"He does not wear the crown. He becomes it."
Location: The Abyssal Crown – Throne Nexus
When Adexander gripped the crown, time didn't just bend—it fractured.
The Rift screamed.
Shadows peeled from reality, and for a moment, the entire domain turned upside down—sky bleeding downward, ground cracking toward the void above. And at the center of it all… stood Adexander, unchanged yet utterly transformed.
> [System Notice: Bloodforge Core – FINAL RESONANCE Achieved.]
[Class Evolution Unlocked: Crownbreaker.]
[You are no longer bound to any path. You make the path.]
[You are now: "The One Who Remembers."]
[Crown Assimilation: 100%]
Kaien stumbled back, shielding his eyes.
"What the hell is he now?!"
Raik, wide-eyed:
"That's not evolution. That's rebirth."
Velessia just stared, silent tears slipping down her cheek. "He's whole."
The crown shattered—not into dust, but into spiraling motes of red and black light that entered Adexander. They stitched into his veins like living fire. Crimson sigils formed across his arms, chest, and back—ancient runes of kingship and exile.
His cloak turned darker. The Fangblade pulsed like a living heart. His eyes… burned like dying stars.
He spoke. Just one word:
> "Rise."
And the broken palace did.
All around them, the ruined spires stood tall again. Statues uncrumbled. The abyss became a battlefield of memory—half-formed, half-real, frozen in time.
And kneeling at the edge of the dais—the Forgotten Guard, the ancient behemoth spoken of in whispers.
> [Dungeon Objective Updated: Judgment by Memory]
[Final Trial: Face the Guardian of the Forgotten Pact.]
The Guardian spoke, voice like falling mountains.
"Do you still remember… who you are?"
Adexander's voice was steel.
"I remember everything."
He stepped forward.
Kaien, Raik, and Velessia followed, weapons drawn.
Raik, grinning:
"About time we end Volume One with a bang."
Kaien:
"Call it a grand finale."
Velessia:
"Let's fight beside a king… no—a Crownbreaker."
Adexander raised the Fangblade.
> "This world forgot me once."
> "Let it remember… my wrath."
The Guardian charged, breaking the world with each step.
Adexander didn't move.
He waited—
And struck.