Urban Plundering: I Corrupted The System! - Chapter 230

Chapter 230: One Minute Ago…
One minute ago…

In the Nexus Omni Realm, the prince’s stormy gray eyes snapped open—but this time… they weren’t just eyes.

They were depthless, ancient, swirling with the kind of power that made the universe itself pause. No longer just Parker’s gaze—no, this was the stare of something unfathomable, something that had finally woken the fuck up.

His vision swept over the space around him, and this time, he understood. More than before. More than ever. Because now—he was whole. He exhaled, feeling the weight of his new reality settle. “You’re still here, huh?” His voice carried a weight that wasn’t just his own as he looked at the Nexus Omni Realm.

He knew this place. Knew it better than he ever had.

Power rippled off him in waves—not the kind that made the ground shake, but the kind that made reality itself hold its breath. His entire form radiated a presence that screamed dominance, grandeur, and just a little bit of ‘fuck around and find out’.

His eyes finally landed on Ere, who had been mid-sprint toward him before freezing in place.

To Parker, it had been hours of reliving his past lives. To Ere? It had been an instant—one second he was still being corrupted by something darker, the next?

Boom. He was awake, radiating so much power she could feel herself breaking past the Fourth Tier before it stopped. But honestly? Tiers were a joke at this point. Parker’s presence alone made them feel like a toddler trying to measure the ocean with a bucket.

Parker stretched out his arms lazily and smirked. “Erebus, my mischievous little assassin.”

Ere’s ears twitched. What.

She took a step back, thrown off by two things:

1. The way-too-affectionate tone, because—who the fuck was this man?

2. The what the hell did he just call her?

“Assassin?” she echoed, blinking. Was she now an assassin just bacause she’d helped him handle a single man?

Parker froze. “Oh. Right. You’re still clueless. Duh. You don’t have your memories yet!” He facepalmed.

“Memories?” Ere squinted. “The fuck are you talking about?”

Parker gave her the most unimpressed look. “Be so for real right now. Did you think it was just luck that I got you as my pet?” He huffed. “Who the hell randomly bonds with a Primordial Beast? Be fucking for real.”

Ere’s tail flicked. “A Primordial what now?”

“Oh my God,” Parker groaned, dragging a hand down his face. “You are so clueless. Hey, Levi, is she playing dumb or what?”

A voice chimed in.

[No, Master. And you know it. She hasn’t awakened her memories yet—just like the others. If anything, I’m the only one who remembers everything—]

A pause.

[Actually, scratch that. Only this half of me remembers everything. The other Levi is still in the dark. Don’t rush them, Master.]

Parker sighed. “Fine, fine. Noted.” He crouched, scooping Ere into his arms, rubbing behind her ears with zero warning.

Ere went stiff.

“What the fuck are you doing?”

“Holding my dangerous little murder beast. Deal with it.”

Ere hissed, but she wasn’t fighting. “You’re acting real weird.”

“Get used to it,” Parker shot back, standing up. Parker stretched, rolling his shoulders like he’d just woken up from the best nap of his life—except this nap came with god-tier power-ups and some existential-level revelations.

He glanced at Ere, stiff in his arms like she was questioning all her life choices. “Alright, let’s get your new features, grab Nyxara and Ignisra, and then—boom—we’re outta here.”

Levi’s text flickered in his mind like an annoyed notification. [Did you just say ‘features’ like I’m some kind of character in a game, Master?]

“Yes.” Parker smirked. “And as my overworked and underappreciated system, you should be used to it by now.”

[Oh, my existence is pure suffering.]

“You’ll live.” Parker shrugged. “Now, let’s see the upgrade of my favorite urban plunder and logic murder system and wake up some phoenixes.”

[Master, what about your Nyxilith rights?] Levi chimed in. [You do realize what that means, right? Oh, wait—crap, you have eight lives, so of course you don’t.]

Parker blinked. “Oh, fuck. Right.” He exhaled. “That’s probably important, huh?”

Levi sighed. [You think?]

“You’re catching up, Levi.” Parker smirked.

[So, we’re waking up the twin phoenixes next, Master?]

“That’s the plan.” He grinned, adjusting Ere in his arms like she was a pampered housecat instead of a Primordial Beast of Death and Destruction™.

Ere gave him a deadpan stare. “You’re enjoying this way too much.”

“Damn right I am.” He pet her head. “Now let’s go start some shit.”

Levi’s voice hummed in Parker’s mind, skeptical as ever. [Master, are you sure it’s a good idea to bring back the twin phoenixes so soon?]

Parker smirked, still scratching behind Ere’s ears. “Levi, you’re acting like I’m releasing two rabid animals into a daycare.”

[Because that’s exactly what you’re doing.]

“That’s crazy. It’s at least a high-security prison.”

[Oh, so you do remember what happened last time.] Levi deadpanned. [Nyxara nearly incinerated a celestial just because they looked at her funny.]

Parker waved that off. “To be fair, dude was looking at her like she owed him money.”

[And Ignisra?] Levi pushed. [Are we just gonna forget the part where she almost rewrote the fabrics of history just to win an argument?]

Parker blinked. “…It was an important argument.”

[About pastries, Master. She almost obliterated an entire plane over pastries.]

“She was passionate, okay? I respect that.”

[And Ignisra?] Levi pushed. [Are we just gonna forget the part where she accidentally purified a demonic overlord just by cuddling her? That poor overlord—poor her indeed]

Parker blinked. “…Okay, but that’s not her fault. She’s built like that.”

[She erased an entire bloodline’s worth of curses just by napping on their ancestral grounds, Master. She doesn’t even try to cause problems—she just exists and reality bends over backward.]

“She’s adorable is what she is.”

[Adorably dangerous.]

Levi let out the digital equivalent of a long, exasperated sigh. [I’m just saying, you’re basically summoning a walking apocalyptic event twice over. Maybe we should pace ourselves?]

Parker chuckled, stretching his arms. “Come on, you know you missed them. Besides, what’s life without a little chaos?”

[A lot safer, for starters.]

Ere, who had been silently listening, flicked her tail against his face. “So what you’re telling me,” she drawled, “is that you’re bringing back two overpowered, unhinged firebirds who have zero impulse control?” Levi could project her voice even for Ere to be part of their conversation.

“…That is an oversimplification.”

Levi and Ere both stared at him.

Parker sighed. “Alright, fine. They may be troublemakers. May. But it’s not like they’re gonna burn down the multiverse in the first five minutes.”

Levi hummed. [I give them two.]

“Pessimist.”

[Realist.]

Ere hopped onto Parker’s shoulder, yawning. “I, for one, look forward to the inevitable disaster. Should be entertaining.”

Parker grinned. “That’s the spirit.”

Levi groaned. [This is going to be a nightmare.]