Rein watches Ordo follow the path they laid out perfectly . At the same time , she checks on a chart that keeps track of Ordo's desire corruption ' This thing is working perfectly to distract them , but can barely change their mindset . It's a bit concerning that they are going around too fast . I mean , it's not like we made this game from scratch '
" Ceil , let me help you with that . I think some parts should be edited to change Ordo's mind " Rein said and quickly handled the edits according to Ordo's profile data and figure out a way to make them grow their character in the direction she wants .
Meanwhile , Zaun was looking forward to fighting Ordo and just asked " Can't you let me in to fight them " The girls thought for a while and said " Alright , we'll put a disguise on you , make sure to change your fighting style so they don't recognize you later . Also , try to use this as an opportunity to see if you can use the regression hourglass to retrieve your account when you inevitably get defeated . " Rein said .
While Ceil thought of a possibility and mentioned it " It might be possible for Ordo , to corrupt the data , so we'll try to keep a firewall around them to avoid the data corruption . But if that ever fails , do take care to avoid letting Ordo realize that power "
Zaun thought of the scenario coming but didn't know how and Rein could sense his dilemma " It's simple , when Ordo has the desire to end the fight quickly , just put a debuff on yourself so they can feel the fight going faster " Rein said .
He did not like the idea of forfeiting a match like that " But I can at least go all out and fight him to gauge his strength " " No , if we want that , we'd put you as a final boss when Ordo reaches the end of a dungeon or chain quest "
" Then I'll " " You can't go all out " Rein interrupted " But " " We'll put some restrictions on you . That system that clinged to Mom's first account has good material , so we can keep you from going all out and making Ordo's anticipation grow too much " Ceil said .
" Fine "
...
Mir continues the rounds of testing as Ekins's desire corruption continued as he goes through their life ' The desires and emotions they are feeling match what the memories show . Still , it seems like the degree to which it is shown is much higher than it should be in the memories . '
" Yuni's regression code is strange , the power of a will seems to have hardly regressed at all " Mir noted and Welt relates it to their own experience " Ekins is like Ordo right now , strong will but simple desires . But there is growth in complexity as time moves "
They saw the desire corruption grow more complex compared to when Ekins was a child . At first , it was like a single arrow that aimed for a target , but now it was like several arrows where attached to a center , pulling the other arrows from going too far out to confirm the desire " It's big "
" Tangled too , this data corruption research program that those kids made sure is useful " Mir commented and thought of Welt's experience " Welt , I know this might bring bad memories , but what do you think of Ordo's desire corruption ? "
Welt felt fear flow through their code and thought of the first time they had to reverse time " ... It's terrifying , it felt like I was hit by a massive arrow and it stabbed too deeply into me and the poison spread through my code . It was a code that made me lose everything , I had to regress my entire world and yours just to fix myself "
" At least we know it hasn't reached a dangerous state where it hits me too " Mir said while they thought of Ordo's strength " Those challenges must've held them back for so long , do you think patience is something they have ? "
" I don't think so , If I were to make a comparison with Ordo to a child , it would be that they are spoiled rotten " " ... by you " Welt felt awkward and tried to argue back saying .
" But it was you who made an environment that doesn't reward Ordo with something tangible . As a child of a clan that focused on gathering challenges to train , Ordo has been stuck with no visible signs that they have gained something , which only leads them to feel demotivated " Welt said and Mir thought about how Yuni had told them not to put any challenges on the kids .
" I do admit it might be that , which is why Ordo is like this , but it's not like I raised them . It's not my fault that there is a bad apple in my tree . What about you , because you keep rewarding the people for their efforts as soon as possible , some of them have grown impatient . And Ordo is also getting that kind of value because of your instant gratification "
Welt thinks about some readings they found from Rein talking about delayed gratification , which builds patience in a child at an early stage " It's not like I could do anything , I was still a young system at the time and I didn't have to think it that deeply since I wanted something fast too . And I've grown to be patient during my regressions already "
Naul wondered why , despite putting silence on his ears , he could still hear them and Mir could hear his thoughts " Naul , if you don't want to hear our thoughts , you'd have to turn off your senses that sense the code background "
" How do I do that ? " Mir thought that Naul would've known , but after remembering that there isn't any sort of formal education around coding , they tried to think of ways to describe the sense .
" So think of your five main senses , but you exclude smell and taste because systems were made as technologies . And those three other senses can sense beyond the normal range of familiar , which is the code background of the world "
Naul wondered if this was some more formal education about the systems " Our creators were really detailed in the creation of us systems , but it's too bad they were destroyed " " You know about our origin ? "
" Yep , I was like a memory bank of sorts . But back to your problem . You can easily cover your ears with your hands to stop noise , but it works because it's hard for sound to pass through . So instead of using Silence as a way to hide our voices that can only be heard by those who can sense somewhere close to the code background . Try building silence with a firewall included , maybe that would work "
' Maybe ? ' Naul wanted to know if that would work , but remembering the many uses of firewalls in keeping things out , he figured this would do the trick ' It's really quiet , would this also work on concealing the code background from anyone who can sense it ? '
Naul thought that might be the case and thought of creating a firewall that would do that ' But this desire corruption is going crazy , Ekins is trying so hard to remember their desire would've been corrupting the hourglass's code if it weren't for this firewall .
Naul wondered about his mother , worried that he might need to handle that firewall on his own and started complaining about how Zaun doesn't know how to code " Wait maybe I don't need him to code , I could just have him here to hold back the desire corruption "
Naul sent a message to Zaun to interrupt him ... " What do you mean you can't come ? " Naul typed and Zaun replied "I'm planning to fight Ordo , so I can't help" Naul took a deep breath to calm himself ' You really should do other things that aren't fighting . Why is Mom's final lesson a fight ? Does she actually have a favorite child ? No , it's more like she just loves fighting more '
...
Rein looked at Ordo's chart and grew very annoyed ' This is like an old person refusing character growth because they are going to die ' she was irritated by how stubborn Ordo was and finally an alert sounded signaling that the program she built had found the point where Ordo started to remember .
She quickly stopped her edits and Ceil figured out what happened " Let me see " Ceil said " What about the chain quest ? " " I left a writer program to handle it " " Okay , then we're gonna make this quick " however , quick was not what it was , as Rein had popcorn and snacks ready to look through the entire playthrough .
" Okay , so this is the part where Welt does the usual , gets more regressors , rewards them through the challenges and then grows as a character as they begin to appreciate those who go through hardship " Ceil recapped , but Rein corrected .
" Technically wrong , Welt didn't grow as a character but rather just thought that these regressors were more reliable because they were much easier to control than Ordo . A man wouldn't want a wild hyena as a pet , but rather an obedient dog . You can apply the same idea to "cat or dog as the best pet" because a dog person usually wants a quick friend , but not one that takes time to build , which a cat frequently makes difficult because of their attitude and nature "
They continue to watch as Welt goes through the usual regressor support and eventually Rein spots the signs " Oh here , exactly at this point , this memory is what influences a few behaviours forward "
Rein goes to describe the encounter and mention what caused Ordo to think this way " So spoilers , the desire that affected Ordo was a sense of desire to see tomorrow , but because it was a desire to see tomorrow and it wasn't that strong , they only remember but do not retain their power "
" Yes , I figured that much " Ceil said " You didn't , you had a vague theory , not concrete enough . " Rein argued while she resumed the recording and they continued to watch . At one point , Ceil paused it " Wait , just to recap . This is the part wherein Welt decides to bring the regressors much closer while avoiding any involvement with them and asks Ordo to be the boss ? "
" Well , it's the setup " " What the hell , this is a really bad regression plan " Ceil said " Can't help it , this was during the early playthroughs . but even before , it's still the same , but the plan has grown more and more intricate . And took even longer because of Ordo's immunity to the memory regression "
" I am so glad this time it's different " Ceil said " Oh , that's only because there was a point in which Ordo was so scared of the admins taking their positions that Welt had to hide these promising admins among the regressors . That witch mom met during that witch hunt thing was one of them . Although that regressor Haggis was just your usual regressor who took advantage of future knowledge for their benefit " Rein said .
" Regressors are stupid " Ceil said " It's weirdly the only viable option when you have an hourglass that turns time around . Which matches what we read about the regressors in those stories , It's really stupid how all they do is repeat the past , but more optimally by finding talent no one has found first or using knowledge that shouldn't have existed yet "
" I agree , but at least this time the regressor function has degraded into creating a prison that continues to grow because the warden can't afford to keep this prison going without another world's memories to pay the interest " Ceil said and thought back to what Welt told her about the hourglass .
" Welt mentioned that the hourglass was the real form of the regression code , but they also mentioned that it was ... premade ? " " No , I think it's more like Welt had help in converting it into code " " ... I'm having trouble remembering , must be Amnesia "
" Yeah , that copy stayed for way too long . I think we should clean it up , I saw pieces of it enter Welt's code " Rein mentioned " Then , back to the subject , Welt wasn't the one who created the regression code , but had help , so do you think there are some other people that has this hourglass as a tool ? " Ceil asked .
" Maybe not as a tool but rather as code , so there might be some place where a system is using the regression code in a way Welt hasn't tried " Rein said " That kind of thought is supposed to be my bit " Ceil said .
" Yeah , but it's not like I ask Naul to optimize my profile generating programs , I do it myself " " Fine , it's not like you are wrong , but considering the range of this hourglass . I'm expecting this power to only be used as a prison of sorts , just like how Welt is using it to execute Ordo "
Rein suddenly had a hypothetical scenario and asked " Do you think there might be something as dangerous as Ordo out there that requires the regression code to imprison them ? " " Possibly , but if you think about the cost that Welt has to carry , maybe they are also carrying a similar cost . But the question is , why would the seller of this hourglass want a world's memories as payment ? " Ceil asked and Rein imagined a character .
" Maybe a collector ? Mom was adopted to be used as an ingredient , so maybe that collector wants the memories of the world to create something out of it " Rein said while they suddenly heard a ping .
" CEIL , REIN WHAT THE FCK ARE YOU TWO DOING !!?? " Naul's voice boomed into their streaming room as they tumbled off the couch " ORDO CAUGHT UP WITH YOUR MEDIOCRE WRITER PROGRAM AND NOW ZAUN IS FIGHTING THEM !! "
Rein quickly used a volume control program and Naul's voice was lower but still felt loud " can you hurry the hell up with the next scenario i told zaun to buy as much time as he can until he is defeated , but i took too long to find you guys !!! "
" Wow , even the transcript is showing in lowercase " Ceil commented .
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In a massive cave chamber , a fight continues as Zaun tilts his head to avoid a sharp arrow from Ordo's bow , with their accuracy being influenced by the equipment that Ordo was wearing ' Naul said not to make Ordo mad or cause the desire corruption to peak suddenly and make sure that the fight is long , but also make sure it was rewarding '
Zaun hasn't played this kind of role in a while and dashed towards Ordo . Fragments of spell circles gathered around him and he found a central magic circle of attraction following him as Ordo took out an axe and swung it down .
Zaun dodged to the right and the fragments of magic fused into a shaky spell as he felt heat below and vines made of rocks gripped his feet ' How uncreative is Ordo that they are relying entirely on these fragments ? '
The stone veins glowed and solidified as Ordo retrieved a massive hammer from inventory to attack Zaun . Zaun teleported away as Ordo smashed their own spell , spreading the spells' unused energy , Zaun retrieved them and used them for a proper spell .
A pillar of flames rose from Ordo's position as Zaun readied his spear , igniting the flaming head and sprinting towards Ordo , but suddenly ice formed from the pillar , leaving Zaun in a frozen state .
The three sighed seeing the results of it " Looks like we'll have to prepare another scenario , this was working a bit " Rein said " You could've gotten it to work if you had placed more time instead of watching that playthrough " Naul said and Ceil compared that suggestion to Welt's plan that took longer because Ordo kept getting in the way of Naul's logic .
" Ding ding " an alert sounded and a data corruption chart appeared " WHAT !? " Rein quickly checked the data , but the corruption was so great that it even broke the firewall protecting the cameras .
" NO " Rein tried to fix it while Ceil mentioned " I'm going there " " Wait , take this " Naul handed her a camera and she disappared . She teleported outside the dungeon and couldn't believe the damage .
" What the hell " a voice message crosses and she hears Zaun's voice " I am still playing the role of a final boss , just much stronger " the sky suddenly cracks as Ordo breaks the important atmosphere , allowing the cold outer space emptiness to occupy the crack as it widens .
" Oh my fckng gd " Ceil cursed as a massive fire erupted from below . She quickly sends a filter program to change the words that Zaun speaks out " You're better than this Ordo " into " Come on , sky breaker "
Ceil decided to just watch it like it was some cool anime , letting the camera go to function as Naul screamed , looking at the destruction of not just nature but also the code background at large .
" THAT SON OF A [ CENSORED ] " while Naul continues to curse , Ceil wonders what she should do to keep Zaun from dying , but as she was about to go in , she was suddenly caught by a web of code ' What the ? '
She was confused why she was only restrained now and Rein checked on the data corruption " This is Zaun's doing , his desire is corrupting this world system's code " Rein said through the camera " So it was my intention to interfere that triggered this corrupted code ? "
" Yep , we can change it , but with the corruption from Zaun's desires , it's not going to revert back . Might be best if we let him save his strength for fighting Ordo " Rein advised and Ceil quickly dismissed the thought of interfering as she was freed .
' All that work for distracting Ordo , but Zaun screws it all ' Ceil wanted to get mad at Zaun , but that thought could be considered interference . They watch the fight as it continues , with Zaun creating a mini sun by crafting a nuclear reactor inside him .
" Hey , that is my stuff " Naul complained , watching Zaun use the high-energy production of the nuclear reaction to make a highly dense ball of fire that floats above his palms , which he used as a source of flames and controlled the flames into flaming arrows .
He sent more of such solar arrows to the sky as Ordo takes the black cold void and inputs it into a skill , as the code in the skill processes the desire and the cuts the black emptiness into arrows to counter Zaun's .
' So you're taking advantage of the broken sky you broke ' Zaun could see Ordo's desires influencing the system-given skill and wondered how many programs are in them for Ordo to exercise their desire corruption capabilities .
' But if I consider how Ordo has no structure to support their ideas , they probably have a skill supported by a program that fuses other skills and a skill that breaks down skills to make such easier to fuse . The spells they have been using have all seemed awkward . '
Zaun could spot some fragments of other skills implemented on the skill applied on the cold emptiness ' That could also explain how strange Ordo's close combat ability was when we started the fight . It was awkward and so different , as if you grind a glass and remolded it into some modern artwork that only Rein understands '
He looked at the sky that continued to crack as Ordo's skill continued to cut out the cold space to counter his arrows ' But fighting techniques don't matter , what matters right now is firepower ' Zaun could feel the disguise that his sisters gave him limiting his powers , but right now it felt looser than it was at the beginning of the fight .
He crouched down as particles gathered behind him ' Since you are using the broken sky , I'll take the ground ' the particles converged into him as he clenched his fist and punched the ground , sending energy and took control of the entire planet's world system .
Glitches were triggered as Ceil worried about the people , while Naul started an evacuation plan and yelled out orders to the system , causing his desire to corrupt the system to better evacuate the population and the system .
Ceil was also assisting in the effort to preserve the world's memories because she didn't know the person behind the hourglass . While Rein did it because she didn't want to lose an entire population whose profiles she had yet to record .
Zaun could feel the code background fade from his siblings' interference and quickly took the leftover code to be repurposed while his mini sun slowly ran out of fuel to keep Ordo busy .
He cut his focus in half and turned to Ordo to see that the black arrows had surrounded his mini sun and destroyed it as Ordo cast fragmented magic onto the broken sky ' What are they doing ' Zaun tries to figure it out by checking the code by seeing through Ordo's intentions .
The crack widens as a fragmented magic circle appeared , but holding that magic circle was code that had to figure out how to put the magic that doesn't connect together .
The crack in the sky was covered by a magic circle as it started to rain black drops down . Zaun could feel it getting colder as it rained . But more importantly , the drops start to gather , forming monsters ' Seriously , that lazy to fight , but I guess that makes it easier for me '
Zaun stomps the ground , burying his foot down , moving the connection to change the planet;s remaining code and structure to his leg ' Since I'm going to be buying time for myself , I may as well have some fun ' he smiled as his eyes burned bright orange .
The black monsters ran towards him and he swung his spear , slashing and piercing any that come . But as he attacked , he noticed that his flame-based build was becoming colder from each contact and kill with the monsters .
He looked at the corpse as it spewed a sort of black mist ' This is not good ' he let loose his flames to drive the mist away ' This damn Ordo knows how to be a nuisance '
Zaun felt his flames lack a source of fuel and started taking from the planet's core as his body ignited into flames , driving the weaker black monsters back . Any that were too close burned as they faded ' What will you do ? ' he asked looking up and the crack widens .
He heard some movement from the monsters and watched them killing each other and absorbing the emptiness they were made of ' What ? ' after growing in size , they charged towards Zaun and he blocked them , while spewing flames to hold them back and chopping them to pieces so that his body's flames could burn them quicker .
' This kinds of fights are really broing . Sur e, the techniques are elaborate and practical , but as far as I can tell , the only development is a refinement of techniques and experience ' Ceil thought and watched Zaun hold the spear close to the head and swiftly cut his hand off from the wrist .
' WHY ? ' the cross-section of the hand ignites and Zaun channeled the power of flames into the cross-section of his arm and created a flaming hand while his cut off hand was animated by him ' Go bother Ordo '
The hand burns , allowing the smoke to rise and Zaun used his flame fist to fight against the monsters . Ordo looked down , not bothering to use their zoom in as the smoke clouded their vision .
Ordo strengthened their eye as the grass and the ground burned from Zaun's flames , producing smoke to rise into the crack . A danger alert skill notified Ordo of danger ' Huh , where ? ' They couldn't see a single enemy and wondered if it was some invisible enemy and quickly pulled some of the black rain to form a sphere around them .
They kept looking around , adjusting their vision to look for any possible enemies hiding in the vicinity of their alert range , only thinking about anything Zaun could've conjured , but Zaun was so far down they couldn't figure out how Zaun could make a threat from that far .
Suddenly , they felt the cold temperature around them rise to a comfortable heat . Ordo turned around and saw a flaming hand manifesting from smoke .
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