NOVPUBPov Ibuki:
I was in the middle of the darkness, but I didn’t feel bad, it was comfortable, it reminded me of the past, before the master appeared, before Zenos looked at me.
At that time I was the weakest Goblin in my tribe, I wasn’t able to hunt anything, even though I was a rare woman in my tribe I still couldn’t compete with the women of the other races who were captured, I was also very weak which led others to despise my existence as a weakness to the point of not having the right to a part of the food hunted by others, only by hiding so as not to be seen could I keep myself safe.
I was close to dying many times, just leaving the tribe was dangerous for someone so weak, but when I went out with others I couldn’t eat anything that was hunted or found, if I went out alone I could easily be killed by any creature, but I needed to eat something, so I went out many times during the night while everyone was sleeping.
The darkest and rainiest nights were my favorites, the rain covered my footprints and erased my scent, but unfortunately the rain was not a recurring thing.
Only the night was a complete cover, only during the night could I hide from predators and steal scraps of meat from the bones of creatures that had already been devoured by others, I was also able to gather fruits and herbs without having to compete with other creatures, but this came with the condition that I endured the days of hunger and the poison in the little food I found.
The nights were the only time I could survive, when I was weak I always thought of the darkness of the night as a shield that protected me, it was only after Zenos appeared and became my Master, extending his help to me, that I realized many things, he taught me many things, including that darkness can also be a weapon for predators.
When I discovered that I had the power of darkness, I was very happy, it was comforting, but I was too stupid to use these powers, I wasn’t able to understand half of what Zenos and Diana tried to teach me, I wasn’t able to learn almost anything that Erica said.
Kira was the only one I could understand, she tried to teach me a few times, but what she said was so familiar to me, it was so obvious that I wondered how I hadn’t realized it before, they were ways to use the darkness not from my powers but from the surroundings, how to hide, where to hide, how to use the shadows even during the day to hide, how to stay silent, which position is the least visible.
"(Those were happy times...)" (me)
When it was just us in that cabin, everything was amazing, I was the weakest, but everyone took care of me, taught me to be strong, trained me.
"(The weak worry about surviving, but the strong have their responsibilities...)" (me)
It was only after evolving a few times and becoming stronger that I realized something, those around me were not trying to survive, they were doing something else, but even seeing it I could not understand it right away, it was only after a long time observing them that I realized, all of them that I thought were so strong were being responsible.
Zenos led us with specific targets and detailed plans, he always focused on not letting any of us get hurt.
Erica took responsibility for the research and magic, as the only one who had this knowledge, she took responsibility for teaching those of us who had the potential to learn like me and Zenos, she also had the responsibility in battle to use her attacks at opportune moments in Zenos’ plans.
Diana was always an incredible warrior, she quickly understood the things Zenos said and the techniques he created, while she was very strong, she also took on the responsibility of training Zenos and me to become stronger.
Even Kira, who arrived much later, became responsible for gathering information, something that none of us could do as well as her.
I was the only one who had no responsibilities, I was getting stronger and stronger and I wanted to protect them all just as they protected me.
But as time went on, I grew stronger, I became smarter, and many people gathered around Zenos. Many wanted to follow him, but there were also many eyes in the darkness that wanted to kill him.
That hasn’t changed even now, the only change is that the strength of those who seek to destroy him is much greater than that of those who still follow him. 𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙥𝒖𝒃.𝒄𝒐𝒎
"(I wasn’t responsible for anything... I couldn’t protect anything...)" (me)
No matter how strong I became, following behind him, I couldn’t catch up to him even once, I couldn’t protect him from being behind, so I used everything he taught me to step onto my own path, his power within me seemed to resonate with my will, it was as if I could see what I needed to do.
"(Be responsible... protect... darkness... darkness?)" (me)
Suddenly it was as if pieces were falling into place, my eyes widened, I finally understood, darkness had always surrounded me, it was my greatest shield in times of weakness and my greatest weapon when I became strong, why couldn’t it be the same for others?
Zenos was becoming a God, he was the one who taught me that the responsibility of the strong was to protect something, be it someone or an ideal, because they were strong enough to do so.
The Gods were the strongest, but they didn’t protect everyone, even Zenos didn’t protect everyone, I couldn’t quite understand that, but I didn’t want to protect everyone either, there was no reason to protect people I didn’t like even though I felt happy when I protected some people I recognized as worthy of protection.
The Gods did it, Zenos did it, so I could do it too, the darkness that was my Weapon and my shield was only useful because I took the risks, I was not consumed by impotence, I rose in the darkness with willpower, so others could do the same.
"(Use the darkness to protect those who try to rise and strengthen those who walk without fear of the darkness.)" (me)
"(I wanted to become a God to be by Zenos’ side, to be his sword and shield, but I was on the wrong path...)" (me)
"I need to be the shadow and the cloak of darkness for those who were like me, to guide those lost in the darkness crawling how to walk and run through the night." (me)
"Zenos is also someone who came from the darkness like me, my embrace will fall upon him too, my ideals arose from yours, one day I was the one who followed behind you as your shadow and from today on I will be the one walking by your side!" (me)
The emotions inside me exploded, the releases in my mind spun endlessly completing a puzzle that I didn’t even know I had the pieces for, the power of Zenos inside me resonates with this puzzle, so all the darkness can no longer block my vision, from a cloak to hide, it became a soft fabric that covers everything revealing an endless world where countless silhouettes get lost far from the paths while trembling.
But my eyes are drawn upwards where a starry sky appears, this starry sky had the shape of a Dragon flying in the dark skies, it strangely left a shadow behind in this world of darkness, a shadow full of stars looking like a path in the darkness that leads straight to the heavens.
When I truly opened my eyes I saw the notifications.
Ding!
<[ You have ascended to [ Profane Goddess of the Dark Path (Anomalous God) ] ]>
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<[ You have integrated your Divine Realm with that of another God, complementing both of your Divinities ]>
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<[ You have become a Goddess of the Anomalous Entity [ Tarzor (Unholy Universal Dragon) ] ]>
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Pov Zenos:
The notifications in front of me were already surprising enough, but more were joining the list, something I had dismissed after just starting to see the first one named Ibuki.
I could only face one thing at a time or risk going crazy.
Ding!
<[ The [ Anomalous Creature (Tarzor) ] implants parts of you into your Nascent Universe transforming you into a [ Primordial God ] ]>
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<[ The [ Anomalous Creature (Tarzor) ] became a Universe using the [ Anomalous Power ] and the [ Power of Chaos ] and thus managed to evolve by following aspects of its Primordial God by becoming [ Unholy Universal Dragon (Anomalous Entity) ] ]>
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<[ The first living being created in [ Tarzor (Unholy Universal Dragon) ] was a [ Universal Tree (Anomalous) ] that is in the process of ascending to [ Anomalous Goddess ] ]>
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<[ The System looks at [ Tarzor (Unholy Universal Dragon) ] ]>
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<[ The System looks at you ]>
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<[ The System congratulates you on completing the procedure of becoming a [ Primordial God ] ]>
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<[ The System warns you that other Anomalous Entities have noticed the birth of your universe ]>
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<[ the Anomalous Entity that insists on being called ’Callidora’ laughs while hiding the whereabouts of [ Tarzor (Unholy Universal Dragon) ] ]>
"..." (me)
"I really fell into a trap..." (me)
I put aside the other things and go to Tarzor, he seems to be sleeping, but something was growing through his body, interconnecting all the stars inside him, horns grow on his head similar to ethereal branches, behind his horns a mane of ethereal leaves full of the power of nature sway in winds that do not exist.
Tarzor was sleeping and the universe stopped rejecting him, in fact the universe seemed to no longer have such a fundamental connection with my Star Path being just something similar to Tarzor.
Sigh
"I don’t even know what to say..." (me)
