THE GENERAL'S DISGRACED HEIR-Chapter 291 NIGHT’S REWARD

The miniature sun descended like divine judgment. Winter's corrupted form pulsed with darkness as he raised his arms, channeling the full might of the void.

"I am a GOD!" he roared, void energy erupting from his body in waves of pure negation. "Your petty light cannot—"

The sun detonated.

Reality itself screamed as solar fury met abyssal darkness. Winter's void shield held for a fraction of a second before beginning to crack. Impossible, he thought as heat beyond comprehension leaked through. This vessel... it's not enough!

His corrupted flesh began to bubble and melt. The void responded to his panic, layers of darkness attempting to regenerate faster than the solar flames could destroy them. For a moment, it seemed to work.

Then he felt it—a presence behind him.

[System Alert] Skill Activated: [Wolf's Grace] Twin Daggers Summoned: Frost Fang Status: Lethal Strike Trajectory

Winter tried to turn, but time itself seemed to hold him in place. A whisper reached his ears, carrying the weight of inevitability: "Even gods can die."

David's dagger plunged through Winter's back, emerging through his chest wreathed in temporal energy. The blade had somehow bypassed every defense, every layer of void armor, finding his core with surgical precision.

"Impossible," Winter choked, dark ichor spilling from his lips. "A mere human..."

"[Eternal Gluttony]," David commanded, darkness spreading from his hands to envelope Winter's form.

The soul extraction began, but something was wrong. Instead of pulling at a complete soul, his power found only echoes—a hollow vessel where a true being should be.

[System Alert]

Warning: Soul Extraction Failed

Error: Target is vessel only

Note: Original entity not present

Status: Extraction impossible

David clicked his tongue as his power slipped through the empty vessel. There was nothing to bind—the Night King had never truly been here, only using this form as a puppet from afar. The body before him was just a shell, infused with a fraction of sovereign power.

Winter fell to his knees, his vessel's form beginning to crumble. Cracks of void energy spread across his childlike body as the sovereign power that sustained it began to withdraw.

"You..." the Night King's voice echoed through the failing vessel, carrying both rage and grudging acknowledgment. "I will remember this, challenger."

David's blade whispered through the air. "I'll be waiting."

The vessel's head toppled from its shoulders, dissolving into streams of darkness before it hit the ground. The body followed, breaking apart into void essence that fled through dimensional tears.

Above them, Kaelith suddenly gasped. The battle's divine energies had destabilized his essence, causing fractures in his physical form.

His staff began to glow with internal light as his soul sought refuge within it.

"What's happening to me?" the demigod demanded, but his voice was already fading.

The staff shattered into microscopic fragments that swirled through the air before coalescing around David's wrist, forming an intricate golden bracelet.

[System Notification]

Ego Link Established

Status: Divine Spirit Contained

Form: Auxiliary Equipment

Note: Soul stabilization in progress

David lifted his wrist, examining the golden bracelet with an appreciative eye. "Neat." The casual word seemed almost out of place after such an apocalyptic battle.

The tower trembled, ancient power stirring as it recognized David's victory. Light erupted around him as rewards materialized:

[Victory Acknowledged]

Rewards Processing:

Skill Acquired: [COUNTER]

Currency Added: 100,000,000 DC

Title Granted: "Night's Greatest Enemy"

Item Obtained: Void Fragment

Key Received: Tower Master's Key

The items materialized in David's hands: a fragment of pure void, so dark it seemed to devour light itself, and a key that gleamed with ancient golden power.

He turned them over in his palms, studying their impossible geometries.

"Now how exactly do I—"

Before he could finish the thought, Nightveil Embrace stirred. The living armor slithered down his arm like liquid shadow, tendrils of darkness extending toward the void fragment. The armor seemed almost eager, resonating with the fragment's essence.

[Additional Notification]

Nightveil Embrace absorbing Void Fragment Enhancement in progress...

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"Well, that works too," David said with a shrug, watching as his living armor consumed the fragment of absolute darkness.

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David felt the changes settling into his being. The new skill [COUNTER] integrated with his consciousness while Nightveil Embrace grew stronger, drinking in the void fragment's power.

The weight of his new title pressed against his soul, marking him permanently as an enemy of darkness.

[System Warning]

Skill [Bookmark] Status:

Time Remaining: 3 minutes

Caution: Temporal stress critical

Blood trickled from his nose as temporal backlash began building in his system. Every second holding [Bookmark] felt like needles in his brain, but he forced himself to focus. A familiar sensation struck him—Luna's life force, flickering dangerously low somewhere.

The tower shuddered violently. Cracks appeared in space itself as the chamber began to collapse, its purpose fulfilled. Winter's vacant vessel dissolved into streams of darkness that fled through dimensional tears, returning to its true master.

David glanced at his new bracelet, tapping it with his finger like someone checking if a fish tank was working. "Hey, 'most powerful demigod,' you alive in there?"

The bracelet pulsed with angry golden light.

"I'll take that as a yes." David smirked, admiring how the accessory caught the light. "Look on the bright side—you're probably the most fashionable piece of jewellery in the tower right now."

The bracelet's glow intensified furiously, and David could have sworn he heard a muffled divine scream of frustration from within.

"What's that? Sorry, can't hear you over how shiny you are." He held up his wrist. "Ready to get out of here? Blink once for yes, twice for—oh wait, you can't blink anymore."

The bracelet's response was a pulse of light so bright it nearly blinded him, clearly communicating Kaelith's divine indignation at his situation.

[System Update]

Monarch-rank advancement confirmed

Status: Processing

Note: Physical form will reflect changes upon return

Power beyond anything he'd imagined coursed through him. Three minutes of [Bookmark] remained—time enough to reach Luna and end whatever threatened her.

Reality cracked around him as he prepared to tear through space itself, the silver threads in his eyes blazing with temporal energy.

His Aetenus needed him, and he had power to spare.

The chamber collapsed behind him as he stepped through the dimensional tear, leaving only scattered void energy and the echoes of his victory in his wake.

Somewhere in the cosmos, a Sovereign stirred, noting the loss of their vessel and the birth of a new power.

The real war was just beginning as it smirked.

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Charred stone and unconscious bodies littered the chamber floor. Yue, Litty, Salomonis, Aria, and Kairos lay scattered like broken dolls, felled by the demon's corrupted mana.

Luna stood alone, blood trickling from her mouth as she faced the towering monstrosity. Her body trembled with exhaustion, but her stance remained defiant, almost feral. A growl rumbled from her throat—not the sound of a human, but of something ancient and terrible.

The demon's massive form tensed, its arms drawing back as fire gathered in its maw. The orb of flames grew larger, condensing into a sphere of pure destruction that cast malevolent light across the futuristic chamber.

But Luna didn't retreat. Her lips pulled back in a savage grin, revealing teeth that seemed sharper than before.

"[PARADE OF A THOUSAND WOLVES]!"