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- #1“VERMILLION ASH Chapter 1: The Color of Ruin The sky burned red long before the fire ever touched the ground. Ash drifted like snow over the broken rooftops of Kurogane City, settling into the cracks of concrete and memory alike. Sirens had stopped hours ago. Or maybe days. Time didn’t move properly anymore—not since the sky changed color. A boy stood alone on the edge of a crumbling overpass. His name was Dante. He didn’t look down at the wreckage below. He couldn’t. Not again. Instead, his eyes stayed fixed on the horizon, where the crimson clouds churned like something alive, something watching. A low hum pulsed through the air. Dante clenched his fist. “...It’s getting louder.” The mark on his palm flickered—faint at first, then glowing with a deep, unnatural red. Like embers refusing to die. Behind him, something shifted. The sound wasn’t human. Dante didn’t turn right away. “Yeah,” he muttered, voice steady despite the tremor in his chest. “I hear you.” A shadow stretched across the broken asphalt, twisting against the direction of the fading light. It peeled itself upward—wrong, jagged, like reality had split and something crawled out from underneath. Two burning eyes opened in the dark. “Found me already?” Dante said. The creature didn’t answer. It lunged. Dante moved. The moment his feet left the ground, the world snapped into motion—ash scattering, air cracking, time itself seeming to hesitate. His glowing hand ignited, not with flame, but with something heavier… something that felt like gravity itself had caught fire. He swung. Impact. The creature slammed into the concrete barrier, the entire overpass shuddering from the force. Cracks spiderwebbed outward as the thing let out a distorted screech, its form glitching in and out of shape. Dante landed hard, sliding back. His breath hitched. “…Still not enough.” The mark dimmed slightly. The creature began to rise again. For a second—just a second—fear broke through. Then— A voice echoed in his mind. “If you hesitate, you burn.” Dante’s eyes sharpened. “…Yeah. I know.” The red mark flared brighter than before. And the sky above pulsed in response. Somewhere, far beyond the clouds— Something answered. [TO BE CONTINUED]Chapter 2: The Weight of Flame The sky didn’t just glow anymore. It watched. Dante felt it the moment the mark ignited again not just heat, not just power, but pressure. Like something vast had leaned closer, its attention narrowing onto him alone. The creature dragged itself from the shattered barrier, its body twitching, reforming in jagged fragments. It didn’t bleed. It didn’t breathe. It corrected itself, like a broken image trying to reload. Dante exhaled slowly. …So you don’t stay down. The thing’s burning eyes flickered then multiplied. Two became four. Four became a cluster, scattered across its shifting face. It stepped forward. The ground dented beneath it. Dante’s grip tightened. The red glow crawled up his arm now, threading through his veins like molten wire.Then I won’t hold back. He moved first this time. The air cracked as he launched forward, faster than before faster than he should be. The world blurred at the edges, sound collapsing into that same low hum. Closer. Closer The creature lashed out, its limb stretching unnaturally, splitting mid-swing into jagged tendrils. Dante twisted midair. One tendril grazed his shoulder. Pain exploded through him. He hit the ground hard, rolling, barely catching himself before going over the edge of the overpass. Concrete crumbled under his boots, raining down into the abyss below. He froze. Not from fear of the fall From the silence. The hum was gone. The creature didn’t move. The sky… dimmed. “…What Then the voice returned. Not a whisper this time. A command. “Take it.” Dante’s hand spasmed. The mark burned brighter than ever before no, not brighter Heavier. It felt like his arm weighed a thousand pounds, like gravity itself had latched onto him. The cracks beneath his feet deepened, spreading outwar”
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