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Chapter 73 – The First Player
Setting: Liberty Online – Mistspire Verge, Core of the Forgotten Archive. Glitched air. Silent system. A place untouched by updates… or time.
Ashen's breathing was steady, but his heart raced.
Across from him stood Laziel, the First Player.
His presence was different—less like an NPC, more like a broken avatar somehow preserved through system decay. His robes were stitched from fragmented lines of code, torn where the texture files failed. His voice was sharp, almost too real. Too human.
"You're Ashen. The one who broke the Machine King and shattered Mornacht's seal. You've walked the threads of power—and now you've reached the tapestry's edge."
Ashen narrowed his eyes.
"You're… a ghost in the system?"
Laziel chuckled bitterly.
"No. I'm a soul buried inside it. Liberty Online isn't just code. It's memory. And memory… never forgets."
