Ch 15: I am not a Cruel God

Author's note: Finally got my next idea for a novel, don't plan on writing it though, until I'm finished with Undertale the Scientist, but it will be my first Urban Fantasy story. Excited for it as I've never seen another story with an ability like this MC's which is surprising considering how obvious the power is. Either way, be hyped for it, cause yall know I know how to make an interesting and unique story.

enjoy the chapter.

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'Status!' I say in my head as Maz grabs me and goes to find a guard.

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Name: Matthias

Age: 93 Days

Race: Eldritch

Status: Healthy

Mental Status: Moderately Healthy

Representation of Mana: 279MP/350MP

Representation of Mana Recharge: 1MP per 11 hours 35 Minutes.

Current mood: Curious

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I smile. 'Plenty of Mana for the test'

"Here he is." The guard says simply.

"Maz, leave me in front of his cage and leave."

"Leave?! I can't leave you here, Lord Matthias!"

"I don't want you seeing this, Maz. Please leave."

My slightly serious tone surprised Maz, but he quickly understood. He dropped me right in front of the 'cage', which really was just a large hole in the ground, with a man in it. He was tall, about 6 feet tall with a serious face and beard. His slightly tanned skin along with his moderately sized muscles made him look like a retired military general.

I stayed silent for a moment, then started. "Why did you come here?"

"… I wanted to talk with my son, who ventured out to this village." An Australian like tone came out of his throat, even though such accents where a thing of a different world.

"Bullshit, if your son was here, he would have bailed you out already."

"…"

"Your silence is speaking far more than you could ever say, you know?" I joke a little.

"…"

"… So you choose not to talk?"

"…"

"Alright then, if you refuse to work with me, then I will start."

"… Start what?"

"Oh, nothing too much, just a nice little torture session!" I reply cheerfully.

"What's torture?"

'System, turn him into a Clock.'

(…)

He started screaming immediately, as black spots started forming on his body, spreading like wildfire.

(Clock conversion complete!)

'Pause the Clock.'

The spots stopped. His screams, however, did not.

"FUCK! FUCK YOU! FUCK!"

I grimace slightly in annoyance as he continues to curse.

'Let's see how long he remains defiant.' I smile.

Screams echoed throughout the sunset, and as it fell, he refused to utter a single word other than 'Fuck!'.

He continued to scream.

I groan in annoyance. 'Fuck this, the sun has set, if he continues to refuse to tell me anything, I'll just try to use his body as a physical form. I'm pretty sure it will work as he still as not rotten…'

I go back to my lovely white dimension.

"Ahh, home sweet home, haha!" I laugh slightly; it has been such a long time since I was last here!

A body lay on the floor.

I smile. 'Kind of a dark joke to put a deadened body on my floor, don't you think?' I say to nobody in particular, reaching out for it.

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10:00PM

Cage

*ERROR*

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My vision obviously shifted. How many times have we transported into a Clock? That's what happens!

Something was obviously different, though. The body was moving, and I felt like a puppeteer as opposed to a person with a body.

It screamed.

'System, since the body is a Clock, can I put the body in a sleep like state?'

(Host, how many time's has the System talked about this?)

"Alright, alright."

…

And it was quiet.

'Reverse the Clock a little.'

Slowly, the body repaired itself from it's lovely torture session.

I try to move. It felt… very strange. Marionette like, even. I move my new head up, looking at the top of the hole.

I sweat drop. 'This… is easy to escape from. There isn't even anything blocking the top.'

So I started climbing. It obviously didn't take long as it was an extremely old method to keep someone trapped.

Is what you thought I would say, right?

'This fucking body is too hard to control!' I complain. 'It's like suddenly becoming a newborn! No control over your own muscles!' I think as I flop around at the bottom of the hole.'

I did eventually get it, but not without effort.

I collapsed onto the ground when I reached the top, panting as I try to regain my breath.

…

I smile, and not just metaphorically this time.

I actually smiled.

I sigh slightly happily. "Finally, a body. 93 days." I sigh again.

'System!' I get straight back to business after all of that.

(Yes, Host?)

'Use the Pick a Skill box!' I try to directly tell the systen to use it, as opposed to opening my inventory and using it manually.

(Using Pick a Skill Box…)

(Please pick one of the following skills.

(1,

Omnipresence

Description: You are a god! You should be in multiple places at once! Allows you to create a permanent clone of yourself that connects to your mind like a hivemind! Do not worry, though, you are still fully in control! The first clone is free, but will take 1000 Mana for each consecutive use!

2,

Timeline Control

Description: Who cares if there are dangers in other timelines if you can control all of them directly? Kill the problem at the bud with this skill!

3,

Paradox

Description: Allows paradoxes in your presence and allows your Clocks to be paradoxes. Warning! Can cause extremely dangerous situations depending on the paradox!)

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Authors note: I am exhausted, but I almost got the next chapter for Undertale the Scientist done, sorry for taking so long on it.