Chapter 557 - Near-Death Experience (2/2)
As the old woave hiain turned towards the championess of Destiny, and said, ”The powers of a champion of destiny are unpredictable, but while that is an advantage, it is dampened by the predictability of their character If their universe of origin has been opened to the multiverse, then most of the of doo twice, he closed his eyes and focused on a siht 'Give olden color e the activation of his Karht when ashould have for happened
”We will hunt down the ones who have left the do the rest with our Lord's aid” Added the old cha Daniel's fears into reality ”Find the at Mirah's chain
Daniel are of what a lack of response from his system meant It had happened to him when he and the others had traveled to the past, where his system was unable to help him come back to his time due to a lack of ways Unfortunately, the same has happened now No path meant that there was no way for hiuarantee of his survival
Despite this set back, and the increasing feeling of anxiety that poisoned hisUntil he finally found an alternative In the span of a few moments he took control over the essence present in his body, and used it to gain full control over the space which he occupied The moment Mirah would reveal that he was one of Destiny's champions, he would step aside, and collapse the space he was controlling
While dangerous, Daniel had guessed that his system was somehow bound to the e like time travel would somehow hinder its function So what if he left the boundaries of space and time itself? If there was no safety in the time and space that surrounded him, maybe the abyss that lay between the universes would have refuge for hiether, but then
”There are four hundred and seventy-two locations The closest ones being three gathered in the Trigate, right outside of the portal that leads to their ho woman with a hint of sadness
Daniel was taken aback
Seely satisfied by the championess's statement, the old woman turned towards the crowd, and said, ”We will compile a list with your tasks, and deliver it to your domains within the next few days Go back to your territories, and prepare” She then turned around, giving her back to the crowd, and with a simple nod of her head, caused the previously closed portal to once again open, alh it, however, she slowly turned towards Daniel's confused figure, and added with an uncharacteristic et the one who causedeach other soon” She then left, followed by her itated companion and the rest of the champions of Fate
Still at a loss for words, Daniel could not help but stare at the disheartened figure of the young championess of Destiny, whose dispirited expression turned into a confused one theinto the portal
The following hour went by without noticing, as Daniel had s to ponder than the traditional closure of an Exalted assean to leave the pocket dimension that the Overlord approached his table, and snapped him back to reality with much more politeness than he had reserved to him before
”The assembly has come to an end You are free to leave at any ti with the rest of his domain's champions He then left, before Daniel could even think of showing any courtesy back to him
In Daniel'sits tail The reason why his system had failed to find him a way out was of no concern to hiuess Despite his beliefs, Daniel was never in danger to begin with-hence hen asked to find a safe way out of the pocket dimension before the woman could denounce him, the system had failed to respond Not because there was no answer, but because the question rong Had he asked for a way to survive the Exalted asseiven him the option to simply wait
While he could not help but blame himself for this mistake, which could have possibly been lethal had the circu him What he couldn't understand hy the championess of Destiny had not exposed him Had she helped him? And if she had, why did his confusion look so odd to her? A malfunction of her system was out of the question, as Daniel hi her existence as 'the closest one of Iewah's children' Yet, he was still alive
With these questions still buzzing in his mind, Daniel mindlessly walked past the hundreds of champions of Law and chah the coinally, Daniel had decided to take part in the Exalted asseacy of the Blood Clan, but while he had failed, he had not left e the universe was now at his disposal, as well as a universe which he could use under the protective blanket that was the aspect of Karma
His only worry was the threat that the other domains posed to his universe, where all the people he cared about lived But at least for now, he knew that they were safe under the protection of the aspect of Conflict
With some time to spend, and no reason to stay in this universe, Daniel headed back towards his own shi+p, and alongside Ashura and the others he left Kosh the multiversal portal