Suddenly, Ryo's right eye began to glow with a dark purple aura.
Ryo (whispering): "Time to train... What should I call this eye?... Got it. Hazuki."
> System:
New ability unlocked: Hazuki
First Pulse: Gravity
Ryo (surprised): "Hmm... I've had this eye for two months, but I still don't know its power. So, what does this first pulse—'Gravity'—mean?"
> Description:
[Hazuki – First Pulse – Gravity]
Ability: Allows the user to manipulate gravity around themselves and others within a set range. It can also create a micro black hole, invisible to the naked eye but with immense gravitational force, capable of expanding or minimizing destruction based on the user's will.
Range: 100 kilometers
Effect: Gravity
Ryo extended his hand, and the aura from his eye began to expand. A black hole appeared—visible only to him due to its microscopic size. It was smaller than an atom, yet Ryo increased its size.
Ryo (murmuring): "…This… is insanely amazing. I love it."
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Somewhere in a maze floor…
A group of adventurers collapsed to their knees as a heavy, strange gravity pressed down on them.
Adventurer 1: "What is this?! The gravity… it's crushing!"
Adventurer 2, looking up: "Something's wrong…? Is the gravity here so dense I can't even move my eyes…? It disappeared?!"
Suddenly, the gravity vanished.
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Above, in the tree's peak…
Ryo sat silently atop a massive branch. Hazuki was still active, but something else stirred inside him.
> System:
Hazuki has evolved.
Another eye is awakening…
The Eye of Eternity has emerged.
Ryo, clearly exhausted: "…Another eye?! I didn't ask for this!"
> Successfully activated.
Suddenly, Ryo's left eye shut completely… then opened again—this time, it was unlike anything else. It had no color. No light. It was a void—so deep and empty that even sight couldn't lock onto it.
Ryo looked at his palm: "…What… is this strange thing?"
A mysterious mark resembling a cracked crimson crescent appeared on his hand.
He clenched his fist, and the mark vanished—but now a star had appeared, one that hadn't been there before.
Ryo (whispering): "…What's happening to my hand?"
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Somewhere far, far away…
A cloaked figure cloaked in shadows opened his third eye, and a glowing white symbol appeared on his forehead.
Mysterious figure: "…He has been reborn…"
Then he vanished—leaving only secrets behind.
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Back in the maze…
Yui and Zalarosa felt something watching them.
Yui, turning with concern: "…I feel a gaze… someone's watching us."
Zalarosa, gripping her sword: "He's watching."
Suddenly, a shadow beast appeared behind Yui and sliced her arm off.
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Above…
Ryo smiled softly as he closed his eye.
Ryo (whispering): "It seems… my powers are growing."
The little dragon approached, curling up beside him like a child next to their mother.
Ryo (quietly): "Soon, my friend… the real journey will begin."
He rose and gazed toward the horizon…
Now, Ryo possessed an eye of terrifying power.
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Back in the maze…
Zalarosa (face filled with fear and worry): "Yui!!"
She rushed to her friend, crying with concern.
Yui: "I'm okay, Zalarosa. Thank you for worrying, but we need to deal with that monster first… Don't worry about me."
Her voice was firm and resolute.
Zalarosa wiped her tears, eyes burning with rage. She dashed forward like lightning, aiming for the monster's neck—but it dodged and struck her back.
Zalarosa fell to the ground.
Yui: "Zalarosa, are you okay?!"
No response. Yui panicked, then clenched her fists, furious. She unleashed her strongest spell.
Twenty flaming swords appeared behind her—each glowing red-hot, radiating heat over 1 million degrees Celsius.
The ground around them began to melt like snow.
To be continued…