Immortal Mythos: Bound by Void-Chapter 62 - 78: Leap Of Faith

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The sealed door stood open behind them, but no one moved forward.

Even the wind had gone silent.

Yuki stepped in first. The world beyond wasn't a world at all.

It was... fractured.

Floating pieces of landscape drifted in an endless space of stars and shadow. Bits of memory formed platforms: a school hallway, a shrine at dusk, a burning field—echoes of places Yuki barely recognized.

Ren narrowed his eyes. "This isn't just a realm. It's you, Yuki."

Nogitsune, arms crossed, let out a soft chuckle. "Welcome to the Archive. The place where thought and memory fuse into form. Only someone like you can walk here without being torn apart."

Aiko, trembling slightly, touched one of the floating fragments—a younger Yuki laughing in the sun. "It's all... him."

Suddenly, the light dimmed.

From the distance, a shifting shadow appeared. Not quite a form, not quite a voice—but every eye turned.

> "Finally," it whispered. "You've returned to the edge of all things."

Yuki stepped forward, fists clenched. "Who are you?"

> "I am what was forgotten. I am the eighth flame. And I have waited long enough."

The world began to shake. Fragments rearranged, forming a spiraling path that led into a vortex of blinding white light.

Nogitsune looked unusually tense. "This thing's been feeding off the mythic imbalance. We go in, and we don't leave unchanged."

Kai cracked his neck. "Then we don't leave at all."

Ren placed a hand on Yuki's shoulder. "You lead. We follow."

Yuki nodded once. He could feel something calling from the center of the storm—a presence older than anything. And somehow... it knew his name.

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The moment they crossed the threshold, the door vanished.

Not closed.

Erased.

Each member of the group found themselves standing alone—on separate pathways, each warped by memory and myth.

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Yuki's path was filled with mirrors—not of his body, but of all the versions he could have been: monster, savior, destroyer. They whispered to him.

> "You bend reality, but do you understand it?"

A single orb floated ahead—dim, but pulsing.

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Nogitsune walked through a hall where time was reversed.

He saw Yuki's childhood, the clone aunt he had made, the choices he had made alone...

And then, a voice behind him.

> "Was it mercy, or manipulation?"

He didn't answer. But his hands shook.

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Aiko found herself in a shrine lit by a thousand floating flames. Each flame carried an emotion: pain, love, loss, hope.

She reached out and one flame fused into her chest.

Her aura turned violet. A new power was awakening.

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Ren faced warriors long gone—tengu who had perished fighting the imbalance.

He realized the burden he carried wasn't just his own—but a legacy that demanded he choose:

> Fight alone... or protect together.

Himari stood before a massive book that wrote itself.

> "The Fate of the Kitsune"

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Every word on the page vanished when she tried to read it—until one phrase remained:

> "Yuki must fall... to rise."

Her hands trembled.

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Kai found himself cooking.

But for no one.

The scent of warm ramen filled the silence. Then a younger version of Yuki appeared—starving, confused.

> "You were always feeding more than our bellies, Kai," the illusion whispered.

Kai teared up. "Tch... why's it always food with me?"

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Back to Yuki—

He finally reached the orb. It didn't glow now.

It spoke.

> "You reached for me... now I reach for you."

A tendril of flame burst forth—and Yuki's vision turned black.

Then a heartbeat echoed.

Then a whisper:

> "The Eidolon is listening."

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