Chapter 22 - The Realm Core and the system
That orc really had some issues with his mentality!
Before I knew it, I was already in front of a floating blue light. It looked just like the dungeon's core.
Wait! Are these people living in a dungeon!?
"Hey system! Where do you think we are?" I asked for the system's opinion too.
[It's the realm core.]
"Oh? So we are in the realm's co- WHAT?!"
"Wasn't it corrupted by the abyssal spire's aura?!" I got really scared this time.
{My core had never corrupted from the Abyssal Spire's aura. It was my body that got affected.} A weary old voice sounded in my head.
"Oh shit!" I couldn't control but blurt out.
{Heh, its fine. I won't harm you.}
The voice did sound like it didn't care. But it won't hurt to be on guard, right?
"Um… Mr?"
What the fuck am I asking?! (ᗒᗣᗕ)՞
{I know that you don't have any intention to play the hero role.}
This...
"Perhaps, you heard what I said earlier?" My eyes widened in horror.
{Although I can no longer control my body, but I can still hear and feel what is happening on it.} It chuckled as if it was a casual remark.
"... Aren't you angry?" I asked without thinking.
{There are certain rules to interfere in a world or realm. You have neither came with the intention of saving nor I had the expectation from an outsider.}
{If you hadn't followed that child of mine and entered the city, I wouldn't have bothered with your life and death.}
This...
"Do you know a way to leave this realm?" My eyes were shining with hope.
If the realm doesn't mind, then why hesitate?
I'm not a hero who will die for unknown people.
I have a family to look after.
{Before that, I want to ask a question, too.}
"It has only been a day or two since I arrived here, so I'm not sure if I'll be able to answer your question." I spoke clearly.
{Are you able to connect with that old man?}
Hm? Why is the old man involved in everything?
"Well... we severed our contact earlier." I scratched my head and spoke honestly.
{We?} The realm core asked with curiosity.
[I am supposed to assist him with his journey but you are not supposed to be my destination.]
Silence?!
Looks like the realm doesn't know the existence of system?
{Oh dear! Their cruelty knows no bounds!} The realm sighed with dread.
[It's understandable from your perspective. In the past millions of years, many things have changed.] The system spoke in its usual calm tone.
"Um... what are you two talking about?!" I blurted out again.
[We both share the same origin.] The system replied casually.
"Oh! And what is that supposed to mean?" I didn't get the meaning of their conversation at all.
{It means that she was also an entity of my kind.} The realm explained a little more.
Hm? Entity of the same kind? ( ͡❛ _ ͡❛)
Entity...Realm... (❛̃ ⏥❛̃)
"System was a realm before?!" I exclaimed in shock.
[Not a realm but a world. A small one which was uninhabitable.] The system maintained her tone of voice.
"Then how did you come into this state?" I couldn't control my curiosity.
[In the name of greater good, that old man destroyed my body and filtered out my origin essence. After a few minutes of his experiment, he changed my functions completely into what they are now. There was no memory loss which scared him that I would expose his actions, so I was deemed as a failed product.] The system was really pissed off now.
{I never trusted him in the back when he mentioned this method years ago.} Now, the realm was pissed off, too.
[The number of worlds and entities are destroyed and born every day, but the actual number that have been destroyed by the abyssal spire's aura can be counted easily up to no more than 300.]
[What they are in short of is the souls of people like you not us, yet they are creating 'gifts' in masses.]
Looks like that old man has numerous skeletons in his closet!
Sigh, she really suffered for nothing.
"Wait... what do you mean by he came to mention this method?" I asked without holding back.
{He mentioned this method to use it on my lesser realms, and I had kicked him out immediately.} The realm core spoke casually.
"What are lesser realms?" I asked with a dumbfounded expression.
{All the realms born from mother world tree are connected to me, so I call them lesser realms.}
{I also made sure that these realms don't suffer from abyssal invasion, so I absorbed the abyssal aura in their lands completely and transferred it into a small continent separate from all the lands on my body.}
"Aren't you afraid of being corrupted from the abyssal aura?"
{It doesn't affect us, but the organisms with lesser soul strength.}
{To be frank, the Abyssal Spire is not solely responsible for this.}
"Eh? Then who?" My eyes widened with curiosity.
{Let's leave that talk for the future. Even though that old man knows of the complete truth, he won't interfere as long as things don't escalate any further.} The realm core really grabbed in a piece of suspense drama.
Another round of silence occurred, and the system broke the silence.
[Can you lend me some of your origin essence?] The system asked with a polite voice.
{...I can lend you some, but how are you supposed to pay it back. I'm talking about interest too~} The realm core also used a coquettish tone.
[!@#$%^&6]
{F$$%^+_)(}
Both of them began to converse in a foreign language.
What the fuck is this language?! I can't understand it at all!
{Hehehe. You're really gutsy!} The realm core chuckled after the conversation ended.
[I'm not that easy to mess with.] The system spoke with its malicious tone!
Oh shit! They both of hidden settings!
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