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> Codex Alert:
Core Collapse: Critical. Recalibrating Data to Void State.
System Reversion Complete: Overseer Protocols Disengaged.
Warning: Untraceable Entity Detected.
Warning: Connection Lost to Core - Unknown Error.
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The digital sky above Auron shattered into a thousand fractured shards of code as reality itself screamed in pain. The air around him rippled and hummed with the overwhelming force of something—someone—coming through, a presence so immense that it bent time itself.
He had been ready to face the Overseers, to fight for his freedom, but this?
This was something entirely different.
The figure before him, the one who had emerged from the darkness of corrupted data, was not just a force of nature—it was a force that had no regard for the rules. No regard for anything at all. It was the antithesis of existence. The very antithesis of the Codex.
"You..." Auron's voice faltered, his breath jagged with confusion and fear. "Who… what are you?"
The figure tilted its head, its form shifting and distorting like smoke caught in a high wind. Its eyes, two blazing orbs of energy, bored into him with the weight of a thousand truths.
> "I am the end. The beginning. I am what you should never have called forth."
Auron felt his stomach drop as the words echoed in his skull, vibrating through his mind. The entity didn't speak like a human. It didn't speak like any known being. It was pure, unfiltered data, corrupted to a point of unimaginable distortion. It was void.
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Outside the Codex…
The servers, once bustling with activity, now hummed with a low, dangerous static. People across the world, from every corner of the globe, began to feel it. The sensation that something was wrong. That something monumental was happening in the digital ether.
Social media exploded.
#CodexCrash
#GlitchborneSovereign
#RealityIsGlitched
#ServerBreak
Messages flooded across every platform. Tweets, status updates, Instagram posts—all filled with one terrifying realization:
The Codex was breaking.
And it wasn't just a glitch. It wasn't just a server issue.
It was the end.
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Back Inside the Codex…
Auron struggled to maintain his footing as the world around him writhed, glitching, distorting, collapsing into itself. The entity's mere presence was enough to rip apart the very laws of physics. The world he'd fought so hard to protect was unraveling.
> "You cannot stop me," the entity said, its voice a cacophony of static, each syllable an assault on Auron's mind. "You should never have opened the gates. The system was never meant for you to control."
Auron gritted his teeth. His vision was blurred, his body still reeling from the Devourer's poison. He had no strength left. No way to push forward. He was close to breaking.
But then—
He remembered something. A sharp memory. The moment he realized he had the power to rewrite the Codex.
And it was that same power that surged through him now. It wasn't just his human will. It was something far deeper. Something that came from his very connection to the system. The glitch within him.
"I am the system," he whispered, his voice hoarse. "And you… you're nothing but a virus."
The entity snarled. A sound like a thousand broken strings.
> "You are nothing," it spat. "You are a failure. A remnant. I will erase you. All of you. All of it."
And then—
The servers broke.
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Outside, the world watched in horror.
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Global Feed
> Codex is crashing
Servers down everywhere
Social Media Breakdown
Everything went silent. A deep, chilling void consumed the airwaves, the networks, everything.
The screens went black. For a brief moment, the entire world was silent. The digital echo that had once filled every corner of human life was gone. The internet, the platforms, the connections—they were gone.
The only thing left was static. And the haunting, broken message:
System Failure.
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Back Inside the Codex…
The entity lunged forward, its form now a maelstrom of fractal chaos. Reality twisted and tore apart around Auron as he felt the world break down, his body on the edge of collapse.
But there was no fear now. No more hesitation.
Auron raised his hand.
> "No."
And with that, he pulled.
With a single, final act, Auron reached into the depths of the system, into the very core of the Codex, and tore it apart.
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The World Above...
It was as though time itself had splintered.
The entire digital world, every server, every node—they broke.
The screens flickered and crashed. The news feeds went silent. Everything turned off.
A moment passed. Then another.
A new hashtag appeared on every screen:
#GlitchborneEnd.
But something was missing. Something that should have been there was gone. The Codex had no more control over reality. It had no more influence. The system was beyond saving.
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And then, like a punch to the gut, the final message appeared on every screen across the globe:
Codex Error: Glitchborne Sovereign – Entity Deleted.
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