Last Updated:
2024-10-29 19:42:56
Previous Chapter
Related Chapters
ARC: Seeds of Calamity CHAPTER OF THE BEGINNING - XII - Goodbye, Heaven (Thirteen)
***Jake’s POV***Dealing with an Edennan was easy for Jonah, given the absurd and strange power he possessed. For Boris, who had more than enough fighting skills and abilities to handle up to five humans at once in a ring, it was also not difficult to handle a few edennans at once.However, the more celestials appeared, the more difficult it became to deal with them without expending some energy. Which meant that we had to not only run away, but also try to find some safe place where we could hide and come up with a plan to deal with the edennans before we wore ourselves out.It was imperative that Becca get there as quickly as possible, or not just my fate, but Jonah and Boris's as well, would meet an end there.When we managed to reach the fourth layer of Paradise, we realised that not only the angels of the first layer had already been notified of my presence, and of the betrayal of the two Seeds. The situation had already spiralled out of control, and there wasn't much we could
ARC: Seeds of Calamity CHAPTER OF THE BEGINNING - XIII - Goodbye, Heaven (Fourteen)
***Becca's POV***I thought I could at least entertain the Monkey King for a while, and the game was really fun. We moved our pieces like partners in an elaborate, well-synchronised dance, but when my first golden general was captured, things started to get complicated.I never imagined I could have fun in a life-or-death situation, even though I thought I was wrong at the time.However, I realised at the last moment that as pleasant as that match seemed...The success of my mission still laid in the outcome of that game.And I couldn't afford to be so complacent with my adversary, as to think of things, up until that moment, futile, like fun.It was time to put into practice the knowledge acquired in Asgard, and start playing seriously, with the destiny of an entire universe, of 'my' universe, weighing my hand in each next move."Oho, looks like someone is finally going to start playing for real..." The Great Sage said, analysing my movements."You said that the cat that shows its
ARC: Seeds of Calamity CHAPTER OF THE BEGINNING - XIV - Goodbye, Heaven (Fifteen)
***Jake’s POV***It didn't take long before I was able to tell the whole story. From the moment I met Mahasiah to turning down his offer, meeting Becca, and embarking on this journey in search of victory against Metatron.But most important of all, how I understood the importance of the world-line that I was born into, as I watched and experienced God's point of view, in that observatory.Jonah and Boris didn't seem too surprised when I told them that the fact that they were variable meant they came from the original universe. That is, that they did not belong to that world-line, where we found ourselves until then.However, when I finished the explanation, the chapel door, ornate with arabesques and intricate carvings that looked like a re-enactment of a battle, began to shudder."I told you it wasn't a good time..." I said, frowning."Right... What do we do now?" Boris asked, annoyed."Jonah, Boris, I need you to buy me some time so I can focus. I need to assess the possibilities.
ARC: Seeds of Calamity CHAPTER OF THE BEGINNING - XV - Goodbye, Heaven (Sixteen)
"...Child... Hey, child?" A muffled voice sounded close to me.My head felt like it was going to explode, but I forced myself out of the darkness of my unconsciousness and back into the world of the living."Argh... My... Head..." was the only thing I managed to say through the nagging migraine that was taking over."Hey unicorn boy, he's alive!" The unfamiliar voice boomed in my ears."Argh... Dude..." I complained. "Can you speak a little quieter...? I feel like I have the worst hangover of my life..."My body felt completely disjointed, and all I wanted most at that moment was a week-long nap.But it was not yet the time for such luxury.I stretched out my arm for the unfamiliar figure, who still looked like a blur before my eyes, to help me up. After a few grunts and a near fall, as my balance was as good as a three-year-old's, I finally managed to get to my feet."W... What happened here...?" I asked, waiting for my vision to come back into focus, but noticing with my senses the
ARC: Seeds of Calamity CHAPTER OF THE BEGINNING - XVI - Goodbye, Heaven (Seventeen)
... But when I was halfway there, The Great Sage appeared in front of me, his hand outstretched as if to block my passage."Boy... You've just been healed." He said, his voice kind of hoarse and animalistic. "Besides, I owe these motherfuckers a blood debt, so I'm the one who's going to kick their asses."The archangels noticed our presence, and turned their gazes in our direction."Well, well... Looks like we have more lambs straying from the herd around here..." One of them said.Becca noticed we were there but didn't dare look back for some reason. Meanwhile, two of the archangels suddenly appeared before the Monkey King and me."Gabriel, don't you think we should teach the lambs that refuse to follow the shepherd a lesson?" One of the two said, staring at the Great Sage and me intently."I believe so, my dear Miguel... What do you think about giving them a taste of damnation?" He who was called Gabriel answered.However, Becca ran towards us, standing between us and the angelic du
ARC: Seeds of Calamity CHAPTER OF THE BEGINNING - XVII - Goodbye, Heaven (Eighteen)
It was a surprise that no one seemed to have discovered that secret passage yet. But it was a fortuitous surprise, seeing as the fewer opponents I had to face, the more energy I would have to fight the guardians of the seventh layer.My footsteps echoed inside the cave as I advanced towards my goal.It was a strange feeling, walking down that passage without Uriel, but I was grateful that it felt like she was nowhere to be found. At least on the first layer.I couldn't imagine having to confront a version of my own sister there. Even if I had to force myself to psychologically prepare myself for such a possibility.But before I even got halfway there, I felt a strangely familiar presence.Familiar and dangerous."You can leave wherever you are." I said. "I can feel your killing intent from here..."The aura that looked more like a purple mist, so characteristic of that archangel, manifested a few metres away, revealing the archangel Michael, who was hidden with some kind of camouflage
ARC: Seeds of Calamity CHAPTER OF THE BEGINNING - XVIII - Goodbye, Heaven (Nineteen)
I felt my body slowly recovering.With each step I took, my body became lighter.However, I couldn't let my body fully recover before I got to the other two guardians.I needed Gabriel to see me in that state.I needed Gabriel to see what Michael had done to me, and then find out if I could have him as an ally here too, or if I would be forced to fight him.My thoughts were focused only on that.Gabriel and Uriel.Two dear Edennans I couldn't even conceive of facing.And so my steps followed, one after another, to the end of that cave, which connected the first and fifth layers of Eden.I don't even know how long it took us from one point of our journey to the other, but it seemed to take a lot longer than what I was used to.Almost as if time and space unfolded, to deliberately make our path longer.When we got there, however, Michael stopped short after we'd crossed the exit, and stared at a nearby ceremonial chapel.His eyes seemed to narrow, as if he was thinking about something u
ARC: Seeds of Calamity CHAPTER OF THE BEGINNING - XIX - Goodbye, Heaven (Twenty)
"Stop right now, my shattered brother!" A voice said, a little distant.I couldn't decide if it was the voice that was distant, or if it was my conscience that was distancing itself from the world of the living. However, that voice was horribly familiar to me.So familiar and unexpected, as much as I should have weighed that possibility from the start, that my heart ached to hear it more than all the blows I'd received so far."G-Gab-Riel... W... What..." I tried to ask, but one more violent punch from Michael made my jaw dislocate."You know that's not our goal. At least not yet, so hold back."I heard an angry growl coming from Lucifer, but my thoughts were scrambled. Torn between trying to understand how Michael could be Lucifer, and how Gabriel seemed to be so comfortable beside the fallen archangel…and trying to overcome the immeasurable pain coursing through my body.My legs still hadn't given up, and my willpower made them bravely resist a humiliating fall.My body wanted to re
Latest Chapter
- ARC: Seeds of Calamity
EPILOGUE (Final) - Ever after...
They talked and dined, laughed and shared moments of silence, and night flew by like a train heading towards its final destination.Aurora was allowed to stay with them for as long as she could stay awake, and surprisingly, she stood there, playing with everyone who wanted. Listening to their stories, drinking juice and pretending to fight with Bert, Jake and Uriel, who still didn’t get used to her features.From time to time, Uriel would go outside, followed by Don.She would cry in Don's arms, remembering the times she spent with Becca, and how it would never come to happen again.“Love...” Don would say. “Do you remember when Becca last said her goodbyes to us?”“What about it?” Ur
- ARC: Seeds of Calamity
EPILOGUE - ... Of endings and beginnings (Eleven)
Heavy rain started pouring all over the world as Becca spoke, an ominous feeling drenching the hearts of all who heard her.I didn’t put you in here for this.I didn’t create you so that you could surrender to your weakness.I created you to be.Like Me.As she spoke, they felt ashamed of their own weakness, of their will to run and to be guided by anything that could exempt them from the burden of choosing.Becca wanted in her deepest part, to decimate them. She felt angry, disappointed at them. But it was just expected, because She had made them like that, hoping that they could overcome their weaknesses. That they could be able to hold themselves accountable for their own deeds.So she breathed deeply, dismissing her human emotions for the first time since forever.In a snap of her fingers, the storm clouds dissipated, and with it the blood that reddened the earth, and the bodi
- ARC: Seeds of Calamity
EPILOGUE ... Of endings and beginnings (Ten)
Uriel glowed like a bursting star.Her muscles tensed like bow strings, as her whole essence forced itself to assimilate and purify the energy from the Crawling Chaos’ blast.Somehow, the creature’s energy was very similar to that of a nuclear weapon, and as quickly as Uriel noticed it, she jumped under the highlights, stealing the show.However, the energy was so dense, so tainted, that her only choice was to focus everything she had on purifying it during the whole absorption process.A single mistake, if her determination and focus wavered even if ever so slightly, and the Scorching Empress would be no more.Time seemed like slowing down as Uriel put all of her into that task, and little by little, the blast diminished in intensity and size.Until the entirety of the attack ceased for good.“Is that all you got?” Uriel asked with a taunting smirk on her lips.The heinous creature couldn&
- ARC: Seeds of Calamity
EPILOGUE - ... Of endings and beginnings (Nine)
Outside the church, Bert’s group fought with their lives on the line, with all they had, in order to buy as much time as they could so that Elleanore and Abby could retrieve whatever it was that could grant them their powers back.So they fought, got wounded, bled, fell, got back up again, and resisted as hard as they could.However, Mathew and the others weren’t doing as well as they wanted to.Because their enemies weren’t ordinary humans, but loyal servants to the Crawling Chaos. Demons once killed during the Forgotten War, but brought back to life by the unstoppable force of evil and destruction that was the Crawling Chaos.It made things way harder to the group than they ever planned for.They had broken limbs, deep cuts, and unimaginably painful wounds. But still they resisted, having even taken down some of their enemies.It seemed that, somehow, their bodies still held some of the former strength they held back in t
- ARC: Seeds of Calamity
EPILOGUE - ... Of endings and beginnings (Eight)
They weren’t excited.If anything, they were afraid for their own lives. For their own integrity.It was too high a stake to even dare conceive failing.However, it was also a moment where if they succeeded, history would be corrected, things would go back to how they used to be, friends would be reunited.Evil would be put back to where it belonged.Bert planned, the others gave their opinions when they thought some of it was incoherent, or simply pure blatant nonsense.Days passed by before their plan was completely formed and they were well equipped enough to dare leave Bert’s place, but eventually the time came, and despite the fear they felt, they moved with the sense of purpose.They moved with the will to finish it once and for all.As soon as they set foot outside, they understood the real danger they were walking into.The daylight had faded to a level that even during the
- ARC: Seeds of Calamity
EPILOGUE - ... Of endings and beginnings (Seven)
Immediately after Abigail saying that, a crippling headache hit everyone, except for Elleanore and Abby, sending everyone to the floor, while Uri’s voice, in that seductive and unnatural way, spoke in their heads.Do not even think of coming up with a plan or anything like that, my little rats... Didn’t I tell you that I was going to play cat and mouse with you?Their heads felt as though they were about to explode, so intense Uri’s power inside their heads was, but she kept speaking.Inside the maze, I was shackled by that filthy young man’s power. But now that I am free, and that I have the most suitable vessel, I am not only going to follow my mother’s will, but I will also enjoy myself, watching you all slowly wither as you die one after the other...Elleanore and Abby couldn’t hear what was happening inside the group’s heads, but mother and daughter were fine, so they came right at the group
- ARC: Seeds of Calamity
EPILOGUE - ... Of endings and beginnings (Six)
It was hard for Bert and Cam to tell Mathew and Jake that they were basically alone in this now, since Uri disappeared, Don went after her, and Elleanore had resigned herself and Abigail from the fight. It was even worse after Jonah told him what they had to face, despite not even concretely knowing what were their strengths against all odds. They felt as if they were walking in the middle of a crossfire, blindfolded, with their hands tied behind their backs. And while they were at it, researching, looking for gods, searching for more answers, the world kept changing. In the course of the months that followed their first reunion to discuss about the dream, that now seemed to them to have taken place years ago, the world had changed. Weeks went by with earthquakes reshaping whole areas throughout the world, typhoons devastating small towns, crimes happening much more frequently, atop of many more disasters happening all around. And along with that, a new pillar of power was rising
- ARC: Seeds of Calamity
EPILOGUE - ... Of endings and beginnings (Five)
As Jonah approached the entrance of the maze, he took some time to take in everything in his surroundings.Strangely, he didn’t feel familiar with the large desert that unfolded around him. Jonah remembered all about the place as soon as death took a hold of his body, and he wasn’t sure if the domain of Death, his old domain, had always been so bright.It looked as though daylight had been poured over the vastness of the deserted plains, with only the giant maze showing in the centre of everything.Something felt fishy, and even though Jonah felt confident in walking through the land, he also felt as if something was out there, watching him.But when he felt it, his attenti
- ARC: Seeds of Calamity
EPILOGUE - ... Of endings and beginnings (Four)
Just as Jonah had mentioned, the work to build the electric chair took less than three days. That was because finding a water that was pure enough to suit the unicorn boy’s needs was hard enough.But sooner than they expected, the project was completely done.Since Elleanore didn’t want Abby to see the whole experiment taking place, so she strongly recommended him and Cam that they should take the project somewhere else, or else she would, and they wouldn’t like it.After all, she might even be part of that craziness, but she still put her daughter above all else.And Elleanore wouldn’t allow such things near her Abby, not even if her daughter was a goddess or anything of the sorts.Abigail was still Elleanore’s baby, in the end.However, even if Elleanore didn’t want Abby to see what was going to happen next, Elleanore herself went to Bert’s house, along with Cam, Jonah, and Jake, whil
