Darkness.
That was the first thing Hayate felt — a suffocating void, endless and weightless.Then came the sound… a heartbeat.Not his own. Something older, colder, and vast.
When his vision returned, he wasn't in the Abyss Temple anymore.Instead, he stood in a field of white lilies under a sky of shattered glass.Each fragment reflected a different world — burning, freezing, thriving, dying.
"Where… am I?"
A voice answered — soft, melodic, and filled with a strange sadness.
"In my memory."
Hayate turned.
There she stood — the Evil Goddess, but not as he remembered.Her eyes weren't cruel; they were tired. Her long silver hair flowed like moonlight, and her once-black wings were broken, dripping faint gold.
"You're the one who summoned us," he said coldly."Why show me this?"
She smiled faintly, a hollow echo of beauty.
"Because even evil has reasons, mortal child."
Fragments of a Forgotten War
The world around them shifted.Suddenly, Hayate saw flashes — a divine war raging across countless realms.
Angels and demons clashed in oceans of flame.Gods turned on each other.And amidst it all, the silver-haired goddess knelt on the battlefield, her halo cracked.
"Once… I was called Seraphine, the Keeper of Balance.""But when the gods sought to rewrite destiny, I refused to obey."
Her voice trembled.
"They called me a traitor. They burned my followers, shattered my wings, and sealed me beneath their new order — the very System you now wield."
[System Sync: Memory Reconstruction – 48% Complete.]
Hayate clenched his fists.
"You're saying the System came from your power?"
Seraphine nodded slowly.
"A fragment of my will. What you call a 'blessing' is just a cage that limits mortals… keeping them from surpassing divine control."
The Shattered Throne
The scene changed again.
Now, Hayate stood before a massive obsidian throne, cracked and floating in a void of light and shadow.Chains wrapped around it, pulsing with divine runes — and on that throne sat a silhouette of the goddess, eyes burning with tears and fury.
"They made me into their monster," she whispered."I summoned you and your classmates because I wanted someone — anyone — to destroy the false gods."
"Then why did you abandon me?" Hayate's voice cut through the silence.
The goddess looked at him, sorrow flickering in her gaze.
"Because you weren't chosen by me."
Hayate froze.
"What…?"
"The moment you entered this world, another force interfered — something beyond even my control. You were rejected by the System not because you were weak… but because something ancient claimed you first."
[System Alert: Origin Core Awakening – 72%.]
The sky trembled, the dream collapsing.
"Remember this, Hayate," Seraphine said as cracks spread through her form."You carry the spark of the Void Sovereign. When you awaken it completely, you will not just challenge the gods…"
Her voice faded, replaced by static.
"…you will rewrite them."
Awakening
Hayate gasped as he woke up, drenched in sweat.The Abyss Temple's ceiling loomed above him, its runes flickering faintly.
Selene rushed to his side.
"You blacked out for almost a day. What happened?"
He sat up slowly, his eyes still glowing faint gold.
"I saw her. The goddess."
Kael frowned. "And?"
"She wasn't evil… just broken. But there's something worse out there."
The air around him shimmered.For a split second, everyone felt it — a pulse of overwhelming energy, dark and divine.
[System Notice: Power Signature Detected – Origin Core 72%.][Warning: Stability at Risk.]
Hayate gripped his chest. "I'm not dying here. Not until I know the truth."
He stood, summoning his blade. The red and gold aura returned, blazing brighter than before.
"From now on," he said, his voice low, resolute, "I won't just fight for revenge… I'll fight for the right to choose my own fate."
[Quest Updated: Fragments of the Goddess's Memory – Completed.][New Quest Unlocked: Trace the Origin Core – Locate the First Seal.][Optional Objective: Uncover the True Name of the Void Sovereign.]