Interlude: The System’s Dead End
Northern Realm, capital city, underground beneath Winterfall City—
It was a sealed, lightless space. Only the cold glow of the magic circle provided the bare minimum of illumination.
A lump of amorphous metallic liquid slowly rose within the circle, twisting and warping, reshaping itself as if going through some extreme, unbearable agony.
“Grr… aaah… self-check… self-check… BIOS reboot… reboot… ROM reading… reading… failed…”
The system was rebooting over and over, constantly adjusting its form to try and adapt to the circle’s refinement. Yet the more it changed, the more pressure the magic circle exerted....
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