Chapter 658 - Merge

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The fusion of Future and Past Kritias continued at a fast pace, both the Future and the Past combined together into the true Kritias, and the true Kritias converged together with the true body.

The opposite of one another, but both shared a bit of the other too, there wasn't Yin without Yang, and there wasn't Yang without Yin after all! The two shared each other's power, light and darkness, death and life, law and chaos, void, and illusions, and so on… their power continued to merge together alongside ethe completely dissolved worlds of Kritias Future and Past.

The Future and Past was grasped, as the parallel versions were made into one within the true body. The true body rejoiced as they became true once more, only to realize they were now different, as two….

FLASH!

The true body's memories faded away as it felt melancholy, although its true self would remain within the two new selves, it suddenly felt a strong emotion rushing through its being.

Suddenly, as they had grasped the complete existence of themselves, Veronica and Ervas greeted their previous selves, all of them at once.

There were them, Anir and Kelsus, they emerged as two giants made of light and darkness.

Then there was Veronica from Earth, humble, gentle, and a bit timid.

And then there was Anastacia, the Demon Queen, the one that lost and was slain, and the one that separated them both to bring their two new selves as Veronica and Ervas.

The two looked at their past selves as the past selves spoke to them.

Anir and Kelsus seemed concerned, their power flowing through them as their existences seemed intimidating to the split souls, but they knew they meant no harm.

"You two… are you sure about this?" asked Kelsus.

"This is your last chance to go back and become us once more. Are you sure you want to continue as you are?" asked Anir.

The split souls nodded.

"We are happy as we are, but thanks for you guys. You're us, and we are you, there's no need to depart, come join us, and become one with us." They said at the same time.

The two titans looked at each other and sighed.

"So be it…" they said, as they fused with the split souls once and for all.

And then, Veronica looked at them.

"I guess I've changed a lot… Huh? We went through a lot, and I… definitely became someone else completely! Actually, two! Oh boy… I am a bit nervous…" she sighed.

"Don't worry, you're not really going anywhere but joining back with who we are now… Are you unhappy about our current selves?" asked the fused split souls.

"Actually… not really. I am happy to see you two become way more than what I was before… I feel so pathetic when I recall how I used to be in Earth… Such a secretive and shy young woman… I wish I could had been braver. Perhaps things might had changed a lot if I had chosen to be like this." sighed Veronica.

"We all wonder what could had happened if we had chosen a certain decision in the past instead of another, but we all are what we are now due to our decisions, be it correct or mistakes. Recalling the past and wondering what could had happened all the time is not… healthy. We must embrace the present, which is a gift, and look forward to the future…" said the split souls.

"Hehe… Since when I became such a poet?" sighed the past Veronica, as she hugged the split souls and whispered to their ears.

"Thank you… For becoming someone better than I was before." She said.

Flash!

She fused with them once more, as they continued to grow more and more complete.

And then there was Anastacia.

"We tried pretty hard to do what we could… But at the end… this life was filled with a lot of tragedies… it wasn't until the third time that we finally managed to get through, huh? I had a tragic end, but through this tragic end, you two were born, and you two, shine the brightest… I am glad you helped our people's souls be freed and recover… Let's become one, and not talk anymore about the past." Said Anastacia, she walked forward and merged with the two, becoming one once more.

However, as they felt complete, suddenly they felt that something was missing.

"Huh? What else could we have missed?" wondered Veronica's mind.

"Ah… It's him." pointed Ervas.

Within the darkness, there was another figure, a being made of many appearances and looking utterly grotesque, a creature of evil made to end the world and bring forth the evolution of the two. It had good intentions, but the methods it did were wrong, and how it manipulated others was also wrong.

Nonetheless, they had to embrace it as an aspect of themselves, as it was, in fact, them.

"The Demon God King." They said.

"…I am here. All the minds I once had seem to have converged in this place. It appears that I have definitely lost now. And you've won. You've merged with the words as I was made to do so, but through a different method. Perhaps my ways were flawed, but my intentions were only those of preserving ourselves…" sighed the Demon God King.

This was the greatest challenge the split souls had to go through. It wasn't a fight, or anything of the sort, it was… forgiving him.

Only by forgiving this being, this aspect of themselves, would they be able to truly awaken their true selves and become stronger.

The two sighed desperately, and moved near this monstrous entity, patting its shoulders, and tentacles…

"It's fine." Sighed Veronica.

"You did what you could, we just found a way to do it on our own way." Said Ervas.

"Come join us. After all, you're part of us." Said Veronica.

"…You really mean it?" he asked.

"Of course." They said.

The Demon God King fell in silence, as he slowly merged with them…

FLASH!

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