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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

Aurelia was right behind him as they dashed through the underground corridors, alarms blaring overhead.

"This is bad," she panted. "Like, execution-level bad."

They skidded around a corner—only to come face-to-face with a towering mech-suit, its pilot's visor flashing red.

[ELIMINATE THE DEVIANT.]

Gabriel's heart pounded. He was still figuring out his abilities—there was no way he could fight something like that.

His mind reached out, connecting with the mech's System.

For a split second, he saw everything—its structure, its programming, the very code that made it move.

And then, he did something reckless.

[SYSTEM OVERRIDE: TRANSFER CONTROL]

The mech froze. Its red visor flickered—then turned blue.

The pilot inside screamed as the machine rejected him, the cockpit forcefully ejecting him from the suit.

Gabriel stepped forward, grinning.

"I think I just found our getaway vehicle."

Aurelia blinked. "I'm both terrified and impressed."

He climbed into the mech's cockpit, the controls responding to his thoughts.

The Academy had just made him an enemy.

Now it was his turn to show them what a real Deviant could do.

Chapter 12: Escape from the Academy