The library of the Lich's citadel was carved from bones of dead titans.
Each step echoed like whispers, each wall pulsed with forbidden runes. Lanterns burned not with fire, but with soul flame—steady, silent blue. It was a place even death avoided.
Yet within its cold halls, two beings stood at a central altar.
One was the Hero Avatar—tall, radiant, and armored in a style resembling ancient myths. Gold-threaded silk hung over his waist and shoulders, and a great trident forged of holy crystal stood at his back.
The other—barefoot, glowing faintly—was Ratri, the Succubus Avatar. She floated lazily in the air, her silver hair cascading down to her hips, her luminous violet eyes half-lidded in constant amusement. She wore only magical tattoos that danced faintly over her flawless, divine body. Her presence melted reason.
Between them floated the first divine scripture.
> [Codex Alpha – Initiation: Temple Language Detected]
[Authors: Ratri (Avatar 4) | Hero Avatar (Avatar 3)]
[Subject: Tenets of the Veiled Monarch]
[Mode: Neural Engraving]
Words appeared in the air, one by one, each etched with divine will.
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"The eye is closed not in blindness, but in judgment.
The hand does not strike unless sin cries out.
The Veiled One sees what you hide—
And speaks not in wrath, but in command."
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The Hero Avatar looked at the text, his expression solemn.
"This doctrine… it will be the cornerstone," he said quietly, running a hand along a floating sentence. "Across Earth and other realms alike. It will reshape civilization."
Ratri yawned. "And here I thought we were just entertaining our dear Rudra with some theatrics."
He turned to her, lips tightening. "You're more loyal than you pretend."
She smirked. "And you're less fun than you act."
He stepped closer, narrowing his eyes. "You were made to tempt kings, yet you kneel only to one."
Ratri leaned forward, her lips brushing his ear. "Because only he is worthy."
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Back on Earth, Rudra was reading the scripture inside a floating digital prism—visible only to him. It hovered over his desk in his dimly lit room, his family asleep across the hall.
The lines scrolled in luminous ink across the crystal interface.
The Holy Codex was being forged—a weapon of culture, not steel.
It would seed obedience not through war… but through belief.
Zix Core's voice returned, softer now, more reverent.
> [System Note: Religious Expansion Efficiency: 43% in Earth. 78% in Demon Realm. 36% in Second Realm.]
[Civilian Favorability: Rising]
[Untraceability of Summons: 100% Maintained]
Rudra opened a sub-screen.
> Summons: Bloodfang – 2 kills (Child Smuggler Den, New York), 1 capture
Summons: Ravenmarch – Detected illegally enhanced awakened in Seoul, terminated with headshot
Summons: High Elf Maiden – Healing riots survivors in Cape Town
Summons: Lich – Contained Undead Surge in Algeria
He leaned back and smiled.
"Let the world call them gods," he whispered. "They're my shadows."
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Meanwhile – Unknown Location, Black Site "Marrow-11"
"Is it true?"
"Yes."
"And no trace?"
"Not a hair. Not a particle of mana. Not even soul-stench."
The agents gathered around a giant projection of recent vigilante footage.
Ratri tearing down a drug lord's fortress—her skin glowing, her laughter like a siren.
Kaalkrit skewering an awakened terrorist in the Middle East—his presence causing infernal screams in the surrounding spirits.
The Elf weaving green vines through a slum in Jakarta, curing disease in mere seconds.
And at the center of it all… the eye sigil.
One agent whispered, "This is becoming a religion."
The director turned toward the black window. "No… this is becoming a regime."
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Realm of the Hero Avatar
The cities of the Second Realm began to shift.
Monks started wearing robes etched with closed-eye patterns.
Warrior clans now prayed before battle to "the Silent Sovereign."
And in the necrotic wastelands governed by the Lich Avatar, skeletons and undead beasts bore glowing brands of Rudra's name.
The Lich walked across a blood-soaked field and said to his army,
> "This is no longer a world of factions…
This is a world of faith."
And the dead knelt.
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Inside Rudra's Room – Midnight
He stood shirtless before his mirror.
Not admiring himself.
But analyzing.
Two faint, glowing marks pulsed along his collarbone—the Zix Core's tendrils extending into his physical soul. A side-effect of reaching System Tier 2. His body was beginning to synchronize with the multiverse.
> "You're not human anymore," a familiar voice echoed.
Rudra turned.
A ripple formed behind him.
From it emerged Bloodfang, in ghost-mode—visible only through Zix Core's projection. He leaned casually against the desk, claws gleaming faintly.
"You've changed," Bloodfang said. "Your summons are too clean now. Too precise."
Rudra studied him. "You want more blood?"
"No. I want to know if you still remember why you picked me first."
There was a pause.
"…Because you were my rage."
Bloodfang smiled. "Then don't bury it under too much godhood."
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One Hour Later – Secret Temple Site #01: Earth
Beneath an ancient ruined monastery in Nepal, a door opened into nothing.
Rudra stepped inside, followed by two avatars: Kaalkrit and the Lich.
The chamber ahead was a blank canvas of dimensional clay—raw space.
Rudra raised a hand.
From his fingers poured scripture lines like threads of light.
From Kaalkrit's aura, flames spiraled to form gates.
From the Lich's soul, bones formed columns and domes.
Together… they created the first Temple of the Veiled Monarch on Earth.
And as the Eye sigil burned across the altar, Zix Core whispered:
> [First Earth Temple Constructed.]
[Holy Aura: Expanding.]
[New Ability Unlocked: Multi-Realm Sync. You may now transmit scripture across planes and realities.]
Rudra exhaled.
"Then let it spread."
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The Following Morning – Global Event
Across Earth, reports flooded the awakened web:
Cities seeing strange spiritual activity.
Sudden mass dreams.
Unmarked buildings glowing.
Criminals dying in mysterious ways.
Children drawing the closed-eye sigil without knowing why.
Faith had gone viral.
And every time someone believed, Rudra grew stronger.
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