NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 60: The Library of the Lost Scribes
"Some books are never opened. Some authors… never remembered."
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📜 [Scene: The Shifting Sands of Memory]
The earth beneath Riven's feet turned to pages.
Literal parchment — stained, half-burned, half-written.
And above him, no sky.
Only a dome of spinning books, each glowing faintly.
Some had titles.
Some didn't.
Most bled ink.
The wind didn't blow — it whispered sentences that never got to end.
> "Where are we?" Lyara asked, stepping gently as if afraid to disturb the words.
> "The place where stories die," Riven replied.
"Or are never born."
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🏛 Location Unlocked: The Library of the Lost Scribes
> 🕯 Exists outside time, between narrative threads
📚 Holds stories erased, abandoned, or unwritten
💀 A sacred ground only accessible to Rewriters — those who dare defy linear fate
⚠ Inside, your memories may rearrange themselves into books — and betray you
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As they walked, a tall obsidian librarian emerged — faceless, robed in woven paper, holding a quill taller than Riven.
> "You carry ink of rebellion," it hissed.
> "I carry truth that was never allowed," Riven responded.
> "Then read your consequences."
It extended a trembling hand — and a book appeared in Riven's palm.
His book.
But the title read:
> ❌ "The Flame That Never Was"
> "What…?" Riven whispered.
"That's not my story."
> "That's the one they almost wrote you into," the Librarian replied.
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📘 Riven's Forbidden Chapter – Chapter 0: The Boy Who Never Burned
Suddenly, he was inside the book.
A version of him…
Raised by a father who lived.
Loved by Selene without betrayal.
Never framed.
Never burned.
And most of all — never powerful.
He lived a quiet, normal life.
> "This is peace," Mirael said beside him.
"Isn't it what you wanted?"
> "No," Riven whispered.
"This isn't peace. It's erasure."
He burned the book in his hand.
> "I'd rather remember the pain… than forget who I am."
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🔓 Trial of the Lost Scribes
Dozens of books flew open around him — each one a test.
A version where Riven betrayed Lyara.
Another where he killed Caelen too early.
One where he never met Mirael.
A timeline where he became the Librarian.
Each page tried to pull him in.
And still… he walked.
His fire rewrote the air.
Until he stood before a sealed door:
THE AUTHOR'S ROOM
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🖋 Inside – The Ink Throne
One chair.
One book.
One empty page.
The Librarian spoke again:
> "You rewrote death.
You named the nameless.
You met your other selves.
Now… will you write yourself?"
> "I already am," Riven said.
He sat.
Took the quill.
And instead of writing…
He bled.
His fingertip pressed into the page, and the words appeared not in ink — but in flame-blood.
> "I am Riven Valtoris.
I was betrayed.
I was broken.
I burned.
And I rewrote the fire itself."
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🔥 Power Gained: Author's Ink – Flame Edition
> 📖 Riven can now create one chapter of his story during battle
✒ That chapter becomes reality for 10 seconds
🧠 Used wisely, he can:
Rewrite outcomes
Summon lost allies
Delay death
⚠ Costs a piece of his soul — each time he writes, a memory fades
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