The world was silent.Only the wind carried the echoes of distant screams and crumbling towers.
Leon stood amid the ruins, the crimson system screens floating before his eyes, lines of code flickering like veins of living fire.
[Sinbound System Online][Initializing Corruption Tree…][Host Synchronization: 87%... 92%... 100%]
Pain seared through his skull like lightning. His body convulsed, and for a heartbeat, he saw nothing but black static.Then the voice came — smooth, mechanical, and terrifyingly calm.
"Welcome, Sinbound. Your sins define your power."
Leon's reflection trembled in the cracked glass of a car window beside him — his eyes glowing red, veins streaked with crawling shadows beneath his skin. The corruption pulsed like a second heartbeat.
"What... what did you do to me?" he whispered.
The system answered.
[Quest Generated: First Sin — Consume to Evolve][Objective: Absorb the essence of a fallen player]
He turned.A few meters away, a corpse lay sprawled on the asphalt — another player, still glowing faintly with system energy, armor cracked, eyes blank.
"Consume?" Leon muttered. His throat felt dry.
Then came the hunger.It wasn't physical. It was deeper — primal, coded into the system itself. His fingertips twitched, his vision dimmed, and before he realized it, black mist coiled around his hands.
He pressed his palm against the dead player's chest.
A surge of dark energy shot into him like liquid fire. The corpse withered instantly, turning to ash.
[Sin Absorbed: 1][Skill Unlocked — Umbral Drain][Stat Boost: +5 Strength | +3 Agility | +10 Corruption]
Leon stumbled back, breathing hard. The world seemed clearer now — every sound, every vibration.He could feel the system running beneath reality like hidden machinery.
"What the hell am I?" he whispered.
Footsteps echoed behind him.
He turned sharply. Three players approached, fully geared — swords, staffs, and glowing armor. The tag over their heads read:[Silver Dusk Guild — Squad Alpha]
The leader pointed at him. "You! Step away from the body! That's Victor — you killed him!"
Leon frowned. "Killed? I just—"
"Corrupted class," the mage interrupted, raising his staff. "System flagged your energy signature. You're one of them."
One of them.The word hit differently. Leon could feel it — his system reacting, whispering like a snake in his mind.
[Threat Detected][Recommendation: Eliminate or Escape][Passive Unlocked — Sin Instinct: Fear Resistance +100%]
No fear. No hesitation. Only cold clarity.
Leon smiled faintly. "You shouldn't have said that."
He moved — and the world slowed down.Shadows trailed from his arms as he lunged forward. The warrior barely had time to lift his sword before Leon's hand plunged into his chest, siphoning the energy straight from his soul.
[Sin Absorbed: 2][Skill Upgrade — Umbral Drain II]
The mage screamed, hurling a blazing orb — but Leon flicked his wrist, bending the energy midair. The spell twisted back and exploded in the caster's face.
[Sin Absorbed: 3]
Only one remained — the scout. He bolted, sprinting across the broken street.
Leon's system flared.
[New Ability Unlocked — Sin Tracker]
Black lines of data appeared before his eyes — a trail of corruption showing every step the scout took.
Leon chuckled. "You can run… but you can't hide from me."
He followed, moving like smoke through the ruins. The whispers grew louder, a chorus of unseen voices chanting through his veins.
"Feed the code... feed the code…"
When he finally reached the scout, the player was already begging for mercy. But mercy wasn't part of Leon's code anymore.He touched him once — and the light drained from his body.
[Sin Absorbed: 4][Corruption Level: Stage 1 Complete][New Feature Unlocked — Sin Menu]
A dark interface opened before Leon, alive and pulsing.
Sin Tree:
Gluttony — Locked
Wrath — Tier 1 (Unlocked)
Greed — Locked
Pride — Locked
Envy — Locked
Lust — Locked
Sloth — Locked
Passive: +15% Damage per kill streakWarning: Corruption increases rapidly in Divine Zones.
Leon stared at it. "Wrath, huh? Sounds about right."
Thunder cracked across the crimson sky.And then a massive holographic message appeared above the city — seen by every player still alive.
[Global Alert: A Sinbound Entity has been detected in Zone 12][All Guilds are authorized to hunt the corrupted player]
Leon looked up.All around him, glowing portals tore open in the air — guild members stepping out, weapons drawn, faces marked by fear and greed.
"So… the game begins," Leon muttered.
[New Quest: Survive the Purge][Objective: Be the last player standing][Reward: Evolution Unlock — Stage 2]
He pulled his hood up, red eyes blazing beneath the shadow. The wind howled through the ruins as the first guilds began to close in.
"Let's see," he whispered, his voice low, deadly, and calm."Who's willing to sin more than me."
The shadows swallowed him whole —and the city erupted into war.