Everyone Else Has a System

I walked for quite some time before arriving in front of some place, which looked somewhat like a giant temple made up of gold and white marble. There were two massive pillars on both sides of a white staircase that reached the sky. At the end of the staircase, there was a double sloped temple that was shining dazzlingly like gold does against the sunlight.

I then began climbing up as fast as I could, reaching the top in another 30 minutes or so, using the fastest speed I could. As I reached the top, I found a golden gate inside the temple with two golden golems standing in front of me.

I looked at them, and according to all the things I have known about dungeons and what not, I don't think it would be easy getting through that golden gate in front of me. I sighed before moving forward slowly and slowly, taking caution with each and every step before…

-Drdrdrdr!!!

The whole place shook violently as those 2 golems stood up, revealing a bulky rocky face with their eyes shining white as they looked at me. Moving one step at a time closer to me with their heavy steps, they created tremors with every move they made.

-Quake!

-Quake!

-Quake!

After getting closer to me, they both stood there for a moment, then a voice came from the golem on the right,"What is your purpose here, stranger?"

"I have been sent here to claim you and make you mine?" I spoke in a jolly mood as I kind of found it interesting to find something or someone that is actually talking to me.

"You are not my type, go back." the voice replied, and I almost lost my balance before blinking at the golems with an amused expression before speaking,"I am here for the fragment."

The voice turned silent for a few moments before asking,"how do you know about that fragment?" and I smirked a little before speaking,"The owner of the fragment has sent me to collect the fragment. He was the one who told me about the fragment and what not."

The voice once again paused before asking,"why is it that the owner of fragments isn't here by himself but has sent a weakling like you?"

'Cause Amon doesn't want him to? And yeah, I too don't want him to be here…' I thought with a smile as I spoke,"I do not know the real reason, he just sent me here. That's all I know."

The voice asked again,"and what makes you think you can get through me to get that fragment?" and instead of answering that robotic voice, I replied with a question,"who are you?"

"Huh?! What do you mean by that?" That robotic voice, a bit taken aback by my question, blurted it out loud while I chuckled a bit before speaking,"I mean, I thought there would be traps and stuff but never would I have imagined I would be talking to someone here. So, I wanna ask, who are you?"

The voice then paused again before speaking,"I am the guardian of this place. I have been sent here to guard this place and prevent unworthy ones from entering this place."

'All right, this gives us two ways to direct this conversation to, one is that I can ask about what is a guardian and look more into it, or I could try to find out how to enter this place….Hmmm… which should I ask?' I pondered over it for a few moments before finally deciding and inquiring,

"What is a guardian?"

"Hmmm… you ask a peculiar question… well, a guardian is an angel sent from high plane to lower ones or special planes, like this one…. Wait a sec… why am I even telling you about this?!!" The voice became a bit flabbergasted, but the information I got was good enough to propel me from here onwards.

"Oh! So you are Lucifer's underlings or something, aren't you?" I threw a bait and.

-BAAAAM!!!

An angel… a literal angel landed in front of me. She was wearing a white robe, with golden white wings and a halo over her lustrous black hair. She had her eyes closed, which she then slowly opened, revealing the golden pupil which peered at me with a questioning look.

"What did you say?" she asks as if she would kill me if I didn't repeat the same thing and I repeated the sentence again,"You are related to Lucifer, aren't you?"

This whole thing was turning more and more interesting. I even wonder if she knows that Lucifer is just down below the temple… though can she sense him? Doesn't look like she can, … interesting.

"How do you know our King?" She asked, and I smiled in return while thinking of some believable bullsh*t I could utter. Though, what she spoke did shock me a lot… but my priority lay in having fun right now… and getting the gravity fragment, too.

After racking my brain as fast as I could, I finally concocted an interesting story,

"The owner of the fragment and Lucifer are friends, while Lucifer is an acquaintance, who helped me sometimes here and there."

"A weakling like you?" she questioned as she analysed my body again and I simply smiled before raising my hand and then speaking,"Long ago, Lucifer and I had signed a contract together. This is the proof."

Observing the symbol on my hand, that angel jumped at me with a hurried look to observe that symbol and study the power hidden inside that mark. Unsurprisingly, the more she studied, the more shocked her expression became and the more she looked at me as if she was trying her best to not believe in me.

Though in the end, she spoke out of disbelief,"this… is the real deal… it's our lord's.. energy… This can't be faked no matter what. Weakling… who exactly are you?"

"I am Zero, as they all call me. I am here for the fragment present inside that temple,"I spoke with a dignified and majestic voice and the angel looked at me with doubt in her eyes before she answered,"I am Hadraniel, Guardian of the Second Heavenly Gate. May I ask if it is Lord Lucifer, who wants that fragment?"

I looked at her for a few moments before speaking,"no, he does not…" I spoke and she gazed at me, but before she could speak anything, I continued,"but he knows that I am here. Actually, this fragment… I, myself, need it for something that is going to protect the whole world from grave danger."

Hearing my words, a tense expression forms on her face as she asks,"what kind of grave danger?"

I looked at her with an apologetic expression before speaking,"that I can't tell. Lucifer, me and a few others are working in secret to increase our power as much as we can to defeat that enemy. I would be really thankful if you let me take that fragment inside that place."

Hearing my words, she fixed her eyes on me before once again asking a question,"did Lord Lucifer tell anything about us?"

At her words, I wanted to smack her cause she was just dragging the whole conversation, but oh well.. I guess I could bear her a bit more,"no, I never asked anything personal, and neither did he."

Hearing my words, she sighs before a beautiful smile forms on her face as she looks at me before speaking,"well… if Lord lucifer doesn't want people to know about his whereabouts then I shall not tell anyone about our conversation. Young weakling Zero, thank you for telling me about the wellbeing of our Lord. It eases my mind to know that he is doing fine. Though you can tell him that if he ever needs us, we angels are always ready to fight for the cause of our Lord."

I nodded at her sentiment before sighing and wondering what exactly was going on with Lucifer. I saw the angel open the gate to the temple as she said,"I can't help you inside that temple, weakling Zero, even then I shall pray that you succeed in retrieving the fragment."

I then sigh before nodding with a bright smile as I enter the temple gate.

This was kind of sudden, but I think it makes me slightly assured that there are some more helpful hands that will help us in the war. Though, I wonder why Lucifer isn't with them. I mean, they looked fairly strong to nurture as a vessel for the next Guardian of Light.

'I guess there is more to this angel and Lucifer thing. Well, I guess I could talk to Lucifer about it after I get that fragment,' I thought as I walked inside the temple and the gate closed as soon as I entered. While the angel outside vanished with the golems returning to their original positions.