Chapter 195 - Ouroboros Storytelling: The Primordial

One by one, the wisps and elders approached the curious conversation of their multiple masters and watched from the sidelines.

The infinity serpent shrugged with closed eyes from her remark. She peeked one of her eyes open to see the other family member finally dared to approach her. Elated, she continued her speech to clear the confusion.

"Still wondering why this World Line is called Neamh? Well, that is because the sequence of events that happened to this world is only unique to our universe.

"Some of you might think that Neamh is the natural name of this world since the event of the Great Rekindling. The day where the Meteia, the God of Dusk dawned his foundation to this world to bring everyone salvation. But for it to call those eras the cornerstone of this universe is truly an understatement."

The infinity serpent conjured three different totems made out of pure black obelisk and lined them on the table.

On the most left was the totem with the head of a human face. There were numerous bits of wavy strings sprawling like a fan on top of its head, illustrating that it was a being controlled by the existence of pure mana.

In the middle was a totem with the head of a demon with two horns sprouting from its forehead, protruding its tongue. There was a Youkai-esque symbol on the tongue surface. With long fangs on its angry face, it represented the ancient yokai that was feared from the beginning of the era of fear.

On the most right was also a humanoid face with a little touch of serpent scales on its cheeks. Unlike the simple demonic horns from the totem on the middle one, this totem had four graceful curly horns that protrude to the front and the ceiling one the second row.

"I feel like we're entering the zone of partial enlightenment with how this story will go." Tuli told herself with an intense expression. "I'm afraid that my view of reality will be broken soon enough if I don't shut my ears with my hands."

Everyone except Foel and the infinity serpent gazed at their Lord Ouroboros with a higher streamline of faith. They saw MF who didn't speak as much as someone who had already known the secret of the universe but chose to act playful and quiet while the Ouroboros of this realm explained her knowledge to them.

While in reality, MF was the same as them.

'Ah, all of you think highly of me while I'm actually in the same learning phase.' MF thought to herself. 'Better keep my mouth shut for more storytelling sessions!'

Foel and the infinity serpent chuckled due to the positive misunderstanding in front of their eyes.

"It does sound really impeccable for the era of the Great Rekindling wasn't really the cornerstone that named the entirety of this universe." Foel grinned in amusement, excited on how the story of the past would play out. "As if fate has been sealed and something is moving the strings from the beginning for everything to happen indefinitely."

"Well, my wife—"

The infinity serpent was darted by a killer gaze full of malevolent intent by both MF and Cyanotype before she could finish with her sentence.

"I mean, the wife of Ouroboros from Neamh!" The infinity serpent chuckled. "You're right at one but wrong in another.

"Fate is not the main driving force of everything. It was all just a string that was weaved due to the sequence of action, the accumulation of everything in existence.

"Fate is driven, they are not in the driving seat. But when someone implores them to do it, then everything gets a little messy~" The infinity serpent separated the totem on the left with the rest, showcasing it on top of the free space of the table for everyone to see. "This might be a sudden realization but Neamh on itself is a universe that was born through the use of mana even before it was founded within its World Line.

"Everything changed, and the cornerstone of the Neamh World Line began with one Primordial Race called the Illfraz, in our universal tongue."

The infinity serpent exhaled a smoke of blue dust from her mouth. The fog slowly crept to the totem and it began animating the flowy strings protruded from the totem's head and colored it with blue hue. With everyone trying to wrap their minds on the grand reveal of the universe-size scheme, the infinity serpent continued her storytelling.

"Before we start, do any of you know what a Primordial is?" The infinity serpent smuggishly smirked as she gestured her fingers.

Damascus spoke the word of her mind, "Aren't the Primordials, ancient entities older than the universe itself?"

"Do you know the reason why they are older than the universe itself?" asked the infinity serpent.

MF wanted to show off her deduction skill like an impatient child. But due to her status, she mustn't interrupt this once in a lifetime event of a literal entity of cycle of life and death manifestation telling the truth of the universe.

'Well, after all of the explanation about how World Line works, it's quite simple really. If there was a way for an existence to prevail in the void before the creation, they wouldn't be even able to be grasped and comprehended by the mortal. Just like the nature of three dimensional space upon a two dimensional creature.

'Which means that the Primordial would be something akin to an entity that exists within the fourth dimensional world but that isn't really the case because there is a sight and an appearance of one within the recorded history of this world.

'That proves the fact that they are indeed living beings that exist within a three dimensional world.

'Which means that there are only two scenarios!' MF put up a smug. 'Either they came from another World Line that is similar to Neamh which is possible, or they came from the far far away future of this World Line…' MF couldn't handle more of her frustration. 'Uuh, it's not fun being the one who is muted!'

The infinity serpent was satisfied that MF was able to uncover it all silently within her mind. After waiting for not a single answer being thrown, she leaned to the table and fiddled with the totem of Illfraz before continuing.

"Neamh wasn't actually meant to exist this way. Originally, this world should've been nothing but ashes and colorless land filled with nothing but impurity made by the creature of the Void, followed by the destruction caused by Heaven. Even the Underworld weren't spared by them because some of the survivors were hiding there, leading to the ruin of all fronts.

"There was no such thing Ancient Origis, Tanomobis, Aiseirighians, Magic, or even Gods because this World Line was so obscured by its own destruction that none of the Gods were prying their hand on this poor little universe.

"There was no such thing as the sacred underground bunker that preserved the ancient primate to conduct research and commence the Valhalla Project, there is no such thing as Usurpers or those common sense that all of you have cultivated throughout the course of Neamh history ever written in papers.

"There was only darkness and sadness. But those who live in a mystical realm from the get go like those of nature spirits, demons, and malevolent manifestations of faith? They strive within this husk of a world.

"Eons passed and they kept developing their realm, away from their own universe to dissociate themselves from the fingerprint of those vile things called the Humanity. One by one, more of those mystical races began to develop and the threads were weaved deliberately to connect one and another to create civilization once again.

"A civilization of a huge variety of races that utilize this infinite supply of power called mana before it waa a thing.

"A civilization that nurtures scribbles into runes so that it could alter reality through the use of meaning and concept.

"A civilization that was so big and developed, that they could alter the dying universe where stars don't shine anymore, and turn them into their comfy home.

"But just like every civilization, conflicts tend to happen among themselves. War was waged and blood was spilled. Aside from this magnificent tale that I'm preaching, there are only three of the prominent races of Primordials that were able to make a difference."

The infinity serpent put the rest two totems onto the free space of the table, lining them all again with one and another. She blew them with their respective color of smoke. Red for the youkai totem, and yellow for the dragon race totem. She then continued

"These three Primordials are the very reason why Neamh was rekindled." A wide creepy grin was attached on the infinity serpent's face. "The Great Rekindling of the ancient! The Rekindling of everything that was known by those from above and below. The truth and the lies. The revolution and destruction!

"Amidst the conflict within the dark age of the universe. These three races didn't realize at the time, that they were leaning their torches on the greater fuse that will create a permanent mark upon every World Lines ever existed!"