Chapter 152: A Brief History
Much to the party's disappointment, Geth holed himself up in a corner as soon as he'd found space in their chambers. They couldn't help but think that the behavior was strange.
"Do you think he'll stay this way until the meeting?" Sindri asked.
Peter looked at the man and shrugged, "I wouldn't be able to go so long without eating."
"Just leave him be. We have other things to focus on if we want to go to the city. Let's tell the others everything that we know so far," Jack gestured to the others to follow him.
Geth was left alone inside of the stone room, sitting cross-legged in a corner. The place became deathly silent.
Meanwhile, inside of Geth's mental sphere...
"So you're saying that Earth was once part of some massive super planet?" Geth asked.
Albus nodded, "That's right. There was once a time where Humans, Demons, Goblins, and many other races thrived!
Some of the more powerful races were even said to travel amongst the stars! At least, this is according to some of the Elven knowledge that was passed down."
"So what you showed me... Is it from the past?" Geth questioned.
"No," Albus shook his head, "The memories that I was able to show you were a little over three centuries into the future."
"It would probably be best if you let me start from the beginning. Though I will say that there are still bits of my memories that are missing."
Geth nodded and waited patiently for Albus to gather his thoughts.
"I'll start with the Elven history."
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"Long ago, when the planet was whole, the different Races were constantly at war. Skirmishes broke out regularly over resources.
Albus paused for a moment to let the information sink in. Geth looked up and asked a question.
"That Formation... It broke apart, didn't it?"
"Yes. Over many thousands of years, the Formation weakened.
It was actually predicted by the earliest generations of Humans while they still had knowledge of magic. I will say that they were a few years off, but it wasn't a terrible guess.
It became known as the rapture, an apocalypse, the end of the world, or any number of other names as Humans forgot where they came from."
"Are you talking about the Mayan calendar?" Geth asked doubtfully.
"The very same. Even the different pyramids built across the world acted to slow the deterioration of the Formation!"
Geth sat back again, marveling at what he was being told. It was all so surreal.
"So, what about the Gods?" He couldn't imagine facing something so powerful that it could create different dimensions.
"That's something that we never found out. Devastation and mayhem occurred when the Formation broke, and all of the planets merged.
Mountains grew into the clouds, monsters tore through much of the population, Dragons could be seen flying through the air.
Humans weren't prepared. Most of my ancestors were enslaved or tortured, along with many other Races.
No one knows what happened to the Gods. They never reappeared.
The planet reverted to one hundred times the size of the Earth. That is half the size of the world from the past.
Our best guesses were that the Gods remained separated from the other Races even after the Formation broke down."
Albus sighed and shook his head.
"Anyway, now that you know about the world's history, I can tell you about what happened in the future."UppTodated from nô/v/e/lb(i)n.c(o)/m