The page felt wrong.
It didn't flutter in the wind.
It pulsed.
It bled letters like pus.
Cain sat beneath the corpse-tree where he'd hidden after the Warden battle. The shadows around him were quiet—too quiet. Even Nyx refused to get close.
"You sure you want to read that?" she asked.
Cain didn't answer.
He unrolled the page.
[Torn Page of Redacted Law – Decoding Initiated]
⚠️ This page violates all Host safety protocols⚠️ Reading may trigger: • Madness• Self-Obliteration• System Collapse• Host ReclassificationProceed?
"Always."
The Rule That Screamed
It wasn't just a sentence.
It was a commandment.
Burned into the foundation of the Codex itself.
Cain read it.
And something inside him shattered.
"NO HOST SHALL REWRITE ANOTHER HOST'S SKILL.""Violation triggers recursive purge of all conflicting timelines.""Only the Codex may author truth. All others are echoes."
Cain laughed.
Then coughed blood.
"So that's it."
"That's the line I'm going to cross."
[New Objective: Break the Host Rewrite Law]
To do this, Cain would need:
A fragment of another Host's skill
A Codex channel strong enough to accept foreign script
A ritual anchor to stabilize the timeline bleed
And a lie bold enough to overwrite truth
"Nyx," he said. "I need a live Host."
She growled. Low. Uneasy.
"You're planning to steal someone's skill. Rewrite it."
"Not steal," he said. "Improve."
Flashback Cut – Moonlink Girl
Cain remembered her.
The lightwalker.The girl with glyphs burned on her spine.She wasn't just linked to beasts…
She was bound to a Codex chain.
"She's a Host," he whispered. "Maybe even a former Librarian."
And he still had a piece of her scent.One of her feathers, glowing faintly silver.
He could track her.
He could follow her back to wherever she was hiding—
And rewrite her skill.
⚠️ [Codex Response Detected]
As Cain studied the page, the Blank Book's skin cracked.
A whisper echoed:
"Break the Law...And become the lawless."
New Status Applied:🩸 Designation: Rogue Architect
• Future skills will no longer follow Codex templates• All creations will trigger anomaly alerts• Bound Entities may defect or evolve without warning• Librarian Hunters Activated
"Then let them come."
Cain tore the page in half—But instead of destroying it, he fed it to the Blank Book.
It curled around the forbidden law and smiled.
[Blank Book Absorption Complete]
📜 Codex Rewrite Protocol UnlockedNew Power: Echo Forge (Forbidden)
Function: Allows Cain to rewrite the core effect of a known skillLimitation: Only usable on foreign-hosted skillsRisk: May overwrite soulprint of both partiesCooldown: Once per full moon
End Scene – The Decision
Cain stood, pocketing the Book.
Far off, the Moonlink Girl stared down from a cliff.
She knew.She felt the law bend.
"He's coming," she whispered. "And he's not bound by any rule anymore."