Devourer: Echoes of the unwritten

[Scene: North Sector – Dead Skies Canyon]

The land here was broken.

Chunks of mountain floated mid-air. Time flowed backward in some corners. Echoes of screams from people who no longer existed.

This wasn't a dungeon.

It was a fractured dimension—the result of a Devourer's awakening a century ago.

And now… Kaito stood at the edge of it.

[Target Detected: Devourer-Class Host – "Ravok the Star-Eater"]

Species: Unknown

Level: ???

Class: Failed Devourer – Phase III

Status: Incomplete

Warning: Extreme instability. Avoid prolonged exposure.

Kaito cracked his knuckles.

"Too late for that."

[Scene: Enter the Arena – Broken Star Crater]

The moment Kaito stepped into the zone, the sky shattered overhead.

Flashes of red lightning swirled in spirals.

Then came the voice.

"Kaito Ryu…"

Low. Echoing. Like a god coughing blood.

Then, it emerged—Ravok—ten feet tall, fused with parts of machines, skin made of void glass, and stars embedded in its back like dying galaxies.

Its head twisted backward to face him.

"You've consumed what you cannot contain."

"You are an echo. I am the origin."

Kaito's system pulsed violently.

[Instinct Override Spiking: 34%]

[Emotional Drift Detected: FURY / HUNGER / PRIDE]

Kaito's claws lengthened. Tail split again. Eyes flared black and violet.

"Then I'll consume the origin too."

[Scene: Battle Start – Devourer vs Devourer]

BOOOM!!!

They collided.

Ravok's star-laced arm crashed down like a meteor.

Kaito vanished—Abyss Shift—reappeared mid-air, slammed his claw into Ravok's face.

CRACK!!

The world bent. Earth turned sideways.

Ravok opened his chest—a miniature star burned inside it.

"Devour this!"

He fired a beam of raw gravity.

Kaito threw both hands forward.

"Crimson Surge – MAX!!"

His own blood ignited into fire, exploding against the beam.

The crater became a furnace.

[Scene: Mind Duel – Thoughtspace Breach]

Suddenly—Kaito's vision blurred.

He was pulled into Ravok's mind.

A thoughtspace of endless darkness… filled with floating memories.

He saw himself—a younger Kaito, crying in the rain.

He saw Reina, laughing before the world turned dark.

He saw a vision of a god breaking, screaming as its own system betrayed it.

Then Ravok's voice:

"The System used you."

"It created Devourers as tools to erase broken data."

"We are not bugs. We are its blades."

Kaito narrowed his eyes.

"Then I'll turn the blade on its master."

He burst through the vision.

Returned to reality.

[Scene: Final Blow – System Breaker Strike]

[Trait Activated: Void Heart]

[Skill Unlocked: Systembreaker Pulse – Class SS]

– Overwrites enemy core system for 5 seconds

– Nullifies defensive protocols

"You lose now."

Kaito teleported behind Ravok—

BOOM!!!

One claw through the spine.

One tail through the heart.

SYSTEMBREAKER PULSE

A blinding light burst outward.

Ravok gasped—

"Impossible—!"

His system shattered like glass.

Then, silence.

His body collapsed into dust… and light.

[Scene: Post-Battle Reward – Devourer Absorption]

[Devourer Core Absorbed: Ravok the Star-Eater]

Skills Acquired:

– Gravity Coil (A+)

– Star Vein (Passive – Energy Recovery 2x)

Authority Boost: +14%

Current Control Over World System: 61%

Kaito fell to one knee. Breathing hard.

But smiling.

"First one down."

[Cutaway: Secret Realm – The Sleeper Stirs]

Far beyond the sky…

A golden cocoon cracked.

From within, a being with twelve wings opened its eyes for the first time.

"He's reaching me," it whispered.

"So the final key has found its lock…"

[Final Scene: Reina – Tracking the Pulse]

Reina stood in a shadowed valley, watching the skies ripple.

She turned on her scanner—locked to Kaito's unique energy.

"You're not alone anymore."

Behind her, footsteps.

A figure emerged—young, half-masked, with claws of his own.

"You're looking for the Devourer too?"

"So am I."

Next Chapter: "The Devourer Council – Warpaths Awakened"