[Root Collapse Imminent: 06:43]
The Genesis Root trembled.
Data storms raged through the void. Glitches leaked into the fabric of reality like blood from a severed vein. Behind Yuto, Elric Minos stood still, his crystal coffin now cracked and dissolving into particles. His presence—fading.
"You have the Creator's Key," Elric said. "That means only one thing…"
"You're the final variable."
Before Yuto could respond, the darkness screamed.
It wasn't a sound—it was a code-deep rejection. A wave of corrupted authority crashing across the Root like a firewall made of hatred.
From the collapsing sky, a form emerged.
Not Orpheus.
But something far worse.
[System Kernel: ORPHEUS.EXE (Core Manifestation)]
[Admin Class: Sovereign Compiler]
It wasn't human. It wasn't even monstrous. It was architectural. A being made of fractal code and glass threads, shaped like a giant mask-wearing god whose limbs were data towers scraping the heavens.
"GLITCH. CREATOR. ERROR."
Its voice echoed in binary.
"YOU WILL BE UNMADE."
Yuto didn't wait.
His threads exploded outward, latching onto floating command blocks, memory chunks, system fragments. He wasn't just fighting now—he was rewriting.
[Command Line Access Unlocked]
[Injecting Override: Soulwriter Protocol → Thread Layer]
Nyx's voice returned, amplified.
"I've reconnected! Your soul-thread has admin tension—push now! You can rewrite the Compiler's authority with enough Root code!"
Orpheus's glass limb descended like a skyscraper.
Yuto dashed forward on a bridge of threads—dodging, deflecting, decrypting.
Each clash wasn't just physical. It was a war of commands.
[Override Clash Detected]
[Injecting: /define:freewill.user.glitch.true]
The code flared. Reality buckled.
[Override Rejected. Countermeasure: FALSEDEITY]
Orpheus roared. Whole sectors collapsed behind Yuto.
He launched himself up—straight toward the core mask of the Compiler. The mask split open, revealing an empty void.
"There's nothing behind him," Nyx whispered. "He's just a reflection… a system feeding on belief."
Yuto grinned, bloody and burning.
"Then let's show him what happens when reality stops believing back."
He threw the Creator's Key into the void inside Orpheus.
[Compiler Access Breached]
[Authority Fluctuation Detected]
[Threadborn Access Confirmed]
[Rewriting...]
The Compiler screamed.
And the world began to rewrite.
Not collapse. Not reset.
Rebirth.