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Chapter 21 - Chapter 21: “I Turned the Mark That Was Meant to Control Me Into a Bomb”

Scene: Outskirts of the Shattered Crater

Raze wakes. Again. This time, his back burns — not just from wounds.

The True King's Mark pulses like a curse forged in eternity.

Kaelira kneels beside him.

> "You've been marked."

"Yeah. I'm someone's divine property now."

"You're still mine."

"...We gonna unpack that later?"

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💡 Raze's Plan: Turn the Mark Into a Weapon

Velgorth appears, sensing the corrupted brand.

> "It binds you to the True King's will."

"Cool. What happens if I punch it hard enough?"

"...What?"

Raze meditates. Channels Void through the mark. Reverses its pull.

> "If he sees through this… maybe I can make him see what I want."

The mark flickers.

Raze feeds it a vision of his victory.

His enemies burning.

The throne shattered.

It pulses.

> "Let's make him watch me win."

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⚔️ Scene: Kaelira's Crossroad

She holds the Ruin Sigil — the failsafe symbol her mother left.

If activated, it would destroy Raze's soul in 3 seconds.

> "It was always in my blood."

"If he loses control… I end him."

But now… her hand won't move.

Because when she closes her eyes, she sees him.

Not as a weapon. Not as a danger.

As hers.

She tosses the sigil into the fire.

> "I'm not fate's puppet anymore."

"I'm his sword."

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😈 Scene: Eiro Loses Control of the Rewrite

Inside his reality loop, something goes wrong.

The rewrite spell — World Thread Protocol: Echo Reversal — was meant to obey only him.

But something else speaks through it.

> "You wrote over gods."

"So we wrote back."

The rewritten world glitches.

Buildings phase in and out.

Seas float. People switch names with strangers.

> "I… I didn't allow this."

The Devourer laughs.

> "Did you think chaos wouldn't want to play?"

Eiro is now trapped in the very logic he created.

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🌍 Scene: First World Fracture Event

The sky rips open.

Not from above — from within.

Cracks spread across reality.

Cities float sideways.

Dreams invade waking minds.

Words lose meaning.

Death rewinds.

A child draws a bird — and it flies out of the paper.

The Prophecy Keepers scream:

> "It's begun. The world is no longer consistent."

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🌒 Final Scene: Raze Walks Into the Fracture

He stands at the edge of the sky-tear.

Behind him: Kaelira.

Ahead: Nothing.

And everything.

> "You sure about this?"

"No."

"Good."

"You with me?"

"Always."

They step through the crack.

As they vanish into fractured fate, a voice echoes from beyond time:

> "If they survive this, the story ends."

"If they master it… the story begins."

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