The Divine Order doesn't hesitate.
Not when fear blooms.
Not when memory returns.
And especially not when a name they once erased—
Sovarion
—begins to echo across realms.
So they send her.
The blade with no voice.
The shadow of heaven.
Kaelith.
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> [New Character Encountered: Kaelith, Assassin of Silence]
Title: The Last Whisper
Class: Divine Executioner (Erasure Division)
Target: Lucius Nachtveil (Codename: Sovarion)
Success Rate: 98.9%
Emotion Profile: None
---
She lands outside the temple before dawn.
No announcement. No divine light.
Just presence.
The trees curl away from her.
The air forgets to move.
She steps through shadow toward the ruin.
---
Inside, Lucius stands still. His hand still warm from touching the mural.
He breathes deeply.
"Someone's here."
Zara spins, blades out. "Another one of theirs?"
Velda scans the outside. "No light signature. No aura."
Lilith's wings twitch. "Because it's not meant to be felt. It's meant to erase."
---
Kaelith appears in the doorway.
Pale armor. Blade made of starlight curved in reverse.
Her eyes are sealed shut. She does not need them.
Her voice? Never used.
Instead—
The world itself shivers as she draws her sword.
---
Lucius steps forward.
"You came to kill me?"
She doesn't answer.
Instead, the air behind Lucius fractures.
She's already moved.
---
> [Combat Initiated: Assassin of Silence – Kaelith]
Danger Rating: Terminal
Bonus Trait: All attacks bypass standard perception.
Additional Effect: Speech is suppressed within 10 meters of her aura.
---
Zara lunges.
Blocked.
Velda casts.
Unraveled.
Claire tries to shout—no sound escapes her throat.
Lucius draws Ariadne.
And for a split second—Kaelith's movement halts.
Because the sword remembers her.
---
Ariadne speaks in Lucius's mind:
"She killed the First Bond."
Lucius freezes.
Then his voice cuts through the silence, breaking the rule:
"She's the one who stood there. The one who ended her."
Kaelith flickers forward.
Lucius blocks—barely.
A slash across his chest. Pain.
Real pain. The kind that forgets to bleed until it's deep.
---
Lilith appears behind Kaelith, throwing a black flame.
She vanishes again—flickers behind Lucius—strikes—
But this time?
Lucius sees it.
Not with eyes.
With memory.
---
> [Skill Activated: Flame of the First Bond – Emotion Sync Level 2]
You recall the moment of her death… and the one who watched it happen.
Lucius roars, power flaring.
And Kaelith falters.
For the first time.
A pause. A delay.
Fear.
Lucius swings.
A slash cuts her veil.
It falls away.
And beneath it—her face is blank. Not human. Not divine.
Just… made.
---
Velda gasps. "She's a construct. A perfected echo."
Claire: "The gods built a being that can't feel, just obey."
Lucius points Ariadne at her chest.
"Then tell your masters—"
His eyes burn red and silver.
"The one they erased remembers. And he's not running."
---
Kaelith flickers once.
Then disappears.
The battle ends.
For now.
---
> [Battle Status: Survived – No Kill]
Kaelith has retreated.
The gods now know: Sovarion lives.
They will not send whispers next time.
---
Lucius falls to one knee.
Zara catches him. "You alright?"
"No," he mutters. "But I'm angry. And that's better than broken."
Lilith kneels beside him.
"You protected her memory," she whispers. "You didn't let it be erased."
Lucius stands, blood still running.
"I'll protect more than her memory next time."