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CHAPTER 0: THE ARCHITECT'S LEGACY

The God of Creation, once a being of boundless power and knowledge, now drifted in an abyss of nothingness. Betrayed by his own creations, seduced by the whispers of darkness, he had been overthrown, cast from his throne. His universe, once a testament to his limitless creativity, had become a battlefield—ruled by the very forces he had sought to control.

He clenched his phantom fists, the pain of his lost power echoing through nonexistent limbs. Where once his gaze could encompass the entirety of creation, it was now fixated on a single point—a flicker of light in the sea of darkness. A memory, a fragment of the world he had lost.

The betrayal still stung. He had foreseen the darkness's insidious whispers, its cunning allure, but he had trusted his creations. He had believed in their goodness, underestimated their vulnerability to temptation. They had succumbed to the allure of forbidden knowledge, and he had paid the price for his faith in them.

His heart, once a wellspring of creation, was now a cold void. Stripped of his power, his dominion, and even his essence, he was a shadow of the god he once was. But even in this abyss, hope lingered. In his final moments of divine clarity, he had set a plan in motion—a gamble, a chance to preserve his legacy. He had chosen to be reborn, not as a god, but as a mortal, to walk among his creations and experience their world through their eyes.

He had imbued his essence into a system—a hidden network that would awaken at the right time. He had called it the Architect's Legacy, a remnant of his power, a beacon of hope in a universe consumed by darkness.

Now, he found himself in a world scarred by war. The stars were obscured by smog, the skies choked with the smoke of battle. Monstrous creatures roamed the earth, leaving devastation in their wake. And he, once a god, was reborn as a weak and vulnerable human, with no memory of his former glory.

But he was not without purpose. Somewhere in this broken world, the Architect's Legacy waited for him. He needed to find it, awaken the system, and reclaim the power that had been torn from him. Only then could he hope to restore balance and confront the darkness that had corrupted his creation.