The next morning, Kael woke up the way he hated most:
with Lirieth standing silently at the foot of his bed.
> "Did you know you talk in your sleep?"
"I do now. Also, that's a privacy violation."
Hair messy and hope lower than usual, Kael lazily opened his system window.
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📜 [Status – New Update]
New Class Available:
[???] – Unregistered Class
Requirements:
• Refused one fate (✓)
• Undetected by central system (✓)
• High survival instinct (mostly ✓)
Description:
"For souls who belong nowhere… but still refuse to die."
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Kael stared. "Unregistered class?"
Lirieth squinted. "Impossible. The central system forbids unregistered classifications."
Kael pointed. "Yeah, well, the system also forgot to kill me years ago, and here I am."
Before Lirieth could analyze further, a warning burst across the sky.
> [Alert: Level-B Anomaly detected in Northern Zone.]
[Energy source unknown.]
They looked at each other.
Kael: "We going?"
Lirieth: "If you die, I lose my target."
> "Touched, truly."
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The Northern Zone ruins hadn't been touched for centuries.
Now, they glowed with golden light from a massive magic circle.
And from the center...
A girl descended.
Hair like sunlight. Armor like starlight.
Eyes calm and distant, yet terrifying.
Kael, without thinking:
> "Oh good. Another one."
Lirieth narrowed her gaze. "No records. Not system, not local, not me."
The girl turned to Kael. "...You. One of the few yet unchosen."
Kael stepped back. "Seriously, who posted my name on the cosmic bulletin board?"
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Suddenly, a harsh voice echoed:
> "Eliminate the target. Old System must not rise again."
From the shadows stepped a black-robed figure—face hidden, eyes glowing with electric blue static.
> [Entity: Old System Executor – Class B-Prime]
[Mission: Destroy wild class and its bearer]
Lirieth pulled Kael. "We need to run!"
The golden girl stepped forward. "No. This... is mine."
She raised her hand.
The air bent.
Magic surged from the ground—older than the System, and unreadable.
> [Warning: Magic source unrecognized.]
[Suggested Action: Observe... from a very safe distance.]
Kael backed away. "She's not just beautiful—she's a one-girl supernova."
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As the clash exploded, Kael realized something worse than the enemy:
> The System was losing control.
And for the first time...
> He felt like part of something big. Something... broken.