The world shimmered around Adams, pixels twisting, reforming.He landed lightly on a quiet, seemingly peaceful village.Cobblestone streets stretched between small cottages, smoke curling lazily from chimneys.Children’s laughter echoed faintly. Birds chirped. Flowers swayed in the gentle wind.Adams blinked.“…Okay… this… this doesn’t look like death incarnate.”He shook his head, armor humming lightly.“Finally, a nice, chill mission. Maybe I can… y’know, get a coffee.”The system pinged.[Unlocked unlimited health at 15%][Health will automatically replenish to 100% when it gets to 15%][Environment Identified: SERENE VILLAGE SIMULATION][New Hostile Detected: DESIGNATION – ‘CHICKADEE-ERROR’][Level: 4][Combat Difficulty: LOW]Adams laughed, relief washing over him.“A LEVEL FOUR? Seriously? After that Cerberus nightmare? I’m basically overpowered for this one. This is cute. I could literally take a nap.”He strolled down the main street, boots clicking against cobblestones. A tin

The sky fractured like glass under pressure. Thin lines of white light spider-webbed across the blue, pulsing once… twice… then stabilizing into a hovering lattice.Adams slowly pushed himself to his feet, every muscle protesting.“…System,” he said hoarsely, eyes fixed upward, “tell me that’s not another bird.”The system didn’t answer immediately.That alone made his stomach drop.The village shimmered. Buildings that hadn’t already collapsed began to pixelate, their edges blurring as if reality itself was buffering. Smoke froze mid-curl. The wind stopped.Time stuttered.Then CLANG.A massive shadow slammed into the air above the village, as if something enormous had just landed on an invisible platform.The lattice of light folded inward, forming a ring. Inside it, a silhouette took shape. Humanoid.Tall. Broad. And too still.Adams swallowed hard.“…Oh. That’s worse.”The system finally chimed in.[WARNING][UNAUTHORIZED ENTITY ENTERING SIMULATION][Reality Anchor Detected][Thr

Reality folded inward around Adams like stressed metal, the crimson sky twisting into jagged spirals. Buildings stretched vertically, then snapped back into place. Gravity hiccupped up, sideways, then normal again.The hallucinated interference collapsed into static. Gone.The system reasserted itself with violent force.[NEURAL INTERFERENCE QUARANTINED][CAUSE: POST-ANOMALY COGNITIVE FEEDBACK][STATUS: STABLE]Adams staggered but stayed upright.His eyes dimmed back to normal.“…Yeah,” he muttered, shaking his head hard. “Knew it.”Judicator-Axis recovered first.The Executor twisted midair, shattered spear reforming in its grip as compressed gravity reassembled itself molecule by molecule. The weapon hit the ground tip-first and anchored. The space locked.Adams felt it instantly. Like his bones had been nailed to the world.[WARNING][GRAVITY LOCK ENGAGED][MOBILITY REDUCED: 91%]Null Warden moved without rushing. It simply arrived in front of him.A fist passed through Adams’ ch

The Omega Striker hovered, impossibly tall, muscles and armor writhing as if alive. Its aura pulsed violently, each beat of power bending gravity, tearing air, and cracking the ground beneath Adams’ feet .Adams gritted his teeth.“…Yeah. This isn’t just a fight,” he muttered, shaking. Blood from previous wounds dripped onto cracked obsidian. “…This is a slaughterhouse.”The Striker moved. Not a dash, not a step but an eruption of force , smashing through the air like a meteor. Adams’ Phantom Reflex flared, but the system warned:[WARNING: ENEMY MOVEMENT EXCEEDS PREDICTIVE PARAMETERS][REFLEX LIMIT: NEARLY EXCEEDED]The Omega Striker’s first strike hit with gravity and energy combined . Adams’ body slammed into the cracked ground, creating a trench hundreds of meters long. Smoke and shattered energy cascaded into the crimson sky.[Health: 5000% → 1600%]He groaned, rolling to recover. Bones splintered again, muscles torn, yet regeneration kept him upright. He swu

He surged back up, teeth clenched, sword blazing brighter. He slashed again. And again. Each strike was precise, tactical and perfect. Each strike barely enough. The beast adapted, its movements growing sharper, heavier. Gravity surged unpredictably, throwing Adams off balance mid-swing. A horn slammed into his chest. His armor tore open. Blue plates shattered, runes flickering violently. [Health: 9% → 0%] [UNLIMITED HEALTH TRIGGERED] Adams rebuilt, but the Master armor didn’t fully recover. Cracks spread across it like spiderwebs. “…Still not enough…” he rasped, blood dripping down his chin. The beast struck him mid-air, claws raking across his torso. The blue suit ripped apart, energy bleeding away in violent bursts. Adams slammed into the ground, sword skidding from his grasp. Armor fragments dissolved into fading blue light. [MASTER SYSTEM ARMOR: SEVERELY DAMAGED] [POWER OUTPUT: COLLAPSING] He tried to rise. A massive foot crushed his back, pinning him