Atticus's Odyssey: Reincarnated Into A Playground novel Chapter 1029

Moments before…

Behind the main building where the banquet was taking place…

Lucas’s last words pierced the silent forest like a whisper carved in stone.

"There’s nothing greater than life… I give mine for his capture."

And for a brief moment, the world stood still.

To Atticus, everything froze. The forest. The island. The entire dimension that housed the military training camp.

In this frozen world, his mind spun like a vortex of lightning, racing faster than anything else in existence.

’Something’s coming.’

That thought echoed through his being, deep and primal, resonating from his soul.

He hadn’t seen it. He hadn’t sensed any artifact or spell on Lucas. And yet, Atticus knew, something was coming.

’I can’t react in time.’

For as long as he could remember, even from the earliest days of his reincarnation, his mind had always been the fastest part of his body. The first to react, to comprehend, to strategize.

But now, even his mind had reached a conclusion.

He couldn’t escape this.

A blinding light erupted from Lucas’s body, so intense it bathed the entire forest in a blinding radiance.

Time resumed.

Aurora, Kael, Zoey, and Nate flinched, shielding their eyes from the blinding surge.

And as their hands lowered, they saw it;

A massive pillar of light tore into the sky, then collapsed downward, converging on Atticus with devastating force.

His eyes flashed cold.

Boom.

His aura exploded outward, mana and spiritual energy intertwining like chaos incarnate, forming a swirling maelstrom of power.

The sheer pressure birthed a shockwave, trees were uprooted, the ground fractured, and Aurora, Kael, Zoey, Nate and the other Ravensteins were hurled backward like leaves in a storm.

"Atticus!"

Aurora screamed, flipping midair to regain balance. Her crimson eyes trembled.

Kael and Zoey stared, eyes wide with disbelief.

Despite unleashing his full power, the light still swallowed Atticus whole, unrelenting, merciless, as though it were divine.

’Ozeroth!’ he screamed in his mind.

"It’s too powerful! It’s restricting everything, we’re being confined!"

’Then protect them! Get out of me, keep them safe while I figure this out!’

"There’s no separating us, Bond. Where you go… I go."

Atticus’s eyes sharpened to slits. He turned his gaze toward Aurora, Kael, and Zoey.

And they saw it.

A look that said only one thing.

Survive… until I return.

The light intensified. It surged violently, swirling around him, flashing, consuming, until finally…

It vanished.

In its place, a small glowing orb hovered in the air, pulsing with untamed power.

Atticus was gone.

"No… No!"

Aurora erupted into flames, rocketing toward the orb.

Wings flared from Zoey’s back as she followed, streaking through the air with desperate speed.

Kael had already begun to transform, his body warping into its berserk form as he barreled forward.

They all reached for the orb, hoping, praying, that somehow, they could pull him back.

But before they could reach it

BOOM!

A figure crashed down from the sky, landing between them and the orb with cataclysmic force.

The shockwave sent the trio hurtling back again, spinning midair before regaining balance.

Their gazes snapped to the new figure, and their eyes widened.

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His body was covered in dark obsidian scales. Slit pupils glared at them like a god gazing down at ants. Razor-sharp claws gleamed under moonlight. Massive wings trembled at his back, itching to be unleashed.

Draktharion Ignisyth.

The Apex of the Dragon Race.

"What are you doing!" Aurora barked, flames roaring around her. Her voice was filled with rage.