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00:02My own sister and my naga husband were wrapped around each other, laughing as my windpipe crashed.
00:08He belongs to me, Eve. Burn to ashes in this hellfire!
00:12In our past life, Sophia and I found two beastkin eggs.
00:23Yet Sophia loathed the serpent's creepy, icy scales.
00:26So she threw a fit, hijacked my phoenix, and shoved the ugly snake down my throat.
00:31But then, the heatfall came.
00:33The phoenix's fire aura cooked Sophia alive, while the serpent's eyes kept me perfectly safe.
00:38Mad with jealousy, Sophia seduced my husband at the brink of death.
00:42They slaughtered me.
00:43But now, I open my eyes.
00:45We are right back to the day the eggs hatched.
00:48Before I can even blink, Sophia rushes forward and snatches the frost serpent.
00:52The serpent is mine! You can keep that useless bird!
00:55She thinks the serpent is her golden ticket to surviving the heatfall.
00:59What the bitch doesn't know is, in our last life, he only kept his powers because I fed him my
01:04blood every single day.
01:07His fangs carried deadly neurotoxins.
01:10Every single feeding was liquid fire in my veins.
01:13It was pure torture.
01:17Since Sophia wants him so badly, I'll let her enjoy being drained alive.
01:23If that's what you want Sophia, he's yours.
01:27In my last life, Vayne only married me because the ancient covenant forced his hand.
01:32But now, he doesn't even wait for me.
01:34He grabs Sophia, and glares at me like I'm trash.
01:37Sophia wants me, Eve.
01:39I belong to her now.
01:40Get over it.
01:42Look at how he rejects me.
01:44This isn't their first meeting.
01:46They are already hooked up behind my back.
01:48Sophia and I aren't the only ones reborn.
01:51The global boiling starts soon.
01:54Sophia whispers in my ear.
01:55Get on your knees and beg me, and I might give you a few days of cool air.
01:59I almost burst out laughing.
02:01She has no idea she just signed her own death warrant.
02:04Sophia drags him away with her head high, totally blind to the pure evil in his eyes.
02:09I turn to the shivering phoenix.
02:11Ever since he cracked his shell, he's been terrified and only calms down after Sophia leaves.
02:17I didn't mean to.
02:19Please don't hit me.
02:20He looks at me, petrified.
02:21Why are you so scared?
02:23Did Sophia do something terrible to you?
02:27Don't say her name.
02:28Please never say it again.
02:30Did Sophia lose her mind in the heat last life and take it all out on him?
02:33The phoenix curls up.
02:36My god.
02:36The phoenix is reborn too.
02:40I kneel and pull him close, whispering softly.
02:44It's okay.
02:45It's all over now.
02:46I've got you.
02:47And nobody will ever hurt you again.
02:49He looks up at me.
02:50Do you really accept me?
02:51In the last life, Sophia hated my heat.
02:54She said I was nothing compared to the serpent.
02:56She ruined my body then dumped me outside like trash.
02:58Trust me.
02:59You are a hundred times better than him.
03:01That snake is the real trash.
03:03In my last life, he drained my blood every single day and then killed me with Sophia.
03:07But why?
03:07Our ancient rules say we must be loyal to the one who saved us or we'll face a terrible curse.
03:12How did he dare betray you like that?
03:14It doesn't matter anymore.
03:15Let's head to my house first.
03:17We have to start prepping for the end of the world right away.
03:19I give the phoenix a new name, Blaze.
03:22He loves it.
03:24He asks me to sit on his back, spread his eyes, and flies.
03:33In no time, he carries me right back to the farmhouse.
03:37We decide to dig a cellar.
03:39A hundred meters deep underground.
03:41Won't need any AC or cooling gear.
03:43An unexpected bonus, he hit water while digging.
03:46We land at the bottom of the cellar and I'm instantly covered in a wonderful chill.
03:50But down here, it's absolute heaven.
03:53Tomorrow, the world burns.
03:55Sophia?
03:57Let's see who makes it out alive this time.
04:00Waking up the next morning, I feel the cellar warming up that it's no longer freezing underground.
04:05Now, it's just a perfect, comfortable temperature.
04:09Finally, no more firepower.
04:11Blaze stretches near the bed, exhausted.
04:14The blood drain to stop the heat day and night was too much.
04:17I am totally spent.
04:18Heartbroken and guilty, I sit right up.
04:21Your power drains your own blood?
04:22Yeah, but you would have chosen to freeze just to save me.
04:27I won't let you hold back for my sake.
04:29Blaze pinches my cheek, smiling like it's nothing.
04:32Looking at Blaze, so gentle and selfless, my heart breaks and swells at the same time.
04:37In my past life, Vayne couldn't take the heat, so he drained my blood daily to power his ice skills.
04:42He didn't give a damn about my life.
04:44The thought makes me wonder-
04:45How are Veen and Sophia doing anyway?
04:48Too bad I can't watch it in person.
04:50Blaze grins, summoning a mirror from his flames.
04:54Eve, wanna watch their live show?
04:59Blaze breathes a thin stream of phoenix fire across the mirror.
05:02The surface ripples instantly.
05:05A moment later, Sophia and Vayne's skyline residence appears inside the glass.
05:09Sweaty and annoyed, Sophia is dragging on Vayne and bitching nonstop.
05:14Doesn't look noble at all.
05:15It's so damn hot!
05:17What are you waiting for?
05:18Use your ice powers already!
05:21You wanted this.
05:23Don't cry when it hurts.
05:25Just do it already!
05:27I'm melting here!
05:29I won't regret it!
05:30The second the words leave her mouth, Vayne moves.
05:33His icy fangs sink deep into her arm.
05:36Sophia lets out a scream so sharp it barely sounds human.
05:39Her entire body locks up instantly.
05:41I can't keep watching.
05:43I flip the mirror face down onto the table.
05:46But the moment I turn around, I meet Blaze's eyes.
05:49Complicated.
05:50Full of pity.
05:51He holds me close, wrapping his huge wings around me.
05:54His voice breaks for me.
05:56Eve, did that bastard put you through the same hell last time?
05:59Feeling his gentle care, my nose burns.
06:02Two lifetimes of pain rush over me, and tears stream down my face.
06:05But before I can answer, Sophia's furious voice suddenly bursts from the mirror.
06:10Why me?
06:11Bring that bitch Eve here and make her your blood bag!
06:16The second I hear Sophia volunteering me as their blood supply, I immediately flip the mirror back over.
06:21Inside the reflection, Vayne slowly licks the blood from Sophia's arm, then brushes his tongue across her cheek.
06:27His expression is almost amused.
06:30You're an excellent blood source.
06:31Honestly, you taste much better than your sister.
06:34Sophia is still trembling from the pain.
06:36What are you crying for?
06:37Without me, would you even survive the heatfall?
06:40As for your sister, she's probably roasting alive by now.
06:43I roll my eyes so hard it almost hurts.
06:46You're right, I can't let her come here and enjoy this.
06:48I want her to die out there.
06:49I want her trapped under that sun until she completely breaks.
06:51I want her crawling back to me, begging me to save her.
06:54See?
06:54You're way more interesting than Eve.
06:56I definitely chose the right woman.
06:58Call her.
06:59I want to see how pathetic those two losers look right now.
07:01A few seconds later, my phone rings.
07:03I answer immediately.
07:05Eve, the heat outside is unbearable right now.
07:07Are you already struggling to breathe?
07:09If you beg me nicely, maybe I'll save you.
07:11I chuckle under my breath.
07:13My voice stays completely calm.
07:15That instantly irritates her.
07:16Oh, stop pretending, she snaps.
07:18You're dying from jealousy right now, aren't you?
07:20Too bad.
07:21Even if you beg now, I still won't save you.
07:23You and that useless fire roll can burn to death together.
07:26Sorry to disappoint you, Sophia.
07:27I'm actually doing pretty great.
07:29But you, how's Veen's feeding going for you so far?
07:34You're so delirious from the heat, it's embarrassing.
07:36Making up nonsense because you're jealous of me?
07:39Sophia, do you really think you're the only one who came back?
07:44You think I don't know what Venn does to the person bonded to him?
07:48Honestly, thanks for handing Blaze over to me.
07:50He's gentle.
07:52He protects me.
07:53He's a thousand times better than your cold-blooded snake.
08:00She remembers too.
08:02Eve knows exactly what's happening to me.
08:05She has to be laughing at me behind my back.
08:08Hmph.
08:09So what if she knows?
08:10I'm still the one keeping you alive.
08:12And her Phoenix?
08:13He's useless.
08:14She's obviously jealous.
08:16Right.
08:16Right, she has to be jealous.
08:17She's probably burning alive right now.
08:20Let's see how long she can keep pretending.
08:24That's my smart girl.
08:26What does Eve even have to feel proud about?
08:29You just focus on eating well and staying healthy for me.
08:32In a few more days, the heat will break her completely.
08:35And then Eve will come crawling back to you herself.
08:39Sophia falls for it immediately.
08:41Within seconds, she's smug again.
08:43I stare coldly at their reflection in the mirror.
08:46Sophia, enjoy laughing while you still can.
08:49You still don't understand what Vayne really wants from you.
08:52He doesn't just want your blood.
08:55He wants someone just as rotten as he is.
08:58That's what feeds his power.
08:59And your twisted little soul, to him that's the perfect meal.
09:02After that, life inside the underground shelter becomes strangely peaceful.
09:06Blaze and I settle into a quiet rhythm underground.
09:08Food.
09:09Water.
09:09Safety.
09:10Warmth.
09:11For the first time across two lifetimes, I finally feel like I'm living instead of merely surviving.
09:16Sophia still calls occasionally.
09:18Every single time, she tries showing off her perfect life with Vayne.
09:21At first, I play along just to kill time.
09:25Eventually, I get tired of it.
09:27So one day, I answer her call on video and casually show her the entire underground shelter.
09:32The cool stone walls.
09:33The underground water supply.
09:35The comfortable living space.
09:37Sophia's face twists instantly.
09:39After that, she never calls me first again.
09:41I thought things would stay peaceful.
09:43I was wrong.
09:44The next disaster was already on its way.
09:48Late one night, warm drops of water suddenly hit my face.
09:51I wake up instantly.
09:53Beside me, Blaze bolts upright too.
09:55We both turn toward the entrance of the root cellar.
09:58Rainwater is leaking through the sealed door above us.
10:01The water feels strangely warm against my skin.
10:03At first, neither of us thinks much of it.
10:06Just a leak.
10:07But the rain never stops.
10:09Day after day, water keeps pouring down from the surface.
10:12Soon, a thin layer of water covers the cellar floor.
10:15Higher, the situation turns dangerous fast.
10:18Blaze insists on scouting the surface alone while keeping me underground.
10:21When he finally returns hours later, his face is pale and tense.
10:27The city's flooding.
10:29Most of the streets are already underwater.
10:31My heart sinks.
10:32The glaciers must have melted.
10:33All that water's pouring into the cities now.
10:35He glances grimly at the cellar walls.
10:38And the floodwaters are still rising.
10:40Even with the shelter sealed, the pressure outside keeps forcing water through the cracks.
10:44At this rate, the entire underground shelter will be underwater within days.
10:48I force myself to stay calm.
10:50We leave immediately.
10:51We need to find higher ground.
10:53I know.
10:54But the surface heat is unbearable.
10:56If we go up there, you'll burn alive.
10:59It's my fault.
11:00I can only use fire abilities.
11:02Pain flashes across his face.
11:04If you'd chosen Ven instead-
11:05Don't ever say that again!
11:08If I'd chosen Ven, I would have died a long time ago.
11:11Blaze falls silent.
11:12No, we're not dying here.
11:14We're not waiting for fate to decide everything.
11:18I've got a plan.
11:21Take me to Mount Kronos.
11:23The summit?
11:25It's the highest mountain in the world.
11:28The floodwaters will never reach that altitude.
11:31And normally, the summit temperature stays below freezing.
11:36But now that the thermal cataclystum is heating the planet, the temperature up there should balance out perfectly.
11:42Understanding flashes across Blaze's face instantly.
11:45Eve, that's genius.
11:47We should leave right now.
11:49But the excitement fades almost immediately.
11:51Because another problem hits me.
11:53The journey is too long.
11:55We'd have to fly beneath that burning sun the entire way there.
11:58There's a real chance we'd be roasted alive before ever reaching Mount Kronos.
12:01Silence settles between us.
12:03I'll call Sofia.
12:05No.
12:05Don't trust her.
12:08Sofia abused me in our last life.
12:10And she helped Veen kill you.
12:11People like that don't change.
12:15Trust me this once.
12:16I know what I'm doing.
12:17Then I make the call.
12:19Sofia answers almost immediately.
12:21What?
12:21Finally burning alive over there?
12:23Her voice is smug as ever.
12:24You've seen the non-stop rain lately, right?
12:27So?
12:27I almost laugh at how short-sighted she is.
12:30But I force myself to stay calm.
12:32At this rate, swallow the entire city.
12:34Drown long before the heat kills you.
12:36Silence.
12:38So let's work together.
12:39Blaze can fly all of us to Mount Kronos.
12:42The summit is high enough to avoid the flooding.
12:45So?
12:46What do you think?
12:50Eve, are you insane?
12:51Has the heat melt your brain or something?
12:53I'm on the 22nd floor of Skyline residence.
12:56You're stuck in that run-down farm outside the city.
12:58If anyone's gonna drown first, it's you.
13:01Oh, I get it now.
13:02You're roasting alive and too proud to beg me for help,
13:04so you made up this whole story to scare me.
13:07You don't believe me?
13:08Fine.
13:10I was trying to help both of us survive.
13:14But forget it.
13:16Then I hang up.
13:17Blaze notices my expression immediately.
13:19Let her die if she wants to.
13:20She's not worth worrying about.
13:22In our last life, I actually hatched for you.
13:24But Sophia stole me before you could form the bond.
13:28She pretended to be my bond-maid.
13:31And because of the covenant, I spent all that time trying to repay a debt I never owed her.
13:36You knew it was me?
13:38Even inside the egg?
13:40I recognized your voice.
13:45I heard you singing outside the shell all the time.
13:48I memorized it before I was even born.
13:51You heard it?
13:52The second Sophia sang to me, I knew she was lying.
13:57Then why didn't you expose her?
13:59I was planning to deal with Venn first.
14:02I wanted to get rid of him quietly then come back to you afterward.
14:06But then the heatfall started.
14:08The biggest mistake of my life was believing a monster like Vien could ever protect you.
14:15In our last life, I should have burned both of them to ash the moment I had the chance.
14:21But the heat is still here, Blaze.
14:23If I die, fine.
14:25But you have to survive.
14:27You went to Sophia for my sake?
14:30Eve, you have no idea what that means to me.
14:36We don't need them.
14:47I climbed onto Blaze's back, only to feel the howling gale, the spinning whirl, and the churning nausea in my
14:52stomach.
14:53I thought it was the scorching sun and high temperature along the way that caused heat stroke, so I closed
14:58my eyes and quietly awaited death.
14:59But only a few moments later, Blaze's voice sounds beside my ear.
15:04Eve, open your eyes.
15:06We're here.
15:07I slowly open my eyes.
15:09And freeze.
15:10We're standing on the summit of Mount Kronos.
15:13Cold wind brushes across my face.
15:15We're already here?
15:17How is that even possible?
15:19It's part of the Phoenix bloodline.
15:21Extreme flight speed.
15:22That distance wasn't far at all.
15:24Before I can respond, my phone suddenly rings.
15:28Sophia.
15:29Again.
15:30I answer immediately.
15:32Eve, you mentioned cooperating before.
15:34I thought about it carefully, and since we're sisters, I've decided I can help you after all.
15:39But you need to kneel first.
15:41Right now.
15:42And beg me properly.
15:43At this point, I genuinely want to see how miserable her situation has become.
15:47So I open the mirror.
15:49The image flickers into focus instantly.
15:52Flood water is already crashing against the balcony outside Skyline residence.
15:56They're on the 22nd floor, and the water is still rising.
16:02So that's why she called that she's about to drown, and she's still acting like she's doing me a favor.
16:07Well?
16:08Say something!
16:09I'm helping you because we're family! Stop being so stubborn!
16:12Oh really?
16:13Then should I thank you now or later?
16:15Obviously you should thank me!
16:17I'm saving your life!
16:19Yeah.
16:19That's not happening.
16:20Then I hang up point three seconds later.
16:23The phone rings again, and I stare at the screen for a moment.
16:25I won't let you hold back for us.
16:26Genuinely considering blocking her.
16:28But curiosity wins in the end.
16:30I want to know what excuse she'll come up with next.
16:33So I answer.
16:34Fine!
16:35Since you're my sister, I'll be generous one last time!
16:37No kneeling!
16:38Just tell me where you are right now!
16:40You'll bring me and Ben to Mount Kronos immediately!
16:43Oh, Sophia.
16:45I don't need your serpent anymore.
16:48That does it.
16:49Sophia completely loses it.
16:52She's screaming through the phone now.
16:54Pure hysteria.
16:55Stop bluffing you pathetic liar!
16:57Your dump of a farm is on the other side of the world from Kronos!
17:01You won't even make it out of the country before the heat cooks you into jerky!
17:04Quit running your mouth and drag your ass over here to me and Ben!
17:07I shake my head.
17:09Then I flip the camera around.
17:11Let her see the peaks.
17:12The sky.
17:14The truth.
17:15Open your eyes real wide, Sophia.
17:17Sophia.
17:17Tell me.
17:18Where am I standing right now?
17:21Please.
17:22That's some cheap backdrop.
17:24Like you could possibly.
17:26I'm on Mount Kronos.
17:28The breeze is lovely up here, by the way.
17:30Her face on that screen.
17:32It drains.
17:33No.
17:34That's impossible.
17:36It's not possible.
17:38Without Veen's frost shielding you, you'd be dead!
17:40Mummified before you got halfway there!
17:42I smile.
17:44Soft.
17:44Sweet.
17:45I glance over at Blaze, who's holding his chin high like the king he is.
17:49Oh!
17:50I forgot to mention.
17:51Blaze's speed?
17:52It's beyond anything your tiny mind can imagine.
17:55And honestly, I should thank you for your little theft.
17:58You handed me the most perfect Ember Phoenix and just walked away.
18:02I hang up.
18:03Done.
18:03Through the mirror.
18:05I watch the water.
18:06It's seeping in now.
18:08Past her ankles.
18:09All her designer bags floating like garbage in a gutter.
18:12And when she hears me say it, you handed him to me, something inside her snaps.
18:16She screams.
18:18Grabs a vase.
18:19Hurls it straight through her TV screen.
18:22Glass explodes everywhere.
18:23Everything on her table hits the floor in one violent speech.
18:27She's gone.
18:28Completely unhinged.
18:30Her eyes land on Veen.
18:32And she does to him exactly what she used to do to Blaze.
18:35She lunges.
18:36Kicks his armored scales.
18:38Pounds him with her fists.
18:39Then she winds up and slaps him.
18:41Hard.
18:42Right across the face while he's not looking.
18:45You useless worm!
18:46This is all your fault!
18:48If you weren't such worthless garbage, I wouldn't be losing to that bitch Eve!
18:54Blaze goes rigid beside me.
18:57His hand tightens on my shoulder.
18:59He doesn't even realize he's doing it.
19:01She did that to you.
19:04Before.
19:05That's how she treated you.
19:07She did much worse.
19:09She hated my heat.
19:11She'd hurt me.
19:12Bleed me.
19:13And locked me in a dark basement for days just to force me to cool down.
19:17Tears ran down my face.
19:19Blaze, we don't have to see this.
19:21No.
19:22I'm watching.
19:23I have to see.
19:25Will he submit to her like I did?
19:27Or will he destroy her?
19:29I know Vayne.
19:30That creature is venom to his core.
19:32Pure selfishness.
19:34In my last life, I poured everything into him.
19:37And he still wrapped his quails around me and squeezed the life out of my body the second it served
19:41him.
19:41Now Sophia smashes him right into the dirt and laid hands on him.
19:45She's begging for death.
19:46And right on cue, everything flips.
19:49Vayne's frozen face flushes crimson where she struck him.
19:52His massive serpent bothering butts.
19:54His tail, cold as iron, slams her against the back of the sofa and pins her there like a butterfly
20:00on a board.
20:01Then he hits her.
20:02Sophia's face swells like a melon in seconds.
20:05Blood and tears smear into a mask of ruin.
20:10She heaves, gags, and spits.
20:13Two broken teeth land in a full of pink saliva.
20:15Sophia.
20:17You worthless little toy.
20:19Have you grown tired of living?
20:21You dare raise your hand to me while you leech off my power?
20:27She's bloody, broken, but the fear in her eyes?
20:30It twists.
20:31You think you're so great, VN?
20:33The only reason I let you drink my blood?
20:35The only reason I put up with your disgusting mouth on me was your frost!
20:40But look around!
20:41The flood's about to swallow me whole.
20:44What good is a blood-sucking leech if I'm just gonna drown?
20:47I should've picked Eve's ugly phoenix when I had the chance!
20:50Oh?
20:51But you did choose that worthless phoenix, didn't you?
20:56In the last life.
20:58Did that save you?
20:59Sophia's mouth opens.
21:01Nothing comes out.
21:03Struck dumb.
21:04Gutted in four words.
21:05But you've reminded me of something useful, Sophia.
21:08Staying in this sinking coffin is rather pointless.
21:10Freezing the water beneath us into a path that's well within my abilities.
21:14I could simply walk out.
21:15You can get us out of here?
21:17Then do it!
21:18We'll go to Mount Kronos!
21:19We'll find that bitch Eve and I'll slap those smear teeth right out of her mouth!
21:22Vane's tongue flicks the air.
21:24The cruelty in his eyes blooms into something magnificent.
21:27Something final.
21:28You really are forgetful, aren't you Sophia?
21:31And so terribly fickle.
21:33I said I have the means to leave.
21:35But-
21:36But what?
21:37Spit it out!
21:38But I don't recall ever saying I'd be taking you with me.
21:41His jaws unhinge.
21:43A cavern of fangs.
21:45And he lunges.
21:48The second Vane finishes speaking, eerie blue light erupts across his entire body.
21:53But this time, he doesn't bite Sophia's arm dot or her leg dot or anywhere meant to keep her alive.
21:58Instead, his massive serpent body coils around her like a crushing nightmare.
22:02And he sinks his fangs straight into her throat.
22:05Sophia's eyes fly wide in pure terror.
22:07She shoves desperately at his giant head.
22:10Vane, what are you doing?
22:12Think!
22:13If I die, there's no one left to feed you blood!
22:15You'll drown in the blood too!
22:17Vane lets out a low, cruel hiss.
22:19That's the old method, my foolish girl.
22:22I don't need your blood anymore.
22:24What I want now, is your soul.
22:27Once I devour that, I can use my abilities forever.
22:31So give me everything.
22:33No!
22:35Help me! Eve, save me!
22:37Her body twists violently.
22:40Impossible angles.
22:41As if something invisible is tearing her apart from the inside.
22:45And in a way, it is.
22:46I know exactly what's happening.
22:48She's fully conscious while her soul gets ripped out and devoured alive.
22:52The screaming goes on.
22:53A long time.
22:55Then finally, after nearly half an hour, silence.
22:58Sophia's body floats motionless in the flood water.
23:01I already know she's dead, but before Vane can even taste his victory.
23:05Something goes wrong.
23:08The massive blue serpent formed from Vane's soul-devouring power suddenly begins to shake violently.
23:14Then the convulsions become uncontrollable.
23:16A horrific scream tears out of him.
23:18His enormous body thrashes through the flood water while his tail quills tightly around itself,
23:22like he's trying to stop himself from splitting apart.
23:25I stare at the mirror in confusion.
23:27I turn toward Blaze.
23:29What's happening to him?
23:31Didn't he successfully devour Sophia's soul?
23:33Blaze gently pats my head.
23:36Eve, remember the ancient covenant I told you about?
23:39I pause. The law about absolute loyalty?
23:42When you asked why I endured Sophia's abuse.
23:44No matter how cruel their savior becomes, betrayal is forbidden.
23:48And if a beeskin deliberately betrays, murders, or devours the soul of the person they're bonded to,
23:52the backlash from the ancient covenant is catastrophic.
23:55Blaze nods slowly.
23:57His voice grows colder.
23:59A bitter smile crosses his lips.
24:01His eyes shift back toward the mirror.
24:04Understanding hits me instantly.
24:06So that's what this is.
24:07Inside the mirror, Vane is now writhing exactly the way Sophia did before she died.
24:12Convulsing.
24:13Screaming.
24:14Twisting violently through the freezing floodwater.
24:17Cracks begin spreading across his scales.
24:19The eerie blue glow inside his body flickers weaker and weaker.
24:23Dimmer.
24:24Darker.
24:25Until almost nothing remains.
24:28At last, the thermal cataclysm finally begins to fade.
24:32The endless floodwaters slowly retreat, revealing the ruins of the old world beneath layers of mud and destruction.
24:37The skyscrapers are gone.
24:39Entire cities have collapsed into wastelands.
24:42Human civilization has almost vanished from the surface of the planet.
24:46Eventually, Blaze and I settle in a fertile highland untouched by the worst of the disaster.
24:51Together, we build a new farm from nothing, a new home.
24:55Life becomes simple, quiet, peaceful in a way I never thought possible after surviving two lifetimes of catastrophe.
25:01One evening, beneath a crimson sunset, Blaze suddenly kneels beside me in the grass.
25:06Eve.
25:08I don't want to be just a contract beast anymore.
25:11I want to be your husband.
25:12That night, we completely intertwine, body and soul.
25:16His burning skin, his rhythm, everything is a first for me.
25:20We hold onto each other until dawn breaks.
25:22But far beneath the flooded ruins of the old city, something suddenly moves underwater.
25:27Sophia's corpse lies motionless at the bottom of the freezing ruins.
25:31Then her body twitches violently.
25:32A second later, her eyes snap open.
25:36They are no longer human.
25:38Blood-red serpent pupils gleam through the darkness, burning with terrifying hatred.
25:45Rebuilding the world after the fall means starting from nothing.
25:48No factories.
25:49No supply chains.
25:51No civilization left to depend on.
25:53Everything has to be scavenged by hand.
25:56To make weapons, tools, and even basic supplies.
26:00Blaze and I regularly travel to the outer edges of the ruins searching for salvageable metal and materials.
26:05And one day, on our way home, we run into trouble.
26:09A wandering survivor gang suddenly surrounds us near a collapsed highway.
26:13The moment I see them, my stomach drops.
26:16These aren't ordinary survivors.
26:18They're the kind of people the apocalypse created.
26:21Violent.
26:22Desperate.
26:23Stripped of every last piece of humanity.
26:26Rusty spears and iron pipes point at us from every direction.
26:29Drop the supplies.
26:31Or we kill you both.
26:32Beside me, Blaze's expression darkens instantly.
26:36The air around him slowly begins heating up.
26:38I know that look.
26:40One snap of his fingers.
26:41And every person here would burn to ash.
26:44I immediately grab his arm.
26:46Don't use your powers.
26:49Blaze grits his teeth hard.
26:51Then he forces himself to fight without using his fire.
26:54The situation turns chaotic instantly.
26:57Punches.
26:58Steel pipes.
26:59Knives flashing through the darkness.
27:01Blaze holds most of them back for sure strength alone.
27:04But there are too many attackers.
27:06Suddenly, several raiders slip around behind us and rush straight toward me.
27:10Everything happens too fast.
27:12Before I can react, Blaze throws himself in front of me.
27:16A knife drives deep into his back.
27:18He lets out a muffle groan as blood immediately soaks through his shirt.
27:21My entire body goes cold.
27:24And just as things begin turning hopeless.
27:26A sharp whistle suddenly cuts through the night from the nearby forest.
27:30Several arrows shoot from the darkness with deadly precision.
27:33Straight through the attacker's wrists.
27:35A rough voice roars through the trees.
27:37Back off.
27:39You're not causing trouble on our territory.
27:40You're not causing trouble on our territory.
27:42You're not causing trouble on our territory.
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