Timeline Fracture Zone – Edge of Ashenfall
Reality rippled like shattered water.
Dozens of versions of Ereborn flickered in and out:
One peaceful. One ruined. One frozen mid-apocalypse.
Rin stood in the middle—his Soulburn blade pulsing with fractured memories.
Across from him stood Cain.
Black coat. Cold eyes. No heartbeat in his voice.
> "You rewrote the system with love."
> "I rewrote mine with logic."
> "Let's see whose code lasts longer."
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⚔️ Root vs Rootborn
Cain drew his weapon—not a sword, but a quill made of raw script.
> [Weapon: Nullquill – Rewrites enemy abilities mid-battle.]
[Passive: Emotionless Stream – Immune to memory-based attacks.]
The first clash wasn't physical.
It was structural.
Cain struck with a command—
> [Rewrite: Soulburn → Normal Blade]
Rin's sword flickered—its flame died for a heartbeat.
> "You're kidding me."
But then… the blade flared again.
> "Yeah… that doesn't work twice."
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⚔️ Soulburn Adapts
> [Override Detected: Emotion Layer Re-Injected]
[New Trait: Flame of Recall – Soulburn cannot be rewritten without permission.]
Rin surged forward, blade alight with Lilith's memories.
Cain parried with terrifying precision—each move like reading a program, not fighting.
But Soulburn struck off-script.
It sang. It flared. It felt.
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✨ Lilith Interferes
Watching the clash, Lilith reached out—
Her aura surged, pulling fractured time zones back together around Rin.
> "I won't let him rewrite you, Papa…"
> [Skill: Emotional Convergence – Timeline Bias Imposed]
[Effect: All nearby temporal fields now favor Rin's survival]
Babel's tower shook.
The time god groaned.
Its form was dying.
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⚠️ Babel Cracks – And Reveals the Final Core
As Cain and Rin fought, a ring of light burst from Babel's spine.
Inside floated an obsidian sphere—glowing with error, script, and grief.
> [FINAL CORE DETECTED – "The Heart of the Root."]
[Holding the System's Last Anchor.]
Cain's eyes narrowed.
> "If you reach that Core… you end the gods."
Rin exhaled, blade raised.
> "Good."
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⚔️ Final Clash Begins
Cain stepped forward.
> "No more games."
> [Command: Rewrite Timeline Thread → Remove Lilith from all versions]
A flash of code surged toward her.
She gasped—fading.
Rin roared—
> [Override Injected: REJECT]
[New Skill Unlocked: "Root Lock – Bonds that Rewrite Back"]
His body burned with light.
> "Rewrite this."
He struck.
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Ending Scene – The Strike That Echoes Through Code
Rin's blade pierced Cain's shoulder.
The timeline froze.
The Core pulsed.
The world watched.
> "You rewrite without emotion," Rin said.
"But I rewrite with reason to live."
> "And that makes me infinite."