The Quiet Emblem

Chapter 13 : The collapse

Darkness swallowed the academy.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZOyWdqmCv

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSjomDTP2YA

Completely.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡumCnnEfRzn

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5g2WlI6NdA

No lights.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHVhN7Rc6T

No colors.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHt5rJ44vlq

No system.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAns9vEPQhZ

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYXBUl05tEk

Only screams.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe4OWM8w2mt

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡea37JDgMar

Students ran blindly through collapsing halls.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85PjHdNLIy

Walls cracked apart.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLiJNC22KZ

Ceilings trembled overhead.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJyAiU9SIl6

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT87He6jODv

Panic spread faster than fire.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6V70tqZzG8

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9WgOsONt7

And at the center of it all—

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA7AR9JAohP

Caelum stood unmoving.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡokiToOT0eS

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNgWsSSMQ5t

The shadows around him twisted violently.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE1cp7Rs9kw

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm12NHwzbS6

Alive.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbR7OFTZMtB

Hungry.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLev3ZU2ys

Endless.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ySf3eFgcO

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWb1lsvnvM

“You still don’t understand,” he said quietly.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxjkBapgiau

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwfaJE9gFGe

His voice echoed unnaturally through the darkness.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCLYXF0tgM0

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCLUyxXhzw2

“They built this world from fear.”

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQ2s0Kmbi1

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12Z9TaI0Wk

The shadows surged outward.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcjWTNSikKX

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGa7LbL7B0

Classroom doors exploded open.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIyUqRCf55E

Windows shattered across the academy.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgHJeBbB4e

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLLYcbqJSi

Liyana struggled to stay standing.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWtCq7AOQek

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCO1MlulEs1

The pressure kept increasing.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklmVwFz3Lg

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwiQ5jZqte

It felt like reality itself was breaking apart.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Ho5UMCJM3

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCbGY9nQVF

“Caelum, stop!” she shouted.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEdBX7WmHxN

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJW9u12lvnl

He looked at her slowly.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwEAWSI60R

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhUilUPVFK

And for a brief second—

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVcxs07KNH

something human returned to his eyes.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonxnj8VbVP

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCGBdDLDT0

Pain.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGqYcqjs6S

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvlPLjQVuRn

“You think they deserve saving?” he asked softly.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIRvgnryqtj

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGvp7lBfS6

Images flashed through the darkness.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtaheOHQump

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHm5nOBBMxO

Students being tested.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKY7ja3U3z

Children crying.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHb8vH0GAtA

Rooms hidden beneath the academy.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6SNNZ87upn

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVM3I35mbUt

Experiments.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ZOw3QuNIG

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZa2lWbo003

Failures.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2rVDdHIyo

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jwU5KDBRR

Erased lives.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1InGXYtzNx

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQz8oaPH7M

Liyana’s chest tightened painfully.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBjCUzpBPM

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQgTwP5o0A

The academy had destroyed countless people.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wjHx9gjxm

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIILgHfp9SH

And buried the truth beneath rules and colors.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAkTdh02GU

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSz6NRuMpf

But before she could speak—

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTG91Yuapw

another alarm echoed.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYyaRK5O4Dk

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKWJorSIZs

Different this time.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjKMwhvPPi

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3tbmvZLjO

“EMERGENCY PURGE ACTIVATED.”

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxcwq3okps4

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9DTCoB7iE

Kael’s face changed instantly.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡplARJxq7mw

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwL9xugU16F

“No…” he whispered.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ94XuL1Bpy1

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAvHXceiIX

Liyana turned toward him.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡimUp520AHA

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVeQI3AHocE

“What does that mean?”

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrkkTuBYRNt

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6rgPTtCKok

His silence answered first.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTNsxkWvGq

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaB7yPxGYpa

Then—

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3E8tryTwq

“The academy is preparing to destroy itself.”

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK870HLxRCk

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcDzA57WgG

Her heart stopped.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJznO187Mt

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkl4uu172TD

“What?”

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnArSGDS9b1

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ppxKxtWNS

“If the system completely loses control,” Kael said quickly, “it wipes everything connected to it.”

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nRnx9cIlg

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdSeRXMUkdT

A pause.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHm4KXwure0

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVkEitT57w

“The building.”

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwGt3jrmIz

“The records.”

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KYUuSqUUw

“The students.”

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPgJB3OiIi

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUFQezwEZCH

Liyana felt cold all over.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGMaHGu6iC

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡStYMPRxaO4

“They’re going to kill everyone…”

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbpL3UQZDFo

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtujIqn6ai8

The academy trembled violently again.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ubkOhvQud

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIm5mOSSRf6

Huge cracks split across the floor beneath them.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkEj5Ib6m88

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpeWctfddDo

Outside—

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKkIZyKqPyP

students screamed as entire sections collapsed.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6bVzRgOmi

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRcgRyNc2kC

Caelum stared upward silently.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSPNGR1zaU

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3PuQazpyG

Then laughed softly.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBWaNoGMMO

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9J1Jav9Kg

“Even now…” he murmured.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡof63Cf1Tuu

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQbr3WTIkw

“They choose control over people.”

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRyalzXBje5

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLuIo6A0ajA

The shadows around him became enormous.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1cYMK3rA1f

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqQ4Taemcx

Stretching across the walls like living storms.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyadHVKeuAG

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3wzjpvDdMU

Kael stepped toward Liyana urgently.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28gV4akSg4

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QzurGQLp1

“We have to shut the core down NOW.”

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5CAyk9d1g

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFoq9N3LttM

“How?!” she shouted.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoqLGXoa3Y7

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6r7bDUFJ9o

Kael hesitated.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvUg8m1Rco2

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJTRsTMby2

Because the answer was terrible.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNSuSWe5Sb

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76QgFCHRnf

“You’re connected to it,” he admitted.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvaAEQdHMwK

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6VDCIQSpq

Liyana froze.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgeIhoN3u6g

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYlpBC9dOef

“And?”

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxxTKR3tvM

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3nJZN7Buc

Kael looked directly into her eyes.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYe7iGT4xQm

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwiG3rSu6X

“If you destroy the core…”

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWICfB5ULI

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtH8GB9LxHu

A pause.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6udidhsbk

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9lwkUeh2ly

“You might disappear with it.”

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhML6lY3z3E

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmzcrjcPtp

Silence crashed between them.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSfaWzgOa2

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡth2ctebWQq

The academy groaned loudly around them.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFMAhAuFf0K

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9e6Xn5OR7i

Everything was falling apart.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8AwlhdBkAx

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAQX2NxbuA

Liyana’s mind raced.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqKQyqyLpy

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOaOfVOWtr1

Disappear?

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhlXPss1ZU

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp4QZQAd9Gh

After everything—

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8J6XV7IDU

was this how it ended?

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5Gk3MAsBT

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAONcjWuavh

Caelum watched her carefully.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLRLduGb9A

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPhILfyo3hW

For the first time—

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ11qdEdlx1I

his expression softened.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3W2ak3uL97

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv6eZQPPuJo

“They’ll use you until there’s nothing left,” he said quietly.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCkeYGnWZF

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXyOP8Q6my

The shadows slowed around him.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs7xS5vO2xG

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOP9T7f3Zw

“You don’t owe this world anything.”

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFUpos2ret

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0NInpipQjn

Part of her wanted to believe him.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQJxCgQkUO

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡffzuVSQE0V

After all the lies…

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNimQxHgSu

after all the pain…

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8GoZWBag8w

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMDb2E5xgU

Why save the system?

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEfogtNdI6

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDAsKi4IB72

Then she heard it again.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOaw4FuQT8

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNo4uRWf1F

Students crying.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPn9dSILTL

Calling for help.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHz4OnVyXwr

Terrified.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23k21ogKJj

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRU9P11HiiP

Not the academy.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwUrIHwJbY7

Not the system.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jikAbyGuT

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaUQDmbD63B

People.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNexKrBUoj

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4yrQBhHFr

Real people.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qptpJcjyD

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLEKdWSb2Y

Liyana slowly looked up.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5YQwYwJ0gj

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrcAiM1Mr9

Her fear remained.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5j6g7XVCd

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6c7CgQe6iQ

But so did her choice.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡig5NDcK5rw

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCbPIn1o20

“If I walk away now…”

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEk4EeM5Hy

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3NRYfKX4U

Her voice trembled slightly.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUQiM0AbkP

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIuV39VfjOc

“…then everything stays broken.”

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnY0S70IPP9

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9cGFP6E2YG

Kael stared at her silently.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWcK1NyfWz

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84ZCNKJFHV

Caelum’s expression darkened again.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4iNQVEr3gt

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe5N3Zv1bfU

“You still believe this world can change?” he asked.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdR47zCJEp

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5IsLIaIV5

Liyana took a slow breath.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQ0dpEzVBe

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdRUcpgsnpF

“No.”

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ813C7F0B6W

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAHqDnPZ6Tq

A pause.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpry7qTMgqn

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RmMDyDAlT

“But I believe people can.”

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhXS8rZC4Fe

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HQSW2KKeh

The academy shook violently one final time.

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7pb4Xv3Oz

---

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVRuUFXQ3G

And deep below them—

45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUhBAovVUU7

something enormous awakened.

ns216.73.216.64da2

Reading Theme:

Font Size:

Line Spacing:

Paragraph Spacing:

Load the next issue automatically