As we were watching the war between the Aegis Alliance and the Firestorm Federation, a bright light started shining in the room. It took me a while to recall it, as you can imagine, after 130,000 years, your memory will be a bit rusty, but it was the same shining light trough we came in.
From it came 2 women. Both were stunningly beautiful, they were twins as far as I could see. Beautiful long silver hair and heterochromia eyes. One had the right eye blue, while the left eye black, she was dressed in a white wedding dress.
The other had a right black eye and a left blue one. She was dressed in a black wedding dress.
White: “Who are you and how did you get in here? This place was supposed to be sealed!”
She looked at us with a cold glare. That kind of glare, on a woman so beautiful, is extremely terrifying.
Him: “S-sorry, we don’t know…It was a long time ago but I remember just popping in here after I died.”
White: “WHAT? How can that be true, we-“
The black dressed woman stopped the white one before she rushed at us.
Black: “Calm down. You, how long ago did you say your death was?”
She eluded an air of elegance, and she spoke pointing at him. She spoke softer then the white woman, but you could tell the authority in her voice was absolute.
I answered in his stead.
Me: “It has been more than 130,000 years, if we are to count by the rotations of the earth.”
Black: “Hah…it was then… Never mind, you two. What do you want to do?”
Me: “Excuse me?”
This was truly confusing. Was she asking us if we wanted to reincarnate or go to heaven and such?
White: “What do you mean what they want to do? We should just wipe them and send them their way.”
The white one looked defiant at the black one.
Black: “Well, think this trough. We are already looking for 2 strong souls for ‘that’. Those 2 are perfect. What other 2 souls lived for 130,000 years with their memories intact? Not even we were that strong at the start.”
White: “T-this…It might actually work. This is perfect!”
Whit a brilliant smile, the white dressed girl spoke to us before we had time to question them.
White: “You 2, how would you like to be gods?”
This time it was his turn to ask the question.
Him: “Excuse me?”
After a bit the black one started to explain what they meant.
It seems that in the multiverse, there exist a law, or a cycle if you want. Gods, the beings that control and survey the universe come in pairs. They govern on a single universe, one which was made by their predecessor.
Every pair of Gods, once in a lifetime, will make a universe. This universe will be governed by them until they find a pair of souls strong enough to ascend to godhood.
White and Black are gods of technology and knowledge.
That doesn’t mean they can’t use magic and manner of powers straight out of a comic book. No, the can use all that and more, they are defined by technology and knowledge because that’s how they ascended. They gained enough knowledge in science that made them ascend.
Apparently, while they were out there making their own universe, we, me and him, ended up here and were not able to reincarnate. This made both of us abominations. We have enough knowledge to ascend as gods. The only reason we are still not gods is because this universe already has it’s designated gods and cannot accept more.
They then went to propose to us to become the gods in their universe.
Black: “So, you realize that even if we made our universe just like we dreamed, we cannot be the ones to control it. If we did there will be no balance in that universe. And we can’t let it be without a ruler for too long either. The gods act as a support for the universe. It may be fine for about a million years, but any more and it will collapse.”
White: “That’s why, we want you two to become the new gods in our world, Just like we became the goddesses of this world.”
Me: “Well, I’m not against it. Actually, I’m quite excited to become a god. It gets boring watching the earth for so long. What do you say?”
I direct my question to him. He stays in taught for a while and, after he makes a resolute face, answers.
Him: “I also approve. But I would like to know how we become gods. And you mentioned gods of technology. Is that the kind of gods we would become?”
Black: “Good! And to answer your question. I don’t know what kind of gods you will become. You will have to reincarnate in this new world and become the best in a field. As this world was made by our image, it is quite different than this universe. It has the power of magic. The very same essence of a god’s power.”
Black: “If you can master magic, you will become one of the most powerful gods in existence. But, of course. With all the knowledge you acquired here, which is far more than a mortal would acquire in a lifetime, you are eligible to become gods of knowledge after just testing your knowledge in the world.”
Me: “Wait, we can become gods just like that? Isn’t that too easy?”
White: “Well, yeah, but I don’t think there is another soul who has as much knowledge as you do. If it was this easy, there would be so billions of gods already.”
This made me think of a question.
Me: “How many gods are there actually?”
White: “Hmm…around 7 or 8 thousands pairs. Give or take.”
Him & Me: “Woah…”
Black: “Well, don’t worry about that. And just so you know. You guys are better off trying to become gods of magic, or even combat. They are more powerful, and in the society of gods, power is everything.”
Him: “Society of gods?” he said rising an eyebrow.
Black: “Yes, let me explain. Gods, much like mortals, have a hierarchy. The strongest gods are at the top, while the weakest are at the bottom. There are tree ranks divided in sub-ranks. The strongest gods are the Combat and Magic gods. They have become gods in a world possessing magic or some similar energy, thus when they become gods, their energy gets stronger than the other gods. The sub-ranks are Top, Mid and Lesser. As you can imagine, top is the strongest while lesser is the weakest. Still, a lesser Combat and Magic God, or CMG is a lot stronger than the rank below. The middle god rank is the Technology and Knowledge Gods, or Tech Gods. Those, the same as the ones above them are ranked in the 3 sub-ranks. They have the least physical and magical strength of the 3 ranks, but, due to their knowledge, are ranked in the middle of the power ladder.
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The last are the Instinct Gods. Those are gods that used to animals. While they are strong physically, they have little magical powers. Well, there are some exceptions, but those don’t really matter.
An Instinct God, or IG, can only come to being if a beast reaches the age of 100,000 years. This is why they are the most numerous. As you would realize, in a world with magic, having a life of over 100,000 years, isn’t unheard of. Rare, but not impossible.”
Black: “By the way, I and White are Mid Tech Gods.”
That was a really trough explanation. I guess it would be nice to become one of the strongest gods.
A bit before I could start drooling on my future powers, I had an idea.
Me: “Wait. You said we already know enough to be Tech Gods, right? Then what would happen if we reach the pinnacle in magic and we also use our knowledge to become gods? Would we be a higher rank of gods?”
Black: “You see, that’s a very good question. If you learned all about technology and science after becoming a god, it would not help you anymore. After you are a god in one division, you can’t be one in another. Like how me and White can’t reach CMG rank just because we learned magic. True, we know magic theory and skills just as much as a CMG god, but we will never have their magical power/energy. It has to be cultivated before becoming a god.
And a CMG can learn all about technology, but it wouldn’t award him with another portion of energy. He would still learn science and technology, but it would be just that, knowledge.
But, as always, there are some exception. The IG! They are marvels that have the chance to somehow evolve into the
Tech God or CMG ranks. Of course, it requires talent and hard work for them to reach one of those ranks, and not all have the aptitude for it and remain as IG forever, but you get the idea.”
Me: “Well, that’s nice and all, but it still didn’t answer my question. What if we become gods in both at the same time?”
White: “HAHAHA, kid, we are telling you, we don’t know. It has never been done before. If a god gets anyway near a soul that just left their bodies than the soul will be wiped of all its memories and will. And it will continue to stay like that until the god leaves its presence.
Think about it. If a got could just take a soul shove it into an observation chamber just like you two were, that soul would be wiped of all its memories and it will stay like that until the god leaves its presence.”
This raised some questions about me and him, and how we haven’t lost our memories. I take a look at him and see that he also figured the same thing.
Him: “So? Why didn’t we lose our memories? I still remember everything. And I guess he also remembers. Oh, and another question, couldn’t the god just leave the person in here and go somewhere until that soul gained enough knowledge?”
Black: “To answer your second question first, no. A soul is automatically sucked in the reincarnation circle the moment it left the body. It doesn’t matter where it is, here or another universe. It will always go to reincarnate. A god would have to choose the souls of his successors from the most powerful souls in his world and hope they can gain that power again in the world he crates to ascend. The god would only explain all this to his successors after they become gods. There has been no precedent to what is happening right now. And as for your first question, you haven’t lost your memories because you have the will to resist our presence. If we do want to wipe your memories, we would just have to release just a bit more pressure on you and even 130,000 years of existing wouldn’t give you enough will to survive.”
She said that with a vicious smile that made me shudder. Those being can kill and with their mere presence.
Black: “Hehehe, don’t worry. We wouldn’t do that. You two are far more interesting like this. And before you ask, we don’t know how you got here and how you avoided the reincarnation circle. I guess you two are abominations.”
As she said that, I started going over the information she just told us.
We can become gods if we work hard in the world she created and we can even practice magic. That has always been my dream. Even after 130,000 years I still want that.
Me: “So? How do we do this? I mean we have to get reincarnated and such, right? Can we choose who to become and all that?”
White: “Well, we could let you choose, but where’s the fun in that? You get stuck with what we give you, hahahaha!!”
Me&Him: “Urgh…”
Black: “Oh, come on, it won’t be that bad. We’ll be sure to choose a nice family for you.”
She seems way too amused by that. I hope we don’t and up as slave or some shit like that.
Him: “So? I guess we are ready? Right?”
He looked at me for confirmation, but I am as ready as I would ever be to put my life in the hands of two beautiful and slightly psychotic women. I’m bored of this room anyway.
Me: “Yeah, let’s go!”
After I said that everything went black. But just before I could swear I saw a dark smile on White’s face!