Chapter 1744 - The End and Rebirth (2/2)

The darkness lasted for a long time, so long that people started doubting if there was light. They started to doubt if the world was just a veil of darkness all along, but in the end, the light of dawn came.

He opened his eyes, as he felt that he had dreamt a very, very long dream. He could not remember anything of the dream, but a gentle voice rang beside his ears, just like a mother.

That voice had coaxed him to sleep, and that voice woke him up.

He saw all around him was a massive plain as a bright sun glowed radiantly across the verdant plain in a warm and cozy light.

There was a banquet on the plain, and all sorts of people were gathered by the long table, they held wine goblets in their hands, as they exchanged banter and laughter.

Their faces were blurry, as everyone felt somehow familiar, but yet he could not remember any of their names.

Suddenly, the blurry faces became clear, and the names of everyone present came into his mind.

He got up and walked towards the long table, as his black armor fell onto the ground pieces by pieces. He was surprised to find himself sleeping in his odd getup, but his footsteps did not stop.

The people around the table had noticed his presence, as they all turned over and raised their goblets, calling out to him.

Tumen, Tiamat, Haersonca… Everyone was present.

They were drinking merrily as they told some seemingly ancient things that had happened just yesterday. They continued drinking into the night until the stars dotted the sky and the beautiful darkness veiled the horizon.

He looked up, lost in the view of the stars.

“Come,” Someone had grabbed his arm. Turning over, he saw the ever-powerful Tiamat stood beside him and behind Tiamat, was his smiling friends. “Everyone is waiting for you.”

Haersonca, the tallest of the lot too smiled at him, “Let’s go, it’s time for us to leave.”

He broke into a grin.

It was time to go, and his friends had left a long time ago, and he was late for far too long.

He then started walking, with his friends, towards the world basking in starlight…

The rain had died down, and the low rumble in the sky had disappeared. Rheia was still in her original position, with one hand on Berentine’s forehead, and the other holding the latter’s right steel gauntlet.

A moment later, she let out a gentle sigh and stood up.

Berentine’s helm fell to the side as it lost its contact, and the various parts on the armor slowly shattered and fell away, and within the armor’s cavity, were nothing.

“You can finally rest in peace.”

The dark clouds in the sky had faded away, like a heavy lead shell being slashed into two. Even without any sunlight, the light from the divine barrier shone upon the world that was turned upside down within a mere month.

A ray of light entered the ruined palace and basked the soldiers who were resting beside their weapons. A second ray pierced through the dimensional border, through the remaining clouds, and landed on the disintegrating ancient starships.

“All units have ceased combat,” the combat AI reported.

The sea of clouds in the world’s depth had totally disappeared, and the distorted and chaotic dimension was rapidly healing, and the ancient echoes of the past could finally be released from thrall of this twisted dimension.

The dark traces of corruption quickly faded away from their bodies as warriors and vessels from different eras slowly disappeared under the light. The connection between the world’s surface and the world’s depth became even closer than before, and from the sensors outside, Hao Ren could clearly see the continents of L’Haronne.

This was not the sign of a dimensional collapse, rather, this meant that the distortion of the world had been corrected, and the world’s depth created by the cycle of annihilation was no longer needed, and it was quickly being restored as a part of the normal dimension.

Lily and Vivian gawked at the changing skies, and words failed them.

Hao Ren too was lost staring at the scene outside, he saw the terrifying warped skies above the chaotic dimension slowly restoring, as the stars returned to their former looks, while with the recovering stars as the backdrop, a large, argent starship suddenly appeared. Its thrusters were spewing bright flame as it slowly gained speed into the distance, and on the starship’s hull, ‘The Revelation’ glowed brightly under the starlight.

Hao Ren stared intently at it until it and the rest of the echoes of the past scattered into light particles and disappeared into the stars.

Nolan looked down, as she stared at the data from the monitoring station she had left at the planet’s core. It was sent from the “Heart of God” a few seconds ago, and there were just two simple sentences.

“The last of the conduit of annihilation has been destroyed.

“The war is over.”