WARRIOR OF LIBERATION

"Rebellion against men is bravery.

Rebellion against gods… is purpose."

— Whisper of the First Flame, Fragment III

📍 Location: Sector D – Crater Field, 20 Minutes After Impact

The sky was no longer blue.

Flameclouds curled like shackles over the ruined streets.

In the smoking crater, Sei stood bruised, cracked, but still burning.

Across from him, the god-creature — Kaldrax, the Broken Flamegod — lifted its chain-wrapped blade again.

And above them…

Six more divine chain pillars began descending.

Warning: Multiple Divine Presences Approaching

Identified: Inbound Chainborn Deities — "Gods of Judgment"

Estimated Threat Level: Total System Overrun

Mina's voice rang out from the rubble.

"SEI! We have to go!"

But he didn't move.

His flame was still glowing — a dull, fractured silver-white.

His body shook. His knuckles bled. But his belief never cracked.

Sei spoke.

Quiet. Fierce.

"No. If I run now… they chase us forever."

He looked up at the sky.

Chains glowing like stars.

Each one forged from worship, fear, blood.

And he whispered:

"Let them come."

System Triggered: Liberation Flame Protocol — Legendary-Class Mode Override

Condition: Facing Divine-Bound Suppressor Class

New Skill Unlocked: "Flameburst Chainkill (Lv. 1)"

Effect: Converts belief into pure soulflame. Destroys enemy divine binds for 3 seconds.

Kaldrax charged again.

This time faster.

Too fast.

Sei braced—his soul burning like his muscles.

The god swung.

🔥 CLANG!!! 🔥

Sei caught the divine blade with both arms.

Cracks raced up his bones, but his fire flared through them.

Behind him, memory-echoes of freed souls pulsed like anchors.

And Sei shouted—

"FLAMEBURST CHAINKILL!!"

His aura erupted.

A blinding blast of silver-blue fire surged upward like a column.

The divine chains around Kaldrax's body—

SNAP. SNAP. SNAP.

For a moment—

He was free.

And in that second—

He looked at Sei.

Eyes wide.

Confused.

Human.

Then the divine chains above re-coiled, yanking him back into obedience.

But Sei had seen it.

A god's will. Buried.

Breakthrough: Kaldrax's inner self recognized the Ashbound Flame

Temporary Liberation – 1.2 seconds

Class Evolution Route Unlocked: Godflame Liberator (??? Tier)

Mina grabbed Sei's shoulder from behind.

"We have to go—reinforcements are coming. The city won't survive another impact."

Sei turned to the crater's edge.

Hundreds of citizens were watching. Silent. Terrified. Awed.

He faced them.

Voice like fire given shape:

"I stood against a god. Not to win… but to show it can be done."

"Run no more."

"Rise."

The people raised their fists.

One by one.

And from every corner of the city—

torches lit.

Real ones.

Not banners.

Not system effects.

Belief-made flame.

Liberation Surge: 1000+ civilians synchronized.

Status: Sector D declared a Rebellion Flamezone.

Passive Flamefield Formed: Chain Suppression Aura Radius – 500 meters

Empire Influence: LOCKED OUT

Above, in the Sky Empire's divine war room…

The judge known as Halvane stood.

"The first sector has risen."

Another responded:

"Then we initiate total incineration."

Six divine chainpillars turned.

They weren't just descending anymore.

They were targeting.

"Sector D: Marked for Divine Burn."

Sei watched them begin to fall.

His flames whispered in his ear.

Not the system.

Not memory.

But something else:

The First Flame.

"Are you ready to burn for the world that must live?"

He looked at Mina.

Then at the sky.

Then at the people.

And said:

"Yes."

TO BE CONTINUED…

🔥 Chapter 21 Tease: Burn With Me

The divine purge is coming — an erasure flame designed to unmake all soul-based systems in Sector D.

Sei must do the impossible: take the blow and still stand, not for himself, but for everyone behind him.