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ARC: Seeds of Calamity CHAPTER OF THE BEGINNING - XVIII - Goodbye, Heaven (Nine)
There was a bit of tension mixed with the farewell's sadness in the air. All the Norse gods we came to know for the past ten years were there at the entrance of the cave.The all-father Odin, Thor, Tyr, Loki, Heimdall, Frey, Freya, Frigga, and many others, all of them. All dressed in ceremonial clothing, ready for our return, when we finally get to say goodbye.Or at least for now.We stepped onto the cave, and right after that the whole world turned into darkness around us. We waited, and then the stone stairs appeared before us, leading deeper and deeper beneath the ground as we followed.I held the torch as I led the way downwards, and when we arrived at the core of Asgard, there were them.The three sisters of Fate. Urd, Verdand, and Skuld, circling the sacred well and chanting something that I never heard before, but it sounded a lot like dad's music. They stopped as soon as we set foot under the core's dome.It was surrounded by green crystals and roots, the sisters stood there
ARC: Seeds of Calamity CHAPTER OF THE BEGINNING - XIX - Goodbye, Heaven (Ten)
***Jake's POV***The gates of Eden were open. But no matter how many times I tried to get through, there was a barrier keeping me from entering, so I sat there and waited, thinking of what reason could there be for me to get apart from Becca in such a crucial moment.Even more... Thinking of what could be the reason for me to end up in Heaven.Alone.That was when I heard unfamiliar voices speaking to me from somewhere, and I couldn't see them."Metatron was right, brother." One voice said."I know, right, brother? But what could another human seek here?" The other voice retorted.They seemed to be near me, but even then, I was completely unable to find a single trace of them. And they kept speaking."Metatron's plans are a bit hazy, and we're not to question them, brother." The first voice, innocent and playful, almost childish, answered."Yeah, yeah. That's what you say when you're near him, because you don't want him to know." The second voice, more malicious, mature and serious,
ARC: Seeds of Calamity CHAPTER OF THE BEGINNING - X - Goodbye, Heaven (Eleven)
They were the seeds of Life and Death. Nephilim that were born from Metatron’s urge to control the last aspect of what made humans what they were.Jonah and Boris were basically clones bred by uniting the human body with the holy essence of the only one of Azrael’s clones, who was thought to be long lost.However, the scribe just kept it hidden under lock and key, in order to narrow the chances of Azrael’s reawakening as much as he could. He then used the archangel of death’s genetic material, combining it with human DNA, so that he could create the perfect soldier.Metatron wanted death to be under his thumb, but he never expected that no ordinary human would ever be able to withstand the power from the Page of Death by itself.Then, after countless trials and errors, he finally learned that for a single human to carry his supremacy...He would have to feed the mother with not only one, but two Pages.That was when Life and Death gathered and gave way to an even more impressive mirac
ARC: Seeds of Calamity CHAPTER OF THE BEGINNING - XI - Goodbye, Heaven (Twelve)
***Becca’s POV***“That’s not for me to say, since whether I say yes or no, I could be lying in any of the circumstances.” I said, honestly.The wind blew on my face, it smelled like fresh fruits and wildlife. Had I known such a place existed...I didn’t even know what I was thinking at the moment, so I just kept my eyes locked with the Monkey King’s while waiting for him to retort or say anything.However, he just stared at me, as if we were playing stare or anything like that. The exchange of glances went on for such a long time that even I wasn’t able to count. Luckily, though, even as he looked deeply and threateningly into my eyes, the Monkey King finally spoke.“You’re pretty smart for a feathery piece of filth... I’ll give you that. But that’s all I’ll give you, because smart won’t make me trust you. You know that, right?”Well... I did know that, but anything was better than facing another god all by myself without knowing his strengths and weaknesses, so I was happy with ju
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
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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
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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
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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&
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
