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Chapter 13 - Chapter 13: “Apparently There’s a Price on My Head, So I Punched the Guy Who Tried to Collect It”

Scene: Outskirts of the Capital — A Town on Edge

Wanted posters litter the streets.

[WANTED: RAZE VIELHART – WORLD-CLASS THREAT – REWARD: 1,000,000 BLACK MARKS]

Kaelira walks through the shadows, hood up, blade sheathed.Raze walks behind her, fully visible, eating a grilled mana-skewer.

"You know you're not helping by being shirtless and glowing.""If I die, I'm dying well-fed and ripped.""You're impossible.""You like it."

🗡️ First Bounty Hunter Encounter

They're ambushed by the Twilight Fangs — a black-ops bounty group with enchanted gear and null zones.

Leader: Grinzak the CollectorPower: Artifact chains that suppress magic.

"You're the Vessel, huh? I expected more glow, less sarcasm."

"You're the collector?""Yeah.""Cool. Collect this."

Raze grabs a stone bench and throws it.Straight through Grinzak's shield.

Kaelira slices the chains mid-air.

One guy tries to stab Raze in the back.

Raze no-looks elbow checks him into next week.

Battle ends in 14 seconds.

"That's the third ambush this week.""We're getting popular.""We're getting hunted.""Tomato, tomahto."

😈 Meanwhile: Eiro in the Forbidden Catacombs

He follows Val'shara's whispers down into the abyss beneath the school — where reality itself begins to bend.

There, he finds it:

A door carved into black bone.

Inscribed: "Here sleeps the Eye Beyond Gods."

Val'shara whispers:

"Do you dare seek power not meant to be held?""I don't want power.""I want everything destroyed."

He opens it.

A tendril of black light slithers out.Wraps around his heart.Whispers a name no one should know.

"You… are the Harbinger."

Eiro screams.And laughs.

🏛️ Back in Obliviris: Secret Chamber Discovered

Velgorth senses something beneath the ruined training grounds.

Raze & Kaelira investigate.

There — hidden under ancient wards — they find a sealed vault.

Inside: a weapon.Not forged by man. Not by demon.

A relic from the Age of First Ruin.

The Void-Touched Gauntlet— a living weapon that feeds on intent.

Raze stares at it.

"Do I touch it?""Touch it and you might lose your soul.""So... just one hand?"

He picks it up.

The gauntlet merges with his arm.His aura burns black for a second — and then stabilizes.

"Neat."

🌒 Final Scene: Assassins Reporting to the Council

The Twilight Fangs return. Broken. Humiliated.

"We failed. Vielhart… is no longer human."

The council sighs.

"Then release Protocol: Cinderfall.""Send the Hunters of Heaven.""Burn Obliviris down."

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