Immense power, Chapter - 5
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Chapter 5 — The World Calls Him a Calamity
Valenfall did not sleep that night.
Church bells rang in panic. Knights flooded the streets. Noble families locked their gates while rumors spread faster than fire.
The execution failed.
The gallows broke.
Darkness swallowed the square.
And at the center of every whisper—
The Black Star.
Arjun and Lyra emerged from the shadows miles outside the capital, standing atop a ruined watchtower overlooking the city lights.
Lyra staggered slightly.
Arjun caught her by the arm. “Careful.”
She steadied herself, then laughed weakly. “So this is what it feels like… to escape fate.”
He released her gently. “Fate doesn’t let go that easily.”
Below them, Valenfall glowed like a wounded beast.
Lyra wrapped her arms around herself. “They’ll hunt you now. Not just the Church—the whole world.”
Arjun’s eyes remained fixed on the city.
“Good,” he said. “Let them.”
⟡ World Status Update ⟡
Title Acquired: Calamity Candidate
Threat Classification: Global
Restrictions Removed
Lyra stared at the glowing text only she couldn’t see—but somehow felt.
“…You’re not human anymore, are you?”
Arjun was silent for a moment.
“I don’t know what I am,” he said honestly. “But I know what I won’t be.”
He turned to her.
“I won’t kneel.”
She nodded slowly. “Then neither will I.”
A ripple passed through the air.
Arjun’s expression hardened.
“Stay behind me.”
From the darkness stepped a figure clad in black-and-gold armor, wings of light folded neatly behind his back. His presence crushed the air itself.
An Apostle.
His eyes glowed like molten gold as he surveyed the ruins.
“So this is the bearer of the Black Star,” the Apostle said calmly. “You look… disappointing.”
Lyra’s breath caught. “Arjun—that thing—”
“I know.”
⟡ Threat Detected ⟡
Entity: Apostle Seraphiel
Rank: SS
Authority: Divine Executioner
Seraphiel raised a hand. “By the will of the gods, your existence is an error.”
Arjun stepped forward.
“Then correct it.”
For the first time, the Apostle smiled.
The sky split open.
Light and darkness collided as Arjun vanished, reappearing inches from Seraphiel’s face. Their clash sent shockwaves across the plains, flattening trees and cracking stone.
Seraphiel was thrown back—skidding across the ground.
He stared in disbelief.
“…Impossible.”
Arjun didn’t pursue.
Instead, he raised his hand—and stopped.
His chest burned.
⟡ Warning ⟡
Abyssal Core unstable
Full Awakening risk detected
Arjun lowered his hand slowly.
Not yet.
Seraphiel laughed softly, wiping blood from his lips. “You felt it too, didn’t you? You’re not
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