God of Systems: Maker of Heroes and Villains

Chapter 256 Hot. But Not Hot Enough

[I have an advantage against my clone since this universe listens to my wishes more than hers but she also has some sort of control. This caught me off guard and well, anyways… I locked her up at the cost of most of my power so now I'll be living inside your system.]

[I'll assure you that you don't have to worry about a reality warping crazy bitch coming for your neck, but there's another psycho whom I can't do much about since I'm basically powerless at this point.]

[I've hurt him quite a bit so he'll need some time to heal up. Based on what I've seen, he has no healing capabilities so this should take him some time. If you need any information on him, feel free to ask me.]

[Just two questions for now though. I'm very tired and it's hard for me to keep myself awake after using up almost ninety nine percent of myself as a sacrifice to seal my clone.]

"Two questions…" Keith said and nodded, "Do you know about his power? I mean the kind of skills and awakened abilities he got from using his system. As for the second question, how does this whole different universe thing and the control over reality stuff."

[That's three questions you bitch!]

Keith saw her complain and even though he wanted to smile, he couldn't since this matter was serious and it weighed down on him quite a bit.

[Oh well, about his power…. I only know of two of them for now. One is related to necromancy but is on a level far higher than Gerald's. It's from a red system and the other one is probably an awakened ability.

You remember the archbishop who was responsible for teleportation stuff during your training camp right? It's probably hers…]

Keith nodded, "I mean, it's a great awakened ability but is it really needed? I mean, I can literally teleport to any person as long as a system seed is planted on them. I don't think I need a teleportation ability like that…"

[You don't, but maybe he does. He looks just like you but like I said, he's different. The path he took to reach the point where he destroyed his entire planet… says a lot. Meanwhile, you're sitting here waiting to get as much gold as you can from a damn war. Your motivations seem very different from each other.]

[Anyways, let's get back to the questions. As for how the universe and control over reality works… this is just my theory but I feel like most of it is right? So basically, this universe probably has a parallel counterpart.]

[Well, it probably doesn't exist anymore but basically, my clone had control over the reality of that universe while I have control over the reality of this one.]

[As for the ability to control reality itself and how it's connected, I feel like it's related to the universe slowly accepting those two as a part of itself. This will probably take a long time and this was the reason why she was able to catch me off guard a while ago.]

[She tried to control my mind and made me submit to the other Keith but since I had more authority, or in other words control, I was able to negate her attempt and counterattack.]

[Even if she does get accepted by this universe, she won't be able to come out of the seal anymore. I made sure of that. If I was trapped in that seal myself, even at full strength, I wouldn't be able to escape. I took care of the biggest threat, but the rest is in your hands.]

"….. I don't like this."

[I don't either, but as the new protagonist of this… universe, you gotta do what you gotta do.]

"Fuck you… but yeah, I guess I got no choice. If he does plan on going against me that is. I don't really care if he goes for people like Clark and such."

[Imagine an evil version of yourself. Someone who wants to rule this world… do you think you'll just leave your "clone" out there to do his thing? I mean, there's no way someone like that would just let a potential threat grow into something big right?]

Seeing this, Keith let out a sigh since this was very true.

'First it was that shadow person and now it's my fucking clone… just what in the hell is going on? Why does this world want me to suffer all of a sudden when I've been living a relatively good life by keeping my powers hidden… wait, don't tell me that this is all your plan to push me out of my comfort zone.' he said to her mentally before he took out his pipe and took a long drag.

'I mean, you could just be acting now while all of this might just be the result of your reality warping powers… ah man I don't know what to make of this anymore.'

[….. Can you put your logical reasoning aside for this? I've been on your side for so long and you think that I'll put you through a lot of suffering? I mean, for what? You've been getting strong even though you don't go around advertising your true strength. It's a smart thing and I don't have any problem with it.]

[Just in case you're comparing yourself with Vincent, then don't. You're lazy indeed, but you still work towards your goal while going with a safe option.]

[I just have one request Keith… just please trust me. It hurts a lot when you doubt my intentions and actions…]

Keith silently took a drag from his pipe and inhaled deeply before letting out a deep sigh, "Fuuuuuu…. Life sucks sometimes, but I guess it's the same even if you have a godly power of giving systems to others. Fine, I'll trust you but please don't break it."

[Thank you. I'm going to sleep now… so keep an eye on your surroundings and speed things up. I don't think you can just lie back and relax while passively accumulating strength anymore.]

[We don't have much information about the other Keith but the one thing we do know, is that he managed to destroy his world. And this must be your goal from now. I'll help you with shadow but that's after I wake up. From today onwards, your true enemy is yourself… your evil counterpart.]

'Understood…. I guess. Meh, I don't like this at all.' he thought as he took another puff and put his pipe back into his inner pocket before he continued on with his walk. He needed some time alone to think things through, and this was a good way of doing it since the streets were extremely silent this late into the night.

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Somewhere in the capital of Kazak Empire, a black gauntlet shot out from the ground before it dug it's fingers into the place in front of it. A second later, half of a knight's body came out from the ground before it crawled out completely.

The ground's surface went back to normal almost instantly and the knight turned it's head to look at an inn that was a few meters away from it.

"Target found master…" it said and began to walk towards the inn.

It stopped right in front of the inn's door and after a short pause, it lifted up it's leg as it's foot began to emit a mysterious black smoke that moved more like a smooth, dancing flame.

With one single motion, the knight stomped and the smoke spread outwards in all directions, covering the entire inn in black along with a few other buildings nearby.

"Come out come out wherever you are…" it said, it's voice robotic but raspy as it pushed the door open and walked inside.

The people at the counter and waiting area all fell to the floor with just one look from the Knight before it began to climb up the stairs.

It barely took four steps when a bunch of threads shot out from above and restrained it's hands, legs, head and finally, they also circled around it's torso tightly.

"Who are you?" Ken asked as he looked down at the knight and two more clones walked from behind and stood beside him.

One of their eyes turned bright red while the other transformed into a one meter long snake with bright red and green scales.

"Flesh… disgusting." the knight said and a long sword appeared in front of him before it moved in the air to cut all the threads in one swift motion. Your next chapter is on My Virtual Library Empire

The knight grabbed the sword's handle while keeping his bright purple eyes on them.

"Attack!" Ken shouted and shot out more strings while his body began to get covered by multiple layers of tread. The one with glowing red eyes immediately shot out two laser beams at the knight while the snake darted forward, slithering along the handrails of the stairs.

The lasers hit the black armor of the knight, but the knight showed no reaction. It continued to take steps forward even though the strings kept grabbing onto it's hands and legs.

"Weak." it said and with a simple yank, all the threads broke.

The snake tried to find a gap in the armor but it was useless since there wasn't any other than the eye sockets, which seemed to be containing two purple glowing gemstones instead of eyes.

The knight then brought it's sword in the path of the laser before it looked down to see two bright red spots on it's armor.

"Hot… but not hot enough."