Chapter 1201 - 1201 – Reason For Creation (1/2)
”What happened?” Gravis asked.
”I think I know what happened,” Orthar said with a thoughtful expression.
”Enlighten me,” the Opposer said evenly.
”You were abandoned,” Orthar said.
The Opposer remained silent.
”Death wanted a will, but as a Manifestation of Death, you didn't have a will. Therefore, you couldn't possibly become Death's will,” Orthar added.
Gravis' and Mortis' eyes widened in understanding.
Right!
How could someone without a will become the will of something else?
”Correct,” the Opposer said evenly. ”After trying to make me its will, Death simply receded.”
”We were incompatible.”
”After realizing that we were incompatible, it simply assimilated me into itself. I would lose my structure and become more Death. Like a drop of fresh water that had been thrown into an ocean, I would dissolve until I was part of the ocean.”
”But, then how are you alive?” Gravis asked.
The Opposer's expression became complex.
”Energy interfered,” the Opposer said.
Orthar's eyes widened with intensity as he heard that.
He knew what that meant!
”It noticed me, and for whatever reason, it decided to fill me with Energy. My old mind from before I have entered the Gate of Death had fused with the memories I had gained while being the Manifestation of Death.”
”Emotions returned to my being. Dreams returned. My will returned. A new personality was formed.”
”I was essentially born again.”
”As soon as I regained my will, Death returned. It wanted me to make its will again. That action wasn't born of a decision but of instinct. Like an insect that only works on instinct, it saw something compatible and reached out to it.”
”However, since I now had a will, dreams, and a goal again, I declined Death.”
”I wasn't willing to pay the price.”
Orthar looked at the Opposer with narrowed eyes. ”Are you telling me that Death doesn't have a will, but Energy does?”
Gravis' and Mortis' eyes widened.
”Yes,” the Opposer answered. ”Death doesn't have a will, but someone has already become the will of Energy. That someone has probably noticed what had happened and decided to revive me. I'm not sure if it was out of pity or a different reason, but they decided to recreate my old self and fuse it with my new self.”
Orthar's eyes quickly moved around as he was calculating at terrifying speeds.
For a moment, the entire administration of the Cosmos paused.
For just one moment, no new tribulations took place, and no Karmic Luck was changed.
”That explains a lot,” Orthar said. ”On my journeys, I have seen countless Cosmoses made of Energy, but only an incredible rarity had anything related with Death in them. Even more, I have never seen a Cosmos that had over 5% Death to Energy ratio, except for your Cosmos.”
”Additionally, Death can't form life without someone directing it. Someone has to manually create the life in Death.”
”Yet, what about the first Cosmos made of Energy? What about the very first lifeform? Who created them?”
”I don't know as much about Death as you, but I know that the inherent destructiveness of Death doesn't allow it to create life on its own. Energy is different in that regard. If you push enough Energy together, at some point, life will form.”
”It could be that the first lifeform has become the will of Energy since it had been the only will in existence at some point.”
”Possible,” the Opposer said. ”However, I won't talk more on the subject.”
A bit of frustration appeared in Orthar's eyes, but he kept himself in check.
He didn't answer.
”Anyway,” the Opposer said as he looked at Gravis and Mortis again. ”After I gained an actual personality and will, all the Emotions I should have felt while being the Manifestation of Death broke out.”
”My goal also returned, and my previous goal from before I had become the Manifestation of Death hadn't changed. I wanted power. I wanted to never be weaker than anyone again.”
”Fueled with conviction and anger, I created my Cosmos. First, I tried to make it entirely out of Death, but it was impossible. If I did that, I would stop existing again. My Cosmos and I would just cancel each other out.”