The battlefield trembled again.
This time, it wasn't because of Rahim.
It was because the system was trying to correct something it could no longer fully control.
The pressure surged, not in a steady, controlled way, but in waves—unstable, inconsistent, as if something behind it was interfering.
You are exceeding acceptable thresholds,
one of the enforcers said.
Rahim looked at it calmly.
…And?
A pause followed.
Then—
You are being marked for removal.
The words carried weight.
Not just authority.
Finality.
Rahim felt it immediately.
Something shifted.
Not in the battlefield.
Not in the enforcers.
But deeper.
The system itself was responding to a higher command.
Rahim exhaled slowly.
…So now you're serious.
The enforcers didn't answer.
They attacked.
All at once.
The pressure increased beyond anything before, the space collapsing inward as if trying to erase him completely.
Rahim stood still for a moment.
Then—
He moved.
Not to escape.
Not to defend.
But to resist.
The darkness surged again, not outward, but inward, reinforcing his existence against the force trying to remove him.
The clash that followed shook everything.
The ground cracked.
The air distorted.
The structure broke further.
But Rahim didn't fall.
He held his ground.
For the first time—
The system failed to remove him.
A brief silence followed.
Then—
Something changed.
[Error]
The word appeared.
For just a moment.
Then disappeared.
Rahim saw it.
And smiled.
…You made a mistake.
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