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Volume 5: Part One Hundred Ten — She Came Back · Oct 11, 2026

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101 Part Ninety-Nine — Word From the Field 2026-10-11
102 Part One Hundred — Before the Full Story 2026-10-11
103 Part One Hundred One — Eris’s Account, Part One 2026-10-11
104 Part One Hundred Two — Eris’s Account, Part Two 2026-10-11
105 Part One Hundred Three — What the Overflow Cost Us 2026-10-11
106 Part One Hundred Four — What I Actually Gained 2026-10-11
107 Part One Hundred Five — Null 2026-10-11
108 Part One Hundred Six — The Lie 2026-10-11
109 Part One Hundred Seven — What the World Now Knew 2026-10-11
110 Part One Hundred Eight — The Hollow Table 2026-10-11
111 Part One Hundred Nine — Do Not Touch What’s Mine 2026-10-11
112 Volume 5: Part One Hundred Ten — She Came Back 2026-10-11
113 Part One Hundred Eleven — Ivy 2026-10-11
114 Part One Hundred Twelve — After the Storm Passed 2026-10-11
115 Part One Hundred Thirteen — What Sophia Decided 2026-10-11
116 Part One Hundred Fourteen — What Ignivar Was Actually Weighing 2026-10-11
117 Part One Hundred Fifteen — Enzo 2026-10-11
118 Part One Hundred Sixteen — What the Kingdoms Debated 2026-10-11
119 Part One Hundred Seventeen — The Broken Elf 2026-10-11
120 Part One Hundred Eighteen — The First Attempt 2026-10-11
121 Part One Hundred Nineteen —Another Piece 2026-10-11
122 Part One Hundred Twenty — Learning the Game 2026-10-11
123 Part One Hundred Twenty-One — For the Food, Mostly 2026-10-11
124 Part One Hundred Twenty-Two — What the Trail Finally Showed 2026-10-11
125 Part One Hundred Twenty-Three — What Nyxara Decided 2026-10-11
126 Part One Hundred Twenty-Four — What Was Actually Coming 2026-10-11
127 Part One Hundred Twenty-Five — Setting Out 2026-10-11
128 Part One Hundred Twenty-Six — The First Wave 2026-10-11
129 Part One Hundred Twenty-Seven — What the King Actually Said 2026-10-11
130 Part One Hundred Twenty-Eight — Astro Nova 2026-10-11
131 Part One Hundred Twenty-Nine — The Teleport 2026-10-11
132 Part One Hundred Thirty — What a Leader Actually Does 2026-10-11
133 Part One Hundred Thirty-Two — What Ivy Found 2026-10-11
134 Volume 6: Part one hundred thirty three— What the Demon Actually Wanted 2026-10-11
135 Part one hundred thirty-four — Asking for Help 2026-10-11
136 Part one hundred thirty five — Authority of Genesis 2026-10-11
137 Part one hundred thirty six— Preparing to Answer 2026-10-11
138 Part one hundred thirty seven — What Was Left 2026-10-11
139 Part one hundred thirty-eight — What Belial Underestimated 2026-10-11
140 Part one hundred thirty nine — The Seed 2026-10-11
141 Part one hundred forty — War Genesis 2026-10-11
142 Part one hundred forty two — Everybody Wake Up 2026-10-11
143 Part one hundred forty three — What the World Owed Them 2026-10-11
144 Part one hundred forty four — The Chamber That Answered to Him 2026-10-11
145 Part one hundred forty five — One Minute 2026-10-11
146 Part one hundred forty six — What the King Actually Saw 2026-10-11
147 Part one hundred forty seven — Departures 2026-10-11
148 Part one hundred forty eight — Goku 2026-10-11
149 Part one hundred forty nine — Lord Slime 2026-10-11
150 Part one hundred fifty — Kenji 2026-10-11

　She arrived on an otherwise ordinary afternoon.

　No fog-gate this time.

　No ceremony.

　No warning.

　She was simply there, suddenly standing at the edge of Horizoncrest’s training grounds like she’d never actually left.

”Hello again.”

　Nyxara said it cheerfully, entirely unbothered by the way every person nearby had gone rigid the instant they registered her presence.

Oh.

Oh, she’s actually here.

In my town.

On an afternoon I wasn’t remotely prepared for this.

”You could have announced yourself.”

　I said it carefully.

　My blade wasn’t drawn yet, but my hand was already resting near it purely out of reflex.

”I did.”

　She gestured at herself with open amusement.

”This is me, announcing myself.”

”Rather efficient, don’t you think?”

　Elaine appeared at my side within seconds.

　Her aura was sharp and ready.

　Eris was close behind her, equally tense, both of them clearly prepared to fight despite having no real understanding of exactly what they would be fighting.

”Stand down.”

　I kept my voice quiet.

Urgent.

”Both of you.”

”This isn’t a fight either of you can actually survive.”

”And you can?”

　Eris asked, tension evident in her voice.

Honestly, probably not either.

But better me than you.

”I don’t know.”

　I admitted it.

”I’d rather find out alone than lose either of you finding out with me.”

　Nyxara watched the entire exchange with open, delighted curiosity.

”They care about you.”

　Her eyes moved between the two of them.

”Genuinely, from the look of it.”

　A small smile appeared.

”That’s rather sweet, actually, given what you are.”

”What do you want?”

　I asked directly.

　There wasn’t much point dancing around the question.

”I wanted to see my new toy properly.”

　She said it as casually as though she were discussing an afternoon stroll.

”Watch how you actually fight, when you’re not simply overwhelming lesser demons in disguise.”

”I’m curious how your Null actually holds up against someone who isn’t playing at your level.”

Null.

She knows the new name already.

Doesn’t waste time, apparently.

”And if I refuse?”

　I asked.

”You won’t.”

　She was still smiling.

”You’re curious too.”

”I can feel it.”

...She’s not wrong, honestly.

Annoyingly.

　I turned toward Eris and Elaine.

”Clear the area.”

　Then I raised my voice enough for the others gathering nearby to hear.

”Aeron, get everyone else away from here too.”

　There was no argument.

　No one needed an explanation beyond the expression on my face.

　Once the training grounds had been cleared, I turned back toward Nyxara.

　My blade finally came free.

　Null threaded cold and unmistakable along its edge.

”Fine.”

”One fight.”

”You leave everyone else out of it.”

”Naturally.”

　Nyxara settled into a stance that looked almost lazy in its ease.

”Wouldn’t dream of involving anyone but the actual toy I came for.”

Alright.

Let’s see exactly how outmatched I actually am.

――

　I want to be honest about what happened next.

　Because it deserves more truth than pride would normally allow.

　I attacked first.

　Full force.

　Everything Ignivar had spent months teaching me was thrown into a single opening strike.

　She caught it with two fingers.

”Cute.”

　She sounded genuinely fond.

　Like I’d offered her a child’s drawing rather than my actual best effort.

...Okay.

That’s—

That’s genuinely humbling.

　I tried again.

　Faster.

　Harder.

　I released more of my own limiter than I’d ever dared release outside genuine desperation.

　She met every strike.

　Every single one.

　The same effortless, almost bored precision.

　Occasionally, she offered small, encouraging comments that somehow stung worse than any actual wound could have.

”Better.”

　She said it once.

”Try harder.”

”I am trying harder.”

　I said it between breaths, already breathing heavily despite the fact that she hadn’t even broken a sweat.

”No.”

　Her correction was gentle rather than insulting.

”You’re trying your hardest.”

”Different thing entirely.”

”Keep going.”

――

　The fight stretched on.

　Far longer than I’d expected.

　Mostly because Nyxara seemed genuinely invested in seeing exactly how far I could push myself rather than simply ending things the moment she grew bored.

　Every time I thought I’d finally found an opening, she was already there.

　Every time I changed my rhythm, she adapted.

　Every time I increased my speed—

　She matched it.

　Then exceeded it.

　And somehow still looked entertained.

　I landed exactly one real hit.

　A shallow graze along her forearm.

　No deeper than a training scratch.

　Nyxara looked down at it.

　For a moment, she simply stared.

　Then—

　Something close to genuine delight crossed her expression.

”There it is.”

　She looked back at me.

”That’s the interesting part.”

――

　Then, without any visible transition—

　The fight simply ended.

　My blade was knocked cleanly from my hand.

　Her presence suddenly became overwhelmingly close.

　Close enough that I understood, with absolute clarity, exactly how thoroughly this had never been a contest at all.

”Good.”

　Nyxara stepped back.

　Entirely satisfied.

”Considerably better than I expected, for someone your age.”

”Vaelith wasn’t exaggerating your potential.”

I lost.

Completely.

Embarrassingly.

And apparently exactly according to her own expectations.

　I looked toward my fallen blade.

　Then back at her.

　Nyxara’s expression changed slightly.

　Something curious entered her eyes.

”Now...”

　She paused.

”Let’s see the other thing I actually came here for.”

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