NOVPUBAfter driving out that Dragon Eater, I turned my eyes to the vastness of the entire Star Path.
"All directions... all paths... but only the Will to count..." (me)
I understood this place, it was created by me, not consciously, but still, it was created by me.
In my previous life I was an orphan with no family to count on, I came from scratch building my kingdom in creating Video Games with my own effort, all this with a sick body that should have led me to death much earlier than the age I reached.
"I can say that this was my strong Will at that time, I fell in love with that field of work and time seemed to fly by while I enjoyed the work." (me)
After dying and being reborn here in this universe, my previous experiences were worthless. It was like going back to zero all over again. In fact, I was almost in the negative for being reborn as such a weak Leech. I could have died with a careless step from any creature.
"No, victimizing myself like that is wrong. I am not an orphan in this world, and I had true Divine help from my mother." (me)
I may have started from very low, but I gained skills and help with each evolution, as well as emotional support from her. Her presence was very important to me.
Even so, with the help of the Goddess Selene, my path to this day has been full of danger. In fact, the fact that I am still alive after so many things have happened is almost a miracle. My mother did not defend me in any way and did not force me to do anything, allowing me to follow my own path as I wanted.
"This time Willpower was really what kept me alive, my personality changed a lot with each blood-soaked step I left in my path, be it my own blood or the blood of those who got in my way." (me)
I look at my hand and see only an inhuman claw, I was in my Dragon form again without realizing it, I was so comfortable that I didn’t notice.
I was no longer human, I still remember the values of my previous life, but at this point I must have almost gone Cintra all of them, I killed, tortured, devoured other people, some of them still alive, I committed many robberies and several other crimes.
"The claws of a monster and as such stained with much blood, I don’t even know how many lives were taken by these claws..." (me)
I wasn’t sad or regretful about the path I took, but it was always something of mine to reflect on the past while looking at the stars, maybe that was how this Stellar Path began to form.
"I’ve also saved many lives, helped many people, and fought against many injustices, haven’t I...?" (me)
"What am I...?" (me)
"A Monster...?" (me)
"A Person...?" (me)
"A King...?" (me)
"A God... perhaps...?" (me)
"Were these the things I sought...?" (me)
My entire life flashed before my eyes, it was like looking back and seeing the footprints I left along my path.
"No, they were just events along the way to what I truly sought and what I still need to keep walking toward." (me)
In my mind the images of my children, my wives, my Familiars, my friends, my Heralds and those who agreed to follow an idiot among the stars, their faces passed through my mind and a simple image of everyone together laughing in our city revealed itself, but for me it was the most beautiful image I had ever seen containing everything I had ever wanted, a home.
"Home... such a simple word and yet with so much meaning, so much weight... at least for me..." (me)
I smiled and looked back at the Star Path, those with a strong Will will be brought here by themselves, whether they seek power, an idea or even just comfort, this place will have what they seek if they are able to walk their paths with their own will.
"If it is to make excuses to give up, then not even the Gods helped..." (me)
I looked at the Eclipse where the throne stood, the Eclipse had always had many meanings both in my previous life and in this life now.
"Good and evil are not so absolute, the gray line between them is even wider than these extremes and connects the two." (me)
I flew down the Star Path, there was no longer a path for me to walk, the path was behind me as I flew through the stars.
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Pov Ibuki:
I was looking at the army in front of me, I was furious, I couldn’t see the master, I couldn’t be by his side while I was sleeping because of these bastards.
"Don’t be so angry." (Diana)
"We have to end this war." (me)
"He went through several battles in a row and we weren’t there!" (me)
The army in front of us didn’t advance and we didn’t advance either, Diana was with me while behind us was a vast army waiting for our command.
"We all have our responsibility, our battle here is no less important than his battles." (Diana)
"If we kill every Deity alongside Baldr and Seal them all, we will shorten the scope of the battle and we will be able to fight alongside Zenos." (Diana)
"I know, you already said this, but I don’t have to agree with it, I just want to be by his side." (me)
"If something had happened to him..." (me)
"Trust him, we still need more power, you and Kira haven’t fully achieved Divinity yet, so focus on that for now or when Freya comes back she’ll leave you two behind." (Diana)
"I just need a Fragment of Divinity, so I..." (me)
"< Communion of Divine Light >"
"He’s appeared, try not to let him escape again." (Diana)
"I know... ATTACK!!!!" (me)
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Pov Zenos:
After spending so much time lost in thought, it was like organizing my emotions again, I looked randomly between those pursuing their paths, it reaffirmed my own will.
Somehow my time on the Star Path was relaxing, it was as if going over my past was something I needed to do and after that I found myself returning to the throne, it wasn’t something I liked to see, but I couldn’t deny that it was appropriate in a way.
After I returned to the throne, I suddenly saw a Dragon approaching with a book in his hands, I picked up the book and felt as if something was sucked from me into the book, it wasn’t energy or power, it was something more ethereal and that I wouldn’t have noticed before I became a God.
What the book absorbed was a bit of my Will and I felt it contain my understanding of what was right and wrong.
"Let’s see how this will be in the future..." (me)
I waved my hand and both the book and the Dragon became a necklace that returned to my neck, then released a glow that became a wave running through the entire Star Path.
After that I blinked my eyes, when I closed my eyes it was the Star Path that I was seeing, but when I opened my eyes it was a ceiling that I know very well that appeared in my vision, it was just a moment of blinking my eyes and I had woken up naturally.
My body was at its peak, my mind was calm and I felt my Soul relaxed, I hadn’t felt so good since before I became a God.
"Good morning." (Alice/Karina)
"..." (Samara)
The first to enter my vision were my Saints, two of them had smiles on their faces while the third was leaning against a wall without saying anything, but a truly happy smile was on her face.
Alice told me everything that had happened since I went to sleep and Karina told me what she had been doing, as well as my other companions, Familiars and wives who were not present before.
Karina’s report was much longer while Alice only said a few things, after the two left to do some errands, Samara took a few steps until she was in front of me where she kneeled in excessive respect before giving her report.
"So we’re back, Tarzor is really in a hurry..." (me)
"Yes, he felt the changes in you." (Samara)
"The Laws..." (me)
"Why does he seek this so much?" (me)
"He is an incomplete creature, always has been since his accidental creation." (Samara)
"Seeking to become complete is a natural instinct while seeking the yearning of those who make up his origin, but he does not have the ability until he becomes an Anomalous Entity." (Samara)
"..." (me)
Sigh
"Very well, I can settle this with him at least." (me)
I still had to worry about the Dragon Eater, but I didn’t know when or where he would attack, I was just sure that he was no longer where Adella had seen him.
"It’s time to fulfill our agreement, Tarzor." (me)
I got up and as soon as I left the mansion with Samara right behind, I met my Familiars outside, they seemed to be waiting for me and I spent a few hours talking to everyone, each of them changed, but they were more internal changes than external ones with only Orion becoming a colossal being of Blood, his change was much more obvious.
When I went to find the Grave Mother, she was more than anxious, she almost pulled me out and I realized that we were close to Tarzor once again.
When I left the space controlled by Okan, I returned to my Dragon form and stood in front of Tarzor that no longer looked like a Planet but rather a large ghostly white Serpent.
