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

And with it, the floodgates had been thrown open.

Memories—fragmented, raw, violent—surged into his mind like an unstoppable tide. Images flickered too fast for him to process—battles fought in forgotten wars, a throne that once stood tall, a city swallowed by fire.

But the most jarring thing of all—he saw himself.

Not the man he was now. Not the lost orphan, the survivor of the abyss.

But the Cain who had existed before all of this.

Cain stumbled, clutching his chest as his Titan Core flared uncontrollably, golden flames whipping violently around him. The reflection of himself—the one who had fought him—was gone.

More of them, still wrapped around his existence, still locking away parts of who he was meant to be.

And the second one was beginning to crack.

A voice echoed through the collapsing void.

Cain gritted his teeth, forcing himself to stand despite the sheer weight pressing down on him. He was still in the endless space, but something had changed.

The ground beneath him was no longer nothingness.

Ruined, cracked, but unmistakably real.

And ahead of him, rising from the shadows—a doorway.

Massive, ancient, carved with golden runes that pulsed like they were alive. The door was sealed shut, but Cain already knew what it was.

It was the entrance to whatever had been locked away inside him.

Cain exhaled sharply, wiping blood from his lips. His entire body was pulsing with energy, his Titan Core unstable, fluctuating between power and something else.

But something about him was different this time.

He wasn't just standing idly. He wasn't just waiting.

His golden eyes burned brighter, his stance was stronger, his presence heavier.

Cain's fists clenched. "You again."

The figure tilted his head slightly, watching him with an unreadable expression.

Cain growled, golden flames flaring violently around him. "I just shattered the first chain. You think I'm stopping now?"

"I think you don't realize what happens when the second chain breaks."

The ground beneath them rumbled, cracks spreading outward from the ancient doorway. The golden runes burned hotter, pulsing in time with his heartbeat.

Cain reached for the door, fingers brushing against the surface. The moment he made contact, his Titan Core screamed.

Pain—raw, searing, unnatural—ripped through his body, sending him staggering backward. His vision blurred as something inside him fought back.

Something that did not want to be freed.

Cain fell to his knees, gripping his head as the second chain fractured.

Cain's breath hitched. His Titan Core stilled, the flames around him vanishing instantly.

The door—the thing he was trying to open—was laughing.

Then—a voice spoke from behind the door.

Chapter 48 – The Second Chain Cracks