" No we aren't even suitable to get to the divine realm you know how many gods are up there keeping an eye on practically everything that enters the divine realm and we can't use the old method I'm sure even those brain dead gods investigated about it and made countermeasures "
Atheos scolded Atheis and received a sigh " If only you knew how stupid they have become and arrogant " " If you have anything you know please tell me " " The gods have softened that's what happened "
Atheis pointed at Code " Go tell her " " tell her what ? " " About the god's asking for sacrifices and the like " " Uh there have been many instances when a sacrifice was asked in a dungeon and the requirements were very high which tempted the rich rankers to do so but Sidra took control of such dungeons before anyone entered . "
" And what happened to them ? " Atheos asked thinking that Sidra might use her curse to her advantage " She may have sealed the dungeon with her curse so she might use said dungeons to do the same for you two "
" But this curse is very potent even if it is just a small portion which is why she needs gods to take it instead " " This curse needs gods to lift it ? " Atheos nodded and Code showed them a circle .
" This is the ritual she used to create the curse so she made a curse breaker in case someone has the same and can't control it " the twins looked at the ritual platform without familiarity " Looks strange but the runes are familiar but how could she curse herself ? " Atheis looked at the curse breaker suspiciously .
" Atheis I need to help you catch up with what the humans or mortals can do now " " Why so sudden ? " " Cause looking at this formation reminded me of how mmuch time has passed "
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Sidra finished crafting and looked at the loaded chest filled to the brim with all the items " The end satisfaction of using all the materials I hoarded " she took out the super gacha which was six needles pointing at the center .
" You better make me something good " she showed her killing intent very well to the sentient artifact which was a super crafting tool but also lazy thus the name super gacha . The materials gathered into the center of the needles " Also make it two equally good ones "
Sidra commanded and then took the two bracelets that came out " Hmm nice stats " Sidra walked up and then got a notification from Code " Otherworlders this time about the people who disappeared "
The missing people were those who suddenly disappeared and when they appeared they came with something they bought from the other world . With that , they made their agencies and some got arrogant so Sidra used the media to spread the news of information to ground them very literally .
" Another one appeared I'm not planning on doing anything with that " " They also have connections with the otherworld " " Okay watch my kids and do the paperwork " Sidra left the two bracelets and left the house via teleportation .
" She left she's not here " Code reported to them and Atheos started to tell Atheis what she had learned .
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Sidra looked at the town and saw a teenager " Who are you ? " she looked at the decorated man plainly and saw his stats " A godslayer ? Are you here for something ? " Sidra thought of Atheis's godslayer sword thinking this man might be after it .
" Hmm , so this world's system is like this " a disabled 26-year-old man came to the scene with a wheelchair " Sidra is this what you called me about ? " " Yeah they haven't done anything other than kill the monsters that disturbed them "
" Some youngsters get too arrogant when they obtain great power " " Careful old man this Youngster obtains more than great power " he cut open a portal behind him and Sidra frowns as she sense many monsters the strongest being rankless .
" Kid , what the hell are you doing ? " Sidra said " I may not look as old as you think " " 100,000 years but still not mature enough " he was surprised but didn't understand the other half of Sidra's words " You're interesting "
" But you're not " the portal became much clearer and the monsters bowed when they saw their king " You got a lot of useful things when you went missing " " Sidra const " he replied to Sidra " Zilla , obtained the title king of monster at the duration he was missing "
A square-shaped portal appeared and dropped a glass sword " Tell me youngster are you hostile ? " Harpe unsheathed his sword " Old man your legs are not working I prefer not to hold anything against you "
Harpe frowns and slashed his sword sending an arc " Amazing " Zilla tapped the arc and dissipated it " To think even a disabled old man like you is so powerful " Zilla felt a smooth surface touching his neck and turned to his right to see Sidra eating a bar of chocolate .
" munch don't you miss processed chocolate " Sidra turned to see Zilla drool ' Predictable ' " Harpe don't do anything this orphan is really hungry " " My king " " STOP !! " Zilla told his loyal generals to stand down and looked at the bar .
" too bad " Sidra threw the last piece while chewing the edible white wrapper " But you know you probably can take it since you have been holding this kind of hunger for longer than the age of the tower "
Yep Code is considered young despite being nearly ten thousand years old " I-i-i " the pain of not tasting the high-quality chocolate stabbed him and then he heard crunches " Salty but sweet " Sidra already gave up on the sword and decided to start eating more .
" Not only that but also some kebab " she took a reddish glaze barbeque stick and pulled the tender yet hard and slightly charred surface " Bitter and a good crunch " Sidra looked at Harpe and motioned a spoon holding something moving to her mouth .
Harpe sighed and assembled a table and took a paper bag from his inventory " Another surprise ? " Harpe acted exactly the same way he would when he ate his lunch made by his wife " Fried rice and soft boiled egg "
Zilla imagined a simple rice with ham and egg but the rice that Harpe had in the bag was fried rice he could never have in his life before . Golden rice made from egg yolk , white chicken meat and soft egg whites and a scent that tempted him to try it .
" Gimme ! " Sidra jumped out of his way and stared at him " You're really that hungry ? " she tilted the chips to let gravity drop them in her mouth ' I think I can starve him his current body is too closely bonded to his soul .
Sidra took another kind of snack and took a bite which was loud and hunger-inducing ' Mushroom chips hard but crunchy and simple ' Zilla's enhanced sense saw the flat mushroom chip that had a very crusty surface and the smell of the salty favor made him more hungry but motivated .
She saw his expression and smelled until he cut himself " Troublesome " a drop of blood flew at her so she held the short stem of the mushroom chip to block the blood and saw Harpe dealing with the generals under Zilla easily .
" Weak ones don't get near him " the generals had felt a strange suppression emitted by Harpe as he picked up his sword and put away his finished lunch in his inventory ' To think this young man suffered so much to be this hungry for a mushroom chip '
He unsheathed his sword and sent arcs to hinder the generals " I don't really want to kill the subordinates of someone who is hungry like a poor man " " Don't you dare insult Lord Zilla " the generals charged at him and Harpe sighs since he is more of an offensive type since he was a cripple and could barely even feel his legs .
But it doesn't mean he doesn't have other ways to avoid a fight . Harpe slashed his sword repeatedly pushing the generals back " This is hard " the soldiers of the generals smiled but the generals shouted .
" Retreat " the rankings of the army were by power and each general is taught by a tutor with better strategy skills . Of course , the highest is the Zilla king of monsters the second ranking of the pyramid is the generals and then the soldiers .
The monsters don't have a civilized society as they are like animals eating each other but Zilla made them all eat unintelligent monsters instead and labeled those monsters as livestock .
But onto the action , Harpe took a silver serrated knife from his lunchbox and lightly slashed but not in the way you think . Instead , he was using the pointy edge to create parallel attacks using it like a fan .
" Looks like you have brains maybe she taught you that " the generals widened their eyes remembering a woman that was beside Zilla all the time " You know Namaaz ? " " That was her name , wasn't it ? "
Harpe said in a tone instigating the generals' anger " How dare you harm the madam !!! " the generals charged at Harpe with glares as he strengthened the serrated knife and slashed it down like a normal sword to create a crevice in front of him .
" I would rather hold back or my wheels won't move like they should " Harpe felt an incoming attack and used his left hand to turn his wheelchair allowing him to avoid a heavy axe as it passs in front of him being held by a buffed armored monster
" Good move but " he pointed the knife on the surface of Seket's weapon and pushed the knife through it like a one-inch punch " I am good at close combat " Seket felt his instincts screaming at him as Harpe was staring right through his armor and was saved by Hasa's chains .
" Seket , I'm sure you experienced this man's strength " " Yeah " Seket breathe out the word with a tired tone recovering from the fear that Harpe gave him " He can destroy a weapon made from the king's body ... but shouldn't our king be in more danger " Hasa asked and Seket stared at his covered body .
" You don't have to mind that , our king has told us tales about influential figures owning skilled fighters " " You monsters seem to have a great understanding of our society " Harpe smiled looking up at the monsters and narrowed his eyes giving them the feeling of a deadly blade that killed many .
" But he didn't tell you everything " Harpe took another knife throwing away the serrated knife " A fruit knife ? " Harpe aligned his pointer on the bladeless side and readied to thrust it . Hasa suddenly saw a vision of Harpe's attack multiplying .
Harpe felt a gaze and stopped his attack and looked at Hasa " You felt it didn't you " Hasa was shocked and looked at Harpe " Okay you should stop " Sidra said carrying a fainted Zilla by her shoulder .
" Did you feed him the food you cooked " " Ahhaahaha " Sidra started laughing reimagining the expression of Zilla switching expressions when he ate the lung-burning steak " Yeah I really upped the benefits of the dragon steak he got an extra skill even though he already had good ones but he still couldn't handle the taste "
She said with laughter " Shall we bring the child to feed him ? " Harpe suggested calling his wife " Yeah and we should secure perimeters in case some of them try to leave and die by the other rankers "
" Just leave the kid at my house Shafia will take care of him " " Okay hope you take good care of your going-to-be-adopted kid " Harpe had talked when he was drunk about his marriage just the other day Shafia wanted a kid but she was infertile despite trying all she can to heal it .
" how'd you know " " You and I drank i wanted to suggest for an adoption but I don't the kids at the center even likes you I made them all too smart . "
Sidra left as she made calls for perimeters to be secured and Harpe waited while looking at the portal .
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" So you get it ? " Atheos asked her twin as she nodded " Yep really a convenient place to live with so many benefits even though you have a job " " They pay after that you know ? " " Yeah with simple manual labor "
" Just so you know your godslayer is pointing at a portal Don't you want to find out ? " Ember asked looking at the news in the living room " Code turn on the news channel " Atheos asked and the screen in front of their bed .
" Code can you use the special cameras that you used to show Atheis divinities ? " the screen changed and generals were revealed to have the divinities " Oh Divinity of power , vision , fire , wind those two generals seem to be good for them to have two lower divinities each "
" But there is this old man " Atheos said acknowledging him " That is Harpe a disabled man with a wife he is very strong even if he is on a wheelchair " Code explained since it knew one of them was gonna ask about Harpe's condition .
" Interesting his giving off pressure to those two divinity holders " Atheis smiled and Atheos was thinking how strong was the rest of th rankers " Code is this man part of the top 100 strongest ? " " No , he's one of the rankers who don't apply on the ranking list "
" So there are people like that " Atheos said and then looked at the portal at the same time trying to use clairvoyance to peek at the godslayer as the blade pointed at the portal " Atheis do you know why your sword is pointing at the portal ? "
" Mmh probably because it wants something ? " " What would your sword want when it gained a soul ? " " Not sure I can't use telepathy on the soul since it's still stupid and relies on its instinct but if it knows what it wants it will do its best to get it "
" So it's like a puppy then ? " Ember said " You can think of it like that it would listen to me and let me have all control if I threaten it or promise to feed it something turns out I can get its cooperation as long as I feed it some parts of the gods to it "
" It's bad at digesting all that food " Atheos said since the blade doesn't have any destructive power " You're right but its teeth are good , It can destroy a god divinity I tried using that on my old one but hardly worked "
" So are those divinities you lost was for the sword ? " " Yeah I was trying to hoard as many so I can take a break but now I have to look for them " Atheis looked at the sword " I think mom has been feeding it some bones its teeth are so sharp "
" I can tell " Atheos thought of how she can move around " So is your body feeling well ? " " Never been better after having no need to take care of those divinities , But I am going to need them if I want to see my sword again it might ask for food after mom gave it all sorts of weird things "
" Code what did mom feed the sword ? " Atheos asked " She was feeding it with a special cuisine that sometimes tortures you but the result is that you get stronger with attributes depending on the food ingredients " " Special cuisine ... Where ? " Atheos asked " At the living room "
Atheos looked at a wide book in the living room as she walked through the hallway and pulled it out " This is heavy " she opened the front page to see a stew " Hp stew ? " " Looks like you got something weird " Atheis said .
" This is mostly coming from Sidra's boredom , she didn't like having to drink a potion to keep her alive and eat a meal to replenish blood and so she combined them " Code said inhabiting the TV screen " Made with meat , radish , naked corn cob , herbs and water with some salt " Atheos looked at the brown stew suspiciously .
" Oh look it's more effective than a normal HP potion because the ingredients mix well with the normal ingredients " Atheis praised Sidra " It even says "easier to finish than an HP potion in a battle" Those that mean that the HP potion taste so horrible you can only ignore the taste when you're about to die ? " Atheos questioned .
" Yes " Ember answered and then Atheos flipped the page " MP sauce dip with boneless fish fried and sashimi recommended for easy consumption , sauce is like wasabi and can make you feel a gas blowing out of your nose sourcing from the mouth ... Sounds like torture "
" But it means it tastes good as long as it isn't too much " Atheis took the book and looked at the other page " This one is for mass-produced candies but is mom that bored ? " Atheis looked at the pocket-sized metal box where the candies are stored .
" She is that bored , which is why she doesn't have to properly explain what she is supposed to teach since she printed all the context already it's just that there was so much she has an entire library dedicated to her techniques " Ember explained and Code produced a map showing the location .
" Incredible what kind of person could derive so many techniques ? " Atheis looked at the size of the building with sparkling eyes " I bet I can learn enough to only fight gods without even strengthening myself "
" Sidra's coming " Code alerted them " Yeah yeah we're reading she won't mind " Atheos said and they flipped the page with genuine interest " I'm back " Sidra side dashed through the door as she saw the two of them at the living room reading the book .
" You're feeling better already ? " she smiled as she saw the glow in their eyes looking at the thin pages " You like the book I have more at the library " Sidra couldn't get their attention and sighed .
' Maybe I'll leave them alone for now I might also need to make sure they know about what to avoid so they don't die in public places ' Sidra looked at the elevator and then made a note to put a fingerprint recognition system so they don't get in .
Sidra looked at the knives in the kitchen and also thought about it ' Also the basement needs to have better security on the removal of weapons they might stumble on a key ' Sidra gave the commands to Code and it was already prepared to do it as it purchased products to ensure that Sidra gets what she wanted .
' Maybe I should teach them about all the modern inventions or they'll be stuck at the top of a skyscraper one day ' Sidra thought of leaving the house but she already left them for too long ' May as well ask Code to do that instead '
Sidra suddenly stopped herself from uttering another word ' F*** if people knew this they might think I have some kind of relationship with Code ... Gotta treat him like s*** from now on ' " Code "
" Yes Sidra " Sidra looked at it and took the two bracelets she got from the gacha item " You are going to make sure nothing kills them so deploy whatever monster in the tower to make sure my kids don't get hurt from any portal break outside your territory "
" Wait what about the management of " " I'll take care of that " Code immediately surrendered its authority on the tower to Sidra as she smiles " Now get in " Before Code could do anything she already trapped it inside the two bracelets .
Sidra opened the system using Code's authority ' Feels like one of those city games ' each floor has different themes of fighting and of course , the purpose of the tower is to grow like an ecosystem .
If there are too many dragons the bottom part of the food chain will die making them herbivores but soon enough they die too ' I can improve this by putting special restrictions ' Sidra smiles imagining all sorts of things she can put .
' Let's see I don't seem to have ' Sidra stopped as she looked at her luck stats " There was a luck stats ? " she covered her mouth and went downstairs after waving hello to the twins after getting their attention accidentally .
' Think there was always something that block my view when I was looking at my status screen so does that mean this negative stat is the reason ... I must've forgotten because of the curse restrictions on my luck ... but at least I can find a way to make use of this '
She smiled as another restriction appeared in her head ' I should start by making curse marks ' she went back out and took a seat in the dining room and then got the bracelet and left it at the desk beside the twin's bed while they were distracted reading .
' I need to imbue the curse really well and probably have to donate some of said curse ' she wrote the first seal not knowing that the curse divinity she took was absorbed into her curse without her noticing .
" Hmm ? " she felt like her curse was regenerating " another evolution ? " the curse sometimes evolves such as a new restriction but not altogether ' Hmm this is a good kind of evolution the regeneration speed is very quick it is even eating my energy instead of restricting it '
She smiles as she looked at the pen " Alright I'll do it " she started to trace the drawings very quickly as she drew the related curses finishing it in a jiffy .
She smiles as she pushes her hand on the papers and sent her curse as her strength leaked out ' What ? ' the twins had her attention as they felt a great amount of strength ' Sis I think our mom is ridiculously strong "
Atheos frowns at the level of strength ' Is she really human if she can hold this level of innate strength ? " Atheis smiled at Atheos's reaction ' At least we have a mom who has so much innate strength . "
Innate strength is basically the strength of someone when they are born basically a memory to be able to exert strength with only their experience , memories and anything that they can carry with solely their own strength of course this strength sounds like just memory but the twin god-like beings don't know this they just assume that their souls carry it when in fact it is them as a person with the memory that has the innate strength .
To make it easier to understand even if Sidra lost her soul when she died she can still return because she knows how to make a soul since it is within her capabilities . Not understanding ? then if you die will you still remember how to add one plus one ? Yes of course you can innate strength is basically like that .
' Plus you should look mom is still holding back so humans can't sense her strength do you think we can't feel all of her innate strength ? " ' I should get to her level soon " the innate strength of the twins comes from their constant battles as they gain more experience for each , learn from everything they read , seen and heard .
' Maybe we can learn from her she is just like a trainer for innate strength " Atheos suggested and Atheis agreed ' If she can train us enough to reach that level of innate strength it wouldn't matter if we lost some of our strength . '
Sidra felt her curse drain all her energy as she sends the cursed marks to the tower ' so worth it ' she turned to see the two look at the book and smiles ' I still have it in me ' Sidra smiles and her stomach grumbles .
' Well stamina food it is ' she went to the fridge and took out ingredients and went down while the twins went to look at curse marks ' It looks clean of curses " ' but not of divinity "
Atheis wiped one of the marks that had a single whiff of the curse divinity ' Looks like mom absorbed a divinity without any notice " the little dust left from the divinity glowed with various dark colors .
" I can't believe she didn't notice " Atheis sniffed the curse and Atheos tried to look for Code " Code where are you " they both whispered since they couldn't have known where he is since they were too immersed in the book .
" Over here " the bracelets shook and they looked at it wondering " Is this you ? " " Yes Sidra want me to be in this bracelet to help you please put it on it's taking all my strength to even call you . "
They put it on and Ember flew on the table " So what excuse will it be this time ? " " Need she reminds us all the time to make excuses ? " Atheis complained and Ember nodded .
" Even if you have spent time with mortals before you still can't use the same mentality as before time pass and trends changes so just saying you want it is not a good excuse rather you should form an excuse like "It looks beautiful" which sounds more believable "
' She's right though Atheis would say something like "I want it" ' Atheis frowns but carries the bracelet anyways " I'm kind of curious how did you get in here "
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Meanwhile , Sidra decided to visit Zilla who was inside the house of Shafia who left Zilla on a couch " Hello Shafia I am here to take care of our returnee " " Good afternoon to you " Shafia smiled and held a plate and placed it on the table .
" Are you sure it is good to do that ? " Shafia looked at the wine glass filled with dark purple liquid " It's just a test anyway just it's not like he'll die with that kind of physique " " Is that all you came here for ? "
" Yep I just needed some exercise haven't gone through it in a while " " I heard you left that apartment with the girl are you thinking of adopting her ? " " Yes I do kid is so cute " suddenly Sidra dropped her head down .
" But I was a failure when I couldn't find her twin in my last expedition in the curse dungeon " " It's okay anyone can fail " " But it hurts more when I don't usually make these mistakes " Shafia sighed and then looked at a frame on top of a short table showing her picture married to Harpe .
" You know Harpe wanted to be a musician with the piano but work got his time " " You know I went out with him one time he said he has no talent in piano " " Really " Shafia looked shocked at Sidra .
" Of course I mean he made sure to have enough time for you but not for himself " Sidra laughed and then Zilla woke up looking at Shafia's dish that was on the coffee table " Wow " he immediately used his hand in which Shafia had prepared for by putting banana leaves all over the table .
" This taste so much better than the food back in the canyon " Zilla ate the food and finally bite on the steak " HARD " Zilla spat the hard and stretchy eat out of his teeth " The hell is this ? " " You should drink the wine first "
Zilla looked at the wine and drank it " Blegh " he went to the steak to try and to wash the flavor using the steak but ended with an incredibly tasteless or bland juice leaving the flesh of the steak " Bland what the hell is this ? "
Zilla complained thinking about the amount of blandness that it taste even more bland than water " Oh this is a sky cow it is bland because it only eats air " No wonder it tastes so bland " Zilla snatched a water glass and gulped it .
" Wait " he narrowed his eyes looking at Sidra " You fed me that weird food !!! " " I was really waiting for you to notice " he decided to try and revive his taste buds by licking the plates where Shafia placed her dishes .
" Zilla want to be my child I can cook you tasty dishes every day " Shafia held a jerky she would give to Harpe as a snack and Zilla drooled at the tempting jerky " Waaa " ' He looks so adorable even though he is already a teenager '
" MOM !!! " Sidra felt some damage as she imagined how much lack of emotions she got when Atheos called her as she had said "mom" shyly and it took some time but all Shafia needed was to put all her heart ( not literally ) into making the dishes to have Zilla an old boy to shout out the word "mom"
" You win " Sidra left with a confused Shafia as Zilla chewed on the jerky .
Sidra teleported outside her house " Theo , Thei I left some bracelets at the table " her yell signaled the twins to jump back to the coach ' They're fast ' she heard the footsteps from the ground and misunderstood that they were looking at the bracelets and wanted them .
So she didn't ask questions when she went to them " Are you feeling okay ? " they both nodded reminding Sidra of what had happened " Are you interested in the book ? " " Mom can you teach us magic ? "
Sidra gasped and smiles " Of course but you need to feel better , but since you took the bracelets maybe you are feeling okay so how about you start " they both got a little excited to learn more from Sidra until she came back with a board game .
" With some fun first " Sidra took a car piece and gave the two a unicorn and a pegasus ' Sis how do we do this humans usually understand the rules of the game just by looking but I have no idea how this game works "
Atheis "told" Atheos as she was also wondering ' We both have some extent of amnesia so may as well be clueless to have mom tell us about the rules " ' Good call but how do we start " " Uh " Atheos looked at the piece wondering how to start the conversation .
' I don't remember how I even start a conversation with Ember . How'd I even talk to someone I barely even know ? " she argued and Atheos talked ' That's why I am leaving it to you you spent more time with her than I did "
' I process things much differently than you , you're the one who talked with mortals all the time " ' But not about a peaceful daily life , I was talking to them about battle " the argument heated up and Sidra was still busy trying to understand the rules herself .
' I haven't even tried to play this game before it was usually chess or so but this is different than snake and ladders or monopoly '
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