"What would you do if you had the power to defy your fate?"
Fate weaves everything together, you can't hide, you can't run from it. Fate is what the heaven wants. A fate of something or someone is set the second of existence. The road you will find is a lonely path. Everything you know, associate with, and love will just disappear like a bubble. And it will only be repeated, over and over again, the memories you love will come back and forth every time your eyes close. And the worst part is, you can't do anything. The only thing you can do is just watch. While they are suffering, your helpless self could only burn the sight of their struggles. To achieve freedom. In your suffering, no one will come to you, only you and you will hear your own suffering. This is the way to achieve true freedom.
“My whole life, I fought for the people. But despite all the heroic deeds that I have done for them, people started to doubt me, and even had the courage to exile the one who once served the. The thing that the people would rather see than a hero, is to see a hero fall, to offer his life for them. The moments you become useless to them, they would eventually ignore you. As if you're something that is in their complete control. A toy, which if damaged or frowned upon, will just be thrown away. If I would just lose everything eventually, I'd rather try to break out of these invisible chains that hold me down. A person who has nothing is someone not to be messed with.”
“Eleanore! You alright?”
“Hehe, am I okay? I'm dying here don't you see? Kugh! Kugh!”
“Don't joke about it, get up there! We still need to get away before we get caught.”
“Um, I can't really follow you now with this one heck of a mess in my body, but you still have to continue our mission. For the sake of the whole continent, no, of the whole world.”
“E-Eleanore? Eleanore?! Eleanore!”
Eleanore was one of the people I loved the most. I loved her that the world I once left, the world that I abandoned, I started to stood up for it again. But why did all of this happen? The whole world has turned her away, like me? Even if what we do is for the greater good, are there really things that can't be avoided? Is this the fate of everyone that has accompanied me in this journey?
“O hero blessed by the heavens, the fated demise of mine, an honor it is to finally-“
“Be quiet, can't we just finish this once and for all?”
“If that's what you're asking, hero. But if you lose I-“
“Tch. I said shut up you demon bastard...”
[Severing]
“Kugh!”
Only one swing of my sword was all that was required to slay the Devil of Destruction, the source of all evil on earth. An attack I poured all the joy, sadness, anger, and emotions I kept inside me in my lone journey. From all the happy memories that gave the strength and determination to overcome all the trials given to me, up to the nightmares manifested into reality that gave me drive to continue through the times when I walk in darkness, alone.
“O-O hero, I see now what you have gone through. All that, in a span of an attack. I knew it the moment your attack that hit me. Sadness, unified emotion and anger as deep as the ocean. If you plan to change your fate, I can help you as your nourishment. Let the emotion of hatred flow to yourself. And I will help you destroy the very thing that chained you up, and the fate it made for you. Everything that will be an obstacle to your conquest will be annihilated, and with every bit of pain you feel, power flows. But my power is just a part of the the process, how you use it in your way to achieve your goal depends on you and only you. I'm ready to go under you if my will shall be carried on.”
“ ...If it helps me to destroy everything that stands in my way to achieve freedom, then I accept it. Bring satisfaction for my eternal thirst, Devour.”
[Devour]
“What is this endless darkness, akin to the abyss? In fact, as a Demon of Destruction, the power he’s bringing out is quite formidable, even for me. No. Even stronger than me, with the authority of a Demon King?”
“Tch, that guy was right in my dream. When can I ever get free from this world, from the grasp of the gods...”
Everything disappeared in his sight. A bright light was seen in his presence.
“O hero chosen by the heavens. Do you know what you just did? Do you think we're just going to watch you grow and devour our paradise as you please? The heavens are the pillars of the world you stand for. We are the ones who create your reality and life. The fate the heavens bestow is to be obeyed by all. This is the will of the heavens. As a punishment, all the pain you felt upon being summoned to this world will never be lost. You will never forget all the painful memories you have accumulated within this miserable life of yours. Your life will be eternal, and so is your misery. The Fate of all you share a bond will become a thorny path. This is the will of the heavens… Submit.”
“Enough with the talk, Devour!”
[Devou-
“You can't do anything foolish being, you are just a mortal. We are the apostles and the gods that we serve are absolute. How are you planning to oppose such beings?”
“HE wants to end it peacefully, so I'll give you a bail.”
“Let's see if you can make me surrender then.”
[Anti-Divinity]
[Void Awakening]
[Void Attribute]
[████]
"We can't help it if that's what you want but...”
“No matter how strong you are, there is no such thing as a mortal that can go against the Gods.”
[Existence Erasure]
Existence Erasure. It is one of the abilities of the Upper Gods. Because of the difference of their authorities, the Upper Gods were feared by mortals in the world as well as the Lower Gods in the upper world called heaven. This ability can erase mortals and all their memories of the world. With every second of the ability’s activation, millions of years of pain and torture will be felt by anyone who is exposed to it. But, that's just not the case. The memories of all the people one meet will cease to exist. Everything, in front of this ability shall perish. The pain of forgetting is the gravest thing about your death. No mortal can resist the authority of the Gods.
Yet I grit my teeth.
As I stared at the winged being, I uttered words with the remains of my dying breath.
“Existence Erasure... You said you are an apostle of God, why do you have such an ability?”
“It's not important as of the moment. If you've just obeyed our will... If you just followed the heaven's wishes, you could've still lived.”
“Ha! Even though you're babbling this and that as the heaven's will, in truth it's just from the twisted desires of you divinities. I will never follow my destiny! I will say this to you once. The Fall of Heaven is approaching. No one shall escape the darkness that will devour everyone and everything. Engrave that to your very minds.”
“...All right. Let's see how that happens.” ████████ said and grinned.
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