Will of chaos

That eye didn’t stay in the sky for long, in fact, it seemed for a moment that something was wrong, the eye moved from side to side as if it couldn’t see us before disappearing and with it Urak’s presence also disappeared.

“What was that?” (me)

“The Ascendants, they realized something was wrong.” (Davoth)

“That was the universal eye, Urak’s favorite technique, she can see everything in this universe or any other connected to ours.” (Urd)

“Yes, for her to act like that and only now only means that she noticed Hajak’s intervention or her commotion was too great to hide.” (Davoth)

“It was probably both things, now we should get out of here.” (Freya)

While everyone was talking, I was already acting, I honestly wanted to take everyone here and simply leave, but in the sky there was an open portal to Tarzor, I needed to close that before leaving.

But no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t close it and Tarzor himself didn’t even seem to be trying to close it, that wasn’t his way of acting, so I let the others talk and went to try to clear up doubts at the source.

“(As I just said, there is no open rift at the moment.)” (Tarzor)

“(So how can I see you looking at this futuristic city?)” (me)

“(A projection, you’re seeing an image, there is no fracture in space, fortunately.)” (Tarzor)

“…” (me)

I was confused about what he said, it wasn’t that simple, this projection wouldn’t be something created by Urd, it was something made to highlight and manipulate the power of another, perhaps complementing her power during evolution.

“Urd, how do I stop that?” (me)

“No need, just…” (Urd)

Snap…

Urd snaps her finger and what I thought was a portal in the sky closes with a column of light receding into the Temple below, the sky clears again and before I can start acting, Urd puts a hand on my shoulder.

“No need to do anything, Urak didn’t find us, to her it must have just seemed like everything was empty, the Laws of Space no longer reach this planet and as such the Universe rejects this space, Urd’s eyes are blinder than you imagine.” (Urd)

As she explained I began to relax knowing that I could rest a little, the day had been very full of problems.

“Aren’t you forgetting someone?” (Davoth)

We all looked in one direction, the place where a very handsome man was sitting in a chair and table that seemed to belong to royalty, in his hands was what I imagined to be a tea or juice.

He looks at us without caring about anything and so I leave everything aside, I didn’t care anymore.

We walked to her Temple while we talked about other things, I didn’t want the Avatar of Pride to follow us anymore or find out what we were doing.

“Now that you’ve become an Entity you should be able to solve the rest of this idiot’s plan, right?” (me)

Davoth frowned looking at me before exchanging glances with Urd, his eyes ran over her body as if analyzing her changes and I could feel his Aura acting strangely as it interacted with Urd’s Aura.

“Your Concept is double, that’s rare.” (Davoth)

“But it’s aligned only with the existences of individuals, it also has several restrictions I’m sure.” (Davoth)

“What are you talking about?” (me)

As always, it irritates me that Davoth always seems to have an answer for everything and his capabilities are very comprehensive, this is so evident that I stop thinking of him as an Entity and I’m not sure if he wasn’t one before.

“(If a God can decay to mortal like Lok and Veronica, losing their Divinities and abandoning what remains of their Essences, then can an Entity decay too?)” (me)

The first time I saw Davoth was when he pretended to be the System, to do that his Transcendental Authority must be enormous and the Entities Life, Death and Reincarnation seem to know him very well.

“I don’t understand what you mean by restrictions, but about the dual Concept, I think I understand what you mean.” (Urd)

“My Concepts are Evolution and Ascension.” (Urd)

“Wait, wait… I can understand Ascension, it’s probably not even the same Ascension that the Ascended know, but where did you get Evolution from, it was nowhere near what you should understand.” (Davoth)

“Unless…?” (Davoth)

“Zenos, did you use something of yourself as a catalyst?” (Davoth)

“Catalyst?” (me)

“You granted her something during her transformation, what was it?” (Davoth)

“A book made of parts of me like bones, teeth, blood, scales and lines… also my heart.” (me)

“So it was his fault, the heart that pumps the blood and through which infinite bloodlines that he devoured flowed… that was why.” (Davoth)

“The part about the origin of her powers doesn’t matter, what do you mean by alignment and restriction?” (Hades)

“Hades is right, I would like to know too.” (Freya)

“If there is something wrong with her, I will mutilate her body!” (Nala)

“Nala, don’t be rude, there is nothing wrong with me, in fact, I have never been this good before.” (Urd)

Nala had been silent for a long time, but she was listening intently. It seemed like she was worried about Urd and wanted to hear what Davoth had to say. Now she was starting to get impatient.

“Restriction is about the type of Concept you use and where it applies. For example, Urd’s power, Evolution cannot affect a stone without a mind or a Soul. Even if it is a stone with a lot of power contained within, it will never evolve.” (Davoth)

“Her power is restricted only to individuals. I’m not sure about the number of restrictions, but there will certainly be more restrictions. All Concepts work with restrictions that work to affirm their Concepts as well as define them.” (Davoth)

“Alignment is about where your Concept applies. Does it apply to Individuals? To the Ethereal? To objects? To energy? To the mind? To the Elements? To nature?” (Davoth)

“Her powers are clearly of the alignment of individuals, whether they are people or monsters of any kind they will still be of their alignment.” (Davoth)

“In other words, the alignment sets a direction and the restrictions define the paths to that direction.” (me)

“A gross simplification, but mostly correct.” (Davoth)

It seems there are more nuances than I could understand, I will have to think more about it later.

“So there is nothing wrong with her?” (Nala)

“No, she is perfect and I imagine that her Concept will interact exceptionally with the Twins’, I also see a pattern.” (Davoth)

“Yes, I know.” (me)

“What are they talking about?” (Nala)

“Nothing that concerns you.” (me)

“Nala, try to calm down, I am fine, so stop looking into other people’s secrets.” (Urd)

“Alright…” (Nala)

Nala wasn’t convinced, but I couldn’t care less, I had other concerns, I also noticed the obvious pattern, the Twins’ Concepts transform individuals either by nourishing them or by making them reborn, as for Urd this Concept was now also about transforming individuals, it was clear that my Chaos power was influencing them, that was the pattern, Davoth must have realized that they are branching off from my Chaos Concept and must understand this better than I do by the way he is looking at me.

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Pov Barerosa:

“Are you proud of who you are?” (???)

“…” (me)

I was lost in confusion, denial, and shame.

Everything I believed to be right was questioned and denied by the information Zenos put in my head, things I already knew and others I didn’t want to know.

My vision of everything around me shattered before a truth I could not deny, the Ascended were nothing more than a disease, we were just spreading misery, our population was stagnant just like I was before Ascending, we destroyed entire universes as if they were disposable, despising the Gods due to an inferiority complex intrinsic to our condition.

It was in this moment of despair and truth that the medallion Zenos left behind emitted an Aura and a female voice.

“Who are you…?” (me)

“Who I am doesn’t matter now, I’m asking a simple question, don’t you dare answer?” (???)

“Of course I have no pride, not anymore…” (me)

“How could I feel pride…?” (me)

“Does your despair lie in the truth you discovered, in the memories of everything you did or perhaps in something more selfish… something you didn’t want to admit to yourself, like the loss of something important…?” (???)

“…” (me)

“Yes… who am I kidding…” (me)

“Purpose… I don’t have a purpose anymore…” (me)

My failures don’t matter as much as the loss of my purpose…

When I became an Ascendant, my mind transformed, it became clearer, those around me were also different, they talked about random things, invented new things and demonstrated many things I had never seen before, that’s when I realized how pale I was in comparison until then, how inferior and incomplete.

I gained a purpose and also the ability to develop myself further towards that purpose, but now I feel shame and anger not for what I did, this anger comes from a false purpose, everything is based on a lie.

“What are you truly proud of?” (???)

“…” (me)

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