MrEmperor9167

In a world where cities float above the earth and ancient beasts roam the land, truth has long since been buried beneath the clouds…

Seventeen-year-old Aryan has lived his entire life in a cursed land city — a crumbling outpost surrounded by monsters with fangs like swords and demons with human faces. His mother, a low-tier Light wielder, died from a mysterious illness when he was seven. His father? Vanished in a classified government mission years earlier, investigating the very secrets the world refuses to speak of — the beasts, the demons… and the floating cities themselves.

No one knows Aryan exists — not the ruling government, not the elite nobles who live high above in shining cities suspended 1000 feet in the sky, not even the assassin guilds and rebel warlords fighting for scraps of power on the surface.

But Aryan is about to shatter their silence.

Hidden within this fractured world lies a shattered ancient artifact — a mysterious cube once powerful enough to hold the balance between land, sky, and beyond. Split into four fragments, each held in secret corners of the world — from the heavenly Sky Government cities to the beast-infested wilds — its true purpose is unknown… but it calls to Aryan.

As he journeys across deadly lands aboard flying warships, hunted by assassins, tracked by beasts, and haunted by fragments of his parents’ forgotten legacies, Aryan begins to uncover a terrifying truth:

The cities were never meant to float...
The beasts were never meant to exist...
And he was never meant to survive.

But fate doesn’t care what the world intended. Aryan is coming — and he’s not just looking for answers.
He’s looking to break the sky open.

The Shadow in  Void

The ice shattered like glass under an unseen hammer.Cracks spiderwebbed across the frozen cage, deepening with terrifying speed.A growl ripped through the arena—a sound soaked in rage and pain.

The Crawler was alive again.

The crowd's hope, once flickering like a dying candle, began to fade rapidly.Whispers swirled through the captives like poison:"Even in the land cities, where we survive...""Now, here, we are nothing but prey to these bandits.""This is entertainment to them — a slow, agonizing death."

A man near Aryan's side gripped the chains biting into his wrists, his voice cracking with despair:"What will happen to my child? My blind wife? How do we survive this? God, please…"

The Crawler thundered forward, muscles coiling with lethal intent.

Time slowed as the beast's massive form lunged toward the trembling crowd.

Suddenly—A flash of blinding light exploded behind the mass of terrified people.

Before anyone could react, a figure had already appeared, standing between the crowd and death itself.

He moved like a blade of light slicing through darkness.

In his hand, a sword blazed—not just a weapon, but a beacon of hope.

The man's attack was precise and merciless.With a single, fluid motion, the luminous saber swept through the Crawler's massive body, cleaving it into hundreds of pieces that fell like shards of night.

Silence descended.No one could believe what they had just witnessed.

Aryan's eyes were wide with shock.Kat's breath caught as recognition sparked in his mind.

"That… that's him," Kat whispered fiercely."The man who stood still in the arena—like a statue, not flinching at all."

The stunned crowd didn't have time to process as the bandits themselves stood frozen.

Their leader, a grizzled man named Roy, narrowed his eyes, voice low but furious:"What just happened here? Who is that man that killed the beast in a single strike?"

From the loudspeakers, a chilling voice cut through the tension:"Congratulations to all who survived Round 1.From fifty entrants, only thirty remain—half have fallen.You have thirty minutes to rest before Round 2 begins.Prepare yourselves for what's next."

The arena's brutal game was far from over.

Aryan swallowed hard, feeling the weight of what had just occurred.Somewhere inside, a fire lit—the possibility of survival, hope, and an unknown power yet to be unveiled.

Chapter 19: The Shattered Ice and the Silent Savior