"To be a god is not to rule. It is to choose who must fall first."— Architect Kryos, Final Manifesto
[Final Server – Inner Core]
The digital sky had turned blood red.
Above the fractured throne of memory, The Architect descended—his form now a grotesque fusion of wires, ancient glyphs, and echoing whispers from every failed timeline.
His voice wasn't one. It was thousands.
"RISHI. YOU ARE THE LAST ERROR."
Rishi stood in the Core Hall—Eve fading into code behind him, her essence now embedded in the Trainer system. Her last gift still hovered before him:
[GOD_MODE.BETA – INSTALL?]
He didn't hesitate.
Confirmed.
[Installing GOD_MODE.BETA…]
• Unlimited Health• Infinite Mana• Infinite Stamina• Fly Mode• Time Freeze• Skill Copy (Unlocked: ALL)• Delete Entity
WARNING: GOD_MODE.BETA is unstable. Reality cost applies.
The message flickered.
But Rishi was done asking questions.
"I'm not here to follow rules anymore," he muttered.
He rose into the air—his body now glowing gold and blue like a divine avatar, pixels orbiting him like celestial wings. His voice echoed with the weight of every cheated line of code.
"You created the game," he told Kryos."But I brought the mods."
The Battle of Codes
The Architect raised his hand.
[Command: SYSTEM COLLAPSE – All particles disassemble.]
Reality peeled apart.
Planets crumbled. Time slowed. Oxygen reversed.
Rishi blinked once.
[GOD MODE RESPONSE: SYSTEM IMMUNITY ENABLED]
He moved through the broken storm, untouched.
[Skill: Copy – Architect.EXE Protocol: "Rewrite Law"][Success.]
With a whisper, Rishi countered:
[Rewrite Law – "Only I May Change Code."]
The Architect screamed.
Digital blood sprayed from cracks in his shell.
"You shouldn't exist!" he howled. "You were just a backup process!"
Rishi smiled bitterly. "Then maybe your worst bug is finally biting back."
He pointed.
[Delete Entity – Architect]
The code began shredding The Architect's limbs.
He dropped to his knees.
But then…
[REALITY COST ENGAGED.]
The Price of Power
The Trainer UI glitched violently.
The system made a sound Rishi had never heard before—crying.
A figure appeared in front of him.
It was his mother.
But not real.
A perfect recreation from his memories. She was holding out her hand, smiling softly.
"Rishi," she whispered. "You're using too much. GOD_MODE pulls energy from something real to power the impossible."
"What?" he gasped.
[WARNING: Using god-level commands destabilizes your original memory anchors.][Cost for this action: DELETE MEMORY OF MOTHER – PERMANENT]
Rishi froze.
The choice hung in the air.
Eve's voice echoed in his head:
"Every god trades something sacred to stay divine."
The Architect, weakened but laughing, coughed through code-blood.
"You see now? You're just like me. Power… is sacrifice."
Rishi looked at his Trainer screen.
[Confirm Delete: YES/NO]
His hand trembled.
His mother looked so real.
He clicked YES.
The Death of Memory
The illusion shattered like glass.
A piece of Rishi vanished with it.
The Architect shrieked.
And Rishi struck the final blow.
[Command: Purge All Architect Code – Execute]
The digital world bent inward, roaring as the root of the Architect's existence was deleted line by line.
A golden shockwave erupted from Rishi's chest, slicing through the air and disintegrating the monster that once ruled broken Earth.
Silence followed.
The Fallout
The Final Server collapsed, leaving Rishi alone in a sea of code ash.
The Trainer UI hovered silently.
[GOD_MODE.BETA exhausted.][Remaining Cost: Unknown.]
A single text box blinked:
Would you like to exit to reality?
He hit "Yes."
The world bent.
[Back in the Real World – Day 1 After Collapse]
Rishi woke up in front of his college.
But everything was different.
Skyscrapers had merged with alien towers. People wore armor made from fused elements. Zones floated in the air like islands. The Earth had kept its new shape.
And in the middle of it all: Rishi.
People stared at him.
"Is that… the one who fought The Architect?"
He didn't feel proud.
He didn't even feel complete.
Because something in him was gone.
And for the first time, he wondered:
What happens when the cheat code wins… but the player doesn't?
TO BE CONTINUED…