Vergil Is Back

The descent beneath Kyoto had long since abandoned the logic of structure.

Walls carved from obsidian pulsed faintly with otherworldly sigils. The deeper Leon walked, the more he felt the leyline's pressure settle onto his shoulders like the weight of a dying star. This wasn't just magic—it was the raw circulatory system of the world itself.

He could feel it calling to him.

Not with words, but a pulse. A rhythm. A heartbeat.

Thump.

Thump.

THUMP.

A silver flash flared across his back as Yamato stirred in its sheath.

The system chimed in.

[System Alert]You are approaching a Forbidden Zone.

❖ Energy Readings: Catastrophic.❖ Stability Threshold: Fractured.❖ Warning: Prolonged exposure may result in soul fracturing or spontaneous ascension.

Leon smirked."Wouldn't be the first time."

He stepped into the chamber.

 The Heart

The room was circular, impossibly vast. Crystals the size of buildings jutted out from the ground like frozen fangs, glowing with impossible colors—blues that bled into violet, golds that hummed with life.

And there it was.

Floating at the center, suspended in midair by invisible forces:A pulsating orb of condensed leyline energy—pure, radiant, and alive.

The Heart of the Leyline.

It throbbed with the intensity of a god's dying breath, wrapped in swirling halos of light and shadow. Leon could feel it clawing at his soul—not maliciously, but hungrily, as if recognizing something ancient within him.

Suddenly, the chamber screamed.

A deafening roar shook the space as a form emerged from behind the crystals—a colossal, dragon-like entity cloaked in chains of light and dark flame.

Its voice echoed in his mind.

"You... are not of this world. You should not be here."

Leon's eyes narrowed. He drew Yamato in a blur of silver.

"I hear that a lot."

 The Guardian: Ryukon, Bound Warden of the Leyline

Once a protector spirit of balance, Ryukon had gone mad over millennia, corrupted by the chaotic flux. His form shimmered between dimensions, part myth, part memory, held together only by his duty to protect the Heart.

[System Quest Alert]Quest: Conquer the HeartObjective: Defeat Ryukon and claim the Heart of the Leyline.

Difficulty: ■■■■■ (World-Shifting Threat)Reward: ? ? ?Penalty: Death. Soul Erasure. Dimensional Banishment.

Accept? [Y/N]

Leon didn't hesitate.

Y.

 The Battle

Reality tore apart as Ryukon lunged, screaming with the rage of a thousand dead gods. Leon vanished, reappearing in a flicker behind him, Yamato slicing through air and time.

Sparks of leyline energy collided with demonic void as Devil Trigger burst to life.

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His form shifted—silver coat flowing like shadowfire, eyes glowing with unnatural clarity.

And something else.

The Heart responded.

It pulsed in time with him.

Each strike.Each breath.It resonated.

The Choice

With Ryukon's form finally shattered—his last words a fading echo of "Free me..."—Leon stood before the Heart.

It hovered silently, now calm.

The system chimed again.

[System Alert]Contact with the Heart may evolve system protocols.Caution: Merging incompatible forces may alter core essence.

Proceed with absorption?

➤ YES | NO

Leon stepped forward, eyes burning.

"...Let's see what I become."

He placed his hand on the Heart.

 System Overload

[System Evolution Initiated]

Leyline Energy Merged.Host Soul Integrity: Holding.New Title Acquired: Void-Walker of the Leylines

 Warning: External Consciousness Detected

...Processing...

[Memory Fragment Unlocked]

A ruined world. A silver-haired woman. A throne of stars.She whispers his name. Not Leon.Something older.Something lost.