Before her stood a familiar figure, colossal in size, similar to that of the monstrous being she encountered in the other world but unlike it the being before her didn’t seem as frightening even though the power emanating from it was just as great. The power escaping from that being, unlike the other, was pure and natural, like a stable and harmonic flow, it felt peaceful and whole, and was striking contrast to the chaotic and monstrous power she felt come from the other being so much so that if Ibaeran were to put in to words the way the power she felt come from the being at that very moment, only a single word would come to mind, and that was order.
The being then, spotting Ibaeran flowing in the vast, seemingly endless white void, raised up its massive hand to Ibaeran, allowing her feet rest on the tip of her smallest finger, before speaking with a somewhat familiar voice that was so great, Ibaeran felt it move through her and reaching the deepest depths of her soul, saying “Oh, It’s You”.
Ibaeran then looked at the being while standing on the very tip of her finger, it was a being she had seen before, recognizing the white cloak that cover her entire face and pair of wings made out of pure light. She was the one that set on the path she now walked on, the one who chose her, a slave girl out all the other far more capable warriors in all of the four nation, to be the next Su Baera, the Su Ingi, the being responsible for the very existence of Su Baera. Ibaeran could not bring herself to utter a single word, but not out horror or fear, but because she was taken aback to see the Su Ingi in such a state, mighty and great, exuding a power that was impossible to comprehend and so large that a single step from her feet alone could crush and crumble an entire world.
The Su Ingi upon seeing the state Ibaeran was in, couldn’t help but smile in amazement before, with a flash of blinding, shrinking herself down, from the colossal size she was initially in to one that was equal to Ibaeran, knowing that that would make Ibaeran more comfortable with her presence.
“Sorry about that, I take it you are more comfortable seeing me this way” the Su Ingi spoke with a welcoming voice.
Ibaeran, feeling more comfortable and at ease with the Su Ingi’s current form, managed to compose herself enough to ask her, “What is this place?”
The Su Ingi upon hearing what Ibaeran paused for a moment, all most as though she was thinking of a fitting reply to give Ibaeran.
“It’s a bit complicated, you this see this world isn’t like any other world. The best way I can describe it to you is by calling it the world of worlds” said the Su Ingi.
“World of worlds? That doesn’t make any sense?” said Ibaeran.
The Su Ingi then let out a deep sigh as she thought of a way to try and explain to her what exactly the world they were currently in was. The Su Ingi that then thought of a brilliant was to explain it to her. The Su Ingi then, using her power, brought of the balls of light attached the white threads to her hand.
“Here, hold this”, said the Su Ingi.
Ibaeran, though finding it puzzling and confusing as to why the Su Ingi had asked to hold the ball of light, still complied with her wishes and grabbed hold of the ball, and the moment she do so, her eyes widened and opened to an unbelievable sight. Ibaeran, with ball of light held firmly on her hand, saw the entirety of her world, the four nations, her enslaved people, the Uha Tamunarans, even the king seated on his throne with a frustrated and enraged look on his face, she could see it all.
Ibaeran then let go of the ball, gasping out for air, having being overwhelming from have to take in the entirety of her world all at once.
“That…was..my..”Ibaeran, speaking while constantly gasping was interrupted by the Su Ingi saying, “world, yes it is”.
The Su Ingi the returned the ball back to its right place, floating above them in the white void along with the other balls.
Ibaeran then, after gasping for the last time, looked up at the balls of light above her head with widened eyes as she finally realized what those balls were.
The Su Ingi seeing the look on Ibaeran’s face could tell that she finally beginning to comprehend where they were currently in.
“Yes Ibaeran, each and every single ball of light that hangs above our heads is an entire world, most of them are barren empty wastelands, a few of them are just voids made up of space, but a descent amount harbor life” the Su Ingi said before using her powers to summon another ball to her.
“This one for example is filled with a few human and very strange and peculiar beings who call themselves dragon warriors and are able to control the power of elements”, said the Su Ingi before allowing that ball to return back it place and summoning another ball.
“While this is a world taming with different forms of life, most of them are born with the ability to alter and manipulate the laws that govern they world, I believe they call it magic”, said the Su Ingi before returning that ball back to its place.
Ibaeran then looked up to what seemed to be trillions upon trillions of balls, wondering just how many worlds they were out there as they were seemingly infinite in number but out of all the trillions of billions of worlds above her head, there was single one that caught her eye. The one and only world that was unique and different out of every single one of the infinite balls of light above her, a world that was pitch black, darker than any night, with dark threads that extend out of it and attached to the other balls of light. That was an abnormally, as in a sea of almost infinite light it was the only single massive drop of darkness.
“Is that a world as well?” asked Ibaeran while pointing at massive ball of darkness.
The Su Ingi upon seeing what Ibaeran pointed at simply sighed before speaking with low voice, expressing a hint of reluctance to answer the question, saying, “Yes, it is. The world of chaos and discord, where everything that is not, is and everything that is, is not”.
The Su Ingi then flew towards the ball of darkness with Ibaeran following, using the steel wings attached to her back to propel herself after the Su Ingi, curious to know more about the dark world. As the Su Ingi and Ibaeran flew closer to the ball, Ibaeran felt a familiar feeling flow through her entire body, one that instill a sense of chilling fear all through her entire body. Ibaeran tried her best to ignore it and continued moving forward towards the ball of darkness, but as she did so she felt the power flow more and more through her, instilling even more fear in to her body until she just froze up.
Ibaeran felt her body seemly stop responding to her, freezing up as the power and fear clutched on to her tightly, so much so that she felt as though she was going to suffocate. It was then at that moment that Ibaeran realized why the power felt so familiar as an image of the figure made out of formless and impossible matter flashed in her mind. Ibaeran then looked out at the ball of darkness before her, with a look of sheer horror on her face. She, after discovering what world that ball of darkness was, couldn’t bring herself to move any closer to it. The Su Ingi, on the other hand, seemed unfazed by the chaotic power being emitted by the ball of darkness as she flew gracefully and elegantly with her light wings before finally reaching the ball of darkness.
Once the Su Ingi had reached the ball of darkness, she placed a hand on it before letting out a deep sigh. She then turn around to Ibaeran a fair distance away, seemingly frozen in place and unable to move. She then, with just a simple snap of her fingers, made Ibaeran to vanish and reappear next to her, and then before Ibaeran could get overwhelmed by the chaotic power, created a bubble around her made out the pure power of order and harmony. Ibaeran, now protected from the influence of the chaotic power was able to look at the ball without have entire body shut down and freeze in place.
“This world, this is where I came from, there was this colossal being there emitting a strange and monstrous power, it was so great that I felt my body shut down and freeze up just by being in its presence” said Ibaeran.
The Su Ingi upon hearing what Ibaeran said just sighed deeply, “That being was my counterpart”.
“What?” said Ibaeran in shock and confusion.
The Su Ingi then sighed deeply before saying, “I and she existed long before this or any other world was. She doesn’t go by a single name, some know her as the mistress of chaos and discord, others call her the queen of chaos, most all her the ruler of all that isn’t but is. She represents complete and utter chaos just like I represent order and harmony”.
Ibaeran could sense a sad and somber mood coming from the Su Ingi as she spoke, almost as though speaking about the world of chaos and the being that presided over it weighed heavy on her heart, almost as though she greatly cared for her despite them being each other’s opposite.
“You care about her don’t?” asked Ibaeran.
The Su Ingi upon hearing what Ibaeran said just let out a deep sigh before saying, “It’s not that I care about her, me and her are literal opposites, it’s our very nature to oppose each other *sigh* but we’ve been together for eons now, fighting and fighting, in an never ending battle that has been going on longer than time itself. And over the long span of what feels like eternity, it would be wrong of me to say me and her don’t share a bond or a connection of some kind, even though I’m not entirely what to call it”.
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Ibaeran then saw a small tear flow down from the side of the Sun Ingi’s cloaked face.
“At some point, after fight for a time that would be incomprehensible to you, she, as well as I grew tired of it all, both the fighting and existence itself. We grew sick and tired of simply existing to oppose and fight one another in a never ending battle but on like her, over time, I found new meaning watching what we created” said the Su Ingi.
“Created?” asked Ibaeran.
The Su Ingi, upon hearing what Ibaeran said, shifted her gaze from the ball of darkness to the infinite balls of light hovering all around her. Ibaeran then turned to see what the Su Ingi was looking before realizing what she meant.
“Everything that was and is, was forged and brought in to existence thanks the clash between me and her. The collision between the contradictory, immense and random power of chaos from her along with harmonic power of order was what led to all this” said Su Ingi.
Ibaeran then looked around, seeing the infinite worlds that surrounded her in the form of sparkling beautiful lights and then turned to look at the Su Ingi, finding it hard to believe that all that came from both her and the chaotic being.
“I wish she could see the beauty in what we both made, granted it was all unintentional and simply a product of two clashing forces but still, despite it all, we both still made something truly beautiful together” said the Su Ingi.
“I understand why she is tired of it all, after all I was too but if she took a moment to see and appreciate what we’ve built together maybe would understand there is so much more to existence. But instead she choose to end it all by consuming and plunging everything in to chaos” said Su Ingi spoke with a hint of sadness and disappointment in her voice as she spoke.
“What do you mean by ‘end it all by plunge the everything in to chaos’” asked Ibaeran.
The Su Ingi then sighed once more before saying, “Just as both I and her were the ones responsible for the existence of everything in existence similarly everything is responsible from us. We derive our existence from everything in existence thanks to a delicate balance of chaos and order that encompasses everything in existence, including us and as long as that balance remains, we along with everything in existence remain. But if that balance was ever broken, well everything would be undone, including us”.
Ibaeran then looked at the white and black threads, understanding that those were what connected the Su Ingi and the mistress of chaos to everything in existence, representing the balance of chaos and order.
“She has been trying for eons upon eons now to disrupt the balance by unevening the scale of order and chaos, and tipping towards chaos. I tried my absolute best to maintain the balance but every now and then, the balance tips to the side of chaos in such a way that any attempt in correcting may result in worsen the scales. So to remedy those problems I act through agents”, said the Su Ingi.
“Agents?” asked Ibaeran, confused by what she meant by acting through agents.
“Like the Golden Dragon Warrior, the Great Sage, and the Su Baera” said the Su Ingi.
“What?” Ibaeran spoke up in shock upon hearing the Su Ingi say the Su Baera.
“Yes, I granted those agents a fraction of my power so they may use it to maintain the balance” said the Su Ingi.
“So I’m one of those agents” asked Ibaeran.
“Yes, you and every single Su Baera that have ever come before you are my agents of order, tasked with the responsibility of maintaining balance” said Su Ingi.
“But I thought all I had to do was save my people. How am I suppose to maintain this balance” asked Ibaeran as she looked out in the vast void filled with trillions upon trillions of balls each connected to a thin thread white thread of order and a black thread of chaos, knowing that one of them was her home and the responsibility of maintaining the fragile balance of order and chaos in it was on her.
“I won’t have chosen you or all other Su Baeras that came before if I didn’t believe you had what it took Ibaeran” said Su Ingi before summoning the ball of light that was Ibaeran’s home to her.
“I was there after all from the very beginning, from before you, the four nations, and even the Uha Tamunarans, watching over you all” said the Su Ingi as she flew to Ibaeran’s side.
“Those steel wings attached to your back are my most precious creation. I imbued them with a larger fraction of my power than any of my other agents and those who wield it have the potential stand like gods, above every other living being in your world but only if the person who wielding it truly understands and comprehends the power and responsibility that weighs upon their shoulders” said the Su Ingi.
“And if they can’t” asked Ibaeran, hear voice weighed down with fear and doubt.
“Then they are destined to fail and this world in my hand will crumble and fall to chaos, breaking the fragile balance in your world and doom all other worlds to the same fate, to be completely consumed by chaos before eventually fading away and ceasing to be in a sea of nothingness” said Su Ingi.
Ibaeran upon hearing what the Su Ingi said, looked at the ball of light on the hands of the Su Ingi and shifted her gaze to the other worlds, filling the overwhelming weight of the responsibility weighing on her shoulders, realizing that it wasn’t just her people that were counting on her, neither was it her own world, but the entirety of existence, and for the sake for everything that was and is to continue to be, she needed to maintain the balance. Then fear and doubt began to creep in, as she wondered to herself, just how was she suppose to maintain something as delicate as the balance between order and chaos protect not just her world but all other world against being consumed completely by chaos, when she was struggling to save the lives of her own people. Her people, Ibaeran’s eyes then widened upon with gasp leaving her lips upon remembering her mission, to retrieve the Dumo stone from Kiri Dumo and save her people from king Datubo’s wrath.
Ibaeran then turned looked at the sea of glowing balls that surrounded her before asking, “Out of all these worlds, which one is Kiri Dumo”.
Su Ingi upon hearing Ibaeran’s question, just smiled at Ibaeran before letting go of the ball on her hands, allowing it to float back to its rightful place and then, with a simple snap of her fingers, summoned another ball that seemed different from the rest as while the other worlds glowed with plain white glow, that particular world glowed with a bright emerald green hue.
“Here, Kiri Dumo, the world of life”, said the Su Ingi while displaying the little emerald green glowing ball on hands.
Ibaeran upon hearing what the Su Ingi said was speechless and just stared at the green ball with awe stricken eyes as with that tiny little seemingly minuscule green ball was an entire world and within that world laid the only hope for her people’s freedom and safety.
“Can you take me there” asked Ibaeran.
The Su Ingi upon hearing what Ibaeran said, smiled underneath her cloak before saying, “Of course, I’m the supreme being of harmony and order, frankly speaking, there exist very little I can’t do but the question is, why should I?”.
Ibaeran eyes widened upon hearing what the Su Ingi said, not expecting her to ask her such a question but then again, she didn’t expect her to grant her request easily either.
“Please, it’s the only way to save my people?” Ibaeran pleaded with the Su Ingi, knowing lives of her people hung in the balance.
“Really, you’re telling me that the lives of your people is dependent on traveling to another world”, the Su Ingi upon hearing what Ibaeran said just smile and nodded her head.
“Well, you are the new Su Baera, one of my most powerful agents. Why don’t you simply travel using your own power just like you did to come here”, said the Su Ingi.
“I...” Ibaeran couldn’t bring herself to complete her sentence, the shame and guilt that was slowly consuming her heart prevented her from uttering a single word. How could she when in her eyes she was a complete and utter fail. The Su Baera was a warrior that inspired hope in the hearts of everyone, a true warrior of peace, one who sought to protect the world she came from including everyone and everything, and she can’t even protect herself much less everyone around her. She felt like fraud and that Su Ingi made a mistake to choose to be the next Su Baera, she couldn’t even matter the powers of the Su Baera and every time it seemed as though she had a hold of it, it slips away from her grasp. Recalling her first attempt in traveling to Kiri Dumo, only to return shattered after having to make an agonizingly painful decision, and as for her second, it led her to the presence of a being made complete and utter incomprehensible chaos that left her complete petrified while in its presence. After failing so much, how could Ibaeran trust in the power given to her or even herself?
The Su Ingi, seeing the look of doubt and despair on Ibaeran’s face just sighed before saying, “It seems as though you still don’t know answer”.
“Answer? To what?” asked Ibaeran, wondering what question she didn’t have the answer
“The very same question I asked you during our last encounter. Are you Ibaeran or the Su Baera?” asked the Su Ingi.
Ibaeran, upon hearing what the Su Ingi said, paused for a moment, recalling how the she asked the very same question when she received the steel wings of the Su Baera, and just like back then, she still found it difficult to answer, as even though she possessed all the powers of the Su Baera, she felt suffocated with the feeling overwhelming fear and helpless as though she was still a slave. Ibaeran then looked at her hands, there were rough, strong, and hard, then and wondered, were the hands of a warrior, the Su Baera, or a slave.
The Su Ingi upon seeing Ibaeran reaction to her question let out a disappointed sigh before clasping the green ball within her two hands and then proceeding to expand it until it form a portal.
“Go, this portal with take to you Kiri Dumo”, said the Su Ingi.
Ibaeran upon hearing what the Su Ingi said looked at her with a look of shock and confusion, wondering what choose to help her get to Kiri Dumo after being reluctant to take her their moments ago.
“Why are you helping me?” asked Ibaeran to which the Su Ingi responded raising hand and placing it on Ibaeran’s cheeks.
“I’ve had many agents of order over the countless millennia of my existence and each and every single one of them have always have moments of doubt, where they feel like they aren’t great, worthy or strong enough to do what needs to be done, and each and every one of them found a way to push past their doubts and do what needs to be done. And from my numerous experience watching over them, I see no reason why you should be an exception” said Su Ingi.
Ibaeran upon hearing the Su Ingi said, bowed down her head in shame before saying, “What if I am an exception and out of all agents you’ve had, I’m the only who can’t do what needs to done”.
The Su Ingi just giggled upon hearing what Ibaeran said before saying, “Oh, you will, they always do but in the mean time keep on pondering the question, and once you find an answer you will be ready to what needs to be done”.
Ibaeran upon hearing the Su Ingi said, remained silent a moment, pondering her words before turning to the green portal. She then let out a deep sigh before passing through, living the world of worlds and traveling to Kiri Dumo. Once Ibaeran was gone, the Su Ingi proceeded to shrink the portal back to its ball form before placing it back with the other worlds.
She then turned her attention to the massive black ball before letting out a worried sigh before shifting her gaze to the other balls that glowed and shun all around the world of worlds. The Su Ingi looking at all those balls, each one of the representing an entire world held together by delicate strands of threads of order and chaos, knowing something was coming, something great than all world, a calamity that would shake the delicate fabric of all worlds, and Ibaeran was fated to be at the center of it all. The Su Ingi then let out a deep sigh knowing that the wheels of fate and destiny had been set in motion, and at the moment, the Supreme Being order could do nothing more than hope that Ibaeran would be ready when the calamity struck.