"-Damn, ahem, ahem, ahem. My head hurts so much, and that strange dream.
"-That was not a dream, human."
-What? Where's that voice coming from?
"-Open your eyes and you will see."
I open my eyes, then immediately close them again due to the sight I have seen. I do some breathing exercises and open my eyes again.
-No, this was not foreseen for me. Or maybe I'm still sleeping?
"-No, you are not sleeping. You are currently in our inner world."
-What the hell is wrong with me if my inner world looks like this?
No, if only you could see, everything is in crimson color—The sun, the sky, the ground, and the lake? Plus, everything smells like blood. But that's not important now. I turn back to where the voice came from and see a gigantic chain.
"-Look up."
I raise my gaze and see a gigantic face of some creature with deer antlers and numerous red eyes on its body or clothing? And it reminds me of someone.
-Hello, big guy, are you by any chance...
"-No, I am not Alastor from Hazbin Hotel."
-Then who are you?
"-I am the one who existed before the appearance of all Omni, Multi, etc. universes. I am the one who absorbed the power of my brothers and sisters and studied all the knowledge of the Tree of Knowledge. Beneath me lies an innumerable army of Leviathans and Gods. I am the one destined to rule over all and everything. I am the Tyrant, the Ruler, the Lord, AND ABSOLUTELY EVERYONE WILL FALL BEFORE ME. I AM THE SCARLET KING."
-Clear.
"-..."
-...
-Ah, may I ask one little question?
"-Yes. Although you already asked."
-Hehe. So here's my question. Why am I calm? My reaction when I saw you should have been different.
"-It's simple; we have merged into one whole. Now your mind resembles mine, and my mind resembles yours."
-That explains a lot. But how did we merge into one whole?
"-After your death, a system of one of the pathetic Gods embedded itself in you. When the system wanted to merge us into one, I refused and began to hack the system. And then I saw all the system's functions and you. And then I devised a plan on how to use the system to my advantage so that I could absorb all my scattered parts throughout the Omniverse and restore my power."
-So your plan is for us to merge into one whole, allowing you to get rid of these chains and travel freely through the Omniverse to gather your parts and restore yourself?
"-Yes. And while doing all this, I am saving you from the fate of becoming a puppet of the system's creator."
-Wait. What are you talking about?
"-Alastor. In the infinite worlds of system owners, there are many, and they all possess different systems: Player System, Gacha System, Lottery System, Entry System, Meditation System, Cultivation System, Template System, and so on. All these systems were created because the Gods specially created these systems to increase their powers without penetrating foreign territory and to create vulnerabilities through which they could safely infiltrate the multiverses and devour those parts with system owners. And all system owners are food for the creators of the systems. Perhaps you've read some light novel, fanfic, or something where the system owner knew about this and managed to defeat, outsmart the system and its creator. Well, that's complete nonsense. Because no matter how strong the system owner becomes, even stronger than the creator himself, all that power does not belong to him; it will automatically be absorbed by the system creator. And this is why I despise and consider the Gods who created the systems and their owners as pathetic cowards. They don't have the courage to go to war in other universes, not to mention Multi and Omni universes."
"-Alastor. As I said, we have merged into one whole, but not completely; only 80%. I did this on purpose because your mind is weak to accept all my knowledge. And there are only two ways to complete it:
1- Because your mind is still weak, you will have to travel through the Omniverse to make it stronger, and in doing so, you cannot seek my parts of power. And this is, as I said, due to the weakness of your mind.
2- I complete our merging, and before your body starts to be destroyed, I hack the system completely and find its creator, absorb him, and then our personalities will be wiped and merged into a new one.
The choice is yours, Alastor."
-I choose the second option.
After my answer, a dreadful smile appeared on the face of the Scarlet King, causing a shiver to run through my body. I think I even heard him laugh, and he said goodbye? After that, I lost consciousness.
Some time later.
Scarlet King
"That's it, I've completely broken the system, absorbed the little god, and now I need the process of the final merging and the creation of a new body, and then set out to find the particles."