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📍 Central District – Dragoon Guild HQ
Commander Elrik Voss stood before a glowing crystal table. Maps, mana flows, and surveillance grids flickered across its surface.
"Two archivists dead. One vault breached. Nothing stolen except a fragment of a kill order," an officer reported.
Elrik's expression was unreadable.
His fingers traced the name glowing faintly in red: Kael Virek.
"He knows," Elrik said calmly.
"Double the bounty. No questions. Dead only."
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📍 Kael's Hideout – Same Night
Kael sat on the floor, back against the stone wall. The kill order floated before him like a ghost.
His eyes burned.
> [Objective Updated: Investigate Elrik Voss – Confirm role in system conspiracy]
Bonus: Class Fragment Unlocked – Shadow Executioner
He stared into the shadows, whispering:
"Bring me Silent Blade."
A faint mist swirled in the air. The second servant appeared—a former assassin, now reduced to a soul of smoke and dagger.
> [Servant 2: Silent Blade – Active]
Type: Recon & Elimination
Rank: C
Loyalty: Absolute
Kael gave only two words:
"Find Varon."
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📍 Guild Tavern – Lower District
Varon sat with three other officers, drinking and laughing too loud. Coins and contracts littered the table.
He didn't notice the shadow sliding under the door. Or the air turning cold.
Silent Blade stood behind him a second later.
A whisper. A flash. Blood.
Varon hit the floor without a sound.
> [Servant Assimilation Complete – Rank C+]
New Memory Acquired:
"The Collapse Was Ordered."
Kael felt it.
The moment Varon died, the system gave him the man's final memory: Elrik ordered the dungeon to be sealed—with Kael still inside.
> "Elrik knew…"
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📍 Meanwhile – Myrla
She moved through the underbelly of Juren like a phantom. She had grown up with Kael, trained beside him, trusted him.
The guild had erased his name from the living. But Myrla had seen the signs. The whispers.
Now she followed them.
And she wasn't alone.
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📍 Nara's Location – Residential Zone
In a small apartment guarded by weak wards, Nara stirred again. Her dreams were worse.
A voice, distant but strong, kept calling her name.
"Kael…?"
She held a small stone crystal in her hands—one that used to glow when Kael was nearby.
Tonight, it flickered.
She clutched it to her chest.
"You're alive…"
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📍 Kael – Watching the Dragoon Tower
From a distant rooftop, Kael stood under the moonlight. The Dragoon Tower shimmered in gold and steel. Behind it, the city lay silent.
> [Next Step: Infiltration – Tier A Target]
Risk Level: Extreme
Status: Unafraid
He turned away, cloak swirling behind him.
The shadows moved with him.
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📌 Next: Chapter 7 – A Storm Beneath the Guilds
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