WARRIOR OF LIBERATION

"We thought the fire ended when the chains fell.

But the world still burns.

And not all flames come from us."

— Mina, New Era Log 001

📍 Location: Emberfield Settlement – 3 Months Later

The Heartforge crater has grown green.

Where chains once towered, now fields bloom.

Children laugh in the streets, drawing flame symbols in chalk.

No longer brands. Just games.

Sei stands at the edge of the rebuilt watchtower, overlooking a horizon without orders.

Solen walks beside him — older now. Calmer.

He taps his staff into the ground.

"You did it."

Sei smirks.

"No. We did."

Mina walks up from the barracks.

Holding a scroll.

"Peace requests. Trade guilds. Flame schools. Flame courts."

She laughs softly. "You wanted freedom, Sei. Turns out it needs paperwork."

They all share a quiet smile.

SYSTEM STATUS: OFFLINE

FLAME NETWORK: Community-Run, Memory-Led

NEW STATUS: Era 1 – The Ember Age

Sei turns to his Echoform — now stable, quiet, and part of him.

"Do you think it'll last?"

The flame pulses once.

"If you believe it should."

He walks away from the tower.

Leaves his sword behind.

"I'm done fighting."

📍 Location: Deep Beneath the Ashfields

Somewhere in the dark… something shifts.

A single ember pulses.

But it's not Sei's flame.

It's older.

Colder.

Artificial.

SYSTEM LOG FOUND: "ARC_HELIOS://BETA-BURN.37"

Status: Redacted.

Location: Deep Core.

Time: 3 minutes into future.

In the shadows of the broken world…

A voice speaks.

"So they killed NULLFLAME."

"Good."

"That means it worked."

Another voice replies:

"And what about him?"

"Sei?"

A long silence.

Then a laugh.

"He reset the world."

"But he never asked where it came from."

VOLUME 1 COMPLETE

VOLUME 2 TEASE: WARRIOR OF LIBERATION – The Sourcefire Protocol

You thought freedom was the end… but what if it was only the beginning of something older?

In Volume 2, Sei faces what existed before rebellion — and must choose whether flame deserves to survive at all.

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