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Chapter 42 - Burn the Void

Scene: The Reverse Spiral is collapsing.

Silence is no longer quiet — it's a scream buried in memories that refuse to die.

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I — Aren Kael — stood in a corridor built of fractured thoughts.

Shredded Spiral scrolls flew past me, like someone's entire life being torn apart and scattered to the winds.

And in the center of it all… stood him.

Echo_17.t

Half of his face was swallowed in shadow. His Spiral mark twisted in reverse.

In his hand — a rod with no flame… only Void.

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Echo_17.t (quietly, almost mournful):

> "You hurt because you're alive.

I am truth… because I no longer live."

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Tomo (glitching, nearly whispering):

> "Bro… this isn't a fight…

This is your funeral — Spiral-style."

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And just then—

BOOM.

A cold Spiral blast tore through the silence — and Eira appeared.

Hair tied. Eyes glowing frost. Her hands synced with the Spiral pulse.

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Eira (fierce):

> "You two are drowning in your versions of the past…

But I'm here to remind you —

The Spiral doesn't just steal faces…

It erases truths."

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Echo_17.t (to Eira):

> "You still carry fire…

But you are not worth remembering."

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Eira (calm but piercing):

> "I am not remembered.

I become the memory."

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[ARENA SHIFTS]

Welcome to: The Spiral Graveyard.

Where every forgotten Spiral user's memories are locked in floating chains.

And at the very end — a tombstone:

> "Aren Kael — Burned Before Becoming."

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I raised my Spiral Rod.

The Epoch Mirror pulsed — no longer reflecting… but absorbing.

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Aren (internally):

> "Memories never come back…

But I won't move forward without them."

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Echo_17.t (FINAL PHASE):

> "Then come.

If you think you can break the Spiral…

Try breaking me."

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Void Rod vs Epoch Mirror.

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BATTLE BEGINS

Void Slash. Flame Refract. Chrono Pulse.

We clashed like two timelines collapsing into each other.

Scrolls of time froze midair. The past began to glitch.

Even truth was starting to blur.

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Tomo (screaming):

> "BROOO!! TIME IS UNWRITING ITSELF!!"

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Eira (channeling Spiral chains):

> "Aren… end this.

Burn him — with the truth."

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I closed my eyes.

One memory burned through —

Mother's voice:

> "Never let someone else rewrite your truth."

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I opened my eyes.

Raised the Rod.

Flame of Resolve + Epoch Mirror = Dual Spiral Forge.

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Aren (roaring):

> "You may have won, Echo_17.t…

But you lost your memories.

And that means…

YOU LOST YOURSELF.

I'm not here to win.

I'm here to remind you —

WHO YOU WERE."

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Final Move: BURN THE VOID.

One slash.

One scream.

One silence.

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Echo_17.t shattered —

Collapsing into fragments of void.

His rod cracked. The Spiral zone stabilized.

But only one thing remained…

A fractured gate — glowing with Spiral static.

Behind it, a voice whispered:

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> "You all fight the Spiral like it's a god to defy…

But the truth is — the Spiral no longer belongs to anyone."

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Because Void broke one sacred rule:

> "Never let a forgotten time remember you."

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TO BE CONTINUED…

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