My Dark Devil System

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

Nightmare Gauge: 0%

SP Total: 570

Alignment Tilt: Damnation

Current Location: Chained Tower Ruins

The Chained Tower lay in shambles.

The sky above churned with strange auroras—fractals of light born from the shattered code that once made up the Architect's Domain. Kael stood amidst the ruins, smoldering, breathing heavily, the air thick with burnt ozone and latent system corruption.

Behind him, the broken remnants of the Architect twitched once... then collapsed into static.

[System Sync Complete]

[New Data Loaded from Defeated System: Architect Lineage Recognized – You now qualify for System Overwrite Branching (Locked)]

Kael's eyes flicked to the notification but didn't respond. His focus was elsewhere.

He stared at his hands.

They weren't hands anymore.

Claws.

Shadowy veins. Etchings that pulsed with sin. His transformation into the Abyssal Sovereign had left permanent marks on his body—some visible, some spiritual.

He could feel it. Something deep inside him had unlatched. Not just power… but purpose.

And hunger.

[Moral Meter Update: DAMNATION +2 | Corruption Threshold Crossed – Unlocked: Sin Echoes]

From behind the crumbling marble, Tenn emerged, holding her blade loosely, eyes wide.

"Kael... what are you now?"

He turned to her slowly. His shadow stretched unnaturally long behind him, whispering as it moved.

Kael's voice was calm, deeper than before. "I don't know. But whatever I'm becoming… it's the only thing strong enough to destroy what's coming."

Voices in the Dark

Later, in the lower chamber of the ruins, Kael sat alone. The fires had died. The Architect's Core lay shattered nearby, leaking data like bleeding oil.

Then he heard it.

A whisper.

Not from the ruins.

From inside him.

"You tasted it, didn't you?"

"Power that belongs to devils and gods alike..."

"You rewrote a law of existence."

Kael's vision dimmed—just for a moment. The world around him peeled like paper, revealing a darker realm beneath.

A throne of bone and chains.

A sea of screaming contracts.

A figure leaned forward in that throne, face hidden in shadow, only the grin visible.

Lucivar.

The one Kael made the deal with.

The Devil who started it all.

"You're ahead of schedule, child," Lucivar said smoothly, his voice like velvet laced with razors. "The Architect was supposed to be a final gatekeeper. And you broke him like a toy."

Kael didn't flinch. "You didn't warn me about him."

Lucivar's laughter echoed like an orchestra of despair. "I don't warn. I test."

A pause.

Then:

"I have a gift."

From the shadows, a book floated toward Kael—bound in molten leather, sealed by seven golden locks.

[System Notification: Sin Codex Fragment Received – Unlock Pathway: Forbidden Sin Fusion]

⚠️ Warning: This will mutate your current alignment and permanently anchor your soul closer to the Abyss.

Kael didn't hesitate. He reached out—then stopped.

"…What's the catch?"

Lucivar grinned wider.

"You ask that now?" he purred. "The catch, Kael Vireth, is this: Every time you evolve… I evolve too. Our contract is mutual. For every soul you burn, I gain one smile. For every system you corrupt, I gain one crown."

Kael's fingers tightened around the book anyway.

"I'll break you too," he said coldly.

Lucivar's grin never faded.

"I hope you try."

Aftermath and New Objectives

Kael woke with a start, the vision gone. Tenn stood by, handing him water.

"You blacked out for ten minutes," she said. "The ruins started whispering. I think your devil buddy tried to hijack your brain."

Kael took the water silently. He could feel the Sin Codex's presence in his soul now—a new tree branching inside him.

[New Quest: Unlock the First Sin Fusion]

Objective: Combine any two Sin Trees via the Codex. Warning: Will attract higher-tier system hunters.

Reward: Unique Fusion Skill, +200 SP, and Codex Integration.

"System," Kael muttered, "status check."

Current Stats:

– SP: 570

– Contract Slots: 1/3

– New Ability (Locked): [System Rewrite Lv.1]

– Alignment: DAMNATION 61% | REDEMPTION 8% | LIBERATION 31%

– Codex Sync: 14%

– Transformation: Abyssal Sovereign (Permanent)

He flexed his hand.

It cracked—not like bone, but like glass under pressure.

He was changing too fast.

Scene – The Broken Ones

That night, as Kael and Tenn made camp near the edge of the broken realm, three presences appeared on the horizon.

Wounded. Limping.

Former system users—ones abandoned by their own systems when the Architect fell.

Broken.

Desperate.

One had no eyes, only sockets leaking data.

One dragged a skeletal leg.

The last one had dozens of system windows flickering in and out across their skin like a plague.

"Please..." one croaked. "We heard the Architect died… We have nowhere left. Let us serve. Let us matter again."

Tenn instinctively went for her blade.

But Kael stopped her.

He saw the value in them. He saw opportunity.

[Devil System – Contract Prompt: Servitude Pact Eligible (3 Targets)]

The system shimmered, waiting.

Kael stepped forward.

"I won't save you," he said. "I'm not your god. I'm not your hero. But if you want power again... if you want vengeance... kneel."

One by one, they did.

Kael's hand flared red.

[Servitude Pact Formed: The Broken Trinity]

Contract Clauses:

– Kael owns their abilities.

– Their deaths fuel his Sin Pool by x2.

– If they betray him, their souls combust.

Tenn watched with narrowed eyes.

"You're building an army."

Kael's smirk was faint.

"No," he replied.

"I'm building a warning."

Closing Scene – The Hunt Begins

Far away, across realms Kael hadn't yet touched, a system hunter opened his eyes.

Tall.

Wreathed in chains.

Marked with a symbol Kael didn't recognize—Order.

He held a long staff that pulsed with system energy.

Behind him floated thousands of hollow husks—former users.

He gazed at a single notification:

"Abyssal Sovereign Detected. Sin Fusion Imminent. Deploy Immediately."

The hunter smiled coldly.

"I've hunted gods. You'll make fine prey, Kael Vireth."

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

SP Total: 570 → 770 (with new Servitude Contracts and Codex bonus)

New Objective: Unlock First Sin Fusion

Codex Unlocked: 14%

Lucivar's Interest Deepens

The Hunters Have Begun to Move

New Allies Gained: The Broken Trinity

Alignment: Damnation Rising