Chapter 8: The Void Beyond Existence
Everything was gone.
No forest. No axe. No cycle.
Lucian floated in absolute void — a place where nothing existed. No sound, no light, no time. Just pure nothingness. And yet… he was still alive.
"Did I… do it?" he whispered.
The cycle was destroyed. Infinity had collapsed.
But Lucian remained.
And then — he felt it.
A faint, distant pulse.
A whisper from the void.
"You think you won."
Lucian's heart sank.
"No…"
"You think you destroyed the cycle."
"But you merely destroyed one dream."
Lucian turned, horrified.
And there it was — emerging from the void.
A new cycle.
A new forest.
A new axe.
A new hero.
Lucian screamed, "I destroyed you! I killed everything!"
And the voice laughed.
"You cannot kill infinity, Lucian. You merely killed one fragment of it."
And Lucian realized the final horror —
The cycle did not exist in one reality.
The cycle existed in all realities.
Lucian had only destroyed one universe.
But in its place — ten thousand others began to form.
And the axe appeared again.
And the forest grew again.
And the dream restarted.
And the void whispered, "You cannot kill infinity. You can only delay it."
Lucian laughed bitterly —
"Then I'll destroy it again."
And so, Lucian did the unthinkable.
He shattered reality again.
And again.
And again.
But every time he destroyed it — another would form.
And soon, Lucian realized the true horror.
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Chapter 9: The Infinite Fragments
Lucian drifted through the void, his sanity on the verge of collapse.
He had destroyed a thousand universes.
A thousand cycles.
A thousand realities.
But every time — they came back.
And he understood why.
"The cycle does not belong to one universe."
"The cycle belongs to infinity itself."
Lucian was not fighting a single world.
He was fighting the nature of existence.
And the void whispered —
"You can break every cycle… but they will always reform."
Lucian's eyes were hollow. His body decayed. His mind fractured.
And then he asked the unthinkable question —
"Then what happens if I destroy the dreamer?"
The void shivered.
The voice of infinity went silent.
And Lucian grinned.
"There's a Dreamer, isn't there?"
"A source. Something that keeps creating infinity."
The void answered softly —
"Yes… but you cannot reach it."
Lucian laughed.
"Watch me."
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Chapter 10: The Dreamer of Infinity
Lucian's madness had a purpose now.
He no longer sought to destroy the cycle.
He sought to find the Dreamer.
"If there is a Dreamer creating existence… I will end it."
Lucian dove deeper into the void, beyond universes, beyond cycles.
And he found it.
A being.
A cosmic entity that slumbered.
And from its dreams — all existence was born.
The forest. The axe. The heroes. The villains. The cycles.
All of it — was the Dreamer's dream.
Lucian hovered before it, trembling.
"So you're the one who keeps creating these cycles."
The Dreamer did not respond.
It simply dreamed.
Lucian gritted his teeth.
"Wake up."
The Dreamer did not stir.
Lucian raised his weapon.
"WAKE UP!"
And he struck.
And the Dreamer… opened its eyes.
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Chapter 11: The God of Nothing
The Dreamer stared at Lucian — confused, afraid, and ancient.
"Why have you come?" the Dreamer asked.
Lucian's voice was broken.
"Because you keep creating infinity."
The Dreamer did not understand.
"I merely dream. I do not create."
Lucian screamed, "Your dream IS creation!"
"Your sleep causes existence! Your dream IS the cycle!"
And the Dreamer finally understood.
"You wish for me to die."
Lucian laughed bitterly.
"No. I wish for you to wake up."
And the Dreamer hesitated.
"If I awaken… all existence will collapse. All life, all universes, all things — will end."
Lucian smiled darkly.
"Exactly."
The Dreamer trembled.
"Why do you seek such horror?"
Lucian's eyes were hollow.
"Because you are creating eternal suffering. The only way to end it… is to destroy existence itself."
And the Dreamer whispered, "You are mad."
Lucian replied, "I know."
And Lucian plunged his weapon into the Dreamer's heart.
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Chapter 12: The Collapse of Everything
The Dreamer awoke.
And the moment it did — all of existence collapsed.
Every forest.
Every axe.
Every hero.
Every villain.
Every universe.
All of it — turned to dust.
The sky cracked.
Time unraveled.
Infinity died.
And Lucian smiled —
"I did it."
The Dreamer, now awake, stared at Lucian.
"You have doomed all things."
Lucian laughed.
"Good. Let it all end."
And as existence collapsed…
Lucian felt peace for the first time.
No cycle.
No infinity.
No life.
No death.
Just silence.
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Epilogue: The Last Void
Lucian opened his eyes.
Nothing existed.
No stars.
No time.
No being.
And Lucian smiled bitterly.
"I won."
But then…
A sound.
A pulse.
A flicker.
And before Lucian's horrified eyes — existence began to reform.
Another cycle was starting.
Another Dreamer had awakened.
Lucian screamed, "NO! I DESTROYED EVERYTHING!"
And the void answered —
"You destroyed one dream, Lucian."
"But there are infinite Dreamers."
Lucian collapsed to his knees.
"It never ends…"
And now he understood the final, absolute horror —
Infinity does not need one Dreamer.
It will always create more.
And Lucian whispered in horror —
"I can never end this."
And the void laughed —
"Welcome to Godhood, Lucian."
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Post-Credit Scene: The Final Question
Lucian now drifted in endless void.
And he faced a new, horrifying question.
"If I can't destroy infinity… then what if I become the Dreamer myself?"
And Lucian smiled darkly.
"Yes… if I dream a dream of nothingness… maybe I can finally kill existence itself."
And thus… Lucian sat upon the throne of the Dreamer.
And he closed his eyes.
And he dreamed.
But deep down — he knew.
The cycle would still return.
And Lucian whispered bitterly:
"I will keep destroying. I will keep dreaming of void. Until there is nothing left."
And the cycle… continued.
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Final Title:
The Last Cycle: When a Man Tries to Kill Infinity Itself.
Tagline: The greatest horror is not being a hero. It is becoming a god who cannot stop existence itself.