Chapter 5: Dark and Light

As I went up to the sixth floor, the texture of the floor started to change once again. From the deep crimson color, it then slowly turned into something more plain and simple. I keep going up as its color theme slowly turns more and more gray. The floor was pure gray, yet it has some black and white detail like furniture.

I then walk toward it until two silhouettes slowly appear; one is pure black while the other is pure white. I then call them out.

"Dark, Light. It's good to finally see you guys in person."

These two people are none other than He Who Made Dark and He Who Made Light. Unlike their original counterparts, who hate each other's guts, these two are very kind to each other. They helped each other when they first created, and soon after they became inseparable. They didn't mock each other's creations, but instead, they gave the other person feedback about the things that they created and helped the other person perfect their creation. And like the others, they were invited by Voice, and soon after they join the council, and during their time here, they grow stronger and become omniversal class entities.

When those two heard my call, they then turned to me and stood up. "Ah, it's good to finally meet you in person, Lord Duc." He Who Made Dark speak first; He Who Made Light follow behind. "Yeah, I was so excited when I heard you arrive."

We then walk to the chairs and sit down. Light then speak up first. "So, how are you so far? I suppose you already met the others from the lower floors. How is your expression on them so far?"

I then think for a while before speaking, "They are great, the same as I remember. Always friendly and kind to friends."

Dark then laugh "Yeah, we are only like that to our friend. But to other entities, we are cold and ruthless beings."

I then turn to him when I hear that. "Other entities? Are there anyone else besides us?"

He then nodded, "Yeah, there are plenty of them, actually. In fact, we actually have another title other than High Elder God."

I then ask them. "Which is? And who gave out this title?"

This time Light speaks up. "They call us Overlord or something like that. As for who gave out that title, I believe they call themselves Champion."

I then widen my eyes. "Champion? What are they?"

Light continues speaking. "Essentially, they are the heroes that had successfully saved a world from a world destruction threat, like I don't know an Overlord that wants to consume the energy of that said world. Basically the main character of a story."

I then nodded in understanding, "I see. But wait, what kind of Overlord are we? As far as I remember, none of the council members became stronger by consuming the energy of a world."

Light then continue. "That's true; none of us here do that, because we don't like doing so. Destroying a world just to become stronger has a bad taste in my mouth. We grow stronger by doing other things."

I continue asking, "Like what?"

Dark then answered that question for me. "According to Lord Voice. There are three types of Overlord. The first type is the one that we mentioned before, the one that becomes stronger by devouring the world and its energy. That type of Overlord is called Genocide Overlord.

We, on the other hand, are called Neutral Overlord, we grow stronger in two ways. One is to refine and absorb the energy of the thing that all entities exist in the Beyond Realm hate the most. The Unstable Fragment of The Beyond Realm. This is some thing that was created when a type of verse is created; depending on how big and complex that said verse is, the more fragments are created and the more unstable they are. When an entity interacts with even the smallest Unstable Fragment, no matter how strong they are. Best-case scenarios: they got seriously injured and lost some of their powers. Worst-case scenarios, on the other hand, they got completely obliterated by it, cease to exist forever, and nothing can bring them back. The reason why we can refine and absorb without any worry is because of Lord Voice, he created a way to safely refine these fragments with only one downside: the bigger the fragments, the harder it is to be refined. As for the reason why no other entities other than us can use this method, Lord Voice somehow modified it so that only the members of council can use it. There were some idiots trying that method, and they got completely obliterated by the Unstable Fragment, because this method requires the refiner to channel the unstable energy of the fragment into the body and stabilize by using our own body and soul, which is already insanely risky, but we manage."

I then raise an eyebrow. "What is the other method then?"

A sinister smile then appeared on Light's face as he answered my question. "The other method is to find Genocide Overlord, kill them, and absorb their energy. And because of this method, our council earns another title in the Beyond Realm and a business as well."

I look at him while asking, "And what is that title?"

Light answered my question immediately. "The Mercenary of The Beyond Realm. Basically, we got hired to hunt down Genocide Overlords and depend on the request from the verse that hires us: one, we can kill them and absorb their energy, or two, we kill the Genocide Overlord, take out the energy that they have stolen from that said verse, and return it back. And because of this business, many Genocide Overlords come to find trouble with us, but in the end, they die, becoming our trophy. And if you didn't realize it, all the stars that you saw outside and all the lights inside the tower are the energy cores of those Genocide Overlords."

I then widen my eyes in astonishment. "I remember there were a lot of them, like maybe a Googol of them."

Dark then shrugs his shoulder. "I don't remember clearly."

I then return back to the topic, "Then what is the last type of Overlord?"

Dark, then speak up. "The last type of Overlord is the one that all beings in the Beyond Realm like the most except, of course, Genocide Overlord, and also the rarest, Pacifist Overlord. They are the type of Overlord that creates their own verse using their soul, body, and mind. As their verse starts to grow and expand, their powers also grow alongside. The bigger and more complex that verse is, the more powerful they are. As for the reason why almost all beings in the Beyond Realm like them because they are the natural nemesis of the Genocide Overlord. An universal class Pacifist Overlord is capable of defeating a multiversal class Genocide Overlord, and a multiversal class Pacifist Overlord can easily kill an outerversal class Genocide Overlord.

As for why they can do that, because of their aura. They exude an aura that is so harmful to Genocide Overlords that all of their prowess and powers are decreased by 80%, making them extremely weak. As for the reason why they are so rare, it is because their growing process is extremely slow. If you don't know, for a universe to grow into a multiverse, it took about one thousand Big Bangs and one Big Bang is about a googol of years. As far as we know, there is only one omniversal class Pacifist Overlord, eight outerversal class Pacifist Overlords, and four hundred multiversal class Pacifist Overlords throughout the entire Beyond Realm.

They are also being hunted down by other Genocide Overlords before they could become strong enough to protect themselves, so many of them come to us to seek protection. And we do protect them until they are strong enough, and when they leave, they gave us some true fragments of them. These fragments can be turned into special lanterns that exude the same aura as them, and they can be used in many ways, like to weaken the Genocide Overlords or protect some verses from the invasion of Genocide Overlords. We sell this kind of lantern to the verses that need them."

I just sit there and process all the information that I just learned. Just then Dark and Light stand up. "It was nice having this talk with you, Lord Duc. Here are our soul cards; call us anytime you need."

They then vanish into thin air. I think they go back to their complex multiverse. I then pick up the soul cards and put them into Tree's inventory. Then the usual notification pops up. 

"Upon interacting with High Elder God Scarlet King, master has unlocked some mods; these mods are Thorium (60%), Calamity (70%), Calamity Infernum (70%), Wrath of The Gods (65%), Calamity Overhaul (70%), Fargo's Mutant, Fargo's Soul (70%), Fargo's Soul DLC (70%), Fargo Equipable Inventory (50%), and The Star Above (80%)."

I then close the notification and start going up the higher floor. This time I'm going to visit Deaths.