The sky bled.
Serrated clouds ripped through the heavens like torn flesh, dripping molten fire across a broken battlefield of corpses, divine beasts, and shattered monuments of forgotten gods. Lightning screeched, not from storms—but from rage.
And at the center of it all knelt Kael, God of Storms, bloodied and breathless, his wings torn, his divinity cracked like glass. The once-mighty son of the High Pantheon, the youngest deity of thunder and fate, was now on his knees—betrayed.
Above him stood his brother, Arkan—cloaked in celestial gold, sword humming with holy ruin.
"You always shone too brightly, Kael," Arkan said softly, his voice like a dagger draped in silk. "Too much heart. Too much love for mortals. You were never fit for the throne."
Kael's jaw clenched, blood slipping down his lip. "You murdered our father… our realm… for what? A crown forged in ash?"
Arkan smiled faintly. "No… for freedom. And you're the last chain."
Then the blade came down.
A scream never left Kael's throat. Only silence. Cold, collapsing silence.
And then—darkness.
…SYSTEM BOOTING…
💀 FATAL CORE DAMAGE DETECTED☠️ DIVINE SOUL DETONATION — CRITICAL☠️ USER DECEASED
[RECLAMATION PROTOCOL INITIATED]
⚙️ Searching for compatible vessel…
✅ Match Found: Human Soul (Defective, Abandoned, Despair State: 94%)
📍 Reconstructing consciousness…
Kael woke up choking.
His throat convulsed on stale, dusty air. Dirt clung to his skin like rot. The world around him was no longer made of lightning and sky—it was stone, shadows, and filth.
A dark alley. Rain falling. Somewhere far below the Divine Realms.
His fingers scraped across wet gravel. Weak. Small. Mortal.
His body wasn't his.
"Where…?" he gasped.
Then—it spoke.
💬 [Welcome, Kael Thorne]You have been successfully reborn.
Your Divine Core has been destroyed. Your status has been reset.
Installing SYSTEM: OMEGA PROTOCOL — GODKILLER
☠️ WARNING: This system is BANNED by the High Pantheon☠️ Side Effects: Madness, corruption, soul bleeding, multiversal instability
✅ Compatibility: 99.9% (Anomaly detected: Vengeful Soul Fragment)
Do you accept?
Kael clenched his jaw.
The fire in his chest hadn't died. It was simply waiting.
"Accept," he whispered.
✅ SYSTEM BOND CONFIRMED
🔥 Welcome, Forsaken God.You are now the bearer of the Godkiller Protocol.
Level: 0Class: ???Title: [The Broken Son]
🎯 Primary Quest Activated: Reclaim Your Divinity→ Objective 1: Survive→ Objective 2: Hunt the Divine→ Objective 3: Rewrite Fate
The system's voice faded as Kael pushed himself upright. He looked at his reflection in a broken mirror on the alley wall. He was… younger. Scarred. Mortal. But his eyes—they still glowed faintly with a storm that refused to die.
From the dark corners of the city, he heard laughter. Footsteps. A group of thugs—filthy, drunk, armed.
Perfect.
Kael smiled, bitterly. "Let's test this new body."
💀 SYSTEM: COMBAT MODE INITIATED
🩸 Skill Unlocked: [Divine Pulse Lv.1] – Emits a shockwave that disorients mortals🔄 Skill Copy Active: Absorb enemy traits after first kill🧬 God Core Fragment: 1/99
Three minutes later, the alley was red.
Kael stood alone, shirtless, soaked in blood that wasn't his. His eyes were calm. Heart steady. He wasn't just a reborn god. He was something else now.
A weapon.
He stared up at the sky, where clouds no longer answered his voice.
"I'm coming back," he said. "And I'm bringing hell with me."
🔱 End of Chapter 1