Will of chaos - Chapter 1961 1961: Cap 1957: WHO!!?
Author: Previous chapter corrected, and I’ll try to keep everything straight.
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I didn’t raise my voice or even try to argue. This would all just be Callidora’s amusement, and I wouldn’t give it to her. Even so, I made my emotions clear in my Aura, and even though I can’t actually do anything against her, I can still choose to take a stand against her on certain matters.
“Do you really think I won’t dare break your connection with Niryna?” (me)
“At this point, killing her and surrendering her Soul for Reincarnation would be better.” (me)
“So you’re talking to someone who helped you in your fight~?” (Callidora)
“Please, Callidora… don’t insult my intelligence. You’re only helping yourself. I heard everything that happened, and I know very well that I could have interfered with Hatred, strengthening that Obsessing Specter, and I also didn’t need to further weaken the dimensional membrane by opening your eye here.” (me)
“Just tell me what you came for and go away, abandoning Niryna’s body before I decide to do something truly crazy.” (me)
“Your confidence seems to be growing~~…” (Callidora)
“Callidora, it’s not my confidence growing, but my patience wearing thin. You’ve touched my bottom line too many times, and you know it. Do you think I don’t dare to do anything forever?” (me)
“We are eternal, as you said yourself…” (me)
“Seriously, this isn’t fun. This time I didn’t force Niryna. I made a deal with her, I didn’t put her in danger, and I even ended one of her enemies, did I~?” (Callidora)
“But I didn’t come here to discuss useless things like morality or what we did. Since our last conversation, I’ve realized you’ve been planning against me for the long term, and I don’t want that, so I prepared a gift for you.” (Callidora)
“I don’t want to hear any more of your blackmail. I don’t want your gift, so go away before I tell you where to put it.” (Me)
“Your pent-up anger is almost cute, but believe me… you won’t be able to refuse my gift~~…” (Callidora)
I don’t like Callidora. She’s always been manipulative. She doesn’t see me in her eyes, and at the same time, she can’t move against me because of the Entities related to Creation.
She’s manipulated me several times since before I became a God. Sometimes she knew she was being manipulated, and other times she didn’t. Callidora always does things her way, and even then, she’s always cunning, doing everything she can to achieve her goals.
I look at her. It’s still Niryna’s face, but the evil glint in her eyes that could trigger fear and her seductive demeanor don’t belong to Niryna. She’s not even trying to apologize or anything like that, and she never will.
I also don’t see her accomplishing anything without personal gain, so she must have something to accomplish here. No gift from her is without payment, no gift from her would be for the good of anyone other than herself.
I wish she would leave. I’m honestly holding back my anger, but I can’t send her away. Her power is so vast I can’t comprehend it. She’s also not acting in the present moment. She already has everything she needs from me right now, except for my cooperation, which has been completely lost, along with her bond with Niryna.
“Looking at me so intensely like that, be careful… I might end up interested in something more profane~.” (Niryna)
“Honestly, I don’t want to play your games anymore. My soul is in pain. I’m worried about so many things. I have a universe to help repair, and I still have an enemy to face. I can’t even think about you right now…” (me)
“You’re not going…” (Niryna)
“Tarzor…” (me)
I spoke wearily as I stood up, and when I stood up, I was no longer in the Star Palace. I was on the edge of the universe, in a remote corner where not even she could find me in a short time.
I was on one of the planets furthest from the center of Tarzor. This planet was a desert dotted with oasis islands. I was in the largest oasis on this planet. I stood by the lake, staring at my reflection, my face haggard and my eyes tired.
“I’m a mess…” (me)
“It’s not that bad, I’ve seen you worse.” (Tarzor)
“Comforting words…” (me)
“How much of the Star Palace was destroyed?” (me)
“Nothing, she doesn’t even seem angry, which worries me.” (Tarzor)
“Forget it, I don’t want to deal with her. I really don’t have the patience for it, and I’m afraid I’ll end up doing something I’ll regret.” (me)
Callidora can be unbearable to deal with. I can’t trust a single word she says. She’s most likely trying to manipulate me again using the Souls of children or something similar. If it worked once, there’s no reason it wouldn’t continue to work.
Sigh
“Any news from Urd?” (me)
“She and 89 managed to stabilize the center of the universe. The Gods and Dragons who came with us are facing the Creatures of the Abyss along with the new Ascendants. Their wives are leading the battle alongside their Mother and Akatosh.” (Tarzor)
“The General of the Abyss?” (me)
“Expelled. It seems someone pushed him out. It was too quick for anyone to notice, but it’s most likely believed to be Ayden.” (Tarzor)
“We still have to face him…” (me)
With Greed, Hatred, and the Ascendants out of the game, only those on my side remain. None of them seem interested in this universe to possess. I believe I can negotiate with Igor and I can talk to Ronan, so I don’t need to fight them.
Now the only real enemy would be War, honestly the strongest too, a Concept focused on combat. The only thing I could do is fight, and I’m not in a position to do that right now.
“Leaving a woman abandoned isn’t very polite, didn’t your mother teach you~?” (Callidora)
Suddenly, I feel a fluctuation in the space that has split in front of me. Blood leaks out, contaminating the beautiful lake of this oasis, bones tear through the space in a portal that opens, allowing a single person to pass through.
It was Callidora, still possessing Niryna’s body. She was smiling at me. She didn’t seem angry about what I’d done, but I was angry that I’d come back to her after I’d made my intentions clear.
“Callidora…!” (me)
“Are you really going to stop listening? Aren’t you even curious about my gift?” (Callidora)
“No, it’ll just be another form of manipulation, regardless of what you claim it is.” (me)
“Not this time. I’m being sincere with this gift. I’m not asking for anything, and I don’t care what you do with it.” (Callidora)
“Do you expect me to believe your words after everything we’ve been through?” (me)
“Of course not. Even if I didn’t expect such a childish reaction, it was fun watching you run.” (Callidora)
“But unfortunately, my time is limited to continue teasing you, so I’ll just give you my gift along with a bonus.” (Callidora)
“You’re a very emotional person, one sincere action will be enough to change your favor with me.” (Callidora)
“…” (me)
She would follow me again even if she ran. I don’t even know how she managed to find me so precisely without alerting Tarzor, so I’ll just listen to what she has to say and receive her gift to get this over with.
She suddenly pulls out a crystal with the shadow of a fetus inside, but I can feel soul fragments inside, many, many Soul fragments, all filled with pure hatred. I only had to look closer to see that the shadow of a fetus was actually an attempt to hold it all together. It wasn’t meant to be this way, it was artificially shaped to be this way.
“This is the Lady of Hatred in her embryonic form. It was always a flawed creation, an attempt to create a Vessel for Hatred that would act as her true body.” (Callidora)
“This is useless to me. I have a collection similar to this thing, but you need it, and I know its power can be put to good use.” (Callidora)
“…” (me)
She knows about my plan to create a child. I don’t know how she found out, but she does. Is she really trying to curry favor with me like this?
“This is just the bonus. I got it improvised during combat, not the gift.” (Callidora)
She smiled as if what she was saying was the most normal thing in the world, but I could see the amusement in her eyes as she pulled out a coffin whose crystal lid allowed her to see inside.
What was inside was a person, or more specifically, a Human Soul. I knew it with a single glance. I’ve seen many Souls before, destroyed some, managed to recreate others, and even devoured a few. I know Souls well enough to recognize one, which only made this situation strange.
“(This Soul is seriously injured, but it doesn’t appear to have been attacked, it seems more like… trauma.)” (me)
“(It possesses a large amount of Demonic energy, but it doesn’t appear to be undergoing Demonization… strange… it seems to have an inherently strong Will.)” (me)
“(The Soul itself is weak, just a simple human Soul. I don’t see any powers, elements, or anything out of the ordinary other than the Will.)” (me)
“(The appearance seems beautiful by normal standards; it wouldn’t be a model like in my previous life, but still beautiful.)” (me)
“(Strangely, I sense a sadness trapped deep within its Aura that almost obscures everything.)” (me)
“…” (me)
I tried to analyze this Soul. Anything Callidora considers a gift should have something special, but this Soul seemed ordinary, barring traumas heavy enough to impact the Soul so severely and a Will above the norm. Alma is completely ordinary.
It wasn’t even a childish Soul like the ones Callidora used to blackmail me. I can’t understand the reason for all this.
“What do you want to achieve with this?” (me)
“Try using your Aura, see how it reacts~.” (Callidora)
“…” (me)
I don’t know why, but my heart beat a little faster. I just wanted to send Callidora away, but for some reason I felt something while analyzing this Soul. So there must be something in it, and that’s why I used my Aura to touch the Soul. That’s when I realized that her Aura began to embrace my Aura while the Soul itself was trembling. A possibility blossomed in my mind, an inconceivable possibility.
“It can’t be…!” (me)
“Look at a family reunion after two lives. Aren’t you happy to see the woman who abandoned you~?” (Callidora)
“Say hello to Mommy!~~…” (Callidora)
