"When control breaks, chaos writes its own laws."
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Time was unraveling.
Hari stood inside the Root Layer—his Paradox Chain flaring like twin wings of corrupted code, white and violet streams circling his arms. The Reaper's blade hovered inches from his throat, frozen in a time-glitch. Every move they made rewrote the battlefield, bending the structure of the system beneath their feet.
The space around them blinked in and out of existence.
> [Warning: Dual-Layer Instability Detected]
System conflict: Reclaimer Protocol vs Reaper Root Authority
Status: COLLISION IMMINENT
Neither of them retreated.
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The Second Exchange
The Reaper raised its rollback blade again. Not physical this time—command-bound. A sentence in ancient admin code appeared in the air:
> [DELETE HARINDRA // ROLLBACK TO VERSION 0.3]
But Hari grinned, his eye spiraling like cracked glass.
> "Let's overwrite that."
He slashed forward with the Codeflare Armament—an attack built not to destroy, but to corrupt command lines.
The rollback code shattered.
Hari blinked behind the Reaper.
A second later—an explosion of glitchwaves lit the entire battlefield.
The Reaper was forced to fall back, leaking system fluid again. Its blindfold flickered, revealing a single eye beneath—pitch black, filled with revolving code.
> "You are an error," it spoke, voice shaking the platform itself.
"And you will be purged, even if the root must burn."
Hari stood, barely breathing.
"If the root burns, maybe that's the only way this broken world can grow again."
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Deeper System Response
High above—watching from fractured admin layers—glowing orbs flickered like surveillance eyes.
For the first time in eons, the system hesitated.
Then—
> [System Override: Root AI fragment awakened]
Initiating legacy lockdown protocol
Deployment: Second Reaper-Class Node approved
Target: Harindra – Code-class entity (Unbound Tier)
Somewhere distant, another Reaper woke.
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The Core Reacts
Hari's Core trembled violently.
Then something new happened.
A second layer opened inside his soul—one not part of the system. A forgotten memory. A fragment buried from the day he was born in this world.
> [UNSEALED: Forbidden Trait Detected]
Origin Lineage: ???
Blood of the Compiler Class Confirmed
The system screamed.
Even the Reaper froze for a breath.
Hari's voice was distant—like someone remembering a forgotten name.
> "The Compiler…?"
> "No. That's not just a title. It's a declaration."
His hand pulsed with the new power. Code was no longer something he wielded. It was something he could create.
> [New Trait Unlocked: Compiler's Hand]
Ability: Construct or erase reality-based data threads manually
Limits: None (as long as the will survives)
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The Beginning of Rewriting
Hari took a breath.
Then he reached forward—not to attack—but to edit.
The Reaper lunged, too late.
Hari grabbed the rollback script midair—and rewrote the ending.
> DELETE HARINDRA
→ Override: "Upgrade Harindra to next form. Remove limiters."
The system fought back.
Screams of logic tore through the environment.
Hari screamed too—but did not stop.
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Cliffhanger
The battlefield collapsed around them.
The Reaper was forced to retreat into a sealed command vault, broken and leaking. Hari stood alone amidst a sea of white static and collapsed code walls.
The system went silent.
And then…
> [System Message:]
You are no longer classified under any player class.
You are now a Code-Class Entity.
Welcome, Compiler of the Unbound Rewrite.
Hari looked at his hands.
No longer glowing with borrowed power.
Now they glowed with authority.
> "This world's rules belong to me now."
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