Chapter 34: Sovereign of the Broken Crucible
The battlefield blurred into an ocean of madness and collapsing seals.
Ren stood alone at its center, breathing slowly, feeling the weight of the choice before him.
The Codex Nullum whispered in his mind, no longer a passive grimoire — but a living entity.
[Codex Notice]
🔥 Anomalous Evolution Initiated.
Selected Path: "Rewrite the Battlefield."
The choice locked in.
Nullfang shifted in his grip, warping into a hybrid between blade and staff — inscribed with shifting runes of black flame.
Across the Broken Crucible, monsters lunged at students.
Shadow knights locked blades with desperate defenders.
Fragments of the Void crept into the sky itself, darkening it into a swirling spiral.
But then —
Everything froze.
For a heartbeat, the world stood still.
Ren moved first.
Nullfang slammed into the ground, sending shockwaves through the battlefield.
Reality itself buckled — cracks spiderwebbed across the fabric of space.
[System Alert]
âś´ Void Sovereign Domain Established.
New Effects: Authority Override (Minor), Anomaly Reversal (Partial), Void Entropy Amplified.
The Broken Crucible was no longer a wild field of chaos.
It answered to Ren Kamizuki now.
Spectators gasped from the stands, including professors and Headmaster Soryth.
"Impossible..."
"He's rewriting the Crucible's structure—by instinct alone?!"
Divine-Class faculty members exchanged grim looks.
Not even they could have stabilized a battlefield collapse so cleanly.
The prophecy surrounding the Voidborn echoed in their minds once more.
Meanwhile, Selvara smiled, seeing the change.
"Good... survive, Ren Kamizuki. You'll need to."
And somewhere high above, hidden in a watchtower, Auron's eyes narrowed.
"This wasn't supposed to happen."
His lips curled into a grin anyway.
"But it changes nothing."
Back on the field, the monsters recoiled.
The battlefield obeyed Ren now.
Rivers of broken mana rerouted themselves, forming glyphs of power beneath his feet.
Shattered beasts turned and fled, but it was too late.
With a single sweep of Nullfang, Ren unleashed a void surge — not destroying, but rewriting them.
Those creatures that once preyed on students...
Were erased like mistakes from a book.
[System Notice]
🛡 Title Acquired: "Sovereign of the Broken Crucible"
— Your authority over unstable domains has increased.
— Certain enemies will now recognize you instinctively as a Higher Threat.
Ren exhaled slowly, feeling the immense burden settle onto his shoulders.
He hadn't just survived the Broken Crucible.
He had claimed it.