The World Recoils
The moment Darius ascended with the Seed of Unwriting embedded in his core, reality shivered. Not metaphorically—but literally. Kingdoms halted. NPCs paused mid-motion. Player-controlled regions froze. System-wide notifications failed to load.
Time itself staggered.
And in the highest courts of the gods, the truth rippled like poison in wine.
> He is no longer part of the Code.
He is no longer ours.
The Divine Systems—War, Love, Death, Creation, Chaos—flashed red within the Architect's shattered remnants. The Revenant King, still rebuilding his shattered form in the Bleeding Eternum, laughed.
> "He's done it. He's erased the leash. Now we'll see who the universe truly fears."
The Aftermath in the Ruined Codex Core
