Another System
Zigeyr stands frozen with the same smile in the room. The birds which were flying are now frozen in the sky. The humans and animals are now frozen. The time in the clock have stopped moving. It was frozen. The time was frozen.
The only person that was able to move and see right now was the broken father. Idom was the only person able to move right now and see what had happened. Even the god in front of him who boasted to be very powerful is now nothing more than a statue in front of him. Everything has frozen.
"What has happened?" Idom stands and watched around him. He did not understand what is happening at all. Nevertheless, he had experienced many devastating things today and did not react much. He looked at Zigeyr. Is this another one of his tricks?. But he is also frozen.
"THE TIME HAS STOPPED." Suddenly, a white interface appeared before him, displaying some texts.
Idom, surprised, took two steps back. His eyes widened as he glanced at the unknown interface. Before he could ask a question, the texts in the interface changed and the same voice sounded,
"YOU CAN SEE ME AS A SYSTEM. YOU ARE MY NEW HOST, AND MY PURPOSE IS TO MAKE YOU STRONG ENOUGH TO KILL ALL THE GODS."
"Huh? Kill the gods?" Idom was stunned after hearing the system's words. Reading novels is not his hobby, so he did not know what is system and how it works. But the words, 'kill the gods' were like a magical word to him. Kill the gods? I can kill the gods?
He was silent for a while, just staring at the interface called system. This thing can stop time and even froze a being like Zigeyr. It is certainly not weak. If anything, it might be even stronger than Zigeyr. But there is one thing he did not understand.
"If you are powerful enough to even strop time, then why don't you yourself kill the gods? Why do you need me?" It was one of the trait of Idom that Zigeyr liked. Even at the tip of despair, he did not abandon reason and questioned it.
"THOUGH I AM POWERFUL ENOUGH TO KILL THE GODS, BUT I AM UNABLE TO POSSESS ANY PHYSICAL BODY AND THUS AM INCAPABLE OF KILLING THEM. THAT'S WHY I NEED A HOST TO COMPLETE THE MISSION."
Idom heard the reason and found it to be acceptable. He had many other questions he wished to ask, but the system informed Idom,
"I CANNOT STOP TIME FOR MUCH LONGER. PLEASE MAKE YOUR DECISION. ARE YOU WILLING TO BE MY HOST AND KILL THE GODS?"
Idom abandoned the thought of asking more questions. He replied, "If you can help me to kill the gods, then I am willing to be your host."
"VERY WELL."
The time resumed. Idom somehow got back in the same position he was before the time stopped. Zigeyr looked at him and seeing that Idom has stopped laughing like a madman, his terrifying smile returned to the normal smile. The interface was nowhere to be seen, and Idom started wondering the possibility of all the show being just his hallucination.
"It seems you are ready to talk now. So what is your thought? Will you still work for your nation under me, or will you abandon your nation's future to claim your revenge."
Idom looked up at Zigeyr. "RIGHT NOW, THE CORRECT DECISION WILL BE TO OBEY THIS GOD AS RIGHT NOW, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY POWERS AT ALL." The system sounded in his ear, but no interface was shown. Supposedly, it will be seen by Zigeyr, that's why it didn't appear. Idom was glad that it was not just his imagination. He will have the chance to get his revenge someday. But for now, he is weak, and he will have to obey.
"I am sorry for my insolence. I had done a very big mistake and I know this was just a punishment for it. I will obey the lord in the future." Idom bowed his head and asked for the forgiveness. His voice contained the very despair he had experienced.
"Good, I hope you will continue to be this behaving." Zigeyr smiled. "Take your daughter to a hospital. She needs mental counseling and some painkillers." after giving the advice, Zigeyr vanished.
Idom stood up and called some maids through his mobile and ordered them to wash her daughter. The maids who were horrified by such condition of Ria wondered who is behind it. There was only Idom in his room, so they probably misunderstood the situation. But Idom did not care about. He no longer cares about this thing. His only and only mission is to kill the one who did this to her daughter.
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Meanwhile, In a space unknown to the world, a child of the height of a 10 years old kid was sitting or maybe floating with a canvas in the left hand and a brush in his right hand. There were blood coming out of his both eyes constantly. His hands and legs were covered in blood. The blood seems to exist for a very long time. His eyes showed joy upon seeing the painting he had painted. That was a very beautiful but a quite horrifying painting in the canvas. It was a painting of the incident which traumatized the daughter and father. It was this child who draw the painting. Maybe the word child is not applicable to this being, as he is even far older than the whole planet earth.
Zigeyr suddenly appeared beside him. He looked at the boy and the painting on his hand with a smile. "As always, a very good painting. Only you are capable of painting this."
The boy turned to looked up at Zigeyr. His eyes changed from joy to indifference, like the only painting that he had painted is his only source of joy.
The canvas started floating from the boy's hand and moved to a place with many canvas like that. There were many paintings painted on them. All of them were either very beautiful or very horrific. It was a collection of a very twisted painter.