Awakening of Unknown

"Caline—!"

Ryu's voice cracked with dread as her aura faded. Her body stiffened, and her head tilted limply back.

For a moment, silence reigned.

Then—

BOOM!

A wave of invisible force erupted from Ryu, leveling everything within a mile.

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His breath grew heavy.

Something inside him — dormant for decades — had snapped.

His eyes began to glow faint gold, pupils fracturing like glass.

His veins lit up as raw force surged through every fiber of his being.

The air twisted around him.

Time itself felt... heavier.

> "Caline..." he whispered.

Then he roared.

It wasn't the rage of a warrior.

It was the anguish of a father—and something beyond human comprehension.

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The God froze mid-motion.

He blinked.

> "What... is that presence…?"

Suddenly, the sky began dissolving into black particles, spiraling above Ryu like an inverted galaxy.

The battlefield turned quiet, as if holding its breath.

Even Mina, mid-ritual, stopped chanting.

> "This isn't… his raw strength," she whispered. "This is something else."

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Then it happened.

Ryu's right hand glowed like a blazing sun.

He reached forward, inside Caline's chest—his fingers phased through the layers of corrupted divinity.

He grasped something invisible but undeniable—

The Blackish Foundation.

The very vessel core implanted years ago.

> "Get. Out. Of. My. Daughter."

Ryu tore it out.

The God screamed through Caline's mouth.

> "NO—IMPOSSIBLE—"

As Ryu crushed the pulsing black heart, it let out a high-pitched shriek.

And then, it spoke, its voice trembling:

> "Y-you... who the hell are you...?"

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The sky shattered.

The sigils broke.

Caline's body fell into Ryu's arms, breathing shallow—but alive.

The God's projection began flickering, destabilizing.

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Mina stepped beside Ryu, stunned.

> "Ryu... what did you just do…?"

Ryu stood there, holding his daughter, his aura slowly stabilizing.

He looked down at his glowing hands, confused.

> "I don't know... but I think... something inside me is waking up."

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Somewhere, across worlds—

In a place beyond time—

A being cloaked in void opened its eyes.

> "He's waking up."

> "The one we failed to erase... has returned."

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To Be Continued...