I... always liked the child version of you better. He never gave me much trouble, and wasn't always trying to kill himself looking for answers to unnecessary questions." She said, softly chuckling to herself once more. "But since I could not watch you die, I still had to choose the current you, over this little one. And thus, that created this loop we find ourself in." She added, her chuckling dying down. "It was either I saved you, and neglect him. Or watch you die, and raise him. The choice was hard." "Choosing the latter option, would mean that I was raising you for nothing, as you would later die on your journey. Just the thought of that, always haunted me." "And, at the end of the day... weren't you both my babies? Weren't you both the same person just from two different time points?" Her tone became bitter as she continued to speak. Jason stood aside and just lent her his ears. That was the least he could do for her at the moment, as she
It's been two hours since Jason's doppelganger took everyone here, at the other side of Stella's temple of Stars, left behind by its owner. Throughout this two hours, not much had occurred. Not much interactions, nor activities were pulled off, as most people chose to rest themselves, mentally, and physically. Some even spiritually. They had to rest their belief in the goddess that has yet to respond to their cries, and just focus on themselves. Thus everything was silent. On one side, there was Roy leaning behind a broken rock slab, while burying his head within his knees. He was far away from the others, be it the humans, or the novaks. On the other side, was Joe sitting within an open space, with Adolf by his side. The man's condition was still as bleak as always. Anabella was tending to her trusty magical gun, Bella's Charm, cleaning and learning more about it. She was even close to dismantling it, and putting it back up together. Unfortunately, it wasn't her weapon. The no
'It's been two hours, huh...' Jason thought, sitting up atop the platform at the center of the Stella's temple of Stars. Or rather, this ruin of a building. Behind him was Beatrice, who sat back to back with him, whilst entertaining the golden ethereal bird that called itself the "Spirit of God". The two of them, full of joy and positivity, created a contrasting difference towards the vast lifeless temple. They brought out a spark of hope, a glimmer of beauty to its visage. And had it not been for them, Jason would have been more depressed than he already was. 'No, I'm not depressed. I'm just tired.' He corrected himself, looking up at the ceiling of the temple. It was simple, as it was the reflected version of the area below, where they sat. '...I have to say, Ancient people knew art and beauty.' His thoughts drifted to such miscellaneous topics. Not that modern people didn't have the taste of art, but compared to ancient people, they were far too premature with their design. "O
The Entity standing above everything, their disposition made out of various colors of high intensity. Light that could dig into the eyes of those unworthy, burning them to nothingness. It was the being that had created the world, or so the novaks preach. They stood above ground, and looked down on Jason, and responded to his words. 《Yes, I am Stella, or so people have termed me. And my apologies. I did not mean to disappoint you. I am my own being, and this child here, are their own entity– oh, they have already identified themselves as female. That's good. At least she is progressing》 The ethereal voice of Stella resounded, their tone capable of soothing through the emotions of even a men broken through and through by the world. Yet Jason was unfazed. Even he was surprised at that. "Yeah yeah, I get it. So what's with her? What is she? Your illegitimate daughter of something?" And thus, he threw questions at her. His gut feeling told him this
[ You've been given a greater divine blessing by the Goddess of Stars, Stella. Your stats have increased by 30% each ] [ Your Infinite Extraction Talent's effects have innately kicked in ] [ Infinite Extraction Complete. You have extracted and refined the greater divine blessing of the stars from the Goddess of Stars, Stella ] [ Please choose a Talent of your choice to designate as a Blessing ] [ "Phase Realm" has been designated as a Divine Blessing. It's Level has exponentially increased, and it has evolved under the baptism of the Universal Laws ] [ You've obtained the unique grade Level S Divine Blessing - Temple of Stars ] "..." Jason read through the notifications that came from accepting not only the remnant will of Stella's blessing, but her mission as well. His expression was still contorted in disbelief and confusion. The hours have come, and passed, the desolate silence still omnipresent, yet he was still greatly... lost, at the thoughts of Stella, the thoughts of a
Number two opened her eyes to a ceiling full of pillars connecting it to the floor. A scene she was more than used to seeing, as she had constant visions of Stella here. Her dreams were mostly this place at it's peak. And her Nightmares the other side where the doppelganger was, when it used to be a temple as well. Yet from today, all of that, might just be memories. The remnant will of Stella that awakened within her a few years back. This aged temple, or the ruined temple on the other side. They will be memories, as her purpose was achieved. There was no more reason for her to exist, as Stella, will take over her body and be reborn. ...Or so, she thought. "Hm? Why are you quite all of a sudden? Didn't I just ask you a simple question? Huh, Stella wannabe?" Jason pressured her with his interrogative questions, and stern tone. He stood at the platform, with his hands folded right before his chest, a look of repressed anger and resignation on his face, as he looked down on Number
Joe sighed. The man wasn't sure how many times has he sighed the past three hours, but it was a lot. Far too many to count even. In fact, he sighed so much, he was getting a migraine right now. '...Is that novak lass still alive? What about the god fearing child?' He thought, briefly stealing a glance at Jason's doppelganger. And as far as he could tell, he was not bothered. If anything, he was enjoying the star-bath while lying down on a broken piece of the temple. '...I guess she's still alright if he isn't worried. But when are they going to arrive?' He sighed again. He then turned around, and saw Adolf's body encased within an earth casket. Or something of sorts, that greatly restricted his limb movement, as well as his head from jumping off his neck. Yet that did nothing to stop the black mist subtly drifting around him. And that mist, was Joe's major reason for worrying about number two's reappearance. From twitching about two hours, he went into a comatose an hour later,
"Two hours, huh?" Jason's doppelganger leaned back on the remnant of a pillar that he previously lay on to relax. His thoughts went on an overdrive, as he thought of many things at once. It's been thirty minutes since the notifications had been sent out, or rather, since the Doomsday Administrator reconnected to them, and warned them of a coming disaster. And likewise, almost six hours since the real Jason and Beatrice had been missing. In fact, they were almost forgotten. "...What do you think will happen after two hours are up?" Joe asked. He stood besides Jason, and behind him, was Adolf's body still encased in a sand casket. Ever since the doppelganger promised that number two was coming, he had been slightly calm. Yet it's been hours now, and no sign of them could be seen. He was beginning to doubt that they survived, and would be coming back. After all, Death came easy in these god forsaken place. And this new matter was more stress on the matter. Meanwhile, on Jason's lef