As it approaches Rui’s hands moved instinctively.
She pulled the crystal from her bag, letting it float in front of her.
Energy burst outward from the crystal into our other hand, forming sharp, glowing spears around her.
“Hold him off!” she shouted.
Mira stepped forward, portal shimmering at her fingertips.
A translucent gateway opened just in front of the Horseman’s path.
The Horseman approached, lance poised, eyes like burning embers.
His horse trotted steadily, each hoofstep echoing across the desert.
Rui’s spears of mana shot forward, stabbing the air, striking at him even from a distance.
The Horseman’s silhouette flickered, dodging with impossible speed, but the energy spears grazed him, leaving faint burns across his armor.
Mira braced herself.
“Now!” she shouted and another shot went through the portal straight at the Horsemen’s current position.
The moment seemed perfect but the Horseman stands there.
Or, perhaps, it was just the sound of reality bending.
He thrust his lance forward not at them but at the portals themselves.
Reality splintered.
The energy coming through the portals they all shattered like glass.
Rui staggered backward, shielding her eyes.
Mira’s portals collapsed mid flight, leaving her shocked
For a heartbeat, the desert was empty.
A misty cloud of a different world was left.
Then, impossibly, the Horseman appeared through a different spot with the same mist.
His horse and himself stands 10 m away from the group.
Then Luma used a gravity field to slow down the area where the Horsemen is slowing down his movement and Rui launched a giant beam of mana using up the rest of the crystal.
But while they were doing that 3 flickering clones of the horsemen appeared, but two got hit with the laserbeam but it seems they got the wrong one and the two clones just stand there after the blast. Visit g.com for the full chapter.
As Rui turn the laser towards the third one and shot concentrated mana at it but it stopped moving
And the clone that was hit by laser before is now moving like it just loaded a checkpoint.
And as its Lance is approaching Rui, Luma using his gravity magic made her float in the sky, nearly dodging the lethal strike but then the Horseman using the mist disappeared into nothingness.
After a short while mist started to form and Mira put a portal up in the air and a portal where the mist was forming and then suddenly a loud shattering of glass like before when the Horseman struck her portals a few moments ago.
And then silence.
A faint chime rang in their ears, and a translucent notification appeared before them, glowing softly in the desert light.
System Notification:
“Horseman of the Apocalypse fragment successfully trapped in Dream Dimension. Reality stabilized. Quest progress updated.”
Rui blinked at the floating text.
“…”
Luma’s eyes narrowed, staring at the horizon.
“…Apparently. It’s not gone forever… but it’s locked away, at least for now.”
Seojun smirked, letting out a quiet laugh.
” I couldn’t really do anything.”
Another smaller notification popped up, listing the rewards and updates.
Quest Update:
• Apocalypse Fragment Contained 1/4
• New Objective: Investigate dimensional distortions
Mira, adjusting her golden armor, gave a small nod.
“…So it’s stuck. For now.”
Rui held the crystal tightly in her hand.
“…And the real one… he’s still out there somewhere. But at least we don’t have to fight him yet.”
System Notification:
“Reward Acquired: Crystal of a Fading Dream”
Description: A fragment of a consciousness lost to time and battle.
Contains the final memories, emotions, and regrets of a fallen warrior.
Can be examined to unlock hidden knowledge or temporary power.
Rui lifted the crystal, its surface shimmering like liquid starlight.
It felt heavier than it looked, as if it carried a weight beyond its size.
Luma frowned.
“…A fragment of the Horseman?”
Seojun shook his head.
“No… just a minion. A remnant of a fading dream.”
The crystal pulsed, and the memories inside began to play like a distant echo:
A soldier charged across a battlefield, armor scratched and bloodied.
His comrades fell around him in a one side war, the sound of steel on steel deafening.
He raised his shield, but a lance struck him down.
Pain excruciating, and empty and in his final conscious moment, he thought of everything he loved Ahri, Mom, Dad, and small moments that had felt insignificant in life.
As his vision dimmed, the battlefield dissolved, replaced by a perfect dreamworld: skies clear, wind gentle, and everyone he cared for safe and smiling.
He could breathe, laugh and live peacefully it was so beautiful.
The dream was fleeting… yet more real than his reality.
I know the fight sucks, but I’m not very good at writing it