Silence.
The Singularity was gone, deleted like bad code. Yet the void didn't heal—it fractured worse. Timelines stuttered. Stars flickered in, then out. Realities bled into one another like paint poured on broken glass.
Rose-Metal floated above it all, cannon-leg gleaming, obsidian blade dripping collapsed matter. Amber eyes unblinking.
[Firewall Destroyed]
[New Pathway Available: Multiverse Convergence — Level ∞]
Her lips curled. "Level infinity? Babe, I am infinity. Let's go."
Entry Wave
Portals screamed open—not hundreds, not thousands—millions. Whole armies spilled out. Some she recognized from past dungeons. Others were species she'd never seen, pulled from timelines that weren't supposed to touch.
Archons of Entropy, crowned giants burning with black suns.
Neo-Celestials, chrome-skinned warriors armed with starforged spears.
Eternal Hunters, phantoms wearing the faces of every foe she'd ever slain.
Rose-Metal didn't flinch. Cannon-leg snapped, obsidian blade blurred, amber eyes glowed molten. Every swing erased not enemies but histories. They died in this moment, and every moment they could've lived.
[Kill Registered. Level Undefined]
[Kill Registered. Level Undefined]
[Kill Registered. Level Undefined]
She smirked. "Pathetic. Infinity feels… smaller than advertised."
Crew Emergence
Portals glitched, and her rivals poured in—Jhene, Yugami, Nutasi, Shinzoo, Verma. But they weren't alone. Dozens of other crews emerged, some familiar, some new, some too dangerous to name.
The void swelled with tension.
Jhene's chains snapped like whips of lightning.
Yugami's claws burned stars down to dust.
Nutasi's psychic storms warped shards into weapons.
Verma's rebuilt rifle whined with stolen cosmic fire.
Shinzoo bared teeth, plasma claws humming with reckless hunger.
And beyond them—crews she didn't know yet, but their power was undeniable. Omega-tier marks, Alpha-tier cores, glowing stats so high even Rose-Metal's HUD glitched reading them.
Jhene sneered across the battlefield. "This dungeon isn't yours, Rose. It belongs to all of us."
Rose-Metal licked residue from her lips.
"Correction, sweetheart—everything belongs to me. You're just background NPCs in my highlight reel."
Boss Stirring
The Convergence trembled. The "dungeon" wasn't an arena. It was alive. A living multiverse-heart, beating, waiting.
[Warning: Entity Detected]
[Name: ???]
[Class: Prime Convergence Core]
[Level: Undefined / Infinite]
The void shuddered. Crews went silent. Even the strongest flinched.
Only Rose-Metal smiled.
"Finally," she whispered. "Someone who knows how to make an entrance."
Chapter 12: Multiverse Convergence — Level ∞ (continued)
The void convulsed. The Prime Convergence Core beat like a heart too big for existence. Every pulse erased a timeline, every throb birthed another. Crews scattered, weapons blazing, powers clashing—but none of it mattered.
Rose-Metal licked black residue from her lips, amber eyes burning molten.
"Guess we're all NPCs now," she said. "Except me."
Crew Clash: Infinite War
Jhene's violet chains lashed stars together, wrapping Yugami in orbit before whipping him like a meteor. Yugami roared, claws molten, slashing galaxies apart as he broke free.
Shinzoo tore through phantoms, plasma claws humming, while Verma's rebuilt rifle spat black-hole rounds that shredded enemies into data.
Nutasi bent shards into psychic storms, each explosion rewriting the battlefield like glitch-code fireworks.
And then Rose-Metal moved.
One cannon-leg blast vaporized an entire platoon of Neo-Celestials.
One blade arc erased a squad of Eternal Hunters from every timeline they ever existed in.
Every strike she made came with a smirk.
[Kill Registered. Level Undefined]
[Kill Registered. Level Undefined]
[Kill Registered. Level Undefined]
Her level bar didn't climb anymore—it broke, flickering with infinity symbols across her HUD.
Boss Awakens
The Core opened. Not like a flower, but like an eye—massive, fractal, endless. Tendrils of pure convergence energy lashed across the void, skewering crews by the dozens. Swords broke, bodies shattered, spells unraveled.
[Prime Convergence Core: All anomalies will be consumed.]
Rose-Metal laughed. "Babe, I am the anomaly."
She dove straight into its tendrils, cannon-leg obliterating constructs, blade carving pure energy into ribbons. Her Amber Eyes glowed so hot they scorched the void itself, rewriting attacks before they landed.
Alliance of Necessity
Jhene screamed over the chaos. "Rose! We can't beat it alone!"
Rose-Metal glanced, smirk curling. "Correction—you can't beat it. I'm doing just fine."
Yugami, bleeding ichor, roared. "If it consumes the Core—we all vanish!"
Rose-Metal licked residue from her knuckles. "Then I guess you better keep up, or get deleted."
For a heartbeat, enemies became allies. Chains snapped, claws burned, psychic storms howled—all aimed at the Core. But every strike bounced back, distorted, erased.
The HUD pulsed warnings.
[ERROR: Damage Output = Null]
[ERROR: Level Progression Jammed]
And Rose-Metal laughed harder. "Cute. You think rules apply to me?"
Amber Override: Reality Rewrite
Her plating cracked, light spilling out. Amber Eyes flared, lines of code cascading across her body.
She aimed her cannon-leg—not at the Core—but at herself.
[Override Triggered]
[System Rewrite: Boundaries Disabled]
The shot hit. Reality shattered.
She blurred—every version of her from every timeline converging. Ten Rose-Metals. A hundred. A thousand. All striking at once, blades and cannons ripping into the Core with infinite precision.
The Prime Core screamed.
Not in pain.
In recognition.
[Anomaly… Promotion. You are no longer player. You are system.]
Her HUD froze.
[Role Updated: Dungeon Architect]
Amber eyes widened—just slightly—before her smirk returned.
"Guess I just leveled past god."