Mason’s form dissolved completely, vanishing with a final, distorted shriek.[Entity: Mason. Status: Disrupted. Cooldown: 45 seconds.]Grant stumbled back, his form wavering but holding, a grimace of pure hatred on his face. “You’ll pay for that!”Derek hadn’t moved. He had watched the whole thing, his arms crossed.Now, he took a single, deliberate step forward, stopping just short of the electrified zone. His eyes weren't just glowing; they were burning with rage.“Clever,” Derek said, his voice unnervingly calm. “You used the environment. But you’ve forgotten something important.”He raised a hand, and the red light around him intensified, pulling away from the ground. The electricity fizzled and died. The cobblestones were inert once more.“The System isn’t a toy, boy” Derek continued, taking another step. “And neither are we. You’re not breaking a pattern, Lorenzo. You’re just playing our game with different rules.”Lorenzo’s small victory evaporated. He had taken one off the boa

The spear met flesh. Like pushing into a drowning man’s last breath. The Forsaken’s arm halted mid-lunge, more from surprise than pain.Its mask jerked toward Lorenzo, steam hissing out in furious bursts.For a split, time-stretched moment… Lorenzo felt powerful.Then the creature reacted.A backhand came faster than an instinct. Faster than a thought.It was a blur of black-red and metal.CRACK.The hit launched Lorenzo like a ragdoll. Everywhere first blurrr!He slammed into a rusted generator with a bone-rattling THUD and slid to the ground in a heap. Stars exploded behind his eyes. His lungs spasmed, refusing to inflate for a second that felt like someone pressing a gun to his skull.Health: 1025% → 880%He gasped, violently dragging air back in.“F–fuck ”He scrambled up just as the Forsaken 14 tore the maintenance shaft apart. Exploding out in a snapping thick steel like wet twigs.It landed on all fours, spine arching, with mask glowing with internal heat.“…H O S T … I N I T

Adams’ vision flickered.One moment he stood in blazing neon, the scattered remains of beetles dissolving into blue sparks, the last scream of the hostile entity fading into silence, and then…Everything went black.A sharp, low hum rippled through his bones. The ground beneath him shifted.And then, FWOOOSHCold wind slapped his exposed face as Adams staggered forward into a new world. Grass. Actual grass.Bright green, dew-soaked blades brushed against his armored boots. Towering trees stretched endlessly above him, sunlight dripping through golden leaves. The air smelled like damp soil, warm wood, and something faintly metallic.Adams blinked hard.“…What the hell?” His voice cracked in disbelief.He spread his fingers, touching the rough bark of a nearby tree.“This… this feels real. Like actual real.”Gone were the neon lights, the digital grids, and the echoing synthetic hum.His visor reflected natural sunlight for the first time since he’d woken up in the system.“System?” h

The Null Knight’s sword finished its descent, a red-lit arc screaming toward Adams’ skull.Adams pivoted, shield braced, planting his feet like an anchor in the shaking arena.KRAK-BOOOM!!The impact sent a shockwave through the tiles, bursting red sparks like fireworks. Adams slid backward several feet, boots grinding, shield vibrating violently, but he held.The Null Knight’s burning eyes narrowed, as if surprised its opening strike had not cleaved him in two.Adams grinned, wild, adrenaline-fueled.“Round two,” he growled.“I’m not dying in a pay-to-win arena.”The Null Knight raised its blade for another devastating swing.And Adams charged. The Null Knight’s blade came down in a burning red arc, Adams dodged, the wind from the strike ripping past his cheek like a slicing furnace.The ground where he had stood erupted, tiles flung upward in a violent explosion of glitching light.“YOU MISSED!” Adams shouted, but the Knight didn’t react with frustration. It reacted like a program l

_Name:_ Adams Smith _System Type:_ A Master's System _Health:_ 10% _System Points:_ 450 _Tokens:_ 300 _Money:_ $103000 _Kills:_ 4 The world reassembled around Adams in a violent burst of color, CRUNCH! He face-planted into something cold and metallic. He groaned. “Okay… If this next scenario starts with me eating the floor again, I swear…” A harsh metal clang echoed through the space. Adams pushed himself up and looked around his environment. He wasn’t in a forest or an arena. He was standing on a giant floating metal platform suspended over an endless swirling void of storm clouds. Lightning flashed below like cracking whips of purple fire. He shivered. “Oh, great. Sky doom hell level.” A single alert blinked in front of him. [Warning. You Are Severely Weakened.] [Recommendation: Purchase 1000% Health Recovery Cost: $4000] Adams didn’t even hesitate this time. “YES. HEAL ME.” [Purchase Complete. Transaction Successful.] [-$4000 —- $99000] Warm ene