Chapter 535
“As you can see, this is my temple, and unfortunately, it is broken.” the woman with four eyes said as she pointed at the walls around: “And the reason for this brokenness is a terrifying and simple one: Godfall. I can see that you two still have some traces of my blessing in you, so I think you should know a thing or two about it.”
“Yes.” Xyankor nodded: “But it’s a part of the ancient knowledge pool of our kind buried deep in the void, and it’s an area only a few of us are willing to have with us all the time.”
“A wise choice.” the woman nodded: “No need to worry about what might come when you’re at the top - just focus on getting there first.”
“Your greatness.” Perketta asked hesitantly: “May I know what this ‘blessing’ is? For millennia, we’ve been wondering what the shattering of the original void had stripped from us. And then we encountered the creatures of the gaps and found that some of them had the ability to rob others of it - but still, we couldn’t figure out what it is.”
“A fair question, young one.” the woman with four eyes sighed: “The answer is simply - the inspiration and revelation of what you don’t know - the easier access to the unknown.”
“I - I don’t understand ...”
“There is knowledge in this world you know, there’s knowledge you don’t know, there’s knowledge you know that you don’t know, and there’s knowledge that you don’t even know that you don’t know.” Fubei Li picked up a transparent berry and threw it in his mouth: “Just knowing what you don’t know is a huge step in one’s progression of knowledge - no wonder the blessings of the void were over tapped. You basically just granted all voidborns a path to true immortality, and let the void bear the weight of knowledge itself.”
“Is there such a thing though? True immortality?” the woman with four eyes did not respond: “How many Gods have fallen since the beginning of all beings? How many actually survived?”
“So let me take a guess.” Fubei Li shook his head: “This realm - you as the Creator created it, and apparently using your temple as the core and center. The creatures that keep invading the realms of the other voidborns and elementals, they are created by you as well?”
“You’re half right.” the woman with four eyes chuckled: “I did create these creatures - but I am only the Creator, not the shaper of morals or cognition, that’s the duty of the Judge and Truth Seeker. ”
Fubei Li took a look at the three voidborns that came with him, who appeared to be not under any kind of distress or pressure, probably due to the fruit and drink served by the woman with four eyes.
“But why?” Perketta sounded like she was trying to suppress her negative emotions when she voiced her question: “If you’re the Creator, the one who created so much - can’t you stop them from invading our realms? They have been travelling to different realms of different voidborns and elementals and wreaking havoc everywhere - ”
“I sent them.” the woman with four eyes cut Perketta off.
“Okay.” Perketta’s voice started shaking: “Why?”
“Because I had to.” the woman with four eyes answered: “For a lot of reasons, one of which, I assume, is the one that led you here. ”
“But all of those casualties, I’m not even a voidborn and I can relate to their loss - I think they’d want an answer with more details.” Fubei Li said while sipping his drink.
“Is ‘I had to’ not enough?” the woman with four eyes looked at the three voidborns: “I survived the fall, and due to my injuries, I’ve been in intermittent sleep and had not been able to do much. Not too long ago, I woke up, and what do you know, I found myself and this very kingdom of mine inside this newly formed realm. And thus, I’ve noticed that there was something big happening to me, to the realms that were once the whole void, and to this very realm. I had to find the other parts of me, and combine our powers to protect the new sprout of hope. So, I had to send them out, to collect the traces of blessings I used to hand out without caution or care, and to find a way to connect to my other avatars. When matters of this importance are at stake, the lives of individual beings of the void shall not stop me.”
This simple answer left everyone before the woman with four eyes silent. Perketta seemed like she was about to stand up, but she was stopped by both Xyankor and Dave. Fubei Li sighed, and finished his drink once again. Shortly after he placed his empty cup on the table before him, it was filled up with the same drink.
“And this new sprout of hope - its’ the new voidborn? An actual voidborn, like us?” Dave asked.
“It’s a part of it.” the woman with four eyes said, nodding: “But you should know, it is not leaving with you to your realms.”
The room went silent again, then Xyankor asked: “May we know why? And can we see it?”
“Because I deem it proper. And because it is not like you, it’s the first of a new line with a better connection to me and blessed by me, they are set out to inherit this realm, and will stay out of the petty squabbles of your tribes.” the woman with four eyes said: “But yes, you can see it.” She waved her hand in the air, and a small portal appeared right above her. After a few seconds, two tentacles came through the portal, holding a small and white toad-like creature.
Fubei Li’s eyes narrowed - this creature did not appear to possess any sort of special power, it is by almost every measure, just a minor spirit.