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Tides Of Eternity Episode 52: The Temple
Darkness clung to the periphery of the Sanctum, an uncomfortable stillness falling over the formerly thronged grove. Kaiza and Mina stood in the wake, panting and weary, their minds still reeling from the discovery of Mina's awakened power. Aelthir lingered as a ghostly presence at their side, his ethereal form trembling in the flickering light of the obelisk's dying radiance.Mina's golden eyes, dulled by the blinding rush of energy she had released, flashed with doubt. She laid a hand against her chest, sensing the lingering heat of power running beneath her skin. The flame within her had flared up without warning, uninvited and unstoppable. And now, it had marked her as a target.Kaiza brushed the sweat from his forehead, his hand clenched around his sword. He could still feel the cold lingering of the Voidborn's claws scraping against his ribs. He had battled hundreds of wars in centuries past, but never before had he battled an enemy so unrelenting, so voracious. And now, they ha
Tides Of Eternity Episode 53: Twisting Shadows
Kaiza held his knife in a fierce grip, gasping for breath. The reek of death and iron filled the air, blending with the wet earth on which he stood. The Voidborn did not tire, their twisted bodies coiling from the shadows, thirsting for blood. His arms screamed in pain, but he could not lose his grip not with Mina and the rest counting on him.The fight had started again.A rasping scream ripped through the darkness as a hulking Voidborn attacked Kaiza, its stretched claws shining in the broken moonlight. He dodged, bringing his blade sweeping up in a smooth curve. The metal plunged deep, slicing through the monster's shifting skin. It screamed a shattering shriek before it collapsed into a mass of twisting shadows.No time to stop.A cry cut through the air Mina.Kaiza spun around, his heart pounding. She was backed up against a rock outcropping, jagged and deadly, her shivering hands lifted in protection. A hulking Voidborn, its eyes glowing like red-hot coals, towered above her. It
Tides Of Eternity Episode 54: Blood Moon Rising
The sun had not yet risen when Kaiza and Mina arrived at the forest edge, their bodies throbbing and their breaths heaving. The cover of trees had kept them safe through the night, but now, exposed in the open, they were at risk. Mina's golden eyes flashed with anxiety. "Kaiza, what if they find us again?" Kaiza swiped the sweat from his forehead and looked out at the barren wasteland before them a destroyed village, reduced to ashes, bony outlines of buildings reaching for the sky like shattered fingers. There was no life in this place, only the specters of the dead. "We don't have a choice. We have to rest," he grumbled. "Come on." They made their way through the wreckage, wary of the shifting ground. The acrid smell of burned wood and something much worse hung in the air. Kaiza tightened his hold on his sword, every muscle in his body alert. Then they heard it. A slow, methodical scraping noise. Kaiza pushed Mina back behind him as he turned to face the sound. From the
Tides Of Eternity Episode 55: The Warrior's Tone
Kaiza's breath was in ragged gasps as he struggled to find his balance. The battlefield was strangely quiet in the aftermath of the Harbinger's collapse, but he knew better than to think the battle was won. Mina was at his side, her golden flame still burning at her fingertips, her eyes flicking between the rubble and the moving shadows beyond. The armored fighter stood still, his expression unreadable. "They will arrive soon. We don't have much time." Kaiza pushed himself to his feet. "Tell me who they are." "The Order of the Hollow." Mina tensed. "You mean the ones who" "Yes." The warrior's tone was grim. "They believe the balance has been shattered. And they will stop at nothing to kill the ones who did it." A cold weight crept into Kaiza's belly. Centuries he had searched for how to break his curse, but now that he had awakened to his newfound strength, he was hunted more than ever. A profound tremor coursed through the earth, and the air was filled with an unnatural charge.
Tides Of Eternity Episode 56: Present Days
Mina's flames still smoldered on the battlefield, with glowing embers illuminating the wreckage they had left behind. Kaiza clamped his jaws shut, laying a hand across his wound. He could already sense his body mending itself, his curse of immortality protecting him from death. The agony was no less real for that, and it served to remind him of his own vulnerability.Mina knelt beside him, her golden eyes filled with worry. “You’re hurt.”“I’ll live.” He exhaled sharply, forcing himself upright. His gaze flickered to the hooded figure who had emerged from the chaos. The Order of the Hollow’s leader was gone, but this new presence exuded something far more unsettling.The hooded man took a step closer, and a ripple of abnormally cold air moved through the air. "You do not realize what you have done."Kaiza clutched his sword harder. "Then tell us."For a long time, the figure didn't say anything, as if considering whether they were worth the trouble. Then, with a voice that was as empt
Tides Of Eternity Episode 57: Whispers of the Past
The battlefield was still. Too still.The burnt bodies of the Order of the Hollow continued to smolder in the frigid night air, their robes nothing more than a pile of ash from Mina's golden flames. The figure in the hood, the one who had taken out their leader with an otherworldly flick of their hand, stood stock-still under the blood-red moon.Kaiza's wounds seared, his eyes blurring from loss of blood, but he struggled to stay on his feet. Mina stood at his side, her fingers still shaking with the last of divine fire.The hooded figure at last turned towards them, their presence choking, like a portent of something worse to follow.Kaiza gripped his sword tightly. "Who the hell are you?The figure stepped forward. Its voice was deep, resonating as if it had come from the other side of a veil of reality."You don't know me, but I've always known you."Mina swallowed hard. "That's not an answer."The figure did not respond to her, however, choosing instead to look at Kaiza. "You've s
Tides Of Eternity Episode 58: Blood on the Ashes
The stench of burnt flesh was the only fresh smoke rising from the battlefield from their clash against the Order of the Hollow. Burned bodies of assassins lay among the ashes ahead of his forces, their black robes turned to cinders. The stench of burnt flesh and blood hung in the air, mingling with the golden embers of Mina’s magic. Kaiza, bandaged but still coming to terms with the fight, observed the hooded apparition that had materialized at the end of the confrontation.“The one who sets fate to happen as it ought to,” the stranger had called themselves.Now, by pale moonlight, Kaiza looked at the newcomer. Their face was shrouded beneath the hood, but their energy emanating from their body was dizzying. The voice of the wind was the only sound, the voice of the wind through the ruins as the silence lengthened."Who are you really?" Kaiza asked as he tightened his grip around his sword hilt.The hooded figure cocked its head, voice level and cold as death. "A keeper of balance. Y
Tides Of Eternity Episode 59: The Awakening of the Devourer
There was a somber silence that enveloped the battlefield, the air reeking of blood and charred meat. The bodies of the Order of the Hollow were strewn about, twisted in agony from Mina’s flames. But Kaiza knew this victory would not last. That figure in the hood they had seen at the end of their fight, it had an overwhelming presence, something much greater than the Order’s dark power.Kaiza gripped his sword tighter, still sore from his past wounds. Beside her, Mina's golden eyes were trained on the figure as her fists shone with the faint remnants of her divine fire."Who are you?" Why the fuck would you do that, Kaiza croaked.The hooded figure cocked their head to one side; whether questioningly or not was impossible to say. Then they spoke in a voice that echoed from the depths of time itself.“I am the Herald of the Devourer.The name sent a shiver down Kaiza’s back. He had heard its whispers before a thing out of this world, ancient and hungry. It was said to be hungry, a great
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Chapter 149: The End of the Rewrite
The end of the world.Again.But this time, Kaiza was awake for it.The sky was cleaved in two, black fire seeping through the fissures in reality.Time had turned non-linear, dripping in slow drips, shattering like glass.And standing at the center of the unraveling was him.The Version That Should Not Be.A Kaiza created out of rewritten history, impossibility, and sheer consequence.He stood quietly under the shattered stars, gold eyes shining with the burden of all possible destinies."You attempted to save them," he murmured. "And in that, you destroyed the balance."Kaiza did not speak. His sword was at his hip. His body was ripped apart, his breathing shallow. But his eyes.His eyes blazed like stars."What are you?" Kaiza finally spoke.The other Kaiza smiled."I am the answer to your question."He spun, arms open to the devastation."You asked if fate was something you could rewrite. I am your answer. I am what occurs when it is."A voice."Kaiza."Soryn.She was returned.Sh
Chapter 148:The War of Existence
The sky was torn apart.Not like an explosion.Not like thunder.But like the very fabric of sound itself, it ripped asunder.Kaiza didn't even have the moment to blink before the entity shifted.Not with power.Not with speed.But with absolute, mindless inevitability.It didn't attack in the sense that an enemy would.It redefined the battlefield.In one instantKaiza was standing on solid earth.He was tumbling into a chasm of shattered timelines, each one splintering away like delicate glass.His golden flames flickered, fighting against the force pulling him down.He froze.Not because he caught himself.Not because he landed.Because the entity demanded it.Kaiza growled."You think you can control me?"The entity's voice surrounded him."I already do."And thenThe world crumbled.Kaiza balled his fists as the rules of reality warped around him.The entity's golden-black fire engulfed everything.Shredding the battlefield, reforming it in real-time.The sky turned into an ocean
Chapter 147: The Collapse of Reality
The sky tore apart.Not like lightning.Not like a storm.Like glass breaking.The Hollow City shattered, shattering into a thousand reflective shards, each one revealing a different possibility.Some revealed Kaiza triumphant, golden flames in his grasp, the entity dissolving to dust.Others revealed Kaiza was gone, nothing but a memory of what had been.But the worst onesThe ones that made his chest constrictRevealed the world lost.Not destroyed.Never having been at all.The thing moved first.One moment, it stood before him.Next, it was all around him.A dozen forms of itself blurred in and out of existence, attacking from various directions simultaneously.Each sword is pointing for Kaiza's heart.But Kaiza didn't even blink.He didn't need to react.Because nowHe knew the game."You don't get to decide anymore."Kaiza reached out with his will, his mind, his very soul.And reality listened.In an instantEvery version of the entity vanished.Not because Kaiza dodged.Not bec
Chapter 146: The War of Unmaking
The world ended.Not in flames.Not in ruin.In nothingness.The streets of the Hollow City disappeared.The sky overhead ceased to exist.The air itself wavering, as if a memory attempting to remember its own presence.Kaiza alone in the center of it all a solitary figure against an adversary that was not meant to exist.His golden eyes ablaze.But for the first time everHe wasn't certain if he existed anymore.The figure in front of him his distorted reflection grinned."You're beginning to comprehend, aren't you?"Kaiza clutched his sword tighter."I comprehend that you speak too damn much."The figure chuckled."Like a man who doesn't know he's already lost."And thenIt moved.Kaiza had barely enough time to respond.The instant the entity charged, the very fabric of reality unraveled.Not with force.Not with power.With certainty.Wherever the entity stepped, the world no longer was.The Hollow City disappeared in patches, chunks of buildings, strips of sky—all vanishing in a
Chapter 145: A King Without a Throne
For the first time in five centuries, the Hollow City was silent.No screaming.No war.No whispering darkness hiding in the cracks of reality.Kaiza stood in the middle of it all free.The Abyss was gone.Not locked away.Not hiding in the shadows.Gone.He had done the impossible.He had rejected it.Not by fighting it.Not by dominating it.But by letting go.And yet something did not feel right.Kaiza let out a sharp breath, rolling his shoulders.His body felt lighter.As if he had lost something he had carried around for so long that he didn't even know what it felt like to not have it.The Abyss had been integrated into his very being.And now, without it…Who was he?Kaiza tightened his fists."Is this what freedom is meant to feel like?"Because it didn't feel good.It felt empty.Like he had been opened up and something had been torn out.Something that, terrible as it was, had at least been a part of him.Kaiza's golden eyes blazed, but there was no abyssal fire burning in
Chapter 144: When Titans Collide
A howl of unleashed darkness erupted from under the Hollow City.The earth cleaved open, a torn edge slashing through stone, spewing out coils of abyssal flame into the air.And out of that tear something stirs.Something immense.Something ancient.Kaiza stood upon the ruined battlefield, his gold eyes fixed on the churning whirlpool of darkness that had burst forth from his own blow.He'd done it.He'd awakened the Abyss.And now he had to make it through."Every last one of you, move!" Kaiza bellowed.But it was already too late.A brutal shockwave erupted outward, shattering the Hollow City and leveling buildings to rubble.The air itself cracked, reality fighting to maintain its shape as the Abyss awakened from its deep sleep.The sky contorted, folding in upon itself, and Kaiza could sense it.The Abyss was hungry.And it had waited too long.The First Hunger awakened.The impossibly huge hand, black and smeared with shifting constellations of void, faltered for the first time.
Chapter 145: The Choice That Ends a Kingdom
Kaiza's breathing came sharp and jagged.His fingers were constricted around the wrist of his other self, the King of the Hollow City.The battle's weight still resonated in his bones, his muscles crying out from the fight, which had transcended time itself.And yet he did not attack.The king sneered, golden eyes flashing with dark pleasure."What's wrong?""This is what you wanted, isn't it?"Kaiza's hold grew tighter.He could finish it now.A single strike. A single cut.Erase this alternate version of himself.Reclaim the Hollow City as his own.But the longer he stared into his own twisted reflection, the clearer it became.This wasn’t just about a throne.This was about who he would become."Damn it."His golden eyes flashed."I’m not you."And that was the moment he made his choice.A King Must FallKaiza let go.The king swayed a little, his sneer failing for the first time."What?"Kaiza took a step back, sheathing his sword."I don't need to kill you to win."The throne room
Chapter 144: The War of Kings
Kaiza stumbled forward, his breathing labored, his heart pounding in his ears.The Hollow City lay before him, but it was not the same Hollow City he remembered.It was unmarred by war.The towers rose high, spires reaching into a moonlit sky that should not be.The streets were spotless, thronged with moving people walking, speaking, and living.For an instant, Kaiza couldn't catch his breath.This was impossible.It had never been true.It had never been anything more than a dream."And yet here I am."A weight, heavy as lead, dropped into his chest.He had rewritten destiny.The Abyss had never swallowed this city.The Hunters had never been forgotten.And he had never turned into a monster.Kaiza let out a harsh breath, raking a hand through his dark, sweat-matted hair."So what the hell do we do now?"The Harbinger's Warning"Kaiza."The voice was low, even.He turned to glance at the Harbinger, who stood a few steps behind him, silver eyes acute, expressionless.He hadn't budged
Chapter 143: A War Against the Unwritten
The darkness engulfed Kaiza entirely.In one instant, he stood before his previous self, the Hollow City intact, reality itself refusing to believe that history had been altered.The next.He was plummeting.Not bodily.Not through air, or chronology, or even the Abyss.But through something deeper.Something older.Something that should not exist.Something that had waited.And at its center something watched.Kaiza's body struck solid earth, but it felt nothing like the real world.The sky, or what passed for a sky, was a chasm of writhing shapes and wisps.The air tasted too thick, weighing upon him like a thousand invisible fingers.He pushed himself up, his golden eyes furrowing as he turned.And then.He saw it.The figure.It stood where his former self had once stood, regarding him with a look that belonged to no living thing.Kaiza had battled gods.He had fought the Abyss.He had witnessed things without a name.But this.This thing was wrong.Not as the Abyss was.Not as the
