"Some Assassins die in silence...
but some leave behind an Echo —
That never Fades."
> "Long ago, the world was whole."
> It had a different name. A different sky. A different peace.
But war changed everything.
Now, the world is known as... VEYLORION.
> Only seven Nations remain — each ruled by kings in gold, with hands soaked in red.
No one speaks of the past. No one remembers the names of the kingdoms that vanished.
Only one name survived the flames of history.
> A legend. A ghost. A killer with no face, no master, and no grave.
> Some say he ended the war. Some say he started it.
Others believe... he never existed at all...
> But the wise whisper:
> "When shadows move again... the world will bleed once more."
In this world, names meant nothing. Only titles lived on.
No name. No face. No voice.
Just a trail of bodies and a signature black feather left at every scene.
And none was more feared than the one they called:
PHANTOM!!!
No one knew who or what Phantom really was.
A man? A myth? A ghost?
What made him terrifying wasn't just the silence of his kills, but the impossible perfection of them, no emotions, merciless. He was known a cruel Assassin who never left a trace, never failed a mission.
Some believed he was a secret weapon forged by the lost science of war. Some whispered he was the wrath of the forgotten. Some believed he never even existed.
But everyone feared the presence. Even the Kings, Nobles, Crime lords and whole world who knew the name.
Where Phantom walked, even the bravest Assassins felt their breath shorten. Even Animals can feel his Dangerous presence and Hide from him. Shadows grew still. His Aura was so heavy, it suffocated the air.
He was hired by nobles to silence enemies. By governments to remove threats. By syndicates to destroy cities without a single bomb, Even though they feared him.
He was death itself, dressed in black. He was the legend lived... Then,
ONE DAY.....
He was found DEAD.
No one saw him die. No one knew he was alive. Yet there he was—
On the highest rooftop of a neutral city, sitting on a chair like he waited for something or someone.
No signs of struggle. No wounds. No blood. Only his mask placed gently in his lap.
And on his lips — A smirk.
But here's the twist:
No one had ever seen his face. So how could anyone claim it was Phantom?
Because even in death, his aura was still lingered.
People who entered the room collapsed to their knees. Cameras malfunctioned. Time felt... slow.
It wasn't a corpse. It was a message Like:
> "You didn't End me. I Ended myself."
Suddenly some Shadows Appeared and Surrounded the Area they Warned:
> "Stay away you filthy humans, Don't think it's over the Revenge has only begun...
They went near the body of phantom and all vanished without any trace with the phantom body.
But a small piece of a bird feather written something on it that is like a code.
The Code was give to the investigation when they searched it they were shocked...
A code that made even the royals tremble.
"What was the Code that made royals shock? What is the Revenge they are talking about? Who are those shadows?"
But this everything never came out for the public it's a mystery...
only the words that the world whispered:
> "Who could kill the Phantom—if he was never seen? Is he truly Dead?"
The answer?
No one.
Because legends never Dies.
TheWorldofNobles:
Afiftyyearsafter the Last War, the world was divided—by nations—but by bloodlines.
Nobles ruled everything.
They owned land, currency, corporations, schools—even laws.
The rich were born rich. The poor were born worthless.
Orphans, like Rai Arata, were beneath even that.
Adopted and Raised by the noble Vermillion family, Rai lived not as a son, but as a slave or even worse.
He ate what was leftover. Sometimes he slept empty stomach. He wore the uniforms discarded by other children. He was treated like a trash—Doing every chore, living like a slave in their home. And though he attended the elite Orion Academy one of the biggest academy where nobles study— He was only there because the government paid the Vermillions to take in a "charity child."
They didn't care who he was. He was a statistic. A public image. The vermillion family is kind for the outside world. But they were the worst.
And the nobles made sure he never forget that:
> "Hey, trash—who let you in our school again?"
>"Hope you enjoy our leftovers. That's all you'll ever get."
>"Even your shadow doesn't want to be near you."
> "You're just breathing garbage." —They laughed at him.
He was bullied relentlessly—
Books thrown at him. Shoes stolen. Water bottles dumped on his lunch.
He stopped speaking. He stopped dreaming.
He just think :
Why was I even born?
I just want to DIE!!
He doesn't have strength to kill himself. He was scared and silently frustrated of his life.
So he always like... I wish someone... Would just end Me.
Out of frustration and the anger but can't do anything.
But inside, a storm had already begun.
UNTIL....
TheMysteriousAccident :
One rainy evening, Rai walked home late.
His umbrella was broken. His bag was torn. His eye was bruised.
The rain washed the dirt from his skin—but not from his soul. Everytime he questioned himself
why he is even alive...
Then it came.
A black, unmarked car.
No engine sound. No headlights. Just speed.
He looked up, saw something and The car veered off the road—CRASH!
He slightly whispered:
I...I don't wanna Die.... I want to live a better life...
TheLab:
He awoke in a lab of metal and glass.
Holograms danced. Tubes hissed. Scientists spoke in hushed panic.
> "He survived the transplant. How?"
>"This wasn't supposed to work. His Core rejects everyone."
>"Look at his brainwaves. This is beyond anything we've recorded."
>"The blood cells are emerging."
His body was covered in wounds—yet he wasn't dying.
Then she appeared.
A woman in a white coat,looks young but her eyes were ancient.
> "Finally He's awake."
Rai gasped. His voice cracked.
> "W-Where am I?! What is this?!"
She smiled calmly.
>"You are in a safe place. Where ghosts are reborn."
He was little scared and asked:
> "What... are you talking about?!"
There is silence for one second and then...
> "You were chosen. Not because of your blood. But because your soul... was empty enough to receive a legend." She stepped closer, whispered like it was sacred.
Rai froze.
> "Welcome back — Phantom."
TheReturntoNormal :
Rai woke in his bed.
No tubes. No machines. No wounds.
He touched his ribs. No pain. No scars. Only questions—endless, terrifying questions
He thought everything that was a dream.
The Vermillions said he fell into a ditch and was out cold for two days.
He tried to forget.
But Everything is normal. His life went as usual as he worked as the slave.
Three days later, he went to the academy.
Everything wents as it's daily suffering but he kept silent. But they crossed the line when they tried to make fun of his family like:
> "He was a trash that his parents also left him. Even your blood rejected you. Maybe that's why your mother vanished." They started to talk vulgar about his family.
Even Rai don't know his parents but he felt something so hard hitting his heart listening to there insulting words about his unknown family.
Then Rai suddenly stood up in anger but didn't show. But he told not to talk like that about his family.
Then Lucien Vermillion, golden boy of the academy and the son of vermillion grabbed him by the collar.
> " You dare to speak with me you filthy trash. Know your place." And He hit him in the abdomen.
> "Still breathing, rat? Maybe I should've run you over myself."
He shoved Rai into a wall.
> "You're not a person. You're a mistake."
The others laughed and the other noble friends of lucien joined him. One tripped him. Another kicked him.
Lucien laughs and says:
> "Let's see how hard this trash can cry."
Rai whispered.
> "Please... stop."
Lucien raised a fist and hit him strongly on his face. Rai falls on the edge of the bench and his head covered with blood. He fell unconscious.
Even though the nobles made a fun out of him and tried to wake him up by kicking him.
At the moment a noble swing his leg—CRAACK! a sound appeared in a blink of an eye the leg was twisted.
Because the storm has broken.
And in that moment — something ancient stirred inside him.
Something darker than rage... Older than pain. Something that was never truly gone.
His Instinct Awakens. His eyes glow with a mark.
Rai blacked out.
But his body moved.
THWACK! Lucien's arm twisted backward—broken.
CRACK! Another noble hit the floor with his jaw shattered.
SLAM! Three students flew into lockers, glass shattered.
When Rai opened his eyes—
The hallway was red.
Not from death—but from fear and blood.
Everyone was still alive. But barely.
Bones snapped. Mouths bleeding. One girl crawled away, eyes wide in terror.
And Rai?
He was standing. When he saw his knuckles popped and covered with blood.
When he saw everything around him. He was shocked and feared :
> "W-What did I do...?"
Then suddenly he collapsed then the intense pain came out of body. It's like a whole building crushing his body. His whole body is suffering with pain.
His skin burned. Bones cracked. Blood poured from his back.
He screamed.
But the wounds... Are too intense.
He lost his consciousness again.
After sometime he opened his eyes in a hospital where he listened:
The six children are severely injured and they say only a boy made them to that stage of injury. He was also in a deadly stage.
When Rai listened to it he got terrified and he ripped the tubes out from his body and ran out.
He looked into the mirror — the reflection blinked back. No wounds. No scars. No trace of pain. Just a face... he barely recognized. He was totally Healed. His body structure is also changed it's not weak anymore. It became slightly muscular. He was growing Faster than any other human.
He was supposed to be in pieces. But he stood — flawless, strong, reborn.
He is totally shocked and went out into totally thinking mode:
> "What is happening to me? Why is everything feels different?" He was totally confused.
He walked to the top of the hospital in thinking that:
> " Let's end everything. Even if I am back I will be killed because what I had did."
He was edge of the hospital building and saw the women down near the hospital gate looking at him. When he saw her he finally thought he saw her somewhere....
Here he gets everything connected. The women smiled at him.
He suddenly stopped the thought of dying and went out for that women. But she was nowhere to be found. He went somewhere alone without going to the nobles.
TheWomanReturns :
That night, Rai wandered streets until he found her— waiting in an old bookstore
She whispered:
> "You feel it now, don't you?"
> "Who... are you?" He asked.
She replied:
> "I am the last piece of truth in a world full of lies."
Rai in frustration:
> "You used me. You turned me into a monster."
She chuckled.
> "No. I unlocked what was always there."
She leaned in.
> "The legends never dies."
> "And you, Rai Arata... are HIS next Echo."
She whispered:
> "You carry the blood... of a ghost."
"The legend ended once with a smirk. Now, it's about to rise... with a roar. It's not the End... It's just the Beginning..."
TO BE CONTINUED...