Chapter 23: The Hidden Heir

Kaelan stood in the midst of the ruins, his gaze empty. Around him, the battlefield was still raging—immortal beings summoned by the Enforcers were fighting against Zero and Anya's forces. But something felt different.

The world seemed to stop for him.

Inside him, something had awakened.

Memories that were not his own flashed through his mind like bursts of light. Faces he did not recognize, battles he had never witnessed, worlds consumed in flames.

And the figure of a white-haired man he had glimpsed in his visions now stood before him, his expression unreadable.

"Kaelan."

The voice echoed inside his head, sending shivers down his spine.

"You are the final key."

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The Fall of the Enforcers

Elsewhere, Anya and Zero continued their battle against one of the remaining Enforcers.

The glowing being seemed unshaken, despite the immense energy radiating from Anya and Zero—powerful enough to shatter mountains.

"Do you really think you can destroy us with the very power we created?"

Its voice thundered, shaking the ground beneath them.

Zero smirked and raised his hand into the air.

"Not destroy. Just restore the balance."

Suddenly, the sky turned a deep violet. Hundreds of magic circles appeared in the air, each glowing with ancient symbols never seen before.

The Enforcers froze.

They recognized those symbols.

"This is impossible..."

Anya glanced at Zero, her eyes questioning. "What are you doing?"

Zero turned to her, his eyes gleaming with an unstoppable force.

"I'm summoning them."

And in that instant, the sky collapsed.

From the cracks in reality, beings just as powerful as the Enforcers emerged—ancient entities that had been imprisoned in time.

They were the Old Enforcers—beings who had once been betrayed by their own kind and cast into oblivion.

And now, they had returned for revenge.

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Kaelan and the Hidden Heir

Elsewhere, Kaelan stood frozen in uncertainty.

The white-haired man stepped closer, his gaze piercing.

"You don't remember who you are, do you?"

Kaelan shook his head slowly. "I'm just... an ordinary human."

The man gave a small smile.

"No, Kaelan. You are something far more than that."

Suddenly, the man lifted his hand and touched Kaelan's forehead.

A burst of light flooded his consciousness.

Kaelan felt his body being pulled into a vortex of memories that had been hidden away.

He saw a world before its destruction.

He saw a civilization far more advanced than anything that existed now.

And in the middle of it all, he saw himself.

But he was not the Kaelan he knew.

He was someone else.

Someone who once held the power to maintain the balance between gods and humans.

And then, he saw the truth that shattered everything he had ever believed.

He was the last heir of a bloodline that had been exterminated by the Enforcers.

He was not just a part of history.

He was the turning point of history itself.

—

Hunted Blood

Kaelan gasped as he returned to reality.

His hands trembled. His body felt different.

Around him, the battle was still raging, but something had changed.

The Enforcers who had been attacking now retreated.

Not because they feared Anya or Zero.

But because they realized who Kaelan truly was.

"That's him... the last heir..."

Their whispers reached his ears.

"We must eliminate him before he fully awakens."

"Don't let him activate his power!"

Kaelan flinched as one of the Enforcers launched a direct attack at him.

But before it could hit—

Something inside him awakened.

Suddenly, his body moved on its own.

With a single motion, he raised his hand, and the attack vanished before it could touch him.

Kaelan stared at his own palm in shock.

He wasn't using Anya's power.

He wasn't using Zero's power.

This was his own power.

And at that moment, he understood.

—

The Three Pillars of Balance

Anya, Zero, and Kaelan finally stood side by side.

They were now more than just ordinary humans.

They were the three forces the world had been waiting for.

The Ruler of Utopia - Anya, or Nasha, who sought to create a new world.

The Rebel of Fate - Zero, or Zerachiel, who defied the laws of the Enforcers.

The Forgotten Heir - Kaelan, who held the final key to unlocking the truth.

And in that moment, they all realized one thing.

This war had only just begun.

The Enforcers would not stand idly by.

They would do anything to stop the three of them.

But this time, Anya, Zero, and Kaelan were ready.

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The Beginning of the End

The sky remained fractured.

Mount Sambo was on the verge of total collapse.

The Enforcers and their enemies prepared for the final battle.

But amidst it all, one question still lingered in Kaelan's mind.

If he was the last heir… then who was the white-haired man?

And when he turned, the man was already gone.

But he had left something behind—

A glowing symbol on the ground.

A symbol that marked the doorway to an even deeper world.

Kaelan stared at it, his emotions in turmoil.

He knew…

That the real answer was still hidden beyond that door.

And to find it, he had to be ready to face a truth far greater than anything he had ever imagined.