🩸 Chapter 39: The Bleeding Rift of Time

Location: Anomaly chamber within the Fractura, where time doesn’t move linearly — everything is frozen, looping, and fractured.Characters: Angeline Ceu vs Salek the Splintered

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🕳️ Entering the Wound in Time
Angeline dove into the pulsing Fractura high in the sky. Once inside, there was no ground beneath her—only void.
Her body stood in unmoving space, where echoes of herself repeated: running, bleeding, standing… dying.
Across from her emerged Salek, his body fractured like a Void-crystal, each movement cracking the air with the sound of breaking time.
> “We meet, Void Heir. In this space, all things repeat… except the end.”
“Then let’s create an ending,” Angeline replied, her Voidstep glowing violet-blue.



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⚔️ The Battle Begins
Salek unleashed Void Fracture Pulse — every attack detonated moments from the past, forcing Angeline to fight against past versions of herself.
Angeline activated Void Law: Echo Sever — slashing away future possibilities, preventing Salek from repeating the same move twice.
Their combat defied time — strikes landed before intention, wounds appeared before blades were drawn.
> “You control the Void,” Salek growled, “but you haven’t embraced its emptiness.”



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🧠 Ideological Clash Amid Combat
Salek taunted:
> “The Void was never meant to save the world — only erase it. You are an heir of destruction, not hope.”


Though shaken, Angeline stood firm:
> “If everything can be destroyed, then that’s where I’ll begin — not to erase, but to rebuild.”


Her Void Law fused with purpose — not just a weapon, but a light in the dark.

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🌌 Absolute Voidstep: “Starfall Dissonance”
Angeline unveiled her newest technique — leaping across alternate versions of herself in different timelines, striking Salek from paths that had already been denied.
Her blade pierced the origin point of Salek — where his existence had first fractured.
> “I… didn’t see this… in any outcome…” Salek whispered, shattering in the echo of time.


The surrounding Fractura collapsed inward, sealing shut.

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🔚 End of Chapter
Angeline collapsed, exhausted.
Real’s voice came faintly through the fading rift.
> “Angeline… did you win?”


> “I… won… for now,” she whispered.

The skies above Aerthalia cracked open slightly with light. But all knew — this was only the first of three generals she had yet to face.