Chapter 604: Assimilating Data (part 7)
Chapter 604: Assimilating Data (part 7)
Starlight of all forms danced about as Domino Plottopia slowly accessed the records contained within the Hunter System fragment.
This was only possible thanks to Dota, the Dragon of System. And as Dota wielded control over Secret Society too, Domino Plottopia was able to use its power, allowing her to pry into the secrets of Systems.
Normally, it was hard, if not impossible to do so on a Grade 1 System, for they were a whole entity. To ensure no problems arose, the System World indeed installed a couple of protective means on the Coordinates that formed their bodies.
But, things were different for a Grade 2 System. The core of its power was within its Coordinates, protected by this mechanism.
The fragments in the Hosts—Hunters—weren’t the same. Even though they were still protected to a fair extent, Dota was able to bypass that, after all, it had the same nature as the System World itself.
This was also why when Yecha was raiding the Thorn Dungeon, Domino Plottopia was shadowing her. This was because, whenever a monster was killed, the experience regarding that flowed into her. Dota absorbed this data, collating the means as to how a Hunter levelled up, their Skills levelled up, their stats grew, etc.
By being in her, Dota was able to obtain first-hand experience regarding everything. Similarly, Domino Plottopia did the same regarding the power system of the Hunters, understanding how attacks from the Hunter System and the Dungeon Monster System interacted with one another, not to mention the secrets regarding this dungeon that had been created by the Dungeon Monster System.
Soon after, Domino Plottopia extracted all the information from the Hunter System fragment, including its essence before pouring everything into a Coordinate that she extracted from herself.
Boom!
The Coordinate came to life as she watched it now possess the same power as Yecha’s Healer Class. There wasn’t anything special in that other than being under Dota’s control now.
Domino Plottopia erased everything regarding the Hunter System from the information stream, replacing it with similar counterparts that Dota generated.
This was the information they had gathered. After all, their goal was to make Yecha into a knock-off version of the Hunter System that would grow and one day replace the original.
Domino Plottopia then inserted the Coordinate in Yecha, watching the other party shudder for an instant as if she had been electrocuted.
Immediately after, a dense stream of information poured into her mind. It consisted of everything regarding the essence of the Healer Class that she wielded to date, not to mention knowledge regarding the ways to tweak its Skills, improve or change them, etc.
Moreover, there was also Dota’s power in there that allowed her to extract the Hunter System fragments from the bodies of Hunters and do whatever she pleased with them.
A few hours later, Yecha was mentally exhausted, controlling her urge to sleep as she stared at Domino Plottopia, “Does this Coordinate imply that I can wield the powers of all the other Classes too?”
“Yes, but you shouldn’t hurry with that.” Domino Plottopia said in concern, “It would take too large a toll on you. You must first master all the knowledge regarding the Healer Class. Only after that should you consume another class.”
And by consume, she meant to extract all information and essence from another Hunter. And after destroying all traces of the Hunter System from it, copy the information onto the Coordinate in her and allow herself to exhibit the power of said Class too.
It was a longwinded process, but it only excited Yecha.
“So, I can secretively wield the power of all Classes.” Yecha clenched her hand into a fist, expressing her excitement, jumping around the room for a good couple of minutes before she controlled herself awkwardly upon seeing Domino Plottopia stare at her in concern.
‘You can create new Classes too. But, that’s something for the future.’ Dota said.
“You’re right about that.” Yecha nodded, closing her eyes as she used the connection of Secret Society and the fact of her being a Beyonder to stare at the original figure of Dota, exclaiming in shock, “Y-You’re a Freaking D-Dragon?”
“Yep,” Dota smirked in response. After all, in Hunter Worlds, a Dragon was a pinnacle existence, enough to destroy entire countries.
But of course, Dota wasn’t happy with being compared to other Dragons, snorting as it said, “I’m not a mere mana-wielding lizard though. Even among the Dragon race that exists in countless worlds wielding various powers, I am at the peak. I’m the sole Dragon of System.”
“Dragon of System?” Yecha muttered, instinctively shuddering once as according to the information that poured into her mind, anyone aware of the existence of Systems couldn’t say that word aloud.
But a moment later, she was taken by surprise, failing to see the System Punishment descending upon her, muttering in shock, “H-How?”
“The Astral Network doesn’t exist in this world, and neither the powers that work in a System’s favour.” Domino Plottopia said, “That’s because the only Systems that are active in this world are the Hunter System and the Dungeon Monster System. Both of them aren’t here with their actual bodies. So, there’s no need for the existence of the Astral Network here.”
“All the Hunter Worlds are the private grounds for these two Grade 2 Systems.” She concluded. “So, to prevent other Systems from interfering with their plans, they prevented the Astral Network from being set up here.”
“That’s strangely terrifying.” Yecha nodded.
“Indeed,” Domino Plottopia nodded, “Neither Systems nor System Slayers can access this world. Anyone apart from them won’t be able to use the power system of another world, especially here since wielding the power of a Hunter means to have a fragment of the Hunter System in their body.”
“It’s a dead end for most.” Domino Plottopia smirked as her figure vanished, arriving at the Thorn Dungeon as she began to scan through the place, digging for more information.
She wished to create Dungeons of her own and also planned to create a Beyonder among the dungeon monsters too. This way, Yecha, and that monster would make their way up and gradually eat up the entirety of the powers of the Hunter System and the Dungeon Monster System respectively.
As for how she arrived in this world? It was simple. Once she was done with her errand, she returned to the Apocalypse World and shamelessly hatched a trip using Truck-Kun, landing on this Hunter World.