Devourer: Echoes of the unwritten

[Scene: System Edge – Dead Audio Zone, East Expanse]

Wind screamed.

Not air. Not weather.

Just data wind—carrying fragments of corrupted music and memories.

The sky pulsed like a speaker—thumping in rhythmic glitches.

And in the center stood a figure in black velvet.

Eyes covered by a cracked mask.

A harp slung across his back—strings made from class shards.

Zant Vox – The Songsmith Thief.

He plucked a single note.

And the mountain behind him shattered.

"Come, Kaito," he whispered.

"Let's see whose world sings louder."

[Scene: Kaito Arrives]

Kaito descended through a tear in the sky.

Eyes calm. Aura burning with low-pulse code.

He landed softly, boots crunching on pixelated ground.

"You stole melody from the system."

"Now you want to use it against the one who rewrote it?"

Zant bowed mockingly.

"You gave us freedom, Devourer God."

"And in my freedom—I found my music."

"Let me play you the song of unmaking."

[Scene: BATTLE START – MELODY VS CODE]

Zant drew a glowing violin bow from thin air and dragged it across the strings of his harp.

SCREEEEECH.

Reality bent sideways.

🌀 [Cursed Song Activated: "Funeral Verse for a Living God"]

– Warps sensory input

– Lowers reaction speed

– Crashes active skill triggers every 5 seconds

Kaito staggered.

His vision twisted.

Numbers bled from the sky.

His interface glitched.

But then—he grinned.

"Nice song."

"I'll show you mine."

[Scene: Kaito Fights Back – Rewrite Song Protocol]

[Command: CUSTOM PROTOCOL – Devourer's Pulsewave]

– Converts emotion into physical waveform

– Direct counter to corrupted audio classes

He raised his hand.

Closed his eyes.

Then—he roared.

A blast of pure Systembreaker Aura surged from his core like a bass drop.

The air itself cracked.

Zant stumbled.

His harp strings snapped.

[Scene: Clash of Powers – Audio vs Rewrite]

Zant, bleeding from the ears, smirked.

"Good."

"Let's raise the tempo."

He unleashed a new song—this one sang by his blood.

Literal notes rose from the ground as red butterflies, swarming toward Kaito.

Kaito countered by tearing the air with his claws—

VOID SLICE – SYSTEM CANCEL

The butterflies vanished.

But one note hit his chest.

BAM.

A deep, painful memory flashed—

His mother's face… her last words… the night he lost everything.

He gasped.

Dropped to a knee.

Zant approached.

"That was your past. That's what powers my song."

"I steal pain."

[Scene: Kaito Recovers – The Devourer God Responds]

Kaito's voice was low.

"Then let me give you everything."

He stood. Unleashed a new command.

⚠️ [God Protocol Unlocked: Soul Rewrite – Mirror Code]

– Reflects emotional attacks

– Echoes opponent's "source song" against them

A second harp appeared—burning black—behind Kaito.

He didn't play it.

It played itself—using Zant's own soul as the melody.

Zant screamed.

"No—this song is MINE!"

The sky turned red.

Zant's body split open in light.

And he fell.

[Scene: End of the Song]

Kaito stood over him.

Zant's mask cracked and fell away.

Underneath—he was just a boy. No older than Kaito when he first awakened.

Zant whispered:

"I just wanted… the world to hear me."

Kaito paused.

Then spoke quietly.

"They heard you."

"But now they'll hear me louder."

[Aftermath: Kaito's Interface Update]

[System Update: Songsmith Protocol Absorbed]

New Trait: Melodic Rewrite – A

New Passive: Sound Immunity

❗ Status: 1 of 12 Thieves Defeated

[Final Scene: The Next Thief Awakens]

A black pyramid rose in the southern deserts.

Inside, a girl with glass eyes and a throne of bones whispered:

"Vox has fallen."

"Then I'll be next."

"Let's see if your throne survives the Grave Architect."

Next Chapter: "The Bone Pyramid – Architect of the Dead"