Novels by alfatiharifarif

The holographic screen before Siska trembled violently, radiating a searing orange glow that stabbed at her eyes. A week had passed since Rian claimed global authority, yet the echoes of that day still lingered like an open wound inside the Noob Slayer headquarters. Within the "Dead Zone," now lined with countless monitoring instruments, the air felt static and frigid, as if the laws of physics themselves were holding their breath."Can you lower the decrypter’s intensity, Anton? The frequency is starting to mess with my heartbeat," Siska asked without taking her eyes off the endless stream of scrolling code."Sorry, Sis. But the data from what’s left of the Architect is stubborn. The harder we push, the harder it fights back," replied Anton, one of their best analysts, wiping sweat from his forehead. "This isn’t normal encryption. It’s like... organic code trying to heal itself."Siska rubbed her exhausted face. The dark circles beneath her eyes were proof of countless sleepless nigh

Cosmic dust still danced through the dry air, scraping against the remnants of lightning energy that had only moments ago torn across the sky. In the middle of the scorched wasteland, Rian Arka stood motionless. His crippled leg trembled, not merely from physical exhaustion, but from the crushing weight of millions of lines of code he had just forced into his soul."Boss? You... you're still alive?" Siska's voice shattered the suffocating silence.Rian did not answer immediately. He stared at the palm of his hand. Glowing blue lines crawled beneath his skin, pulsing in rhythm with his heartbeat. Every time his heart thudded, a transparent system window flickered in the corner of his vision, displaying an endless stream of data.Synchronization: 88%. Status: Integrated Entity."Rian!" Siska ran toward him, but her steps stopped about three meters away from the man. A cold aura radiated from Rian's body, a pressure that made the hairs on the backs of the other Noob Slayer Guild members

The sound of explosions on the horizon still left tremors running through the base floor when the front steel door was forced open. Siska immediately raised her staff, but Rian stopped her arm with a slow motion."Kenzo," Rian murmured. His deep red eyes fixed on the figure stepping inside with heavy strides. The leader of Elite Vanguard looked like the remnants of fading glory, his once gleaming armor now marred by deep scratches and dried bloodstains."You look pathetic, Rian," Kenzo said, his breathing strained. "A lot of people say you’ve become a god. But all I see is a cripple who’s gone half mad from swallowing the wrong code.""And you?" Rian forced himself to stand upright, even as his crippled leg trembled violently. "Where is that glorified elite force of yours? Where is the government you defended so proudly?"Kenzo clenched his fists until his iron gauntlets creaked. "They’re dead, Rian. Erased in seconds when that pillar of light appeared. Now all I have left are people

The holographic screen before Siska trembled violently, radiating a harsh orange glow that strained the eyes. A week had passed since Rian claimed global authority, yet the echoes of that day still lingered like an open wound within the Noob Slayer headquarters. Inside the "Dead Zone," now outfitted with layers of monitoring instruments, the air felt static and cold, as if the laws of physics themselves were holding their breath."Can you lower the decrypter’s intensity, Anton? The frequency is starting to throw off my heartbeat," Siska said without taking her eyes off the cascading lines of code."Sorry, Sis. But the data from the remnants of the Architect is stubborn. The harder we push, the harder it resists," Anton replied, one of their best analysts, wiping sweat from his forehead. "This isn’t normal encryption. It’s more like... organic code trying to heal itself."Siska rubbed her tired face. The dark circles under her eyes were proof of sleepless nights. As a Glass Mage, her p

Cosmic dust still drifted through the dry air, scraping against the remnants of lightning energy that had just torn across the sky. In the middle of the scorched expanse, Rian Arka stood motionless. His crippled leg trembled, not merely from physical exhaustion, but from the weight of millions of lines of code he had just forced into his soul."Boss? You... you’re still alive?" Siska’s voice broke the suffocating silence.Rian did not answer right away. He stared at his palm. Faint blue lines glowed beneath his skin, pulsing in rhythm with his heartbeat. Each beat triggered a transparent system window that flickered at the corner of his vision, displaying an endless stream of data.Synchronization: 88%. Status: Integrated Entity."Rian!" Siska ran toward him, but her steps halted about three meters away. A cold aura radiated from his body, a pressure that made the hairs on the backs of the other Noob Slayer Guild members stand on end."Don’t come any closer yet, Siska," Rian murmured.

A dense gray digital fog swallowed the heart of Jakarta, turning the skyscrapers into flickering silhouettes, breaking apart like corrupted pixels. Rian walked forward slowly, the drag of his left foot muffled by the static hiss saturating the air. Behind him, Siska gripped her staff so tightly her knuckles turned white.“Rian, my mana sensor is going haywire. This place... it doesn’t feel like the real world anymore,” Siska whispered, her voice trembling.“Stay behind me, Siska. This is the Dead Zone mentioned in that manifesto. A point where the laws of physics and system logic overlap in a rough collision,” Rian replied without looking back. His left eye, glowing blue, spun rapidly, processing streams of code that flowed through the air like inverted rain.“But look at that!” Siska pointed at the wreckage of a car floating calmly three meters above the ground. It slowly unraveled into strings of hexadecimal numbers before reassembling into a warped shape. “Why would the system allo