Icon looked at Glas and her new friend wondering how Cocoa has so much essence in its body that it attracted the imp to walk through the portal Glas left ' Seems to me pure essence does work as an attraction to external forces like fire it even has plenty of other external forces mostly life . '
Icon gave Cocoa a harmless scan to obtain the gene code ' Now this is magnificent some of the genetic code is adjustable and according to this data the genes will adapt to the environment , is this the effect of the essence ? If so what if I convert it to a gene sequence or even better a code ' Icon fantasizes about the idea wondering how it will turn out .
' Then first I need pure essence for now I should be able to copy and paste it but understanding its entire context is a different idea . '
Icon sat beside the sleeping trio and made an essence condensing it into a cube his favorite 3d shape surrounding it with a barrier that disconnects it to the outside or keeping it from affecting anything outside ' For now I need to see the nature of it '
He held an ice cube and dropped it through the barrier ' Oh it's being absorbed ' the ice was turned into a cube sharpening the corners and around where the ice was turned into a cube more cubes appear at the same color of the ice .
' Clear and transparent , it mimics shapes and color ' Icon checked the temperature and molecular composition is the ice cubes at the surface .
' But what if I used solid gold ? ' Icon produced a gold cube with hundred percent purity and threw it to the other side watching the essence absorbed it but unable to do anything else other than chill it ' Hmm what if I use demon essence then ' Icon replicated the same essence he used and threw a block of condensed demon essence .
The block of pure essence instantly absorbed it ' Now this is interesting how is it that it can take the demon essence better than gold or water I purified them to the purest form already ' Icon looked at what connection the demon essence had with the pure essence and snaps his fingers " Right this pure essence was based on the demon fire essence . "
Icon made another one and took the pure fire essence and threw it as the pure essence absorbed it ' Is this essence familiar to the two factors ? If so then it should be data instead ' he made another pure essence the one based on Seraph's and flicked pure holy essence watching it glow with a gold bright light .
' I see then I guess I have to compare Glas's new friend's essence then ' he used the info he got from the scan and made the essence identifying what the external essence traits is ' It's related to genetic memory moreover it is subconsciously controlling it as well as strengthening it according to the environment . '
He would have thought "Glas you really bought me a perfect experimental subject" but seeing her sleep peacefully with Cocoa he shook the thought ' Well I can always make a copy ' Cocoa wakes up rubbing its eyes and pushed itself off the ground standing with four legs and saw Icon .
Raising its guard immediately it hissed " Oh your awake " Icon made some warm food and let it fall spooking Cocoa raising its back like a cat " Hmm what happened Cocoa ? " Glas asks half asleep Cocoa pointed a sharp claw at Icon " Oh that's my dad " " Dad ? " ' It can talk I should ask Glas later ' " Yeah he is someone who takes care of me "
" Then you ? " " I'm your friend , we play together and eat together " Icon turned his attention back to the essence while Glas entertains her friends " It's good " Cocoa ate the spaghetti with its claws " Eat it like this " Glas used a fork to take the spaghetti and Cocoa looked at the metal fork narrowing its eyes .
" Metal hate " its sleepiness was eating away its grammar but it was still easy to understand " Then you can use this instead " ' I guess Cocoa is fine with ceramic maybe because it doesn't have a smell ? ' Cocoa pick up the fork and twirled the fork on the spaghetti and put it in its mouth .
" Great you'r " Crunch Cocoa chewed the spaghetti and fork " Wait Cocoa you're not " " Tasty " Cocoa's long ears raised up from his response , the fork was an edible one flavored for spaghetti . The fork slowly was consumed into Cocoa's mouth and Glass looked at the metal fork and tried it with the one like Cocoa .
" It tastes good " " Give me more sticks " Cocoa showed its sauce-dipped claws to her " Then which flavor ? " " Flavor ? " Cocoa was surprised to her that there were going to be other flavors and Glas made a few flavored forks float " Waow " Cocoa drooled looking at them .
' There having fun ' a block of Cocoa's essence was replicated and Icon held a block of data something that is like the data of a file ' This one is the genetic data of a normal tree ' he pushed the block slowly and saw a glow trying to take in the data .
' Damn then that means this Cocoa is literally eating my metaverse ... But I'm not really bothered I can just copy-paste data and feed it to Cocoa . ' Icon thinks of all the flavors of food he extracted from the taste bud memories thinking what might happen .
And so like any scientist , he makes a lollipop it is shaped normally but not made of normal candy instead it was the taste bud memories similar to muscle memory but more complicated " Cocoa wanna try this ? " Cocoa had a fork in its mouth looking at the lollipop .
" Dad ? What's that ? " Glas looked cautiously at the lollipop receiving a smile from Icon . Cocoa sniffed it and used its mouth to pull the lollipop out of Icon's hand " Tasty " " DAD WHAT WAS THAT ? " " Data on how a honey taste , it was just that anyways but at least three hours so Cocoa will probably have it for three hours . "
' I haven't tested it but I can get some data I'll start with something simple like a constant ' he recorded the time using the lollipop stick to see how long it will take for Cocoa to melt the data lollipop ' I'll work myself with other projects for now '
He sat down and opened many screens connected to the drones ' Nothing but Glas should have gotten Cocoa from the planet I just found how else would it have alien plants that match the ecosystem there ' the drones are in a setting allowing them to monitor the area unseen after the station landed on a planet .
' I'll give it a detection scanner it will be more effective if I made a detection based on Cocoa's essence after all that is where Glas found it . ' he set the scanner on the drones and turned to the two friends playing with the imp with Cocoa trying to look like the imp's demonic form and Glas transforming it while also feeding it blood sausages .
' The lollipop is still in its mouth ' Icon shook his head and thinks of the two former gods ' Right wonder how they are right now , What was their names again ? Zamari and Sihx should be right ' he teleported beside their sleeping human bodies ' They're asleep '
' They have that strange connection that manages to pierce through my firewall , but they themselves are harmless other than that Glas can do whatever she wants for all I care ' he decided that it was time to use the attack force of his metaverse .
' Since I'll need some data though the previous one wasn't enough to record everything about their home only enough to tell me that it was in another dimension hopefully not the fourth ' Icon thinks about the four-dimensional data he saved and sighs .
" Oh well , I'd rather not risk another headache but considering that I am fighting some real god not so kind as the one in bibles I may as well get my own thunder . "
Thunder is what gods use as divine punishment or so most of the lying priests would say to an ignorant tribe to get them to give him a virgin woman to sleep with at night for those kids who don't understand wait till you grow up this isn't the time where you humiliate others or potentially yourself .
Icon appeared in a holographic file holder each file in the form of a cube . He brings one close to him labeled "Glitch 204" " Hmm no sentience check , file status corrupted , now to input the commands " a cube flew down labeled "drone commands" and Icon made a copy of it .
" As for the physical form " a cube flew down labeled 3d models and Icon made a small cube of it pull out " This should do " the form of a fish with many eyes " And some fangs at the side and short Trex hands with sharp claws the tail should just be a fading glitch to leave a trail of destruction . "
" Setting them all to the same forms is good but considering how some of them have different functions maybe I should only release this data-eating glitch " Icon made a cube based on Cocoa's essence but shook his head ' Shouldn't do this haven't gotten deeper into this topic yet can't let this out with the glitches . '
Icon thinks about Diablo's order of gathering essence and looks at the cube ' What if I make a condense demon essence and hide it deep inside that way they will drive their attention and get them for him ' he smiled thinking about the devious plot of faking an essence and turned all of the real world essences back to fake or metaversal once .
' And I thought I could use that for creation ' Icon sighed his understanding of converting data into real materials . The metaverse isn't made of pixels but in a computer it is , but still no matter how small you go it's as same as the real world .
Of course , even if Icon manages to make a sun it was just a copy-paste he doesn't fully understand it . It is a reminder that even though an AI has data of everything they don't necessary understand it . Reading a science book doesn't allow someone to be genius .
So don't expect big things he needs to be really smart to comprehend data , AI isn't that powerful " Oh now this is an army " Icon replicated the glitches having at least half a million ' Great small little guys and big colossal '
" Now for the portal to purgatory " " Dad ? " " Oh Hey Glas I was just thinking about an alien invasion but more like data erosion don't worry I won't do anything bad , I'll make sure they live obviously inside my metaverse " Icon smiled normally despite the soon corruption of purgatory .
" Dad " Glas looked at him and the imp and Cocoa who was terrified of the glitch army " Don't worry I set it commands , It won't eat anyone other than the set targets " Icon narrowed his eyes setting the target condition for completion as corrupting purgatory ' After that , I'll use Zamari to access Nirvana and throw the glitches there '
He snickered with an evil setting " Come on let's go dad is going crazy again " Glas opened a door to take them away and Icon smiled looking at the portal and the glitches ready to be deployed " Go my minions " they all flew into the portal according to the command and even made the portal bigger .
" Always wanted to say that , but it does feel embarrassing " Icon said and teleported to his house and opened screens to show the purgatory invaded by the glitches he made " Hehe glitches are like a mess , throwing different glitches in one place is bound to screw those bastards out " he looked at purgatory with a smile .
" Maybe too much " he made a sorter code like the ones that sort files by date , name and etc. And a camera with it giving it a simple cube shape " This should sort the disorganized scenes " as a computer AI system he happens to have gotten hate for disorderly things that looks unsightly .
Nature is an exception but all the broken rocks and dust make it look like a sink with broken dishes and dirty dishes of course this would be the case if it weren't for other things in the battle field " Now go and clean up this mess " he looked at the screen satisfied to see that the dishes are being cleaned and thrown to proper disposal and places .
" That sounded way better than I figured " Icon stared at the screen of the sorter camera to see it taking some clutter out of purgatory ' What else am I missing ? ' he thinks how they are sleeping " Hold on is there a backlash I didn't find ? "
Icon teleported to the two gods and gave them a quick scan " Hmm pain is normal , brain experienced changes but so far , no going insane but the body is weakened and the mind is ... fine ? Is this their own experience in handling essence that they don't die ... But I should recall the essence in the fight it has different data who knows what data you have "
He recovered the data using a range of numbers for time and location . He displayed a holographic animation and went to the moment an essence was made " Save that data and put up filter " he went to the next and save the other kind while the first filter was reacting .
The fight started at an accelerated speed until the first appearance of the essence to appear " Two essences are made but how is it that they manage to make something complicated . " he moved the time back to the moment the first essence was made .
" In this clip , they formed essence but how with such a complicated thing it would be impossible to do it manually ' he presses the side of his forehead and thinks about their condition .
" The brain of course this complicated system is made from memories , guess I can just go take it out of their heads then . But if they come from some god who can penetrate my firewall I doubt it would be easy to get their memories using a glitch is risky , but the best bet "
He looks at the two resting gods ' So no one is acting ' he returned to where he stores the glitches and data to start his research and Glas peeked out at the place where the two former gods are and breaks the barrier down knowing that Icon didn't care since it was the weakest one even a baby can just crawl out of the hole he left .
" Wake up " " HUH !? " the two gods looked at Glas " Hey let's play " Glas took the two unconcerned about their decision since they have nothing to do " I have a board game but three players are not enough "
They arrived at the grass fields with a board on the field and the imp transforming just because Glas gave it the ability to do so turning into various forms without pain .
" Here you have the horse piece and you get the car , Cocoa they're not food " Glas pulled a chair out of Cocoa's mouth . It likes places that don't reek of death so it is basically fine with eating anything made from the metaverse .
Glas put her foot on his mouth to pull it away " Why is your mouth so strong " " Don't know " Glas fell on the shapeshifter , former imp as it turned to gas and reformed back into its imp form " Just don't eat anything else " she rubbed her back and they proceeded to play the game .
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" Hahaha " Icon smiled looking at the invading software he made " This is more amazing than I thought an invading software that hackers could use to control the computer , I didn't even need a glitch I just need to act that the mind is a supercomputer capable of supporting a galaxy with its mind " he giggled and was ready to test it on the two gods .
Obviously , we are now in the place where he put the two gods but they were nowhere to be found ' Guess I'll search my data then ' Icon turned and looked at the timeline of his metaverse which is like seeing what the most recent edits were done to an online file .
' Damn it now she won't let me read their minds ' he thinks about the data he collected in the fight " Oh I did make them fight AI's maybe I can get data there " he took the information that was collected by the AI's and looked at it ' They were already giving their all this is just some martial arts ? '
He said but narrowed his eyes when he looked at the techniques " Now this one is something special their techniques look similar yet different they have someone that was connected with them and to keep a secret " ' Shouldn't be anything like a close relationship if they made them choke from the words they were about to say '
He waves the holograms away and opened the screen connecting to the purgatory ' They're fighting back , guess that just means I didn't improve them enough ' he looked at the code and found how ineffective it is ' Maybe I should give them enhance intelligence ' but he shook his head .
" That could cause them to gain sentience and it will be a bother to take care of them if Meta knew something "
Meta is the older brother of Glas , back then he didn't care about his name and just called him Meta because he was born in the metaverse good thing he thought a little about Glas even though it was one "s" away from the material famously known to be transparent .
' So how about I send a spy and take control of the battlefield ? ' he laid back creating a bed and opened the screens of the camera " But this isn't some games " he multiplies the number of cameras and let them fly around the battlefield reaching to the camp area where the more civilized demons use as a base for some wild demons acting as animals .
" Situation at the camp : they're strategizing , I'll make the glitches corrupt these demons carrying the fake essence I can't make this a complete massacre I need these essence to get to the real Diablo " an army was sent to the battlefield to recover the injured and the field data to combat the glitches with the data .
Icon left a dramatic scene of a demon panting as if they went through the battle clinging to whatever strength they could still muster ' Worth a try ' the demon army looked at the possessed demon clinging to a spear to stand and he watched them take it away while the glitches got out of the corpse and possessed the army without any problems .
" Now for a script they need to make it sound legit best use the demon's brain as a translator " the demons talked about the essence they gathered bringing a box ready to be shipped to Diablo " Even demons are victims to lies " he made the possessed soldiers kill the demons and sent them to his purgatory .
' Now I need the one person with the right background to pretend to be a hero ' with a quick flash through memory lane he was disappointed " Guess I'll search for a wild demon and find the one with the biggest background to go with at the same time the most reasonable one . "
The glitches were already working to possess as many wild demons and Icon was checking their memories ' See ... This one is strong but not enough , too weak nothing is just right '
He complained and looked at Sihx playing board games with his kid ' Nah that is too risky I can't let him get found out and lead a huge force to my metaverse I haven't even seen through their memories yet '
He continued the invasion wondering how long it was going to take when Diablo was going to absorb the fake essence he made ' Well I am not in a hurry , so I'll let the demons know there is a new god in town now ' Icon closed the screens ' it will be much easier to make those giant devils and demons I made to bow down to me that way they will really get scared '
He opened the screen and made the demon lower themselves to face one direction and in that direction Icon spawned a black sun ' Now for the fake voice ' he just clumped many deep voices together and wrote words for the voices to say .
" I AM YOUR NEW GOD NOW THE FAKE DEITY " ' Metaverse is just a copy any way it is a perfect fake copy of the real universe but not so since it isn't so big ' " But who can go that far out of the metaverse anyways ? " no one would after all humanity has to accomplish space travel first before they can even get the hell out of the solar system and galaxy they are on .
" This world you are in , is but another copy of yours but even greater than you can even assume and I don't care about your laws since you are in my dominion " the many voices said like the entire crowd talking at the same time making the black sun even creepier and clearly louder .
" So accept this blessing I will give you since you are now under me " Icon watched the black sun rain down black light ' If I just use a lot of demon fire essence it would be easy to create a sun , the light , on the other hand , is different it's much weaker but considering them prolonged exposure will cause them to get stronger '
Sihx was trembling despite being far away " Are you okay ? " " Black sun " Glas looked at the purgatory Icon made to see the sun but as not-a-physical body with instincts she wasn't afraid " Dad why are you making a big sun like that ? " she turned to look at the imp which wasn't afraid one bit probably because she gave it transformation removing its instincts .
" What's your dad ? " Zamari asked curious " Oh dad is my dad he took care of me but never told me I had a big brother , I only found out yesterday though "
They looked at Glas to see that she looks really similar to Icon's real form " Is your dad a god ? " " No people just see him as one since he did make this entire fake world , sorry about what he did he was just protecting me from threats he is currently invading purgatory "
Sihx sweats at the news " Oh right what are your names I'm Glas and this alien is Cocoa as for the imp ? " she looked at the imp and figured it didn't have a name " I don't know what its name is " " Roscoe demon name "
The imp didn't react at all and tilted its head ' Why isn't it working demons were made that saying their real name basically gives up power to the one who said it ' Glas looked down thinking about the memories of Diablo she read " Ah so that's what they call a demon name " Glas looks at Roscoe not reacting .
' Is it because I have it shapeshifting that it doesn't work ? ' " Why isn't it working ? " " Or is it transition ? " Glas looks at Roscoe and Sihx was terrified of how the rule of names is being wiped out as well as Zamari .
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Icon smiled looking at the demons warning the newcomers about the black sun and his alias to them as the fake god " Now as for the glitch " one of the screens was lagging and he immediately attended to the problem .
He found that a glitch was trying to eat the cameras he sent into battle " The hell ? " he got his head off the bed and retrieved the rest of the cameras " I should have thought of a malfunction " he put the lagging camera aside and erased all of the glitches .
" Glitches are too risky , thought things would turn out well but I really have to model my own weapon ... The software on the other hand is a useful weapon still haven't tested it though " Icon brings the cube of the software looking at the lagging screen as the glitch struggled to make the camera fall .
' I put the code to consume a little high up on the priority list ' he checked if there was anything that went wrong before disposing of it and turned his attention to the software file ' You can help me obtain data from storages like the brain and can help me when there are those that can resist so I'll just capture a demon that can do that to test this '
A screen opened signifying the information of plenty of occupants of the metaverse recorded as soon as they entered . This screen is connected to the database the data of each individual is recorded by having it written as if they were writing a diary or in their point of view kind of story .
" Search filter and add the key points and finally search through the data of purgatory " there wasn't any demon that had to fight for their mind or soul " Great he checked on his kid to see Glas scanning Roscoe trying to figure out what caused it to avoid the rule of names mentioned in fake Diablo's memory .
" She's having fun " he saw Sihx and Zamari conjuring a sword and sighs ' Glas won't die that easily ' they charged at Glas and Cocoa having not seen a battle between intelligent beings comprehended this as a competition since the two were skilled in hiding their presence .
Cocoa located the finish line as Glas and tackled her to the ground " Ow " Cocoa got up and raised its claws " Win " ' This creature must be her servant protecting her ' Sihx aimed for Glas and Zamari aimed for Cocoa with the previous assumption .
Cocoa looked at the sharp tip of the weapon , it used to use the scent of death to detect the number of kills of the target and the threat level but in the metaverse where everything is a fake copy the smell of death is gone . So it couldn't tell if something was dangerous or not .
Since Cocoa saw Glas bringing the two it thought that they weren't hostile and treated them like kin or friends as it likes to describe . So the weapon designed to kill it was now in its mouth " Nom " " Huh ? " caught off guard by Cocoa's unexpected action of chewing the weapon made of holy essence Zamari paused before jumping back .
Sihx on the other hand was trapped in a clear cube to allow the software Icon made to function ' Time to test ' Icon started the software to invade Sihx's mind to get his memories " Agh " " DAD !! " Glas looked at the solid cube " Glas he was trying to put you in a hostage position . "
" I can get myself out , you're just using this as an excuse " Glas angrily informed Icon " Yeah yeah I know plus I found out they were being silenced by something whoever did it might have an army so I should protect you as much as I can " Glas stood defeated by Icon's words without having Icon to use "I created you" .
" Fine , then why did brother leave home ? " Icon looked at her with a smile " He ran away how should I know " unconcerned why Meta ran home Icon taps the cube to erase it .
" Also you two you can't essentially take my daughter she is way stronger than you two think check even I wonder why you had the chance of fighting her when she told you assuming that I know she did "
" Cocoa don't eat that " Glas ran to Cocoa but it already finished the board game " Oh this alien ate some holy essence " Icon gave Cocoa a quick scan and checked the status of its essence " It adapted quickly " he was impressed but now that he got Sihx memories in a cube he checked it and found how he was born into the world .
He finished the memory very quickly and suppressed his emotions " Dang what a bad parent you guys have , they suspected you would fall vulnerable to memory scans so they messed with your memory is their face that important ? " " Dad what happened ? " " I read the memory of Sihx and Zamari was in it "
Glas looked at Icon concerned " That [ BEEP ] sicko writing his kids' personality making them seal their lips so they don't spill any secret " " Didn't you write mine too ? " Icon looked at Glas and patted her " Glas you know I got rid of that carefully so you still retain your sentience , plus you still don't listen to all my words "
Cocoa tilted its head not understanding what is happening " Kin and friend " Cocoa patted Zamari imitating Icon since Glas mentioned that he doubles as her dad and best friend " Oh and Cocoa here for playing with Glas " Icon threw a Rubik's cube probably to test Cocoa's intelligence .
" Glas you can have fun be sure to feed them something they haven't eaten breakfast yet " " K I will " Icon left again and checked the status of the fake essence he made " Oh it's with the real Diablo now " he made used the fake essence supported by him using it like a connection to force install the software to read someone's memory undetected by the target .
' Really easy-to-use testing showed no flaws I doubt something like Diablo could actually resist or even have a better experience than someone who knew they had some of their memories erased ' a quick scan and he confirmed that Diablo was just a greedy demon who wanted to be a devil to rule .
" Guess I can destroy him and take over then ' he stopped himself from touching the cube to initiate invasion ' No I can't do that , that's too predictable , instead I should turn that place into a real hell . Demons are just torturers with a scarier form , glitches are more destructive '
He smiles thinking he could create another project of making a self-replicating code " But I'll need materials to start that , first the glitches should be transformed into an easy-to-control tool for me obviously without malfunctions and a complicated one for others to be unable to decipher . "
He started to use the factory that changes the metaverse materials into real-world materials so he doesn't get connected constantly to the glitches ' First I need to create a firewall around purgatory ' Icon scanned the entire plane of purgatory like a file .
Getting all the data at once was easy but spreading the area of his ability to send anything from the metaverse was still limited to an area . But he manage to create one portion of the firewall and started the self-replication code on it before disconnecting it so it doesn't actively use his head .
Then with a few more portions of the firewalls he left it alone " I feel like I am forgetting something though " he thinks about the events that happened yesterday " First encounter with something only in god stories , their goal to get rid of civilization didn't make much sense something must've changed when Sihx and Zamari cut their ties with their parent "
" So I'm dealing with a lot of gods but it feels like there is still more " Icon looked at the planet where the people honored him as a god " Oh right that god I forced to talk , I forgot about that "