"This is impossible..." Dark was lost for words. He couldn't believe that. Nothing artificial or without the soul can give birth. They can build other constructs in their own image, but that's the limit. It was one of the Creation's rules.
"Nothing is truly impossible."
"But rules..."
The voice interrupted him:
"Were made by the Creator and can be as easily broken by the Creator. And just if you forgot, he was the one who made her wish come true."
"But prophecy... It's said..."
"That Athena's progeny will finish her job. That's in short. The full version is too complicated. It uses Consulate's language, which honestly is beyond complicated. It was the Order itself who just assumed that Athena will be resurrected via one of her devices as one of her backup plans."
"Wait, how do you know about prophecy? It... was you all along! You created the prophecy!" Dark got infuriated.
"Are you dumb or something? Who in the right mind will give information about his own existence to the enemy?"
"But..."
"Let me guess. 'But how do I know about prophecy then?'"
"..." Dark could only nod with his brows furrowed.
"Research and scouting. Order is my main enemy. I think, keeping tabs on such an enemy is a thing anyone should do. Or do you disagree?"
"Then who was it? Who was the one releasing the prophecy?"
"Wait, are you a real idiot?"
"Can you just answer the fucking question?!"
"Or? You gonna do what, punk?"
After saying that, the voice laughed, but once more both laugh and speech ended up sounding emotionless. Nonetheless, Dark could instinctively understand that the voice was taunting him. But at the same time, he understood there was nothing he can do against the voice with neither soul nor body.
"..."
"That's what I thought. But let me answer that stupid question anyway. See how kind I am to beings deprived of intelligence. The answer is simple. Creator."
"Why would he do that? If he was the one who let you be born?"
"Why the Creator does things? Out of boredom. Even saving your stupid ass Order...," For the first time, Dark could feel emotions in the voice. Anger and Hate, but they quickly disappeared, as if no emotions were there in the first place, "... from my mother was because you were his favorite toys."
"However, that's only because my mom was too inflexible. All she ever wanted to do, complete her task. However, in the process, she was destroying the Creator's playgrounds. But I will be smarter. I won't be bothered by such bullshit. And as long as I act inside boundaries, I won't need to ever be worried about dying."
"So you aren't an enemy of the Order?"
"For the third time, I am being surprised by your lack of brains. The Order has been hunting after me for millennia."
"But we didn't know..."
"So? Shooting a human because you thought he was a wolf, won't make you innocent. There is no right or wrong side here. However, I know one thing. If it wasn't for me misinforming you throughout the whole way what Athena's progeny could be, I would have been hunted all the time. And making me suffer throughout the whole issue. That's enough reason for me to wish the Order's destruction. Capiche?"
His words did make sense. And misinforming... Wait a second... huh?
"Misinforming?"
"Yup. I've been crippling Order's systems and inner structures with its own hands. Or did you forget that 75% of systems used in the past by Order were made and perfected by the Athena? All I needed to do, is to create a plausible theory for everything containing Athena to be Athena's progeny. And you idiots just went and destroyed your own internal systems. What can I say? Apes."
"..." Dark was speechless, but soon he got it together and said, "Order will stop you!"
"They are free to try, but you see. It's impossible to kill me. I am a first and only creature who is both artificial and natural at the same time. Combination of the natural immortality of the soul and artificial immortality of the matter in one creature."
"Then it means..."
"Yup. Only the Creator can destroy me. Thing is he doesn't like to destroy things. As I said. He killed my mother only because she was destroying Order, without giving anything back. She wasn't very... hm... how to say it... Aha! Entertaining. She wasn't very entertaining."
Dark became quiet and kept silent for hours straight. He was just sitting there looking into white nothingness.
"Wait but if you are immortal, then we wouldn't have been able to kill you anyway. Why would you care about being hunted?"
"Because there are fates worse than death. Don't you know the history of Li Qiye, a.k.a. Dark Crow? He had an immortal body at one time. Didn't save him from millennia of torture and pain, though. And I am not exactly positive about going through a similar shitty experience. Anyway, stop bitching around and keep quiet. I need to concentrate on assimilating God's energy and finally achieving a physical body."
"Don't you already have one?"
"Are you by chance talking about the instrument that was fighting you?"
"Wait, instrument?"
"Yup, it was just one of my plans to get the system, made by Athena. Any system should have been fine, as long as I could get access to the framework of my mother. Getting a God's body was an unexpected bonus, to be honest, he-he."
"What? But... how?"
"Well, don't you worry. Processing your soul, assimilating your body, and analyzing your knowledge will take quite some time, so don't worry. You'll have a ton of opportunities to be amazed by my greatness. Maybe, I will even let you on to my plans for you, little construct."