Chapter Title: The Birth of a New Law
The boundary did not shatter.
It resisted.
It bent.
And then—
It began to change.
Azrael felt it before he saw it. The invisible line beneath his feet, the one that divided existence into what was allowed and what was not, pulsed like a living thing reacting to his presence.
The pressure did not lessen.
It deepened.
But it was no longer trying to crush him.
It was trying to understand him.
Azrael stood still at its center, his breathing steady despite the strain tearing through his body. The void inside him surged in controlled waves, while the system responded in equal measure, both forces circling one another like opposing tides that refused to collide.
For the first time—
They listened.
The system flickered.
Boundary State Altering
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