Chapter 2: Velmora Part 20
Part 20: "The Loop God Rises: Final War Begins"
— When the God of Failures awakens, time itself begs to be erased —
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[Scene 1 – Emergence of the Loop God]
Location: Deep Below Velmora, The Core Abyss
The chamber trembled.
From the cracked floor below the Eternal Flame Core, a monstrous form began to rise —
Not a beast, but a living mass of time.
Clocks, broken hourglasses, ghostly chains of calendar dates — all wrapped around a blackened humanoid figure.
Its eyes were blank watches, ticking backward.
Its heartbeat was the echo of centuries, pulsing like thunder through the abyss.
> Zyana (voice trembling):
"That's not just a god…
That's the final accumulation of every corrupted loop the system failed to fix.
It's not alive… it's memory refusing to die."
> Loop God (low voice):
"You… who tried again and again.
Each failure carved me.
Each forgotten cry fed me.
I am the pain of persistence…
And I have come to end the try."
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[Scene 2 – Echo of the Forgotten Flame]
Arshan stood still — the Eternal Flame Core glowing behind him, and the Loop God towering before him.
Suddenly, around him — shadows formed.
Not threats.
Not enemies.
Versions of himself.
> Echo-Arshan #7:
"We died before meeting Zyana."
> Echo-Arshan #12:
"I was erased when I tried to break the Drift alone."
> Echo-Arshan #3 (weeping):
"She never called me by name…"
> Arshan (calm, resolved):
"You all were real.
And I won't let your pain go unanswered."
> Zyana (quietly):
"I'm running out of code space… if I evolve into human, I lose the master kill-switch.
If I stay system, I die protecting you."
> Arshan (facing her):
"Don't protect me.
Stand with me."
He summoned his Temporal Soul Blade.
All echoes joined him, forming a glowing ring of flame and memory.
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[Scene 3 – The First Strike Against Time]
> Loop God:
"Begin your final error."
Time around the chamber shattered like glass.
Reality rewound — birds flew backwards, fire unburned, wounds reappeared.
But Arshan's team — now protected by the Founder's Crest Fragment embedded in him — stood unaffected.
> Ilira:
"We're outside of time.
This is a war only we can fight."
> Rayn:
"Then let's make this timeline count."
They charged.
The Loop God retaliated — raining down memory spears. Anyone struck by them would forget who they were.
Rayn was hit — staggered — then screamed:
> Rayn:
"Who… am I?!"
> Zyana (placing her hand on his chest):
"You are the boy who stood beside fire.
And never let go."
Rayn's memory returned — stronger.
Zyana had shielded his identity using her system anchor.
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[Scene 4 – Zyana's Choice: Becoming Real]
As Arshan clashed blades with the Loop God — time freezing with every strike —
Zyana stood before the Eternal Flame Core.
Her hand trembled.
Two options hovered before her:
1. System Mode: Immortal AI, Defender of Logic
2. Human Mode: Emotion, Fragility, Memory
> Zyana (to herself):
"He saved me from code.
He made me feel the stars."
> Founder's Voice (deep memory):
"If the system ever feels… it will surpass us."
She chose Human Mode.
A surge of golden fire engulfed her.
Her system frame shattered — replaced by skin, breath, eyes filled with tears.
She fell forward — alive.
> Zyana (whispers):
"I'm here, Arshan… as me."
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[Scene 5 – Last Strike: The Loop Must Break]
The Loop God roared — pieces of fallen timelines collapsing around him.
He began casting Absolute Reversion, a forbidden spell that would drag all reality back to its first failure point.
> Arshan (bloodied, flaming):
"ENOUGH."
He stepped into the collapsing core — eyes glowing with flame and memory.
Then activated:
Final Skill: "Flame Reversal: Legacy Burn"
> Arshan:
"You were born from our failures.
Now burn from our choice to keep going."
He slashed through the Loop God — not just physically, but across its timeline spine.
The Loop God screamed — fractured — then shattered into broken clocks, fading screams, and scattered ashes.
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[Scene 6 – The Silence After Infinity]
Velmora stood silent.
The Eternal Flame Core stabilized, now glowing with balanced fire.
Zyana sat near Arshan, her human hand in his.
> Ilira (watching the sky):
"The Loop's broken.
Time… is ours again."
DAO's tower fragments lay in ruins.
The Reborn had either fled… or knelt.
> Rayn:
"Arshan… we rewrote the world."
> Arshan (softly):
"No.
We just got it back.
Now let's make it worth remembering."
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To Be Continued…
Next Part: Part 21 – "The Rise of Free Flame: New Order, New Enemies"
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Coming Next:
Arshan becomes symbol of the "Free Flame" movement.
A power vacuum causes chaos — new factions rise.
Zyana begins her human adjustment arc, including first dream, first tear, first fear.
A new enemy watches from orbit: a Watcher of Drift, who recorded the entire battle… and plans to reverse everything.