This chapter is about when Phantom saves Jack and the others from Metsys, the god of systems.
As I kept my eyes closed I could feel regret swelling up and many thoughts flashed in my mind
'did I have to go through all that just to die here? To face death twice and survive just to die at the hands of a god.'
'I hate this, why did I have to start my new life like this? First I get attacked and lose my parents and now I will be killed by a god. this sucks'
'I guess having an increase in power from birth would have been good but the risk was too high. I don't regret that decision but still why like this.'
'I don't want to give up and die but what else can I do? Brakos is the strongest of us and he couldn't do anything I just have to accept my death.'
As these thoughts flooded my brain I waited for the strike.
[Soul Art: Break the System]
I felt a gust of wind blow into my face but the hit didn't come.
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After a few seconds, I got confused. I knew the feeling of dying and what I should have felt but nothing happened, so I opened an eye and what I saw shocked me.
Metsys was frozen standing still with her spear less than an inch from my face. Her face was contorted in... pain. Confusion? Anger? I couldn't tell but when wasn't happy.
As I looked around I could see that time didn't freeze as I first thought, Brakos and Volt were able to move and the wind still blew.
"What is going on?" I asked,
"What in the world?!" Brakos said while looking towards Metsys.
I turned back and saw something I never expected.
Code. Lines of Code were floating and being written in front of Metsys, almost like I was watching a computer screen.
The code was beyond my understanding and moved so fast that I couldn't see anything clearly but at the top, I noticed a Title or something like it, that says.
[Break the System]
"Are we in a simulation or something?" I had to ask
as I looked around I could see Brakos staring at the whole scene with fascination. "Impossible [Technomancy] doesn't exist for several thousand years in the multiverse."
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As I heard the voice I could recognize it as an AI text-to-speech voice and not an actual person's voice.
As we stayed silent and watched we saw lines of Binary Code appear vertically and start wrapping around Metsys holding her in place as she regains (or is given back) her ability to move.
Then she looked at the main lines of code and asked "Who are you and how are you doing this?"
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all of our mouths (aside from Metsys) hung open at the audacity(or confidence) of this person, but none of us protested in any way.
Metsys on the other hand was furious and shouted "You may have abilities unknown to me but Mortal beings cannot stand up to divinity!"
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After building up the courage to speak Brakos asked "How are you doing..."
"<[Origin Code]>" he replied not waiting for Brakos to finish.
Brakos and Metsys paled when they heard those words and I could see Brakos tremble in fear.
Hearing him say [Domain] made me think this guy was powerful but I didn't know what the [Origin Code] was.
But seeing both Brakos and Metsys flinch with fear washing over their faces when he said it made me understand one thing. It was dangerous.
After he said that I saw a large spike of purple and red code start to form floating a few feet above Metsys.
When I heard him say my old last name, it caught me off guard but made one thing clear, he knew who I was.
When the spike finished forming, it quickly shot down a pierced Metsys where her heart was. The spike quickly got absorbed by Metsys and when it finished I saw a portal open and she was banished from this world.
Once she disappeared I could see the code start to run again but this time it said:
[Begin reconstruction]
As it said that code flew all around us and the environment that was destroyed from our fight was slowly being repaired.
Me, Volt and Brakos all looked around in wonder but we had questions so we turned to ask them.
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'He anticipated most of our questions!' both me and Brakos thought.
"As for what the [Origin Code] is. It is an equation or factor I can incorporate into my magic that very few know about. It will empower someone's magic to an insane degree and it is partially how I can hack past time and space. As to how I learned it Brakos, I did so on accident."
I looked at the lines of Code (Phantom) with shock and awe. A simple magic factor can empower yourself to that insane degree "How does one learn it" I was about to ask but Brakos beat me to it.
"What do you mean you learned it on accident, it would have killed you if you learned even a fraction of it!?" Brakos yelled
"" Phantom explained but the last part was in a language I couldn't understand.
Brakos stepped back and slumped onto the ground, tired from the last hour or crazy stuff but I had to ask.
"What do you mean it would have killed him?" I asked Brakos
He looked up at me and sighed "The [Origin Code] is a piece of knowledge not even the library can contain as anyone who learns even a fraction of it will die. The only known way to survive would be to learn it all in the same instant or I guess do what Phantom did."
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I pouted a bit but didn't complain and went to check on Volt.
He was confused but didn't add to the pile of stuff and just focused on healing fully from Metsy's attack. As I checked on him I said "Thank you for trying. Even if we didn't hurt her we still did something amazing. If you are willing can we do it again" I asked
Volt didn't say anything but nodded, reassuring me that they still trusted me.
As I sat down with Volt I asked Phantom "Why did she attack me and what did she want?"
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"That's how Gods gain power?" I asked.
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"How do you know so much about me," I asked.
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I nodded as I understood it, didn't mean I liked people watching me like that but as they already did it can't be helped.
"last question. What was it that you used the the beginning, I think I heard [Soul Art: Break the System]?"
Brakos looked over when he heard me say that and waited for an answer.
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I nodded after hearing about another powerful ability I would need to look into.
As I looked around I saw all the damage had been repaired and no signs of the fight were left. Looking at the 3 of us we all seemed to be doing fine. Volt and Brakos as spirits could heal on their own and the worst injury I got was a few bruises.
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I nearly fell over from hearing him call me that. 'Ancestor!? Does that make him one of my descendants? Did he come back in time to save me as we are family? Does this mean I live long enough to have descendants? What was that bit at the end, did he just slam his hands on the keyboard?!' and hundreds of similar thoughts flooded my brain and I was freaking out.
After a few minutes, I could feel myself growing tired and decided to lie down. Volt and Brakos were already doing so and I just joined them as we all reflected on the crazy events of the past 10 minutes.