The transformation wasn't instant—it was agony.
Kael's blood glowed through his skin. His eyes burned silver.
He rose into the air as systems began recognizing him as something new.
[Designation Updated: Origin-Class User Reinstated]
[System Authority: Level 0—Creator's Override]
The second Godspawn paused. Turned.
Then knelt.
Kael floated down.
"What… are you?" Echo whispered.
He didn't know. Not fully.
But he felt the difference.
The Nexus didn't glitch around him anymore—it bent. Waited.
"I'm not a player," he said. "I was the reset switch."
But his mind burned with more questions.
If he was the key… who made the lock?
And why were they so desperate to forget him?