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

Cain's fist lingered against his reflection's chest, golden fire still pulsing from the impact. The fracture of light had split the void itself, a thin, glowing crack cutting through the space between them.

His breath was sharp, his Titan Core pounding violently inside him. He had landed a hit.

His reflection smirked, golden eyes flickering with something unreadable. Approval? Amusement? Something deeper?

Cain didn't respond. He pulled his fist back, stepping away cautiously, flames still curling around his hands. He could feel it now—the shift in the air, the unraveling of something ancient.

His reflection exhaled slowly, glancing down at the crack in his chest. The golden fracture pulsed in time with Cain's Titan Core, like a tether connecting them.

Cain tensed, golden embers flickering in his vision as the entire space rippled violently. His instincts screamed warning, but he wasn't sure what he was supposed to be bracing for.

The words rippled through Cain's core, a sharp pressure tightening around his ribs. His golden flames dimmed, his breath hitching as something wrapped around his chest—

Not the golden bindings around the throne.

Cain's knees nearly buckled as searing pain burned through his Titan Core, something locking down on his power.

Cain's vision blurred, golden energy struggling to ignite, his limbs suddenly heavy. The chains weren't physical, but he could feel them wrapped around his very existence, restricting something deep within him.

He gasped, struggling to stay upright. "What—"

"The seals have not fully broken."

His reflection watched him closely, golden eyes no longer taunting, no longer mocking. There was no satisfaction in this moment.

Cain's body locked up as the chains tightened further, constricting, sinking into him. His Titan Core thrashed violently, pushing back, but something deeper was resisting.

"You cannot ascend while you are still shackled."

Cain gritted his teeth, golden flames surging outward, pushing against the invisible chains tightening around him. He could feel how many there were—not one, not two, but countless locks, all placed within him.

Had he truly done this to himself?

Or had someone else done it for him?

Cain growled, forcing himself to stand, his flames erupting violently. "Then get rid of them!"

"I cannot break what you are still clinging to."

The words hit deeper than he expected.

The chains binding him weren't just foreign. They weren't just remnants of a past he had forgotten.

Some of them, he was holding onto himself.

"You buried parts of yourself for a reason."

Cain's breath stalled. His Titan Core wavered, flames flickering unsteadily.

He wasn't sure if he wanted to remember.

His reflection stepped forward, voice lower now, almost gentle.

"Do you have the strength to face what you locked away?"

Cain's Titan Core pulsed violently, his golden flames surging, responding not just to the chains, but to the truth he could no longer deny.

Chapter 47 – The First Chain Breaks