110 The light realm opens 1 (1/2)

They were right. Tie Nse had long known that disbanding the heaven alliance meant he could not use the light realm token in his hand for Ed. The only way the token becomes valid is if he becomes a heaven seeker. After he had left Ed under the sinking mountain, he went into seclusion under the frozen sea.

Opening his eyes, he familiarized himself with the new feeling. He did not know how must time had passed. He had only told Old Iba to take Ed with him to enter the light realm with his disciples if he does not make it in time. At the state of heaven seeking, he did not need to walk out of the cave like he had entered. He could just faze out.

He fazed out to the surface of the frozen sea to the shock of those walking above. They stared at his form in wonder as he vanished from their sight. He did not need a teleportation array for a distance that short as to the sinking mountain. When he arrived, Afia Nta was waiting at the base.

”I thought you were not coming anymore. A pity.” he said.

”For you, that is.” Tie Nse answered.

”The boy lasted long. I see he is still alive.”

”I would have been shocked if your stupid rock could kill him.” Tie Nse said casually, but Afia Nta did not answer. He continued to stare at Tie Nse with a complicated gaze.

”Your power is greater now than before. You look even more like that boy around the eyes. You feel even more like him, even though just a little bit.” Afia Nta said.

”I've told you, I am not the boy you are looking for.” Tie Nse said.

”I don't know what time or reality this is. So I cannot say for sure. But you should not be or you would have died by my hands.” Afia Nta said.

”Yes.. yes..” Tie Nse did not seem to mind his words.

”You talk like him, you behave like him; when you are not acting like a pervert, you feel like him, you look like him, but I can kill you. So, you are not him.” Afia Nta said solemnly, before vanishing from Tie Nse's side and appearing in place of Ed under the mountain.

Ed suddenly found himself standing next to Tie Nse. He was pulled too quickly from the illusion, his head spun and he could not stand straight. Nti Anem hurriedly held him up, so he does not fall.

”How can you react this badly to coming out?” he said and Ed tried to steady his breathing. After a while, he looked up at Tie Nse who was staring fixed at Afia Nta's form.

”How can someone else be me?” Tie Nse scoffed.