"I Got the Kevin Template? My Journey as Hestia’s Only Hero!"

The doors of the Echo Tower creaked open with a sound like bending steel.

Inside, the world dimmed.

The air changed.

Heat no longer radiated from fire—it pulsed from memory.

Noah stepped through first, the floor beneath him clicking with mechanical hums instead of natural stone. The walls were lined with glowing red circuits and shattered holographic panels, all flickering with fractured images of another world.

His world?

No.

Kevin's.

Welf and Lili followed cautiously. Naaza held back with Cassandra, her crossbow ready. None of them spoke.

They all felt it.

This wasn't a floor.

This was a grave.

As they reached the central chamber, a pulsing core floated above a cracked dais. Suspended in midair, wrapped in golden flame, the core whispered with flickers of light—like voices trapped in data.

And then—

The room responded to Noah's presence.

> [Synchronizing Flamebearer DNA…]

Match confirmed: 82% compatibility.

Initializing Last Memory.

Time stopped.

---

Noah blinked.

And found himself standing in Kevin's body.

He wasn't watching a memory—he was living one.

Metallic earth cracked beneath his boots. Thunder rolled overhead. Behind him, the world was on fire.

In front of him—

Monsters.

Thousands of them.

But not Dungeon-born.

These were like nothing in Orario—twisted with jagged limbs, hollow faces, glowing black cores spinning inside their chests.

Behind him, a voice whispered.

"Kevin, we have to fall back!"

He turned—instinctively—and saw her.

A girl. Blue hair, torn cloak, eyes full of sorrow and desperation.

Mei.

Noah knew the name, even if he'd never met her.

Kevin's memories screamed it.

But Kevin—he—just shook his head.

"No more running," Noah whispered, hearing Kevin's voice come out of his mouth.

The battlefield lit up again.

Kevin took one step forward—and the world ignited.

Starfire.

Not the version Noah knew.

But the original.

He felt it flow through his body like a living god's breath—righteous, infinite, and full of destruction.

He charged into the swarm.

He moved like death incarnate, each punch breaking sound, every kick leaving burning craters behind.

Dozens of monsters fell.

But more came.

And as Kevin fought—Noah felt the cost.

The weight.

His body was breaking. Muscles tearing. Bones cracking. But the fire kept him moving.

Because if he stopped, everything ended.

Then… a roar.

A new monster stepped forward—towering over the others, body plated in dark silver, multiple black flame cores spinning across its chest.

Kevin's breath hitched.

And Noah felt it too.

Fear.

The monster grinned.

"You burned the world to delay me, Kevin. But you didn't kill me."

Its voice was not physical.

It echoed in Noah's skull.

"And now I've found your echo again… little flame."

Noah's body collapsed—

And the memory shattered.

---

He gasped back into reality, stumbling out of the light as the system screamed in his head.

> [Dangerous Legacy Detected: Flame Protocol – Apocalypse Core]

[Access Level: Denied.]

Override Requested. Password Input Required.]

A pause.

Then, somehow—he remembered.

Kevin's voice whispered from within him.

"If you're going to bear my burden, then take all of it."

Noah whispered aloud:

"Burn brighter."

The tower's core pulsed once—

Then opened.

Golden fire exploded upward, surrounding Noah's body—but not consuming it.

Instead, it welcomed him.

> [Apocalypse Core Access Granted.]

New Legacy Ability Awakened: Final Ascension (Locked)

Current Fragment Unlocked: Radiant Pulse Lv1 – Release all flame buildup in a radius blast that purges magical corruption. One use per day.

Noah staggered forward.

His eyes blazed like two miniature suns.

The others rushed to him, but stopped short when they saw the aura around him.

He wasn't just glowing.

He was shining.

Lili whispered, "...Noah?"

Welf's jaw tightened. "That wasn't just power."

Cassandra took a shaky step back. "That was… divinity."

Noah looked at them all, his voice calm—but different.

Steadier. Older.

"I saw it," he said. "What Kevin couldn't kill."

Naaza tensed. "And now it's coming here?"

Noah nodded once.

"It found me."

He turned toward the exit of the tower—his cloak now fully consumed by a coat of sleek, living flame that flickered like a second skin.

"Get ready," he said.

"Because the war Kevin died fighting…"

He stared into the red sky.

"…isn't over."