(Continuation after Mirrorbreak — Battle with the Compiler begins)
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The ruins trembled.
The voice was not echoing from the walls—it was speaking into Hari's soul. Cold, mechanical, and ancient, with a whisper of something… inhuman.
From the far end of the mirror chamber, the dust cleared.
And there it stood:
A tall, faceless figure clad in jagged obsidian armor, with wires flowing like hair and a book bound in chains floating behind it. Its fingers held a blade forged of fragmented data, code, and memories—glitching as if existence itself struggled to hold it together.
> [??? Detected: Unknown Entity — "Compiler"]
Origin: Forbidden Layer of the First Archive
Title: System Executioner
Threat Level: Omega Tier
Warning: No data available.
Hari's breath hitched. The atmosphere around him froze—not in temperature, but in time. His heart kept beating, but the world refused to move.
The Compiler tilted its head.
> "You are not permitted to exist," it said, voice flat. "Your ability… 'Evolve Every Kill'… breaks causality."
It raised its sword—The Compiler's Blade—and pointed it at Hari's chest.
> "You are an error. And I am the purge."
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🩸 The Battle Begins
Hari didn't wait for a signal. He moved first—his instincts screaming.
He flashed forward using Phantom Layer, leaving behind an illusion just as the Compiler slashed.
CLANG!
The illusion shattered like pixels dissolving in light.
He came at the enemy from behind—blade drawn—but the Compiler didn't turn.
Instead, a line of code burst midair:
> [Predictive Slash_Protocol 003 : RUNNING]
And the Compiler spun exactly in time, countering Hari's blow with a burst of force that sent him flying into the chamber wall.
> [System Warning: Critical Threat. No escape path available.]
Hari coughed blood, rolling to his feet. His mind raced.
> He's not just reading my movements… he's predicting my skill-tree.
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⚔ Countering the Impossible
Hari triggered Wraithstep, phasing for 1 second into incorporeal form—passing straight through a devastating Compiler thrust.
But the Compiler raised its hand mid-strike. Lines of corrupted script circled his arm—
> "You think borrowed skills will save you?"
> [Hijack Attempt Detected: Compiler targeting Evolution Core]
The blade slashed through Hari's status window itself.
> WARNING: Your Skills are being rewritten...
A glowing panel behind Hari cracked. One by one, his abilities flickered:
Predator's Counter — corrupted
Shadow Skin — nullified
Mirror Step — unstable
Hari's face darkened. He gripped his blade tightly.
> "You're trying to erase me from the system?"
The Compiler's glowing eyes flashed.
> "You are not a player. You are an anomaly. And anomalies do not belong."
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🔥 Breaking the Script
Then Hari smiled.
A dangerous, defiant smile.
> "You're right. I'm not a player anymore."
He dropped his weapon. The Compiler hesitated.
> "I'm the rewrite."
From deep within his chest, a purple glow erupted. The energy from the Mirrorbreak trial, from the Wraith Core, from the fractured version of himself—merged.
> [Core Override: Manual Awakening Engaged]
Name: Harindra — Classification Changing…
→ [New Trait: Code-Eater (Prototype)]
→ [New Ability: Consume & Adapt: System-Based Entities]
Hari reached out bare-handed and grabbed the Compiler's blade.
It should have sliced his arm in half.
Instead—it froze, pulsing.
And then... began to break.
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💥 The Shatter Point
> "You consume skills. I consume you."
Hari's eyes burned like collapsing stars.
The Compiler screamed—not in fear, but in rejection. Its voice cracked, lines of system error bleeding from its mouth like shattered pixels.
> [System Corruption: Compiler Entity Failing. Blade Integrity: 14%]
Hari absorbed the feedback. The energy. The instability.
His body changed.
Not into a monster.
But into something... outside the game.
> "You wanted to finish my story?"
He walked toward the twitching Compiler, its book melting, its limbs glitching.
"I just started writing yours."
And with a single upward strike of his fist—blazing with corrupted light—Hari destroyed the Compiler's Blade.
BOOM!
The chamber shattered.
And everything went white.
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> [You have Defeated an Omega-Class Entity: The Compiler]
[You have Consumed Forbidden Data]
[New Evolution Path Detected: ???]
[Skill Absorbed: System Override Fragment]
[Memory Trace Sealed: Unlock with 100% Core Evolution]
[Evolution Progress: 89%]
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Hari lay on the ground, breathing heavy, vision shaking.
But his thoughts were clearer than ever.
> "They tried to delete me…"
"…but I've become the error they can't contain."
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