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Chapter 75 - Chapter 75: The Requiem of the Copper Casket

[The Atmosphere of Dread]

The emerald sky of the spirit realm was suddenly choked by a thick, metallic fog. Emon, standing atop the Crystal Minaret, felt a cold shiver that didn't belong to the living or the dead. The 1,600 djinns, who usually buzzed with the energy of nature, were suddenly silent, their blue flames flickering as if a great vacuum was sucking the life out of them. From the depths of the ancient well, a sound emerged—not a scream, but the screeching of rusted metal. A secret organization of sorcerers, known as the "Order of the Broken Seal," had unearthed the original Copper Casket that Emon's grandfather had used to trap the first djinn. But they hadn't just found it; they had corrupted it with "Anti-Magic."

​[The Conflict]

The sorcerers began a ritual that turned the casket into a spiritual black hole. It wasn't just trapping djinns anymore; it was "deleting" them. Every second the casket remained open, one of the 1,600 djinns would vanish into thin air, their memories and existence erased from history. The djinns panicked, their loyalty to Emon warring with their primal fear of non-existence. The leader of the Order, a man with eyes like burnt coal, laughed as he pointed the casket at Emon. "Your army is a banquet, Emerald King! By dawn, you will be a master of ghosts, and we shall be the masters of the void!"

​[The Mega Twist]

Emon didn't draw his sword or use his emerald fire. Instead, he did something that defied all laws of magic: he walked straight into the Copper Casket. The sorcerers cheered, thinking he had committed suicide. But inside the casket, Emon discovered the ultimate truth—the casket wasn't a prison; it was a "Bridge." The 1,600 djinns weren't being deleted; they were being "Compressed" into a new form of energy. Emon used his own human soul as a catalyst. Suddenly, the casket exploded into a million shards of light. From the debris, the 1,600 djinns emerged, but they were no longer spirits of fire or wind. They had become "Material Djinns"—beings with physical bodies who could now walk among humans without being invisible. Emon hadn't just saved them; he had given them "Life." The Order of the Broken Seal was instantly neutralized as the very djinns they tried to kill now stood before them as an unstoppable physical army.

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