"It all happened a month after obtaining the Origin Core crystals. I immediately embedded them into the replicated artifacts, believing that they would finally be ready for the test, but nothing happened. I tried everything I could think of, altering the internal circuits, reinforcing the runes, even recalibrating the core structure, yet the replicated artifact still refused to respond.
So... I tried using the original artifact instead, thinking maybe the copy was flawed. But that didn't work either. That's when I began suspecting the Origin Core crystals themselves, so I decided to alter the raw material directly. I thought if I could adjust its resonance, maybe it would synchronise properly.
And when I tested it… the artifact failed completely.
It detonated right in m-my very hand.
That's it… That's how everything ended."
