Apocalypse Baby-Chapter 45: Oracles Scheme

Oracle’s world was one of many destroyed by the anomaly.

That’s why he wasn’t messing around.

He had seen firsthand what carelessness could cost: entire worlds reduced to ash lives snuffed out like candles in a storm. For Oracle, this wasn’t a game—it was survival.

If Oracle could have, he would have killed Alex the second he learned what Alex truly was. No hesitation. No second thoughts. Just a clean end to the threat. To Oracle, anomalies like Alex were like mosquitoes they could evolve and they become monsters.

The best solution was to get rid of them early before they became unstoppable.

But there was a catch.

The system’s rules made it clear: overseers like Oracle were forbidden from directly harming humans. At least, not directly.

The system’s rules weren’t perfect—they had loopholes, and Oracle was more than willing to exploit them.

It wasn’t just duty that drove him. It was rage.

The anomaly that had destroyed so much was a lunatic, a being that lived without limits, wreaking havoc just because it could.

And now Alex was starting to show the same dangerous signs—the same disregard for boundaries, the same chaotic energy.

That’s why Alex had to be stopped.

Before another father lost his wife.

Before another family was shattered.

Before someone lost their entire race.

This wasn’t just about Alex; it was about justice

. It was about ensuring that no one else would suffer the way Oracle had.

That’s why he accepted the role of overseer: to hunt and eliminate anomalies like the lunatic who had destroyed his world.

He had gotten rid of plenty of anomalies but none like Alex.

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He wasn’t an easy one.

Even though Alex was innocent now, the potential chaos he could become was what made him so dangerous.

In the future, Alex could grow into a force, powerful enough to shape the universe.

Oracle didn’t know which side Alex would choose—good or evil.

But the possibility of Alex becoming a destructive force—a being that lived only for itself—was something Oracle simply couldn’t accept.

No, wouldn’t accept.

An evil Alex must never be allowed to exist.

He swore he would make sure of that.

But now, that Alex had defeated the Cockatrice King he had taken a leap towards power.

The rewards Alex would gain from such a feat would be insane.

Alex had already surged ahead of everyone else.

Other unique individuals would become irrelevant.

No one would be able to catch him. And with every step Alex took, he would grow stronger. Stronger than anyone should be allowed to become.

Oracle had one option left, which was manipulating the interfering deities and enlisting other players to throw Alex off track.

Oracle knew Alex better than most.

Thanks to his position as an overseer, he had bent the rules—no, abused them—to get a brief look at Alex’s life.

He had seen the cracks, the weaknesses, and the people who could throw Alex’s path into chaos.

That’s what Oracle planned to use.

The tutorial begins with players appearing in a specific territory—one filled with weak monsters to ensure they don’t perish too quickly.

Alex, who was already in the tutorial within a rank D zone, would also be repositioned into this territory alongside other players. Just like he had arrived with them, seamlessly integrated into the group.

He would place Alex alongside players who could disrupt his progress, who would challenge him, push him to his limits, and, eventually, become his enemies. These weren’t just random players; they were strategically chosen—people who would no doubt hold Alex back, to make him uncomfortable.

But that wasn’t the end of it.

Oracle was going to pull the deities into this.

He would guide their attention to these chosen players, ensuring that they were blessed with enough strength to fight Alex.

His hope was that these players would be strong enough to eliminate Alex.

However, Oracle knew that Alex’s growth rate was unpredictable. Every victory Alex achieved pushed him further beyond what most players could accomplish.

Still, Oracle wasn’t aiming to outright defeat Alex in a conventional sense.

His real goal was to mess with Alex’s mind.

He would manipulate the situation to make Alex question his sanity, erode his confidence, and ultimately fracture his mental state.

By placing Alex in a situation where he was constantly under pressure, constantly fighting his kind, and forcing him to question his morality, Oracle intended to push him to the brink.

If Alex eventually passes the tutorial phase, his mental stability will be crumbled, and that’s where Oracle would step in.

He would present a case to the Reigners—an undeniable argument that Alex was a loose cannon, too dangerous to be left unchecked.

If Alex couldn’t control his own mind, how could he be trusted not to destroy everything around him?

That case would no doubt be convincing.

With Alex’s growing power coupled with his fragile mental state, Oracle knew the gods would see him as a risk. And once that bill was put forward—once the reigners debated the fate of Alex, the outcome was inevitable.

Alex would be eliminated.

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He would pull it off.

But Oracle wouldn’t leave it to chance.

He’d always be watching, manipulating the system whenever he could to tip the scales in his favor. His calm, composed demeanor hid the constant strategy and control he maintained over every detail.

As Oracle pondered, a flood of notifications appeared.

Ding!

[Player 002 is ready to be initiated]

[Player 0500 is ready to be initiated]

[Player 3700 is ready to be initiated]

[Player 10000 is ready to be initiated]

More notifications kept pouring in, and Oracle exhaled. His calm state returned, his mind calculating every new player’s potential to be molded, to be turned into pawns in his game.

It was time for new players to make their descent into the tutorial, and for Oracle to begin his work. Just like he had done with Alex, he’d give them a brief introduction—brief, but calculated.

As an overseer, he held complete control in this white room.

He could create infinite versions of it to tend to new, confused players all at once.

The sheer power of his position allowed him to be omniscient, able to be in multiple rooms at once, giving each player an introduction like he did with Alex.

As Oracle began his work, a version of himself scanned through the system searching for two names specifically.

The two who could make his plan to eliminate Alex feasible.

He scanned through the system, eyes flicking through player profiles until he found them.

"Katie and Ethan, was it? I’ll be counting on you two."