495 The Disastrous Battle, Finding The Great Ones True Intention (1/2)
Day 126 - 2:01 PM - Mountain Base, Mount Malabito, General Nakar, Quezon
The Great One immediately covered his face with a haze once more. Strange enough, in quite a panicked way.
Even though Mark only saw a short glimpse of that face, it already made him frown deeply. Another thing was the reaction he felt after using his [Emotion Induction] towards The Great One to freeze him. There was something odd that was going on.
”That is not your real body. Why do you have a body of an Eye?”
Mark voiced out as he paused his attacks. That was what he felt. When he used his [Emotion Induction], there was very little response. There was no resistance, yet there was almost no effect. It was like the body was here, but the mind was far away. The only thing that was affected was the connection between the body and the consciousness that was controlling it.
Furthermore, there was that vertical eye.
There was a lot of creatures in mythology with a single eye and even had various shapes and appearance. It was the same for those with multiple to hundreds or thousands of eyes.
But with Mark's experience combined with the memories of Freed, there was something unique about the Eyes sent by an Observer.
No matter what shape they had, how many eyes they had, whether those had tentacles or not, even if they had the intelligence or not, there was one thing that never changed.
Their eyes gave a pressure of dominance to those that stare at it. That pressure that could make everyone with a weak mind give in just by staring at it.
That was one reason that even though they suspected it a bit, they never persecuted Aimee, who had a resemblance to that monster from Freed's world. Instead of dominance, Aimee was more like an animal who lost her home.
On the other hand, that same sliver and pressure of dominance were present on that single eye on The Great One's face.
The Great One also paused after hearing that question.
”I never thought that you already reached the point of learning about the Observers.”
There was no pretense in that. Even in the Auraboros, only the founders and a few highest-ranking members knew of this truth about the world.
”Hoh...” The Great One came to a sudden thought. ”Someone had been in contact with a reclusive God, I see.”
Because of the haze covering his face, no one could tell his expression. Nevertheless, it was no doubt that The Great One was amused.
”Interesting. At first, I'm just trying out this body I newly acquired. But things are getting interesting.”
”You call that puppet a body of yours?”
Mark asked.
The Great One replied in an attitude that did not care for anything. Mark even heard information that should be crucial.
A damaged spirit body was not something that could heal that fast.
Even gods had to struggle once their spirit was damaged, not to mention a lower deity like The Great One. The gods of creation were not an exemption to that either. They could create unique and spectacular things.
The only once capable of healing someone's spirit was the Gods that reign over Spirits and Souls. In the current time, however, where would they find one?
That was some good news for Mark but came with a piece of bad news as a pair. The Great One already had found his base and was capable of sending his avatars to harass him.
No, from what The Great One said, they could meet face to face after he recreated his body. It could mean that he had no intention of sending more puppets.
Was he testing Mark?
No, there was no reason to.
But then, the realization came.
The Great One did not answer one of his questions. That was why he had a body of an Eye as a puppet. He did that on purpose to hide his true intentions. Mark could tell without a doubt.
With a murderous glint in his eyes, Mark spoke in his mind.
”Jaeya, tell Spera to open a portal at my signal.”
There was a cold tone in the message he sent, which made Jaeya, who was inside the base, to falter a bit.
”W-where? Spera asked, the destination.”
”Anywhere far from here. If possible, on the opposite side of Earth.”
”Anywhere?”
Jaeya tried to confirm.
”I'll repeat. Anywhere far from here.”
”O-okay. We got it. We'll wait for your signal.”
Mark closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
”You don't only have someone with the [Body of Void] but also someone with portals. Now, someone with [Telepathy]. Your place sure is a den of talents. What are you telling them to do?”
Sure enough, The Great One could tell that Mark was communicating with someone from the base. Fortunately, it seemed that he was not able to tap into it.
”I want to ask one last thing.” Mark opened his eyes with a serene expression.” What kind of deity are you?”
That was one thing that interested Mark. There were deities of elements, of wisdom' and there were also others with minor designations. Yet, he could not tell what The Great One was.
”Me? I'm a Deity of Nothingness. Everything that I lay my hands on will become nothing but dust. From dust where everything started and to dust will everything end.”
Hearing those words, no wonder why everything hit from The Great One's attacks disintegrated into dust.
”Did that answer satisfy you?”
The Great One asked as he waved both his hands.
Black clouds came swirling out of his robe, covering a large area. One the other hand, Mark sheathed the [Slicer] and [Divider].
”Ignis, return to the base. Help protect it.”
Ignis shivered in frustration. Nevertheless, it followed the order and flew around the cover of clouds back to the base.
”Crimson.”