The One Burial That Matters
The grave shook.
Not the world.
Not the sky.
Just the grave.
Because we were no longer above it.
We were inside it.
Moving through its veins with a tomb in our hands and a hole in our hearts.
📍 [Final Region Reached: The Pit That Forgot Time]
Realm Status: Grave Uncontained
Primary Threat: Necros Aevum – Unsealed
Hope Level: Critically Low
Soul Stability: Variable
The last step is not walking forward.
The last step is letting go.
He was waiting for us.
Necros Aevum.
The Soul Without Death.
He did not speak.
He did not rage.
He simply was.
Towering, faceless, crowned in rusted nails and weeping tombstones.
His spine carried the weight of every life that had never been allowed to rest.
A cathedral of failed endings.
And as we arrived, the last of his grave-mass opened like a mouth.
To swallow the world.
Maren floated beside me—
dimmed, nearly translucent.
She hadn't said a word since the Gravewright took my memory.
Because she knew.
I didn't remember why I loved her.
I only knew I did.
⚠️ [Final Confrontation Initiated – "The One Burial That Matters"]
Items:
▸ Tomb of Silence – Seals deathless entities. Requires final sacrifice.
Status:
▸ Kashan – Graveborn Ascended
▸ Maren – Soul-Fused | Sync: 91%
Objective:
▸ Bind Necros Aevum
▸ Survive the price
The soul-storm howled.
Graves cracked.
Memories screamed.
Necros Aevum raised one long, splintered hand—
And pointed not at me—
But at her.
"Because of her," it rumbled, voice like crumbling tombs,
"you are still unburied."
"Give her back.
Or I will bury the sky."
I stepped forward.
And for the first time—
I wasn't afraid.
Not because I was strong.
Not because I was ready.
But because I'd already given up everything that made me whole.
And still—
I stood.
I raised the Tomb of Silence.
Felt its hunger thrum in my chest.
Maren's voice whispered through the soul-link:
"I know what the final sacrifice is."
"It's not you."
"It's me."
She turned to me.
"You don't remember the rooftop."
"You don't remember the promise."
"But I do."
"And that's why I have to be the one to go."
I reached for her.
But she floated back.
"You carried me this far, Kashan."
"Now let me carry you the last step."
"Bury me right this time."
She placed her hands on the Tomb.
And smiled.
Not sad.
Peaceful.
✅ [Tomb of Silence: Activated]
Sacrifice Accepted: Maren Alia Solin – Soul Fully Realized
Effect: Necros Aevum's burial can now begin.
Side Effect: All soul-bonds will be severed.
The light exploded.
Not fire. Not magic.
Memory.
Every death that had ever been denied now screamed for release.
Necros Aevum lunged—
And she met him.
Not with hate.
But with forgiveness.
She whispered one final word as her soul unraveled into the tomb:
"Rest."
And Necros Aevum—
Fell.
His spine cracked.
His tombstones shattered.
And the world—
exhaled.
✅ [Final Burial Complete]
Necros Aevum: Contained
Maren: Gone
Kashan: Alive
The grave has closed.
For now.
I woke up in silence.
No voice in my head.
No glow at my side.
Just her name.
A name I didn't remember.
But would never forget again.
They called me Graveborn.
But that's not who I am anymore.
Not a tomb.
Not a weapon.
Just a man.
Carrying a name.
THE END – BOOK ONE