Lesson 11: Self-Control

As I already decided, I want to kill the remaining three. As I have zero clues about their whereabouts, I gather the first two and make them answer me. The dreams prove quite useful in torturing. Finding out what they hold dear and make them lose that again and again. Just like my dreams did, before I met Morpheus - The first of them gives in after five minutes. Weakling.

[Obtained: Total Domination. {Explanation available}]

What? Guess I can progress further later. Not like they could run away.

[Explanation getting processed. The skill Total Domination is now being explained. Total Domination is a Skill belonging to the family of slavery magic. It is the most powerful binding magic, as it is impossible to break, even by death. To unlock the Skill you need to fully break a being of human kind or above, after that you can simply lower the targets strength to a certain extent and apply the spell. After it is applied the target can no longer resist any commands.]

Oh... That's pretty good isn't it? I try to give the one being interrogated a command. He instantly stands up and draws me a map to two of the remaining three's positions.

G:" Wow, that Skill is pretty amazing... I suppose if you grow stronger you could enslave sacred beasts or god aswell..."

D:"... What did it say exactly?"

V:" Umm... '-simply lower the targets strength and apply the spell' if that is what you meant."

D:" I have a suggestion. If the strength of a target is the requirement - how about the dead?"

G:" Might work..."

Doesn't this make me a necromancer - I thought as I revived a few dead beings that are close. At that moment I have an idea.

V:" Hey Dall... Couldn't I revive you and command you to do what you want?"

D:"....."

V:" Isn't it worth a try?"

D:" I... I don't know. My death was my desire back then. And I am in a different domain now."

G:" Just let him try it. He could just command you to die afterwards anyway."

D:" ....Fine."

We go back to the place Dall died and I send my command. To my utter surprise there is not one, but two people coming out. Dall and... someone with a spear?

D:" Wasn't I just over there? Guess this is my real body now."

?" What?! Why am I not dead?"

D:" You were. He revived us two."

?:" Send me back!!!"

D:" He has some quite unusal Skills and magic is now a thing, too. You might want to try that actually."

?:" Magic? Like those in fairytales?"

D:" Yes. You might want to introduce yourself to that boy over there. He can show you some magic"

?:" I am Daeva. More likely you know me under the name of undying spear."

V:" Never heard about that. But fine, I'll show you somethings."

Da:" Try not to kill him"

Dae:" I don't think-"

In the middle of the sentence I pierced him with eight swords. They weren't invisible so Daeva was clearly confused about their origin. Then I ordered him to pull them out, but to speak freely.

Dae:" What is going on with me?"

V:" Slavery magic. But don't worry - I am not planning on using it too often."

Dae:" I see what you mean now Aeternitas. This is indeed interesting. Much more things to discover now."

D:" Right? But my name is not Aeternitas anymore. I'm now Dall."

Dae:" Why the change?"

D:" A certain boy shared his world with me, enabled me to discover it and I chose to take his name over my name as a God."

Dae:" Well, you don't seem to have your godly aura anymore too. But this boy..."

M:" That's not Dall alone. Nice to see you again, executioner Daeva."

G:" Neither are they only two. Nice to meet you. Don't think we met yet. My name is Gilgamesh"

Dae:" The one who killed Ares, his descendant kratos and his wife aphrodite, huh?"

V:"You killed three gods?"

G:" They didn't do their job properly. Ares invaded my home and kratos abducted my father."

V:" I thought Babylon was your aspect and not vengeance?""

G:" My aspect is my hometown. I went the other path, as I still had something to protect"

Dae:" Holy... What is up with this lineup?! There is only threee gods missing here and I could swear you would be able to overthrow the admin!"

V:" Admin?"

Dae:" Oh damn. Nothing. Don't mind me and my wo-"

He disappeared, while being interrupted once again. The only thing left of him was a flame - flowing around in the air where he just stood. What is happening? This looks just like the flames that surrounded me as I contracted with Morph, Gil and Dall... I can try to absorb it... He wanted to die anyway, didn't he....

D:" Don't. His essence is something corrupted to core. The only thing he told me was something about forces he couldn't deal with and commands he didn't want to do."

V:" Could that be boudn to that admin thing? Did he disappear because he told us about it?"

I think hard about what an admin could be - until I notice an open menu, with an open... IT manual? What is a computer? Admin: Someone that controls the system...

[Get ready for transportation. You will now meet the admin. He is very delighted to meet you]