Chapter 120: Essence of Chaos (1/2)

Alex was dumbfounded, that Chaos discovered that they weren't from this world immediately.

”Child, from the moment you have set your feet upon me, I have discovered, through the eyes of my servants, that you are not one of this world.”

Then, the strange deity lamented, ”It is quite pathetic, isn't it? I gave birth to the world, yet I can only see it through the eyes of others.”

Alex listlessly stared at the physical manifestation of Chaos.

He didn't understand any of what the latter was saying, and this place creeped him out.

”From what I have seen of your memories, in your world, we are only fabricated stories, recorded on stone and statues.”

”It's quite funny, isn't it? We could be characters in a story right now, and we'd never know,” Chaos stared at their reflection on the mirror.

”No way! This is too real to be a creation...”

'There's no way this world is a fake world that conforms to the whims of a single person, and we are all puppets submitted to the strokes of their pen, right?' Alex felt an existential crisis incoming.

He thought that if this was the case, he'd have to beat them up for making his life so hard and troublesome...

Chaos noticed his anguish and remarked, ”See, child? Even the thought of it stirs up the psyche.”

Alex recovered swiftly and cleared his throat.

”Anyways, you're Chaos? What do you want?” Alex was rather cautious since Nyx repeatedly warned him about this deity.

”To observe you further and help you along your journey.”

”To be frank, I am rather bored in this place, and observing the tales of an otherworlder couldn't be a better pastime.”

”You're bored...?” Alex was quite stunned.

Chaos's non-existent eyes fixated on Alex, and a gourd-like glass object appeared in their hands when they flicked it.

”This is my gift to you, child of another world.”

Alex cautiously grabbed the flask and examined it.

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(Essence of Chaos)

Quality: ??????

State: ??????

Additional Information: ??????

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Alex frowned, as there were only question marks instead of the comprehensive information the system appraisal usually offered him.

'This does seem like good stuff, however.'

Chaos silently observed him, and then waved his hand, ”Go now, child of another world, entertain me.”

Suddenly, Alex felt his body getting lighter and lighter.

His surroundings disappeared, and when he could see again, he felt his body falling.

Looking around, he only saw white patches of....

'Clouds?! I'm falling!!!!'

Alex's eyes looked at the scenery below, and the temple was so far down he could barely distinguish it with his divine eyesight.

'It's so chilly this high up....' When Alex looked up, he only saw the dark abyss of outer space.

However, he kept on falling at a high speed for a few minutes, and when he was close enough to the ground, he immediately Incarnated into Hermes.

His wings flapped aggressively and stabilized him.

Then, he very gently landed in the courtyard where he was earlier, and Buddha was smiling at him.

”How were they?” He asked Alex.

”Strange, creepy, incomprehensible?” Alex listed out the most fitting adjectives for the deity he's just met.