Chapter 120: There was Nothing, Everything was Nothing (1/2)
Once upon a time.
There was nothing.
So everything was nothing.
Then, with nothing...
A bang!
Came in...
A huge explosion.
Then suddenly, nothing became something.
Since nothing was everything, something became everything.
The Seven Gods and Goddesses came from nothing, so they were everything.
With their great power, they dotted nothingness with the twinkle of the stars.
Celestial bodies with unimaginable sizes materialized upon their whim.
Thus, the world was created.
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'What the fuck is this nonsense?' Calvin couldn't help but curse.
He flipped open the next page and the title of the page was...
The First Cataclysm.
”Oh, I heard Captain mention something about the First Cataclysm...” Calvin's interest was piqued.
His eyes were glued to the page as he started reading.
The world was born but without any creatures. The Seven Gods and Goddesses quickly became bored. But without a prototype to create the very first creatures. They pondered, 'Just how can we create these creatures when we have no idea what they should look like and what they should do?'
A dilemma descended upon the omniscient and omnipotent Gods.
But then the Goddess of All-Encompassing Light proposed, 'How about we make the very first creatures on our own likeness? Surely, we would be pleased by them too if they look like us?'
The Goddess's proposal was accepted and thus, the very first creature was made.
The creature was no man, nor animal, it was a beast.
A beast made based on the image of the God of War and Infighting— It was a beast of enormous proportions and it had the ability to swallow the moon. Thus, it was named— Bakunawa.
With the creation of the Bakunawa came the creation of other creatures based on its image. The world became filled with beasts, and the gods designed an eco-system where the strong would eat the weak, while the weak would eat what was weaker than them.
But then, millions of years later...
Something happened.
A great explosion occurred somewhere out there in the cosmos.
It created a rift in space which became the reason why there were so many unusual creatures in the world today.
These creatures were including but not limited to moonwraiths, bloodwraiths, ghouls, and vampires.
The great cataclysm also, known as the First Cataclysm became the reason why these monsters became trapped in the dimension and material plane where the world of Las Felipinas exists.
Calvin's eyes wandered over to the next paragraph but he discovered that there was none.
”What...?”
”That was it?”
”I need answers! Where's the rest of it?”
Calvin flipped to the next page but he discovered that the next page was filled with nothing but gibberish and theories from the author as to why the First Cataclysm had occurred.
Seeing the crazy theories that the author made, Calvin felt a headache. So this is what I am going to summarize and turn into more understandable texts, eh? So this is my job?'
Calvin perused the document and pondered if the author of the book ever thought about how humans came to being.
Why were the humans created?
Were the humans also based on the first primordial creature, Bakunawa?
'The Seven Gods and Goddesses came from nothing? That sounds bullshit. Someone ought to have created them. You can't just create things from nothing.' Calvin rolled his eyes perusing the line that said something about the appearance of the Seven Gods and Goddesses.
'But the million pesos question is... Who was it that created the Seven Gods and Goddesses?' Calvin though hard and long, but he couldn't find the answer to his question. It was understandable though, for no one— maybe even the Seven Gods and Goddesses knew about who created them.
Calvin felt his head hurt. He stood up and closed the book.
Then, he approached the lever beside the shelves and brought it down with one fell swoop.
A few seconds later, the wall turned transparent and Calvin hesitatingly passed through it. When he realized what just happened— he found himself standing in the kitchen of the Captivating Fragrance Coffee Shop.