Chapter Forty One, The Reason.
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Lokreum stepped through reality, Julius in toe.
The two arrived in a dark expanse, no signs of any life, or anything at all for that matter.
"This is a newborn reality. No Laws are present. No magics. No powers. Not even any matter. This is just a simple space, guarded by ethereal walls of reality." Lokreum explained, pointing off to the murky colors, light years away.
In the distance, the walls of reality were swaying like a tree in the wind.
"I see..." Julius replied, flexing his arms a few times as he felt the strange absence of weight around them.
"Like I said, there are no Laws present, so your False Laws will be of no use at all. Your Natural Laws will barely even work." The feeling was explained to him.
Pretty much, he held no power here except for that of his lifeforce, his kreus.
Thankfully, as a level 15 existence, his kreus alone was enough to shift realities.
"Greetings, O' great Heavenly Father!" A voice sounded from behind Julius, Lokreum side eyeing the new entrants as he tried to figure out how exactly he was going to go about forming this new realm.
"Kieron. Alexandria. Seiya." The deity nodded, two of them absentmindedly examining their surroundings.
"Hello Father." Alexandria said, Julius turning to see those whom he would be working with.
"What?..." Julius questioned, staring at the all too familiar entity before him.
"Primordial Conscience?" He whispered, attributing the name Alexandria to the figure before him.
"Hello, Julius. Long time no see." The figure spoke. Her form changed from the black golden entity as she became just the average woman. She had long scruffy white hair draping down her back, as Julius actually gazed upon an entirely different, yet still familiar face.
"You're... You're the anomaly! You were the level 14!" Julius exclaimed, shock shooting throughout his entire body!
Back when the Eldratic Gods invaded the Outer Reality, Julius was able to get a glimpse of fate, and glance upon the identity of the only other level 14 existence that seemed to be fighting for the same cause as him.
It was a strange woman that held just a fraction of human blood, which was the determining factor that allowed him to perceive her.
Yet, why was the Primordial Conscience, and this woman, one in the same?
When he read fate, it was clear to him that the woman was not some singularity that was born at the start of history. She was very clearly not the will of reality, but in fact, she was an experiment created just a few dozen astronomical years before the Apocalypse!
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"YOU PLAYED ME?" Julius roared, his kreus flaring up for a moment.
He stepped forward, essences seeping through the gaps in his teeth.
To tell him that the "all powerful" entity they had encountered, was just a woman born at the same time as he? A woman that was able to hide from him in plain sight?
He was prepared to burst, but before he could, he was interuppted.
"What?" Reality trembled, taking Julius and even Alexandria off their balance.
They turned towards Seiya, a seething rage displayed on his face.
He did not understand the entirety of the situation, but from context clues, he understood enough.
"Are you not the Primordial Conscience?" He asked, his fists balled, and his eyes shut.
Seiya was an age old entity, a super power that was rarely defied, let alone fooled.
To think he was fooled by a creature less than forty astronomical years? By a creature that had reached the fourteenth level after him?
"I appreciate the emotion we are feeling here... But you are all going to be working together. Leave it in the past." Lokreum spoke, a calm smile plastered on his face..
"If anything, take this as motivation to grow past her... You are both very capable." He finished, clapping his hands together as Julius collected himself.
A smile appeared on the human progenitor's face, his mouth opening.
"Hmm, correct. I applaud you. I've never been played before..." He voiced, boasting at the same time.
Alexandria nodded, not caring much for the prideful words of Julius. Truly, only the opinions of Lokreum and Kieron mattered in her eyes.
A small portion of Sage's personality was left within her, making it to where her true goal was to impress her lord and Father, hoping she could stay by his side for the rest of eternity.
Though of course, Lokreum didn't pay any attention to that.
"With the greetings over, perhaps I should explain what we're doing here..." Lokreum said, glancing at every person present.
"Kieron, you're here because... Well, you are my right hand of course. Your creativity is nearly unmatched within the Infinite Realities. Me and you together could create some of the most beautiful things within existence!" Kieron puffed out his chest, a smile plastered on his face.
"Alexandria you are simply... You are creative too, but in a different way. Kieron can shape beauty within objects, or people. You can form it within concepts! Power systems, realms, things of that nature... The way you formulate Deified Laws is intriguing." Alexandria tilted her head to the side, a small blush appearing on her face.
"Seiya... You are... You're quite the character." Lokreum scoffed. "You have countless droves of energy, and I hope you can brighten up this place." Seiya didn't know how to take it, but he surely did.
"As for you, Julius... Simply put, you're a fool." Lokreum chuckled, making Julius tilt his head in confusion. "You are... the most human, of all humans. You embody emotion, willpower, and heart. You follow your desires and strive to attain them. You are what life is meant to be. So how could I create a reality without an existence to shape the inhabitants after?" Julius understood, taking the insult with a grain of salt.
"Besides for these key aspects of your personalities, you are all also very powerful and experienced. Each of you have lived for millions of years, and have experienced many things most are not privy to."
"So, with all of your wisdom. We will start off small, ruling just one singular world. A group of gods governing a planet! You will all create something, be it Alexandria forming the systems of this reality, Kieron shaping the world itself, Julius engineering the inhabitants of the world, or even Seiya wrecking havoc. You all have your own purpose, and you may choose to do what you wish."
"We will create a place deep with history, with legends that can be worshipped, myths that those of the future will praise! And we will create religions and spread them, it's a free source of Faith essence to increase your power." Lokreum finished, looking at the growing smile on all of his children's faces.
Who in their right mind would pass up on the opportunity to shape a world alongside the father of everything!
Kieron, Alexandria, Julius and even Seiya knew for a fact, they would cherish the memories they were about to make.
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