The Gamer's System

It took the elites seven whole days in order to recover completely. There was no rush as Zeke also needed to tend to a lot of things mainly concerning the new equipment of the elites and the added features which were optimized based on their capabilities.

Aside from this, he was also brooding on how to fight as soon as he entered the realm of the gods. Of course he was already able to beat one goddess before but, that was only because Yaeger didn't take him seriously. Not making use of any of her divine powers on the fight and, Zeke was well aware how strong these said powers were. After all, residing within him were the powers of the former fire god. Calitha. 

"Master they are all present now, shall we begin?" Heron suggested seeing the room full, with the elites finally arriving on time without any being late. 

This perfect attendance was largely due to the last fight. One which made the elites gain more respect for Zeke as much as their fear of him also grew. One which arose not because Zeke himself was a terrifying person but because they knew how overwhelming powerful he was based on the few [Conjures] they fought. They weren't about to disrespect such a person. Especially after choosing to be their benefactor despite all their lapses.

"Okay shall we begin?" Zeke said, with the lights of the same meeting hall closing. The crystals were placed on the side of every elite member, suggesting how they needed to act in case they wanted to ask anything.

"First of all I want you to know that I don't plan on apologizing for what you went through. Even if we find Quinn in a troublesome situation after this, remember that it is because your own weaknesses have prevented me from deploying you sooner." Zeke didn't mince his words and began with as much impact as needed.

"All these preparations are necessary for us to win and, if you still haven't had this sink in to those heads of yours, then I suggest you leave right now. I have no use for immature dimwits in this team." There was a deep silence in the room. Of course the words were hurtful but, they were nevertheless true. Hence the elites stayed which placed a smile on Zeke's face as his aura sifted to his normal one.

"Good." The gamer commented.

"Now on to the matters of our business. If you have any questions please leave them for when I tackle your concern because, we will begin with the restoration of the lands." Zeke showed the map of Mythos. There were parts that had a dark tint while others had green and red and yellow tints over them.

"The black ones suggest all the areas where the new monsters have been breeding and multiplying. We'll refer to those as [Hives] from now on." A light glowed in the room, suggesting a person asking about what was already said.

"I think I heard you wrong mister Zeke but… did you say new monsters?" Amare wanted to clarify, thinking that most monsters were already dealt with along with the [Generals] and the [Counts] of each continent.

"Yes that's right. There have been new breeds of monsters that have been rapidly increasing in numbers around Mythos. This is only based on the reports made by the other members of our team, the Windsprites Sisters, who assisted in the restoration of the lands and the stabilization of the government."

A lot of members were actually wondering about this. Even as they trained, they thought about this task that was left unfinished. How they were only able to give the basics to the inhabitants of Helios and how there was still so much for them to do. So, the words of Zeke were like a load of weight off their shoulders.

"Anyway, the green suggests where the lands are bountiful, yellow suggest where there is some form of danger, red are the areas where there are more monsters. Then there are the black areas – ones which used to be where inhabitants lived but are now breeding grounds for the monsters." Another crystal lit up.

"If this is happening, then why aren't we doing anything about it? Shouldn't we be fighting these monsters?" Jake asked.

"Well yes but you need equipment for that. Plus it's not like you can just waltz around the continent because let me remind you, each continent is at least as big as the whole of the United States. We can't be going out there and wasting our energy where it is not needed." Zeke furthered, making the earlier comment seem like the silly ranting of a five year old.

"I have plans for this. As you can observe there are darker areas among those which I have mentioned. Here, the number of monsters is even larger, making it more dangerous but more likely to be the main source of their forces." One more crystal lit up.

"So do we go there now? I know that these are the priority but, shouldn't we also help the ones on the yellow areas?" Kaguya asked.

"Well yes except that there are already heroes stationed there."

"HEROES!?!" Jake shouted, voicing out the disbelief of every elite member in the room.

"Yup. Apparently the gods have sent another batch. I don't know the exact number but there are at least more than seventy of them out there." This caused another crystal to light up. This time from Merlin

"Does that mean that these monsters are so dangerous that a whole army of heroes was needed for deployment?" 

"No. I don't think so. The monsters are only a byproduct of the goal of these heroes. Although I haven't spoken to any of them yet, I'm sure that they have the same goal as the person we are looking for."

"Quinn?" Kaguya said, with the elites looking a bit more serious.

"Yup you guessed it." Zeke immediately confirmed.

"Sylph, Allesiah and I have done our research. This couldn't be possible without Allesiah's help so I hope you get along with her…" There was a thought that immediately came to Zeke's mind.

"Although you haven't actually had any direct with her yet, now have you?" Zeke said as Kaguya went and stood right next to the gamer.

"It's a pleasure to meet you all." Allesiah said, with Jake and Curio blushing as they instantly got a crush on the elf. Zeke noticed this and coughed slightly, not wanting anyone eyeing the elf for some reason.

"Anyway, all the monsters and even the creature residing in Quinn have one thing in common. They share in what is referred to as [Chaos Energy]. Something which was not originally present in Mythos but has been steadily increasing in amount as of late." It was Zane's crystal which lit up this time.

"How did that happen exactly? I thought that only mana existed in this world as the form of energy."

"Yes, that is the natural law of things in Mythos. But our dear enemy, whoever he may be, has tampered with this rule somehow. Destroying the balance and releasing something which was not even supposed to exist in the first place." 

It was at this point that the elites understood. With all the development, they would have probably died had they not trained within the same method and length of time that they did. 

The new heroes. The new monsters. Chaos energy. A powerful foe. All of these would've been a jumbled mess to them had Zeke not waited until all the data was collected. In fact, they would've probably bene killed in combat both by the new heroes who may suspect them of being enemies and the [Chaos Monsters] deployed by the real enemy.

"The main target of our mission has not changed. In fact, things may even flow smoothly as our missions seem to be aligned this time around." Kaguya lit her crystal again.

"How is Quinn related to both of our real main quests?"

"Ahh that's the most crucial part of this discussion. You see, what we are fighting is actually a god." 

At this the elites all shouted in disbelief. It was the kind of shock which couldn't be taken lightly. In fact, it wasn't even something that should be joked about.

"Pier. That is the name of the God of Mischief and Deceit. I've already known him abased on the details given to me by the fire god but, I needed to collect more data just to be sure. As our missions progressed and as we finished saving all four continents, Allesiah has confirmed my initial suspicions. All aligning together with the pieces of information that I've gathered." Zeke said raising one finger at a time as he stated the points.

"The supposed main opponent is nothing more than a pawn of the said god. Glade was only able to reach his position because of the meddling of the God of Mischief and Deceit who, from the name itself already suggests the amount of trickery he could pull." Zeke raised another finger.

"The god is responsible for the release of the chaos energy around the continent. There is no doubt in my mind about this. No mortal would be able to have such a substantial knowledge of something that worked beyond their world's knowledge." Zeke continued to raising his last point and his third finger.

"Third, Quinn is chasing after Pier. This is proven by how he left after the mission on the rift. Sylph battled against him and found out that, the creature lurking within Quinn referred to himself as Chaos, something which would've been a lie if not for the {Chaos Shards] we found under the rift."

It was a lot of information for the elites to take in. But things were at least crystal clear, with Zeke explaining the details to them.

"As soon as our meeting is finished, you will be deployed to the less dangerous areas. You will gather data on the strength of our enemies and, once ready, you will go and destroy the main [Hives]. If my hunch is right, Pier would be somewhere near there and so, Quinn would also be nearby as well as the condition for all of you to go back to earth, that is, defeating Glade."

They still couldn't believe how quickly things were progressing. In fact they were not even aware of how the events have escalated from the moment they exited the rift. Yet Zeke couldn't extend the timeline any longer. They needed to act. And so, he gave one final reminder to the group.

"Get ready. From this point onwards we will be fighting Chaos."