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Location: Heaven's Summit – Apex of the Skydome Realm
There were no stars here. No clouds. Just white.
Endless, blinding, suffocating white.
The sky was a dome of law—where divine truths were written in gold flame, and anyone beneath it was expected to kneel.
But not today.
Today… a mortal would stand.
Kairo—Kaiel Seraphim Flameblood—walked forward in ceremonial black. His aura was muffled. Cloaked. But not hidden.
At the edge of the summit stood The Pantheon Council, throned like titans:
Varin, Judge of Iron Will.
Serin, Keeper of Divine Memory.
Elyra, Oracle of Unseen Stars.
And High Lord Celion, the Godfather of Law, eyes aglow with planetary gravity.
> "You are summoned," Celion intoned, "as the first bonded child of the Thirteenth Throne in millennia. State your intent."
Kairo didn't blink.
"I intend to survive."
The council murmured. A mortal… declaring intent?
Celion's eyes narrowed. "Then let your soul be weighed."
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A golden blade dropped from the sky.
It hovered over Kairo's chest, reading his truths.
His regrets.
His power.
His fear.
> [Divine Judgment Protocol Engaged.]
"If deemed unstable, candidate will be erased."
Kairo smiled. "Try me."
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BOOM.
The blade shattered.
A ripple of lawless will erupted from Kairo's chest, forming a burning mark over his heart—the symbol of the Flamebloods.
And from the shadows…
Zerith arrived.
Not summoned.
Not invited.
But called—by the bond between god and mortal.
"I don't kneel to you," Zerith growled. "I stand with him."
Celion stood. "You violate the law."
Zerith spread his arms. "Then write a new one."
And with that—Kairo stepped forward.
> "You judge me by power? I reject your scales."
"You weigh me by blood? Then I'll make my blood a weapon."
"I am not your mistake. I am your reckoning."
His aura exploded.
The sky cracked.
And in the audience of god-heirs watching from the silver spires around the Summit—a few began to kneel to him.
One by one.
Then dozens.
A new throne was being built in the hearts of those who had only known obedience.
A throne of rebellion.
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System Update:
> [New Faction Formed: Flamebrand Rebellion]
[Followers: 47 divine heirs and counting…]
[Zerith's Bond: 21% Awakened]
[Divine Title Earned: "Godkiller Spark"]
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Back on his throne, Celion whispered:
> "Then so be it… Kaiel of the Flamebloods.
You have chosen war."
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