NOVEL NEXT Chapter 767: Kevin's Quest
Vivienne's POV
Vivienne sat quietly at the edge of the pavilion.
Her fingers rested on the porcelain teacup that had long gone cold.
The sky above her was calm, but her eyes were not.
They shimmered faintly, reflecting distant flashes from a storm that wasn't anywhere near this galaxy.
She could see it.
A vast wave of energy and darkness spreading far away, swallowing everything it touched.
"Are you really going?" she asked softly, her voice breaking the silence. "That thing is too dangerous. We should leave this universe instead of fighting that."
The glow in her eyes faded as she turned toward Kevin.
Kevin didn't say anything at first. He
just looked up, watching the horizon where the wave shimmered faintly in the distance.
Then, he nodded.
"Don't go," she said again, her tone sharper this time. "You'll die."
"I won't. These are the things I've been preparing for. I've been clearing Quests for billions of years for fights like this."
Vivienne looked down at her cup, her grip tightening.
She knew those Quests came from the Cosmos itself.
Kevin wasn't like Neo.
Neo had become a Heavenbreaker, broke rules, and fallen out of its favor.
But Kevin… Kevin still held the Cosmos' blessing.
He was a Realm Divinity God, and an Apostle on top of that.
Each Quest he completed made him stronger.
"Kevin," she whispered, "please."
"This is important to me."
His eyes were steady.
He stood up and began walking away, the faint hum of his aura shaking the air around him.
He was heading toward the Alliance Headquarters, where Neo — the Heavenbreaker — had appeared.
"Kevin!" Vivienne's voice cracked. "You're important to me too!"
He froze mid-step.
"I don't need my powers back anymore. Just stop, please. I can't lose you," she said, her eyes trembling.
Kevin turned his head slightly, his face unreadable.
The truth was, he had no real loyalty to the Alliance.
He never cared about their wars or politics.
The only reason he defended them was because of his ongoing Quest.
[Quest: Protect the Alliance]
[Reward: Fragment of the Authority of Time]
That reward meant everything.
It could restore a portion of Vivienne's lost Authority.
He'd been protecting the Alliance all this time, not for them, but for her.
He didn't need to help them grow stronger.
He didn't need to help them win.
The Quest didn't require that.
After a long silence, Kevin finally looked at her one last time.
"I'll be back soon," he said.
Then he left the planet, disappearing into the void between stars.
Vivienne stared at the empty sky for a long time, her teacup trembling in her hand.
She could still see the wave, distant but growing larger with each passing second.
…
God of Machines' POV
Inside a vast mechanical fortress, a figure made of silver bones and gears scrambled across a workshop cluttered with glowing parts.
The God of Machines was moving fast, pulling devices and scrolls from every corner.
His metallic hands clicked rapidly as he stuffed items into dimensional pockets.
"Unit-07," he barked. "Has the Heaven Slayer Golem prototype been returned?"
A soft, emotionless voice replied from a floating crystal sphere. "Yes, Master. It was returned by the one known as 'I.'"
"That damned 'I.' I don't trust him one bit. Run a full diagnostic on the golem. Check for viruses, structural breaks, or hidden codes."
"Yes, Master. Running diagnostics."
He laughed suddenly, the sound metallic and harsh. "I only lent that prototype because he paid me with something worthwhile. Blueprints of the True Soul Weapons. Hahaha! With these, I can finally do it. I can create a true mechanical Heaven Slayer!"
Sparks flashed around the workshop as the AI projected blueprints in the air.
Intricate designs of living machines, fused with divine cores, floated above the God of Machines.
"Finally," he whispered. "After all this time…"
The AI's voice interrupted him. "Master, there is an anomaly. A massive wave of dark energy is spreading across the Golden Domain. The Alliance is asking for reinforcements against it. What should we do?"
The God of Machines glanced at the image.
It was the same dark wave Vivienne had seen.
His hollow eye sockets glowed brighter.
"'I' already warned us this would happen. He said it would sort itself out," the AI reminded.
"Bah," he grumbled. "I don't trust that man. He hides too much behind his smiles. And that Heavenbreaker…"
His voice dropped low.
"That lunatic is too terrifying. I don't understand how he managed to reach this level without even knowing how to properly control World Energy. I'm not sticking around to see what happens when he does."
The AI's tone shifted slightly. "Then where are we going, Master? The Shattered Horizons?"
The God of Machines paused.
Then a slow, eerie laugh escaped his metal chest.
"Hehehehehehe… No. We are going beyond. Into the True Blessed Lands! The placed blessed by the Celestial Worthy! Let's see if even a Heavenbreaker can reach that far."
The fortress began to hum as countless machines activated.
Within minutes, it vanished into a dimensional crack, leaving behind only a fading echo of laughter.
…
Alliance Headquarters POV
A few hours earlier.
The Alliance Headquarters was in chaos.
Rhaegor-Kul, the Supreme Leader of the Alliance, slammed his fist on the control table.
"Find them! Find Velion and Kaelus now!"
Dozens of sub-commanders scattered across the hall.
Reports came in one after another, but none were good.
The two dragons — Velion and Kaelus — had vanished without a trace.
Under normal circumstances, Rhaegor-Kul wouldn't have cared.
But Velion had been the one sealing the Heavenbreaker.
If anything had happened to him, the seal could break.
And if the Heavenbreaker was unsealed…
A sudden surge of energy rippled through space.
Everyone in the command center froze.
This phenomenon…
It only happened when a new Stage 6 God was born.
Normally, Gods concealed their ascension, hiding their location to avoid being attacked.
But this presence wasn't hiding at all.
It was announcing itself.
"That can't be right… This feels stronger than even a peak Stage 6." Rhaegor-Kul's eyes hardened.
He turned to his officers.
"Find the source. Now!"
A young officer stammered, "Sir, we found something. A feed from the sector where Velion and Kaelus disappeared."
The room went silent as the holographic screen flickered to life.
Everyone stared.
There, in the middle of the feed, stood a man surrounded by darkness and storming energy. His presence alone made the camera tremble.
Rhaegor-Kul's mouth went dry.
"The Heavenbreaker…" someone whispered.
Nameless Death stared straight at the camera spells that were broadcasting his image across the Alliance's divine networks.
"Alliance," his voice echoed, calm but filled with power. "Start counting your time."
Then the feed cut off.
For a few seconds, no one moved.
Everyone realized the worst possible scenario has happened.
The Heavenbreaker has been unsealed and reached Stage 6.
"Contact the fleets!"
"Activate the planetary shields!"
"Evacuate the high-value sectors!"
Voices overlapped in panic as energy readings spiked across the golden domain.
One report came after another about planets going dark, entire legions disappearing without a trace.
No one knew what is happening.
The whole alliance headquarters was in uproar and panic.
When they finally receive the news of what is happening, their backs are drenched in sweat.
"He is putting everything into his Cosmos," one officer said in disbelief.
Others said he wasn't putting Alliance Gods into his Cosmos, and he was simply devouring them, erasing their existence completely.
No one could confirm what was true, because nothing that entered the wave of energy and darkness ever came out.
Rhaegor-Kul gritted his teeth, his aura flaring. "Where is 'I'? Did he know this would happen?"
No one answered.
The silence in the command room was heavy.
Rhaegor-Kul had suspected for a long time that 'I' — the mysterious broker who dealt with both Gods and dragons — had been using them.
But now, that suspicion felt like a certainty.
He clenched his fists, his voice trembling with fury.
"We've been played."
Outside the headquarters, the stars began to dim.
The wave was coming.
And the Heavenbreaker — now a Stage 6 God — was already at their doorstep.
The golden walls of the Alliance's capital trembled as alarms echoed across space.
Rhaegor-Kul looked toward the dark horizon through the window, feeling the world energy twist violently.
"Prepare for impact," he muttered.