Transmigrated as a Ghost

1020  Chapter 1020 Conversation with the Administrator (2)

The Administrator grumbled for several minutes about how much difficulty it was to clean up the horrific monsters that the secret cabal had summoned. She had apparently had to section off about a fourth of the continent where the incident had happened and warp all of its inhabitants into a separate dimension to avoid a mass slaughter.

"This incident didn't occur on the continent Borealia is a part of, did it?" Marcus asked, worried about his friends and acquaintances back home.

"No, the cabal that had the grimoire in their possession is based practically on the other side of the world from where you live. No need to worry. They probably haven't even heard of what happened yet."

Marcus let out a sigh of relief when he heard that Borealia had not been caught up in the attack by the Eldritch Horrors brought forth by the otherworldly grimoire. Of course, when he thought about it, since one already had appeared on the continent it was unlikely that another of the three would be so close by.

"So, what happened to the cabal in possession of the grimoire?" "Most of them killed themselves in a group summoning ritual. The damned fools offered up their souls to those monsters to bring them forth into this world. Frankly they had no clue what they were actually doing. What awaits them now is a fate worse than even selling your soul to a demon." The Administrator said shaking her head.

She then told Marcus that she had captured the few members that had survived the ritual and read their memories to find other members of their group that were still at large. "Still, there is one more thing that is bothering me. If that man used this cabal and the grimoire as a distraction for you, that means he must have been able to communicate with these people somehow. Did you figure out how he did that?"

"Unfortunately, I wasn't able to sus that out of any of the members I captured." The Administrator groaned. Apparently, the cabal was led by some sort of hidden leader that had not participated in the ritual and none of the members that had survived knew anything about this individual other than that they supposedly existed.

The Administrator tried everything she could to track down this leader, but her search did not yield any results. As she explained, she was not omniscient otherwise she would have noticed the man infiltrating Mirrion despite the distraction he had set up for her.

"If the leader is still at large, doesn't that mean he can gather another group and do the summoning ritual again.?" Marcus said, looking worried.

"No, they won't be able to do it again, not without this."

Holding out her hand, the Administrator summoned the grimoire she had confiscated from the cabal.

Just laying his eyes on it made Marcus shudder. He could sense the truly vile power sealed within it even though the Administrator had it sealed within a powerful barrier.

'It's similar, but that is definitely different from the one that Teivel had in his possession. It looks a bit thicker, and the cover is more detailed and horrific.' Marcus thought as he analyzed the grimoire.

And when he asked the Administrator about it, she told him that this one was more powerful than the one that he had retrieved in Tralenstein.

"I suppose that just leaves one left then." Marcus commented.

"Yeah. There is one more of these accursed books still on my world. I can only hope it is not as powerful as this one or even stronger."

The Administrator showed a hint of fear before waving her hand and making the grimoire disappear.

After that she finished telling Marcus about how she and the majority of the other great spirits wiped out the hundreds of horrors that had been summoned to Mirrion. From the way she described it, Marcus was able to tell that it had been a tough battle even for the strongest entities in the world to deal with.

"Now you explained what happened with the cabal and the grimoire. But how does that man fit into all of this? I understand that this is portably a difficult topic for you, but you clearly knew him, and he called himself your brother." As Marcus broached this subject, the Administrator was not able to hide the fury on her face and she nearly snapped at him like she had the man. Nevertheless, she kept herself under control and took a deep breath to calm down. She had told Marcus she would explain what she could to him and planned to follow through.

"To start, that man is not my brother. It is just a monster that stole his visage and memories, nothing more." The Administrator said, the tone of her voice cold.

Hearing this Marcus could not help but wince. From a certain point of view, he could be considered very similar to what the Administrator had just described. He had Irene's memories and form that he had obtained from integrating part of her soul into his own. "You shouldn't compare yourself to him. There are many differences between the two of you. For starters, that girl whose soul fragment you merged with forced herself onto you. She gave all that was left of herself after dying to you in order to save her little sister. You didn't steal her life; it was given to you. Plus, you look after Lilia as your sister. The differences between you and that man are like night and day." The Administrator said, a hint of bitterness in her expression.

Nodding his head, Marcus agreed with what the Administrator said and felt the weight growing on him lifted. While he was still mostly the same as before he died personality wise, there was no doubt that once he fully accepted Irene that he changed a bit. He was a sort of fusion between two people, with one simply being more dominant than the other.

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"I thought that you said you weren't going to be reading my mind anymore." Marcus said accusatorily. The Administrator had clearly known what was going through his head and responded before he said anything, so he figured she must still be listening in on his thoughts.

"As I told you, I stopped reading your mind at the start of the conversation. With the dour look that was on your face, I did not need to be in your head to know what you were thinking."

"Now back to the topic at hand."

With the preface out of the way, the Administrator explained that the man that had infiltrated Mirrion was a high-ranking member of a faction that opposed the faction that she was a part of. From what she knew, they were in league with the Eldritch Monsters that had breached into this universe from another one. She also told Marcus how the man managed to sneak onto Mirrion. "I am sure that you know that this island was not here before. It is one of a few things I added to the world in a recent update. It was during these additions to Mirrion that the man used a backdoor in the system that had been left undiscovered since this world's creation to hitch a ride along with the Tower of Heaven. This new special dungeon is different from others in many ways. It leads beyond Mirrion if you can reach the top. Though it is only supposed to be a one-way connection, the man used it to reach Mirrion from outside." The Administrator explained.

Naturally after discovering this issue, she had patched it so that no one else could use the same method to breach Mirrion's security. Sadly, the initial damage was already done, and it was not known if there were any other holes that invaders could use to sneak onto the world.

"There are other intricacies going on behind the scenes, but so long as you are on Mirrion, there is no need for you worry about them. I have already told you more than anyone else on this world knows, other than Roxene. If you want to know more, then reach the limits of this world and break free from it. Once you do, I promise to tell you everything." The Administrator said, putting an end to their discussion.

His curiosity piqued; Marcus looked towards the Tower of Heaven. From what he had just learned, it was a direct means to ascend beyond Mirrion.

"I wouldn't go in there yet if I were you. The Tower of Heaven won't let you leave until you clear it, or you perish. Either way, your time on Mirrion will be over once you enter. There is no need for you to rush. There is still plenty of this world for you to see. I'd recommend you take things slowly and enjoy your life here before thinking about what lies beyond. Believe it or not, Mirrion is one of the more peaceful worlds out there."

With this last bit of advice, the Administrator finished off her tea and sweets before standing up and causing everything except the chair Marcus was sitting on to disappear.

"I have more work that I need to get to, so I can't stick around any longer. Oh, and don't go telling anyone else other than your wife about what I've mentioned to you here. Since she was involved and I don't want to drive a wedge in between you two, I'll make an exception for her, but no one else." Once she finished saying this, the Administrator snapped her fingers and vanished. Leaving Marcus alone.

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