Chapter 523: From Mother To Daughter Part 2

In a frosty cave on top of a mountain in the middle of a frozen wasteland, Angelica sat in front of a warm fire leaning back against the cave wall, resting her eyes. She did not move when she felt the appearance of an old man as she softly spoke: "You're here..."

"Very perceptive. I should not underestimate her daughters." An old man slowly strode over to the fire and sat down on the other side. "I have come for two things."

"Oh? And what could the god of creation have to tell me?" Angelica still had not opened her eyes as she asked her question. She had no need to. 

"To think you know about me." The old man rubbed his nose feeling slightly embarrassed.

"It's not hard to learn about Aurora and Eden. All you have to do is search. Like me right now, you may be looking at and speaking to my true body, but part of my soul is currently deep within this mountain, reading an ancient archive. There are texts down there that may even interest you." Angelica said with a smile. "You came for two reasons. One, you have a message from my mother, and the second… You want me to do something for you."

"Very wise girl you are. You have created a god's eye and a powerful one at that. Not bad at all." The old man chuckled.  "But yes, I do have a message from your mother and need you to do something for me. "

The old man took out a white orb from his pocket and handed it over to Angelica. Each orb was given by color, and each one had a certain amount of recorded time available on each. He had done it in this manner on purpose to rush Kana on certain messages. He even got an earful from her when he told her whose orb belonged to who and the message length. Rain had the shortest message in order to get her to make a firm decision to finally advance, while Creige got the second longest. As for the longest one, it went to the girl in front of him now.

"But I must say since you became an ascended, you have really gained a lot of progress. At the rate you are going, you will even surpass your sister. And also why I am trusting you with this mission. Angelica, I would like you to kill the current goddess of life." The old man suddenly stated. For the goddess of creation to make such a request was odd in its own right.

"Oh? If you wish for the goddess of life to die and at the same time you wish to groom my Mama, then my guess is in order to become your successor, she needs both the goddess of death and the goddess of life's powers, right? But two questions? First, why not do it yourself? And second, why me?"  Angelica asked.

"Because of your unique skill set as well as your god's eye. You will be able to tell who the goddess of life is with a single glance without needing to feel their power and your mastery over souls, which is even on par with the goddess of death. In all the realms, there is no one more qualified than you to do this task. As for why I can not do it is because if I were to touch her soul..."

"You would more than likely end the role of the goddess of life by accident cause you are all thumbs..." Angelica finished the old man's words.

"Haha! You're right. I am very good at creating things. But the times when I try to fix certain things, it can go a little crazy. I mean, I tried to fix a planet called Earth once and instead of actually helping it, I kind of screwed up and not only wiped out all the magic on the planet, I ended up creating a multi universe that has infinite outcomes… Ahh, I gave up and just let it be. I really do not wish to watch the same world an infinite number of times. But this task is very important, and I need you to capture and contain the current goddess of life's soul before she can reincarnate and become the goddess of life again. 

"I had not realized that the one who has been masquerading around as the goddess of life was actually not a Nephilim. She used an ancient technique and stole the soul of a Nephilim and merged it with her own, effectively becoming her. From what I understand, she was a maid who served one of the main families in Aurora. She had gone out with the young miss she followed, and the maid never returned. I never really paid attention to what was going on since I never get involved in mundane matters unless I absolutely need to. But when this recently came to light when I sent the goddess of life to a void to leave your mother alone, I found out much about her." The old man explained.

"Let me guess, she was not in on this alone, and the one who is backing her is not someone you can handle easily, right?" Angelica let out a sigh. "While there is life and death two opposite ends of the spectrum, there is also creation and destruction. While both can do the same thing to a certain extent, unless they were combined, there would be no way of actually grasping the full power of both. You may be able to destroy a universe or a few million at that, but in order to destroy the eternal void, you would need to have both powers. Which is why you are so obsessed with my Mama, correct? Because life and death combined with the powers of creation can act as a placebo god of destruction and have a full advantage over the god of destruction. Please stop me if I am wrong." 

"No, you are correct. The god of destruction has not shown himself since we first split. He has always been a scheming person and stays hidden in the shadows while I am trying to keep all the realms afloat, so everything does not turn into nothingness. But because this time he saw through my plans, he reached out to this maid and taught her how to merge a Nephilim soul into her and how to become the goddess of life. 

"This was why I moved so soon on your mother when the timing was just right. As the goddess of death, she is part destruction. Her first life was when I created her. At that time, I used up what destruction power I had left in me. I am only telling you this because you are the only one I can trust to do this task. As you love your mother from the bottom of your heart." The old man lowered his head and sighed. "If only I were stronger, I would be able to stop him. He wishes to gain strength, but I do not know why. I created Eden to help build my successor and army that can fight against the god of creation when the time comes. As you know, once you live forever, the idea of time no longer matters. This is what allows us to think outside the normal instead of just trying to survive." 

"No, I understand your point. I just never thought the god of destruction was part of you. Why did you split?" Angelica asked.

"Because I did not wish to abuse my power. At one point, I felt that my power was too strong. I created another me and inserted my ninety-nine percent of the power of destruction into it… That was a mistake. But at the same time, it was not. Your mother would have never come to be if I had not." The old man sighed.

"Let's just say I am grateful for this. But why not create more destruction? You have the power to do so, no?" Angelica did not understand this part. As the god of creation, he could create more destruction.

"As there is only one god or goddess of life and death there is only one god or goddess of creation or destruction. There can never be two. I have tried… Both the god or goddess of death and life are made of our powers. Each with a small fragment which is why they too can only be one." Angelica now understood what is created by the same power to be similar to that power is also locked to the same set of rules.

"I will accept your task. But… In return, when I reach Aurora, I want access to all your libraries and ancient texts." Angelica did not mind doing something that would make her mother stronger, but she would not do it for free for this old man who took her mother away from her.

"Haha! Alright, I will. Make sure you read that message soon. I need to hand over the last message to your sister. I will contact you again when the time comes. Or maybe before that. It has been a long time since I have met someone as wise as you."