The Silver Key Adventure

Episode 10 - The Skybreaker

The c***k in the sky widened slowly above Velmora.

Everyone in the observatory stared upward in silence.

The crimson fracture stretched across the heavens like shattered glass, revealing endless darkness beyond the Veil itself.

And inside that darkness—

Something moved.

Massive.

Ancient.

Watching.

Even the Hunters seemed unsettled now.

One by one, their crimson eyes turned toward the sky.

Darius’s calm expression faded slightly for the first time.

“…Impossible.”

Kael lowered his sword carefully but did not relax.

“You know what that is?”

Darius did not answer immediately.

Which was answer enough.

Outside the observatory, warning bells echoed across the city again.

Louder than before.

Panicked.

The c***k spread farther.

Silver lightning exploded across the sky while pieces of reality drifted downward like burning glass.

Elias stared upward in horror.

“What happens if that thing comes through?”

Lyra answered quietly:

“Velmora dies.”

Not exactly comforting.

The gigantic shape beyond the fracture moved again.

Closer this time.

Elias could finally see part of it clearly.

A massive golden eye opened within the darkness.

Far larger than the Void Beast’s.

The entire city trembled the moment it blinked.

Hunters immediately knelt.

Every single one of them.

Even Darius lowered his head slightly.

Elias blinked.

“…That can’t be good.”

Kael’s expression hardened.

“That’s a Skybreaker.”

The name alone sounded catastrophic.

Lyra looked pale.

“Why would one appear near the lower realms?”

Darius slowly looked toward Elias.

“Because the relics awakened.”

Silence filled the observatory.

Elias pointed at himself. “Okay, I’m starting to feel blamed.”

“You should,” Darius replied calmly.

Kael immediately stepped between them again.

“Enough.”

But Darius no longer seemed interested in fighting.

His attention remained fixed on the fracture in the sky.

“The Veil is weakening faster than expected.”

The Skybreaker’s golden eye shifted slowly.

Searching.

Then—

It stopped directly on Elias.

Cold fear spread through his chest instantly.

The Silver Key burned in his hand.

The Blade of Aether vibrated softly beside him.

The creature had recognized him.

And somehow…

Elias recognized it too.

A sudden image flashed through his mind.

A battlefield beneath shattered skies.

Gigantic creatures tearing through reality itself.

The silver-eyed version of himself standing against them alone.

Then darkness.

Elias staggered slightly.

Lyra grabbed his shoulder.

“Another vision?”

He nodded weakly.

Darius noticed immediately.

“…The memories are returning faster now.”

Kael glared sharply at him.

“What memories?”

Darius looked at Elias carefully.

“The Gatewalker’s.”

Silence.

Elias clenched his fists.

“I’m not this Gatewalker person.”

Darius tilted his head slightly.

“Then why do the relics obey you?”

No answer came.

Because Elias didn’t know either.

A violent explosion shook the observatory.

The building cracked further.

Outside, parts of Velmora were beginning to collapse.

Floating towers fell from the sky in the distance while silver barriers flickered desperately against spreading darkness.

The city was losing.

Lyra looked toward the window urgently.

“We need to move before the fracture expands further.”

Kael nodded immediately.

But Darius suddenly spoke.

“There is nowhere left to run.”

The Hunters behind him rose slowly.

Their crimson eyes now glowed brighter than before.

The Skybreaker’s presence was empowering them.

Kael raised his sword again.

“We’ll make somewhere.”

Darius sighed softly.

“You still don’t understand.”

Then he pointed upward.

“The Skybreaker is not invading.”

Everyone froze.

Darius’s silver eyes narrowed slightly.

“It is hunting.”

Cold silence filled the room.

Elias swallowed hard.

“…Hunting what?”

Darius looked directly at him.

“You.”

Every instinct in Elias screamed at once.

The fracture above Velmora suddenly widened violently.

The Skybreaker pushed closer to the Veil.

Its gigantic shape became clearer.

Wings larger than entire buildings unfolded slowly within the darkness. Black scales covered its body while golden cracks pulsed across its skin like lava beneath stone.

The creature was so enormous that Elias couldn’t fully process its size.

The Skybreaker opened its mouth.

A roar thundered across realities.

Windows exploded across the city.

The observatory walls cracked apart.

Elias nearly collapsed from the pressure alone.

Then the creature spoke.

Not aloud.

Inside every mind simultaneously.

“THE FINAL BEARER HAS AWAKENED.”

The Silver Key exploded with light.

The Blade of Aether answered immediately.

Silver energy spiraled around Elias violently.

The Hunters backed away instinctively.

Even Darius looked shocked now.

“…Final Bearer?”

Kael turned sharply toward Elias.

“What did you do?!”

“I DON’T KNOW!”

The silver markings on Elias’s arm spread to his shoulder now.

The pain became unbearable.

He screamed as visions flooded his mind again.

This time clearer than ever before.

The Final Gate.

The Ancient War.

The seven relic bearers standing together.

And at the center—

Him.

Not Elias exactly.

But someone with his face.

Silver eyes glowing brightly.

Older.

Stronger.

The Gatewalker.

Then another image appeared.

The Gatewalker standing before a woman made entirely of silver light.

She placed the Silver Key into his hands.

“The cycle must begin again.”

The vision shattered violently.

Elias fell to the floor gasping.

The relics floated around him now without his control.

The room trembled.

Reality itself bent around the silver energy.

Darius stared in disbelief.

“The prophecy was true…”

Kael looked deeply unsettled.

Lyra knelt beside Elias quickly.

“Elias! Look at me!”

His vision blurred.

The voices in his mind grew louder.

Fragments of memories that did not belong to him.

Worlds dying.

Relics awakening.

The Hollow King laughing beneath a broken sky.

Then suddenly—

Everything stopped.

The observatory went silent.

Even the Skybreaker became still.

A new presence had appeared.

Someone stood at the entrance of the shattered observatory.

An old man.

Dark coat.

Calm eyes.

Alaric.

Elias stared weakly in disbelief.

“You’re alive…”

Alaric stepped forward slowly.

“Yes.”

The Hunters immediately became tense.

Even Darius’s expression hardened.

Alaric’s gaze shifted toward the c***k in the sky.

Then toward Elias.

And for the first time since meeting him—

Alaric looked afraid.

“The Seventh Relic has awakened.”