Chapter 470 - 420 : Light and Darkness 2 (1/2)
Crow note : So, it took me a LOT of time to write this chapter as it has a lot of lore. From now on, I'll be posting chapters called 'Lore Chapters' which don't have any direct relation with the story but they'll delve deeper into the lore about some individuals or objects. Keep in mind that you don't have to read those lore chapters to grasp the whole plot, they're just for the sake of diversity and more depth to the story as a whole since dumping dozens of paragraphs in an important chapter will be a waste of time for you readers.
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”Before the natural and elemental laws were born, there existed nothing but this Light and Darkness, both harmoniously existing together. There was no time, no life, no death, nothing but these two things.”
Arthur, Leiu, and the Joker remained silent and carefully listened to the naked blond woman, who seemed more like a Goddess than a normal human. Strangely enough, the darkness they were witnessing had the same aura as Leiu's darkness.
As if she could hear their thoughts, the woman explained
”Yes, that is the same as his darkness, the origin of it, more precisely.”
She said that while focusing on the pale youth standing floating in the middle. After pausing for a slight second, she resumed her explanation
”From this Light and Darkness, 'we' were born… or created. As for who 'we' are, we were called 'Ancients' or 'Gods', what matters is that we were the beginning. We were not born infants and didn't go through evolution or anything like that, we had no names, families, or memories, everything was eternal and harmonious. Some were created from the Darkness and others were created from the Light.
Actually, there were twelve of us in total and with our birth, many things changed. We created life and death, worlds and stars, the natural and elemental laws, however, we were unaware that our creations will serve as our restriction in the future.”
This mysterious plane, which was split into Light and Darkness, slightly changed as twelve figures appeared. Six born from the Light and Six from the Darkness, each six were equally distributed into three males and three females.
”At first, we knew not of those mortal feelings human experience such as sadness, anger… love. However, it forever changed when something happened.”
Her melancholic gaze shifted to Arthur, she seemed to be resenting him yet also thanking him for something.
”You… Arthur MoonStar, appeared in that plane and with your appearance… the Time-Space continuum followed, causing the wheel of time to start, recording the beginning of time itself.”
”I appeared there? Why?”
The Goddess let out a sigh before resuming:
”It was by accident but what you brought with you is a big change. Not only did you eternally change our mindset but you also were the cause of everything, good and bad. At first, after hearing your introduction, we started naming ourselves then we started naming our powers and creating new ones but there were limitations… limitations that we so foolishly set upon ourselves.
That was only the beginning as shortly after that, some of us began competing with each other. A few of us began creating worlds and giving life to new Races.
The most notable Race is the Humans, created by one of the six born from Light, he was the one who never named himself and was named 'God' by all the others. He was also the one who created the God Race. Amongst the twelve of us, he was the most mysterious and reclusive, his character drastically changed right after you appeared.”
The woman paused for a second and studied their expression. The Joker, whose expression wasn't unusually serious, asked;
”So you're saying this 'God' is the same preached by the human on Earth?”
”I do not know what this 'Earth' you're speaking of but he's the one who 'created' the Human race. Also, please refrain of speaking about anything that happens in the future as it'll disturb the flow of time and may lead to serious consequences. Whatever you know of the future, please keep it to yourself and don't speak of it in my presence.”
”I thought the God Race was the one who created Humans.”-Arthur
”That is a common misconception.”
Leiu, who has been keeping silent ever since a while ago, finally spoke.
”What does all of this have to do with Riarravar and us?”
Hearing this, the woman chuckled and said: