"Kaelen!" Rix screamed, firing her pistol at Valen. The bullets bounced off a blue forcefield.
Kaelen's vision went white. Delete... Delete...
Inside his soul, the Ember of Hope flickered. And next to it, the Aspect of Decay laughed.
You cannot delete Entropy, the Aspect whispered. Entropy is the end of code.
Kaelen focused not on his body, but on the Blue Chains holding him. He bit down on the code with his mind. [Skill: Glitch Bite.]
He injected the Void Data from the Black Box directly into Valen's spell.
CRACK.
The blue chains turned red. [Error: Syntax Error.][Error: Infinite Loop Detected.]
Valen's staff sparked. "What? You corrupted the command?"
The backlash hit Valen. The System tried to process the infinite loop Kaelen fed it. Valen froze, his eyes twitching as he processed junk data.
"NOW!" Kaelen shouted, breaking free.
He didn't attack Valen. He attacked the floor. He slammed his hand down. [Decay: Max Output.]
He rotted the marble floor of the Sanctum. The floor collapsed.
Kaelen and Rix fell into the darkness beneath the cathedral.