Chapter 1202: Cap 1200: Stealing A Moon
I was in the middle of the village burned to ashes, the smell of blood and burning flesh everywhere when I arrived the village was prosperous with only 1 or 2 elderly people dying of old age, time passed quickly when I saw the village being attacked by bandits who took everything of value while killing half the population, then winter came causing them to starve to death, those who made it through the winter died from disease and soon after monsters appeared causing the death of anyone who was left.
Death seems to be the only thing to relate to all the events caused in this village, different scenarios and ways of dying, it was unnecessarily brutal and cruel.
"Was that supposed to have any meaning?" (I)
"You know it does and you already understand what it's about." (Caitlyn)
My sister appears opening one of the charred corpses to get out while cleaning the soot from her clothes.
"I understand, you wanted to show me deaths, but this isn't the first time seeing innocent people dying, it's also not the first time seeing a city destroyed, this kind of thing doesn't affect me as much as it did in the past." (I)
"The idea was never to affect you emotionally or I would have made things worse using your wives' bodies." (Caitlyn)
"I wanted to show death, you can know about it, you can understand how it works in a superficial way, but now that's not enough, you need a clear understanding." (Caitlyn)
"Why that?" (I)
"The fragments of the Blessings are still within you, they have changed your Soul to the point of fundamental change, you now need to understand the characteristics related to these Blessings to fully integrate these fragments into your Soul." (Caitlyn)
"But what am I going to learn from seeing this?" (I)
"The revelation has to come from you, simply telling it won't do, so think for yourself." (Caitlyn)
Sigh
"What is death?" (I)
This was just the first teaching space, she made it clear that there will be more to come, but I wasn't excited about what was yet to come.
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Pov Hades:
I was leading Haku and Cinthia on a mission, it happens 2 days after Master Zenos wakes up and is taken by his sister.
We were in one of Nicole's magically constructed vehicles, this one specially made for me with very specific functions.
Once we arrived in the solar system we fled months ago, I stopped the vehicle in a well-hidden area before talking to Haku and Cinthia.
"We're already here, are you ready?" (I)
"Yes, but are you sure the man from before won't be there?" (Haku)
"Yes, we have received confirmation that he and other Deities of Light are fighting in a very specific region of the universe." (I)
"I still don't understand why we're coming here?" (Cinthia)
"That's an unnecessary risk." (Cinthia)
"Were you able to convince them?" (I)
"Not yet, they're too stubborn to call this place home." (Irina)
"Leaving everything they've known no matter how bad it is must be hard for them." (I)
"Let's hope Silvia has more soc2sso on her side." (I)
"She'll be fine, I'm more worried about what we can do here." (Irina)
Sigh
"We need to think, we won't last long like this, we're both strong, but we can't fight the whole world." (I)
"We don't even know if they have anyone truly strong among them." (I)
"It shouldn't be long anyway, people are hungry and the attacks seem to be getting more frequent since before we arrived, they won't last long like this." (Irina)
"Tell them we're leaving in 5 days, they can come together or stay behind, we can't waste time, our Father is still in a bad situation for us to waste time with people who don't want to save themselves." (I)
"I don't like what this could mean for them, but I don't see a choice." (Irina)
This world has few races of people, in fact, it only has two that are the Humans and the Beastmen, these two races continue to war for millennia until they began to use techniques of mass destruction such as forbidden magic or poisons that contaminate the land itself to deprive enemies of straightening.
Their tactics always aimed at the extermination of one side no matter what the means to achieve such an outcome, it was no surprise that Humans are capable of going to far worse extremes than Beastmen, which has led to the current situation where they are on the verge of extermination not even 50 thousand of them still alive.
This world is so rotten that even the Gods abandon their own fate, now this world that has been abused by thousands of years of war is on the verge of the situation, they didn't realize that why there are no more Fairies and Spirits in this world, even if Humans winning won't matter when the world is destroyed.
Sigh
"Perhaps we should leave them behind, there are many people with justifiable prejudice against Humans." (I)
"Don't worry, we're only going to take those without prejudice and who can still learn to follow another path." (Irina)
"So until the day..." (I)
"Poison cloud, hide underground!!!"
"Really!? That's the second time today!" (Irina)
"< Purification Barrier >" (Irina)
My sister raises her hand creating a large-scale barrier covering this entire village, as the green clouds approach begin to disappear.
"Didn't you say you finished them off?" (Irina)
"The poison didn't come from the side I fought it came from the opposite side, it must have been a pincer attack before I finished off one side." (I)
"I'll take a look in that direction in the meantime to let them know, we need to get more people into the Dungeon, but we don't have time to waste on them." (I)
"Okay, I'll talk to him, I wish they could preserve their lives first." (Irina)