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Incongruity detected. Please do not attemp -
[Error]. 28041948.
Incompatible core fusion attempted.
[Error]. 28041948.
System Wide Warning: Localised System break in progress. Local Godcores alerted.
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System Wide Warning: [Error]. No Godcores found to assist. Warning: [world: Esiliur] undergoing emergency schism from the System.
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[Error]. 28041948.
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Pain.
So much pain.
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[Error]. 28041948.
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The errors flashed, again and again. As fast as they went, more came. Always the same. Yelling at me. Punishing me for what I had done.
I’d thought falling had hurt. This was worse. Surely, this time I had died.
Everything was red. So much red.
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[Error]. 28041948.
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Go away, I begged it, but the System didn’t answer to feeble pleas from foolish stars. If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation.
If I had died, where was I? Did stars have an afterlife?
How would I even get to the hypothetical afterlife when Otina was dead?
I shoved away the error message, and this time, mercifully, no more came. What had I done to end up like this?
Cixilo, the god core shard, attempting to fuse with it. It came back to me in pieces. How arrogant had I been to think it was a good idea?
I checked over my core. It was intact. I thanked my luck for small mercies. I wasn’t dead then. The red light was me. I was still in my core chamber.
Another message popped up, and I almost dismissed it on reflex before I saw it wasn’t another error.
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Patch Notes (Esiliur System 0.1):
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<li style="font-weight: 400">New Localised system established. Designated Esiliur System (version 0.1). We are sorry for any inconvenience caused by this alpha build.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">[Entity: Mother, Maiden, Crone] designated as local System admin.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">[Class: Dread Lord] daily mana growth reduced by 50%.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">[Class: Jinx] gained a new specialization option: Agamede.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">SP costs are reduced for all classes.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">New Damage Type: Deep</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Crows have gained +1 ARC.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">[Class: Hearth Sister] gained resistance to Deep damage.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">New class introduced. [Class: Chloromancer].</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">It is temporarily free for all hero cores to respec.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">[Entity: Mazaios] released from soul contract. Have fun with that Siculus.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">What did you do Mizar? w??????????h??????????????????????a??????????????t???????????????? ??????????????d??????????i?????????????d?????????????? ????????????y?????????????????o???????????????u????????????????? ???????????????????d????????????????????????o???????????????????????????????</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">[Class: Mundane] has gained +1 FTR.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Behemoth Core spawn rate increased by 10%.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Euclid Core spawn rate increased by 100%.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">Dragons have gained +10 FTR.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400">[Entity: The Mountain Who Eats] has been granted [Boon: Tyrannicide].</li>
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Well shit.