=== WSA 2025 - Silver Prize Winner ===

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Way before I was even born, my world was invaded. Actually, not just my world, my entire damn universe was overrun by another, led by a single race that called themselves the Eternals.

And they were prepared. Very prepared. Every life we lost in the war against them was used by them. They didn’t just kill people, they captured their souls, forged them into Phantoms, and used the souls to twist beasts into Abominations. Our dead became their army.

Three hundred years later, I was born. A guy with way too much energy. Sitting still? Impossible. Taking it slow? Not happening. I was always moving, always ready to burst into action. Then I awakened, and got a talent too.

My Talent's Name Was Generator.

Because of it I never ran out of energy. Ever. My muscles? Supercharged. My healing? Faster. My stamina? Please, I had no idea what being tired even felt like.

So if the universe wanted to throw an endless war at me?

Fine. I’d throw everything I had right back.

I wasn’t born a hero. Never wanted to be one. But this war? It wasn’t just my universe’s fight anymore. It was mine. The Eternals made sure of that when they took my parents' souls.

I stood on one of the remaining platforms in the core layer, fragments of shattered structures still drifting slowly around us. The battlefield was quiet now.


The system notifications were still buzzing at the edge of my awareness.


I exhaled and finally allowed them to surface.


Below it, another followed almost instantly.


I stared at the numbers for a moment, then dismissed them without much emotion. Merit points were useful, yes, but they felt strangely small compared to the scale of what had just happened.


[Advisory Issued: Capture Recommended. Termination Not Recommended.]


Chapter 732 - Watched