Chapter Title: Return of the Unbound
The moment Azrael stepped through the opening, the world shifted.
Not violently.
Not like the chaos of the Origin Layer.
This change was… quiet.
Subtle.
But undeniable.
The weight of that place, the crushing pressure of existence itself being tested and rewritten, vanished in an instant. The distorted space, the fractured reality, the endless void and rigid system structure all fell away like a dream dissolving at dawn.
Azrael inhaled sharply.
The air felt different.
Real.
Heavy with scent.
Burnt wood.
Ash.
Blood.
His eyes snapped open.
The ruined village.
He was back.
The sky above was no longer an abstract void of collapsing layers but a storm of dark clouds streaked with fading golden lightning. The battlefield he had left behind st
