Will of chaos - Chapter 1819 - 1819: Cap 1817: Rules Meeting Part 4
“I’m the last one to arrive, that’s not polite to a guest, System~~.” (Callidora)
“[ Callidora, you weren’t invited, but rather invited yourself to what you were allowed to participate in. ]”
As soon as everyone sat down, all the doors that were still open closed, leaving marble columns decorated with the same mask that each one was wearing behind their backs. Only behind the System Receptacle was something different.
It was an obelisk with the names of each Entity listed, there were 11 names in total, all written with the same characters in the unknown language.
With all this in place, the Aura of each of the Participants that was sealed suddenly expanded, leaving it up to the participants of this meeting to hide their Aura or not.
Freya and I hid our Auras as well as the System Receptacle that didn’t actually seem to have an Aura. There was also Hatred who also continued to hide his Aura, while all the others just left their Auras loose.
Of everyone here, only the Merchant’s Aura was pleasant, it was like a clean Aura similar to a summer breeze, simple and honest with nothing worrying, it was easy to feel the simple and direct emotions of this Entity, just that was enough to make it obvious how much this is just a mask of his true Aura, he was presenting an obvious false facade that everyone here would notice, it couldn’t even be called a disinformation tactic, unless his objective was something else.
Something that doesn’t work to fool all the other Entities here, so it only leaves the 4 of us to fool with this, but he should also be able to hide what he was doing better to a point where I won’t notice, which makes the fact that this too obvious act even more suspicious.
“(Is he testing us?)” (me)
With that question in mind, I looked at everyone else and their Auras, any kind of information would be useful when I know almost absolutely nothing about these Entities.
But it only took one look to see how well the Auras were suited to the masks they wore, and it also represented their names well.
“[ The Rules Meeting now begins. ]”
Standing up to say this, the System vessel felt himself immediately freeze, as the previously calm atmosphere exploded into a clash of Auras that would have crushed me to the ground if it weren’t for the protection of that mask and clothes.
Pride’s Aura stood imposingly like a monument to itself, while Greed attacked his Aura relentlessly, but it was like punching a diamond plate, it didn’t result in anything.
That wasn’t Aura’s only battle, Callidora also acted immediately, her Aura seemed to take the form of barbed tentacles as she attacked Curse, her hostility clear to see.
“Everyone is here to discuss the new board where our pieces meet, so why waste time with these useless displays?” (War)
“My time is too valuable, to keep it up, I think we should organize this meeting better by creating the boards first.” (Pride)
“How about we start with the reason I’m participating in this Rules Meeting.” (Curse)
“How about we establish the rules for this board now?” (Greed)
“How about you all just leave!?” (Hatred)
“(You’re all trying to provoke each other…)” (me)
Pride was standing in front of the Meeting as if he was releasing something here, Curse was also provoking about the reason he had shown up here and Hate was extremely direct in what he intended without even trying to hide it.
“I was the one who proclaimed this Meeting and as such the responsibility for this meeting falls on me.” (Lena)
“You’re too young to even have the right to be in this Rules Meeting if it weren’t for your mind.” (War)
“Yes, shouldn’t we start asking about a certain someone?” (Pride)
“Hate, you being here is news to me and I imagine to everyone else.” (War)
“Stop playing these games, everyone be direct, so go on, child of Life!” (Hate)
“And know that I will come after you sooner or later!” (Hate)
“Sister, read the list to them.” (Lena)
“First, the basic rules will be the same as always, all Entities are forbidden from acting directly, it is not allowed to send more agents than those already on the board, what do you think?” (Cortana)
“I accept and I’m sure everyone else has accepted it too.” (Merchant)
I began to understand the dynamics of those here, they are always trying to make each other lower their guard.
Every action, word and interaction of Aura is bait to gather information, I also realized that they are all targeting us even when they are provoking each other.
But as soon as the first 2 rules were accepted, everyone nodded in confirmation and the obelisk glowed twice.
“Now that the old rules have been established, we can continue the meeting.” (Lena)
“How about we start with an explanation as well as compensation for what was done to my most recent Avatar?” (Curse)
“Don’t try your games, I know you were already here and that’s why I forced your appearance, I didn’t want to have to force a Rules Meeting.” (Pride)
“Let’s talk about something more appropriate, like you, Hate.” (War)
“I do whatever I want and if it’s in my interest!” (Hate)
“Since when have you been acting in this place?” (War)
“I don’t owe you any explanation, War!” (Hate)
“No, but I wonder what the Entity of Hate could want with the Ascendants?” (War)
War looked at me when he said this, even without seeing his face I can imagine a suggestive smile on his lips, it was clear that he was indicating something to me and I know well what it could be.
The emptiness within the people of the Ascended like Barerosa, such rigid minds and a life without purpose with this emptiness inside them, this is usually how fanatics about something arise, they fill the emptiness within themselves with an ideal or feeling to the point of madness, it doesn’t matter if it was a good ideal or a terrible feeling, anything taken to the extreme leads to madness.
“(Hate wants to use these people with an empty space inside them filling them with Hate possibly.)” (me)
“You talk too much for your own good, after all, your Main Avatar has a very good apprentice… one that I had my eye on when you first got to him.” (Hatred)
“(Are they revealing each other’s weaknesses and plans?)” (me)
Something wasn’t right, I thought it would be a game between cunning intellectuals, but now it seems more like a game of children pointing at each other.
“Don’t be fooled, look deeply when you’re being used.” (Callidora)
“…” (me)
I look at the two again, War didn’t show much when Hate arrived, but in return they were one of the first to point at each other, that was what wasn’t right.
“(They’re using me to block each other, they both want the same thing, the same goal… the people of the Ascended…)” (me)
I finally understood, filling their void with the will to fight or a combat ideal will create a strong Army, while Hate can create creatures consumed by pure hatred.
Since they both seek the same thing, they noticed each other’s movements, they were also avoiding each other as much as possible to avoid others with eyes on this universe.
They are trying to take advantage of this situation to put a block on each other, they are using me because they know my purpose or maybe it is just an opportunity.
“Hell, I didn’t expect you to care so much for others.” (War)
“Call me Callidora and what I do or don’t do is none of your business, I’m just throwing oil on the fire.” (Callidora)
“Just like Curse who is trying to take the Ascendants for his new Curse trying to create a new Avatar.” (Callidora)
“Your mouth is very loose today, is it because of the Bringer of Chaos or is there another reason?” (Curse)
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” (Callidora)
I know Callidora has other motives, she is connected to Tarzor as well as Niryna, she is trying to create an Infernal Path through me, I have noticed some of her attempts and I have also noticed her failure on every occasion, maybe that is why she is trying to build goodwill with me here by not letting me be manipulated.
“How about everyone calm down, no one here is going to reveal their own plans, but how about focusing on the rules?” (Merchant)
“Let’s not waste our precious time.” (Merchant)
“How about everyone start an open battle?” (War)
“A battle like that does not benefit me, it will only destroy the universe I am trying to take.” (Pride)
“That universe belongs to me, your attempts to take it…” (Greed)
The Meeting itself is completely different from what I imagined, everyone talks about what they want and does what they want, even so, if you notice what they are saying it will show that they are pointing out each other’s flaws, they are discovering what others know about them.
“Now you are starting to understand.” (Callidora)
“…” (me)
When I looked at Callidora I realized that she had her sister on her chin, she spent a lot of time around me and must know my habits, she realized that I understood the dynamics here.
They don’t pretend to be intellectuals, they don’t act hidden, they are who they are, they don’t hide their personalities, they use their personalities as part of their disinformation.
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