2026-02-02 11:04:35Enjoy your champagne, Father, Adrian thought with absolute coldness. Because for every sip you take today, you will pay with a liter of blood in the future.
The system screen before his eyes flickered, displaying a new mission.
[ FIRST MISSION: ERASE OLD IDENTITY. ]
Adrian stepped out of that dark ward, leaving Mia frozen in fear. As he walked down the hospital corridor, every light he passed exploded, drowning his trail in perfect darkness.
The two guards were still sprawling on the cracked marble floor, their breathing sounding like they were choking on fluid. The gravitational pressure Adrian created felt so real, as if the atmosphere in the room had turned into molten lead weighing down their lungs.
"Adrian... what are you doing?" Mia’s voice shook violently. She huddled in the corner of the room, staring at the young man before her with pure terror.
Adrian did not look back. He simply stared at his hands, which no longer trembled. The wound on his left abdomen had completely vanished, leaving behind smooth skin as if Dr. Vane’s scalpel had never touched him.
"Nurse, the hospital access key. Where are you keeping it?" Adrian asked. His voice was flat and emotionless, like a gust of wind across a snowy field.
"For what? We have to run, Adrian! The police are coming!"
"The access key, Mia. Now."
Mia reached into her uniform pocket with trembling fingers and threw a magnetic card toward Adrian. Adrian caught it mid-air with a reflexive movement far faster than a normal human's.
[ AREA ANALYSIS COMPLETE: SERVER ROOM IS ON THE THIRD FLOOR, WEST CORRIDOR. ]
That voice... Adrian closed his eyes for a moment, letting the interface of the Altar of Loss system map out the entire building in his head. Take me there.
"Stay here if you want to live," Adrian told Mia. He stepped out of the ward, letting the door swing open.
"Adrian! You can't just leave! They’ll kill you!" Mia screamed from inside the room.
Adrian paused for a moment in the dimly lit corridor. "They already tried, Nurse. And they failed."
Adrian’s footsteps sounded steady on the corridor floor. Every time he passed a ceiling light, it flickered and burst, creating a path of darkness behind him. At a junction, three fully uniformed security guards appeared with holstered weapons.
"Hey! Stop right there!" one of them shouted.
[ TARGET DETECTED. RECOMMENDATION: NON-LETHAL NEUTRALIZATION TO CONSERVE ALTAR ENERGY. ]
"Who are you?" the officer approached, his flashlight shining on Adrian’s face. "Subject B-02? How could you...."
Adrian didn’t wait for them to finish. He moved like a shadow. With a single thrust of his hand, he struck the first officer’s solar plexus. Before the second officer could draw his weapon, Adrian twisted the man's wrist and slammed his head against the wall.
"Damn it! Stop or I’ll shoot!" the third officer cocked his gun.
Too slow, Adrian thought.
[ ACTIVATE: TACTICAL PERCEPTION. ]
Time seemed to slow down for Adrian. He could see every movement of the officer’s finger on the trigger. He stepped aside, letting the bullet whistle past his ear, then delivered a straight kick to the man's chest, sending him flying five meters away.
"Server room," Adrian muttered. He tapped Mia's access card against the steel door panel in front of him.
The door opened. Inside, thousands of server indicator lights blinked green amidst the loud hum of cooling fans. Adrian walked toward the main console. His hands danced over the keyboard with impossible speed.
[ CONNECTING TO DURNEVRA CORP DATABASE... ]
[ LEVEL 4 ENCRYPTION DETECTED. ]
[ INITIATING DATA DELETION... ]
"What are you doing here?" a heavy voice echoed from the doorway.
Adrian turned. A well-built man in a black suit and earpiece stood there. Dimitri’s head of security.
"Erasing a mistake," Adrian replied coldly.
"Mr. Dimitri ordered you to be dealt with if you tried to resist. You should have died peacefully in your bed, kid."
"The Adrian Durnevra you knew is indeed dead," Adrian looked back at the monitor. "I’m just making sure no trace of him remains in this world."
"Stop that right now!" the man pulled out a pistol and fired three shots in rapid succession.
Adrian didn’t dodge. He simply raised his left hand. A dark blue transparent shield appeared instantly, stopping the bullets mid-air before they fell to the floor with a hollow metallic clink.
"Impossible..." the man stepped back, his face deathly pale.
[ DATA DESTRUCTION PROCESS: 100% COMPLETE. ]
[ DIGITAL BACKUPS AT DURNEVRA HOSPITAL HAVE BEEN TOTALLY WIPED. ]
Adrian pulled a flash drive from the console containing the only remaining copy of his original medical data. He then pressed the 'Enter' key one last time.
Every server rack in the room exploded simultaneously as the Altar system triggered a massive short circuit. Fire began to spread rapidly, consuming all evidence of the illegal experiments ever conducted in this place.
"Tell Dimitri," Adrian said as he walked past the man in the suit, who was still frozen on the floor. "The architect has begun building his hell."
Previous Chapter
Latest Chapter
I am The Architect Now
"Good. What about Project Chimera?""The secret laboratory in Sector 9 has been completely destroyed. All experimental data has been encrypted on the Altar's servers. No more new 'Subjects' will be created by those greedy humans."I nodded slowly. "And Sister Mia? Is she still... healthy?"Sarah fell silent for a moment, her face showing hesitation. "She is still working at a small clinic on the outskirts of the city. She... she doesn't remember you at all, Sir. The effects of the system's memory wipe worked perfectly. She is living peacefully now."I felt a faint throb in my chest. That twelve percent residue of humanity tried to rebel, trying to conjure a sense of longing that should no longer exist."That is good. She doesn't need a monster like me in her life.""Sir, will you continue to do this? Ruling the world from the shadows?" Sarah asked in a tone that was almost a whisper."This world is a broken building, Sarah. Its founda
The End of the Beginning
The neon lights in the hallway of the Sector 0 medical detention center flickered with an eye-straining rhythm. That unstable electric hum merged with my footsteps, which now sounded heavier, more solid, as if every step were an indisputable statement of power. No guards dared to stop me. They simply stood frozen at the sides of the corridor, bowing their heads as my dark shadow passed by."He is inside, Sir," a warden whispered, his voice trembling violently. He didn't dare look into my eyes, which now glowed a cold blue within the darkness of the hallway."Lock the door from the outside. Don't let a single sound leak out," I commanded. My voice no longer sounded like that of a nineteen-year-old youth. There was a layer of metal and an echo of emptiness that made it sound like a voice from the bottom of a bottomless well."Yes, Mr. Architect. Immediately."The steel door slid open with a long hydraulic hiss. I stepped into a room measuring only three by
Level 0 Entity
He stepped out of the cell, leaving Dimitri’s cooling body in the darkness. As he walked through the prison corridors, the guards who had previously wanted to attack him now knelt instead. They didn't know who was passing, but their primal instincts told them to bow to that darkness.Outside, the rain grew heavier. Adrian stood beside his black car. He looked up at the night sky. He knew that somewhere in the government center, B-01 was waiting for him."You designed this Altar for me, Brother?" Adrian whispered into the silence. "Then let’s see who is more worthy of owning it."Adrian got into the car. His shadow army vanished into the ground, ready to rise again whenever he commanded. The car sped away from the detention center, toward the heart of power where the final fate would be decided.[ WARNING: THE WILL TO BE HAPPY IS ERODING. ]"Just delete it," Adrian replied softly. "I don't need happiness to complete this mission."
The Thirsty Altar
The Thirsty AltarThe black car sped through the cooling raindrops in Sector 0. Inside the cabin, the atmosphere was suffocating. Adrian stared at his cracked phone screen, which displayed B-01’s grinning face. The cracks on his hand had already spread to his neck, pulsing faintly with a blue glow that was steadily dimming."Mr. A, we are almost at the secret detention center," his private driver reported. His voice trembled. He could feel the cold aura radiating from the back seat."Stop at the side door. I don't want any interruptions," Adrian replied. His voice was heavy and dry, like the sound of grinding stones."But the security there...""No one can protect him from me," Adrian cut him off coldly.The car stopped with a soft screech. Adrian stepped out. His hardened feet hit the asphalt with a solid thud, no longer the sound of human footsteps. He walked toward the steel gates of the detention center without a hint
The Removal of Durnevra's Name
The Removal of Durnevra's Name"Life is a subjective term for us, isn't it?" the voice chuckled. "Dimitri is indeed ruined. Julian will likely follow soon. But you forget that this altar has a thirst that can never be quenched.""What do you want?""I want you to look closer. Durnevra's destruction is just one small chapter. Our father wasn't the only monster in this world. He was just a foolish student.""What do you mean?""The data you broadcasted earlier... you intentionally skipped one part, didn't you? The part about who funded the Chimera Project at the beginning?"Adrian fell silent. He remembered there was one encrypted folder that even the Altar system had difficulty opening. A folder labeled only as The Benefactor."Don't stop here, Adrian," the voice continued. "If you stop, you'll just end up like me. A ghost in the machine. Find me at the coordinates I just sent. If you dare."The screen returned to
The Fall Of The Heir
The monitor screen in front of Adrian flickered, reflecting a gloomy blue glow on his stiff face. In his hidden temporary headquarters on the top floor of an unlisted skyscraper, he stood still. His fingers, which were starting to feel like cold porcelain, hovered over the virtual keyboard."Altar, is all the encryption cracked?" Adrian asked. His voice was low, almost resembling the hiss of a machine."[ ALL DURNEVRA CORP SECURITY PROTOCOLS HAVE BEEN NEUTRALIZED, ARCHITECT. SECTOR 9 LABORATORY DATA, CHIMERA EXPERIMENT RECORDINGS, AND DOCUMENTS FOR SUBJECTS B-01 THROUGH B-10 ARE READY FOR GLOBAL TRANSMISSION. ]""Do it now," Adrian commanded without hesitation. "Don't leave a single corner of this world that hasn't seen their true faces.""Mr. A, are you sure?" Sarah stood behind him, her face pale as she stared at the thousands of folders ready to be sent. "This will destroy the world's medical system. The impact will be massive.""The world needs
You may also like
EasySync System: Amazing Wealth
Baby Bunny27.0K viewsHarem: The Wrath of Mjolnir
Herolich22.0K viewsGod of the Cultivator System
Lord MOH26.5K viewsThe Tycoon System
Aster_Pheonix90.2K viewsATONEMENT: How to escape from a bloody survival game?
Red Punica1.9K viewsThe Richest Man Alive
DEKING605 viewsMy Wife Betrayed Me. The System Chose Me
Reigns Top 933 viewsShadow System: Rise of the Forgotten King
Nabin Nower Mimi 220 views