Chapter 108: A journey to the past[2]
I was having a very thin
understanding of 'me'.
I was barely holding onto the ego 'Noah Grey', while my astral form drifted through the infinite currents of time and space.
Before I knew it, I was teleported to a desolate land, a dry land.
But the land was soaked in crimson, like a battlefield bathed in the blood of unknowns.
I looked above. The sable sky, erstwhile an azure canvas of hope, was now rendered an inky black. It was as if 'hope' had left the world.
-"If a God exists, then he cannot change his actions to the liking of individual beings. His actions work for the entire universe equally",I heard someone speaking. The words entered my ears.
I immediately jolted to my left— from where the voice came from.
My eyes were met with a figure. He appeared slightly taller than me.
"Who is he?" I frowned.
'And that quote...my father used to say it', I thought, looking at the figure.
As I continued to gaze at him, lifeless bodies of demons and humans materialized from the ground, appearing out of thin air.
I couldn't understand what was happening.
Just then, the figure turned to look at me, but a strange blur veiled his face, obscuring it from my view.
No... He wasn't looking at me. I don't think he could actually see me.
He was gazing into the distance, past me. Like I wasn't even here.
I tried to touch his face, but my hand phased through his body.
I frowned."This place..."—I wishpered, clenching my stretched out palm.
"It feels like a memory... or a dream. I can see it, but I can't interact with it."
"Nano, analyze this place," I commanded.
....
But to my surprise, no response came.
It was unusual for Nano to remain silent. And before I could properly process anything, anxiety began to grow inside me.
"Na...no?" I muttered slowly, sensing that something was wrong.
Nano was not responding.
Sudden fear gripped my heart.
"Nano? Can you hear me?"
"Nano? Oe, Nano?"
Something was off.
"This is not funny."
"Nano!" I exclaimed, frustration mixing with the growing fear.
The fear I was feeling was different, though, unlike any I had experienced before— it was just that kind of feeling. I tried to calm myself and think rationally but I couldn't... I just couldn't ignore this feeling.
"Nano, what's happening?! Why are you not answering?"
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I tried to call out to Nano, but no answer came. With each passing moment, my anxiety only began to skyrocket.
I strained to reach Nano, but there was no response. With each passing moment, my anxiety only intensified, threatening to consume me whole.
But, alongside the rising anxiety, another emotion slowly seeped into my consciousness. It was a dreadful sensation, one I had encountered before. The only other time I had felt such dread was when I first learned about my blood disease, that ominous premonition that something terrible, something utterly wrong, was on the horizon.
It felt like the beginning of the end was drawing near.
"Shit...!" I whispered and it felt like my nerves were pulling themselves beneath my skin.
Nano was not even responding! It was like Nano was not even here.
But my panic was short-lived, my thoughts were shattered by a thunderous roar from a distance.
—"Charge!" -I heard the sound of a man's battle cry.
"Entity of Chaos?" the words slipped from my lips. "Wasn't it... supposed to be a Basilisk?" I muttered in a barely audible tone.
As if to answer me, an ancient voice resonated from all directions.
["????????????-????????????-????????????-????????????-????????????"]
Pop!—My eardrums instantly ruptured, blood pouring out from both ears.
"Fuck!" I exhaled, gripping my ears tightly with my hands, squeezing my eyes shut as I writhed on the ground in anguish.
When I opened my eyes, I was no longer on Earth.
Instead, I was surrounded by the vast darkness of outer space.
From my vantage point, I could still make out the familiar sight of the Earth below, but what caught my attention were the colossal, unimaginably massive black pipes effortlessly floating around the planet.
"No... Th-these can't be pipes... These are..."
[???????????? ??????, ????????????.]The voice of ancient origin echoed within me once again, and this time, I could discern it more distinctly. It was a feminine voice... no it definitely was a woman's voice.
I looked behind me only to be met with... what the fuck?
The blood in my veins immediately freezed. My heart ceased to beat.
My pupils dilated.
What the he-hell am I even seeing?!
My mind was not able to process what I was seeing.
Infront of me was an astronomically huge, creature of tentacula.
It was atleast hundred times the size of Earth. One of its tentacles wrapped around the Moon while the other was near Mars.
I don't even know how I was seeing it...it made no sense for me to be able to make sense out of it's size... it's existence. This creature... This being... Actually concept of sense might not be a good measuring tool for my current situation.
"W-what are you?"—I blurted.
["????????????? '?????????',???? ???????? ?? ?????? ???? ?????????????? ???????????????"]—The creature asked, seemingly offended, its feminine voice resonating. It didn't physically open its mouth, but it was speaking.
Suddenly, the creature shifted its focus towards the... directions of the fifth dimension? And let out, ["?????? ???????????? ???????? ???? ????????????????."]
Locking its gaze upon me, it began, ["?????? ?????? ?? ???????? ??????????. ???????????? ???? ????? ?? ???????? ???? ?????????????? ???? ??????, ???????? '????????????."]
It opened its maw, which seemed to be made of a pure, blinding white that shattered the darkness of space. This white was unlike any other shade; it was like a blank sheet of paper.
I made no attempt to fight back.
Whatever this entity was, trying to escape had no meaning.
And before long, it took a bite out of the fabric of space and time itself.
***
"Hnfhaaaa!"—Breathing heavily, I sat down, and my heart began to beat heavily against my chest like a raging hammer.
I was out of the spirit world.
A system message popped up in my view, but I didn't pay it any attention.
The shaman was asking me something but I didn't bother to reply.
My mind was consumed with thoughts.
"Nano! Are you there, Nano?!" I asked franatically, as I remembered what had happened.
I dramatically rose to my feet..
[Affirmative Master Noah. I am here. Please calm down.]
Ignoring the shaman who was saying something, I continued walking while asking, "What was that thing Nano?"
[What 'thing' Master?]
I frowned at Nano's reply.
"So you didn't see it... "
Only now did I bothered to read the system message: [You have successfully created something new. What would you like to name your creation?]
"Mana circuits."
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