Chapter 241: Self Discovery

Chapter 241: Self Discovery

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4th October 2012, Hogsmeade

(Jasmine Sayre POV)

Suddenly, I felt a very powerful influx of cosmic energy come near and slowly walk towards the door. That didn't bode well at all. In the end, the moment that the source of the cosmic energy entered the pub, I recognized it. It was an elderly man with a white beard. He looked around until meeting my eyes, smiled at me, and walked towards my table.

I wasn't fooled by his appearance. I could tell that it was just a shell that contained a fragment of his power. I watched as the man arrived in front of me and asked, "Hello, is this seat taken? I believe we have a lot to talk about."

It seems that Ego has arrived on Earth.

I nodded in answer, "Sure, go ahead."

The two of us stayed sitting across from each other in silence for over a minute until I chose to break the silence, "Well, I will admit that I didn't expect to meet a celestial when I woke up in the morning."

The man, no, the thing in a man's form snorted, "Well, something happened a few months ago, on this rock, that gained my attention. And trust me, for something to gain the attention of someone of my caliber, it has to be very interesting, don't you think?"

Well, doesn't that sound ominous? I looked at the smile that the celestial had on his face. For the rest of the world, except a very select few, he would just look like a normal old man. But I could see what was beneath this little shell, the power, the cruelty, the apathy. In front of me was a god taking the form of a human. And he wasn't seeing me as an equal but more like a particularly juicy steak.

I had to be very careful with this, "And what could happen on this little rock that could get you to travel lightyears just to see it?"

He gave me a triumphant grin, "As I traveled through the universe, I only witnessed war, hate, death, and destruction. It's the nature of life, in a way. It's how mortals grow and evolve. As soon as they become intelligent, they consume everything around them, until nothing is left and they kill themselves, with the cycle continuing. I want to create a reality of only life, a reality of only peace, a reality of only love."

"And how could you do that?"

"I'm very glad you asked. I call it the expansion, and these seedlings in front of you are the key to it."

I nodded, "And by the seeds, you mean the self-replicating matter inside that absorbs everything it touches."

The celestial looked shocked at my answer, "How do you know that?"

"Did you really think that I wouldn't experiment on what is obviously a dangerous artifact. Before absorbing the seed, I ran a lot of tests, and discovered its purpose."

He nodded, "A very good disposition to have. My goal is to unite the entire galaxy, if not the world. My power, my light, is what powers the seeds and allows the matter inside to propagate and absorb everything it touches. I am planning on activating them on every planet, and in mere minutes, the entire surface of those planets will be made up of the biological matter, of me and only me. And for the first time, true peace shall reign in the entire universe. However, I cannot do it alone. I am not powerful enough. I will need help from someone else that can use my light, your help specifically."

Well, now things were getting awkward. I am not going to participate in a galactic genocide by some asshole celestial. Unfortunately, the damn thing was powerful, and I could use him in the coming conflict with Entropy. With that in mind, there was no reason to keep being nice, "While I do have my doubts about the genocide and don't try to deny it; it is genocide no matter how nicely you try to describe it we have a bigger problem on our hands, a cosmic entity has taken a physical form and is currently in the universe with the aim of inevitably destroying reality itself. Here's my offer. I will help you with your Expansion, should you somehow convince the rest of the celestials to not hunt us down afterwards, and in exchange, you will help me in the fight against the enemy of reality itself."

Of course, I wasn't planning on going through with it, but it's the best offer I was going to give him. In an ideal world, I would have his support in the coming crisis, but I would rather that life in the universe not be wiped out without Entropy's involvement at all.

Ego frowned at my answer. He probably thought that he convinced me or something, "Is there a chance that we could do it before the fight with the cosmic entity."

I shook my head, "No, I'm planning on using a few mortals to help me fight."

For some reason, the cosmic entity looked dismissive of my concerns. Did he not understand what a cosmic entity even was? Did he not understand how difficult fighting against a principal aspect of the multiverse is probably going to be?

"I'm sorry we couldn't come to an agreement." I heard him mumble.

I took a good look on his face, and he genuinely looked saddened by the fact, "I'm sorry, but the Expansion is my purpose. I cannot shy from it. I will complete it even if I have to force your collaboration."

The celestial's eyes glowed with power, and he looked ready to attack me. Well, fuck it, it seems that I'll have to fight a fucking celestial of all things. Why do these things always happen to me? Read latest chapters at nov(e)lbin.com Only