> A god bound by law.
A boy born from chaos.
When belief rewrites the world—
Who controls the ending?
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Scene: System Sanctuary – Core Domain of D'Verra
Far beyond Neavo's skies, in a luminous realm woven from ancient code, the Sanctuary of the Original Script pulsed like a beating algorithm.
Here, D'Verra, the last Architect of the System, stood before her followers.
Her robe shimmered in binary.
Her eyes glowed like twin processors.
Around her stood her disciples—each one a remnant of the old world:
Paladins of Law.
Archivists of Sequence.
Programmed Angels of Syntax.
> "The Heretic has inherited the Fragment of the First," D'Verra declared.
"He merges chaos with creation. He blasphemes the design with every choice."
A disciple spoke cautiously.
> "But Lady D'Verra... he did not destroy. He healed the Forgotten."
> "That is exactly why he must be destroyed," she replied.
"Mercy is not in the code."
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Scene: Hari's Awakening — The Fragment Begins to Whisper
Back on Neavo, Hari stood in a silent glade where space bent slightly with his presence.
The fragment from the Forgotten warrior pulsed in his arm. Not as pain—
But as voice.
> "You carry not just my blade, but my regret," it whispered.
> "Be careful... every evolution brings you closer to what they once feared: a script no god can control."
Hari clenched his fist. His skin glowed with runes.
But behind his confidence... doubt brewed.
> "What if I do become something even worse?"
A breeze blew.
A small bird—injured, wing broken—landed before him.
Hari reached out—
And without a spell, without a skill, he willed it healed.
Just like that.
No command prompt.
No cooldown.
Just... will.
He stared at his hand.
> "This is beyond evolution."
> "This is authorship."
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Scene: The Lawbound Descend
That night, the sky broke again.
Not with thunder—
But with order.
Columns of golden light struck the land.
From within them, D'Verra's elite descended—The Lawbound.
They weren't warriors.
They were enforcers of reality.
Each step they took stabilized space, canceled magic, and reverted change.
Their leader, clad in silver syntax armor, declared:
> "Hari of the Broken Throne. You are summoned for deletion."
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Scene: The New Skill Awakens
As they charged, Hari didn't run.
He didn't fight back with brute strength.
He closed his eyes.
And wrote one word into the world:
> "Deny."
The Lawbound halted mid-attack.
Their weapons froze.
Reality wavered.
Hari had unlocked something forbidden—
> [Narrative Override: Type-Z Skill — Rejection of the Absolute]
A power that doesn't change the rules…
It refuses them.
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Final Scene: D'Verra's Response
In the Sanctuary, D'Verra stumbled.
Blood—yes, divine blood—trickled from her mouth.
> "Impossible…"
> "He's begun to write outside the syntax."
She looked toward the glowing threads of Neavo's new reality.
And for the first time—
She felt fear.
> "The Heretic… is no longer in my book."
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To Be Continued in Chapter 40: Rejection of the Absolute
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