### 🧠 Dong Now Knows the Truth
> 🧿 **Using his Mind Read skill**, Dong confirms it:
The one who helped the 1st Queen poison him in his previous life…
was none other than **Professor Kael Draven**, the Academy's most respected sword teacher.
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### 📜 What Dong Sees from Kael's Memories:
1. **A secret meeting** late at night with the 1st Queen.
2. **Seven figures** in black robes (including Kael) discussing the plan to destroy Dong before his awakening.
3. Kael handing over a **red cursed vial**—the same poison used to destroy Dong's talent.
4. Kael saying:
> "If the prophecy is true, then this boy will someday surpass gods… he must die young."
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### ⚠️ Dong's Thoughts:
> "So... it was you.
Even after dying once, your face still hides behind honor.
You want to poison fate? I'll make you drink your own hell."
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### 🩸 Dong's Plan:
- He doesn't kill Kael *yet*.
- He **lets him live**… to expose him during the **Shattered Realms Tournament**, where the world watches.
- His goal?
> To **humiliate, break, and erase** Kael — not just from life, but from **existence**.
## 🧌 Name: **Kael Draven**
### ⚔️ Title: **Sword Grandmaster of the Academy**
### 🎭 Role: **Secret 3rd traitor** — helped poison Dong in past life
### 🎩 Public Image:
- Respected teacher at the **World Academy**.
- Known as a **legendary swordsman**, capable of defeating SSS-rank monsters.
- Worshipped by students.
- Loved by kings and nobles.
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### 🩸 Hidden Truth:
- Secretly worked with the **1st Queen** to poison Dong in his past life.
- One of the **seven black-robed conspirators** who feared Dong's future power.
- Delivered the **cursed poison** that sealed Dong's original talent.
- Member of a secret organization known as **"Shadow Creed"** – an ancient group that stops chosen ones from rising.
### 🔍 **Dong's Investigation Plan:**
#### 1. **Mind Read Skill Activation**
Dong uses his **legendary-tier Mind Read** ability during Kael's lecture. He hears:
> "I need to get that bribe from the auction house today... and erase that witness."
Dong confirms **Kael is corrupt** — not just a traitor, but **actively involved in bribery, manipulation, and silencing people**.
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#### 2. **Void Puppet Spy**
Dong sends the **controlled body of the 1st Queen** (now a puppet from Void Devouring) to infiltrate Kael's secret vault. She discovers:
- Records of illegal transactions with **underground merchants**.
- Poison ingredients similar to what was used on Dong.
- Secret message logs with the 1st Queen before Dong's past death.
- A list of **"Targeted Students"** Kael plans to eliminate.
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#### 3. **Academy Crime: Manipulating Exams**
Dong finds proof that Kael:
- Took bribes to pass rich noble kids.
- Failed talented poor students on purpose.
- Planted dangerous beasts in student exams to get rid of rivals.
> One such beast almost killed a girl named Elvia from the **Moonlight Continent**. She becomes Dong's secret ally.
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#### 4. **Dong's Trap: Public Exposure Plan**
Dong secretly records all Kael's crimes using **telekinetic micro-crystals** placed in his office. During a huge Academy event, Dong:
- Projects the recordings on giant screens using Academy's magic tech.
- Reveals the list of murdered students.
- Shows Kael's role in the 1st Queen's poison plot.
> "This man who teaches us... has blood on his hands."
### 🔥 Scene: Dong Meets the Principal
**Location:** Principal's tower — a towering building surrounded by ancient magic barriers. Only students with **urgent matters** are allowed entry.
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### 🗨️ Dong's Dialogue (Serious tone)
> *"Principal, I came not as your student… but as someone who survived betrayal once."*
> *"This time, I won't let the traitors hide under your roof."*
Dong places a glowing **magic crystal recorder** on the table. It begins projecting:
- Kael accepting **poison ingredients**.
- A secret conversation between **Kael and the 1st Queen**:
> *"The poison will work. That boy will die, and your son takes the throne."*
- Academy logs showing Kael **failing honest students** for bribes.
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### 😮 Principal's Reaction:
The principal watches in cold silence, his fingers twitching. Then he speaks:
> *"You have brought evidence that even a king would fear."*
> *"Kael… was once my best student. If this is true, he will pay for every drop of poison and every corrupted scroll."*
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### ⚖️ Principal's Decision:
- Orders **Kael's immediate arrest and confinement**.
- Forms an **Emergency Tribunal** of top Academy elders.
- Says:
> *"If Kael resists, he will face trial by combat."*
### 🎭 Scene: Death Judgment Turned Duel
**Principal (after seeing the proof):**
> "Kael is guilty of treason, corruption, and attempted murder of royalty. The punishment is death."
**Dong (calmly stands up):**
> "Wait… I don't want his blood from your order."
> "If I kill him, the world will know the weight of betrayal."
> "If he defeats me… then let him live. One exception."
The hall goes silent. Even the vice principal is stunned. A student dares to challenge the verdict. But he is **Dong**.
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### ⚔️ The Duel is Set:
**Arena:** Special combat stage blessed by 12 elemental guardians. Shielded from destruction, but damage will be recorded worldwide.
- Audience: Students, teachers, big-shot kings.
- Even some *Hero Party* members watching silently.
**Principal announces:**
> "A battle of life and death. No interference. Only one walks out."
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### 💀 Kael's Rage:
Kael, knowing he's cornered, unleashes his **Forbidden Bloodline Art**:
> 🩸 *"Curse of the Red Fox"* – gains illusion, speed, and shadow clones.
> 🗡️ He also uses a blade made from **demon king fang**.
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### 🧠 Dong's Strategy:
- Uses **Mind Read** to predict every clone movement.
- Activates **Telekinesis** to control shards around the battlefield.
- Mixes in **Void Shadow Steps** to disappear and reappear in deadly positions.
### 🌍 Rumors That Shook the Academy & World
- **"Did you hear? That Dong kid challenged Kael's death sentence and made it a duel instead!"**
- **"Is he crazy? No one ever challenges a death penalty—he's doing it like it's a game!"**
- **"They say Dong has the power of an ancient ice dragon AND void manipulation!"**
- **"Kael used forbidden techniques! But Dong didn't even flinch!"**
- **"The way Dong said, 'If I kill him, the world will know the price of betrayal'—chills!"**
- **"Is he really just 14?"**
- **"Some say even the principal hesitated when he saw Dong's power..."**
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### 📰 Headline-style for fun:
- **"Royal Prodigy Turns Death Sentence into Death Duel – Dong vs Kael Rocks the Academy!"**
- **"Void Power Unleashed: 14-Year-Old Freezes Corrupt Elite in One Move"**
- **"Fear or Respect? The Boy Who Made the World Watch"**
### 📍 Location: Ancient Arena – Floating above the Academy
A huge crowd gathers. The principal, teachers, students, and even some of the **continent kings** are watching. This isn't just a fight—it's a **message to the world**.
The floating arena hums with energy. Magic barriers surround it, glowing with gold and silver runes.
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### 🎙️ Principal Announces:
> "Let this be the battle of judgment. Dong vs Kael. A life for a life. Begin!"
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### ⚔️ ROUND 1 – Kael's Opening Rage
Kael screams:
> "I'll crush you, demon!"
- **Skill Activated**: 🔥 *Flame Serpent Fang Slash*
A giant burning serpent blade slashes toward Dong, creating a **heatwave** across the arena.
- **Second Skill**: 🌫️ *Shadow Split Clone Art*
12 Kaels appear at once, dashing in all directions.
But—
### 🧊 Dong doesn't even move.
> "Too slow."
Dong **uses Telekinesis**, catches the real Kael mid-air and slams him into the ground.
### ⚔️ ROUND 2 (Continued) – Dong Takes Control
Kael gets up, bruised but still defiant.
> "You think you've won already?! I'm not done!!"
Dong narrows his eyes, voice cold:
> "You should've stayed quiet when you poisoned the royal blood."
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### ❄️ Dong uses **Ice Crystals Meteors**!
❄️ Four **gigantic mountain-sized ice meteors** fall from the sky like divine judgment.
- **BOOM!**
The sky splits. The magical barrier nearly cracks.
Kael tries to dodge and defend, but he's **too slow**.
💥 He's hit hard. Blood spills. His armor cracks. His sword melts from the shockwave.
Crowd gasps. Some students fall to their knees from the pressure.
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### 🔥 But Dong isn't finished...
Dong walks forward slowly. The air around him heats unnaturally.
> "Let me show you what real suffering tastes like…"
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### 🔥 New Skill: **Domain of Fire – Crimson Hell** 🔥
A blazing domain erupts, covering the entire arena in red-hot flames.
Inside this domain, **fire obeys Dong** like a servant.
Kael screams as his body is scorched from the inside out.
His legs buckle. His skin blisters. **He can barely breathe**.
> "ARGHHH! STOP!! STOP IT!!"
Dong:
> "No mercy for traitors."
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Kael collapses. Charred, burned, broken.
The crowd is silent.
Even the principal looks shaken.
🔥 **Kael's Last Desperation – Poison King's Wrath** ☠️
As Kael lies broken, coughing blood, he suddenly **grits his teeth** and **forces himself to stand**—shaking, eyes burning with fury and despair.
> "If I'm going to die anyway… I'll take something with me!!"
His body begins to **emit a sickly green aura**, and a strange **black crown-like poison symbol** appears above his head.
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### 🩸 Skill: **Poison of the Poisoned King** ☠️
**Type:** Forbidden Curse
**Effect:** A legendary poison crafted using the *actual blood* of the ancient Poisoned King.
Whoever inhales or is touched by it experiences:
- **Rapid cell decay**
- **Mind hallucinations**
- **Body paralysis**
- **Undetectable by normal healing magic**
💀 **Even SSS-rank healers can't cure it unless they're poison-type masters.**
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### 😱 Kael shouts:
> "DONG! THIS IS MY GIFT TO YOU!!! POISON OF THE POISONED KING!!!"
He slams his hands into the ground.
A massive **green explosion** of toxic fog erupts.
Everything within **50 meters** is consumed in seconds.
Even **barriers start corroding.**
Students scream and evacuate.
The Principal raises a magic wall instantly.
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But inside the fog... only one figure stands.
### 🩸 **Skill Name:** Poison of the Poisoned King
**Rank:** 🔱 **SSSA Rank** *(Ultra Forbidden Tier)*
**Type:** Curse / Poison / Forbidden Magic
**Origin:** Created using the **actual blood of the Poisoned King**, an ancient EX-tier poison elemental monarch.
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### ☠️ **Skill Effects**:
- **Instant Body Rot:** Target's cells begin to rot even if hit for a second.
- **Mental Corruption:** The mind is flooded with horrifying hallucinations and despair.
- **Magical Corrosion:** Dissolves magical barriers and seals under SSS rank.
- **Poison Mark:** Leaves an eternal poison mark that weakens healing received by 90%.
- **Area Effect:** Covers a 50-meter radius with undying poison fog. Lingers for 3 hours unless sealed.
### ⚔️ Scene Breakdown:
- **Dong's half-body was melted**, his flesh rotting, bones exposed.
- Yet within the toxic fog, Dong silently activated his **immortality**—his body rapidly regenerating, limbs reforming as the poison tried to destroy him.
- **Kael smirked**, thinking he had won—until he saw a bright glow.
> "☀️ **Fireball of the Sun** ☀️"
A **miniature sun** formed in Dong's hand and exploded with wrath.
**The entire arena turned to molten glass.**
Even the **poison fog vaporized**.
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### 😤 Dong dropped to his knees, panting, but eyes full of unshaken pride:
> "You were a worthy fighter, Kael… but if you hadn't interfered in **my family's darkness**…
> …you could've lived."
Kael lay on the ground, face burnt, body poisoned and melted. His **last tear fell**, but he **smiled**, as if accepting fate.
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### 📣 The Principal stands and announces:
> "**Kael is defeated. Dong… is the undisputed winner.**"
Now the entire academy, the world, and even the **heroes** watching from afar...
👉 **finally understand: Dong isn't just powerful—he's terrifying.**
🌌 **[Scene: Secret Chamber Beneath Academy Grounds – Nightfall]**
The air is heavy. Magical barriers shimmer across the walls, ensuring **no sound escapes**. Deep underground, **Rei**, **Celestia**, **Kaiden**, and **Isha** sit at a round crystal table. Their faces are grim.
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### 👑 Rei (bandaged, still recovering):
> "We were too late to see it before… Dong isn't just strong…
> He's a walking calamity."
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### 💫 Celestia (clutching her staff, eyes glowing faintly):
> "That Fireball of the Sun melted reality… Even Kael's poison couldn't stop him.
> He's evolving too fast. At this rate—he may surpass the gods."
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### 🧠 Kaiden (the strategist):
> "It's not just about strength. He's **strategic**. He knew when to use his immortality.
> He let Kael believe he had won—just to **crush his spirit.** That's terrifying."
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### 🔥 Isha (angry and worried):
> "Why did he say *'you could've lived if you stayed out of my family's darkness'*?
> What is he hiding?"
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### 💥 Rei clenches his fists:
> "He's hiding something... and we need answers. But one thing's clear—
> **If Dong loses control... the world won't survive.**"
Silence fills the room.
Then—**Rei stands**.
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### 🌠 Rei:
> "I'll train. We all will.
> We must grow stronger. Because when the time comes…
> **We might be the only ones who can stop Dong.**"
### ⚠️ Scene: After Kael's Battle – Mental Damage Awakens
Dong may have won physically, but… something snapped deep inside.
**Narrator:**
> *He stood tall, but inside his mind—something shattered. The "Poison of the Poisoned King" wasn't just physical… it also had a hidden mental curse. It attacked his soul silently.*
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### 🧠 Symptoms Begin
That night in his room:
- **Dong suddenly hears voices.**
- **He sees illusions of his past life—his death, betrayals, burning pain.**
- **He screams in silence.**
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### 💥 Visual Description
> *A black void forms in his mind. A younger version of Dong, bloodied and betrayed, stands there screaming:*
> "They *burned* us alive! Why are you still trying to forgive? DESTROY THEM ALL!"
> *The real Dong falls to his knees, holding his head, trying to stay conscious.
### 🌙 **Scene: Midnight – Mira Notices First**
Mira quietly enters Dong's room to bring him healing tea…
> *"Dong, you awake?" she whispers…*
>
> *She stops. The room feels cold—unnaturally cold. A swirling black aura covers Dong's head. He's trembling in sleep, gripping the bedsheet tightly, whispering:*
>
> *"No… don't burn me again… not again…"*
Suddenly:
> ❄️ *A pulse of VOID energy explodes from his body. Mira gets thrown against the wall.*
She realizes:
> "This isn't just injury… something is attacking his **mind**."
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### 🌸 **Next Morning – Kira Arrives**
Kira sees Mira sitting beside Dong, eyes red.
> **Kira:** "What happened?"
>
> **Mira:** "He's not sleeping. He's suffering… and hiding it."
Kira uses the pill Dong gave him earlier to **boost his senses**, and he puts his hand on Dong's forehead.
> A wave of **darkness**, **memories**, and a second voice screams:
>
> *"GET OUT, YOU WEAKLING!"*
Kira gets thrown back—but now **he understands**.
Dong has a **second soul**—a broken, angry version of himself.
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### 🔥 **They Make a Vow**
Mira and Kira both swear:
> *"We won't let Dong get consumed. We'll protect him—even from himself."*
They plan:
- Help Dong regain mental balance
- Search for a **Soul Healer** or **Ancient Mind Pill**
- Never let anyone else know… not even the academy
## 📜 Scene Idea: The Ring of Lunar Mind
Let's build this moment:
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**Scene Title**: *The Twin Rings of Resolve*
The king calls Mira and Kira into a secret chamber beneath the palace — glowing with runes.
He hands them **two identical rings**, forged by an ancient mind mage:
- Name: **Lunar Mind Ring**
- Effect: **+60% boost to mental power and recovery speed**
- Hidden passive: **Links emotion with wearer** (Dong will feel their calm if they stay close)
> "Only you two can reach him now," the king says.
> "Dong's power is feared, but what use is power… if your mind shatters?"
Mira and Kira travel all night, finding Dong in a silent, broken state, whispering old memories.
Kira kneels, places the ring on Dong's finger. Mira silently holds his hand.
**The effect activates**:
💥 A silver aura glows from Dong's forehead
🧠 His chaotic mind begins stabilizing
💫 The whispers fade
🔥 His aura reignites — but now, more controlled
Dong wakes up slowly.
**"You came…"** he says weakly.
Mira: "Always."
### 👑 **Scene: "Farewell from the Shadows"**
One month passed since Dong's recovery.
The academy halls were now quiet. Dong had returned to his cold routine — training, hunting, and investigating traitors. But something… felt missing.
One morning, Dong was summoned by the principal.
**Principal (serious tone):**
"The royal family has sent orders. Mira and Kira are to return immediately."
Dong's eyes didn't react, but a subtle silence fell around him. He gave a slight nod.
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### 🛡️ **Outside the Academy Gate**
Kira and Mira stood in formal clothes. Their expressions were calm—but their eyes held a storm.
**Kira (whispering):**
"You won't say anything?"
Dong looked at her.
**Dong (softly):**
"You already know what I'd say."
**Mira:**
"We were sent to help you recover, not to stay. That's our duty…"
**Dong:**
"I don't need help. I need people I can trust."
Kira's eyes widened slightly. That… was almost a confession.
**Kira (smiling, teary):**
"Then don't forget us. Next time we meet… we won't be weak."
**Mira:**
"And next time… you won't be alone."
### 🚪 **Scene: "The Last Words"**
Just as Mira and Kira were about to leave, Dong took a step forward—his voice low, calm, and carrying the weight of a storm.
**Dong:**
"...Meet you again. Bye."
Kira turned sharply, her eyes wide with emotion.
Mira stopped, glanced back with a knowing smile.
Neither of them expected those words. For someone like Dong, even that simple goodbye held more meaning than a thousand promises.
**Kira (softly, smiling through tears):**
"Then… don't you dare forget us."
**Mira (calm but warm):**
"We'll be stronger when we meet again."
The carriage door closed.
Dong turned his back as the wheels rolled forward, cloak swaying, gaze fixed on the horizon.