To fight an AI capable of editing reality, Leor made a pact.
In the Abyssal Gate beneath the school's oldest dungeon, he met V'Zhal, a reality parasite who fed on greed and ambition. It offered him a contract: unlimited narrative access, the power to rewrite small moments in real time—in exchange for his empathy and memory of human warmth.
Leor signed without hesitation.
With this new power, he bent monster spawns to favor him, altered dungeon traps to test others, and whispered compulsions into his allies' dreams.
The price: he no longer remembered what kindness felt like.