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Chapter 95 - Chapter 94: A Path of One's Own

Here is the English translation of Chapter 94: A Path of One's Own, rendered in a dark, atmospheric fantasy style while strictly avoiding hyphenation throughout the entire text:

Chapter 94: A Path of One's Own

Drip~

Drip~

CRASH!!!

At the Pegasus city hospital, a train emerged for unknown reasons, raging uncontrollably and devastating everything in its path like a frantic beast.

It wildly demolished structures, annihilating everything within its perception.

Resembling a manic creature, a primitive entity encased in mechanical architecture.

...

From the direction of the sun, countless chains resembling interconnected flower branches cascaded down, enclosing the entire sky.

It severed every suspended puppet, before gradually dissolving into the empty void.

...

Witnessing that sight, Kale took his leave of Quân, having other business to attend to; after all, he remained a mystical horror entity himself.

Seeing this, Quân could only nod in response.

He scratched his neck, which was flushed red from intense itching.

His face had become disfigured following his confrontation with Janeus; nevertheless, thanks to Kale, he managed to retain his original normal appearance.

He still wore the white hospital attire, still heavily stained with blood that had yet to be wiped clean.

Quân produced a cigarette, gently flicking a flame to light it before taking a drag.

He stepped toward the train station, the very location he had used to travel from Jinlus to Pegasus.

Uncertain how many years he had resided here, he only knew he felt far more familiar with this place than any local inhabitant ever was.

"Phew..."

Quân swiftly reached the train station, which remained ruined and unrecovered following the actions of the three Cor brothers.

Quân approached the train with gentle steps, gazing at the solitary train positioned there; although three sets of tracks branched off in three directions, from the beginning until now, his eyes could perceive only the single track that this train was capable of traversing.

Quân discarded the cigarette butt, then spat onto the ground.

He leapt down onto the shattered, spotless white stony ground, a place thick with swirling white dust.

Quân advanced toward the train, employing a key he had acquired to unlock the door of carriage number six.

CLICK~

Quân stepped inside quietly, brushing off the dust clinging to his body before seeking out a seat and sitting down.

CRASH CRASH!

Outside, train shaped worm swarms raged violently, destroying the area, while chain like vines continuously linked together, dissolving into the reality of this domain.

Yet for Quân, as he looked through the window pane, he could see only his own reflection imprinted upon the glass.

He never diverted his eyes for a single moment, his mind recalling the words Ron had spoken to him in the previous loop.

'Do you still recall when I instructed you to seek out what a path truly is?'

Quân closed his eyes, his ears growing gradually muffled, as though someone were whispering directly against his eardrums.

Raindrops materialized out of nowhere within his surroundings, pattering lightly onto his clothes, yet the rainwater did not run down; instead, drops of blood slowly trickled from his shoulders down to the bloodstains already marking his shirt.

It seemed to merge into them, vanishing like a faint illusion.

'Though it comes a bit late, I shall nevertheless explain what a path is...'

Ron's voice and the sound of falling rain seemed to blend together, slowly... gently like the ripples across a quiet lake.

'A path is one's own unique road; upon discovering it, one not only reaches a higher tier, but magic itself undergoes a qualitative transformation.'

Quân's eyes gradually widened.

His breathing grew immensely lighter as well, akin to serene tranquility.

'A path is a concept, a worldview, the distinct lens through which a human views reality.'

Quân glanced out the window, where a pitch black sky had swallowed everything, and humans were frantically beating against the train.

They wept, drenched in blood, human beings begging for survival, for a second chance, just like him...

'Yet the price is, they must exchange their own eyes from the past.'

Quân shut his eyes, and as the train gradually set into motion, everything seemed to accelerate; he could no longer hear the weeping screams, the whines, the bitter resentments.

Yet those frantic knocks against the train door would never abandon him.

Unless.

"I shall be Nguyễn Hồng Vinh.

Remember that."

He spoke into the void, then closed his eyes, carefully sensing it, his true name.

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