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Chapter 1 - Legendary Knights---A Dark Fantasy Web Novel---Written byTrivikram Reddy Mokilla---“.

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⚔️🐉 Aissamann: War of Summoned Legends

Chapter 1: The Son Who Should Not Have Summoned

The hall was never meant for light.

Even when the kingdom still stood strong… even when banners filled its walls and knights once walked its stone floors with pride—this place had always felt wrong.

Too quiet.

Too deep.

Too old.

Tonight, it was alive again.

Not with honor.

Not with purpose.

But with something far more dangerous.

"Stop."

The word cut through the darkness.

Calm.

Measured.

Final.

At the far end of the ruined hall, a boy stood inside a glowing circle etched into the stone floor. The symbols were jagged, uneven—copied from forbidden texts rather than learned.

Black flames flickered along the edges of the circle, casting distorted shadows across the cracked pillars.

The boy didn't turn.

Didn't hesitate.

Didn't listen.

"You don't understand what you're doing."

The man stood at the entrance.

He hadn't raised his voice.

He didn't need to.

Authority wasn't something he forced.

It was something the world recognized.

The boy exhaled sharply, irritation clear.

"You always say that."

His voice carried impatience. Defiance. And beneath it—

Fear.

Not fear of the ritual.

Fear of being nothing.

"You've spent your whole life telling me what I can't do," the boy continued, his hands trembling slightly as he adjusted his stance within the circle. "What I'm not good enough for. What I'll never become."

The symbols beneath his feet pulsed faintly.

Responding.

Listening.

"I found something you couldn't," he said, louder now. "Something beyond your rules… beyond this kingdom's limits."

The man didn't move.

Didn't interrupt.

Because he had already seen this moment—just not exactly like this.

"Varun," he said quietly.

The boy flinched at the sound of his name.

Not out of respect.

Out of recognition.

"This isn't power," the man continued. "It's a mistake."

Varun laughed—but it wasn't confident.

It was strained.

"I've read the texts. The real ones. Not the censored garbage the knights hide behind."

His eyes flickered toward the glowing symbols.

"They summoned them once. The Legendary Knights. The ones who fought dragons… who shaped history."

The air shifted.

Subtle.

But real.

"And you think you can control them?" the father asked.

"I don't think," Varun snapped.

"I know."

That was the moment everything tilted.

Not when the ritual began.

Not when the symbols ignited.

But when certainty replaced understanding.

The man stepped forward.

One step.

The sound echoed across the empty hall.

"You've read fragments," he said. "Half-truths. Warnings disguised as instructions."

The flames around the circle flickered violently now.

Not stable.

Not controlled.

"They weren't summoned," he added.

"They were unleashed."

Varun clenched his fists.

"Then I'll be the one who controls what they couldn't."

The silence that followed was heavier than any noise.

"…No," the father said.

"You won't."

But Varun had already begun.

He raised his hands.

The air trembled.

The symbols burned brighter—too bright.

Unstable.

Hungry.

"I summon—" his voice wavered for a fraction of a second, then steadied, "—the Legendary Knights."

The words weren't just spoken.

They were pulled.

Dragged out of something deeper than language.

"Bind them to my will—"

The circle cracked.

"Let them answer—"

The flames turned black.

Not dark.

Not dim.

Black.

As if light itself had been consumed.

"—LET THEM FIGHT FOR ME!"

"Enough."

The father moved.

Fast.

But not fast enough.

The moment had already passed.

The circle didn't complete.

It collapsed.

Not outward.

Inward.

Like something rejecting what had been forced upon it.

Silence fell.

Complete.

Absolute.

Even the flames died.

Varun blinked.

"…What?"

For a brief moment—

Nothing happened.

Then—

Something answered.

A sound.

Not loud.

Not violent.

But wrong.

Like metal dragging across time itself.

The air tore open.

Not with light—

But with absence.

A crack formed above the circle.

Then widened.

Then split.

And from it—

A figure stepped through.

Armor.

Ancient.

Scarred.

Unfamiliar.

Then another.

And another.

And another.

They didn't rush.

Didn't attack.

Didn't react.

They simply arrived.

Varun's breath caught in his throat.

"…Why aren't they kneeling?"

The father closed his eyes for a moment.

Not in fear.

Not in shock.

But in confirmation.

"Because," he said quietly, "you didn't summon them."

The knights stood still.

Silent.

Watching.

"You opened the door," he finished.

Varun stepped back.

The circle beneath him crumbled further.

"I—I gave the command. I followed the ritual exactly—"

"No," the father said.

"You forced a call you didn't understand."

The knights moved.

Not toward the boy.

Not toward the man.

Upward.

As one—

They turned their gaze to the sky.

A low rumble followed.

Deep.

Ancient.

The ceiling cracked.

Stone groaned.

Dust fell.

Then—

A roar.

It didn't just echo.

It dominated.

The entire structure trembled as something massive passed overhead.

Varun stumbled.

"T-that wasn't part of it…"

"No," the father said.

"It never is."

The roof shattered.

Stone collapsed inward.

Moonlight vanished.

And above—

They appeared.

Dragons.

Not one.

Not two.

But many.

Their wings stretched across the sky like living storms.

Their eyes burned with something older than anger.

Older than war.

Recognition.

They weren't confused.

They weren't surprised.

They had been called before.

Varun fell to his knees.

"This—this isn't right—this isn't how it's supposed to go—"

The knights raised their weapons.

Not at him.

At the dragons.

The father watched.

Still.

Silent.

"…You've done it," he said.

Varun shook his head violently.

"No—I can fix this—I just need to—"

He scrambled back into the remains of the circle.

Desperate.

Panicked.

"I just need to complete it properly—control it—bind them—"

"Stop."

This time—

The word carried weight.

But Varun didn't listen.

He forced the symbols to react.

Forced the magic to respond.

Forced something that was never meant to be controlled.

The circle flared.

Wild.

Unstable.

Breaking apart faster than it formed.

The knights didn't move.

The dragons didn't intervene.

They simply watched.

Varun screamed—

Not in pain.

In fear.

"I CAN FIX THIS!"

The magic collapsed.

There was no explosion.

No fire.

No sound.

Just—

Silence.

Where the boy had stood—

There was nothing.

No body.

No ash.

No trace.

Gone.

The hall fell still.

The father stood alone.

He looked at the empty space.

Not long.

Not dramatically.

Just long enough.

"…You chose power over understanding."

No anger.

No grief.

Just truth.

Above, the dragons shifted.

Below, the knights lowered their weapons.

The balance had been broken.

Not by war.

Not by ambition.

But by ignorance.

The father turned.

Slowly.

"If they've been called…"

His voice was quiet.

But it carried.

"…then this world will answer."

In the distance—

Something responded.

Not a roar.

Not a sound.

A presence.

[AISSAMANN SYSTEM — REACTIVATION DETECTED]

The war hadn't begun yet.

But it would.

And this time—

It wouldn't end with one mistake.

🔥 End of Chapter 1

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