⚔️ Chapter 87 –
"The future isn't written in stone… it's carved in blood."
☁️ Scene 1: Seris's Forbidden Vision
That night, Seris fell into a dream she hadn't chosen.
But this wasn't a dream—it was a sealed timeline, a forbidden vision from the deepest layer of her Dreambind Soul.
She walked a shattered Crosnic Verse.
Cities were burning.Monsters knelt to a single throne.Time no longer flowed—it obeyed.
On the throne… was Aeren.Crowned in gears, his body wrapped in silver roots, his eyes cold.
"You were supposed to guide me," he said in the dream."But instead… you held me back."
Then he raised his hand.
And the world cracked like glass.
Seris woke up screaming, eyes wide with terror.
"That was… another future. A future where Aeren becomes the one thing we feared."
🛡️ Scene 2: Sinjai Prepares for War
Word of the Shroud Legion's movement reached Sinjai.
"Thirty corrupted Seekers. Four confirmed Diamond-level.They're marching straight through the ghost zones," said Instructor Zephyra.
Principal Caien issued a full lockdown.
"Evacuate the city's outer border. Seal the students inside the academy's inner shield.We cannot let them get to Aeren."
Anshi was pulled aside by her father—Commander Revan—a high-ranking Silver-tier defense leader.
"Stay close to him, Anshi. If they get Aeren… the world may not survive."
🚨 Scene 3: The Legion Attacks
Just as Sinjai raised its barrier dome, a red spiral beam split the sky.
The Shroud Legion had arrived.
Their leader, Elarian, marched forward, his corrupted aura making plants wilt and walls crack as he passed.
"We are not here to destroy Sinjai.We are here for the boy.Give us the Heart, and we leave."
But Caien stood firm.
"You'll have to walk over our bones."
Elarian's eyes flashed.
"That… can be arranged."
🧠 Scene 4: Aeren's Awakening
Deep inside the medical wing, Aeren stirred.
Seris and Anshi stood over him.
"They're here," Seris said."The Shroud Legion. Elarian. All of them."
Aeren sat up slowly—his eyes now holding three rotating rings. His Paradox Lock ability had stabilized.
"Then it's time I stop hiding."
He stood up and held out his hand.
Time slowed for a breath—and his Clock Core flared.
"I might not be ready…But I'm not letting anyone else suffer for what I forgot."
🌫️ Scene 5: The Black Sky Signal
In the sky above Sinjai, the clouds turned black and purple, forming a spiral above the academy.
"They've activated the Crimson Sky Seal, one of the lost relic signals," Zephyra said."Only ancient war generals knew how to summon it."
It was a sign.
A declaration.
This was war.
🔚 End of Chapter 87