The Leviathan’s eyes burned like twin cores of molten pressure.[Abyss-Class: Nautilus Breaker – Lv. 15] Status: ENRAGEDTerritorial Instincts: Unstable Threat Level: MAXIMUM–BLOODLUST-KILL The ocean trembled as the pressure spiked. Baxter floated slowly to his feet on the seabed, still glowing faintly. His HUD flickered with new stats and system syncs stabilizing.[Baxter Holmes – Beast Lv. 14] Psionic Integration: 87% Core Vitals: Restored to 42% Skill Slots Expanded: +1 Bonus Slot Available Combat Power Surge: Active (Duration: 60s)His vision sharpened. He could feel the leviathan’s bloodlust. He wants to kill him and absorb his core but that wouldn't happen.“You're pissed?” Baxter spat blood and smirked. “Cry harder. Should’ve read the rules before gate-crashing my fight.”The leviathan responded with a roar that split the trench in two. Coral reefs shattered behind it. Its tail arched high.[Skill Activated: Abyss Spiral Crush]The water spun violently as the Leviathan

Matilda lunged again, and this time, her claws connected. Blood burst from Baxter’s shoulder as talons ripped through flesh and bone. He howled, rolling to the side, but he was not fast enough; her tail, now spiked and slick with venom, lashed across his ribs with a sickening crack. [System Alert: Rib fracture – Major. Lung integrity compromised.] She laughed, the sound deep and demonic, echoing in unnatural frequencies. “You bleed so easily, little boy,” she mocked. “Maybe you haven’t grown up at all.” She grabbed him by the throat and lifted him. His feet dangled inches above the floor. Her grip was molten fire, her eyes glowing pits of crimson hatred. “I begged your father to let me keep you,” she hissed. “He said I could have you whenever he didn’t need you. And I did. Again and again. And you.. ” her grin widened “.. You never fought back.” Baxter’s body convulsed in pain. His vision tunneled. He could feel his life leaking out of him. But somewhere beneath that

[Omega-9 Activation Mode: Survivor’s Endurance][Stamina Boost: 20%Pain Suppression: 35%]That was it. Where's the shield he had requested?[System notification: Health too low to command full activation]Asshole! He had no time to spare exchanging words with such a wicked system.The python lunged, its fangs flashing, and Lorenzo threw himself to the side. Its jaws slammed into the earth where he’d been a second earlier, dirt and leaves exploding upward.He scrambled up, clutching a broken branch in his hand. His knuckles whitened as he held it like a spear, even though he knew it would barely scratch the monster’s scales.The serpent’s golden eyes glowed in the dim forest light, its tongue flicking in and out as though mocking him.“You’re not taking me that easily,” Lorenzo muttered, though his chest heaved, and his vision swayed from the blood loss and exhaustion.The python struck again, faster. Lorenzo thrust the branch forward, aiming for its eye.Crack!The makeshift weapon s

*The past!*Lorenzo ran through the courtyard, his feet smacking the concrete with each step. The brokers chased after him, jeering and hooting. Grant, Mason, and Derek. Three brokers who always hung out together, and who enjoyed making the lives of others a living hell.His heart was beating so fast he was sure it would burst from his chest. He had just gotten into a fight with Grant. He had no choice but to run. If he had tried to resist, he would have ended up in a coma.His foot caught a jutting piece of the cracked pavement, and his legs went flying. Lorenzo hit the ground and slid, and then the brokers were on him, kicking him in the stomach, the ribs, and the back. He curled into a ball, crying out in pain as they continued their onslaught.Then he was dragged up by his hair and slammed face-first into the wall. The impact left him reeling, and they grabbed his wrists and pinned them against the rough surface.When the world came into focus again, Grant stood before him, grinni

Lorenzo’s blood ran cold. He turned slowly.From the dust, shadows twisted. Dark energy seeped from the ground, and the forms of Grant, Mason, and Derek began reconstituting. Their bodies became semi-translucent, outlined in flickering, malevolent red light.Grant pushed himself up, grinning wider than before, a jagged red crack spreading across his jaw where Lorenzo had struck him. “Didn’t think it’d be that easy, did ya?”Mason rose, the electricity from the baton now crawling over him like veins of blood. “That actually… kinda felt good.”Derek stood last, his eyes now glowing with the same crimson energy. “You’re not the only one who can use the System, Lorenzo.”The courtyard darkened. The air grew heavy with the scent of static and old blood.They were back. Stronger. Faster. And More brutal.And this time, they weren't just bullies. They were monsters.The System chimed, its tone urgent.[Stage 2 Updated: Break the Pattern.][Objective: Eliminate Re-Infused Entities.][Warning: