The curses you would see in some novels are like "cursed to walk the earth forever" , "to never feel love" et cetera et cetera . While Sidra's curse is a curse that just makes her stats lower " Wow that's a lot of fairytale curses . Medusa , sleeping beauty , poison apple and doubled edged sword kind of curse "
Sidra smiled " This would be useful for disposable pawns " Sidra felt something as Deicide's name returned to Siena's corpse and she thought " F*** I should've remembered why I called it defective . "
The corpsed was cursed into a marionette as the flesh became dead and like wood " Interesting " her curse domain is still present as she looked at doll " Ehh ugly face " she had a grudge against the intruder and sighed ' Those visitors are so annoying , one just barged in into my door good thing they don't know I'm the manager here '
Sidra sighed and thinks everything through " If people can easily get corrupted by this power that they think they can just barge into someone's door then best have it inside a suitable body and if that curse divinity can't get out of me best keep it that way "
Sidra nodded at her own suggestion as chains wrapped the puppet tearing its clothes ' I'll be called a rapist if I was a guy ... hold on even if I'm not this is still violation , unless it's a lifeless body ' Sidra smiled as they chains became the clothing of the puppet .
" Now for my cute little kids " Sidra shrunk the cursed domain before any spirits of the dead would raise within thanks to the curse divinity .
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" This place is familiar " Atheis said " How familiar ? " her sister asked " She's right I feel the presence of one of my kind here " Ember said and Elukit also thought " I also do feel like there is a book in here somewhere but I can't makes sense out of it must be one of the lost books from my different forms . "
" I got it " Atheis drew a conclusion " So remember when some of the mortals want to be strong I got busy with making a very complicated system or as mortals call it an invention " " What did you make to allow mortals to be stronger ? " Atheos asked .
" I developed a powerful and very complicated system once implemented I can't figure out how to destroy it " Atheis chuckled looking at all of them and remembering what the system does " That's not something I should be laughing at "
" What does it do ? " Elukit asked " It basically just takes away one trait of a target and gives it to a suitable person though in very common cases it might crack a gate open " " That explains this world " Ember said .
" Code you knew about this right ? " Atheos asked " Yes and she's coming but she still has to get through the wall I put up " Code said " That buys some time till she reaches us " Ember said " Does mom know about this ? " Atheis asked .
" Yes she has been hiding this information with a few people " Code said " No wonder this place gives a sense of familiarity " Ember said " And it targets me too ? " " Yep it does that too though I didn't count for it " Atheis said impressed at the growing potential of her creation .
" You didn't account for your creation to do something more than you programmed it to ? " Atheos asked " I just wanted to give humans something to become stronger and not like a weapon but a skill that they can gradually learn from "
" And how does it work ? " Elukit asked " I know I should clarify but I think I just figured out why it went out of its original program " Atheis said " Interesting " Elukit said " So I created it to seize skills from targets to suit a person's growth if they have the potential of magic this system gives them a magic related skill "
Atheis got closer to the system shaped as a sphere she made which continues to program itself " So maybe it found out that a host is full of potential and searches for greater skills for the host "
They all nodded " Makes sense did you make that out now " Atheos asked " Sidra is coming " Atheis pretended to be curious about the system she made and so did Atheos while Elukit and Ember waited beside them as Sidra opened a portal .
" Sorry I thought the house was gonna be flooded " she looked at them in their strange positioning as they turned their attention to her " Oh You found this wanna know about it ? " Atheis nodded since she needs to know how far Sidra knows about her creation .
" Aww if you're that curious , this can give out skills " ' She's omitting a few details back " Atheis told Atheos and the rest " I have been trying to figure out how it does that but it keeps changing "
Sidra picks up the sphere and holds it so nothing bad happens " But I did learn something it started as a small little thing so it was smaller before but it got bigger as it grew so it's like you eat a lot and then tomorrow you can grow and do more "
Sidra pointed at the concentrated light inside " This bright thing is the core I have been looking for a way to shut it down though but it looks like its brighter now ... Probably just my imagination though " Sidra laughed and put the sphere aside " So let's go back home "
She said as they were taken back to the house outside as the house fixed itself " You can roam around and play , Do you need me to do anything ? " " No " the twins said as Sidra smiled and patted them " Then have fun you have the entire afternoon to play "
She went to the house to fake her entrance returned to the tower and jumped to sit on a chair with wheels as she monitored the system " What should I do with the rest of them ? " she monitors Taxon and Heidi .
' I should keep an eye on them and make a report to tell the world that someone invaded my home strong enough but still died ' she made a call with her phone calling Coen " Oh Sidra did you already deal with that weird man ? "
" Yeah also an intruder can you tell the press about it ? It will be a good headline but the tension will die out anyways since the only details you can give is that she bypassed my security system and I killed her . "
Coen smiles " Sure I always love a good story " Coen contacted the news channels and told them the story ' They would be able to recognize the intruder by the news though I simply don't have footage '
Sidra thinks about the defense system that she made which was only meant to defend she didn't count on the cameras to be destroyed ' Maybe I should've separated the cameras from battle ' She took note of adding that upgrade later .
The news hit the world and with how much time each and every person has in the world due to the functional society Sidra built it was obvious that everyone started dropping their first comments on every online platforms .
It got Heidi's attention but Taxon sat on a bench at a small playground using his familiars to spy on Zilla who was too overjoyed with the massive lunch in front of him ' Now I feel guilty ' he didn't want to get Zilla out of his family ' But I have no choice I need to protect home '
Everyone has a reason to become stronger , to protect , to prepare but sometimes to survive . Although since Taxon traveled to another world it's kinda clear that he is here to get stronger to protect something .
He had chosen to use the connections to the divine realm but it seems to have been cut off he can only find leftovers to scrap off to avoid any interactions with the divine realm that could lead them to find him .
He understands very well that many gods want to always be on top and with the recent actions of the new Duesdei he has to make the decision to stay as low as possible while getting stronger . And it just so happens that the world Zilla fell into was part of the connection .
The divine realm is essentially a very rich and more powerful figures compared to mortals which means they own plenty of things . The canyon was also another training center , the traditional training area would be the gods ascension trials for young gods the canyon would be for illegitimate half-gods.
It's more of a dumpster though but with many impure bloodline of gods lying around it has some connection . And thanks to the impurity of the blood the place was struck to erase the impurities whether it was a failure or not didn't seem to matter to the new Duesdei as if to issue a warning .
But since there was no more divine realm connection the spatial rifts were redirected to other locations becoming a good source for skills the system Atheis made and Zilla accidentally absorbed some of it , falling in between the two points of the system and its target person .
So when he went between them he was heavily weakened thanks to being hit by a unsuitable skill that nearly destroyed his body . The system went to assist him and ended up being absorbed because he was compatible to have a fragment of it allowing him to survive in such unreasonable conditions in the canyon .
And Taxon wanted this power , Zilla has already shown perfect compatibility with a fragment of the system and adapted to the monster abilities he forcefully took into his body since he has a much inferior yet very powerful skill that takes skills whether the skill was a simple claw attack or a flight skill .
This system also gave Atheis much confidence to screw with the faith gods more by being a bigger nuisance . Atheos was honestly very disappointed when she bragged wondering about the other faithless that had their strength stripped thanks to this annoying invention that even her twin can't shut down .
" I have some news " Code said and the four divine associates turned to it " What is it ? " " Well that place you went to was not only the tower management system but also Sidra's personal office " they didn't see how that was news to them but still listened .
" How is that important ? " Atheos asked " When Sidra conquered the tower she broke through the management and forced me to make her an office " Atheis looked at Code and went to the fridge " Hold on I need to prepare " " For what ? " Atheos asked .
" Storytime I used to listen to the stories mortals make it was way better than tall tales " Atheis pulled out some fried and crunchy meat " Isn't that what mortals eat with alcohol ? " Atheos asked " So if mom is not responsible enough to hide it , it's her fault for not keeping her young kids to eat adult stuff " Atheis said suggesting that they use that as an excuse .
" Then continue " " Her office is very much off limits I was not allowed to access it thanks to her curse which she put on the office " " Understandable " Elukit said as they all heard Atheis crunch on the meat " I found out that she has many secrets to keep and just the one we saw while we were inside shows what I think was described as incarnations of gods "
" So she has been spying on gods ? " Atheos asked " Yes " " Why ? " Atheis asked " I don't know but the best guess would be to keep an eye out for threats "
" Makes sense why there has been no movement recently . Mom must've kept an eye out for them they probably figured out who it was " Atheos said and Atheis ate another bite " Sidra is in that office currently , maybe you can contact them and make a coincidence " Elukit suggested .
Atheos also thought of it but she can't make Sidra suspicious of her " Okay someone keeps Sidra busy but we will do that later now we need as much info as possible " Atheos never had to compromise her situation since she is usually strong enough to take a stand but with an unfamiliar curse , she had to think everything through .
" Code do you know who are the ones that are being watched ? " " I only know the faces I can't go through the actual system so I managed to only find one " Code showed a boy in the mountains training as hard as he can " I can tell he is trying to compensate " Atheis said .
Atheos tries to match his personality with the faithless she knows about " Hey look there are some hints of thunder " Atheis told Atheos pointing at the modern machines " That's an electric fan . It just blows wind using electricity " Atheis said " Okay I have a few guesses but we can confirm it once we contact him Code can you confirm the location ? " Atheos said .
Code takes out as much data as it can to match several photographs and pinpoint the location " It's nearby " " Looks like your mother is planning to keep him away " Ember said " Huh ? " Atheos expression clearly poses a question " If you look at it from the perspective of a parent Sidra wouldn't want someone to take you away from her "
" I can understand this after all there was this faith god who wanted to marry my daughter " Ember sighed and Atheos grumbles " It's okay we just talk to him and make it so he doesn't look like he is attached " Atheis suggested " Okay , Code will keep an eye out for mom " " And we make our stories straight " Atheis said .
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" Tsk , no matter how much I interrogate him he won't budge " Sidra has been having a big headache trying to get one of the gods she was watching to spill their secrets when she discovered their existence . Some of the gods were former guild masters who were forced to retreat due to Sidra weakening them after knowing their identities .
They weight the pros and cons and decided to retreat to hide the further information they kept ' Now I need to keep those darn gods away if they see Elukit the consequences are unthinkable ' she grabbed a mug and drank coffee from it whilst switching surveillance on the two visitors that came today .
" The sage is trying to get an ID and the tamer is keeping an eye on that kid may as well keep an eye on the sage pretty sure Harpe can take care of the tamer " Sidra said putting on surveillance as Heidi sensed it ' I'm being watched but why now ? '
He walked into the library with an ID as he remembers his recent usage of teleportation ' The tower manager most likely doesn't want me to scramble the mana maybe because the divine cut off our connection with them but the Faith gods are still here '
Not all gods are purely divinities there are even some gods without a divinity . And faith gods use people's faith to get stronger basically like loyalty . As such they are not divinities and even if they have one they are marked as impure for using the faith of lower beings .
But they are still strong compared to mortals . Heidi wanted to kill a faith god to steal their knowledge but for now he is after Elukit . And his desire for knowledge is merely curiosity but also he has caution and morals .
The faith god he wanted to kill was one made by giving them the knowledge to comprehend . It was essentially a foolish project to give faith to a god while injecting incomprehensible knowledge hoping it could understand it . He was part of that project and had to escape before the arcane god of wisdom tries to kill him .
In order to defend against this arcane god he needed more knowledge Elukit was the perfect teacher that he can find . But hearing what Sidra wrote he just couldn't believe that a human was able to write so much that there was a library dedicated to her works .
' Nothing to see ' she starts her investigation of the sage and the tamer now that she dealt with the Deicide name holder " Oh I see no wonder those two wanted to be here " she smiled thinking of ways she can get to the sage's goal before he could " So the divine is racist "
Was the conclusion that Sidra made " My goodness why ? " Sidra complained " What's their next move decide a new gender ? " she shook her head disappointed that she had to hear this " I really have to keep my kids away from this confusion , I've had enough of this thing "
She turned back to the nearby god ' Tsk a guy like this would be in the casket but because people know about him that will be hard ' she scratched her head and kept a hard glare at him expanding her curse domain to increase her thinking ability ' I don't really like gods being in my life , though I wouldn't care if they abandon this mortal realm like the unholy whatever lands '
Sidra doesn't like or hate gods she just doesn't want any in her life especially since once they abandon mortals the mortals are able to advance without having to rely on higher power ' But since Duesdei is being racist I don't really have to care when they decided to cut off though they did have to get rid off Elukit for being the connection '
Sidra thinks back and confirms that Elukit is now as useful as a restricted search engine " I can't believe I let a threat in , I'll have to carefully pick up individuals from now on . My curse isn't very complete in hiding a presence as long as some have a needle-like perception they would go through the cloth "
The monitors showed Deicide's puppet body as it is sealed in place by the curse " Done digging already ? " she retrieved the information reading Deicide's info ' A specialized god killer ? ' she reads the files and burns it while destroying the system that was used to get the information .
" Can't let this get out " she pulled back her cursed domain and flung her head back " Ugh so much work I wonder how others are able to do it " she turned to look at the decoration she put up and put the picture frame at her inventory " Best keep information about them as hidden as possible "
Sidra also looked at the contacts receiving information " Hmm looking for Elukit for power , looking for the king of monsters ... predictable " she closed the contacts and heard one calling " gotta get rid of you " " Tower manager I will make a deal to sell you one hundred floors if you tell me about Elukit "
Hearing the easy business deal Sidra smiled " Oh but I don't Elukit is here while there are certain individuals who have seen Elukit but that's all if I question them it will be hard to keep my position " ' Unless you pay more for entrances ? ' " 1000 thousand floors high level " Sidra smiled " Sorry but I can't maintain so many floors "
She can already hear the anger boiling " 100 floors with complete and stable ecosystems " " Sorry but even if you give me so much I refuse after all I am still repairing my towers final floor now that it was conquered " " Then I will send someone to do it "
" No need rather I want you to take care of someone for me she's the one who conquered the floor and because she was disappointed by the reward she basically took everything from the top floor , but the job will only be considered as finished if she dies " Sidra transforms the marionette smiling at the test subject hiding behind the screen .
" But of course , if they fail I won't compensate you , I trapped the person at the top floor as for the way she fights you'll have to figure that out " Sidra smiled looking at the tower manager who immediately agreed ' How stupid ' Sidra smiled letting the tower manager enter the final floor that she just created and the marionette turned to face the tower manager .
" H " the marionette won as Sidra took the authority from the tower manager ' simpleton ' she looks at the extra tower and drops the tower system into the world as it also got affected by her own curse .
' Now with two towers supporting the world I can make sure those gods are even more restrained . ' she starts spreading her curse to the tower to quicken the rate of restraining on the tower .
" Alright now then a small curse should make you as strong as a mortal , heh what a waste of training " the tower worked as a deeply hidden catalyst spreading the curse Sidra used " I have to thank you now , those gods will never use their strength for a while "
Sidra turned the marionette back to its cursed form as it waits for the next fight ' Still I will be expecting more tower managers since they heard of Elukit , information is most valuable to them and most useful '
Sidra looks at the external chat system and smiles " Maybe I can use this to put a post on the internet it will attract Tower managers and help me get more resources I might be able to return back "
She wrote the post first mentioning the one who cleared all the tower floors which is technically her "My tower clearer is so strong help please I asked one guy to do it but they died and their tower disappeared I'm afraid this might happen to me" she made herself look desperate adding a few emojis .
Sidra smiled at the scam waiting for the tower managers to respond to her call for "help" and looked at the gods switching to the one close to her house .
' I can take care of this thing it will take some time for them to learn although I don't get how they have so much talent ' Sidra wonders what learning materials she should start for the twins after observing the godly talents .
' Nah let them by curious first I don't have to rush their education I have all the time in the world for them ' she smiled and wonders how they would like to see the old world she trained in .
' I'll be sure to go back to the unholy lands maybe I can break the wall and let this realm be part of it after all the Duesdei has decided to leave this plane behind ' Sidra doesn't plan to fight something just to prove her strength or grow she has other ways that don't include fighting .
' Maybe I should upgrade the training hall or maybe I can modify this tower to train , the first floor is pretty much one maybe I can put more facilities inside the tower ' " Ugh tower management is so boring even with all that excitement " she thinks about the basement where her riches are in ' Say I do have some garbage that can be thrown in here maybe I can buy more garbage ? '
She opened the internet servers for Tower managers which is where Code would buy things for the tower to improve its wealth " Heh I haven't bid for a long time now " she looked at the tower coins that she forced Code to give to her . She pulled a million physical coins wishing they were cryptocurrency instead .
" Hmm there is a very wide floor it looks like at the bottom of the list " she looked at the prize and smiled ' This thing is looks useful , I could put up a game ' she smiled " Time to team up with Coen " she put a price and called Coen " Coen are you interested in making use of your blueprints ? "
Coen looks at the document files for her blueprints " What is this even about ? " " Remember when I conquered the tower I decided to get some land " " So ? " " You know those games about farming I will add that it will be a good present for my two kids when I buy them land to play with "
Coen thinks that Sidra plans to buy land and sell smaller sizes with a profitable price like wholesale and sell " And you want to buy my blueprints so that you can make a game ? " " On point now I have a million coins to deposit " " Nah put it in paper I don't want to carry that load " " Oh but there is no official paper tower currency want me to just give you it in a different currency ? "
" Sounds better " Coen said and decided to leave work early so she can get the money and spend it on a few things " Alright I'll send the money I hope it looks satisfactory enough " Sidra transfered the money to Coen and she looked at the notification " Thanks I'll send the blueprints but I won't be helping you with adding them in the system "
" Got it " Sidra sighed and still remembered the cyberpunk home she used to have back then ' Before I don't trust anyone even when I'm at the top but here every one is pretty gullible they probably won't survive back at the utopian world at the light and the most bloodied battlefield at night '
No need to learn her past identity it's still not yet the time " Oh I should go back home and check on it and back to the house hopefully they are having fun " Sidra walked to the door and rang the doorbell ' This should alarm them so they can understand that someone is home plus I stuck a very obvious bond paper on the door before leaving '
Atheos and Atheis look at the door wondering what kind of psychopath drew an eye and arrows pointing at it ' Is our mom stupid ? " Atheos asked ' It's probably the curse it also weakens someone's mental health , But maybe she is asking us to peep through that hole there is a chair "
Atheis climbs the chair to peep at the door " Hello Theo , Thei ? " The door opened and Sidra saw the twins and smiled " I'm back did you have fun ? " they both nodded " Then are you hungry ? " " No still full " Atheis said hoping that her response was registered as childish " Okay then do you wanna do anything ? "
The twins realized this was their chance as they both remembered the plan together " So someone has to distract Sidra it can be one of you or both but it can't be us " Elukit said .
" Human parents always make time for their children Sidra is one of them so Code will be with us " Ember took their bracelet continuing " I do want to go on a rollercoaster for once " Atheis said not minding that Sidra will figure out their identities .
" Did the curse mess you up too ? " Atheos asked " Too ? " Elukit was curious about the curse now " That's true Sidra would look more fierce inside her cursed domain I was terrified when the chains were on me "
" So it suppresses certain thoughts too ? " " Nevermind that Elukit , Can you convince that god and figure out who they are Ember will be moving you two . " Atheos requested " Yes I can but what about you ? "
Atheis answered " We're technically children so Mom is bound to teach us how to do this and that so basically we listen and get curious to keep Mom busy from going to sabotage the plan "
" You want to go to that park ? " They both nodded and Sidra changes her mental schedule " Okay then but this place is pretty far so we should just teleport there " Sidra took the twins' hands " Ready ? "
" Ready " they both raised their hands not knowing how they should act " Then close your eyes " Sidra teleported them as they disappeared " Now you both have to follow me don't leave me this place is very big it will be hard to find you "
' Unless I expand my curse domain ' they couldn't tell what Sidra was thinking when she guided them to the line to get tickets to the venue as well as stamps on their wrist " Wow " Atheos was very impressed .
" Three tickets please " Sidra put the two beside the giant ruler used to measure their height " Okay ma'am one ticket and two discounted tickets " " Thank you " Sidra took them to a line to get them stamps .
" Mom , what is that ? " Atheos asked " It's just ink it can color the world depending on the color " ' I'm so glad they know a few words I doubt I can teach them an entire curriculum of the words ' Atheis looks at the stamp on her wrist and licks it .
" What ? " the emloyee doing the stamps was confused and Sidra was pissed off in her head . She remembers a movie about children getting newspapers in their mouths because it taste sweet and they couldn't afford real candy or worse food .
" Thei , I'll give you cotton candy , Can you put it again ? " " Sure " the employee repeats the process on Atheis and Atheos puts her mouth away from the stamp " Thei don't lick the ink again okay ? " Atheis nodded .
' Why did you do that ? " Atheos asked ' A human before would do the same licking out the mark that was tattooed on their shoulders " ' In what kind of place ? " ' A slave auction " Atheos popped a vein and Sidra took them in .
" So where do you wanna go first ? " they looked around to see for the most time-consuming one and pointed at the one with prizes " Okay then " ' We just have to keep messing up the game until we get that prize it says we need five consecutive hoops on the bottle for the first prize "
Atheos agreed with the idea as she understood that Atheis knew about mortal games more assuming that this game could only end when they got first prize " Congratulations " Atheis looked at the five rings that all landed on the same bottle wondering how it happened .
" I'll carry it for you but don't run off " ' Hey I thought you said this was going to be time-consuming " ' Shush as long as we play more we can consume more time it's not like those three are going to be leisurely contacting your god " Atheis said .
" That " Atheis pointed at another booth " How about let Theo take a turn you already won a giant bear " Sidra said not having plans to neglect Atheos ' Thei must be really lucky no matter how perfect I throw it the wind always gets in the way '
" That ? " Atheos pointed at another stall which was guessing the weight of a mystery box " Okay but one try per person " Atheis looked at Atheos dumbfounded ' What do I do can I change ? " " You sure you wanna try it "
Sidra guessed how likely Atheos was going to win which was incredibly low " That ? " Atheos pointed at another booth hoping this would be time-consuming " Okay how many tries ? " Atheis looks at the booth .
' Sis that booth makes you pick a fish you really think you can waste time with that ? " ' Why do you think it isn't time-consuming ? " Sidra smiles staring at the twins wondering what kind of intangible conversation they are having seeing Atheis's angry face and Atheos's clueless face .
' You don't think mom will harden the paper at the paper scooper " " Maybe that ? " ' She really looks clueless ' Sidra took Atheos's hand " Grab your sister's hand " they went to the booth to waste time and Sidra's money .
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