I started to run, and every step felt easy, like I knew exactly where to step and how. It was relaxing, and I was able to focus on Hero and what would be considered the bigger picture.
<The other ones like me are on different worlds, in different places; that part isn't easy to explain and is unnecessary. We all have the same goal, we raise up heroes or villains; whichever is the prevailer, but I am sure you can assume that not all gods are like me.>
Oh, you mean that the other ones aren't as rude? Just kidding, I'm listening, and that makes sense; keep going; we are almost at Fireden.
<Why do we do this? He told us that we needed to complete this task to move on, and He brought us here from the last worlds.>
I slowed down as I got closer to the Fire Lake crater's edge, but just how many times have you done this?
<four lifetimes ago, one point two billion ascended humans will become energy-based beings and then be offered a choice by
"Don't give up!"I dug my fingernails into my knees and shook my head, fighting through the dizziness and nausea. Kali's voice echoing from the back of my head had brought me back, but not the stress was fading, and so were all the feelings that it brought.I was finally able to sit back up straight and look back at Fireden, whose smile was set to crack his face in half. Now the Fire no longer bothered me, and I was able to sit in peace as I waited for the Fire Elemental to continue."Fire, Water, Earth, Air, these are the four that you have met, but there are three more. The Element of Life is Light, for where there is light, there can be life. The same is true for Death, the Element of Shadow. While some can survive without it, in a place where there is no light, there is no warmth, and nothing can survive. Basic information, I know, but these elements act in the same way as they behave, which is important to know when dealing with them," Fireden explained, an
What made a soul worthy? And what was a soul? Is mine worthy? All questions that I would not be asking this person called Time.I needed to think about this, and I caught myself before asking if there was a time limit. That would be just like me; get all prepared and then mess up without even thinking.Time would have no meaning to a person like this, so I should have as much as I need, but that didn't get me any closer to answering the question that I was asked. I needed to ask him a question, but there was only one thing that I really wanted to know after Hero had talked about the Dragon Nuts Booby-kai tournament, or whatever it was called."If I am chosen, and you deem my soul worthy, what is it all for?" I asked, trying to be specific, but not at the same time.Time was silent, and he did not speak right away. I was left to wonder if I might have offended him or something; considering he was called Time, I thought he might be a faster thinker.
Fireden's mark covered my right arm with flaming tribal lines that were red at first but then faded to black. While this was interesting, my mind was waiting to hear what Hero's response would be, but he wasn't talking.I looked down at my burnt shorts and then shook my head. There was no point in putting those back on, and I needed to get going.My talk with Fireden had lasted a lot longer than I had anticipated, and now the sun was starting to make its arch down. I kept both Water Totems active and then started to run.I no longer felt the heat or cold as things that affect my body. Instead, I could feel the heat and cold around me. I could sense monsters in the area, and I could make out some of them, like the green eyeless lizard things that were staying clear of me, but there was something more significant than the smaller creatures.Whatever it was, it was coming for me, and it was big. I decided that now would be an excellent time to pick up the pa
It was time to face the only one of the four that I considered an opponent. The other three had been my teachers, each one of them preparing me for this, and it was going to be a fight.Each time I had been getting better, but something about this time said he was going to be serious, and I couldn't see him anywhere. I didn't take out any of my weapons. Instead, I prepared myself and opened myself up to the area around me.I could feel him moving around me; Windorf was circling me, looking for an opening. I wasn't going to let him have it, and when he finally made his move, I was ready.Everything happened in slow motion as I turned and slapped the fist away and then drove my own fist into Windorf's solar plexus area.Windorf drove an open palm down onto my fist and pushed it to his stomach, where he absorbed the force and then jumped back, but I could read him now. I followed him, pulling my fist back as the two of us leaped in the air, and the moment th
"My daughter is what you might call a horrible and intolerable child that is next to impossible to get to do anything or to listen. I ask that you take good care of her if you decide to take her on. Her mother wanted nothing to do with her, and I have not been able to handle her," Windorf explained, and I gave him a raised eyebrow.If you weren't able to do it, what makes you think that I will?" I asked, and Windorf nodded his head."I don't think you will, but Mex does, and he is one of the very few people's opinions that I respect and will listen to. Mex believes that you are something different, and all of our tickets back to Gardania. Once we are back there, I will ask you to find the mother and try to talk some sense into her!" Windorf said while shaking his fist, but I shook my head to the last part."I will take you and your daughter there, but I will not be forcing anyone to do anything. If you force a useless parent to be good so they can get their chil
"Father can't come in here when the door is closed, and that's part of the reason why I make him so mad. No matter how strong he is, once I learned basic manipulation of Water and Air Magic, I was able to seal the door and create a buff that disrupts him if I want," Hydie explained to me in a much more mature voice that suited the full-figured body."Why do you like tormenting him so much? And are you just climbing all over me to get at him? I am game either way, but I would like to know which way my chain is getting pulled, if you know what I mean," I said as Hydie got down on the ground in front of me."I am not doing this to get back at my father; it's the complete opposite. I am doing things, so you want to take me along with you," Hydie said as she moved to take my shaft into her mouth, but I stepped back, starting to feel uneasy.I did not want her to think that this was what she had to do, and the idea of me just letting it happen made me feel ill.
"I like him, father; let's go," Hydie said as she danced out of the room past Windorf, who was still looking at me.I centered myself, and stood up straight, and walked forward. I prepared myself for what was about to come as I approached Windorf with my eyes locked with his.<Make it count; it will be a long time before you get another chance to talk to Time.>Hero's voice was the last thing that I heard before I was back in that place as I pressed my hand to Windorf's chest. Nothing had changed, and then Time asked me one more question, but then it became something completely different."Do you think that your Soul is worth its weight? I asked this not as Time, but as the man that you questioned. You asked me this very same question before we agreed to this, and I am still unsure how to answer it. I know why you choose to do this, but I don't understand the question. You don't know what I am talking about, and I might have overstepped myself, but
I closed my eyes briefly; I needed to take everything that I had just seen in. Time or Mark was someone that I was obviously close to, but I disagreed with.I could see why I would have trouble stomaching this problem, but there was something else; the Demons. A Demon at the center of this all, and I was helping demons.I knew that all demons couldn't be the same, but I would have to remember that Mex and the rest were still Demons. The one at the Center of Everything was trying to flood all the worlds with Demons, but I had given up everything about me to put a plugin on them.<What are you talking about? What happened?>I can't tell you, and it wouldn't matter if I did; none of it has anything to do with you. We are both playing different games on the same chessboard. The only difference is that I have already played as you, to reach for a spot as a god, but It wasn't to my liking.