Seeing all his friends disappear into the portals, Taufik exhaled slowly, not from exhaustion, but from the weight of responsibility.
He now stood alone at the heart of a battlefield.
"…System," he said quietly, "how do you determine the level of each floor in the Infinite Tower? Based on what?"
[It is based on the number of inhabitants in that world, Master. This one ranks the lowest among all active Realm Gates]
"Heh~ So it was like that, I see…" Taufik sighed, dragging a hand across his face. "It's my fault. I didn't set a specific order"
Then, more decisively: "System, open the Rewrite Authority"
[DING]
[Opening Rewrite Authority]
[...]
[DING]
[Welcome, Architect]
[Reality Script: Earth Worldline - Infinite Tower]
[Current Editor: Taufik]
The forest dissolved around him, not violently, but with a graceful unraveling.
Trees became strings of glowing glyphs.
The soil faded into floating lines of code.
