"All systems are created to regulate.
Then the highest beings are those who can reject the very rules themselves."
— Lucian Veylor
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The shadow stood without a name.
Not human. Not demon. Not data.
It was… residue.
The leftover will of an ancient system—one that had been erased from all civilizations.
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[SYSTEM WARNING: Unidentified Entity Detected]
Origin: Beyond the System
Status: Unregistered within reality structure
Existence Effect: Data Distortion | Reality Fragmentation | Fate Algorithm Leakage
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Lucian stood unfazed.
The aura around him began to crack—
as if reality itself rejected the presence of both.
But his gaze remained cold.
“You… are a failed system,” he said flatly.
The figure grinned.
“Not failed.
Just… not part of the plan.”
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[SYSTEM PROTOCOL: Absolute Host Protection Activated]
Active Mode: Shadow Partition
All External Interference: LIMITED
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Lucian dismissed it with a single word:
“Override.”
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[Override Accepted]
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“I don’t need protection from knowledge.”
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The entity stepped forward.
Each footfall fractured the dimension—
like pixels burning on the screen of reality.
“I am the Nameless System.
Rejected by all protocols.
And because of that… I am free.”
Lucian narrowed his eyes.
“Then why appear before me?”
“Because only you possess a will strong enough…
to rewrite the system itself.”
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Suddenly, the Null Codex trembled violently in Lucian’s hand.
Fragments of world law leapt from its empty pages.
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[WORLD ARTIFACT SYNCHRONIZATION: Null Codex]
Status: Syncing with Extra-System Entity
Progress: 12%... 37%... 81%...
Risk: Reality instability increasing drastically
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Lucian smirked.
“If this world cannot be changed,
then I’ll destroy its foundation.”
His eyes locked onto the entity.
“And you… will become my instrument.”
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A soft laughter echoed.
Not human. Not sound.
More like the cracking of a dimension giving in.
“At last…
someone unafraid of destruction.”
Lucian raised his hand.
The Null Codex lit up—
a deep red glow, like the blood of reality itself.
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[GLOBAL WARNING: Lucian Veylor’s Existence Threatens the Structure of the World System]
Emergency Response: Partial Seal Initiated
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But…
Too late.
The Null Codex had already accepted one sentence:
“The system submits only to a will stronger than itself.”
And as the invisible ink sealed itself into the laws of the world—
Something began to change.
The world no longer recognized its own limits.
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TO BE CONTINUED...