Will of Сhaos

Pov Nix:

I was walking through a room where bodies were scattered in various corners, but the thing is that these bodies were not killed by us, after breaking into this laboratory, Diana and the others found a sealed area where powerful Specters at the level of Demigods were roaming.

This level of creatures could have been cleaned up quickly with a little Divine Power, but in the absence of Divine Power, Kira and her Spiritual power took care of them all in seconds.

After taking care of the biggest risk, Érica realized that the entire room was covered by a very strong curse, she took samples and after that Kira studied the corpses with Diana, Ibuki studied the surroundings and Érica went to investigate the research of this cursed place while I collected everything everyone discovered to report to Master Zenos.

When everything was ready, we gathered near the entrance where 2 Ascendants were still alive as well as an Anomalous Creature of the creation type.

"To sum it all up, the bodies were all killed with cut marks of the same type found on the walls, floor and ceiling?" (me)

"Yes, there is also a hole cut in the ceiling that must have been the place of the invasion, a triangular passage with straight lines." (Kira)

"The cuts look like some kind of blade, but there is no way of knowing if they are made by swords, daggers or energy blades." (Diana)

"Okay, we also discovered that in this laboratory they were also doing research on the void abnormality of the population, right?" (me)

"Yes, in fact the place we found last time was a place of observation data collection, this is a place of experimentation, I haven't had time to see everything yet, but what I saw is already revolting." (Érica)

"We also discovered that this curse is not normal and we are unable to identify, anything else?" (me)

"I know what this curse is..." (Ibuki)

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Pov Zenos:

I was dressed up, I put on a dark red suit, a black shirt underneath and no ties, I never liked ties even though I think they're pretty.

My hair was loose and wild until it was very natural, loose back with a shade of red lighter than my clothes, I really wanted sunglasses and so I built some using a dark metal weapon using magic, I also made the crystal lenses by crystallizing the condensed blood, if I had to say something, it was very stylish.

"You're done getting ready, it's almost time." (Sarazar)

"Yes, I'm satisfied, how are you two?" (me)

"Calm down, they understand how these meetings work, they're just waiting for it to start." (Sarazar)

"No, nothing is okay, this meeting is going to be a disaster..." (Lolth)

"What do you mean?" (me)

"Lena contacted me, it seems like there's a high chance of Callidora showing up." (Lolth)

"This could be bad, there's someone Callidora can't stand, Damn it." (Sarazar)

"I thought no kind of conflict was allowed." (me)

"Zenos, you don't understand, conflict doesn't need to happen there." (Lolth)

"..." (me)

I started to understand, a fight of words turning into a fight or something like that, a Rules Meeting as it was called, but rules for what?

A game board?

A War?

A bet?

A definition of rules for what exactly?

For eternal beings, is there really any difference between a game board and an entire universe?

Callidora being a very good example of this type of behavior, playing with life and death as toys for her pleasure, she may possibly be the cruelest among them, but she will not be the only one.

"I will leave things in your hands, I will stick to the least involvement." (me)

"Don't forget to be direct and not lie, you won't be able to fool anyone." (Lolth)

"I will keep that in mind." (me)

"Don't forget to stand your ground." (Sarazar)

Ding!

<[ The 10 hour time limit has ended and the guests will receive a ticket to the Gathering location ]>

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<[ Opening the Gathering Gate ]>

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<[ Materializing Waiting Room ]>

Suddenly a notification noise appears followed by a door that literally appears a few meters in front of me as if it had always been there, there was no distortion in space, cracks or gaps in space, there was nothing, the door simply appeared there, it was a white door with golden details, its handle was made of precious stones and the entire door seemed to have been carefully carved by a great artist.

The door opens inwards while a strange creature appears, it was very obvious how strange that thing was, it had a humanoid body, its clothes were fluorescent while its bodies were completely smooth reflecting the continuous light like a mirror, the space itself on its face opens revealing a large golden eye.

The creature bows slightly in greeting with one of its 3-fingered hands raised to its chest as if it were a butler waiting for us to enter, I walk through the door followed closely by Lolth and Sarazar.

But I could feel as soon as I walked through the door, the lack of Ascendant Laws as well as the lack of Essences and the lack of natural energies, everything in this place just existed in a blank state, it was like seeing a hollow egg inside, the shell was still there, but it had no substance.

When I walked through the door I realized I was in a room that looked too much like my bedroom to be a coincidence, the colors were dark red, silver and black as if it was imitating the colors I used, it was a gothic architecture focused on beauty making it even a little more beautiful than my real bedroom.

The creature walked past us and that's when I realized the door was closed, the creature didn't make a sound, as it closed the door or moved to a table where 4 masks were waiting for us.

As if responding to my confusion about the number of masks, a door opened behind the creature who turned around doing the same slight bow that introduced us before, from that door Luci appeared who looked slightly tired, I was surprised to see her as well as Sarazar and Lolth also looked surprised.

"Are you representing Freya?" (me)

"Yes, her Mother asked her to participate, it seems she is also counted as an Entity." (Luci)

"[ The Tree of Creation has made a request for the Universal Tree to participate. ]"

"Are you the System?" (me)

"[ Incorrect, I am a part of the System in a randomly materialized form to serve as an observer for the participants as well as attend to the participants' comforts during the Rules Meeting. ]"

"So this room is chosen as a convenience, but what are these masks and why are we not in the meeting room?" (me)

"[ This is the waiting room where the participants wait for all the participants to arrive before the meeting. ]"

"[ Each participant has their own waiting room prepared for their comfort and can be shared with their allies if they so wish. ]"

"[ The masks serve to hide the identities of the representatives, thus preventing the leaking of information due to the establishment of the Rules Meeting. ]"

"[ Only the identities of the Entities will be known during the meeting, the establishment of alliances, agreements, trade and rules during the Rules Meeting will be kept by the System. ]"

"[ Failure to comply with or break what is decided during the Meeting will be punishable by Transcendental Authority as well as the possible attack by the other members of the meeting against the violator of the Rules Meeting tradition. ]"

"So two punishments will be delivered?" (me)

"[ Negative, the System is only responsible for applying pre-agreed punishments to those who become participants. ]"

"[ The traditions of the Rules Meeting are chosen by the participants themselves to increase the pressure on those who may find the loss of Transcendental Authority acceptable for a momentary advantage in their current plan. ]"

"What is this Transcendental Authority?" (me)

"[ You are not a complete Entity or a Vessel and thus should not possess such knowledge. ]"

"So I have Transcendental Authority?" (me)

"[ Affirmative. ]"

"How did I get this Transcendental Authority?" (me)

"[ You are not a complete Entity or a Vessel and thus should not possess such knowledge. ]"

"..." (me)

I wanted to know many things, finding a physical representation of the System was an opportunity, but it seems that this is no different from asking the system normally, the difference is that instead of receiving a notification with the answer I hear the answer in a robotic voice.

But at least now I begin to understand some things, those around me are now counted as my allies and we will possibly leave together through the same door later signaling to the other participants of this meeting this alliance, this in itself already reveals information to them.

I also discovered that the masks will be almost useless to me, unlike the other three who are representatives of Freya, Lena and Cortana, I am here in person.

"Would this mask be of any use to me?" (me)

"[VA participant being personally present will be immune to probing and manipulation techniques just like the representatives. ]"

"In other words, it doesn't change anything, I will still have my identity revealed, but they won't know if it's me or a representative on my behalf." (me)

"Lena seems to wish for our alliance to be known to others." (Lolth)

"My Lady wishes this as well." (Sarazar)

"It's not like it's a secret, the Entities Hunger, War and possibly Pride must already know this fact, you're not exactly discreet..." (Luci)

"..." (me)

Sigh