[Two Days Later – Academy Lecture Hall]
Students gathered, murmuring excitedly. Today's lesson was supposed to be on elemental resonance, but something was... off.
The air buzzed with unnatural energy.
Winter sat near the back, tapping her desk with an icy finger, her instincts screaming danger.
Lohan walked in late, yawning—until he felt it too.
> [Tower Energy Detected.]
[Unregistered Gate Opening – Coordinates: Within the Academy]
[Warning: Spatial Anchor Breach]
The lights flickered. Then—
BOOM.
A rupture tore open the ground in front of the stage. Purple-black lightning crackled as a shimmering, jagged Gate materialized.
Screams echoed as several students backed away in panic.
> [Tower Gate Manifested – Emergency Mode]
[Floor: ??? – Hidden Trial Activated]
[Eligible Candidates Detected: Lohan Ardyn. Winter Elshade.]
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Instructor Varis stepped forward, face pale. "Everyone back! Don't go near that!"
But the Gate pulsed again—and dragged Lohan and Winter forward.
"Shit," Lohan muttered. "It's choosing us."
Winter reached for his wrist.
"You're not going in without me."
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[Gate Activated – Transporting…]
> [Special Trial – Legacy Floor 0]
[Trial Name: Memory of the Godslayer]
[Time Limit: 6 Hours]
[Objective: Survive.]
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Inside the Gate
The world around them warped.
They landed on a desolate battlefield—shattered weapons buried in blood-soaked soil, and a dying red sun overhead.
Winter looked around warily.
"This place…"
Lohan's eyes widened. "I remember this."
> [Memory Resonance Triggered.]
[Past Life Battlefield Detected – Final Stand of Hajun Ardyn.]
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Suddenly, a figure rose from the crimson fog.
It was him.
A shadow version of Hajun Ardyn—black armor, flaming sword, cold dead eyes.
> [Boss Activated: Phantom of the Godslayer – Echo of Hajun Ardyn]
[Objective: Defeat Your Own Legend.]
Winter stared at it. "That's… you?"
Lohan stepped forward, tightening his grip on Eidrasteel.
"That was me. Now it's in the way."
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