My Dark Devil System

System Reminder: 651 days remaining until your soul is claimed.

Nightmare Gauge: 59%

SP Total: 106

Watcher Entities Alerted: 1

Current Objective: Journey to the Obsidian Scar and seek forgotten system users.

Chapter 11 – The Scar That Screams

The landscape changed beyond Ashvale. What once were rolling plains and whispering forests turned into a graveyard of black glass and dead stone.

Kael and Tenn stood at the edge of the Obsidian Scar—a valley carved not by nature, but by cataclysm. Charred bones were buried in obsidian pillars that jutted from the earth like claws reaching toward a dead sky. The wind howled strangely here—like it remembered pain.

System Tip: You are now entering a System Ruin Zone – anomalous area created by failed system users.

Warning: Reality may distort.

Flash Memory Triggered – Remnant Echo Detected

Kael staggered. A searing pain shot through his head as someone else's memory pierced through.

A young man screamed as his system overloaded, tearing him from the inside out. Red veins of corrupted code crawled across his skin as he reached for help—but none came.

"I did everything right! Why—!?"

[System Implosion Detected: Former user 'Thorne the Redeemed' – FAILED]

Kael gritted his teeth. "This place is a graveyard for those like me…"

Scene – The Hollow Choir

The moment they stepped deeper into the Scar, Tenn stopped. His breath fogged unnaturally.

"Kael," he whispered. "You hear that?"

Kael nodded. There were voices. Whispering in a thousand tongues. Not words—but grief.

Suddenly, one whisper grew louder than the others.

"Why did you leave me to die?"

Kael spun. But there was no one there.

Tenn was staring at Kael now, eyes wide. "You're glowing."

Kael looked at his own hands. Faint red lines—like circuitry—had started crawling up his arm.

System Mutation Triggered – Gluttony/Envy Cross-Resonance Detected

Unlocking Minor Hybrid Perk: [Sinsiphon Touch]

[Sinsiphon Touch Lv.1]: When in contact with a dead system user, extract fragments of their power or memory.

Event – The Wailing Husk

From the mist, a form crawled toward them.

Not human. Not whole. It was a mangled system remnant—part armor, part shadow, with no face and a mouth that never closed. Its system interface glitched violently in the air above it.

System Threat: Aberrant – "Wailing Husk"

HP: 19,000

Weakness: Purge fire, reality anchors

Immune: Charm, Fear

Objective: Defeat and Extract Echo Core.

Kael didn't hesitate.

[Blazing Dominion] – Flame spiraled out, carving a ring of protection.

[Sin Detection] – Detected lingering Pride, Wrath, and Gluttony.

[Seething Core] – Charging.

The Husk screamed, distorting the very space around it—rocks cracking, Tenn falling to one knee.

[Echo Step] → [Infernal Surge]

Kael appeared behind the Husk, striking with his Inquisitor's Flamebrand, now corrupted by his SP:

Flamebrand Reforged: Devilfang Edge

Passive: Adds +30% to Sin-based attacks. Burns divine constructs.

[Hellfire Burst] – He cleaved downward, fire trailing like a comet.

Critical Hit – 7,100 Damage

Burn Status x2

SP Gain: +14

The Husk roared—and retaliated with a Memory Scream.

Kael's mind flooded again—

A girl crying in his arms. A knife in his back. A promise broken by betrayal.

"You said you'd protect me…"

He froze—just for a second. But that was enough.

The Husk struck. [Devour] instinctively activated.

🧬 Kael consumed part of the memory.

❗ Emotion Surge: Guilt (Non-sin). Translated into temporary power.

Kael stood tall, eyes blazing.

"That guilt? It's mine. And I'll forge it into fire."

[Blazing Ruin Fist – Seething Amplified]

A fist wreathed in rage and memories collided with the Husk's chest.

It shattered.

System Update – Aberrant Defeated

+40 SP

Echo Core (Wailing Husk) acquired

Memory Fragment – Thorne's Last Stand unlocked

Unique Drop: "Fragment of the Broken Crown"

🩸 Nightmare Gauge: +8% → 67%

New Sin Fusion Path unlocked: Wrath + Guilt = Ember Regret (WIP)

Tenn helped Kael up, staring at the strange glowing core now in Kael's hand.

"What... was that thing?"

Kael stared at the ruined figure on the ground, its system glitches fading like dying stars.

"That? That was a warning."

Scene – The Center of the Scar

At the heart of the Obsidian Scar lay an altar of jagged metal and red crystal—half-submerged in bone ash.

Upon it sat a girl.

No, not a girl.

A Corpse Doll—pale, eyes stitched shut, humming softly as she rocked back and forth.

System Scan: Inactive system core detected. Soul binding suspended.

Name: ???

Status: Dormant Pact Candidate

Alignment: Unknown

Sin Affinity: Lust + Sloth

Tenn stepped back. "Is she alive?"

Kael felt something shift inside him.

"She's waiting for someone to wake her up."

The system chimed softly.

You may now forge a contract here… but beware: not all pacts are silent.

📜 System Summary – Chapter 11

SP Gained: +54 (Total: 160)

New Ability: [Sinsiphon Touch Lv.1]

Weapon: Devilfang Edge (corrupted Inquisitor's Flamebrand)

Mini-Boss Defeated: Wailing Husk

Nightmare Gauge: 67%

Sin Fusion Path: Ember Regret (Wrath + Guilt)

Mystery Encounter: Corpse Doll (Potential Contract)

Watcher Alert Level: Still 1

New Quest Option: Awaken the Corpse Doll or leave her untouched.

📅 Days Remaining: 651

End of Chapter 11