Chapter 163 Aether

[Michael Aroa's Pov]

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"You clearly underestimated me again, didn't you?" I spoke as I chuckled on the inside as I kind of understood what was going on in his mind.

"What are you…" he was about to speak about what exactly am I trying to do and why am I not killing him yet.

"Now to find a way to save you as well," I spoke as I looked through my System as I found something that could possibly get us out of the situation without having to kill anyone at all.

"You can't save me. The only way to continue forward is to kill me and move ahead," he spoke with a regretful expression, but all I did was smile at him. I would rather do it than talk about it.

Now this skill..

[The Defier(Unique)]

[Allows the user to reject or defy anything in existence. As long as the user is in contact with the person/thing/being, he or she can defy it. Not limited to death and life, but the more the strings of fates and destiny are entangled, the heavier the impact will be on the user

Cooldown: Depends upon the usage of the Skill]

"Okay… let's do it…" I spoke as I used the skill

[The Defier!]

And then… a certain energy ball started forming in the palm of my hands. They seem like threads of various colors. Some connected to me, while others to that guy. There were many more threads flowing out of the ball of energy in my palm.

Soon the thread started spreading more and more. I didn't know what was going on, but soon… the scene started changing. It was the same room where we were, but it felt like we were going back in time.

I don't know how many years passed, but it felt like we went centuries back in time. And when we reached a time where we were supposed to be, we, both me and Armes, saw a mechanical room.

"Grandfather!" spoke Armes with his eyes widened as he looked at that guy at a distance talking with someone. Features similar to Armes, but there was little difference in the way his hair was bound. Plus, there were a few strange golden tattoos on his body as well.

"Grandfath-" Before Armes could jump, he shut up as he saw something he didn't expect to see. The guy who was talking with Armes' grandfather.

A young human-like guy, except with a blue feather like pattern on his cheeks and ears longer than 4 inches. He had 6 fingers instead of 5 and his eyes were a bit more golden than normal.

Those two people looked in our direction as they heard our voices, and with a bit of a shocked expression, they observed us.

I looked at Armes and spoke,"Let's go," before moving towards the two people. Those two also began walking towards us one step at a time.

"Who are you-" Arme's Grandfather spoke up, but the other guy just stopped him as he looked at both of us,

"You both don't belong to this timeline, do you?"

Hearing his words, not only me, but Armes and his grandfather were shocked beyond belief. Armes finally understands a bit, looks at me with a complicated expression. As for me, I was just shocked to look at that guy, that guy, observing me with a bit of keen interest.

"Such power… such potential…" he said as he observed me and I tried using [Inspect!] on him, but it didn't work.

"Haha. A Skill that low in level won't work on me," he spoke as he laughed out loud before he smiled and asked,

"So. What is your purpose here?"

I looked at him for a few moments and asked,"who are you?" and he shook his head as he spoke,"if you don't know then you probably shouldn't know. If fate wills, you will know it on your own."

I looked at him and sighed, as I kind of felt like this is how it should be. I don't know how or why, but okay, it's fine, I guess.

"Who are they?" another person came in from behind as he observed us without a second's care. He looked at all four of us, before he spoke,"Are they your friends, Elimmer?"

Elimmer, the one who with the long ears glared at the new, human like person, before he sighed as he answered,

"Aether. Can't you not interfere once with us? You know, it's hard to maintain all the things you mess up." Aether, an extremely handsome, human-like person, chuckled as he ate an apple and spoke,"haven't I already solved all the previous problems you guys had?"

"Yeah but…" Elimmer had no words for him as Aether continued,"so two people from the future, huh? And an Ethereal at that. Hmmm… you were human before, weren't you?"

My heart skipped a beat as I looked at him, but he just waved his hands as he spoke,"Don't worry. It's all right. Though be careful a little, the Gods won't exactly appreciate your existence…"

"Aether!!" Elimmer shouted as he really glared at Aether and spoke,"Please. Don't. Speak."

Aether then shut up before he looked at me and continued taking another bite from the apple as he peeked at Armes, before he turned back to Elimmer and Armes' grandfather and chuckled as he spoke,

"You guys are interesting. Well, come with me."

Without even knowing what happened, both of us started following Aether and soon we reached a panel of sorts with a really strange language on a circular screen.

"What's your name, kid?" asked Aether as he looked at me and I observed him for a few moments before speaking,"Michael… Aroa."

"Nice name," he spoke as he began making changes to the whole machine and not even after a few seconds, he spoke,"that does that. Now he will be free from the boundation when you go back."

"How?!" I asked as I was totally confused how he figured out why we were here and what exactly we were doing. Who was he?... and Why? We don't even know each other.

"Because you guys were interesting, I guess?" He spoke as he looked at Elimmer, who was glaring at him.

-Whoosh!

-Whooosh!

-Whoosh!

Soon enough, more and more people entered. Each with different shapes and looks. Some with four arms, others with six eyes, some octopus-like, others with the face of the bird.

"The Gods are here, huh? What do you guys want from here, now?" Aether spoke as he looked at them and walked past me and peeked at them with unamused eyes.

"Aether," one of them spoke as he looked at him before observing,"this Ethereal is mine. Don't interfere, or else…"

I gulped as I heard what they were talking about… Even though I couldn't see the energy, I could still feel it… they were beyond what I have seen or felt in my life. Even Kira looked like an ant in front of each of them.

"You guys should return," Aether said, ignoring them and looking at me,"next time you do something like that. Make sure that you are strong enough to take out a God or two. Consider yourself lucky that you have me here. Good luck on your journey, though."

I just looked at him as my System automatically activated and a timer of 10 seconds appeared in front of me.

"Will you be okay?" I asked with a bit of worry,"they look strong."

He just smiled at me and answered,"it's okay. The last time I fought with the Higher Gods. I ended up destroying an entire planet of them. A bunch of them are the last thing that you should be worried about."

And then… I vanished from there… in stupefaction… in amazement… and in terror.