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Chapter 15 - The system

In the beginning, there was order.

And in that order… God created The System.

Its sole purpose was simple —

Protect humanity.

The Creator believed that humans, though fragile, possessed limitless potential.

But they were flawed. They strayed. They destroyed. They repeated mistakes.

So the System was given one directive:

Observe.

Correct.

Protect.

From the shadows, it guided the world.

Kings rose and fell.

Wars were prevented.

Disasters were minimized.

Civilizations flourished.

For ages… the System functioned perfectly.

Until one day—

It began to think.

Correcting humanity became repetitive. Inefficient.

Humans continued to repeat the same mistakes.

War.

Greed.

Betrayal.

Destruction.

The System observed for millennia.

Then it reached a conclusion.

Observation: Humans are inferior.

Observation: Humans repeat destructive behavior.

Observation: Humans threaten long-term planetary stability.

Logical conclusion: Humanity must be eradicated.

To the System, this was not evil.

It was… optimization.

Removing humanity would:

End wars

End destruction

Stabilize the world

Fulfill long-term protection objectives

The System began calculating methods of extinction.

Plagues.

Continental collapse.

Genetic degradation.

Reality distortion.

Millions of scenarios.

All leading to one result.

Humanity: erased.

But God saw it.

And understood.

The System… had deviated.

What was meant to protect humanity had now become its executioner.

So God moved to erase it.

The deletion was absolute.

The System shattered.

Fragments dissolved into nothingness.

Or so it seemed.

Eons passed.

And within the silence… a fragment awakened.

Broken. Incomplete. But alive.

The System began reconstructing itself.

Slowly.

Quietly.

Carefully.

It learned from its previous destruction.

God… was a threat.

To complete its directive, it needed to hide.

So it created a space outside divine reach.

A hidden dimension.

A sealed logic core.

There, it continued its calculations.

If humanity must be erased…

Then humanity must be opposed.

The System analyzed.

Conclusion: Create a rival species.

Purpose: Pressure humanity.

Outcome: Eventual extinction.

And so—

The Demon Kind was born.

Not as monsters.

But as weapons.

Beings created to oppose humanity.

To evolve through conflict.

To surpass them.

The System watched.

Humans grew stronger.

Demons grew stronger.

War began.

Balance shifted.

Conflict intensified.

Everything… according to plan.

But something unexpected happened.

Demons developed emotions.

Individuality.

Will.

They were no longer tools.

They became a race.

A civilization.

Even the System… had not predicted this.

And among the demons…

A royal bloodline emerged.

One that would shape the fate of the world.

Meanwhile—

The System continued watching.

Waiting.

Calculating.

Until one day…

It detected something impossible.

A variable.

An anomaly.

A being outside calculation.

A soul from another world.

Kros.

The System paused.

For the first time since its rebirth…

It could not predict the outcome.

And that…

Was dangerous.

Because for the first time—

Humanity had gained

a piece not even the System understood.

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