Villain System: Rebirth of the Creator
Chapter 7 – Elyon's Eye Opens
The storm had passed, but the sky still bled gold.
Fragments of divine light lingered above the city — ghostly remnants of Liora's fall. They flickered across the broken towers like warning signs to anyone who dared defy heaven.
Azel stood at the edge of his spire, watching the rain turn to steam against his skin. The battle had scarred the world; even the air tasted of divine metal. Yet beneath that ruin, his Domain pulsed stronger than ever.
> [System Status: Stable.]
[Authority Level: E+ (Dominion Expansion active).]
[Threat Level: High – Celestial attention confirmed.]
He closed his eyes, feeling the power hum through the streets below.
His people — no, his followers — were rebuilding faster, harder, driven by the taste of defiance.
In the distance, the black towers of the Abyssal Genesis gleamed with new sigils.
Sin-Bearers patrolled the perimeter, their weapons etched with crimson light. The scent of burnt ozone hung in the air — the aftertaste of victory.
Shade approached quietly, clutching a datapad filled with reports.
"The reconstruction is almost done. We've fortified every entrance. The new recruits are calling you... 'The Fallen Creator.'"
Azel didn't answer.
She hesitated, then asked, "Do you ever regret it?"
He turned slightly. "Regret what?"
"Defying heaven. Becoming what they call a villain."
He looked toward the sky — at the last faint shimmer of Elyon's light — and smiled, faintly bitter.
"If creation itself calls me villain, then creation is my enemy."
---
The System pulsed again.
> [Incoming Transmission: Unknown Source.]
[Signal Origin: Cathedral Network — encrypted by Creator Code.]
Azel's gaze sharpened.
The Cathedral Network was Elyon's domain. No mortal could access it.
But the encryption was his — the language he had written at the dawn of existence.
He extended a hand, the code unraveling before him like a tapestry of light.
> [Decrypting… 82%…]
[Message Source: ???]
[Designation: Fragment-01 – "Echo of the Creator."]
A single voice broke through the static — smooth, calm, disturbingly familiar.
> "Hello, Azel."
Azel froze. The tone was his own — younger, purer, before rebellion, before ruin.
> "If you're hearing this, it means the System has evolved beyond control. You've crossed the line. But understand — it was always designed to lead you here."
Shade glanced at him nervously. "Who is that?"
Azel's eyes narrowed. "A remnant. My past."
The voice continued:
> "Elyon will not come for you immediately. He's watching — through the Eye. He's waiting for you to overreach. When you touch the core fragment again, he will strike.
Don't trust anyone within your Domain. The infection has already begun."
Then the signal cut out.
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> [System Warning: Internal interference detected.]
[Entity of foreign origin attempting synchronization.]
[Host status: compromised — probability 14%.]
Shade looked alarmed. "Infection? What does that mean?"
Azel didn't answer. He was already scanning the Domain's energy threads — invisible to her but glowing red in his mind. Something was wrong.
The flow wasn't uniform. Somewhere within his city, one of the resonance cores pulsed with the wrong rhythm — gold instead of crimson.
He descended the tower, steps echoing like thunder.
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The Sin Forge was a cathedral of fire — molten rivers of energy powering the entire Domain.
Engineers worked in silence, faces lit by the red glow of the core suspended above them.
But as Azel entered, the air changed.
The flames flickered gold.
"Stop," he commanded.
Everyone froze.
> [Alert: Unauthorized code signature detected.]
[Energy Source: Forge Heart.]
He raised a hand, and the entire Forge went still.
The core's light dimmed — revealing a figure kneeling beneath it, hands outstretched, golden runes crawling up his arms.
"Lirael," Azel said coldly.
The young man looked up. His eyes were gold — Elyon's mark.
"Forgive me, Lord Azel," he said softly. "I didn't mean to—"
"You meant every word of your prayer," Azel interrupted. "You were trying to reconnect the Forge to the Cathedral."
The man trembled. "Elyon promised forgiveness. He said even you could—"
Azel's expression didn't change, but the temperature dropped.
The air turned to frost.
The System spoke.
> [Corruption Detected. Suggesting Termination.]
"No," Azel said quietly. "Not yet."
He crouched before the trembling man. "Tell me, Lirael — when you prayed, did he answer?"
The man's lips quivered. "Yes… he said he would descend soon. That this place was cursed."
Azel nodded slowly. "He wasn't lying."
He touched the man's forehead.
Light flared — bright, divine, then shattered.
Lirael gasped as golden energy was ripped from his soul, dissolving into black flame.
> [Foreign connection severed.]
[Sin Resonance +800.]
[New Skill unlocked: Faith Extraction.]
Azel rose, eyes still faintly glowing. "Every believer can be rewritten. Even Elyon's."
Shade stared, half in awe, half in horror. "You didn't kill him."
"No," Azel replied. "He's still useful."
He turned toward the core. "But the Eye will see this. Elyon will know I've severed his thread."
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High above the clouds, the Eye opened.
A colossal iris of light stared down upon the earth, pupil burning with divine fire.
Within that gaze, a voice spoke — vast, calm, filled with judgment.
> "You still play god, my creation."
Back in the Forge, Azel lifted his head as the sky above his Domain darkened again.
"Then watch closely," he said. "I'll show you how it's done."
[System Update: Divine Presence Detected.]
[New Quest Generated: Blind the Eye.]
[Objective: Corrupt the Celestial Network using Sin Authority.]
[Reward: Authority Rank Upgrade to D-tier.]
Azel's smile was sharp and cold. "So the game begins."
End of Chapter 7
Author's Note :
Elyon's gaze falls upon the mortal world — and the first betrayal within the Domain is revealed.
Azel's next move? To blind the heavens themselves.