VOIDBLADE: THE LAST SWORD OF THE END

Voidblade Ascendant — Level 21

Class: Void Swordsman (Evolving)

Title: Blade in the Dark

Stats:

Attack: 4900

Defense: 1800

Health: 18,750

Mana: 10,500

Stamina: 9250

Luck: 7

Reputation: Whispers in the Dark (Rising)

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Equipped Gear:

[Warden's Hollowblade] (Epic — Voidbound)

Attack: +1200

Effect: Void Resonance — Increases Void-based skill damage by 20%.

Effect: Hollow's Hunger — Each successful strike has a 10% chance to drain 5% of the enemy's remaining health.

[Abyss-Touched Core] (Artifact)

Effect: Corruption's Embrace — Enhances all Void abilities. Boosts Presence of the Abyss effectiveness and reduces cooldowns by 25%.

Effect: Shadowlink — You can hear whispers from the abyss, gaining insight into unseen threats and hidden truths.

Effect: Void Awakening (Sealed) — The core's true power remains locked… for now.

[Reclaimer's Shroud] (Rare — Voidwoven)

Defense: +700

Effect: Eclipsing Presence — Increases stealth and reduces enemy detection radius by 30%.

Effect: Abyssal Fortitude — Grants 15% resistance to dark and void damage.

[Grasp of the Abyss] (Rare — Voidforged Gauntlets)

Attack: +400

Defense: +200

Effect: Entropy Surge — Critical hits increase Sword Entropy damage for 10 seconds, stacking up to 5 times.

[Stalker's Greaves] (Rare — Shadow-Infused)

Defense: +300

Stamina: +1000

Effect: Silent Step — Increases movement speed by 15% and reduces sound made by 50%.

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Current Void Abilities:

Void Step (S Rank) — Movement technique with limited mastery, not yet harnessing its full power.

Void Piercer (A Rank) — A precise and deadly thrust that distorts space.

Abyssal Sword Skills (A Rank) — A foundation of powerful techniques drawing from the Void's destructive nature.

Abyssal Insight (SS Rank) — Heightened perception of reality and nothingness, allowing the user to predict and react with terrifying accuracy.

Sword Entropy (A Rank) — A technique that accelerates decay and destabilization with every strike.

Voidborn Will (SS Rank) — Indomitable willpower, granting resistance to mental and spiritual attacks and strengthening Void techniques.

Presence of the Abyss (S Rank) — An aura of overwhelming dread and stillness, weakening enemies and influencing the environment.

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New Perks:

Whispers of the Abyss: The void watches you. Sometimes it speaks. You gain occasional visions and insights — but at what cost?

Blade in the Dark: Your reputation grows in the forbidden world. Those who know fear your name.

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The Voidblade Ascendant is no longer just a rising power — he's a force on the edge of awakening. And the abyss is waiting.

: When the Abyss Stares Back

The monolith shattered.

The sound was wrong — not stone breaking, but something deeper. A tearing, a rupture, as if reality itself had cracked. The darkness that spilled out wasn't just shadow — it was absence.

And it was alive.

The cavern shook. The air grew heavy, thick with the weight of something ancient and hungry. I stood still, sword in hand, as the whispers became a chorus — no longer distant, no longer abstract.

"We see you."

A shape rose from the broken monolith. No… not a shape. A presence. It had no face, no form — just a mass of shifting void, tendrils of nothingness curling through the air. My vision warped around it, the edges of the world bleeding away.

[??? — ???]

HP: ???

Attack: ???

Defense: ???

Of course. No stats. No level. Whatever this was, the system couldn't quantify it. Or wouldn't.

I smiled. "About time."

The thing lunged.

Void Step.

I vanished — or I should have. But the void moved with me. A tendril lashed out, and I felt it graze my side. The pain was instant and absolute — like my very existence had been burned away.

HP: 18,750 → 14,500

I hit the ground, rolling, and came up just in time to see the void ripple. It was fast — faster than anything I'd fought. Faster than me.

But not faster than the Void.

Abyssal Insight flared. The world slowed, lines of inevitability spreading from the creature's form. It struck — and I was already moving. The Hollowblade slashed through the air, and—

Nothing.

The blade passed through empty space. The thing twisted, flowing like liquid shadow, and struck again.

Presence of the Abyss.

The cavern shuddered. The void hesitated — just for an instant — and that was all I needed.

Void Piercer.

The thrust tore through the air itself, and this time the blade found something. The void shrieked — a sound that wasn't sound, that pressed against my mind like a thousand claws. The cavern cracked.

HP: ??? → ???

No numbers. But it had felt that. Good.

I didn't wait.

Sword Entropy.

The Hollowblade blurred — strike after strike, each one unraveling the world around it. The void twisted, lashing out, but I was faster. Cuts appeared across its form — if it could even be called that — and the air grew colder with every hit.

The whispers changed.

"You cannot win."

"That's what they all say."

The void erupted. Tendrils lashed in every direction — not attacking, but tearing. The walls split. The ground cracked. Reality itself began to break.

And then the world… shifted.

I stumbled. The cavern was gone — replaced by endless blackness. A void without end, without light. The only sound was the beating of my heart.

No. Not my heart.

The Corrupted Heart Shard pulsed in my inventory — in time with the thing in front of me.

"You are ours."

I laughed. "You've got it backward."

The darkness surged.

Abyssal Sword Skill: Void Rend.

The air screamed as the blade fell — a single, perfect arc that split the void itself. The creature shrieked, and the world shattered again.

The cavern returned.

The void staggered — if it could stagger — and I pressed the advantage. The Hollowblade sang, and the whispers turned to screams.

"IMPOSSIBLE."

Void Piercer.

The thrust struck true — and the void began to break.

"NO."

Sword Entropy.

The cracks spread, light bleeding through the darkness.

"STOP."

I didn't.

Presence of the Abyss crashed down — and the void… collapsed.

The cavern fell silent. The air grew still. And the whispers… were gone.

The Corrupted Heart Shard pulsed one last time — and went still.

[You have defeated ???]

[You have leveled up: Level 21 → Level 25]

[New Title Earned: Harbinger of the Void]

The silence didn't last.

A new sound echoed through the ruins — faint and distant, but growing closer. Footsteps.

I turned toward the entrance, Hollowblade still in hand. And when the figure stepped into the light, I smiled.

"About time you showed up."