My Dark Devil System

📅 System Reminder: 646 days remaining until your soul is claimed.

🔥 Nightmare Gauge: 0%

🩸 SP Total: 570

🗝️ Objective Update: Await new directive from the Devil System. Recalibrating path...

😈 Transformation Status: Abyssal Sovereign (Unlocked, Deactivated)

The Architect was gone. Not slain, but erased.

Kael stood amidst the crumbling remains of the Chained Tower—a tower that had never truly existed in any one reality. Now, it disintegrated like ash blown across timelines.

Tenn paced behind him, breathing heavily, glancing over his shoulder as though expecting the world to reset at any moment. "Kael, what now? That wasn't just a boss fight. You killed a concept."

Kael didn't answer.

Because he heard it.

A voice—not external, not in his mind, but somewhere between.

A whisper beneath thought.

[System Notification]

Lucivar's Seal: TEMPORARILY WEAKENED

Contact Initiated: Devil Throne Beacon

❝My precious little ember… Did you enjoy your first taste of godflesh?❞

❝You've cracked the crust of reality. Good. You're learning. But are you burning yet?❞

Kael's breath caught. His system interface fuzzed for a second, flickering as Lucivar's signature overtook the HUD. Everything inverted—colors inverted, words spoke in reverse, SP numbers turned into dripping red ink.

Tenn's voice grew distant.

Kael stood alone.

Scene – Inside the Devil's Throne

Black sky.

Red stars.

A throne made of spines and broken promises.

Lucivar lounged atop it, grinning like a serpent wrapped in silk.

"You've done well, Kael Vireth. Rewriting the Architect was not part of your original trajectory. That means you're diverging. That means… you're dangerous now."

Kael tried to speak, but no words formed.

Lucivar leaned forward, tapping his clawed fingers together.

"You're starting to hear the system even when you're not supposed to. Your nightmare gauge resets, yet you remain aware. That tells me something beautiful, Kael…"

"You're slipping free."

"I wonder—do you plan to kill me, boy?"

Kael snarled.

That amused Lucivar more than anything.

"Oh, don't worry. You'll have your shot. But first, new rules…"

A red sigil carved itself into Kael's chest. He screamed as it branded his soul.

[System Update: Pact Deepening]

🔥 New Mechanic Unlocked: Pact Depth

– Your bond with Lucivar now evolves.

– Your soul is no longer just claimed — it is entangled.

– You may bargain, twist, or invert your pact at greater risks and greater rewards.

🩸 New Skill Added: [Soulbrand: Lucivar's Mark]

– You now passively absorb ambient sin in your environment.

– SP Gain rate increased by 15% while near violence, betrayal, or despair.

– Sin abilities may mutate under emotional stress.

📉 Drawback: Mark burns when you resist Lucivar's will.

– Refusal to follow core system quests may trigger Doom Protocol.

Kael collapsed onto one knee.

His hands trembled. Not from fear—but hunger.

He wanted more.

And that terrified him.

❝Come find me when you reach 50% Pact Depth. Or don't. Either way… you'll be mine in the end.❞

Lucivar vanished.

Kael was back in the ruins. Tenn reached out. "You okay?! What the hell just happened? You blacked out."

Kael wiped blood from his lip, a grin slowly breaking across his face.

"I met the devil again," he said quietly. "And this time… I think I made him nervous."

[System Notice – New Objective]

🧭 Seek the next Devil Tower: The Frozen Halo in the North

🗝️ Use "Key of Fractured Realms" to enter the Shattergate.

⚠️ Warning: Reality in that region is unstable.

📅 System Reminder: 646 days remaining

🔥 Nightmare Gauge: 5%

🩸 SP Total: 585

🧬 New Passive Acquired: Soulbrand – Lucivar's Mark

📈 Pact Depth: 12%

🧭 Next Location Unlocked: The Shattergate (North)