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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 next morning, Gabriel woke to an unexpected visitor.

Aurelia Voss stood at the foot of his bed, arms crossed.

"Get dressed," she said. "We're going on a trip."

He groggily sat up. "What kind of trip?"

"One that could get both of us killed."

Fifteen minutes later, he found himself in an underground transport tunnel, sitting across from Aurelia inside a sleek, black hover-car. The vehicle moved smoothly through the tunnel, passing through rings of glowing blue glyphs that pulsed with energy.

Aurelia kept her gaze forward. "Somewhere the Academy doesn't want students to know about."

She finally glanced at him. "You're not like the others, Gabriel. You don't just accept things at face value. And yesterday… I saw what you did."

"You hacked the System, didn't you?"

He hesitated, then nodded. There was no point in lying.

Instead of being alarmed, Aurelia smiled. "Good. Then you might be ready for what I'm about to show you."

Chapter 6: The Academy’s Secrets