Chapter 1 : Ep. 1 — The Phoenix's Requiem, I
it was a dark period.
Victoria had fallen.
we've been holding in for almost 5 months now.
Everyone is dead. My companion and my friends…
they all died.
my sister is dead.
Either they kill me or i'm gonna die in 5 days because of my ' FATE '
"i can't die like this… i won't let them take over, will you help me?"
in the mist of the grey smoke, i decided to push myself one last time, one last strength and I looked over to my shoulder.
" Zack i know how you can fix this world." He said as he grabbed something from his pocket
A small crystal ball starts emitting a soft glow, in the distance i knew what he was trying to do.
"This..!" He stood up.
"WAIT! NO!"
i yelled as he begins wielding the crystal ball without touching it with his fingers. The summoned light starts glowing more and more.
"NO ! NO… we can't use that! Not on me!"
i lifted my body to grab him, " use it on yourself ! "
I couldn't move a muscle, too weak i crumbled on the floor against my own will.
bloodied, drained, burned
"i'm gonna be dead no matter! You must save yourself and this world ! You must—"
"Zack."
"Listen to me carefully. You'll be send back to where everything started. Your goal will be to stop the 4rd 'Catastrophe' ."
"Do you understand?"
…
"no…no…no..! What about you?!! You'll die here!"
"you'll fucking die here alone!"
i sank to the ground, why?
I stare at the scene before my eyes filled with tears. I sat there, my knees scraped, my breath ragged, surrounded by the wreckage of bodies including of the familiar ones. My arms trembled, the exhaustion so deep it felt as if i've been crushed by a giant rock over and over. My vision blurry, with the last remaining vision from my left eye, i see the tiny crystal ball twirling inside its gated cage, golden yellow and red light shining brightly covering his face.
"I won't die. You''ll save us all Zack."
"you'll change our fate and will stop the 4rd 'catastrophe' from happening."
He raised his hand, pointing my direction. The ground shuddered, dust spiraling upward like a summoned storm. The smoke curled around us, drawn by an unseen force. Rocks begin lifting from the ground slowly.
[ Burn the Past, Forge The Future : Skill Unlocked ]
the blooming crystal flew up into the bloody red sun. It shimmered with inner light, refracting the blood-red sun above. Higher it rose—cutting through the clouds
it slits the sun in half shaping it into a full Eclipse.
「 The Phoenix's Requiem 」
Wings unfurling, a beak forming from flame eyes glowing gold. A phoenix emerged up in the sky
[ " requiem phoenicis adeat et renascatur " ]
He raised his finger and the air shimmered a surge of golden light burst forth.
shooting straight in my forehead.
As i close my eyes and its impact send me unconscious.
[ " Farewell we'll meet again." ]
「 if a change isn't solidified, history snaps back to its original state . 」
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" AHHHHHH—"
i woke up drenched in sweats
[ " Forbid the creation of the 4rd 'catastrophe' "]
i knew where i was, it was my old house from 9 years ago.
this is where it all began.
I was sent back in time.