[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-solflare-the-painter-s-secret":3,"chapter-solflare-the-painter-s-secret-solflare-the-painter-s-secret-chapter-31":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Solflare: The Painter's Secret",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1322859,1757,"Chapter 31: I’m Still Waiting to End What You Started","solflare-the-painter-s-secret-chapter-31",31,"\u003Cp>As one of the leaves floating around him touched his right arm, it crumpled and turned into ash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ashes of the leaf blew over Leon’s wet skin as the curtain got raised and splattered down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around Leon’s arm, yellowish light glowed in his skin as his veins turned gold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, in his dream world, he stumbled back in shock, crossing his arms over his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uncrossing his arms, the ground he stood on shook and began to shatter bit by bit. When the first part of the stairs collapsed, a void of no return caught Leon’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His heart skipped a beat when he saw the solid ground drifting downward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Help!\" he fell and screamed, feeling unable to stand straight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leon stretched his arms toward the two sentinels as sobs escaped his mouth. Not receiving any help, he crawled forward and clung to the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that instant, the ground he leapt from seconds ago collapsed and fell, giving him a narrow path to place his foot on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tilting his gaze back to where the two sentinels were, he saw them unmoving, almost as if where he stood was the only place experiencing the collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling the ground his leg was resting on shaking, a voice boomed from within the door: \"Remember Who... You... Are... Before it... Opens!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leon’s ears throbbed under the weight of the voice and how fast the door vibrated, almost as if it wanted to throw him away from its side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leon tightened his grip on the jagged stones erected at the surface of the door. But as the door vibrated on a second motion, his left arm slipped as the stone he held broke and fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His left arm staggered for a while, then slammed onto another stone, which also broke the moment he wrapped his fingers around it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, his right arm also slipped as the stone he held broke free and fell. He staggered, whirling his arm at his side like a bird.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mouth opened wide as the tiny land he stood on also broke, causing him to slip and fall at great speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His screams turned silent as he realised the void to be endless. But after spotting a glistening spear stretched upward like an army below, his eyes widened, followed by the screams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahhhh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sweat turned into a pool around his physical body, soaking the bedsheet, while the leaves also turned into ash whenever some touched his skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air moving in and out of the room felt distant, as it conspired with his mind, trapping him in the nightmare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A loud shunk! echoed as he got pierced by the jagged spear in his dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hung impaled on the sharp edges, unmoving. Blood oozed from his heart, ribs, and legs, and dropped on the dark, solid ground like a waterfall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment two crows flew past him at full speed, he gasped heavily for air while he cracked his eyes open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cough\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He coughed once, twice, then on the third, blood bubbled out of his mouth. The crows that lingered around him, their cries piercing through his eardrum like a freshly crafted sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though almost all his vital parts were pierced, he could turn his neck around freely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"WHY NOT KILL ME INSTEAD?!\" he screamed in a sorrowful tone while the blood kept on bubbling from his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless crows shot up from the dark, solid ground and hovered in a scattered stance around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leon closed his eyes and smiled. But when he felt his skin get pecked by a bird’s beak, he forcefully shoved himself sideways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bell sound echoed from all the spears he clung to as tiny round metals chained around the spears raised and slammed against the spears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, in the distance, loud footsteps that sounded like an earthquake echoed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leon’s expression changed when he turned his head and gazed in the direction from which the sound erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing a colossal being moving at an unnatural speed toward him, a bright city of gold flashed in his eyes—a view of heaven he read about in history books.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the being closed in and stopped, the bright city vanished, letting Leon see the eye socket that had no eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leon clenched his jaw and closed his eyes when the being opened its wide mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A chorus of laughter surged on Leon like fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thin streams of blood dripped from Leon’s ears, nose, and eyes like drizzling rain when the being closed its mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No air flew across the land the spears were pierced in, yet he felt something moving the strands of his hair and shifting them sideways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive force slammed into his body, which was already limp, letting the spears pierce through him deeper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything went black when a spear pierced his head, cracking his skull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in the blackness, a voice rang in his ear: \"I’m still waiting to end what you started.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leon jolted awake from the nightmare and met another nightmare, spotting the bed he was in now looking like a mini swimming pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huge amounts of water were hurled out of his throat after he gasped for air, splashing on the ground beneath his bed and around it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The water-dropping sound echoed so loudly, he clutched his palms around his ears and squeezed his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could notice, he scrambled onto the slippery floor. His chest heaved after he slammed both elbows hard on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling the pain streaking through his elbow felt as if the spears he dreamt of were piercing his real body as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The humming sound of the medical machines echoed in his ears, bringing him back from the dream experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One breath at a time, Leon calmed himself. He managed to stand up without slipping down, neared the bed, and sat on it carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body shot up immediately as the water-filled bed touched his skin. He moved toward the foamy seat at his left-hand side and sat in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soft wind blew across his face the moment sleep tried to swallow him again. Quickly, he shook his head and opened his eyes wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As his eyes closed for the second time, the statement repeated itself around him: \"I’m still waiting to end what you started.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, inside the hallway of the academy, one door remained open. And inside the room that had its door open, Tiger sat there, anger filling his face like a skin.\u003C\u002Fp>",1079,"2026-06-05T19:15:29.303Z",1,"novelbin.me","06ee5e4c6f7ef0878141462c7c51b20a34a6017963285435aca5c954504ef5ca","solflare-the-painter-s-secret-chapter-32","solflare-the-painter-s-secret-chapter-30",272,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsolflare-the-painter-s-secret-cover.jpg"]