The_Mighty_Twin

For centuries, the floating cities of Elysium have thrived above the Abyss, a cursed wasteland filled with the ruins of a forgotten age. Every ten years, the Forsaken Trials are held—condemning the weak, the sick, and the unwanted to the darkness below. No one sent to the Abyss has ever returned.

When Cain Voss, a crippled orphan, is cast into the depths, he expects to die like all the others. But the Abyss is not a barren graveyard—it is a prison, a place where ancient horrors still linger. Beneath the ruins, something colossal stirs. The Titans, thought to be long extinct, were not merely monsters. They were betrayed.

And one of them still lives—inside him.

As Cain struggles to survive the monstrous creatures and warring factions of the Abyss, he discovers a power buried deep in his veins—the Titan Core, a remnant of a fallen god’s strength. But this power comes at a price: every time he uses it, his lifespan burns away. Hunted by abyssal horrors, exiled survivors, and the ruthless rulers of Elysium above, Cain must unravel the truth of the Titans before his time runs out.

But something watches from the darkness.

And it remembers.

The Forsaken Titan

The abyss, once an endless void of shifting shadows, now pulsed with something alive. Something stirring.

Cain's breathing was sharp, his golden eyes darting between the First Forsaken and the abyssal fissures cracking open around them.

His Titan Core roared inside him, reacting to whatever was happening. The golden flames flickered wildly, no longer entirely under his control.

This wasn't just the abyss shifting.

Something older than both of them.

The First Forsaken's smirk never wavered.

"Can you feel it, lost one?" he murmured. "The weight of what was buried?"

Cain clenched his fists, forcing himself to stay steady. Whatever was coming—he had to be ready.

"You're playing a game I don't understand," Cain growled. "What the hell is waking up?"

"The part of you that was never meant to be found."

Cain's heart slammed against his ribs.

Before he could react, the abyss split open.

At first, it was just a shape, an outline formed from shadows too deep to comprehend. But as the darkness peeled away, Cain saw what had been hidden beneath the abyss.

Not a Forsaken. Not a Warbringer. Not something twisted and half-formed like the creatures that had come before.

The Titan's form was monstrous, colossal, unlike anything he had ever seen. Its body was covered in jagged black armor, etched with ancient golden markings that pulsed with light. But what made Cain's stomach twist wasn't its size or its power.

Massive golden shackles bound its limbs, glowing with the same unnatural light Cain had seen in the memory of the war. They pulsed, fighting against the Titan's awakening, trying to keep it locked away.

The First Forsaken tilted his head slightly.

"Ah," he murmured, almost fondly. "So you still endure, even now?"

Cain's jaw clenched. His Titan Core was screaming now, his body struggling to keep up with the energy surging through him. This Titan wasn't just powerful.

The chains trembled, the golden locks cracking under the Titan's sheer will. A deep, rumbling growl echoed through the abyss.

The same burning gold that flared when his Titan Core awakened, the same fire that had fueled his survival since the day he was thrown into the Abyss.

Not him—but something connected to him.

Something waiting for him to remember.

The First Forsaken exhaled slowly, his golden eyes narrowing as he watched the Titan struggle against its chains.

"Do you understand now, lost one?"

Cain's breath was uneven. His mind was racing, trying to make sense of what was in front of him.

"You knew this was here," he muttered, realization dawning. "You've been leading me to this moment since the beginning."

He had been running, fighting, resisting. But all along, he had been playing into their hands.

And now—he had led himself straight to what they wanted him to find.

The Titan let out a roar, and the golden chains shattered.

And Cain felt something break inside him.

Chapter 30 – The Abyss Awakens