Editing City Series:Volume8a Chapter6 (section)

===Akalabeth’s Sight Mode: In DT Castle===

'''<Akalabeth’s Over Reload>

Akalabeth stared forward after standing from her throne. Her shocked gaze viewed the audience chamber after the gunfire ended.

Only she, Suedomsa’s group, and the 6 knights who had unleashed the gunfire remained standing.

The ring of the gunfire had faded from her ears.

Those on the receiving end of the gunfire flashed as if to count down the remaining seconds until they disappeared.

The 6 knights armed with submachineguns lined up in front of Suedomsa and stood at attention.

Someone was pounding on the door to the audience chamber. The other guard knights must have noticed something was amiss. However…

'''<A flaw has been detected in some of the castle’s NPC Bodies. Temporarily freezing them all to eliminate the threat.>

The knocking stopped as soon as that window appeared.

The castle’s security system had been shut down.

Akalabeth knew what Suedomsa was trying to do.

“You had my knights rebel in order to strip administrative authority from me.”

Suedomsa had received emergency administrative authority in order to quell this rebellion.

He viewed the 6 knights lined up in front of him.

<Telyb, the others, and even you have gone soft in the past 2000 years. Did you think I would just let the Words Warn kill me if you sealed my memories?>

He approached one of the knights and snatched the submachinegun from the unmoving arms.

And…

“…!”

Akalabeth raised her right hand and snapped her fingers, opening a window.

'''<Target Dummy Data: Add Functionality>

The stone floor of the audience chamber yawned open. The entire floor became a giant pitfall.

With a sound like bursting stone, the floor instantly became empty space.

Wind blew from the newly formed pit, but a voice stopped the process.

“It is too late.”

Akalabeth looked to the speaker who stood past the knights behind Suedomsa.

The kneeling man wore a black hood over his head and glowing character strings raced around him in circular orbits.

“That’s how Yuo activates programs!”

Just once, the red carpet emitted bluish-white light.

The carpet gave a sound like breaking rock and the red coloration covering the floor hardened.

Space below was distorted to create a great hole, but the carpet had grown rigid.

It formed a bridge.

Akalabeth unclenched her raised fist without thinking.

Suedomsa crossed the red bridge to approach the dais on which her throne sat.

Akalabeth, meanwhile, gripped the throne’s armrests to resist the urge to flee.

“Why would you want to repeat a tragedy like the 2nd Godtact Experiment!?”

<That wasn’t the plan. If you had given me more time instead of compromising, anyway.>

He arrived at the foot of the three steps leading up to the throne.

<If you had continued that god-summoning experiment after sealing my memoires, you may have been able to save my daughter. And if you had not sealed my memories, I may have found a solution to Words Warn.>

He stopped in front of those steps.

<You sealed my memories to eliminate the man interfering with your precious experiment.>

<But your research didn’t last long afterwards. Because you feared another failure. And you feared the Great Godquake’s destruction if you did succeed. What is that if not compromising.>

He viewed his surroundings.

<Did we create this Minus World and erase our identities with these handles because we wanted to create a comfortable home for ourselves? Of course not. It was to prove that there were things only a Minus Elite could accomplish and shove the results in the faces of those Plus Elites who mocked us in the outside world. And what better accomplishment than saving the world?>

There was no one else around. All the entrances had been locked tight with seals.

Suedomsa took a breath and moved his lips to release his exhausted voice.

“We will now carry out the 3rd Godtact Experiment which spans the past and the present. Using Babel, the Questron, and a sacrificial vessel. First, I require your management programs for Babel and the Questron, your Demigod Program Portal that allows alterations to DT’s settings, and…”

He continued with a slight smile.

“And Yuo.”

“Yuo? Why her?”

“You still haven’t figured it out, Akalabeth? You and the others are to blame for all of this. You are the ones who betrayed our Minus principles and chose halfhearted standards. I am here now to correct those mistakes.”

'''<Akalabeth’s Over Zoom>

He raised his submachinegun, aiming it at her face.

She stared into the dark hole of the barrel and he no longer used his windows to speak to her.

He stuck to his voice.

“Such a sad story. 2000 years ago, when we thought no one but our own families mattered to us, we were betrayed by one of our own.”

“Betrayed, huh?”

“You heard me.” Suedomsa shut his eyes and continued. “Just before the 2nd Godtact Experiment, the chosen vessel abruptly lost the necessary qualifications. Yes, Fooblicky married Telyb.”

And…

“The next vessel we chose for the experiment was Yuo.”

'''<Akalabeth’s Sight Mode has ended>