Chapter 251 The Forgotten Tale I (1/2)
VOLUME XI - THE LIGHT
CHAPTER 251
THE FORGOTTEN TALE (I)
[Analyzing...]
The moment Alst's Heart entered Lino's Singularity, the latter felt a mind-numbing pain assail every inch of his body as he cried out to the point he nearly didn't hear the robotic voice inside his own head.
[... Alst's Heart Consumption Commencing...]
[...]
[Absorption Rate: 0,001%...]
[Increased Strength by 5%]
[Increased Vitality by 5%]
[... increased affinity with Death; understanding of Law of Death grows]
[... Level increased to 564]
[...]
[Analyzing...]
[Bearer gained Access to an Archaic Record...]
[Analyzing...]
[Archaic Record -- The Forgotten Tale unlocked...]
[...]
Lino didn't even have a split second to voice out his complaints before his Soul was ripped directly out of his body and sent on a spiral through the spacetime, winding up in a strange, eerie, borderline nightmare-inspired landscape. Strange, purple mushrooms stood as tall as trees, the surrounding landscape reminiscent of a swamp, with occasional bubbles bursting out onto the surface and releasing acid-green spray of liquid into the air.
Dark gray mist shrouded the above and beyond, tinkering closely with the ground that was covered in dead and dying roots and strange, almost blade-like grass. It was beyond the point of being able to distinguish night from day, so Lino quickly gave up, pulling himself back to reality.
”... hm?” a soft hum parted out into the world. ”Ataxia chose me?”
”...” it was a woman's voice, Lino realized. From the overall understanding, she appeared to be of the average build and size, with amnesty-colored boyish hair and a pair of milky white eyes... she was blind, Lino realized -- at least when it came to the most ordinary of the sights.
”... then he must have found my successor,” the woman mused with a faint smile. ”Ah, a champagne-worthy moment. Shame I don't have any.”
”...”
”My name is Eve.” Lino's mind raced quickly as his ears perked up. ”Just... Eve. I can't recall my birth name, or if I even had one. It's the name Ataxia gave me, and the name I bore till my dying breath. And it's the name the world remembered me by... for some time, at least.”