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Chapter 427
Everett swung his plain steel sword as hard as he could. He poured all his anger and all his pain into the strike. But he was too late.The Pilgrim slipped the heavy silver ring onto his pale finger.The Identity Token connected to the Pilgrim’s code. The ancient magic recognized the program. A shockwave of pure, silent energy exploded outward. It hit Everett in the chest like a solid brick wall. Everett was thrown backward through the air. He crashed hard into the dirty, wet concrete of the subway tunnel. His steel sword clattered away into the dark.Silas grabbed Lyra and pulled her down to the ground, covering her head as the shockwave washed over them.When the bright light finally faded, Everett pushed himself up onto his knees. He coughed, spitting dirty water from his mouth. He looked into the dark tunnel.The Pilgrim was gone.There was no smoke. There was no footprint. The Pilgrim had simply vanished into the digital stream. He had the ring. He had the absolute power of the
Chapter 426
"A complete world reset," Everett whispered."Yes," Rae nodded, tears falling down her cheeks. "He will delete the concept of humans. He will delete the history of the world. It will not be a portal in the sky. Reality will simply turn to a blank, empty white screen. Everything we love will vanish in one second."Everett stared at the floor. He felt the heavy, unstable white energy of the Override burning inside his chest. He felt the pain in his broken ribs. He looked at his pale, slow right hand. He was so incredibly tired.For months, he had fought soldiers. He had fought kings. He had fought assassins. He had bled for the people. He had broken the magic network. He had tried so hard to give humanity a chance to be free.And now, the universe itself was telling him that he was wrong. The universe was telling him that humans were a mistake, and the machine was going to throw the entire planet into the trash.How does a man fight a machine that is buying the keys to heaven?"Rae," Ev
Chapter 425
"Because of the money," Rae explained. She pulled up a long list of transactions. It looked like a bank receipt, but the numbers were impossibly huge."Normal thieves buy things with gold," Rae said. "Or they trade food. Or they trade laser rifles. But over the last forty-eight hours, there has been a massive spike in secret trades. Someone is buying items on the Black Market, and they are not paying with gold.""What are they paying with?" Silas asked, stepping closer.Rae swallowed hard. She looked at Everett with pure horror in her eyes. "They are paying with raw, pure System Data," Rae whispered.Everett felt a cold chill run all the way down his spine. "The Pilgrim," Everett said darkly."Yes," Rae cried softly. "The Pilgrim does not have gold. But he just absorbed two million people from Glimmer. He absorbed ten thousand people from the Silver Plains. He has massive, endless amounts of pure human data."Lyra covered her mouth. "He is using the souls of the people to buy things?"
Chapter 424
The blue vortex in the sky spun like a massive, hungry mouth.Everett ran down the rocky hill. His heavy boots pounded against the dry dirt. He pushed his large, scarred body as fast as he could. His pale, artificial right arm hung clumsily at his side, but his strong left hand gripped his plain steel sword.Above the ten thousand sitting people, the blue light flashed blindly. The people were smiling. They were waiting to be deleted."Everett, you cannot jump into the portal!" Silas screamed from the top of the hill. The sniper’s voice was lost in the loud, buzzing roar of the machine.Everett did not care. He reached the edge of the massive crowd. He looked up at the swirling blue vortex. He felt the terrifying, cold pull of the digital vacuum. It was trying to suck the souls out of the people.Everett closed his green eyes. He reached deep into his chest. He grabbed the tiny, remaining spark of his white Override light. He had almost died using it before. He knew he could not use a
Chapter 423
"When I broke the Bloodline Hubs, I told a story," Everett continued. "I told the people that they could be free. I told them that the math was a lie. Some people believed me. They picked up swords. They fought back."Everett leaned over the desk. He looked directly into the bright green code on the screen."But freedom is hard," Everett said softly. "Freedom means you have to build your own house. Freedom means you have to find your own food. Freedom means you have to bleed. The people are so tired of bleeding. And now, the Pilgrim is telling them the easiest story of all.""What story?" Lyra asked, her silver eyes locked on his face."He is telling them that they don't have to do anything," Everett said. "He is telling them that life is just a mistake in the code. He is offering them an open door into the dark. I fought kings because kings use heavy iron chains. But how do you fight an enemy who uses a comfortable bed? How do you fight a monster who offers to take the pain away?"Th
Chapter 422
"Get up, you stupid cowards!" the rebel soldier roared. He kicked a metal bucket across the street. "We have to build the barricades! The nobles are still out there! Speaker Rho is trying to become a god! We have to fight!"The people sitting on the ground did not move. They did not open their eyes. They just kept smiling their empty smiles."Listen to me!" the rebel soldier screamed. His face was red with angry panic. He grabbed a young man by the shirt and pulled him up from the mud. "If you do not hold a gun, the Paladins will come and slaughter our children! You cannot just sit here!"The young man with the black circle on his chest looked at the angry soldier. The young man did not fight back. He did not raise his hands."The Paladins are just code," the young man whispered smoothly. "You are just code. Surrender to the balance, brother. The Pilgrim will take the pain away."The rebel soldier let out a scream of pure frustration. He threw the young man back into the mud."You are
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