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Chapter 430: A Fate Written in Ice

Dozens of ice blades, thin as broken stalactites, hovered around Luke. They drifted in slow arcs. One gesture from Queen Rhiannon and every last one of them would tear through him. The difference in power was laid out in plain sight, suspended in the air, glittering with lethal clarity.

Luke wore the Acolyte Assassin gear, an automatic choice, almost reflexive. He had equipped it the moment the temperature dropped, never imagining it would sabotage any chance of diplomacy. It hadn’t b...

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Chapter 429: The Draconic Gaze

Luke’s body had gone completely rigid. A thin layer of ice formed beneath his skin, spreading like frozen roots threading through every nerve. He couldn’t move at all. He remained trapped in the exact posture he’d held the moment the spell struck. He tried wiggling a finger, flexing a shoulder, forcing even the smallest twitch. Nothing. The cold stole his movement with the detached finality of a verdict.

His eyes were the only part of him still functional. They drifted over the vi...

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Chapter 428: The Dragon Queen

Luke leaned toward the window and cracked the curtain just enough to look outside. The village was gone. Or rather, it had been swallowed in seconds by a snowstorm so violent it looked unreal, as if someone had dropped it onto the world from above. Cold seeped through the walls like a living thing, and the wind howled in broken, uneven bursts that reminded him of distant screams mixing with the groan of wood under pressure.

People were scrambling across the streets. Some carried weapons...

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Chapter 427: Whispers of Royal Blood

Luke fought the urge to smile. The two officers watched him with an almost desperate anticipation, as if every word leaving his mouth could confirm or crush the latest rumors circulating through the village.

“I was on the front line, yeah. I saw some of the main group moving.”

“See?” Amit shot Judith a triumphant look.

Luke leaned in, just enough for both of them to read the seriousness in his expression.

“There was no kaiju. That much I can guarantee. If som...

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Chapter 426: A Name Pulled from Death

Luke stood inside the building where the interviews were being held. The place, an old structure built from pale stone, had the kind of solidity that suggested it was designed to outlive generations. The wide walls seemed to hold onto the echoes of everything that happened inside them. The building became one of the busiest points in the region: crowded corridors, hurried footsteps, voices overlapping from room to room.

There were many Americans in the tutorial. He figured it was becaus...

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Chapter 425: The Phantom Ship

Luke closed the door behind him. The moment it clicked shut, the world outside felt distant, muted. The only sound left was the gentle whisper of fabric sliding through her hair.

“I’ve been through this city before,” Allison said, settling a towel across her lap. “Back when I used to travel with my adoptive mother.”

She meant Camlann, the city just a few miles away. For most people, it was the gateway to the New World. For her, it seemed to hold pieces of a life long gon...

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Chapter 424: The Assassin’s Warning

“Until next time… lord Luke,” Anne whispered, soft as ever.

“I’ll see you both someday,” he replied. “Maybe I’ll even drop by your kingdom for a visit.”

The maids flanking Erza and Anne bowed in perfect sync, a carefully practiced motion. There was something in their posture, rigid and disciplined, that made it clear serving that clan wasn’t just a job but a cog in a much larger, harsher structure.

Erza, however, wasn’t done. She took a few steps toward...

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Chapter 423: The Invisible War

Luke heard someone call his name before he even finished biting into the apple.

“Hey, Luke,” a voice said, steady footsteps crunching over the gravel.

Within seconds a whole group emerged from the path, moving with urgency. Luke narrowed his eyes. That group never showed up without a reason, and definitely not all together. It was Haven’s core members: Eugene in front, with Miriam, Cicilia, Thiara and Gilbert close behind. Every one of them wore the same tight, restless expr...

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Chapter 422: Shadows Among Survivors

Angie’s voice echoed through him, firm yet carrying that calm.

‘I am a living being connected to you, to your soul. So you are my anchor, my source of return, should I die. As long as I am near you in the moment of death, my soul can be reabsorbed.’

Piece by piece, it all began to align in his mind. He remembered how Charlie’s status window dimmed whenever he strayed too far from her, turning gray and inert. It always brought a chill to his chest, a silent fear th...

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Chapter 421: The Angel Who Must Not Fall

Angie lit up the moment Luke said he would take her to Maine. The joy was so clear, so bright, that it bled through the servant bond without resistance, washing over him like a steady warmth. Their reasons, however, couldn’t have been more different. He wanted to protect her, or rather, protect the fragment of Angelica still living inside her, so Angie could have a new life, one far removed from everything she had been. Angie, meanwhile… only wanted to stay at his side.

“Thank you...

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Chapter 420: The Last Stone Angel

“But from the little I remember, and from Angelica’s knowledge of the system, the multiverse, and everything I learned while living inside your soul these past months, I realized my race comes from an ancient lineage. A race that no longer exists. And even in a multiverse filled with countless lifeforms, species older than galaxies and species born yesterday, even then, a Stone Angel returning to existence would draw attention.”

Angie moved toward him with quiet, deliberate steps,...

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Chapter 419: Angelic Servant of the Dark Lord

Luke and Angie were alone in the room. She sat on the bed beside him, close enough that he could feel her presence even when she didn’t move. It struck him how much of Angelica’s mannerisms lingered in her, the boldness, the edge of defiance that sometimes crossed into stubbornness. Angelica had always carried weight on her own shoulders rather than burden anyone else. She’d chosen to die rather than kill him for a level up.

Now those traits were fused with the nature of the angel...

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Chapter 418: Love Born of Obsession

[Servant of the Dark Lord System]: Every tyrant needs servants worthy of their greatness. A Dark Lord tolerates no weakness; only the strongest survive. Through the servant bond, your soldiers evolve, transcend, and march toward legend.

Name: Angie
Level: 0
Race: Stone Angel
Rank: F
Class: —
Titles: [Servant of the Dark Lord]

*Full information will be processed once the Servant’s Class is selected.*

...

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Chapter 417: My Beautiful Stone Angel Servant

Luke sat in a wooden chair inside one of the village houses. A few hours had passed since breakfast, and the tension had finally drained away. Hard to believe that just a short time ago, every single one of them had been fighting for their lives against an army of undead.

The organizers of the settlement were trying to piece together what had happened while contacting authorities from the modern world. Statements were being taken. Most survivors kept praising some mysterious savior, a m...

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Chapter 416: A Land Prepared by Gods

The man scanned the growing murmur spreading through the crowd. He whispered something to the people beside him, then finally turned toward the people gathered below. Confusion and worry pulled at his expression.

“Look, it’s pretty clear some of you don’t understand anything about the New World. I need you to stay calm for what I’m about to explain. But if you think you’re getting on a plane… you’re mistaken,” he said, his voice steady.

The crowd reacted instantly,...

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Chapter 415: Shadows on the New Continent

Luke reached Evangeline in the middle of the crowd. She stood out instantly, perched on the roof of a wooden house and still dressed like a ninja. Two crows circled above her, which meant Jerry was already searching for the others.

Among the cheering, relieved faces, there were plenty of confused ones too. Luke learned that everyone had arrived at the exact same moment, even though they’d entered the portal minutes apart. He didn’t know much about physics, but he knew enough to gues...

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Chapter 414: Awakening in Strange Land

Luke felt his body dissolve as he drifted through a space flooded with blue light. A sharp headache bloomed behind his eyes, the kind that came from knowledge being forced into his mind all at once. He remembered leaping into the portal… and then being somewhere else entirely, yet somehow still caught mid teleportation.

The brightness thinned, surrendering to darkness. His body began to reappear. He didn’t understand how he could see anything in that pitch black void, but when he fo...

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Chapter 413: The Witch’s Ring

In the section dedicated to rings used as magical conduits, only two were available.

[Black Ring of Morgana (Epic)]: A ring as dark as onyx, set with a purple gem that pulses with occult energy. A remnant of ancient witches who walked deep along corrupted arcane paths, its surface seems to swallow light and intention. The ring increases magic channeling speed by 10% and acts as a stabilizer for volatile mana, aiding in control.
(Price: 2,000,000,000 TP.)

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Chapter 412: Ten Billion in Blood

Now that the Rank E notification had finally vanished, Luke could return to reading what his new titles actually meant.

“Titles earned during a tutorial remain locked until it ends. Your tutorial was… long. A full year is quite a stretch for a mortal human,” Samael remarked.

[Your Dark Lord title has been updated]

[Dark Lord] Master of the dark forces. Supreme commander of monsters, demons, and abyssal creatures. This title grants authority...

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Chapter 411: The First Divine Step

The notification hovered in front of Luke, huge and impossible to ignore. It felt like the sum of every step he had taken so far, from waking up inside the Forgotten Temple Dungeon to stumbling into the tutorial and somehow beating it. Even the title notifications had been shoved aside for this one.

*You have evolved from Rank F (Half-Demon) to Rank E (Half-Demon)!*

Congratulations, Assassin and Witch. You have taken your first, crucial step towar...

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Chapter 410: Drops That Change Destinies

Samael tilted his head, those luminous eyes fixed on Luke.

“I’ll start with the obvious notification floating in front of you,” he said.

Luke’s heartbeat was restless. He wanted an answer about his mother, about everything that truly mattered. But according to Sigil, any conversation would have to wait until they finished dealing with the system’s business.

“Congratulations, Luke,” Samael continued. “You managed to awaken your Second Class. A rare feat for hu...

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Chapter 409: Birth of the Witch

Luke’s new class was right there waiting for him, the notification pulsing in front of his eyes while he was stared down by a deity that looked like a living black hood. Out of all the absurd things that had happened in the last few minutes, including Angelica’s resurrection as a stone angel, surviving the end of the tutorial, and coming face-to-face with a god that looked like death itself, that notification still managed to leave him stunned.

[You have acquired the Second ...

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Chapter 408: The Guide and the God

Luke plunged into the portal heading back to Earth, and the transition swallowed him whole, like a living storm dragging him into its core. Bluish energy wrapped around him in a violent embrace, sparks snapping and coiling around his limbs. The pain hit instantly, deep and overwhelming, like something trying to crush him and rebuild him at the same time. His bones felt as if they were cracking and reforging; his blood surged and recoiled in his veins with a will of its own. Even his eyes felt...

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Chapter 407: Demon, Kaiju, or Phantom?

Judith lifted the mug to her lips again, the coffee now lukewarm as it slid down her throat. The familiar bitterness blended with the smell of damp earth, where the rest of the group sat drinking in the lazy silence of another early shift under the open sky.

Amit shattered the quiet.

“A kaiju would still be better,” he said, propping his elbow on the table. “And when one shows up here, all of you owe me that bet.”

George let out a short laugh.

“If some giant ...

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Chapter 406: What If It’s A Demon (Start of Volume 3)

Judith opened her eyes slowly, as if the morning light itself were dragging her back into the world. Exhaustion still clung to her, heavy in her muscles and her thoughts. She let out a short sigh. If there was one thing she truly despised, it was waking up early. But ever since she’d been reassigned to this post, waking up early had become as unavoidable as breathing. Same routine, every single day. No exceptions. A routine she had never imagined for herself.

She sat up and stretched,...

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Chapter 405: Return Of The Dark Lord (End of Volume 2)

Luke glanced at the archangel’s severed torso beside him.

“What do I do?! Hurry!”

“The abdomen… it’s still intact,” the feminine voice from the mask answered. “Part of the archangel is still alive, just like I am.”

“Alive?” Luke’s hands moved frantically over the creature’s body.

“He didn’t turn himself into an item like I did. He doesn’t know how. And even if he did, his method of survival wouldn’t allow it.”

Luke lifted ...

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Chapter 404: Evolve Or Fade

When Luke threw the knife, Jonathan leaped into the portal and vanished. The blade followed, but didn’t pass through. It simply clattered on the other side, rejected.

Luke didn’t waste a second. He lifted Allison’s body from the ground. She was a perfect statue.

“It’s going to be okay,” he whispered. “I know you can hear me. I’m going to save you.”

He moved closer to the portal. Lightning crackled from within.

[Warning: Only one person may pas...

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Chapter 403: Hero Out Of Time

Luke’s thoughts spiraled into doubt and fear as Allison bled out at his feet. Then, like a thin thread in the dark, an idea surfaced. He yanked open his inventory with a quick motion, pulled out the angel mask, and pressed it over Allison’s face. Her body locked as if the air itself had frozen. Skin grayed, muscles stiffened, the bleeding stopped. She became a statue, rigid, inert, but not dead.

Suspended on the knife’s edge between life and death, she would hold there.

...

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Chapter 402: The Worst Possible Ending

The wind filled the ruined throne room, a long, cold voice slipping through gaps in the walls and howling through shattered windows. Snow drove with the gusts, piling over the rubble in a thick, silent blanket. The ceiling was perforated, and flakes sifted down like a constant, freezing rain. The whole structure sagged as if it might collapse at any moment: cracked walls, shifted stones, leaning pillars. The castle was dying along with that cursed winter.

[Estimated Time Until E...

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Chapter 401: Under The Red Snow

"That isn’t true," he said. "You do have someone. You have me."

Allison let out a laugh, worn thin at the edges. It wasn’t mocking. Just tired.

“I didn’t have anyone in my world either,” he went on. “And I still ended up with people who weren’t related to me, who took me in anyway. I can help you find that too. If the Baumanns adopted me, they can adopt you.”

Allison’s expression shifted, caught somewhere between wanting to believe and needing to reject it....

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