Orion’s Ice Palace, Bathroom…

Cassy’s POV

Orion and I teleported together inside the most spacious bathroom that is made of ice. Then he suddenly became naked in front of me, showing off his 6 pack abs. I was caught off guard from that moment and mentally screamed in embarrassment as I covered my eyes with my hands.

I heard him sighed and whispered to my ear as he gently held my wrists, “Why are you screaming? I’m yours, Cassy.”

How did he know I’m screaming in my mind?

“Because I can read minds.” His warm breath that I feel right now made me shivered.

“Come on, don’t be shy. I’ve been working out to maintain this kind of body build just for you Cassy. All women in this kingdom dreamed to be my empress but you already owned me.” Orion said as my right hand suddenly moved on its own and he removed my glove, kissing the back of my palm but it disgusts me.

Then Orion seemed hurt, disappointed, and impatient after witnessing my reaction. Suddenly, my whole body didn’t follow my will and I start to rip my clothes with my hands. He’s watching me doing this until I’m completely naked, also revealing my wounds. This whole thing that happened to me unnaturally was all his doings because there’s no other person that can cast a spell on me.

In a blink of an eye, we’re already standing inside a shower room. He snapped his fingers and the shower automatically showered us with cold water. I thought Orion will do something that could lose my virginity but he hugged me as our chests gently collided for about a few minutes. No kiss or sex is happening between us inside the cold shower room and I’m beginning to mentally ask myself why he hadn’t done anything.

If this is his first time, don’t tell me that he’s not prepared or he’s afraid to do it with me because I might laugh at him if I’m not satisfied.

“That’s not the right time to do that, my Cassy,” Orion whispered in my ear, groping my butt. I can feel his disgusting grin even without seeing his face in this position.

Then I feel something is casually invading my mind for the first time in my life.

“It’s better to converse with you like this.” Orion’s voice is in my head, this must be telepathy and since I have no will to move my body, I mentally replied.

“Why are you doing this to me? It’s so uncomfortable!”

“Because I don’t want to hurt you again if you’re doing reckless actions. For example, if you try to knee my manhood, you’ll receive damage because my defense is too high as if you’re a normal human being who knee a stone statue.”

“Then I’ll behave. I promise. This choker already weakened me to the extent so I can’t do anything to you.”

“Don’t use your mouth to talk to me. Promise?”

“I promise.”

Then I can finally move my body but Orion is still hugging me and I chose to stay still. Unfortunately, my wounds suddenly became too painful to bear.

“Why you can’t heal me? My wounds… The pain… It’s everywhere!”

Orion shook his head, “My healing magic is different from the shadows’ healing magic. It’ll get worse if I cast my healing magic on you. Don’t worry, you’re wounds are not that deep. It’s just a scratch.”

Hearing his words made me want to choke him to death but my consciousness is slowly fading, “Just a scratch? Why I feel like I’m dying in your arms right now?”

My only escape is death but Orion won’t allow me to die, so suicide would be impossible.

“It’s just your imagination,” Orion replied as I feel my wounds are being frozen. He probably closed them by using his ice magic while he’s still hugging me and the shower is still pouring us cold water.

I frowned, “You’re such a bad liar and a jerk!”

He chuckled and that bastard is boasting about his palace as I shivered about the fact that he’s not lying. This palace known as Orion’s stronghold is not a joke, even the ice emperor never dared to enter without his permission. The rumor about him being stronger than his father is not just for a show. His confidence and pride earlier are sickening while l mentally listened to his plans for our future.

He has 5 phases before we can peacefully live together somewhere in this world.

Phase 1: Max Level

Phase 2: The Fall of Avarice Empire

Phase 3: Official New God

Phase 4: Eliminate the Hunters

Phase 5: Eliminate O.T.G.

Orion’s first phase is completed because he’s on the max level. The second phase is he planned to erase this empire and commit genocide without leaving a survivor because he knew that the people are still loyal to the current emperor. Since he’s too confident, there’s no doubt that his plan will be successful but the problem is the One True God.

He’s indeed insane as I realized that his plan is, to defy the humans’ god. If that happens, the One True God will personally punish us just like what happened to our God. If I’m a human while imagining our messed up future, I could’ve peed in despair right now.

“But, you’re defying your God.” I mentally said and Orion’s expressionless face is 1 inch away from my face as his blue eyes glowed for a moment then he telepathically replied, “I am prepared for that.”

Orion continued as he starts groping my breast, “If the system told me the truth, the One True God can’t see me as a threat even I successfully executed my phase 2 because in his eyes… I’m just a small fry who’s causing tiny damage in his big creation. It sounds retarded because if I were the One True God, I’ll eliminate it immediately just like a mosquito that stealthily sucked my Cassy’s blood.”

“Ugh! I hate your charm!” I mentally yelled at him with no guts to look at him because I’m fully aware that my cheeks are heating up without my consent.

Since he’s a high level human with extremely high stats, his charm is trying to win over me. I won’t let myself fall for him easily but I’m already cornered because I can’t escape from him. The only option I have is to submit.

“Hmm… Please don’t try to change the subject, darling.” Orion telepathically said as he hugged me from behind. Then I feel his warm and hard manhood rested vertically in between of my butt cheeks.

I remained silent as he continued explaining the remaining phases. The third phase is him becoming an official new god. The fall of the Avarice Empire is the key to make his Demi-God Mode and God Mode merge into one then he’ll ascend into a New God. I never heard such a method to make a mortal into a new god but he seemed to be so sure about this.

The fourth phase is eliminating the new gods that try to hunt him down. After the Shadow Wars, the New Gods were born but they hunted each other to ascend into the last stage such as the 7 Ancient Gods but none of them achieved that goal because those Gods who governed each continent won’t let them get it easily just like what happened to the Machine God.

He’s the only new god who is so close to becoming an Ancient God but the Sin Goddess, the 7th Goddess who governed the Demon Continent eliminated him. I wonder how Orion got this type of information but it all makes sense why the Machine God has to die. If Orion has to fight those Gods, there’s a high possibility they’ll take me as a hostage.

“Don’t worry, they can’t take you as a hostage because I know where I should hide you.”

The fifth phase is to eliminate the One True God. Orion said that he can probably defeat the 7 Ancient Gods if he acquires the blasphemous title called [God Defier]. Defying the mortals’ maker is the top-secret and the highest type of crime in Octavia. With that title, he’ll become an Ancient God with an independent system. He received this suspicious information from his defected System that accidentally revealed the secret behind of our God’s power.

“If the One True God foresee our future, I think he’ll probably come after me first but that doesn’t mean I can’t get that title. He’ll make it worse instead because the earlier you can acquire the [God Defier] title with so much hatred against the One True God’s existence, the more chance I can whip his ass easily but your God took him a very long time to acquire that title and that’s the reason why he was defeated.”

“Why you have so much hatred against your God just to execute this plan?”

“How am I not angry with him if I’m not allowed to love you?” His reply made my heart skipped a beat.

“That trash has to die so to those who want to love your kind will be no longer facing this kind of obstacle! My plans to eliminate that piece of shit would never exist if marrying you is fine.”

“Orion, you don’t have to do this god defying plan. Our God can’t defeat your God even he had that title. Since you’re the heir of this kingdom, you can just give up on me, kill me and marry someone else.”

Orion sighed and groped of my breast, “I never give up on you and I’ll continue this plan because just like I said before… I’m yours.”

I gulped the lump of my throat and stared at the wall in disbelief, “No way… How can you be so foolish just because of me? Is my existence made you lose your IQ?”

He chuckled and kissed my left cheek, “Yes.”

Our telepathic conversation ended and his simple answer made me lose my hope. We didn’t talk for I don’t how long we’ve been soaking ourselves in this cold water while he’s grinding his manhood between my butt cheeks and came twice.

“Hmm… Why I didn’t receive his death message?” Orion muttered as he grinding his hardened manhood at my butt cheeks and groping my breast. My wounds are not healed yet and it hurts so much.

Suddenly, Orion turned off the shower and waved his hand, instantly dried himself, and wears his clothes. “Stay here, darling.”

He continued as his face visibly wants to kill someone, “Some insects entered in my domain.”

When he left me alone in this room while I’m still stark naked and wet. The room suddenly became extremely cold and the water droplets on my body instantly frozen. I removed the thin ice from my head to toe, not minding the pain coming from my wounds. Then I decided to wear the blue bathrobe that was placed on the luxurious-looking ice chair and wait for him because it feels like he’s testing me. The ice golems might appear out of nowhere if I foolishly try to escape or commit suicide in this prison.

A few minutes later, the black choker suddenly broken into pieces but that doesn’t make me think of escaping. I waited for half an hour and my brothers miraculously found me.

“How did you guys get inside?” I asked in disbelief and my eyes scanned to their new clothes, “And where did you get those clothes?

Before Carl answers my questions, my big brother frowned, walking closer to me and my wounds instantly disappeared as he only merely touched my shoulders.

Since when did he get a power of healing? Big brother didn’t tell us about this.

“Did he touch you?” Elios asked, looking at me in the eyes.

“You mean my V card? He didn’t get it.” I answered while my cheeks reddened.

“Well, that’s good,” Carl muttered, frowning at our surroundings.

I’m sure my brothers smelled Orion’s lust and his semen. I guess this is the mad prince’s only place to release his disgusting affection for me.

“˹Message Meh˼.” Big brother uttered the weird code and he strangely typed something in the air as if there’s a holographic screen in there.

After that, I and Carl laughed at him because he looks so stupid or maybe I’m beginning to lose my mind because I guess this is just an illusion. I’m hoping my brothers who are beside me are real.

When we stepped outside of that disgusting room, we looked down at the stairs. The ice stairs were twisted in a perfect spiral like a child's slinky toy pulled from each end but it seemed endless. Then I began to think that everything around me is just an illusion.

My big brother suddenly pushed us and we screamed as we fall in this bottomless pit. Since I and Carl are still falling like a few seconds, my twin brother caught my hand and hugged me.

“Sis! Our big bro is evil! He tried to kill us by this shit!”

To be honest, this is our first time jumping off this insanely tall building but our brother seemed to be not afraid of heights because of his military experience.

“You guys didn’t use your brains!” We heard our big brother’s voice behind us.

We simultaneously looked behind and we saw him falling too but he seemed too calm as he crossed his arms.

“Don’t just stare at me like that! Prepare yourselves and activate your Ghost Mode, idiots!”

In a split second, we landed safely after following our big brother’s instructions. If we didn’t listen to him, we would’ve been dead for sure. Then I shyly introduced myself to a mysterious woman in black clothing who held a sleeping baby and standing in front of the floating unconscious mad prince. To be honest, she’s pretty but intimidating because her aura is so dark as if I’m gazing into the abyss.

I’m curious how our big brother met her because that woman is surprisingly the Dark Messiah. When we were young, big brother always told us about the prophecy so we will never lose our hope.

We knelt on one knee with the utmost respect as I sincerely apologized for doubting her intentions because the baby is Orion, the mad prince and he’s our enemy. Since he’s part of our God’s plan, we will accept it.

When the strange homeless-looking black man suddenly showed up with his annoying voice, I sensed nothing from him as if my Shadow Senses is deactivated. I couldn’t help but look at him in disgust. Surprisingly, this man is our God with so much power and wisdom who showed us the hidden things in this world before he teleported us to a safe place. Without him, it’s impossible for the Dark Messiah to save us and kidnap Orion.

♦ ♦ ♦

Center of Shadow Continent…

Carl’s POV

My crush, I mean the Dark Messiah. I wonder how I can repay her for saving our ass from that place but now, she seemed to be in deep thoughts, blankly staring at the night sky. We heard our God’s order that she must raise the mad prince until he reached 7 years of age.

A few moments of silence, we can smell her emotions. The Dark Messiah is doubting on something but at the same time, she’s confused. Then Big Bro tapped her shoulder and he called her Natasha or General. She even lied to us and trying to act cool even we knew her feelings.

“I think you are worried about how to raise that baby,” Cassy spoke as she looked away, avoiding to make eye contact.

Big Bro turned around and spoke to us, explaining about human babies but then he paused when he mentioned about our kind. Our 3-year-old brains are the same as average human toddlers which were normal that I and Cassy know nothing about our previous home. Ever since we were quarantined in the Avarice Empire, Big Bro never told us about it. He only mentioned our dad’s stupidity and greed for not listening to our Grampa’s warning.

And now, I wonder how our kind survived after the Shadow Wars until now. Where are they hiding? Hearing our kind’s lifestyle is strange and disgusting. They have nothing to do but sleep and wait until they are ready to find a mate. I can’t believe our Big Bro knew these such things when he was young but he’s telling the truth.

I scratched the back of my head, “Bro, we know nothing about our home but seriously? Live our life until ready to–mph!”

Big Bro cut me off by covering my mouth through his hand and he looked so serious, “General, if you want to know more about us, there’s a condition for that.”

Then his eyes fixated at the child as his cheeks darkened, “And since our God wants you to raise him, I can help you with that.”

No way! I know this style, he’s making a move.

I freed myself from his hand and said in disbelief, “Eh? The hell?”

Since I don’t know how I can repay her, maybe this is the only way and I have a chance to get closer to her but Big Bro is my greatest obstacle. He has so much experience on how to handle kids. Of course, I and Cassy are his practice materials because we are 7 years younger than him.

Looking at Big Bro’s eyes is frustrating because he thinks he got the upper hand but that doesn’t mean I give up. I think he knew what I’m thinking as he smirked at me.

“Then I can help her too,” I said without hesitation, shoving my hands in my pockets and I noticed my eyes are glowing.

Big Bro retorted as his black eyes turned purple as it glows intensely, “Like hell, you will!”

And because of that, we released our auras and I completely forgot that Natasha is watching us. Suddenly, I feel like I can’t move my body and stopped releasing my aura. Since we’re facing each other, Big Bro stood there motionlessly.

“Boys, look at me,” Natasha ordered us and our bodies obeyed her. It feels like we are the puppets and she’s the puppeteer.

The moment we saw her expressionless face, I can’t sense her emotions but the atmosphere around us is bone chilling. She’s probably disappointed at our stupid behaviors and I’m prepared for the punishment.

“I am grateful to your concern but this mission can only be done by myself. So I refuse your offer.” Natasha said as she put the baby inside the transparent purple bubble then it floats beside her.

I am speechless even I can move my body.

“Uhm… Ms. Dark Messiah, where are we?” Cassy asked who stood behind me.

Natasha grabbed something inside the small black portal and replied, “You are in my territory and our kind is safe here. Since you three are descendants of Avarice, you have to sign a contract for allegiance.”

She pulled out the black empty papers and wrote very fast which took her 3 seconds. Then she handed us the black papers with purple words on it. Each of us held two contracts and they were written in Avarian Language. I read them again because the contents were just unbelievable.

OATH OF ALLEGIANCE

TO THE SHADOW CONTINENT

I, ______________________ do solemnly swear that I will bear the true faith and allegiance to the Shadow Continent, and that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies whomsoever, and that I will obey the orders of the President of the Shadow Continent, according to the rules and articles for the government of the Shadow Army.

________

Signature

Subscribed and sworn before me this ___ day of ________ year ____ and contract perfected.

_________________

President’s Signature

Shadow Contract

KNOW BY SHADOWS BY THESE PRESENTS:

This contract made and entered into, by and between:

The SHADOW CONTINENT, a domain instrumentality with office address at the Center of the Shadow Continent, represented by its PRESIDENT, NATASHA SHADOWWALKER THE 5 SILVER STARRED GENERAL OF SHADOW ARMY, as authorized under Section 69 of City Ordinance No. 0696969-069, and hereinafter referred to as “PRESIDENT”;

- and -

__________________ (Name), ___ years of age, ______ (Race), (single / married / widow), and a resident of _____________, and hereinafter referred to as the “SOLDIER”;

WITNESSETH: THAT –

The PRESIDENT and the SOLDIER have agreed and covenanted as follows:

1. The PRESIDENT undertakes to provide a Shadow Support Program to the SOLDIER for the duration of his/her military service which duration shall not exceed 1,000 years provided that the same is continuous and uninterrupted. The Shadow Support Program shall take effect after signing the contract.

2. The PRESIDENT agrees to support the SOLDIER by giving him/her free education, military training, and multiple-planet ownership as full payment of his/her military service after signing the contract, which it must be given directly to the SOLDIER.

3. The SOLDIER must obey the PRESIDENT’S orders.

4. The SOLDIER hereby agrees that in case of violation of any provisions of this contract, his/her life shall be terminated.

___________________

Soldier’s Signature

“Our military service lasts for a thousand years but our life span is the same as humans. How can we achieve that?” Big Bro questioned Natasha but she didn’t answer his question.

“What is multiple-planet ownership?” Cassy asked too.

Natasha pulled out three black pens and said, “I’ll answer your questions if you sign the contracts or else–”

“–We’ll sign it.” Big Bro cut her off as he snatched the pens from her hand.

Then we signed the contracts and gave them to Natasha.

“You’re my students from now on. Your life span is not a problem after two weeks of vacation in your respective planets.” Natasha said as she put the contracts in the small black portal.

♦ ♦ ♦

Natasha’s Pocket Dimension…

Elios’ POV

I, my siblings, the unconscious baby inside the bubble, and Natasha are floating inside the General’s Pocket Dimension. My greedy instincts told me that I smell gold near us. A few moments later, the stars suddenly appeared before our eyes.

“Each star has more than one man-made planets which were created by my talented world builders.”

Hearing her words made us speechless. The ancient shadows know how to create countless worlds inside her vast Pocket Dimension.

“And of course, they can’t create those worlds easily without my help. They need passion, inspiration, resources, and tools to complete them. Resources such as dirt have been provided by our God and tools were created by my brilliant scientists such as the space cargo to transfer mountains of stones.” Natasha explained as the massive sleek black flying object which was extremely bigger than the things that I saw from her underground base appeared above us.

Then that thing opened its entrance and the purple light surrounded us before the force slowly pulled us inside of it.

“It’s nice to see you, General Natasha. You have lovely guests today.” A female voice that sounds like a machine reverberated from this place. I can’t pinpoint where that voice coming from but Natasha is calm.

“Welcome to my ship. Her name is Adriana X. Good thing that she recently learned Avarian Language.”

If we are humans, inside of her ship is too dark and the purple lights are dim. I think this is designed only for our kind. Thanks to our Shadow Senses, we can see in the dark. It seems very spacious and no speck of dust can be seen here.

“I never saw a huge floating ship and it can even talk.” Carl commented but he was right. I never saw something like that in the Avarice Empire.

Natasha waved her hand and a purple rectangular holographic screen with a 3 meters height and 6 meters width appeared in front of her, “I don’t underestimate my enemies. From what I observed so far is… They’re a bit advance but a ship like this one is possible for them to create in this generation. My ship is the biggest so far with almost had a size of planet Jupiter and I guess my enemies created bigger than this. Well, who knows? Maybe they’re hiding them underground or they’re guarding the moons and turn them into research facilities.”

I don’t know what is planet Jupiter and I think Natasha is overestimating her enemies but maybe she’s right. I know a little in this world because of our misfortune.

“Artificial Galaxy of Treasures… Which planet would you like to visit, Natasha?” The voice who I assumed it was Adriana X, the ship itself asked Natasha.

I don’t know what a galaxy means but the holographic screen changed into 5 strange looking groups of stars. The other four have unreadable names while the so-called Artificial Galaxy of Treasures has a thin, rotating disk of stars and a central bulge, but it doesn't have spiral arms like the other three while the last one has no particular shape.

“Show me the top 10 best Rockie’s creations.” Natasha ordered Adriana and it responded through the change of the holographic images’ appearance.

There are 10 spheres with names on top of them. I widened my eyes in disbelief after reading their names. My siblings’ eyes sparkled in excitement while Cassy is somewhat drooling from the sight of those worlds.

World of Gold? World of Diamond? This must be a trick!

“These are the planets that I can offer to you and rejection is not an option.” Natasha nonchalantly said as if those worlds made of gold, gems and the like are nothing to her.

I gulped the lump of my throat and felt overwhelmed by those things. Yes, I’m greedy but this is the first time feeling embarrassed because a woman like Natasha is just too rich. So rich that she has the power to own worlds of treasures and then she just willingly shared them to us.

“Cassy, Carl, which world do you want to visit first?” Natasha asked my siblings and they shamelessly pointed the gold one.

Natasha nodded, “Okay then, it’s decided. X, guard the baby.”

The ship responded to her words, “As you wish. Teleportation in 3… 2… 1…”

Then the surroundings changed into something that my greedy side tries to escape from its cage. The sky is pink as the clouds are gold and the sun shines beautifully up there. The grass, rocks, forest and the monsters or insects are all made of gold.

“How are those things move even they’re all made of gold?” Carl curiously asked Natasha.

“These are robots with simple A.I.s inside of them. If you are not familiar with robots, let’s just say, they are the lesser types of Machines.”

We stared at her in astonishment and became speechless because those things are roaming around freely without a care of the world. Some of the birds landed on my shoulder while the others flying near us.

“Follow me, I have something to show you.” Natasha whispered before she disappeared but she left us her tracks and we followed it.

When we reached its final track, we found ourselves standing on top of a mountain and Natasha’s gaze was fixated at the familiar structure.

“No way…” Cassy’s words escaped from her mouth and I agreed to her.

The structures that are similar to Avarice Empire are the walls, 8 mountains and the castle. This made me think that the small empire that stood before us is an imitation from the past because the rest of the buildings are not the same as the present and the mountains are a bit closer to each other. Whoever created this golden empire is inspired by it.

“She called this masterpiece as the Empire of Greed. Maybe she’s trying to tell me about the history of the Avarice Empire but I didn’t pay attention to its details. I just let her and other world builders keeping themselves busy by doing their art to satisfy their emotional support.” Natasha explained as she typed something in her thin rectangular device and continued.

“You three can go inside there without me because I have to talk with System alone. You’ll meet the artist of this world and she’ll give you the memo. Now… Go! Don’t make me repeat it.” Natasha commanded us as her index finger pointed at the empire then we immediately run towards that place.

A few minutes later, we reached the entrance of the castle and we sensed some strange movements in there. To our curiosity we opened the huge golden door, the first thing that greeted us is a group of golden 5 ft. tall humanoid creatures that walked on all fours and if those guys stood like a human or any bipedal creatures, their height will multiply by 2. Their appearance is almost the same as human males but their shiny bald heads are exaggeratedly round and big as their big bulging eyes are half-closed. They don’t possess fingers, toes, ears, eyebrows and male genitals but they have the same scrawny bodies as they sat on the floor like a dog. Their noses are extremely flat which made the holes are formed into perfect circles.

“Gooooold!” Those things said with low voices and they kept saying the ‘gold’ word repeatedly without moving from their spot.

They seemed harmless but a few moments later, some of them are vomiting molten gold.

“Are they sick?” Cassy asked me while hiding at my back.

“I don’t know but they are fine while vomiting as if it’s natural for them.” I answered, shrugging my shoulders.

“Gooooold!” Said the strange golden creature while shitting a poop-shaped shit right in front of us. I can’t believe it has a butthole just to poop out golden shit.

We watched it in disgust and Carl asked, “That’s disgusting but it’s still gold, right?”

“Of course!” Someone answered his question and that high pitched voice seemed to be coming from above us.

A shadowy figure appeared before our eyes. Then it reveals its true form when the black smoke disappeared.

That person is wearing a black military uniform who seemed to be the same age as my siblings but she didn’t wear her hat like Natasha and other soldiers. Her right eye was covered by her black hair while she has a black teardrop tattoo below her left eye. Her long black hair was tied up into 2 twin pigtails. The other one is shorter and the rest was long enough to touch the floor. I don’t know where the hell she got that extra hair. That girl sat confidently on a golden chair as she crossed her legs while both of her hands holding the strange black guitar without strings that were reinforced with purple crystals and rested on her shoulders.

She’s oddly familiar to me because I met her somewhere.

“Hello! I’m Lieutenant General Rockie Eve! A Howler type shadow! I feel honored that General Avarice stole my top 10 greatest masterpieces.” She introduced herself while smiling but I can’t feel her emotions at all. Howlers are supposedly felt depressed.

Now I remember, she’s one of the high ranked ancient shadows from the meeting inside of the underground main palace. But her uniform is a bit different from the others. Maybe every type of shadows has different styles of their uniforms.

“You want my guitar? Here! This will be a gift for you! Please don’t reject it! Please! Please! Please!” Rockie already stood in front of me and pleaded with her puppy eyes.

I can’t believe my eyes and body can’t catch up her speed as my hands hold her guitar. This thing seems to be very important to her but she willingly gave it to me. I don’t even know how to play this thing without strings.

“If you master playing this baby, those filthy humans and other inferior mortals will instantly suffer from depression! Wahahahaha!” She laughed mischievously but I don’t find it funny.

After that, her gaze instantly focused on my siblings and asked, “You two are smell the same as General Avarice. Are you his familiars?”

Familiars are the entities that assist their master who formed a contract. They can be in any species of monsters as long as the summoner can befriend his/her targets. The familiar has the power to transform into a human if the summoner desired it.

“They are my siblings, Rockie.” I answered her question.

Rockie looked at me in disbelief, “Whhaaaaat? Did you just treat your familiars as siblings? That’s super weird! The previous General Avarice treat her familiars as dolls.”

I and my siblings are now looking at her in disbelief. Even I have our ancestor’s diary, it didn’t mention her familiars but she’s telling the truth.

“Gooooold!” The golden human creature who shit earlier interrupted our conversation.

Rockie patted that guy’s shiny bald head, “Aww… You miss me, Cutiepew? But too bad, you have a new master now.”

“Gold?” It said in a slightly high tone as it tilted its head before glancing at us.

“Yes! From now on, yOu’ll PrOdUce MorE gOLd EveRy daY UnTil hE’s sAtiSfiEd!” Rockie’s voice became deeper and her purple eyes glowed intensely as she yelled at the poor gold shitting monster but it seemed too dumb to read the atmosphere.

“Naaah… It’s just a joke! Just don’t die too soon because he’ll become depressed like me.” Rockie continued as she faced us, “If you’re wondering what these little guys are… Well, the story behind it is a little inspiring…”

“His name is Albert Einstein, the Oracle type shadow, our God’s most talented scientist. 150 thousand years ago, our General taught Albert how to create obedient weaponized monsters without the Eye of Apocalypse’s Shadowfication. Since Albert is a bit creative, he upgraded the status of those weaponized monsters until he came up with a brilliant idea. Albert used the living creatures that he genetically engineered and our General’s Shadowfication. And that’s how he created the first batch of Shadow Bio-Organic Weapons or S.B.O.W.’s. ”

“One night, Elmer Brian, the stupid and playful Child type shadow feed the bio-engineered creature with his golden ball filled with mana and it transformed into a gold producing monster called as Au. The very first Bio-Organic Raw Material Producer or simply known as B.O.R.M.P. Our General seemed to be pleased with the unexpected result. So Albert and Elmer are working together to create more types of B.O.R.M.P.’s while the other scientists mass-produced them.”

“Since gold and other fancy shiny raw materials are useless to us, the scientists decided to stop mass producing them but the Howlers wanted those things as pets and emotional support. A few years later, I proposed to create my biggest masterpieces and General nonchalantly approved it because she understood our feelings.”

“And now, this is the fruit of my labor.” Rockie spread her arms proudly, “I and other world builders created worlds made of useless raw materials as the homes of these B.O.R.M.P.’s.”

“But sadly, these guys can’t reproduce and their lifespan only lasts for 10 to 15 years. Albert tried to extend their lifespan but they became unstable and died before they were born. So we let them be like this forever.”

Rockie paused as she pulled out something from her jacket. It’s a small and thin rectangular device which was mainly made of transparent glass and reinforced with black crystals on its edge. Then she gave it to me.

“Wow! You guys are amazing! I thought only Gods can create worlds and living creatures.” Cassy complemented Rockie.

Rockie’s face became serious as if Cassy said something wrong and said, “Thanks for the compliment but Gods can create everything out of thin air.”

She continued, “Anyways, that device you are holding is a memo. Since you are General Avarice, you have a System. It’ll teach you how to use it.”

I gave her a questioning look because Rockie knew the existence of the system inside of me, “What? How did you know that?”

“Secret! Tahaha!” Rockie winked as the glowing purple transparent cylinder which was twice bigger and taller than me appeared behind her then she entered inside of it without any entrance as if that thing is a bubble.

“I guess my job here is done. We will meet again outside of the Pocket Dimension and please take care of Cutiepew. His death date is near. Bye!” Then Rockie and the cylinder disappeared without a trace.

The sky is already dark and those strange golden creatures called as Au are lying awkwardly on the floor but they’re still alive though. Then I almost completely forgot that I’m holding Rockie’s guitar.

Damn, what am I going to do with this guitar?

I decided to put her guitar inside my spatial ring and picked up the gold shit lying on the floor. The smell and structure is indeed gold. Meeting Natasha by chance is like a miracle.

If she didn’t find me sooner, our God’s prediction would’ve ended my life.

The End of Chapter 1