By IMERPUS RELUR
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The ripple could no longer be denied.
Within hours of SYNTARA's appearance, senior disciples began to see what the Codex was doing to the world. Their own techniques—fading. Their own truths—crumbling.
The elders whispered, but it was already too late.
One by one, disciples approached Kai in silence.
No allegiance. No begging. Just kneeling.
> "We see now," they said. "The system was never meant to confine us."
Kai didn't answer.
He only walked through them, the Codex pulsing steadily at his side.
He hadn't asked for followers.
But they came.
Because nothing stands longer than a truth that cannot be denied.