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title: "Chapter 315: Sealed"
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slug: "ch-315"
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novel: "Dimensional Keeper: All My Skills Are at Level 100"
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number: 315
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views: 0
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likes: 0
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wordCount: 1192
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createdAt: "2026-04-13"
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The "Alice" standing before him didn't just look like her—
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She moved like her.
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Breathed like her.
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Smiled like her.
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Even the way her eyes softened when she said his name… exactly like in his memories.
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"Max… we finally meet again…"
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Her voice was like a warm breeze after a long winter.
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It tugged at something inside him.
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For just a heartbeat—his soul slipped.
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His mind swayed, balance teetering on the edge.
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It was subtle. Barely noticeable.
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But it happened.
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And Max felt it.
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His chest tightened—
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Not from fear, but from a deep, unsettling awe.
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'This Sinful Bone Frame… it can reach into my soul. It pulled Alice from my memories. Her smile. Her tone. Even her tiny habits...'
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It was more than illusion.
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It was extraction.
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A perfect mimicry, drawn straight from his heart.
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He clenched his fists.
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'Even I… with my will… almost fell for it.'
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He remembered the red-haired genius—how he clawed himself apart like a puppet.
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Now he understood.
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It wasn't just a soul attack.
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It was temptation.
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It didn't strike your soul with force.
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It whispered to it.
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It wrapped around your deepest desires.
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Made you want to give in.
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That was the true horror of this Bone Frame.
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It didn't kill you.
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You killed yourself.
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—
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Alice stepped closer. Her bare feet touched the soft grass.
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"Why don't you stay with me, Max?"
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"You've worked so hard… suffered so much… Don't you want to rest?"
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Her voice was a blade dipped in honey.
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Max's expression darkened.
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For a moment, his eyes trembled.
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Just then—
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"Max, I've found it," Blob's voice echoed sharply in his mind.
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Urgent. Precise.
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"Wait three more breaths of time… and then strike with everything you have. With your Orange Soul… you have nothing to fear."
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Max didn't nod.
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Didn't move.
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Just quietly exhaled—
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and began the count.
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Three.
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His fingers slid over the edge of his black sword, tracing it with unnatural calm.
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It shimmered faintly, responding to the faint pulses of his soul force.
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Like a beast waiting to be unleashed.
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The illusion—Alice—watched him.
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A flicker of hesitation passed through her gentle expression.
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"Max, what are you doing?"
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"I can feel it… you're radiating killing intent…"
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She took a step forward.
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Covered her mouth.
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Her eyes shimmered with sadness, deep and soft like moonlight.
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"You wouldn't hurt me… would you?"
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Max didn't respond.
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Two.
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'Alice' took another step, hand reaching out.
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Her voice shook—soft, trembling.
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"You want to harm me…?"
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Her fingers trembled just inches from his chest.
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So close, so intimate.
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So deadly.
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Max's expression didn't change.
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But in his heart, the countdown roared like a war drum.
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One.
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He took a single step back.
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Avoided the hand.
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Didn't look into her eyes.
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Just whispered under his breath—
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"You almost got me."
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Max's eyes flashed. Cold. Ruthless.
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His voice was low. Each word carved from stone.
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"You did what you should never have done."
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"You took her face… to break me."
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"How can I ever let you live?"
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His sword slid free. Smooth. Inevitable.
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Fusion State aura erupted from him.
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It blazed like fire. Wrapped around his body. Fused with his blade.
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He raised the sword. Took aim.
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Then—
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"Evil Wheel of Samsara."
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The tip of his blade cracked the air.
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Purple lightning surged out.
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Wild. Violent. Alive.
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It spiraled into a wheel.
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Spinning.
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Shrieking.
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The ground quaked.
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The fog trembled.
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But Max didn't stop.
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Not even for a second.
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Black flames erupted around him.
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Silent. Writhing. Hungry.
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They devoured the infernal energy in the air—dragging it straight into his body.
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The moment it entered—he staggered.
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His veins screamed.
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His mind cracked.
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It felt like his body would explode from the inside.
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But he didn't stop.
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Didn't hesitate.
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He gritted his teeth.
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And poured it all into the Evil Wheel of Samsara.
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The instant the infernal energy fused with the lightning—the wheel changed.
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Its vibrant purple glow turned dark red.
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A deep, choking pressure spread out.
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Thick. Suffocating. Like death itself had awoken.
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That was when she changed.
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'Alice's' perfect face twisted.
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Her smile cracked open into something inhuman.
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Skin peeled. Claws stretched.
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Fur matted her arms, her jaw extended, and a low, raspy moan spilled from her throat.
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It wasn't a woman anymore.
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It was a beast.
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A demon.
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And it lunged.
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"Humph…" Max sneered.
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At that exact moment, his Orange Soul force flared—
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And he laced it straight into the wheel.
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The Evil Wheel of Samsara surged forward.
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Dark red. Rotating. Shrieking.
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KACHA!
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The demon's claw was obliterated on contact.
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Shattered like glass under a war hammer.
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The wheel didn't stop.
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It tore through her chest—
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Ripping her open in one clean strike.
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Her face—now hideous and twisted—
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froze in panic.
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Eyes wide. Mouth open.
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She didn't even have time to scream.
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"Max, now is the time—don't let it escape!"
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Blob's voice echoed through his mind. Urgent. Sharp.
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Max didn't hesitate.
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He stopped his strike mid-motion.
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Stepped forward.
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And slammed his hand onto the demon's fading chest.
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"Seal."
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Purple lightning surged from his fingertips.
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Black flames followed—silent and vicious.
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The two forces twisted together mid-air.
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Forming a cage.
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A prison.
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A trap.
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It snapped shut—tight and unforgiving.
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The demon shrieked.
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But it was already too late.
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In this place—inside the Soul Palace—Max reigned.
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Here, soul was everything.
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And his soul?
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Unbreakable.
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The Sinful Bone Frame wasn't even close.
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It had no real soul. Just a fragment.
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A whisper of something that once lived.
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It had no chance.
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"One mile straight ahead," Blob said. "Three hundred feet underground."
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"That's where its main body is."
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He had used the window—the moment when the demon's attention was focused on Max to scan the real world.
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And he found it.
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Max's eyes lit up.
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"I've got it."
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Max's eyes lit up—sharp, bright, focused.
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His soul had already returned to his body.
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The demon's will was still locked in the Soul Palace.
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Trapped. Helpless.
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Max moved.
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His grip tightened on the sword—
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And with the full force of 58 Draconic Essences,
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He stabbed downward.
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No wind. No sound.
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Just a blur of violent light.
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A flaming rainbow streaked across the gray fog.
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One mile vanished in an instant.
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The earth exploded beneath him—
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Rock, mud, ash flying in every direction.
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Tens of thousands of jins worth of debris flipped upward as Max shot down like a divine nail—fast, brutal, unstoppable.
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The impact cracked the world open.
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Then he saw it.
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Right where Blob had said.
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A glowing crimson enchantment, thirty feet wide,
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humming with sealed energy.
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And at its heart—
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A small glass bead, crimson in color, barely the size of a pigeon's egg.
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Still. Silent. Hiding.
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Max didn't flinch.
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He raised his sword—
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slashed once.
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The enchantment shattered like old ice.
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Then, without a word, he reached out—
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And took the Sinful Bone Frame into his hand.
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Done.
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No hesitation.
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No fear.
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He sealed it into his spatial dimension—
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Like snapping a lock shut.
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"Good, boy."
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Blob's voice slithered into Max's mind—proud, amused.
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"You should use this place to upgrade your rank. It's underground, and the aura of the Sinful Bone Frame still lingers. No infernal being's gonna dare come close." |