Chapter Two Hundred and Fourteen – "The Merge Begins"
Crow sighed deeply, his breath catching in the dim air of his apartment. The warmth of Lyravex's embrace still lingered on his skin—but his thoughts had already drifted elsewhere. Something had triggered. A presence. A shift.
Then, it happened.
A radiant pulse surged from his chest, invisible to the naked eye but thundering through his bones.
[Title: Reincarnated – Activated]
Lines of code and light flooded his vision—not on a screen, but behind his eyes. **Stats, skills, classes, hero contracts, units—**everything from the game world began slotting into reality.
Primordial contracts.
Undead legions.
Divine rank heroes.
Inventory. Pocket dimension. Elemental control.
All of it.
Reality bent slightly around him—and then snapped back in place, as if this had always been the truth.
He breathed slowly. "It's starting…"
But the pulse didn't stop with him.
Lyravex gasped across the room, her body lighting up in familiar runes.
[Support Talent: Worldborne Synchronicity – Activated]
Her stats surged. Gear materialized. Her aura flared, shimmering like star-forged glass. Even in her stunned expression, a flicker of understanding lit her eyes.
"You too," Crow murmured.
They had crossed a line now. The game was no longer just a game.
And this world was no longer just real.