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80th Floor – The Garden of Ash
A peaceful paradise once, now reduced to a charred ruin. Burning trees. Cracked fountains. Scorched sky.
And standing among the ashes, cloaked in shadow—Rael.
His target: Zathriel, the God of Judgment.
Once his ally.
Now a traitor guarding the divine gate.
Zathriel descended from the blackened sky, radiant with authority, silver wings spread wide. "You dare enter this sanctum with mortal flesh?"
Rael raised a hand. His system flared to life.
> [Authority: Zero – Skill Hijack Enabled]
Target locked: Zathriel
Copying Divine Swordsmanship Lv. Max...
He grinned. "No. I entered to take what's mine."
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Elsewhere, in the capital city…
Selene burst into the Guildmaster's chamber, a sealed order in hand. Her mission: intercept a rogue entity known only as "Zero."
Her eyes narrowed at the name.
She didn't wait for approval. She simply whispered, "I'll bring him back… even if I have to fight him."
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Meanwhile, Lyra knelt beneath the ancient temple tree, praying for clarity. The goddess finally answered.
A blinding white light filled the space, but her words were not divine blessings.
They were pleas.
> "Stop him, Lyra. Before the heavens fall."
"Before Rael reaches the Gate of End."
"Even I… cannot stop him once he awakens."
Lyra's heart sank. "Then you made him this way."
> "We all did."
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Back on Floor 80, Rael and Zathriel clashed in a storm of divine magic and corrupted mana.
Zathriel's sword rained judgment like meteors. Rael countered every strike, his stolen divine techniques flowing like liquid death.
Then Rael vanished—and reappeared behind the god.
"One god down," he whispered.
And with a single strike, Zathriel fell, his divine core crushed under Rael's blade.
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