Chapter 774 The Little Child Left Behind...
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Between cries of sorrow, Drake saw the System's body flash the brightest, as if she had become a supernova. He extended his hand towards her, trying to stop her, but he could not. His hand slowly broke apart, as a small piece of himself was suddenly absorbed into the engulfing light. And for a faint few seconds, he saw as that piece merged with another small piece of the System, a glowing orb was formed, glistening with strange light, and flying towards him, fusing into his chest…
"Take her…" Whispered the System for the last time. "She's… our child."
Before Drake could even say a single thing, he saw the entire space tear itself apart, as it was consumed by billions of pixels. He saw the information of all his stats, skills, and more deconstructing themselves. The entire process was agonizingly painful for him as well, as he continued to scream in pain.
He held tightly into her gift to him, as he protected the orb from all the pain surrounding his soul. The entire system began to absorb large quantities of Divine Power as it started to evolve, restructuring itself to be able to handle his own divine powers which were constantly evolving.
The System continued to restructure itself, sacrificing everything within it to form a brand new System. Drake bear with the agony in his soul that the system restructuring itself caused to him, as he continued to think about all the memories he had talking with her. What broke his hear the most was those last things she did. Kissing him and telling him that she had always loved him… It was truly heartbreaking.
"No… No… NOOOOOOO!!! GROOOOOOAARRRR! RAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!"
Drake roared loudly and monstrously, like a true dragon. The tiny orb within his chest heard his scream, slightly trembling in fear. His rage accompanied by his sorrow were incredible, but as he noticed the small orb growing restless, he quickly stopped.
He slowly moved his hands towards his chest, slowly and gently grasping into the orb. He began to slowly cry in silence, bearing with the pain without screaming at all… He had grow used to it rather quickly.
"I am sorry… I won't scream… I will… protect you…"
"…"
The orb slowly stopped trembling in fear, as Drake protected it and hugged it with everything he had. He didn't really knew what it was. He only saw that the System quickly created it before she was reset with everything else. It was a small orb… yet it contained the essence of his soul and that of the system before resetting.
"Everything will be alright… Don't worry…"
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Time passed, as Drake suddenly regained slightly his consciousness… the darkness from before was nowhere else, and what emerged around him was an endless brightness. There were pixels flowing everywhere, programs flying here and there, and it felt as if he had arrived at a digital world.
"What is… this place?" He wondered, looking around as he saw enormous towers made of bright white and pale blue crystals. Cybernetic lines spreading across all of this "land" and everything else being incredibly futuristic in nature… It was as if he had traveled to the future.
He looked around, feeling very confused. He didn't really knew what was going on anymore, but he felt like there was somebody else in her watching him… the System.
"Ah… She was reset but… She didn't die…" Thought Drake, quickly deciding to call for her. Perhaps, eventually, he would be able to bring back those memories to her… somehow.
"System! W-Where are you…?"
Drake called out, but nothing answered. For a moment, he felt desolate and alone, but the warmth inside of his chest, the little orb given to him by the System seemed to have woken up as well, flying out of his chest and orbiting around him…
"H-Hello… It seems you're awake…" he said with a mild smile.
"Wahh!"
Suddenly, the little thing made a little baby sound, rubbing herself over Drake's face. He couldn't help but find it adorable, as he smiled lightly… The System called this little Orb as their child… Could this truly be the child between him and the System, even though she wasn't a physical being? He knew that this creature was born from both of their "souls"… so perhaps, it was a completely new and different entity altogether, a new living being.
"Calm down… I am not going anywhere… But where could your mother be…? She… She should still be alive, right?"
"Waah!"
Suddenly, the orb flew behind Drake, as Drake desperately followed her.
"Wait a second! Where are you going? Don't fly too far from here… this place is strange and might be dangerous for a baby system like you!" Drake flew with his wings towards the little orb, catching her quickly, she played around his hands as she seemed to be looking at something high in the skies.
Drake moved his head upwards, as he saw it… It was an enormous sphere of bright light, as if it were a white star, a super nova illuminating it all. But it was not merely a source of light, it was sentient, it was alive… It had changed so much he could barely recognize her now, but she had… ascended through the restructuration of the system to accommodate to his new powers.
…In exchange for resetting and losing all her memories, and everything else in the process.
"…System? Is that you?" Asked Drake.
"Affirmative. "I" am the System, host. After successfully restructuring my entire processors, I have been born. You may call me Divine System, as "I" had readjusted my capabilities to your new and ever-growing powers, host."
Her voice… sounded almost robotic, just like back then when Drake began to speak with the System. He felt his heart broken, it was very obvious the emotional, slightly Tsundere, and adorable System he remembered… was gone.
"Do you… remember… what you said before restructuring?" He asked.
"Processing… There are no data of anything before restructuration, host."
"I… see…" Sighed Drake.
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