Chapter 1: The Fall and the Rise
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Page 1 – The Edge
Setting: A tall city building at sunset. The mood is heavy, the sky burned orange.
Narration:
Rujan was just another name in the system—a quiet boy, broken by bullies, ignored by the world.
He walked toward the rooftop, heart heavy. Today… he planned to disappear.
Panel:
He enters the elevator.
On the 2nd floor, another boy enters—loud, cocky, a bully. He mocks Rujan cruelly.
Panel:
Before the elevator reaches the top, the 5th floor opens. A tall man with a long coat and strange aura enters.
Orrion:
“Get out.”
Bully (laughs):
“Who the hell are you?”
Orrion (coldly):
“Your warning.”
In a flash, the bully is thrown out.
Top Floor: Rooftop.
Orrion stands beside Rujan at the edge.
Orrion:
“Why are you here?”
Rujan (quiet):
“To end it.”
Orrion:
“Then come with me… and start something bigger.”
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Page 2 – The Offer
Scene: Still on the rooftop, wind howling. Orrion stands tall, mysterious.
Rujan:
“You just beat someone up like it was nothing… Who are you?”
Orrion:
“I’m someone who’s died more times than you’ve lived.
And I’m building a team.”
Rujan:
“Team for what?”
Orrion:
“To erase the filth of this world—monsters, ghosts… witches.”
Flashback Image: Orrion trapped in a hellish dimension, dying and reviving endlessly, tortured by a witch for one million years.
Orrion (voice-over):
“I escaped something worse than death. Now I make sure others never fall there.”
Rujan (clenches fist):
“I want in.”
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Page 3 – The Sanctuary
Scene: Orrion's hidden base—part sci-fi lab, part ancient ruin.
Panel:
Rujan arrives in a flash of light. He sees strange symbols, crystals floating, shadowy figures in tanks.
Rujan (shocked):
“This place… this isn’t normal.”
Orrion:
“Neither are you.”
Panel:
They walk past a sealed cage with a twitching, ghost-like creature.
Rujan (gulping):
“…You guys keep ghosts?”
Orrion:
“We study them. Hunt them. Break them.”
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Page 4 – The Team
Scene: Orrion’s base. A huge door slams open. Three teens drag a ghost body in.
Blaze (grinning):
“Yo, Master! Mission complete.”
Rujan (gags):
“Ewww! Is that thing vomiting itself?! That’s not a ghost, that’s a cursed alien octopus!”
Orrion:
“Rujan, meet your seniors.”
Pointing to each one:
Black: The cold, confident captain.
Blaze Nightshade: The firehead. Wild but reliable.
Raven Darkhart: Quiet, creepy, deadly.
Axel Viper (Alex): Tech genius and weapons freak.
Orrion:
“They’re your teammates. Or your kidnappers. Survive, and you get a name.”
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Page 5 – First Mission
Scene: Team gathered around a glowing war table. A map shows District 9 pulsing red.
Orrion:
“Ghost nest. Level 4. You’re going in. Rujan too.”
Rujan:
“I can fight.”
Blaze (laughs):
“Try not to die, rookie.”
Raven:
“If he does, I’m looting his boots.”
Orrion (serious):
“He’s more important than you know.
Fail… and I’ll make your ghosts regret it.”
The team sets off, fading into the night sky.
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Page 6 – Cultivation World Chaos
Scene: Another world—spiritual, mystical, like Earth mixed with ancient magic.
Narration:
There are many realms. Ghosts don’t stay in one.
Panel:
The team meets a sect leader with soul-reading eyes.
Sect Leader:
“There’s a level 6 ghost stealing souls. Take this disciple. He’s in Body Refining Stage.”
Rujan (to Alex):
“What does that mean?”
Alex:
“He punches tigers for cardio.”
Panel:
They track the ghost in a dark forest. A beautiful girl is nearly consumed by it.
Rujan:
“Not today, freak!”
Ghost:
“You’ll feed me instead.”
Orrion (appears silently):
“You first.”
Battle begins. Alex fires lasers, Raven poisons the ground, Blaze charges in fire. Rujan protects the girl.
Ghost (grinning):
“You’re all going to die!”
Orrion (eyes glowing):
“No, just you.”
Panel:
Orrion's shadow pierces the ghost. It screams and disintegrates.
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Final Scene – The Return
Scene: Back at the base. The girl is healing. Rujan is bandaged, surrounded by the team.
Rujan:
“…That was hell.”
Raven:
“Welcome to the job.”
Alex:
“Congrats, you survived your tutorial.”
Orrion (watching the stars):
“Chapter one is done. But your real trial is just beginning…”
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END OF CHAPTER 1
Next: Chapter 2 – The Price of Power
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