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Ice Palace, 133rd Floor…
Elios’ POV
We’ve been running for a minute and surprisingly made us feel tired already. So we stopped as we panted while leaning our backs on the wall which was made of ice. Both I and Carl never dared to touch the ice rails with intricate designs because it looks so fragile. Each stair was likely covered with a very thin layer of snow which made them less slippery every time we stepped on them, leaving our footprints behind. Then I stared above and the ice stairs ahead were twisted in a perfect spiral, like a child's slinky toy pulled from each end.
“Bro, feeling this cold temperature, becoming slow and tired are not our issues before, right?” Carl asked under his breath as he rubbed his arms.
Shadow walkers never running out of stamina and never feeling this cold sensation unless this whole place has some powerful spells to make us feel this way. Suddenly, the blue screen popped up.
System: I’m sorry for the late status check.
System: The enemy’s stronghold has a Legendary Class debuff spells which made the player’s stats and Zero Needs’ effectiveness has been decreased to 50%.
System: Next time. Please check your status more frequently.
System: I can’t assist you forever. Bleh!
I frowned, staring at the screen in disdain. I never thought that the system has a bad attitude.
Anyways, Legendary Class spells are quite powerful but not as powerful as Divine Class. Octavia’s items and spells were classified according to how much data they possessed. Items and spells with more data were ranked higher. From the lowest to the highest rank, they were low class, middle class, high class, top class, epic class, legendary class, myth class and, what the crack-headed god did earlier is divine class.
We saw his power with our very own eyes while the system kept telling me that he’s using his trump cards that can bypass Orion’s cheat.
Whatever he did is enough for us to believe that he himself is the God of Darkness who almost erase this world. He might lose the previous war against the 7 gods but he survived.
“Is there something wrong? Did the system warned you that everything up there is dangerous?” Carl looked up as he narrowed his eyes in suspicion.
I scratched the back of my head and sighed. He don’t know how this thing works. If Carl has a system, he would see it for himself.
A few minutes of walking up the stairs, we still can’t sense Cassy’s presence. Searching for our sister in this palace is not as easy as we thought. Orion is insane enough to make something so huge by just using his magic and hide her somewhere. Then, a purple screen popped up.
You received a message from Natasha!
Natasha: Can you please hurry up? The cloning process is almost done.
“Cloning process?” I muttered as we finally reached the final floor and the door seemed to be locked.
Carl shoots the ice doorknob by using his favorite gun named Paloma before kicking the door open and we saw our sister is only wearing a blue bathrobe while sitting on the chair. She was surprised at our sudden arrival then Carl embraced her. Unfortunately, I can smell her blood which means her wounds are not healed yet
“How did you guys get inside?” She asked in disbelief and her eyes scanned to our new clothes, “And where did you get those clothes?”
Before Carl answers her questions, I frowned, walking closer to her and healed her.
“Did he touch you?” I asked, looking at her in the eyes.
“You mean my V card? He didn’t get it.” She answered while her cheeks reddened.
“Well, that’s good,” Carl muttered, frowning at our surroundings.
This bathroom smells like the owner of this palace. It reeks with his lust and the other one is different. It smells like human fluids coming from his balls. Learning human biology helps us a lot to understand the changes in our bodies when we are still kids.
Since we found Cassy, it’s time for us to leave.
“˹Message Meh˼.” I uttered the code and the system responded to my call as the blue screen popped up with a floating holographic keyboard.
I typed the message and send it to Natasha. After that, Carl and Cassy laughed at me. I understand why they reacted like that because they can’t see the system so I looked stupid while doing this thing.
Ice Palace, Throne Room
Natasha’s POV
I activated the ˹Gate of the Abyss˼ and Albert walked out from the black portal while Orion’s naked and unconscious clone floats beside him in a standing position.
“My job is done, General. What else do you want me to do?”
“Nothing. And good job.” I replied while putting the Memory Manipulator Device on the clone’s head while picking up Orion’s clothes from the ice floor, dressing him up and starts transferring the original’s memories.
The last memories are the edited ones so when he wakes up, I’m sure he’ll commit suicide. Watching his memories from the very beginning to the end doesn’t make me feel bad. Of course, he’s my enemy after all. Orion’s titles didn’t lie because he used to be an innocent little boy but his dad raised him so badly by simply let him witnessed the dark side of the politics and military.
Not just it but also the main features of their country such as Stealing and Massacre. Avarice Empire is known as the Empire of Greed which kinda makes sense that all the people he saw are greedy. Orion thought that being greedy is a normal thing to do but he mysteriously didn’t get the Greed Title. Secretly killing people for EXP is also part of his observations when he was 1 week old.
So obviously Orion imitated those abnormal things as his ‘normal activities’. For example, he saw the torture chamber, and what he thought was this:
Oh! Hurting weak people until they breathed their last is normal! Then I’ll do that in the future like a normal person would do! Hehe!
I mentally sighed, Orion is born with abnormal stats which also makes sense that he instantly memorized and never forget every detail of his surroundings. He was grown up without a mother and the emperor’s parenting style reminds me of myself because he’s choosing the best nanny in his kingdom to take care of his child when he’s busy doing his job as an emperor.
His dad never showed his face and always told him to do better than his ancestors. If Orion made a mistake, it’s normal for his dad to punish his child by using his magic against him but he seemed to be holding back. Fortunately, Orion is strong enough to take his punishments and made him stronger. Compare to me, I only hurt my son during his 5 days a week training because I don’t want him to grow up weak.
He expected his son to rule the kingdom and erase the non-human race in the future. Unfortunately, Orion is rebellious and wants to stay with Cassy. A rebellious child is troublesome, especially he’s the reason why the High Elven Empire wanted to crush them. It’s a good thing that my son is obedient even I’m not a good mother.
However, what Crack did to him is making my mission confusing. I don’t understand why he reset this monster and turned it into a baby. He even wants me to babysit this thing.
I thought my mission is to kidnap an adult man, but a baby boy instead. And now, Crack is hiding inside my hat while staring at the golden octahedron called Goldee.
“General, why are you carrying a human baby?” Albert asked curiously as his eyes fixated at baby Orion which I carried him in one arm.
Orion is still in a coma state while wearing a diaper, and blue baby outfit. The -150 °C (-238 °F) temperature can’t inflict damage to this monster as if this is just normal for him.
“He’s useful,” I replied without telling him the whole details.
Albert smiled and chuckled for the first time as if my answer is extremely valid and invaluable, “Is he going to be our first lab rat?”
“Yes,” I answered his question which made him squealed in excitement.
“But this human is very rare. And…” I pointed the portal, “Let’s discuss this later.”
His composure has returned and tapped his right hand on his chest in utmost respect, “As you wish.”
After Albert went back inside my Pocket Dimension, I received Elios’ message.
Elios: We’re going to jump as our shortcut. Don’t worry, we have Ghost Mode. Fall Damage won’t do anything to us.
A few moments later, 3 people landed safely and walked closer to me. The third person is a young woman with voluptuous breast and long white braided hair that almost reached the floor. She’s wearing a blue bathrobe as she stood there barefooted. Then she shyly introduced herself as I checked her status, “Hi. I’m Cassy.”
NAME: Cassy
RACE: Shadow Walker (Awakening is recommended to become a Shadow)
TYPE: Commoner
CLASS: Villager
GENDER: Female
AGE: 18
JOB: Student
RANK: N/A
CIVIL STATUS: Single
STATUS CONDITION: Normal
[LEVEL: 100]
HP: 75,000,000/75,000,000
MP: 35,000,000 /35,000,000 {0/0}
XP: 1,450/15,000,000
SKILL PTS: 5,000 {0}
ATK: 11,500
CONT: 15,432
STR: 10,000
DEF: 10,000
CRIT: 2,000
DEX: 14,775
SPD: 27,467
MAG: 36,656 {0}
INT: 600 {90}
WIS: 700 {80}
SPT: 15,532 {4,394}
CHAR: 6,969 {15}
LUK: 554
LOY: -100,000,000 {50,000}
[TITLES:]
DESCENDANT OF AVARICE [UNTRACEABLE] [HIDDEN]
3 SILVER STARRED LIEUTENANT GENERAL OF DARKNESS [HIDDEN]
GREEDY BITCH [HIDDEN]
ORION’S LOVE TARGET
[SKILLS]
PRECISION
ASSASSINATE
SNATCH [HIDDEN]
[PASSIVE SKILLS]
GHOST MODE [ACTIVATED]
ZERO NEEDS [ACTIVATED]
ZERO EMOTIONS [DEACTIVATED]
DISASTER MODE [DEACTIVATED]
SHADOW SENSES [ACTIVATED]
REGENERATE [HIDDEN]
{STEALTH MODE}
[SKILL TREE]
LOCKED
LOCKED
LOCKED
LOCKED
LOCKED
LOCKED
LOCKED
LOCKED
She got the title of Orion’s Love Target because of him but he has been reset recently.
NAME: Orion Frostbringer
RACE: Human
TYPE: Bringer
CLASS: Prince
GENDER: Male
AGE: 31 minutes
JOB: Prince
RANK: Prince of Avarice Empire
CIVIL STATUS: Single
STATUS CONDITION: Comatose
[LEVEL: 0]
HP: 500,000/500,000
MP: 500,000/500,000
XP: 0/0
SKILL PTS: 0
ATK: 500
CONT: 500
STR: 800
DEF: 500
CRIT: 300
DEX: 200
SPD: 200
MAG: 500
INT: 800
WIS: 0
SPT: 500
CHAR: 800
LUK: 300
LOY: N/A
[TITLES:]
DESCENDANT OF FROSTBRINGER
PRINCE OF AVARICE
[SKILLS]
----
[PASSIVE SKILLS]
Demi-God Mode (DEACTIVATED)
DIVINE AURA (LOCKED) (ENCRYPTED) (DEACTIVATED)
[SKILL TREE]
LOCKED
LOCKED
LOCKED
LOCKED
LOCKED
LOCKED
LOCKED
LOCKED
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Orion’s mad prince and possessive titles are gone. Cassy’s strange title must be a bug for some reason, maybe it’ll disappear someday.
“What are we going to do with him?” Elios asked as he scowled at Orion’s unconscious clone that still under Albert’s ˹Float˼ Spell.
Elios continued as he looked at baby Orion in suspicion, “Where did you get that baby?”
“Our god punished Orion and this is what happened to him,” I explained, shrugging my shoulders.
The three of them glared at the baby with a mixture of killing intent. They can’t easily forgive this boy.
“Tch! Is our god became merciful?” Elios asked, crossing his arms.
They obviously want him dead but Crack needs to explain this or else their loyalty will decrease. I tried to remove my hat through my free hand but stopped when I received a telepathic message from him.
“Krak! Don’t disturb me! I’m still in the middle of cracking the codes here.”
Your boy Elios and his siblings don’t like your idea of kidnaping a monster. They want me to choke this thing to death.
“Just tell them that you’re a Dark Messiah and he’s part of my plans. I’m sure they’ll understand.”
Before I could ask another question, Crack cut the line. I guess he’s working hard to accomplish his plans.
“Where is he? Did he left and let us get caught by the emperor?” Carl asked as he leaned his back at the pillar.
Cassy didn’t say anything as she looked at me with a confused look on her face. If Crack is not joking about the messiah thing, these kids will shut up and let him do his job.
“Our god hasn’t left us. He’s currently working on something before we leave this place safely.” I continued as my gaze shifted to baby Orion, “This monster is part of his plans.”
Their black eyes turned purple as they glared at me in suspicion and the red window showed me that their loyalty is decreasing. I hope the messiah thing will work. If not, killing them is the final option then I fail my mission.
I tapped my chest through my free hand, “I am a Dark Messiah. I hope you understand our God’s plans. He might be high but he already showed us some miracles. It is impossible for us to infiltrate inside the impenetrable enemy’s territory without his help.”
The red window disappeared and those three widened their purple eyes in disbelief before they knelt down on one knee with the utmost respect.
Then Cassy said before the blue gaming screen popped up, “We sincerely apologize for doubting your intentions and stupid enough not to realize that you and God are doing this for the sake of our kind. Please forgive your humble subjects!”
You acquired a new Title!
[Shadows’ Messiah]
Additional 10,000 Loyalty and 15,000 Reputation points to those who believed in you.
You acquired an Achievement!
[Dark Messiah]
The name of the achievement says it all.
Did Crack give me a cheat code?
I’m mentally stunned by them but I never showed my true reaction because they will think that I’m a fraud. Oh well, I don’t even know the messiah thing is something important for them. And now, my mind is flooded with theories.
If the dark messiah is not a cheat code, these kids are one of the remaining Crack’s believers. Maybe he told them the prophecy about their messiah before or after the war against his siblings. I think Crack predicted that he can’t win the war before he found my ancestor. His God of Stupidity title doesn’t make sense because that kind of idea is effective especially he has the ability to crack his dad’s divine aura. In short, he’s a genius but a drug addict type of genius.
“Krak! I’m done coding!” Crack yelled as he suddenly appeared beside me in his original size, still holding the golden octahedron.
Cassy’s reaction was the same as mine and her siblings when we first met this crack-headed god. He’s disgusting and insane but he only wants to be entertained by my gameplay. My main goal is to help him murder his family even though this wasn’t mentioned in the contract. The contract has many loopholes for crying out loud.
And now, Crack looked at them with his usual smile, “This is nostalgic! It’s been a long time since the shadow walkers knelt before me.”
Then his gaze shifted to the floating unconscious clone, “You can stand now. It’s time for me to install this.”
I removed the M.M.D. because the memories are successfully transferred and dragged him on his throne before I dispelled Albert’s ˹Float˼ spell. The clone is now sitting on the original’s throne but still unconscious.
Crack stood in front of the clone but he’s staring at the golden octahedron and said, “Krak! The installation process will take a few minutes.”
Then he remained silent as he stared at Goldee for at least 3 minutes while I glanced at Elios and his siblings. Their facial expression tells me that why Crack is not doing anything? I have no idea.
When the golden octahedron starts to float towards the clone’s chest, Crack teleported beside me. The octahedron slowly turned into light particles but they’re too slow to get inside of his chest.
I still don’t understand why he did that. Is cloning not enough to fool the enemy? When I checked the status of the clone, I think I understand why.
NAME: -----
RACE: Human
TYPE: -----
CLASS: -----
GENDER: Male
AGE: 11 minutes
JOB: N/A
RANK: N/A
CIVIL STATUS: Single
STATUS CONDITION: Comatose
[LEVEL: 0]
HP: 500,000/500,000
MP: 500,000/500,000
XP: 0/0
SKILL PTS: 0
ATK: 500
CONT: 500
STR: 800
DEF: 500
CRIT: 300
DEX: 200
SPD: 200
MAG: 500
INT: 800
WIS: 0
SPT: 500
CHAR: 800
LUK: 300
LOY: N/A
[TITLES:]
ORION FROSTBRINGER’S CLONE #1
[SKILLS]
-----------
[PASSIVE SKILLS]
-----------
[SKILL TREE]
LOCKED
LOCKED
LOCKED
LOCKED
LOCKED
LOCKED
LOCKED
LOCKED
This is our first time using our cloning process to a human with magic. We only used animals from my Pocket Dimension and we successfully copied them even their souls and status. Unfortunately, this clone is a failure.
If Albert learned ˹Observe˼, he can tell that he made a mistake in his first try cloning the prince. Well, what is done is done. Since my ˹Share It˼ skill is useable now, I’ll make sure all of them can see the status of their enemies.
Crack glanced over his shoulder as his back facing at us and pointed the tip of his dirty dreadlocks, “Champ! And you guys. Hold my tentacles! I’ll show you something to understand me better.”
I don’t know why he called his dreadlocks as tentacles. Elios and his siblings hesitated as we approached Crack. Since I’m wearing my gloves, touching his dreadlocks is fine. Then I gave them some surgical gloves because they might get infected with some unknown virus. Well, who knows? Maybe Crack is pulling a prank.
When we simultaneously hold his dreadlocks, our vision instantly changed. What we saw is a world of black with white lines that formed the geometric objects. Then the clone has a golden octahedron with a width and height of 6 inches. The missing portion of that thing is slowly assembling.
“What you see today is what I see when I’m hacking. That big octahedron is just a copy of the original’s system but I managed to make that thing feels and looks original. When the installation process is over, the stolen data and power coming from the original will overwrite the clone’s progress while the clone title will be deleted.”
I glanced at the baby who didn’t hold Crack’s dreadlock, he’s part of the world of black and I can see the octahedron inside of his chest. Since the clone has the same copy of the original, it might be possible to confuse the system and creates an error, “Your skills are beyond my limits but is this enough to fool the game– I mean… the world?”
The three siblings didn’t say anything but they gave me a confused look on their faces. Crack chuckled, glanced at me over his left shoulder and said, “Natasha, do you remember the green gaming windows coming from the elves? Then this guy and other human soldiers have golden gaming windows? And ours can be blue or purple? Do you know what that means?”
“You mean, the gam–world has different systems? If that’s true, I assume this golden system is the main system.”
Crack nodded, “The game has multiple systems with different Admins. The gold one is the Main System while the others are connected to it but ours is independent. That’s why it has a very limited number of users to assist.”
Hearing this information especially he mentioned the admin made me remember how I chose the options of the game before I got reincarnated. The admin that I wanted to kick its ass is no other than Crack. Well, I better calm myself and beat him after this mission.
“Champ, you’re worried about what I did today because it might cause a loop and error until the admin will notice us. Don’t worry, look at the child’s glowing thing very closely.”
I looked at the baby’s golden octahedron and focused until I saw the molecule-sized of purple lights. They’re very few of them as they circling inside of the octahedron.
“That octahedron is called System. The systems are created by the admins.”
“But what about my faith? Why that thing looks like a system?” I asked Crack but he removed his hat before scratching the back of his head.
“The fraction of your faith is just a fraction of the fraction of your system. Since you are my champion, the dark messiah of my creations, you can generate some cheat codes or what I called the source codes. Unlike me, the creator of the independent system…” Crack paused as he put on his hat and he looked troubled, “Krak! I’m running out of ideas! Yah understand?”
I nodded but how the hell did I create some cheat codes?
“I’ll discuss your faith next time.” Crack said as he touched the baby’s system through his left index finger and the small golden command windows popped up in front of him. I may experience the hacking stuff but I never saw the strange symbols inside of those windows but Crack seemed to understand them easily. I guess he’s a god of hacking.
“I tried to convert his system into one of my system’s user but the progress is only 1%. With this problem, I just got lucky because it can still avoid the loop. Krak! Krak! Krak! Oh!”
Our eyes are now fixated at the clone’s system. The installation process is finished when the missing portion has been assembled. Our next step is to get the hell out of here.
“Don’t let go of my tentacles. Just hold tight, we will travel slowly and let our champ copy some skills from the random people as much as possible. I still have 15 minutes left before the effects of her faith wear off.” He said as we start levitating.
I tied Orion’s right wrist by Crack’s dreadlock so he’ll be part of us. We hold his dreadlocks tight and Crack leads the way. The world we see is still black with white lines that formed geometric objects. When we passed through the walls until we found ourselves above the ice palace, the shape of the skyscrapers can be seen on the horizon are the same as Earth Year 2030. I didn’t notice that from the outside of the walls because they’re 500 feet tall and covering my view.
As I expected, my enemies are advance too but my thought instantly changed when a flying chariot that used a winged lion passed by. Nope, they’re not using too much science. That guy didn’t notice our presence as he kept going to the east.
“This is my ˹Shadow Walk˼ but this is divine class. I can control the speed of traveling inside the void while the people and the system can’t detect my presence. With my Hacking Mode, I can see their systems and the hidden things of the world.”
When we reached the center of the empire, I can see a lot of golden lights as if I’m seeing the stars from the night sky. Some of them are coming from the flying soldiers that patrolling the skies. However, their systems have a half the size of Orion’s system inside their chests.
“Uhm…” Cassy broke the silence and we stopped from our track.
Crack glanced at her, “Krak! I know what you’re thinking.”
Then he pointed at the flying soldier right in front of us who seemed to be eating his snack, “This guy’s system is smaller like the rest of the less important users.”
“Less important?” Cassy muttered as she blinked her eyes.
“Yah heard it right!” Crack chuckled before he looked at me and said, “Start copying some skills. It might be useful for your plans yah know.”
I nodded and did what he asked for. There are thousands of skills and passive skills but 70% of them are useless for the war.
Human Great Circle, Demi-God Realm
A gigantic round table carved of gleaming white stone sat in the center of the void, surrounded by 7 luxurious chairs. Every single place had been filled except one because the emperor who called us has not arrived.
“How long did I sleep in here?” The old man finally woke up from his slumber as he lazily withdrew something to wipe his face.
“7 hours.” The girl replied before she ate her snack with a crunch.
“Why is this place so dark? I barely reached my handkerchief.” He complained.
“Because you’re blind.” The girl replied and giggled.
“Oh! Why did I always forget that fact? Silly me…”
He might be blind but he was right. The only thing I can see from them is their silhouette figures surrounded by their aura.
The man who slept in here for 7 hours has white aura as his left eye is white and the other is red with cracks. This man is the Emperor of Acedia Empire or he was known as the Death Emperor.
And the girl who truthfully answered his questions has green aura as her eyes are green as well but she seems to be wearing her eyeglasses. This girl is the Empress of Gula Empire or she was known as Hungry Empress.
“I should’ve rape you while you’re sleeping but we have a very young audience.” The woman in pink aura said as the pink eye from her crown glared at the girl but she seemed didn’t hear her words as she eats her snack. This woman is the Empress of Luxuria Empire or she was known as Virgin Slayer.
The death emperor shivered, “If I have a wife, she’ll do it for me but I’m too lazy to find a partner.”
“Then I’ll be your partner! I’m so good at riding.” She said and licked the contents of her drink.
He shook his head, “No thank you! My virgin stick is not for you.”
That whore might be far away from me but my nose can pick up some scent. Her drink smells like semen. I only pretend I didn’t hear or see them talking.
“Yow! HOW?” The man beside me screamed at his thin rectangular device. He has orange aura as his amber eyes glowed intensely. This man is the Emperor of Tristitia Empire or simply known as Fire Emperor.
“Come on! This is impossible!” He complained as he put his device on the table.
I may not know what he’s playing but I’m sure he lost the game.
“ONE MORE ROUND!” The woman with red aura yelled with a growl as her red eyes glared at the fire emperor. She’s the Empress of Ira Empire or known as Empress of Rage.
He crossed his arms, “No more rounds old nigga. I have a million deaths and you have zero deaths.”
The myth class metal ball and chains that were supposed to constrict her movements were like a joke to her as she suddenly appeared in front of him as her hand holds his neck.
“I’m just joking. Ehehehe…” The fire emperor made a peace sign as his free hand slowly reached his device.
“Hmph! That’s what I’m talking about.” The woman seemed satisfied as she let go of him and went back to her seat.
A few moments of silence, the golden window popped up before our eyes with a blinking sound effect.
Notification
Emperor of Superbia Empire has entered the Circle!
The man with yellow aura sat on his seat as he crossed his legs. His piercing yellow eyes gaze each one of us and everything about himself screams only one thing: Arrogance.
Unfortunately, the empress with red aura had lost her patience as she slammed her hands on the table, “You son of a bitch! What are you taking so long? I’ve wasted too much time playing with this nigga.”
“My apologies. I’m late because I like being late.” His reply made her quivered, suppressing her rage.
Then she sighed in defeat, “Make sure you have a lot to say since you said we will stay here for 3 days.”
“Of course! I won’t let you down!”
The death emperor yawned and raised his hand, “Can I go home?”
I can imagine that the prideful emperor’s veins from his forehead bulged intensely as he raked his hair in exasperation, “I just got here and you want to go home already? Am I that boring to you, gramps?”
“No, but slightly yes because you have the [Best in Late] Title.” The death emperor replied as he seemed entertained by making the prideful emperor mad.
The rest of us who listened to their conversation hold our laughter.
“No one is going home, gramps with the [Best in Absent] Title.” The prideful emperor said as he clenched his fists.
“Forgive me for being a bit broken in the head. I’m a veteran in cutting classes after all.” The old man chuckled.
The prideful emperor sighed and continued as the holographic images appeared before our eyes, “Here’s the top-secret information.”
It’s a blurred image of a child in a black robe that is about 4 to 5 years old.
“I took that image last night inside the cathedral but it got away quickly.” He explained.
The woman in pink aura giggled, “Ahh… You’re a pedophile.”
The prideful emperor was taken aback, “Eh? No! That kid is a hero.”
The air became cold when he mentioned the word ‘hero’. Heroes are meant to crush the calamity that is enough to threaten the gods. The previous threat such as the God of Darkness has been successfully eliminated but now, there’s a new threat that we never notice.
“Huh? Hero? Seriously?” The fire emperor said in disbelief.
“You won’t believe me? The evidence is already right there. That image and the things you learned from being an emperor or demi-godhood. That kid has a gut to get inside the cathedral without my permission and it even escaped from my grasp. Only heroes can do that trick.”
He continued as his eyes focused at me, “Is Superbia’s Long Sword still in your cathedral?”
I nodded because all of the One True God’s divine items are in my cathedral.
“That kid went to our cathedral because I’m sure it wants that item.”
“Hmm… That’s strange.” The girl commented as she stopped eating her snack.
She continued after adjusting her eyeglasses, “Why would that kid do that? Why in secret? Why the admin didn’t tell us something about this? The kid could just yell, ‘Hello, I’m a hero! Could you please give me the divine item so I can finish my job?’”
The hungry empress has a point. The hero must face the emperor and ask politely to get what it wants or the One True God informs us about this serious matter.
Suddenly, the red gaming screen appeared before our eyes with a warning sound effect which made my blood became colder than ice.
Orion Frostbringer died from blood loss
He cannot be revived.
Orion Frostbringer’s Ice Palace has been destroyed
Avarice Empire’s Divine barrier has been destroyed
The emperor must return to the empire immediately to reconstruct the barrier.
I never said a word as I immediately stood from my seat, wearing my hooded robe and walked straight to the exit portal.
“Condolence.” The fire emperor said with the sympathetic tone on his voice before I teleported right away to my palace and run straight to my son’s palace.
When I get there, the royal guards already found his body in the large mass of snow and ice. As I walked closer to my son’s lifeless body, everything around me stopped in motion with a blue hue.
˹Time Freeze˼ skill has been automatically activated!
The system activated my skill to freeze the time in the entire empire. If I feel someone can resist my skill, I’ll hunt it down. Unfortunately, no movements can be detected.
System: Please reconstruct the barrier immediately.
“˹Ice Dome˼.” I chanted my skill to create a large hemispherical ice roof coated with divine aura to cover my entire kingdom.
Then I fell to my knees when I’m close enough to hug my son. As I observed his frozen corpse, I can tell that he slit his wrists. I could no longer hold my tears as my heart felt like I was being stabbed with a million knives.
Then I noticed that his right hand clutched something. I lost my strength to open his hand forcefully. My son is indeed powerful than myself but he wasted his life. He has great potential to teach the new generation about his unique skills so humanity will dominate the world.
After cutting his fingers, I found a note. There’s no mistaking it. The handwriting was Orion’s with a little bit of his mana in each letter.
My lover didn’t make it.
And so do I.
Goodbye.
It was short but at least I know the root of his despair.
At the Center of Shadow Continent…
Natasha’s POV
Crack teleported us here because this baby will probably die in the underground base. We designed our stronghold to weaken the enemies through the most poisonous and paralyzing air. Then the blue gaming windows popped up with a victorious tune.
Rescue Mission Completed!
Rewards: Awakening Skill and New Feature has been added under the main command of Relations.
Love Targets
A 6th command under the main command of Relations which allows you to see the player’s possible suitors.
Elios – 100% <3
Carl – 100% <3
Virus Evolution Part 1 completed!
Rewards: New Update
New Update!
The 1st Abyssal Labyrinth has been unlocked!
Required Level: Level 0 – 50
Abyssal Labyrinths unlocked: 1/8
You acquired an Achievement
[MOTHER I]
Stealing someone’s child is a first step to unlock [LYPĒ (ENVY)].
I frowned after reading the first notification. The new command is outrageous. I think Crack forced me to flirt any men in this world. If I can’t find a way to destroy the Romance genre, then I’ll avoid raising their love meters. Unfortunately, Elios and Carl are already on the list with full marks.
This reminds me of my past. Whenever I stared at the man for about 3 seconds, the next day, he proposed to me. It freaked the hell out of me and I fed him to the abyssal crocodiles. I even cursed the god why my unwanted charm made those men insane even I’m old and have a son with an unknown father.
I massage the bridge of my nose through my free hand to think about the other notifications. The new update is useless for the people with level 51 and above. I think I should try unlocking the other locked Abyssal Labyrinths. Maybe there are some nice loots and monsters for EXP.
The last notification is my new achievement. Maybe I’ll steal more babies in the future to unlock the Envy Title. I don’t know why stealing babies is considered as envy. I thought it’s a sin of greed.
Suddenly, I received a telepathic message coming from Crack, “So… What do you think?”
Think about what?
“The enemies we met today.”
I glanced at the baby that I’m holding and replied.
I’m not the only cheater in this game-like fantasy world.
The End of Epilogue
The End of Volume 1
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