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Chapter 8 - The Age of False Peace

The Titans celebrated.

From the far edges of the universe, they watched the stars burn calmly once more. To them, the balance was restored. The Three Evils were sealed. The divine power had succeeded.

"The evil force is gone forever," one Titan said with relief."The universe may finally rest."

They did not look back.

Because while the Titans believed in peace…shadow was spreading.

The Devil Takes the World

On the planet below, darkness moved like a living tide.

The Devil's Heart, now fully merged with the human mind, had learned something powerful—how to think, plan, and wait. It was no longer blind corruption. It was intelligent.

Slowly, quietly, it extended its influence.

Governments fell without war.Defenses shut down without battle.People obeyed without knowing why.

The planet did not fall in a single day.

It surrendered.

The skies darkened. Light faded. The land became wrapped in endless shadow, and the Devil's will flowed through every corner of the world.

Then, deep within the sealed rift beyond time, the Devil reached out.

The seals placed by the Titans—once unbreakable—began to crack.

One by one, they shattered.

The Three Evils were free.

They returned—not as conquerors rushing into battle, but as servants answering a greater power.

The Devil now ruled them.

The Thinking Heart

For the first time since its creation, the Devil's Heart had a mind.

A human mind.

It remembered fear.It understood loss.It learned patience.

And it knew one truth above all:

"If the Titans find me, I will be destroyed."

So it chose silence over conquest.

The Devil gathered the Evils and spoke through the human voice:

"We will not rise where they can see us. We will grow where no one looks."

The Island of the Dark Den

Far from cities.Far from life.Far from Titan sight.

There existed an island forgotten by maps—a place where the sea refused to shine and the sky was always covered. At its center lay an ancient cavern known only in whispers as the Dark Den.

That is where they went.

The Devil.The Three Evils.And the shadow that followed them.

Inside the Dark Den, darkness bent to the Devil's will. The Evils knelt—not in fear, but in recognition.

Here, plans were made.

Not just to destroy a planet…but to control the entire universe.

"Let the Titans believe in their victory," the Devil said calmly."Let them sleep."

Outside the cave, the shadows thickened.

Because this time, evil was not rushing toward war.

It was preparing for it.

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