"The only king I will ever be... is one the System cannot comprehend."
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🌑 The Church of Null – Echo Zone Z-13
The voices in the air fell silent.
Even the System blinked out.
Kael stood before the altar, staring at the flickering message in front of him. The three paths shimmered like specters on the edge of decision, code streams dancing around his body.
And then—
> [PATH SELECTED: THE NULL KING]
The cathedral groaned. Black stone walls cracked as if reality itself resisted what came next.
> [TITLE ACQUIRED: THE NULL KING]
[SHARD RESONANCE—STABILIZED AT 85%]
[YOU ARE NOW OUTSIDE OF SYSTEM DEFINITIONS]
> Warning: You are no longer eligible for Classholder privileges.
You are now a Sovereign Threat.
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đź’€ System Reaction: Catastrophic Error
> [SYSTEM ERROR: CODE-REAPER LOST TRACK]
[ERROR CODE 8112 – "No such user exists."]
Thorne dropped his sword. "He just disappeared from the System."
Seris stepped back. "Kael… What did you become?"
He turned slowly.
Kael's eyes were different now—two crimson voids, reflecting no light, absorbing all information.
> [NEW ABILITY UNLOCKED: NULL DOMAIN – STAGE 1]
> You may designate a 50-meter radius in which the System is disabled. No tracking, no class abilities, no reinforcement scripts.
Duration: 3 minutes.
Cooldown: 1 hour.
Kael raised a hand.
The air shimmered, cracked—and the world froze.
A dark ring of anti-code spread around him like ink in water. System notifications shattered like glass. Even Seris' Class Window blinked violently.
"This… is mine now," Kael whispered.
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🏰 Null Domain: Activated
Outside the church, the red line tracking Kael suddenly snapped.
In its place, a void marker appeared in the System's interface:
> [NULL ZONE CREATED – ACCESS DENIED]
[CAUSE: THE NULL KING]
Somewhere, deep in the Administrator's realm, a new log burned across the Architect's script:
> Kael—ERROR ANOMALY—has claimed Sovereign Status.
Recommendation: Deploy Protocol: SYSTEM WIPE.
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🧠The Cost of Power
The moment the Domain faded, Kael staggered to one knee.
Blood dripped from his nose. His heartbeat doubled, then tripled.
Seris caught him. "You weren't supposed to survive that path."
Kael gritted his teeth. "That's why I chose it."
> [CRIMSON SHARD STABILITY: 72%]
> Warning: Overuse of Null Power may fracture your soul.
Stabilize through meditation, shard convergence, or Domain anchoring.
Thorne helped him up. "You're gonna need an army soon."
Kael looked up, eyes steeled.
"Then let's find the broken. The discarded. The hunted."
He glanced toward the cracked city skyline.
"And give them a king."
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📢 Author's Note – Talent Engraver here!
Kael has chosen the path of The Null King—a sovereign threat outside the System's reach!
This opens up an entire rebellion arc and sets the tone for Volume 4. What do you think? Is he becoming a hero… or something worse?
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