"This world isn't meant to be saved. It's meant to be controlled."
— Lucian Veylor
Moonlight spilled across the cracked marble floor. Lucian Veylor stepped out from beneath the Black Altar. Silence. Cold. But it wasn’t the weather that bit—it was the realization that something had shifted.
His crimson eyes lit up as the system reactivated.
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[System Online]
Path:True Villain – Dominion Class
Status: World Adapting...
*⟶ Reality Alteration in Progress.
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It wasn’t just him leveling up.
The world itself was evolving.
Its laws, its logic, even its morality—no longer black and white. NPCs gained will. They could think, choose... even resist fate. This wasn’t just a system. It was a living world—sentient and unbalanced.
Lucian’s lips curled into a faint smile.
“Good. Let it feel real... before I end them all.”
His steps turned toward the nearest village.
Not for a challenge—this was a trial run. A test of power.
Not a warning. An execution.
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[Skill Activated: Threadbreak Lv.1]
Target: 50-meter radius
Fate threads visible in infravision mode
Touch = Instant death. No wounds.
Cooldown: 1 hour
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Lucian stood at the center of the village.
Children laughed. A guard yawned. A woman carried a basket of fruit.
No one realized they were already inside the radius of death.
In his vision, crimson threads glowed—wrapped around every lifeform.
“Time for a test... pick the purest one.”
His eyes locked onto an old man. No weapons. No sins. Just... alive.
That was enough.
Lucian raised his finger. A small motion—
and the thread snapped.
The man collapsed. No blood. No injury.
Just a hollow body, void of life.
Then came the screams.
Chaos. Stampedes. But no one knew why.
No one knew who.
The system knew.
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[Threadbreak Successful. Soul Core Absorbed.]
Exp +300
Dominion Effect Enhanced
Path Point +1 – Villain Path Options Available
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Lucian inhaled—slow, cold.
"Too easy."
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[Villain Path Options Unlocked]
— Path 1: Terror Sovereign (+10% fear in all civilians upon seeing you)
— Path 2: Soul Binder(Absorb memories of target via 5 seconds eye contact)
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No hesitation.
"Another’s knowledge is worth more than their fear."
He chose Soul Binder.
The sky began to darken—not from dusk, but from the world itself.
The world knew.
Its Villain had awakened.
And he had no interest in its rules.
Lucian looked up.
“Whoever wrote this world’s script... prepare yourself.
I’ll rewrite every damn line.”
The system responded.
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[WARNING: World Adjustment Initiated]
Protagonist-Class Players Will Now Be Activated
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Lucian chuckled. Not from joy—
but like a man who had just been legally permitted to kill.
"Good.
Send all your heroes.
I could use the entertainment."
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TO BE CONTINUED...