Chapter 395: Haven (1/2)
'[Also, just so you are aware, that makes you that plane's sole god. In other words, your own Primal Energy birthed life into that lifeless plane and is the reason for its continued development.]' Enya continued.
'W-What does this mean?' Aiden asked with an utterly shocked expression. His mind was already in shambles, the gravity of the news Enya kept throwing at him was beyond what he seemed capable of processing. Still, there was a dangerous thought lingering in his mind, that he dared not to accept nor delve too much on it, lest it becomes the truth.
Still, Enya was merciless in this regard. Her next words confirmed it.
'[It means that you Aiden are not just the sole survivor. Your true origins go beyond a simple Primal, be it the son of the Guardian or not. Aiden, you could already feel it, just your mind couldn't accept it, take it as the truth, even if the clues were always there. Right from the very beginning.]'
She gave a second of pause in her speech, giving her Master a moment to try to comprehend the thought.
She continued a bit later though.
'[Aiden, you… your core is not simple. It…]'
'It of divine origin?' Finally, finishing her sentence, Aiden sighed defeated. 'How though?'
'[I…]' Suddenly she turned silent, her presence dimmed for a brief moment before she returned. Her tone, however, was different than before. Much calmer… flat.
'[Everything will be revealed as you find more of the hidden shrines and absorb the memories prepared for you.]'
The strange change in her tone and mannerism reminded Aiden of the past happenings of the same. She explained before that there are more behind the scenes than what is visible, and that there was a higher power governing the events. Was this 'power' this True God, Ioris? Or was it someone… or maybe something else?
It was impossible to tell for now, but at the very least, Aiden was now certain that everything that happened was orchestrated and managed by some higher entity. The disaster of the past that made his kins, the Primals vanish, the last saving grace that made her mother sacrifice herself, her soul in exchange for his safety… his father's last stand, that vicious battle against all the other… gods' champions.
Still, ultimately even that failed to stop the disaster from unfolding, to have their legacy be forgotten, his race being only a mystery, a myth shrouded by the fog of centuries.
—
Discussing for a bit more, eventually, Aiden confirmed that he could safely travel to this other plane, and check everything out. However, what was even more surprising is that Enya confirmed that there was now a strange time dilation effect going on. The sub-dimension, this slice of the void filled with primordial, primal energies had changed, evolved in a vastly more mysterious manner than what even the system expected.
What was even stranger, is that it seemed that the time dilation was not just a one-time change, but a continuously evolving effect. Based on the system's calculation, for the moment, a bit more than 2 hours, or to be precise 141 minutes seemed to equal 1 full hour in reality.
This gave way to a couple of ideas, for which Aiden now really needed to visit this other world and check it out for himself.
He needed to confirm that like Enya mentioned he does have full control over the world there and could alter it to his liking. He also wanted to see his servants, what was Roas, Glohn meeting about, or what was Gob doing exactly. They were his officers… no, his newly joined family. Being forcefully separated due to the system's upgrade was already heavily weighing on Aiden's mind.