I_am_RK

In a future where reality is stitched together by unstable dimensions and ancient codes, Kael Riven is a broken warrior haunted by a past he can't remember—and a future he fears. Branded as a failed Reclaimer, Kael is assigned to purify corrupted Gate fragments left behind by dead kings and forgotten gods. But when a mission goes wrong, he awakens a power long sealed beneath his skin: the Seed—a sentient, living force tied to humanity’s original fall.

As Kael collects fragments of the Seed, his strength grows—and so does the voice in his mind. It belongs to a mysterious girl in red, a ghost who claims to be more than just memory. Each fragment awakens visions of a life he never lived: a throne, a war, and the truth that he may not be a man at all… but the very King who shattered the world long ago.

When the forbidden Gate XIII begins to stir from within him, Kael must travel beyond known space to confront his past self—while resisting the pull of a throne that remembers everything he tried to forget.

Teamed with Yanis Drae, a sharp-tongued warrior with secrets of her own, Kael must navigate collapsing realms, corrupted Seedborn, and the emergence of factions who believe Kael's return means the end of all timelines.

But the greatest enemy lies inside.

Because Kael didn't just carry the Seed…

He created it.

Ascension Protocol: The Last Reclaimer

Location: Ghost Queen's Mind Citadel – Forbidden Layer

After all, memory fragments weren't supposed to scream.

Yet, inside one cracked mirror nestled at the heart of the Ghost Queen's citadel, something pulsed with defiance — a single echo, thought long dead.

Not the assassin she was turned into.

But the first spark of who she used to be — the Architect's Apprentice.

The girl who once smiled at Kael before the world was shattered.

The mirror pulsed violently, black veins spreading across its surface like a virus in reverse — uncorrupting.

The Ghost Queen stood still, watching it.

> "I buried you," she said coldly.

"You are not allowed to remember."

From inside the glass, a voice hissed:

Like sunlight breaking through centuries of dust.

Yanis stood barefoot in an endless white void.

Around her spun shards of herself — memories labeled, sealed, restructured by the Ghost Queen.

Yet another: Forget you ever loved anyone.

Yanis stared at them — and clenched her fist.

> SYSTEM ERROR: UNAUTHORIZED MEMORY RECONNECTION

Subject: [Yanis Vellein – Fragment Core: Original Emotion]

Suddenly, the mirrored void cracked open like an eggshell — flooding her senses with buried truths.

Their laugh, watching broken stars fall together.

His hand, holding hers before she stepped into the abyss for him.

In the Real World – Ghost Queen's Throne Room

A stream of blood trickled from her eye.

One of her mirrors shattered on its own.

But promises meant nothing to what was true.

From behind her, a ghostly version of Yanis began forming — glowing with white flame.

> "You erased me once," the echo whispered.

The throne room shook. Symbols along the obsidian walls sparked with forgotten glyphs — counter-codes meant only for her, the apprentice once trusted with her inner key.

Yanis stood at the center of a cyclonic vortex of her restored memories.

A hand reached into the storm — not her own.

> "Not yet," the vision of Kael replied. "But I will. When you do too."

And she remembered why she betrayed it.

The Ghost Queen collapsed to one knee.

A new fracture split her crown — forged from illusion and mind control.

Behind her, the fragment of Yanis ignited into a glowing sigil — a symbol of war reborn.

> "You shouldn't have left the apprentice alive," the voice echoed.

Chapter 53: Fragment Rebellion