[System Alert: You have stepped into the Divine Route.]
Factions will now fear your ascension. Divine and mortal alike will move to stop you.
Caution: Your choices from here forward shape prophecy itself.
Morning – Virellia War Room
The council sat in stunned silence.
Selene's hand still glowed faintly from her vision.
No one spoke.
Then finally, the mage leaned forward.
"You were chosen," she whispered. "Not just reborn… anointed."
Selene turned away from the table. Her voice was calm.
"I don't need a god's permission to rule."
Elsewhere – Kaelion's Inner Court
He gripped the edge of the war map, knuckles white.
"She's not the same anymore," he muttered.
His advisor spoke carefully. "She's becoming something… untouchable."
"She was never mine to touch."
A pause.
Then:
"But I still want her."
Lucien's Chamber of Eyes
He watched Selene's vision through the eyes of the flame.
"She saw it," he murmured.
"She heard it."
The goddess was waking in her veins.
And soon… the mortal world wouldn't be enough to contain her.
Virellia Temple – That Night
Selene stood alone before the ancient hearth. Her pendant pulsed, as if sensing something old awakening inside her.
[System Alert: Quest Accepted – "Awaken the Flame Queen"]
Rite must be performed. Risk of spiritual collapse: 42%
Reward: Mythic Title. Divine Resistance. First Echo of Ascension.
She took the blade.
Drew a circle in her own blood.
And stepped inside.
The flames erupted upward, swallowing her completely.
And as her scream echoed across the realm, the empire trembled—
Because they knew:
Selene Virellia had stopped playing queen.
And started becoming a god.