Scene: Underground Safehouse – City of Derenthi
The squad had gone to ground.
Bounty posters were everywhere.
Even children whispered Kaien's name like it was a curse.
Inside a dim stone basement below an old tavern, the group gathered around a cracked table. A single lantern flickered.
Nikolai unfurled a scroll: "These are the cities we can't enter. Which is... all of them."
Kaien, hood up, leaned forward: "So we move like ghosts."
Aziel: "I prefer gods. But ghosts work too."
📜 The Bounty is Worse Than Expected
WANTED: KAIEN EVERFLAMEClassification: Divine AberrationAffiliations: Unknown (Suspected Cult Activity)Reward: 1,000,000 gold + A Favor from Irelia HerselfStatus: Kill on Sight
Monku: "Bro. They're offering divine favors. For your corpse."
Kaien: "...I'm flattered?"
Reinhard: "It means we won't just be fighting bounty hunters.We'll be fighting heroes who want power."
🕊️ Seris Confronts Kaien – Alone
Late at night, while the others sleep—
Kaien stood on the roof, overlooking the alley.
Seris approached silently.
Kaien: "You should be resting."
Seris: "You should stop pretending this doesn't hurt."
Kaien didn't reply.
Seris stepped closer. Her voice low, sharp, intimate.
"I almost died because of that crest. Because of your power.But I'd risk it again.Not because you saved me—because I chose you."
Kaien turned. His voice cracked:
"You shouldn't choose someone who turns the world against you."
Seris: "Too late. I already did."
She reached up.
Pressed her forehead to his chest.
"Next time, if death comes for one of us—we both fight it.No more sacrifices. No more lone wolves.We live, or we die, together."
⚔️ Next Day – Assassins Strike
They moved fast. Silent. Cloaked in black flame and white mist.
[Divine Assassins – "Judgement Blades"]Class: S-Rank Holy ExecutionersEach blessed with one divine ability by Irelia herself.
Two broke into the safehouse.One went straight for Kaien.The other aimed for Seris.
But the squad was ready.
💥 BATTLE BEGINS
Reinhard intercepts the blade aimed at Seris, clashing steel in the dark.
Donovan grabs one by the throat and slams him through a wall.
Aziel yells: "They're not normal—watch the divine marks!"
Nikolai scribes anti-divine runes in midair to lock down the second assassin.
Kaien fights with calm fury—his new crest glowing darker than ever.
His sword cuts through holy enchantments like paper.
⚠️ Seris Unlocks New Power
The assassin cuts her arm—draws blood.
She doesn't flinch.
Instead, her aura explodes—fiery red with black undertones.
Kaien turns mid-fight. "Seris…?"
She speaks a single word:
"Soul Link."
A crest blooms on her shoulder—matching Kaien's.
The assassin freezes. "That's not possible. Only the chosen—"
Seris stabs him in the heart.
"I chose him.The world can deal with it."
🩸 Aftermath – One Message Left Behind
The last Judgement Blade, broken and dying, whispers:
"You can't run forever.The gods will burn this world to erase you."
Kaien crouched down.
"Then let them try."
He drove his sword through the man's crest.
[System Override: Divine Executioner Code Deleted.]
Final Scene – A New Purpose
The squad escapes.
Kaien stands at the front of a moving caravan, cloak whipping in the wind.
Behind him: the crew. Ready. Loyal. Changed.
And by his side: Seris, matching crest glowing bright.
Kaien speaks to no one—and to everyone:
"I was summoned by mistake.Branded a failure.Turned into a threat."
"Now?I make the rules."