" Hmm " her tone calmed the twins down as they felt that Sidra also didn't understand the board game " You know what how about I teach you magic instead it sounds much easier " " Okay " Atheos responded and Sidra went to the balcony and went down to a big yard with a pond nearby while the twins followed her
" First we need to teach you how to handle mana first . " Sidra opened her palm to gather water above it " Mana is an energy that the naked human eye can't perceive we can eject mana from our bodies but you don't have that so you will learn how I can magically make a ball of water "
Sidra looked at the twins somewhat not amazed ' Dang it how are these two so unimpressed ' " Since you two don't have mana in your body I will teach you the universal control over energy . I should start early by giving you a quick lesson . "
' Mom is being creative by using the mana outside her body " Atheis thought and Atheos was carefully observing it keeping her stern expression " You have to be able to control it but not just with the feeling you have to know what direction you are moving them "
" And also you need knowledge for example I can make the mana turn into a circle but I can make a water ball or a water pillar instead " Sidra took out a book from her inventory and sat down in front of them .
" So I am going to teach you plenty of interesting things today " Sidra smiles and then looks at the page " You need to know how things are working first and " " Can I just read it ? " " Uhm okay "
' I was too pushy ' Sidra admitted to herself " You can ask me if you don't understand a thing " " Okay " Atheos took another book from the pile that drop out of Sidra's inventory and started reading ' I need to show them that I can teach them '
Sidra sat near them and thought of what they will learn and saw the speed of their eyes ' Wowowow aren't they reading too fast ? '
Sidra looked at their eyes moving at a speed that shouldn't be exceeded when reading especially when they were just recovering from coma ' But their eyes aren't weakening so it should be fine '
" You two stop how about I teach you a much easier way of utilizing mana for your body " ' Just to be safe that they don't kill themselves '
" The best way is to simply breathe the mana so you can feel the mana inside you then spread the mana through your body but you have to take note which one flow quicker since some parts of your body can slow it down so it would be dangerous if you push it through "
They both took a deep breath like a child when they were told to take a deep breathe suddenly when they didn't need to " Okay now mana you should be familiar cause you two have actually been breathing it "
' Really " ' Who are you and where did you put my sister " Atheis joked " Just imagine "something" moving in your body and guide it around your body by feeling it . It sounds dangerous but it's not since you can't exactly move it that quickly for a beginner "
WHOOSH Sidra's hair flew just like a kite as the mana the two were moving at high speed and the two didn't recognize it ' Hell this reminds me of home , who knew they could move it so well ... at least they finished body strengthening '
Sidra put on glasses to block the wind and smiles ' What a nice breeze , it would be funny if I flew from here but that wouldn't happen if my gravity restriction is on me ' " You're good " Sidra gave them a thumbs up and the twins had to analyze the situation .
' What does this mean ? " Atheos asked her sister ' I don't know each person has a different opinion can't you tell ? If she says we're good it might mean she's pitying us " as a godslayer who travels and fights people Atheis may think that others are looking down on her .
' Isn't this the best we can do with the curse already ? " ' Have you seen mom without the curse she had to hold herself back enough and yet we can sense that much innate strength , of course she is looking down at us "
In this conversation , Atheos showed her personality and experience ' Behind that innocent and goody-two-shoes expression is a devil who is laughing at us " Atheis said inside but Sidra couldn't tell .
' Now that I looked at her carefully she is enjoying something ( it's the breeze you are making that she is enjoying ) " ' What did I tell you we have to show her we aren't to be underestimated "
Sidra felt a slight change " Wait wait wait wait you two stop " the sudden disturbance caused them to stop the movement of mana and pant as if they had been running for too long that they past their body limit .
" You shouldn't keep that up the previous speed was already enough if you keep that up you'll get tired " Sidra patted their heads to calm them a little ' Why did they try to go faster though is this because they wanted to do better ? '
" Hey you two " " Huh " " You don't have to try to do better , whatever people tell you to ignore what people say because you're just a kid who is recovering though why were you asking me to do magic ? ... I probably just forget . "
The twins calmed down a little ' This curse is stressing ' they weren't holding back anything that was their maximum ' They were quite good despite being held back by that curse ' " Just rest a little I'll bring you some food "
Sidra wonders about the progress of the improvement she gave the tower ' I should get some take out ' " just wait I ordered from outside so the food will take a while to get here " Sidra smiled .
' What now ? " Atheis asked ' We change our course to learn from , since we have this curse she will stop us from exceeding our body limit so we should ask different lessons that doesn't require us to exceed our body limit , I found one that should be suitable '
" Mom , can you teach us this ? " Atheos showed Sidra a book of magic which was material synthesis " Of course I will " ' I'm not sure why they gave up but working yourself to the bone for that kind of mana flow was terrible . '
Sidra went inside the house to get the materials located in the basement " Why that ? " Atheis asked " Because we need to learn how to create the materials for the divine realm we should stop at the last final step while also finding a way to regain strength "
' mom is gonna help us get our strength back and we will find a way to get to the divine realm , maybe we should search that long lost unholy lands where we can find our old names "
If the divine realm is where the gods live the unholy lands are where mortals who are no longer believers of god live . But in these lands , because they can't find gods the mortals that live here created their own ways to gain strength and mimic the god's actions one of the examples would be machines .
It was the battlefield where the twins died at different times without each other's awareness . and because this place was forsaken by gods they hid their names there covering it with trash to conceal the existence that only they can feel .
' You're right but we have to open a portal by purely ripping space-time to get there so our strength will have to take care of that " Atheos told Atheis which needs an explanation to you .
Since this plane has been forsaken by gods , said gods have taken everything special in the plane such as mana , magic , divinities , towers , player system were all taken away leaving the living beings inside relying only on themselves to survive .
And the reason why they have to rip space ? Mana can cause dimensional rifts but that doesn't work on the unholy lands for being forsaken by all the power systems so in order to get there they need to rip space-time by themselves .
The way would be : to cut or open space without the support of the power system removed from this planes . This can be done using a machine to open a portal as the genre sci-fi explains .
" I'm back " Sidra dragged a cart filled with crafting materials . Sidra set up the crafting table , not like the one in that block game it was just a normal table and Sidra got some fluid and a brush .
She held a book to show them " Now synthesizing material is very hard you can draw a simple fusion but you might mess up " Sidra picked up a flower " But your first lesson is extraction . Extraction is taking out something from something bigger , like the orange from your orange juice "
Sidra took the paintbrush to draw the path for extraction " This path is for extraction of mana , if you're good at it you can take away all of the mana inside this flower "
The flower was placed in the center as the fire ignited the path " Now in order for the extraction to work you need to draw the right path for the right desired item . You can extract the fire magic out of this flower by using the fluid as a fuel first "
The fire burned through the special ink and reached a circle as the tip of the fire touched each other " You also have to understand the nature of the fire , the tip of the fire would try to hold each other so the center which is the brightest would be the hottest spot . "
The semi-sphere had the center where the tip was burning the hottest " Now this material is conductive to fire so like electricity in a battery you have to put the fire inside a battery . Think of battery as a box and what we want to put inside is the fire but every box has a special way of putting things inside "
Sidra showed them the "battery" ' That's just a rock ' they both thought in unison " Now there is a special way to store the fire magic in this rock , you have to understand the nature of it and since I just told you about it , the last step is for you to let the flame to cover the rock at the top so you have to use a safety equipment "
They looked very confused at the path Sidra drew and tried to learn . The path starts with a line outside a circular labyrinth " So I told you about the fire right the nature was for the tip to attract each other so when two lines make an intersection over here "
Sidra pointed at a point where two lines reached the same point " If you paid attention awhile ago when the two fire met at this point the tip of the two lines of fire aligned themselves like this zipper " Sidra showed them a big bag where she placed her materials closing the zipper to help them understand what a zipper means .
" Can you show us something amazing ? " Sidra looked at Atheos with smile , too distracted to even reason properly " Sure but you have to stand back first " Sidra smiled and selected materials as she is now using the air as the table .
' Is this supposed to be a higher level of crafting ? " Atheis asked ' Yes that's why the beginners didn't need anyone to use anything special ' the materials rose to their position and they could feel the resonance of a realm they were familiar with .
' The training grounds or in mortal words the god's ascension trials " Atheis told Atheos through a two-point network . A vortex formed sucking up all of the materials as it shrunk and sparked a rainbow-colored wave .
Treasures blew out of the point like a geyser as the treasures were accompanied by mana " Uh oh " Sidra quickly drew a path for extraction condensing the mana into a ball " That is a lot of treasures "
Most of the treasure was just minerals , Sidra looked at the bountiful harvest laying on the ground " I must've gotten a location underground " Sidra looked at the harvest and the twins were thinking .
' At least we have a way to get to the divine realm once we cross the ascension trials " Atheos thought " So do you like it ? " " Yes " Atheis replied " Well now that we have more materials I should tell you about . "
" We can read them from the book can you teach us something else ? " Atheos requested and Sidra smiled " Okay then I'll tell you about the levels of crafting the one I showed you was beyond the civilian level I call it that because anyone with proper knowledge can do it "
Sidra showed them a thin book " This is the basic , also the seed for the lessons you have to learn this before you can learn the rest of the much-advanced level but there is no need to do that . And since you're feeling better how about a snack ? "
Sidra said and went to the door picking up a call and taking the food she ordered showing the two of them a ceramic pot with paper and fried croquette " Here have some " Sidra wrapped the croquettes like rice balls wrapped with seaweed .
They took the croquettes and ate them " Yummie " Atheis said and Atheos was staring at Sidra gathering the materials she obtained from the harvest ' This is a lot they might be able to make a small golem with these ' Sidra placed the rocks together in one place and flipped the book to the page for minerals .
' I should teach them how to make that golem then I'll teach them the universal path they should be able to make the tiny golem ' Sidra excitedly thought making sure she can do it and got the right materials ' I shouldn't push them so I'll leave the bag open '
' Sis what is she doing ? " Atheos asked since she has no idea why Sidra put so much thoughts while packing the things ' Probably some behavior mortals do " " These are tasty " Atheis said since she wants to eat this every day and is confident in the behavior of normal human parents .
But Sidra ain't a normal human ... parent " Then you should get a list to write your favorite since there is even better food to have in the future . " ' I really have to cram on learning ' Sidra remembers the tree of knowledge Elukit .
" Nah I shouldn't look for Elukit " " What ? " Atheos corrected herself just in time before asking " Hmm curious ? " Atheos nodded and was caught by the mood for Sidra to explain Elukit .
" First you should know that Elukit is a tree that bears no fruit and normal humans can only see the roots , since the roots teach the basic knowledge for humans or mortals to comprehend then you will skip the trunk and reach the branches by the way between the branches and roots is a light , the brighter you can see from the light the more knowledge you have . "
' It's exactly the same as the Elukit we know ' Atheis thought ' A tree with only three parts the roots , a light separating the branches from the roots . ' " Of course , if you want to visit it we can but that is very far away but mommy can bring you there like it's my house now "
Sidra proudly boasted it since it was her kids she was boasting to instead of the people " Can we go now ? " Atheis asked " No , you need rest maybe tomorrow but I need to give you a check-up that way I can tell that you are feeling well " Sidra said worrying that the twins' drive for discovery was capable of destroying their bodies .
" Then I will get well " Atheos said and then realized " But how ? " she was one who doesn't spend much with mortals and considering she is trapped in a mortal body by a curse meant only to weaken Sidra . Atheos is more stuck in a place not knowing what to do .
" Eat enough that you still have energy , drink enough so you don't get too cold or warm and also sleep " Sidra replied " Speaking of eat it's almost dinner " Sidra looked at the time wishing she didn't order them a snack .
' I lost track of time ' " Okay you two go to the table over there " Sidra pointed since she has no time to teach them more " Okay " Sidra now thinks of what to cook ' Should I make something easy for the mouth , tongue , throat and stomach can't have them feeling unwell '
Sidra thought of a rice porridge and nodded ' That should work ' Sidra walked to the kitchen with the twins ahead of her and washed the rice preparing a ceramic pot on the stove and lit the fire using a clear soft broth as water .
Sidra smiles as she smiled at the scent ' Thank you for the cooking tips Shafia ' Atheos was thinking of Elukit and how Sidra managed to make contact with it ' What if another tree of knowledge appeared ? " ' I don't know some mortals told me about Elukit saying it was there way to ascend to divinity "
" Here you go " they looked at the bowls in front of them and ate the porridge ' They look healthy and are recovering at a very quick pace ' Sidra smiles and hears an alarm ' Hmm ? ' Sidra excuses herself to the restroom and looks at the system screen .
' Invasion so Code has been dealing with these kinds of things no wonder their so busy ' Sidra sighs and eventually accepts her role ' I'll just think of it as a work out of home to personally fix the external virus in a computer ' Sidra left the restroom and smiled at them " Sorry kids I have work to do be sure to head to sleep before 8:30 . " Sidra said and smiled looking at the time .
' If I hurry and go full power I can make it one hour before their bedtime ' " Bye mom " Atheos said and Sidra smiles nodding at them ' They're so adorable ' she drove her car around the mountain and made sure that the house was out of view .
" Okay now where are you ? " darkness covered her surroundings like there was a globe taking only her into a dark space where a scene was revealed showing her a big crack as tall as a building in one of the tower's floors " Where does this lead to ? "
Sidra walked in to answer her question and sees giants " That's some AOT reference " " Are you the tower administrator ? " Sidra looked up to see the giants and thought of their pride " Yeah you must be proud to see the tower administrator here to personally fight you ? "
" Cause it is a fight we will win " the giants roared raising their weapons " I just came because I needed to see it finished " Sidra jumped up out of the giant's way as they threw a punch at the ground she was standing ' Might want to let the tower minimize the opening '
Sidra turned to face what was in front of her , a punch . Like in slow motion Sidra sheathed her sword and was prepared to attack as they fist approach . Right after the fist was in her arm's grip she dashed around it stabbing her blade through the flesh and shredding around the fist as the blood bled .
The pain caused the giant to use his right to try and slap down Sidra like a fly was bothering him . Sidra looked above her and pulled her sword out of the flesh swiftly slashing it to throw out the blood staining it . The palm was approaching her and she disappeared circling around the palm to cut it .
She climbed up the palm and stabbed her sword onto the back of the hand and dashed again through the arm this time not bothering to shred around it but intentionally rushing a straight path on the arm and jumping out of the shoulder .
She stares at the giant's eyes and the light gave her a shadowed front only her eyes showing light reflected by the giant's eyes " You're done " Sidra slashed her sword sending the blood to the giant's eye and landed back on the shoulder and saw his right palm approaching .
She ran to his neck and stabbed it circling around and stepping on his neck spiraling around his head ready to kill him as she jumped into the air above his head and pierced his skull " Burn " the tip of her blade glow into darkness as a blast of heat burned the giant's brain as the hit courses through his veins .
" Did the chief won ? " they saw the whole battle move so quickly they couldn't tell where Sidra was going " I won " Sidra stood on the head as she step on the handle of the blade and the chief giant fell as Sidra waited for the corpse to hit the ground .
She pulled out her sword and cleaned the handle and the blade with a cloth " Now who is next " " AVENGE THE CHIEF !! " " Welp what do I expect " Sidra marches forward watching the much smaller but big giants charge at her .
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" Elukit " Atheos said and felt a connection as she opens her eyes to see herself in the astral plane where Elukit's consciousness resides " Godless you're alive " " Wait for me " Atheis appeared and looked at her astral body with the same figure as her mortal body .
" You two look different ? " Elukit said " Really we both look the same " Atheis joked whilst Atheos was concerned over much more important things " Elukit can you tell us what happened ? " Atheos asked " I'm afraid if I do it will be too much for you to handle thanks to the curse , telling you too much information will cause you to fall asleep again "
Atheos grumbles and Atheis confirms Elukit's words " You know she is kinda right , it's much harder to think with a headache in the way one of the humans relate to this as a writer's block where they can't have any ideas " " Then tell us surface information "
" There isn't much news I can gather at all " Elukit tells them " Hmm I understand thank you for telling us about the curse . " Atheos said " By the way Elukit , there is a human called Sidra know anything 'bout her ? " " No "
The air got cold and the mood darkened as they turned to Elukit " I have no information of her origins , she just suddenly appeared " they were shocked , Elukit was able to stretch its roots to the world and beyond yet it has no info about Sidra other than after her appearance .
" Sounds fun " " Atheis don't make a joke at a time when even Elukit couldn't figure out a mortal of mom's caliber " " She's your mother ? " Elukit asked in surprise " Well adopted but yes " Atheis answered " Even more concerning Elukit how come you are surprised ? " Elukit could sigh if it had a mouth and used the light to show them a vision .
" Bye mom " the twins said in the vision " I can't find her at ... hmm ? " " What is it ? " Atheos looked at Elukit and sensed Ember entering the space panting " What happened ? " Atheis looked at Ember's weakened soul " Sidra " " Did she know ? " " No she used her tower authority and went out to fight . Lower beings can't sense it but I felt it and it was like I was suffocating being buried alive "
They looked at Ember and then at the light that showed them Sidra fighting the chief giant " Elukit you can see her " Atheos said pointing at Sidra standing on the giant " I believe this is Sidra without her curse " Elukit tells them " Does that mean the curse has some way that prevents you from finding her ? "
Elukit couldn't confirm Atheos's theory but that was most reasonable " Then that means the curse on us is much weaker " Atheis looked at her soul being minimized by the curse " Then we need mom to help us fix this curse then " " If I may , this curse seems permanent and even if you break it the curse will still repair itself "
" doesn't that just mean we have no choice but to get stronger ? " Atheis asked Atheos " Sounds like it Elukit when Sidra asked about us don't tell her about us " " Okay Godless " they woke up and looked around the house " Let's go to bed " Atheos could feel her mortal body very tired due to melatonin acting on them .
Yawning while walking to their bed not knowing they needed to bath . But Sidra thought of it , setting a magic to clean their body out of germs letting them fall in the bed snoring . And Ember was sleeping on a pet bed Sidra never got to use .
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Sidra avoided the blood cleaning the battlefield as she smiles looking at the star while sitting on a giant pile of giants' corpse ' This place is beautiful as tower administrator I can take this place can I not ? I can personally open this place as a tourist spot since it is my office job ' an office job concerning another world .
Sidra smiles watching a single star fall " May as well make a wish " Sidra clapped her hands and wish " Star light star bright , first star I see tonight , I wish I may I wish I might , have the wish I wish tonight " she thinks of her wish and stares at the star glowing brighter and suddenly disappear .
" Is that a new rule of wishes ? " Sidra asked and sighed ' Who knows it might be like that movie ' Sidra used her authority to find the landing location and teleported to it " Still dark ? " Sidra sighs thinking her wish will not come true .
" Well I better grant my own wish myself " she walked slowly to enjoy the scenery looking at the time " Still a very long time till bedtime , did I fight too hard ? " Sidra's curse was starting to restrict her strength and she stretched her body still feeling refreshed from the fight but also not and BOOM .
What was that ? This is the author talking not Sidra " !! " Sidra turned and cast a shield stopping the debris and smoke from hitting her . She saw a bright light and looked at it " Elukit ? " Sidra recognizes the light as Elukit the tree of knowledge who is for some reason in front of her .
" What in this world happened ? " Sidra tried to wake up Elukit but she did not know what Elukit is all she can understand was that this light was the brain or core or maybe heart " Gotta cover you up "
Sidra was lucky that her curse restricted her analysis but not her emotions so right now she was only thinking of protecting nearby living beings from Elukit's light that forces knowledge into them .
Sidra took out a glass ball and stuffed Elukit inside " This should keep you from doing much harm " the shooting star incident was told as everyone across the star gazers said that the shooting star was a star filled with knowledge and later named it "The scholar's goal" kinda crappy but there are more names anyways .
" Why did Elukit's light come here anyways ? " Sidra came back to her house to see them sleeping " Aww they look so peaceful " Elukit felt the twins' presence and moved around the glass globe " Wow " the cloth move enough for Elukit to establish a connection and Sidra was unable to see it since her senses were weakened .
" Elukit ? " Elukit panted in its core form inside the dark space of the twin's dream space " The gods are planning to destroy me " " What ? " Atheos widened her eyes and Atheis asked " Is it to prevent mortals from ascension ? " " Yes , it seems they found out you are alive inside a mortal body so they decide to destroy me so you can't connect to the godly knowledge "
" Won't they find you when you are in here ? " Atheis asked " Yes they will so I am telling you two before I get killed " " Oh no you don't " a vision was shown to them of Sidra holding the globe " I really don't know how you left those roots or branches or whatever place you originate from but this light isn't good for any of us "
Sidra worked with her curse and imbued the wood under the glass globe with her curse weakening Elukit's giant presence so that the previous planet-sized orb became a basketball in the astral planes " There , at least I won't regret constantly using my curse for attacking "
Before Sidra became very strong she used to take advantage of the curse to weaken her enemies . But the consequence was that she was training her curse so she was forced to get stronger than the curse or she might not be able to stand anymore .
" We are going to talk tomorrow but for now you should rest whatever you just experienced might've hurt a lot " Sidra took Elukit to her room as they were looking at the vision of Sidra holding the globe " I guess that solves it " Atheis said " Ahem , as I was saying the divine are preventing mortals from ascension "
" Huh is this about keeping the line of the divine as pure as possible ? " Atheis asked " Yes they might bother the other places that are connected to the divine realm " " Looks like it but who is doing that ? " Atheos asked " I don't know too much but it seems a new god took your throne "
" Haven't heard that in a while those gods were too weak but if there is someone this strong will our strength compare to theirs now that they have former you ? " Atheis asked " That is trivial Duesdei is a deity who was only powerful but would be weak without their divinity " " So is Deicide " Atheis told her sister .
" But now that someone found mine it's only time till they find yours and completes the cycle " Atheos reminded of the fate of the two names " Sis you and I have long abandoned those stupid names " " Yes , but it already happened . Deicide has already been taken and is now after Duesdei " Elukit told them valuable information that can't be spoken in Elukit's realm .
" Looks like some people have kept an eye on you " Atheis said and Atheos was wondering where Deicide is " Atheis you know we can't let Deicide or Duesdei kill each other it's only that both live or at least one is dead " " We should learn to use this curse it help mom avoid Elukit's information gathering isn't that right Elu ? "
Elukit didn't care about Atheis's habit of shortening names to conceal their true names " But sealing it isn't enough , destroying it is dangerous " " Easy , "we spread it across the land" That's what humans in the unholy lands do to stop one country from fatally experiencing an environment problem " Atheis said .
" Here you go " Sidra placed Elukit on a desk satisfied looking at the status it has left being harmless order than being really bright " I can't sleep like this " Sidra used her darkest paint to cover the light and walked to the twins' room " Sleep tight " she kissed them both at the forehead and fixed their fences back up and check if the windows are shut tight .
" Now hopefully tomorrow is a nice day " Sidra walked to her bedroom and lay on the bed thinking about her plans and gets up ' I need to be able to cook for them ' she stayed up to see how to cook and the twins were wondering why they couldn't see the vision .
" Must be some paint , sis you gotta learn something from mortals they made reflective paint and I used it to look at myself back then " Atheis said to lift the spirits of the atmosphere " What about your sword ? " " I'll get it when I want it I can still retrieve but mom will know if I do "
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