I Received System to Become Dragonborn-Chapter 1315: Gather Again

The figure did not move closer again. Instead, it retreated slowly and unsteadily. Its incomplete body drifted backward as if something within it had withdrawn.

The fragments that formed its shape flickered more violently for a moment then stabilized just enough for it to move away.

It did not turn its back, but its presence pulled away from Erend, returning toward the others.

The scattered figures shifted faintly as it approached them. They remained incomplete, broken, unfinished.

The figure joined them once more.

Erend stood alone in that dark unstable space.

His gaze lingered on them for sometime before his eyes narrowed slightly. His thoughts began to move faster to thread together everything he had seen and felt. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

If it doesn’t want to go back, that was already a problem.

But the words it had conveyed...

"Dead... is best... for me..."

Erend sighed slowly. That wasn’t just rejection. That was the conclusion this being came to.

Something happened to it... Or something would happen to it if it didn’t disappear from the Void Architect.

If the Creation itself believed that its own existence would lead to something worse, then separating itself into fragments made sense. It wasn’t just running but it prevented something worse.

Preventing the Void Architect from reclaiming it, and something from being completed.

His gaze hardened slightly.

"Or... it could be preventing itself from becoming something dangerous."

That thought settled heavier than the rest.

If this Creation returned to its original state, then whatever it became might not just affect the Void Architect. It could affect everything.

The worlds and the balance they had fought to protect.

Erend’s jaw tightened slightly. "And I just found it!"

A flicker of unease passed through him.

Had he just helped the Void Architect when he just exposed it? Does the Void Architect already know now...?

If there was a connection, if the act of locating this fragment had triggered something, then it might already be too late.

Or maybe not.

Maybe the Void Architect still needed confirmation. It needed him to report directly.

That uncertainty pressed into him more than anything else. Either possibility carried risk.

He stayed silent for a moment longer, watching the drifting incomplete figures in the distance.

Then he made his decision. "I shouldn’t decide this alone."

Aesa and Eccar must have already encountered their own fragment. They needed to discuss this together before taking any action.

Erend’s presence began to withdraw.

The dark space distorted slightly as his consciousness pulled back, separating from the fragment. The incomplete figures faded into the distance as the connection thinned, then broke entirely.

The darkness collapsed. His awareness returned to his body. The chamber came back into view.

The massive sphere of shimmering water still floated in place. The fragment remained suspended at its center without anything changed. The sealing patterns along the walls pulsed steadily as if nothing had happened at all.

Erend stood where he had been before.

He turned slightly, his gaze sweeping across the chamber one last time.

Then he raised his hand. Space in front of him fractured instantly. A circular portal formed, its edges glowing as the space beyond twisted into view.

Without hesitation, Erend stepped through.

The chamber vanished behind him.

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He emerged into darkness once more. But this time, it was different.

A narrow alley stretched around him. It was dimly lit by distant lanterns and the faint glow of the city beyond. The air carried the scent of slum life, a sharp contrast to the sealed stillness of the chamber he had just left.

He was now back in Leonora City.

Erend stepped forward out of the portal as it closed behind him without a trace.

He stopped there for a moment, his eyes narrowing slightly as his thoughts continued to churn beneath the surface.

The dim light of the city casting long shadows across the damp stone walls. A few minutes later his mind continued to churn, replaying the encounter inside the fragment over and over again.

The words, the incomplete emotions, the rejection, all refused to settle. It was wrong. All of it was wrong.

He sighed slowly, then closed his eyes.

His Magic shifted inward and then extended outward again across distance. It moved with precision, threading through space as it searched for two familiar presences.

It found them almost instantly.

"Eccar. Aesa."

The connection formed.

There was a brief pause, then Eccar’s voice came first, steady as always but carrying a hint of tension beneath it.

"I was about to contact you. I found it."

Aesa followed right after, her tone sharper, more unsettled.

"Same here. I already reached mine."

Erend’s eyes opened slightly, his gaze lowering toward the ground as his thoughts aligned.

"Then listen carefully," he said. "We need to regroup. Now."

A brief silence passed through the link.

"Something’s wrong," Erend continued. "This fragment... it’s not normal."

On the other side, both of them reacted almost immediately.

"You two saw it too." Eccar said, his voice more serious.

"Yeah. This isn’t what I expected at all," Aesa said.

That confirmed it. Erend’s gaze hardened slightly.

"Good. Then we’re not dealing with separate issues. Meet me at my location."

"Understood." Eccar replied.

"I’m coming." Aesa added.

The connection ended.

The alley fell silent again, but only for a brief moment. Then space distorted.

To Erend’s right, a portal formed with a sharp pulse of blue light. Its edges flickered with cold energy before stabilizing into a clean circular gateway.

To his left, another portal opened, this one carrying a deep brown glow..

Both portals expanded at the same time.

From the blue portal, Aesa stepped out first. Her posture was steady and cold as always. Her expression already focused as her eyes immediately locked onto Erend.

From the brown portal, Eccar followed. The tension in his gaze was clear the moment he emerged.

Both portals closed behind them almost instantly, leaving the three of them standing together once more in the dim alley of Leonora City.

For a brief second, none of them spoke and only looked at each other with tense expressions. But the air between them carried the same realization that something about these fragments had gone very, very wrong.

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