Kyle stood in front of the massive sword for a long time.
It was not just a weapon…
It was a witness to those who had fallen here, and those who never came out.
He reached out and touched it.
The weight immediately transferred to his arm, as if testing him, as if asking whether he was worthy.
Kyle took a deep breath and said in a low, steady voice despite his exhaustion:
"I will name you… Gravebound."
A sword tied to death.
A sword that could only be lifted by someone who had approached the grave… and survived.
He did not start fighting.
He was not foolish.
He began training.
He lifted the sword… and it fell.
He tried again… his arms trembled.
By the tenth time, the pain burned his muscles.
By the hundredth, he felt only the weight.
And by the thousandth… the sword no longer fell.
A thousand swings.
Not at once.
But over days,
with short breaths,
torn muscles,
and dried blood on his hands.
He swung Gravebound slowly at first,
then faster,
then steadily.
His body changed.
He did not become huge,
but he became firm, strong, capable of carrying an unforgiving weight.
But the real change… was not in his body.
With every swing, his mind shifted.
He learned when he would tire before it happened.
When to stop before collapsing.
When to breathe,
and when to remain silent.
The abyss was no longer just a terrifying place.
He began to feel it.
The emptiness behind him.
The distant sound.
The faint tremor of the ground.
Not hearing…
but sensing.
And in one moment, the sword steady in his hand,
he realized the truth clearly:
Fear had not disappeared.
But it no longer ruled him.
It had become a tool.
Without light,
without announcement,
without exploding power…
Kyle entered the first stage of Morium power:
Morium Awareness
It is not a power to be summoned,
but a state to be lived.
Awareness of danger before it happens.
Awareness of the body and its limits.
Awareness of approaching death… without collapsing.
Kyle opened his eyes slowly,
gripped Gravebound with a steadiness he had never known before,
and said to himself:
"I am not strong yet…
but I am no longer as I was."
And in the Abyss of Morium,
this alone… was enough for a beginning.