimmered on his forehead, dim yet eternal.He looked down.A dead sea of dust stretched for miles — the once-mighty oceans now deserts.He looked up.Floating above were black islands — whole cities defying gravity, suspended in the sky like sleeping beasts.Kael (whispering):"Land of Ravens…The only place where gods are hunted.Where worship is treason.Where truth… breathes freely."Suddenly, a strange sound buzzed from behind — a metallic flutter.A vehicle — black and sleek, wings sharp as blades — hovered beside the bridge. Its surface shimmered with anti-gravity runes. The door opened with a hiss.A humanoid crow, eyes glowing violet, stepped out and bowed stiffly.Raven Driver:"Sir Kael… your SkyFeather Taxi to Raven City awaits."Kael said nothing. He simply stepped inside.As the cabin ascended, the true Raven City unfolded above the clouds — a gothic dream.Obsidian towers, twisting bridges of pure energy, and inverted pyramids that floated upside-down. Ravens flew like smoke through the air, vanishing into black buildings laced with runes.⸻🌑Sky-Level Tier 2 — Raven CityThe taxi docked at a floating platform. Kael stepped out, boots echoing against a path of floating metal slabs.The market stretched out before him like a storm — neon lights, wind-floating stalls, flocks of humanoid ravens bartering for crystal relics and soul-potions.Everywhere, posters flapped in the wind:❌ "GRAVIA IS A MYTH."❌ "ONIGAN IS A LIE."✔️ "ONLY THE SKY KNOWS THE TRUTH."Kael (under breath):"These people… they never needed gods to survive.Maybe that's why they still remember what truth is."Then — shouting.A crowd had gathered. In the center, a young raven woman in silver armor held a frightened human boy by the collar.Viola:"No permit. No wings. No place here.""Time for you to learn how to fall!"Her fingers sparked with crimson light — spirit energy channeling into a spear of flame.Before she could throw it, a hand caught her wrist. Tight. Calm.Kael.Kael (coldly):"Power should protect… not crush."Viola jerked her arm back, smirking. Her feathers ruffled.Viola:"You've got guts, pale face. But this is Raven City.You touch me again, and you die."Kael said nothing. The boy hid behind him.Viola (stepping back):"Hmph. Fine. Let's see what you are."She raised her arms — black flames swirling around her, forming a massive serpent of fire and wind."VELGRON INFERNAL FLAME!"The serpent lunged forward, jaw open.Kael didn't move.Suddenly, the shadow behind him… pulsed.A pair of glowing white eyes emerged, larger than life — ancient, terrifying.ZORAK.The Mythical Sea Serpent Spirit — thought to be extinct since the vanishing of the Sun.The serpent of flame stopped midair, frozen by pure fear. It dissipated like smoke.Viola's eyes widened.Viola:"That… that's not possible—"A breeze moved Kael's hair, revealing the Infinity Sigil.Her knees trembled.Viola:"You're him…Kael the Immortal.The monster every god fears."Kael stepped forward slowly.Kael:"Next time… don't pick on someone weaker.Pick me."⸻🌑Palace Sky Gate — NightfallA great staircase of light floated toward the Raven Palace — a black temple in the sky shaped like a throne of wings.A guard stepped in front of Kael.Guard:"No human is allowed—"Kael looked into his eyes — cold, timeless.The guard backed off, hands shaking.Viola followed, now silent. No longer arrogant — just curious. She walked beside him.Viola:"You're walking into a storm, Kael.The Raven King won't hand you the Eclipta Crystal.It's the last truth fragment left in the world."Kael kept walking.Kael:"I don't need permission."Viola:"Why are you even doing this?What does an immortal need with truth?"Kael (softly):"Because even an immortal can forget… who he truly was."As they reached the palace gate, a voice echoed from above.A figure stood atop the black arch — robed in feathers, face hidden behind a silver beak-mask.The Raven King:"So… the cursed one arrives.Looking for truth…In a city built on secrets."Kael raised his head — eyes burning.Kael (firmly):"I've had enough of secrets."
The wind howled like a dying god above the black towers of Raven City. Thunder cracked open the sky as if reality itself was peeling. Kael stood at the obsidian gates of the palace, his white hair dancing in the storm, his long cloak soaked in the electric mist of the sky. The city below was silent — as if it, too, waited.
Before him, twelve cloaked figures dropped from the spires like ravens descending on a corpse. The Imperial Raven Soldiers — elite guards of the Sky King — each carried weapons forged from meteorite steel and imbued with spirit-tech, their auras glowing crimson, violet, and gold.
Viola stood far behind, watching — uncertain whether she was witnessing history, or the beginning of a massacre.
Raven Captain Orvik stepped forward, his beaked helmet reflecting Kael's cold expression. "Your presence here is sacrilege," he said. "You seek the Eclipta Crystal? You'll have to walk over our corpses."
Kael's voice was calm, but it echoed like a ghost. "So be it."
In a single breath — the world exploded.
The first attack came from the left — twin scythe-wielders leapt in sync, blades slicing through the air. Kael vanished. A blink later, they were on the ground, gasping — black chains of shadow wrapped around their limbs like snakes made of night.
"King of Darkness," whispered Orvik, tightening his grip.
Kael raised one hand. The mark on his forehead — an infinite loop burning white — began to glow dark. Shadows poured from his back, forming massive clawed wings. ZORAK's presence surged — not seen, but felt — a beastly pressure that crushed the air itself.
One of the Ravens screamed and charged, summoning lightning. But Kael merely opened his palm.
"Umbra Flare."
The lightning dissolved mid-air. A black fireball formed — quiet, dense, and unnatural — and struck the warrior in the chest. There was no explosion… just silence, as the raven soldier evaporated into mist.
Orvik growled. "Don't underestimate us!"
The remaining ten unleashed their combined technique — "RAVEN ASCENSION!" — forming a colossal spiritual totem in the sky, shaped like a godly crow with six wings. It dived with divine fury.
Kael didn't dodge.
Instead, he walked forward, each step rippling the ground into black crystal.
"King of Darkness — Form Two."
His body became smoke — solid yet untouchable — and with a whisper, he punched through the totem's chest. It shattered like glass. The soldiers were flung in every direction.
Bleeding. Screaming.
One remained.
Orvik. Breathing hard. Kneeling.
Kael approached him, eyes now glowing pale white. No emotion.
Orvik looked up, coughing blood. "Why… do you want the Eclipta Crystal so badly?"
Kael didn't answer. He entered the palace.
A staircase of floating stones led to a chamber built from moonlight and memory — inside hovered the Eclipta Crystal: a pulsating obsidian gem floating between two curved tusks of a dead god.
Kael touched it.
His body locked.
His mind spiraled.
— He was falling through time.
He saw Earth as it was — oceans boiling, the sun eaten by something alive. He saw the gods arguing. Gravia screaming. Onigan splitting the sky. And then — silence.
A voice wrote itself into his skull:
**"The one who walks in darkness shall rewrite the light."**
**"The Eclipta is the Eye."**
**"He who sees it… must bear its truth."**
Kael fell to his knees.
When he opened his eyes, they were darker. Deeper.
Viola stepped into the chamber. "What did you see?"
Kael rose slowly.
"Nothing," he said.
But inside… something had awakened.
Not just power.
But purpose.
And the true war… was just beginning