REAVER ASCENDANT

[System Alert]

[Abyssal Symbiosis Initiated…]

[Warning: Identity Core Stability – 67%]

[New Trait Acquired: Shadowheart Binding – Abyss corruption stabilized. Mental resistance compromised. Power output increased]

[Tracking anomaly detected: [Reaver Prime] proximity rising…]

Prepare for convergence.

The system messages flashed briefly in Kaito's vision, the red symbols inscribed in a language he had never read before—half-code, half-spell.

The fact that he could decipher them was disturbing. Something inside him was changing, adapting to the logic of the Abyss. Not simply distorting the game mechanics—tuning in.