GOD OF ALL SYSTEMS
Chapter 43 - 43: A God's Mercy

The scene suddenly went from chaotic and horrific to calm and quiet. Patrick stood next to the dark-faced creature as he stared at Julius Watson and his crew below. His words earlier interrupted the dark-faced creature, causing the scene to go silent.

In the silence, Julius Watson and his crew witnessed the silver-haired Patrick standing next to the overwhelmingly powerful creature, his demeanor insouciant and regal, like a God blessing mere mortals with his presence.

Julius and his crew had baffled and contradicting expressions as they stared up. They then gasped with fright as they noticed an interaction between Patrick and the dark-faced creature.

Despite an unknown entity making his way next to him and interrupting him, the dark-faced creature maintained a calm reaction as he paused and slightly looked to his left, where the silver-haired entity stood. But unlike the dark-faced creature, the lion-like beast standing behind them had the opposite reaction.

Upon seeing Patrick appear next to the dark-faced creature, the lion-like beast growled loudly, loud enough to cause the massive cave to tremble. The beast then lunged at Patrick with its death claws fully stretched out, aimed at his being. But as is already known, Patrick was rather unbothered by anything at all, let alone the beast's attack.

The dark-faced creature, Julius, and his crew all had expecting gazes as they stared at the scene of the beast lunging at Patrick with its death-like claws, which seemed to be able to cleave anything into halves with widened eyes and agape mouths.

Thinking that Patrick mustn't have noticed the incoming beast, Julius Watson galvanized his mana to the maximum as he bellowed, "Watch out." But before he could even fully say the words, Julius froze as he stared at the scene with eyes of utter shock and disbelief. This reaction was the same for the rest of the crew.

What they witnessed was that, as the beast lunged at Patrick, it suddenly began melting like pouring scorching lava on a sponge. The death was so instant that the beast didn't even feel it, let alone roar in pain. The melted remains of the beast piled up at the spot, with steam oozing from it like overcooked meat.

The dark-faced creature witnessed this as it paused in surprise, but as if killing the S-rank lion-like beast with a mere thought wasn't enough, the dark-faced creature also noticed the hundreds of thousands of shadowy creatures attached all within the cave began falling and popping into sparking items and materials; they were turning into loot.

The dark-faced creature watched as his entire armada was wiped out in an instant, all exploding into loot like New Year's Eve fireworks.

"My presence is superfluous for any of this; a casual thought from anywhere in existence would have produced the same result. A creature of your species shouldn't be in this dimension; here's a one-way ticket to never existing." Patrick said as the dark-faced creature's body got sucked into nothingness. Not even allowing the creature to utter a word, let alone fight back.

With the creature gone, Patrick stared at Julius and his crew expressionlessly and said, "I'm currently having a fun time with my wife when your little charade became public notice. Set your house in order, will you? You are a disgrace to my wife, which is, in continuity, a disgrace to me.

Handle your affairs with the other families; a family related to me shouldn't be below anyone except me. Treat this occasion and the loots as gifts for being related to Athena; the lowest item here is SS-rank grade. So, by tomorrow's day's end, the Watson family shouldn't be a laughingstock... And you are welcome."

Patrick said as his figure slowly faded from the scene.

With Patrick gone and every monster within the Gate wiped from existence, Julius remained with his crew. They all had disbelieving faces as they stared at the empty spot where Patrick and the dark-faced creature stood.

Captain Smith rushed next to Julius as she whispered in his ear, "Sir, was that the young man with Lady Athena earlier?"

"Yes, his name is King, and he just saved our lives in the most humiliating way possible," Julius said as he gnawed his teeth in embarrassment. But he then sighed with relief as he turned to his crew and said, "Everyone, gather the resources; we are going home!"

"Yeah!" The crowd shouted excitedly as they deactivated the protection shield, some completely assuming a vibrant expression as they began laughing and hugging one another for surviving today's apocalypse. The young woman from earlier sat on the floor with a relieved expression as she wept in silence, her heart elevated with grace as if her prayers had been answered.

But while the others cheered, Julius turned one more time and looked at where Patrick was as he murmured to himself, "So he was that powerful all along, and yet I assumed he was too weak for my notice. Ha~" He scoffed. "What an ignorant fool I have been."

....

Outside, the news of the S-rank Gate had spread worldwide; numerous news stations were discussing the death count and catastrophic event that would take place in Metro City and Dasia Kingdom if the Gate wasn't resolved as quickly as possible.

The W.A.O. Chairman, Thomas Spike, sat in his office as he watched the holographic display being played in the room. The display showed hundreds of awakened warriors at the Gate site, awaiting orders from Thomas Spike.

Thomas held a contemplating gaze at the screen in silence; he could feel the pressure of whether to choose his best friend or the lives of hundreds of awakened. He could anticipate the pain and cries of families if he executed the order. Sliding glances at those in the room, Julius internally sighed as he looked at Marie and Maria next to him. He then nodded, granting the execution of the order.

With Thomas' order, Marie nodded with a serious expression as he ordered, "Alpha team, Bravo team, commence with the hunt; be aware, the AAA and S ranks will be at the site shortly. And remember, your mission is to save the awakened warriors only; do not engage with the enemy unless necessary. I repeat, do not engage with the enemy unless absolutely necessary."

Marie's words sounded through the earpiece worn by an AA-rank warrior who was the leader of the team. Done listening, the warrior clenched his fist with might as he responded, "Copy! Mission objective: Save the awakened warriors and prevent enemy engagement as best as possible."

"Alpha squad, bravo squad, move out!" The leader then ordered as the team of hundreds slowly began approaching the gate, which was still pulsating with demonic energy like a beating heart.

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The scene was being broadcast worldwide, with the news of an S-rank gate being too paramount to neglect by any nation; not even the United States or Russia could ignore it.

As broadcast by the various news stations, the news displayed that hundreds of awakened people were approaching the gate. Most of the spectators held solemn faces as they stared at the screens with anticipation. Seeing the brave warriors match into the S-rank Gate without the slightest guarantee of returning alive or even in pieces.

But just when the crowd of awakened were to finally step into the gate, they halted when they were suddenly stopped by a hand with claws; the arm resembled that of a demon. Seeing the claw-like arm slowly coming out of the portal, the team of awakened immediately reacted as they unsheathed their weapons and activated their respective abilities. "Demons!

There is gate overload!" The AA-rank captain bellowed hastily as he drew his long swords from his back and stood in an attacking stance. The others followed suit as they activated their powers and stood in defensive formations.

The crowds from various countries watched the news as they reacted with fright upon seeing the arm emerging from the gate. They gasped and held frightful eyes as they stared at the arm being zoomed on the screen.

But just when everyone's worrisome faces became even more exaggerated, they witnessed the demon's arm fully emerge from the gate, but instead of an expected demon, they saw groups of humans awakened, carrying the beast's arm as they marched from the gate with smiles and cheerful faces. Some even seemed to be confused as they emerged from the gate.

"Huh!?"

Yes, this was the reaction of every human being on planet 001 as they watched a group of over two thousand awakened people march from the gate with smiles and sorrowless faces, the opposite of what they would expect from someone who had just arrived from a deathly experience.

The news then went into an uproar.

"Metro City New, live at the gate site, we seem to be seeing the entire force of the Watson family emerging from what had been evaluated as an S-rank gate, and from what I'm seeing, there seems to be no one with injuries or a missing member; it's as if they had just arrived from a vacation, quite opposite from what would be expected from awakened that had arrived from any gate hunt for that matter."

At a news conference in Washington, D.C., a lady reported, "As you are seeing, ladies and gentlemen, the Watson family, which had previously entered the S-rank Gate and had been predicted to lose their lives before there would even be any assistance, have now emerged from the Gate, alive and well. And is it just me, or are they carrying the corpse of a lion-like beast carried by five men?"

One by one, the news stations reported the event in different countries across the world. Some are going as far as saying the team cleared the gate by themselves.

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"That's Julius for you, always having a way of surviving even the deadliest situations." In the conference room in the W.A.O. building, Thomas Spike lost his cool as he jolted from his seat and spoke in a vigorous tone; his voice was even heard across multiple buildings, let alone within the whole building.

"Marie, prepare my flight, we are heading there now." With a vibrant countenance, Thomas said while staring at Julius Watson about to be interviewed at the scene.

....

"What the fuck?! How! How! How! How! How the fuck could he have survived that?

That was an S-rank gate for fucks sake; what kind of cockroach-surviving bullshit is this?"

At the Metro Heaven Hotel, Michael Watson and his manager watched the news, both expressing disbelief. Michael instantly lost his temper, causing a tantrum, breaking multiple vases, and even shattering a fancy glass table.

"I'm certain that Gate was S-rank; could it be that Julius Watson has advanced to the SS-rank? If this is the case, this means a whole lot of shit is about to happen. And we are fucked, since not even our captain can contend with him anymore."

The manager said this while contemplating their next course of action. But he then noticed Julius Watson being displayed on the news as their focus, as he was about to be interviewed.

....

At the scene, Julius Watson was kneeling next to the corpse of the D-rank warriors who were stationed as guards. He held a solemn expression, different from the one he arrived with, as he raised his head to the AA-rank captain in the crowd and asked, "How did they come of their demise?"

Despite his words being calm, the AA-rank awakened felt a wave of pressure falling upon him as he stared at Julius, hurriedly trying to exonerate himself from any suspicion.

The AA-rank captain immediately replied, "Sir Watson, we arrived late and had assumed they were murdered by demons, but seeing as there wasn't any chaos, we concluded that they must have been murdered by an enemy of your Watson family, or a random rogue Awakened."

Hearing this, Julius immediately remembered something said by someone from earlier; for some reason, he was the only one with knowledge of what happened. He had witnessed those that had been killed rise from the dead in perfect shape, and how their crew suddenly became forgetful of what had happened, not even recollecting that they had lost friends from earlier.

But contrary to his crew, all these images were vivid in Julius' mind.

The words said by Patrick replayed in Julius's heart and mind like explosions, hard to ignore and unaffected by. He then murmured, "So we are so weak that a random rogue can casually kill five members of the Watson family without batting an eye, is that it?"

Done murmuring, Julius rose and approached the lady about to conduct the interview, his expression not friendly or welcoming, despite emerging from an S-rank gate with zero casualties and even more loot produced by any gate in the history of gates, for that matter.

"Good evening, Sir Watson. I first want to say that the woman was about to make the introductory statements when Julius suddenly paused her and asked for the mic. Caught off guard, the woman reacted with surprise, as Julius Watson is usually known for his cordiality and manners, unlike the other five major families in Metro City.

After receiving the microphone from the surprised lady, Julius faced the camera as he began talking.

....

At the same time, in a helicopter, Thomas Spike and his two granddaughters were in the cabin as they watched the scene of Julius speaking on a hologram. Thomas also had a frowning expression after noticing Julius's attitude toward the news lady. But his frown only intensified after Julius started speaking.

....

"I need not introduce myself; you all must have already been informed who I am and what family gate we are. Today will be written in the history books for future generations to be knowledgeable about how the Watson family survived the S-rank gate with only one S-rank.

I will say this: Today's event has proven how little the world cares about my family, Metro City, and most of all, the kingdom of Dasia."

As Julius spoke, over five hundred thousand robots and mechas hovered in the sky in invisible mode as they watched the scene of Julius speaking. All the robots and machines seemed to be controlled by one company, a company with the golden letter K.

....

At King Tech HQ, Dylan Ludwick stood by the window of the highest floor with arms behind him. He wore a black headset, seeming to be in virtual reality, controlling the hundreds of thousands of mechas and technologically advanced machines at the Gate site. He seemed to be listening to someone via the headset.

"Terminate the operation; I already handled it. Let's just let the old man vent out his grievances about himself being a loser; it's not every day you can garner the attention of the entire world to whine about being weak." Patrick's voice sounded over the headset.

Ludwick nodded as he replied, "Copy, sir. Returning all assets to base, we didn't need that many anyway; a mere cleaning robot with installed adapting features would have sufficed. Apologies for bothering you with such a frivolous matter, Sir King."

....

"But I'm grateful for today because as of now, we know who our friends are, and who just parades around about world peace and unity in times of peace."

....

In Monaco, Patrick and Athena were in a luxurious club filled with only people from high society, be they famous sports players, politicians, kings, or royalties. Athena sat on Patrick's lap as she fiddled with her hair, mixing strands of black and white.

"I had a great time today, thanks," Athena said as he kissed Patrick's face. She then gazed at him with a slutty face as she slowly drove her left hand down his chest, past his belly, and into his trousers.

Patrick chuckled as he said, "You are Goddess of Infinity for Omni's sake; all you need to do is request that you want to be fucked, and you shall receive your wish with an infinite percentage rate." Patrick said as he also drove his hands under Athena's dress and in between her legs.

While the entire couple cherished their lovely time, the scene suddenly became chaotic. An explosion went off, causing half the club to be blasted into pieces. The crowd burst into commotion as everyone fled with their respective security and entourages, trying to escape from the scene.

But despite the explosion and the scene falling into chaos, the DJ saw the couples who had bought everyone drinks earlier still sitting in their two-million-dollar private chamber as they made out. Neither seemed to be bothered by the explosion outside at all. But the DJ couldn't be bothered with that, as he was in the process of saving his own life.

Without the club almost emptied, the roof suddenly shattered when "Boom!" a loud boom resounded as a human figure landed in the center of the club, then another, then another, series of booming sounds continued to reverberate throughout the scene as over five thousand human figures, male and female, landed in the club with murderous expressions.

Their landings completely shattered every remaining structure of the building, leaving the once beautiful and luxurious club in ruins and bits.

They seem to have arrived for a specific target, and upon thorough examination, the black-colored masked powerful warriors in super-advanced tech and powerful magical artifacts and weapons all activated their powers and abilities. A mage-type awakened and stamped his black staff on the ground as an abundant amount of energy left his body and formed a shield.

In Russian, "Good, now he won't be able to escape." A female voice sounded from among the group of thousands.

Up in the private chamber, Patrick and Athena remained unbothered as they continued to make out, "Earth 001 could use some clean-up; let's do that, shall we, beginning with the dogs, all the way to the masters and their gods?"

Patrick said as his eyes went from pleasing when staring at Athena to absolute disinterest when he shifted his gaze to the men below.

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