Location: Solara City – VIP District, Night Market (Year One, Month Eight)
The lights of the elite flickered high above the city.
But in the alleys beneath them — deals were written in sweat, coded in blood, and sealed by one man:
The Phantom.
Still no name. Still no voice. Still no mercy.
System Check-In – Contract Den (Backroom Safehouse)
Check-In Complete
– Reward: $8,900
– Bonus Perk Gained: "Blood Signature Bypass"
→ Lets you alter your heat signature and biological ID during contracts
Mission Unlocked: High-Level Target – CODE NAME: Bishop
– Target: Governor Delmont Reyes
– Crime: Child trafficking via diplomatic cover
– Status: Protected by six federal layers
"This one," ARCHAIOS said coldly,
"is the kind of evil even angels want dead."
The Contract
It took three days of surveillance.
One black-market sniper rifle.
Two fake passports.
And a final message etched into the governor's armored window:
"You are not beyond the Phantom's reach."
He was found slumped in his limousine.
Single bullet. Between the eyes.
Surrounded by security.
No witnesses.
No escape routes.
Just one playing card left behind:
A black dragon with no face.
ARCHAIOS System Update
Reputation Surge – International Black Tier List
– Known only as: Dragonshade
– Regionally: The Phantom
– Global Standing: Whispers Only
New Operation Requests Incoming From:
– Tel Aviv
– Dubai
– Vatican Black Wing
– CIA Shadow Desk (Unknown backdoor ping)
Meanwhile – The Vatican Operative Moves
Name: Lucien Hale.
Codename: "Ashblade"
Vatican-trained hunter of the supernatural.
Sent not to arrest Damon… but to observe.
"He is not a man," Lucien wrote.
"He is a convergence point.
If we let this creature climb, he may challenge even the Old Ones."
Final Scene – Warehouse, Rainstorm
Damon sat shirtless in silence.
His mask hung beside him.
His body pulsed with power — veins silver-black, muscles coiled, every scar gone.
He checked the system.
Net Worth: $312,000
Operational Range: 6 Countries
Kill Count: 17 (All targets verified corrupt)
And then he whispered to the empty room:
"They took my name.
So I made one they'll never say twice."