Return of Tower's Phantom-Chapter 41 – Veyon’s Gambit

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Location: Tower Floor ??? – The Mirror Trial

When Rael opened his eyes, everything felt... wrong.

The tower was gone.

Instead, he stood in a familiar place—a sunlit clearing with cherry blossoms drifting in the wind. The air smelled of spring. Peaceful. Warm.

Too warm.

He recognized this place.

"...The day before it all went to hell," he muttered.

Selene was gone.

His armor, gone.

He was wearing the old team uniform—the same one from when they were still hunters, not traitors. Not broken.

"Welcome back," a voice called cheerfully.

Rael turned—and saw himself.

But younger. Smiling. Hopeful.

Clone-Rael.

> "You're not supposed to be here yet," Clone-Rael said, tilting his head. "We haven't betrayed you... not yet."

Rael clenched his fists. "This is a memory. A simulation."

"Is it?" Clone-Rael smiled. "Or is it a second chance?"

The trees shimmered—and the rest of the team appeared.

Lyra. Veyon. Kael. Mira.

All alive. All just as they were... before the blood, before the tower consumed them.

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Trial Objective: Relive the Day of Betrayal

> But this time, you are the betrayer. Choose who dies. Only one may survive.

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Rael stepped back.

"No."

The system pinged again.

> [Warning: Trial Initiated – Refusal will result in spiritual fracture.]

Clone-Rael's eyes darkened. "Come on. You always wondered... what if you had struck first?"

Veyon approached, calm and charismatic. "Rael. We can change the future here. Join me, and we can control the tower."

Mira looked at him with hope. "You were our leader."

Kael laughed. "Let's stop pretending any of this is real."

Then Lyra stepped forward, eyes full of warmth. "What will you do, Rael?"

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He drew his sword.

Everyone froze.

"I'll show you," he whispered, "what regret feels like."

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System Update: Divergence Achieved – Custom Trial Path Activated

> [Title Evolved: Betrayer of Fate → Towerbreaker] [Skill Gained: Mirage Cleave – Rewrites reality in isolated time-space]

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Rael struck—not at the team, but at the sky.

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The illusion cracked.

He shattered the trial with sheer will.

Reality bent, and a voice screamed in fury.

Veyon.

> "You think breaking rules makes you free?"

Rael stood in the ruins of the simulation, bleeding, panting, but standing tall.

"No," he said. "But it means I write my own ending."

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