Chapter 166: Enemy Code ; Joseph de Gallia ; Soft

"Gabriel, Aruru, eliminate all the enemies left outside."

The two of them both affirm my order before sending a barrage of light spears toward every single foe.

Meanwhile, Saturnus and I leisurely walk through the hallways to the room where the one in charge of this fort is.

"Saturnus," I say while glimpsing at her from the side, "Have you undergone something similar to this before?"

Without the least bit of hesitation, Saturnus nods her head and says while smiling,

"Of course! In the past, there were so many humans and other vile beings that were against the Creator. So, I had to deal with them a lot."

For some reason, the way she puts it makes it seem like I was someone that the world hated to the core.

Surely, it wasn't anything like that.

I reckon that humans were greedy for something, so they challenged me head-on.

"What were they after?" I inquire.

"The Creator's creations," she simply responds.

As I suspected, it was greed after all.

{WARNING: Code detected.}

Great. Just great.

At least, it's not a maximized one.

Is the Code identifiable?

{Negative.}

I exasperatedly let out a sigh before running a quick scan of the fort for anyone with 'unique' qualities.

That doesn't take long, as I soon find a green-haired man in a rather peculiar attire quietly sitting on a sofa and doing nothing other than reading a book.

This is odd, as this man should be able to hear all the commotion going on outside, yet there he is peacefully reading a book.

"Saturnus, you go on ahead and deal with the imbecile that's hiding in his office."

"Okay!" she responds and dashes off into the distance before I can tell her where the office is located.

Whatever. I'm sure she'll be able to find him.

For now, I have something more troublesome to deal with.

--

"You've finally arrived," I hear a voice as soon as I'm near the door that leads to the room the green-haired man is in.

I shake my head to clear my thoughts before donning a serious expression and entering the room.

The man has already set his book aside and is looking at me with intrigue apparent in his ruby eyes.

"Who are you?" I ask nonchalantly while walking toward the sofa opposite the one he's sitting on.

As I take a seat, the man replies,

"Morpheus."

Isn't that the name of a Greek god? I do recall reading a little about him in my past life.

"It has been such a long time, Verethragna," he greets.

I shrug my shoulders and casually say,

"I don't recognize you."

Hearing this, the corner of Morpheus's lips twitch as he remarks,

"You're as odious and overbearing as ever."

"It's the truth," I say exasperatedly, "I genuinely don't remember you."

"Verethragna," he says in a sharp tone, "You know that I'm not proficient in combat, so there is no need to rile me up."

Oh? Even though he is a Code, he isn't good in combat?

Don't tell me, he is in a similar situation to Siesta who's only capable of cleaning when making use of her powers.

"I've come here in lieu of my brother to give you a warning," Morpheus states, "Do not touch the Kingdom of Gallia."

Hearing this, I laugh for a solid ten seconds before asking while smirking,

"Or else?"

The next moment, a burst of energy escapes from Morpheus which results in my surroundings to change.

"I may not be strong in combat," Morpheus says, noticeably irritated, "But, when it comes to sealing abhorrent gods, I am the most skilled."

Seeing him standing there with a smug look on his face, I utilize Godspeed and Blink before dashing toward him and lightly kicking his face.

The sound of bones breaking resounds in the surroundings as Morpheus's body gets launched backward.

Whatever the energy was that changed my perception of the room dissipates, revealing a bloodied Morpheus who's struggling to get up from the ground.

"You're quite dumb," I remark, "If you're going to confine someone in an illusion, at least make sure that you're not in it yourself."

Morpheus's expression takes a turn for the worst as he raises his head and yells,

"Why were you able to see me?!"

I ignore the gush of blood flowing out of his orifices and say in a nonchalant tone,

"What do you mean 'why'? You were literally standing right in front of me. I'm not blind, you know?"

"I know that! Even so, you weren't supposed to be able to see me!"

Is this guy retarded? Did I set the expectation bar too high for Codes? I don't think I did, but this is simply... startling.

Whatever, I will just get rid of him and be done with all this. As for that brother of his, he can come and challenge me anytime he wants.

Honestly, if he is anywhere near as dumb as Morpheus, I will be more than just disappointed.

As if sensing my thoughts, Morpheus's body stiffens while sweat begins to roll across his forehead.

"Don't you dare think of killing me!" Morpheus anxiously says, "You wouldn't be able to bear the consequences!"

"Are you sure about that?" I say with a small smile on my lips.

Morpheus realizes that I am not going to back down, so he says in a threatening tone, at least, an attempted one,

"I haven't gotten serious, you know? Even that psychotic Deus couldn't kill me!"

"Dues?"

"What, are you going to claim that you don't remember the name of your pet?"

"Care to describe her?"

"Why should I?!"

Having gotten irritated, I use Blink to appear right in front of him and immediately use Holy Slash to cut all four of his limbs off.

Then, I punch his bloody mouth to stop him from wailing.

I then proceed to place my hand on his chin and lift his head to look him in the eyes and say,

"I said, describe her."

Morpheus seems to finally realize his position as he humbly begins to describe Deus, which turned out to be none other than my dear Yuno.

One he was done with that, I knocked him out in order to obtain information regarding the foe and that 'brother' of his.

From what I could see, his 'brother' was simply making use of him.

Joseph de Gallia is the supposed brother of Morpheus.

He made use of some kind of power to make Morpheus dumb enough to be exploited however he wants.

It would be truly laughable if Joseph is nothing other than an ordinary man, as that would simply shatter my belief of all Codes being much stronger than other creatures.

Naturally, I've picked up several hints of Joseph not being an ordinary creature from the memories, but I'm not sure what he is just yet.

Anyway, it seems like Joseph had been extra careful to not reveal any of his plans in front of Morpheus, so I wasn't able to obtain much useful information.

I look down at Morpheus who is motionlessly sitting on the ground and think of how to deal with him.

Well, he's a Code, so I'm not going to take any risks.

I place my hand on his head and say,

"Goodbye."

Realizing what's about to occur, Morpheus attempts to get away, but I cancel all vectors within my vicinity.

Despite his eyes not being able to move at all, I notice the fear in them.

Nevertheless, there is no way that I'm going to let him live.

So, I begin to directly channel Destruction into his body before making use of Termination.

The next moment, his body begins to break down into minuscule black particles.

My first 'battle' with a Code turned out to be a joke.

"Irene, how are things going on your side?"

{As Father expected, a group of men attempted to rescue the prisoners. However, they were all captured by me.}

"Good job," I say as a smile forms on my lips.

I left Irene in the castle, as I suspected that the enemy would attempt to rescue Sheffield, Jeanette, and the other guy.

Back then, I interrogated Jeanette a little about how she was able to enter the castle, only to find out that they used the teleportation channel connected to the cottage in the forest.

I had completely forgotten about its existence, and the enemy took advantage of that.

Fortunately, they attacked me rather than anyone else, so it turned out fine.

Even so, despite finding out about them using it to easily get inside the castle, I let it be.

Why? For no reason other than capturing more of these idiots that would sooner or later attempt to rescue their comrades.

"Creator!" a voice interrupts my thoughts as Saturnus enters the room while dragging a mutilated middle-aged man by his right leg.

"Good work," I say before approaching Saturnus and patting her surprisingly realistic hair.

This makes me curious about what the rest of her body feels like, so I say,

"Saturnus, it's fine if I touch you a little, right?"

"Of course! No one other than the Creator has the right to do that!"

Seeing the enthusiasm apparent in her dazzling eyes, I reach my arm out and lightly pinch her cheek.

Soft. And it doesn't feel like silicon at all…

What the heck is she made off?

I proceed to touch her face all over while Saturnus shuts her eyes and seems to be enjoying it.

Deciding that it's worth it to check the rest of her body out, I move my hand downward and grope her butt.

Saturnus reacts to this by smiling a little as she says,

"Creator has finally noticed me."

For some reason, upon hearing her words, a strange image appears in my head.

Saturnus showing off her body and abilities every day while shouting, "Notice me, Creator!"

I shake my head to clear this thought and say,

"You're a great android, Saturnus."

The moment Saturnus hears my words, her eyelids open, revealing lines of code running across her eyes as I sense the excitement from her.

Just as I'm about to ask her about the way her body functions, a small figure steps into the room and looks our way with a deadpan expression her face.

Realizing that I'm still groping Saturnus's butt, I step back a few times before scratching the back of my head and saying,

"Why are you here, Krul?"

Her expression doesn't change as she says,

"It's over. The soldiers have completely taken over the fort."

"I see. Is that all?"

"No," she replies, "The corpses that have been left behind are too heavy."

"How heavy?"

"Even if five soldiers are to work together, they wouldn't be able to so move the corpses."

Looks like I won't be able to rest anytime soon.

How much energy do I have left?

{84%}

Good. I will have to telekinetically move the bodies to one location before burning all of them down using Flames of Devastation.