Rioneed: VRMMORPG

Ibro thought for a bit before asking:

'If I choose to let her die and sever the connection with this game, would I be able to connect my village to this world in the future? I mean using my Seal to establish a teleportation portal here.'

'No, you can't. This world is still in the early process of knowing the reality. Your presence here will jeopardize this process. Either you are connected to here or not, it's this simple.'

Ibro felt his luck was good. He was depending on this seal to connect between the two worlds. He had already set huge plans based on this connection. 

If he failed at that critical time, he didn't know what his reaction would be. He had no other choice except for accepting this challenge. He planned to annex this empire anyway, so he said:

'I choose to keep her life.'

'Your choice has been recorded. Your village is now connected to this game. Your subjects will be connected to the game. You will be connected via a special system called: the domination system. 

As you already had a pseudo system in the evolution phase, we will put this old system of yours in hibernation. 

If you succeeded in your new challenge test, we will merge both systems for you to have a complete system. As you are a holder of a pseudo system then your new system will be in the pseudo system phase.'

Ibro noticed that this time, that mysterious voice was speaking to him in a more friendly way. Ibro didn't let this chance slip away as he asked right away:

'May I know who you are?'

The sound kept his silence for a time before replying:

'We are the one who issued the Holy Edict. We are the one who are trying to shield and support you. We are the one who are trying to guide you. We are the Holy Edict Gods.'

Ibro didn't fully understand the true weight of this speech, but he asked at once:

'What about these monsters which I met every world I went to?'

'They are your mortal enemies. They won't stop before killing the last one of you. They can access your worlds like us. 

We are trying to be your guides; while they are trying to be your obstacles… that's what the old treaty stated.'

Ibro felt a strange resonance with these words as if his deeply hidden hatred and anger had risen again. He felt like this before. He never forgot this experience. He asked again:

'May I know their true name?'

'This will be your last answer for today. If you want more, you need to get stronger. These monsters are called the fiends, and they aren't monsters. They are demons. Go and do your best.'

Ibro suddenly felt like an electric current had passed through his whole body. Even his dantian shook vigorously. 

He even felt like he lost his consciousness for one second and then he became sober again. He wasn't the only one who had these symptoms, but all of his villagers and soldiers experienced the same. 

Once Ibro opened his eyes, he looked around him. The trapped players were still there looking in surprise around them. 

Before Ibro had time to ask his men about their condition, a loud bang sound started in his ears followed by a harsh voice:

'The dominance system has been started successfully. Wait a minute, system holder.'

Ibro stood motionless in his place. He wasn't the only one; all of his men around him were standing motionless in their places. 

Ibro felt a hidden energy was holding him tightly in place… he couldn't even move a finger. His status didn't last long, just after the passage of one minute that harsh voice came again in his mind saying:

'The domination system has finished his initial evaluation. The system has discovered another system in hibernation. 

The system has discovered the presence of a dantian and meridians. The system holder is a dual supreme energy user. 

He is just one step away from reaching the ultimatum realm. The system has inspected the current world situation. 

It's a game based world. The world current state is still in the protection phase. In 6 months this protection will come to an end. 

The system requires approval to draw energy from the hibernating system so it can provide complete system-like services.'

Ibro felt the obvious changes between this system and the one behind it, so he expressed his thoughts:

'Why do I feel you are different from the previous system I had? What would happen to my old system if you got its energy?'

'Your old system was an incomplete system that got a lot of damage after doomsday. Even if it becomes a full system, it will be a malfunctioned system. 

I'm a complete system that has been reserved completely without any damage. When I absorb your old system energy, it won't be able to evolve for nearly 3 months. 

We will stay here for at least 6 months, so there will be enough time for it to recover and continue its evolution.'

Ibro heard some new info again. He felt that behind all these worlds, games and systems was a dark history. He recalled the advice of that god if he wanted to know more he needed to get stronger.

'If I allowed you to absorb my old system energy, will that make me stronger?'

'Of course, it will. I will be your personal aid to make you reach my goal of creation.'

'What is this goal perhaps?'

'As my name indicates, I was created to help you, humans, to reach dominance state.'

'What do you mean by dominance state?'

'I mean you become absolutely strong… strong that no one can stop in your face. You will dominate the whole world in all universes of different races.'

Ibro felt nostalgic like he heard these words from before. He then made up his mind. 

After all, 6 months to annex a huge empire wasn't an easy task, and he had to control more than one empire. He had to get stronger faster no matter what.

'I authorize you to get the energy you need.'

'Thanks, system holder. Give me one more minute to finish.'

Ibro noticed that all who were around him were able to regain their freedom again. He didn't worry as he knew when his system finished its meal he would be able to move again.