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Chapter 44 - The Thorned gate 2

The Core of the Broken System

The chamber was silent.

Cold white lights spiraled overhead like synthetic stars. Bound to the walls were the lost Hosts—eyes empty, bodies trembling, their systems corrupted and twisted into weapons.

Cassian stood at the center of it all, arms outstretched.

"Welcome to the core," he said calmly. "Everything I've ever failed… lives here."

Elias stepped forward, flanked by Lunara, Echo, Lilith, and Velhira.

"You didn't save them," Elias said quietly. "You hoarded them."

Cassian turned, the broken system halo spinning slowly behind his head. His skin glowed faintly now—data fused to flesh, remnants of a failed mirror host.

"No. I became them."

He lifted his hands—and the room screamed.

The bound Hosts convulsed, threads snapping as a dark mirror system ripped itself free from their chests and swirled toward Cassian like smoke.

> [WARNING: Entity Syncing with Mirror Core]

[Unstable System Detected – HARBINGER CLASS CONFIRMED]

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