Still.
There was no absolute direction.
There was only reflection... and reflections of reflections.
The entities struck—but always at the wrong place.
The one that stabbed left, was hurled upward.
The one that tried to slash… severed itself.
The one that screamed… heard only voiceless echoes.
Lucian walked calmly through the chaos.
His cloak fluttered like a war banner from a forgotten realm.
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[SHADOW ENTITIES: 100% ANNIHILATED]
Reality Sync: Gradual Recovery
Total Reality Fragments: +4
Mental Status: Absolute Stability
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[EMOTIONAL ANALYSIS]
Satisfaction: 19%
Absolute Coldness: 79%
Dormant Wrath: 2%
Destructive Impulse: Detected
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He looked up at the sky, now shifting color—not blue, not red,
but like layers of reality peeling away.
And for the first time since his rebirth…
Lucian let out a faint chuckle.
"If reality wishes to reject me… so be it.
Because every time it spits me out, I learn how to rewrite its laws."
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[SYSTEM NOTICE]
User Status: Reality Synchronization – 12%
Compatibility with Second Pillar: Rising
Personality Shift: Stable within Risk Threshold
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His steps continued.
No fear.
No hesitation.
Only ambition—now rooted not in revenge,
but in the burning desire to reshape the structure of the world itself.
And the world… finally began to realize something it should have feared long ago—
Lucian Veylor was never part of the system.
He was its virus.
And the system…
was already collapsing from within.
The game has only just begun.