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Gabriel Alvarez was born with nothing. A poor Hispanic-American kid struggling to survive the streets of New York, he died alone and starving—just another forgotten soul. But death wasn’t the end.

He awakens in Neo-Terra, a world where magic and technology have fused into a powerful System that governs society. Every person has a class, skills, and stats, their fate determined by the System’s rules. Yet Gabriel is different. Labeled Unawakened, he has no class, no abilities—until he discovers something forbidden.

He can hack the System.

What starts as a glitch quickly escalates into something much bigger. Gabriel isn’t the first to defy the System—there were others before him, people known as Deviants. Every single one of them was erased. Now, the Academy that once offered him sanctuary wants him dead. The Federation considers him a threat to world stability. And an ancient secret buried deep within the System is waiting for him to uncover it.

Armed with his unique ability to override the laws of reality, Gabriel is no longer a forgotten street rat—he’s a rogue element in a world that runs on rules.

And if the System wants him erased?

Then he’ll rewrite it.

Reborn in a World of Magic and Machines

The city of Neo-Terra was unlike anything Gabriel had ever seen. Towering skyscrapers pulsed with magical energy, hovering vehicles zipped through the skies, and people wore mechanical exosuits engraved with glowing runes. It was as if magic and science had fused into one.

His head spun as he followed the woman—who introduced herself as Captain Aurelia Voss—through the bustling streets. Every person he passed had small floating screens around them, displaying stats similar to his own.

"This world operates on a system," Aurelia explained as they walked. "Everyone is assigned a class when they awaken their abilities. Some become Artificers, capable of creating magical machines. Others become Spellblades, combining combat and magic. And then there are Scholars, who decipher the language of the System itself."

Gabriel frowned. "And me? I'm… 'Unawakened.'"

"For now," she said. "But the fact that the System accepted you means you have potential. You just need to unlock it."

She stopped in front of a massive floating tower, its spire piercing the sky. The entrance was guarded by mechanical constructs, their bodies covered in glowing sigils.

"This is the Academy of Arcane Engineering. If you want to survive in this world, you'll need power."

Gabriel clenched his fists. He had spent his whole life powerless, starving, struggling to live. If this world was offering him a chance to change that, he wasn't going to waste it.

Chapter 2: Magic Meets Technology