Devourer: Echoes of the unwritten

[Scene: Mid-City – 3 Hours After the Battle]

The city was broken.

Skyscrapers burned. Roads split. Smoke twisted into the clouds like dying ghosts.

And above the wreckage, in a crater lit by violet lightning—stood Kaito Ryu.

Silent.

Unchallenged.

All seven Sentinels had been defeated.

Some were still alive… barely.

[System Rebuild: 12% Complete]

[Devourer Status: True Class Confirmed – Phase II Activated]

[WARNING: MULTIPLE GOD-CLASS SIGNALS DETECTED NEARBY]

Kaito narrowed his eyes.

"So it begins."

[Scene: Cutaway – Unknown Location, Underground World Chamber]

A massive, round chamber lined with runes and broken crystal pillars.

At its center: a glowing pool of red-black liquid—alive, whispering.

Four silhouettes stood in the shadows, surrounding the pool.

Each one… inhuman.

One hissed.

"The final fragment awakened."

Another laughed.

"And the boy survived it. Interesting."

The largest of them stepped forward. A half-metal, half-beast Devourer with horns spiraling like bone swords.

"Then it's time."

"We rise."

[Scene: Guild Data Center – Yuna's Private Feed]

Screens shattered. Algorithms collapsed.

The System's predictive model was gone.

Yuna stared at the final line of raw data:

[DEVOURER PRIME: Kaito Ryu – ACTIVE]

[Total System Control at 42% and climbing.]

"He's rewriting power itself," she whispered.

Behind her, a trembling guild agent spoke:

"Should we—shut him down?"

Yuna turned slowly, face pale.

"No."

"You don't shut down a god."

[Scene: Kaito – Devourer Vision Unlocks]

Kaito stood on a skyscraper edge, arms folded, staring into the burning skyline.

His screen glitched—then evolved.

[NEW VISION UNLOCKED: Devourer Sight]

– Allows detection of hidden beings and System shadows

– Grants translation of devourer language

– "See between the lines of the world."

Suddenly—a flicker in the air.

A cloaked figure. Thin, tall, no eyes—just teeth. Not human. Not Hunter.

"So the Core chose you."

Kaito turned, claws ready.

"Who are you?"

"A mistake," the figure whispered. "Just like you."

Then it vanished.

[WARNING: INTERFERENCE DETECTED – ENTITY CLASS: DEVOURER - TYPE BETA]

[Scene: Info Drop – The Truth of Devourers]

Kaito's system opened a locked tab.

[Devourer-Class Data Unsealed]

You are not the first.

You are not the only.

Devourers are system anomalies—born from failed gods, broken class cores, corrupted protocol trees.

9 existed before you.

8 were erased.

1 survived.

Now… you are the strongest.

Kaito's tail twitched.

"They'll come for me."

He smiled.

"Let them."

[Scene: Cutaway – Global Factions Responding]

North Realm: Warships move toward the sky wall. Commander Daegus whispers, "The boy ate a god. We need to nuke the system."

Sky Guild: Floating paladins activate the World Lock Protocol. "Lock the code. Lock the soul. Lock the sky."

The Fallen Church: Priests open black coffins. Inside them? Old Devourers.

"It's feeding season again."

[Scene: Reina – Now a Fugitive]

Reina runs through a collapsed train tunnel. Wanted posters cover every screen behind her.

"REINA YUKARI – Rogue Supporter of Devourer-Class Threat"

[Dead or Alive – 350,000 Cr]

She stops. Gasping.

Then opens a signal beacon.

"Kaito… if you're out there…"

"Don't let them make you a monster."

[Final Scene: Kaito's Status After Phase II Activation]

[STATUS – TRUE DEVOURER / PHASE II]

Level: 21

Class: Omnicide Core

Evolution: Final Form (Awakening Locked)

⚔ New Trait: Devourer Sight

⚔ New Skill: Overbreak Pulse (A+) – Shatter Class Barriers in an area

⚔ Passive: Crown of Shadows – Authority over weaker Devourers

Authority Level: 47%

Threat Rating: [World-Level Catastrophe]

He looked toward the north—where one final pulse was rising.

A signal. A gate. A challenger.

"Another Devourer…" he muttered.

"Let's see what you taste like."

Next Chapter: "Devourer vs Devourer – Blood of the Broken Star"