Devourer: Echoes of the unwritten

[Scene: Subterranean World – The Hollow Core]

Miles beneath the Earth.

Far below old dungeons, broken guild zones, and forgotten catacombs.

There it slept.

A prison carved into reality itself—etched with runes made of anti-light. Floating crystal coffins stretched across the abyss.

But only one still had a heartbeat.

And it was waking up.

CRACK.

The crystal shattered.

A figure rose—covered in rusted chains, bound in old code. Its mouth was sewn shut by light. Its eyes… long ago torn out, but burning now with red runes.

[DEVOURER DESIGNATION: ORIGIN-000 — THE SLEEPER]

Class: Forbidden

Tier: Beyond Scale

Status: Awakening

Trigger: Kaito Ryu's System Synchronization exceeds 70%

The ancient being opened its mouth.

And howled.

[Scene: Mid-City – Kaito's Reaction]

Kaito stood at the city's edge, overlooking the horizon, when the howl ripped through the sky.

It wasn't a sound.

It was a command. A signal. A memory buried in the code of every Devourer.

Kaito's claws instinctively extended.

His tail coiled like a serpent.

"What… was that?"

[ALERT: UNKNOWN SIGNAL – MATCHING 0.0001% SYSTEM DNA]

[Designation: ORIGINAL DEVOURER DETECTED]

⚠ WARNING: Survival rate against ORIGIN-000 unknown

⚠ Authority level lower than target

Kaito frowned.

"The system didn't make this one…"

"This one made the system."

[Scene: Cutaway – The Council Reacts]

In the void chamber of the Devourer Council, alarms echoed.

The Hollow Queen staggered.

Ashcore flared into full flame.

"The Sleeper is awake…"

"This is no longer a Devourer war."

"This is the reset."

Nullchild growled.

"The boy triggered it. Now we're all prey."

[Scene: North Sector – Crater of Thorns]

Reina ran through the frozen woods of the north, the sky now red above her.

She could feel it—an ancient presence rising from the roots of the world.

She activated her beacon.

"Kaito… are you still you?"

[Scene: The Sleeper Moves – Surface Breach Imminent]

Below, in the Hollow Core, The Sleeper stretched.

Chains snapped like paper.

Its voice was no longer sealed.

And its first words in 10,000 years…

"I smell… a usurper."

"Kaito Ryu."

"I'm coming to take back what you stole."

[Scene: Kaito's System – Crisis Mode Activated]

His interface warped, glitched, and blinked wildly.

[SYSTEM BREAK ALERT]

[ROOT ENTITY ACTIVATED]

[All Classes Reverting to Prototype]

[Backup Code Unavailable]

[The System no longer controls anything.]

"Then I guess it's me… or extinction."

He cracked his neck, pulled up his new ability menu.

[KAITO RYU – TRUE DEVOURER / SYSTEMBREAKER]

Level: 26

Authority Control: 74%

Skills:

– Abyss Shift

– Void Heart

– Gravity Coil

– Systembreaker Pulse (SS)

– Star Vein (Passive)

– Council Mark: Black Sigil

– Black Crown: Mental Immunity

New Alert: "Origin Combat Approaching – Prepare Counterprotocol."

[Final Scene: Earthquake in Reality – Rift Opens North]

A black rift tore through the northern skies.

The Sleeper rose from it, thirty feet tall, wings made of memories, skin of broken systems.

He didn't walk.

He floated.

And he whispered a name the world had forgotten:

"DEVOURER… ALPHA."

Next Chapter: "Origin vs Systembreaker – The End of Chains"