just a thought.

I was thinking about that too- I have a sneaking suspicion that the world's creator was the architect aswell, because in my brain, nobody has the ability of killing a creator except Jinwoo as of now

True. I mean the architect surely retains his memory and may want to get revenge on Jinwoo and Ashborn. He may have tampered on something to open those gates again and call on otherworldly beings since the monarchs were dead. Another thing, Jinwoo may have thought to use them, heirs of the monarchs to help. Since he took control of this 'system' the architect created.

Nahhhh- the architect, just like the name suggest, is an architect. The creator is the absolute being... And he's dead. Killed by his creations, the rulers.

That doesn't 100% make sense ngl. By definition architects design structures. In a sense, they themselves create. Its been a fat minute since I've brushed up on solo leveling, but he, in essence, created jinwoo, and in turn jinwoo whooped his ass. The story fits- theres a very large possibility that I'm wrong, but it the closest being we've seen to a creator i think

If you read clearly, the architect is just a designer for the system. He doesn't have authority over it cus he used the power of Ashborn for his designs to come alive. So it's kinda like how an architect designed things but an engineer make it into a reality (if that makes sense).. Without the power of the Shadow monarch (engineer) then the design cannot become a reality.

Now about the absolute being thing, it's been mentioned in earlier chapters and also already explained in SL that the rulers rebellion caused their creator to die....

And a note, the architect doesn't have that much power. He's just a servant(?) For the monarchs

Fair nuf lol, its been a long while since I've read SL, and now that you've explained it, what you said makes sense

I mean yeah- that happens sl has been long since it's completed so it makes sense,,, i just have attachment to things so i remember small details long