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Far beyond the forest, beyond this world, the Gods and Goddesses can be seen gathering in one pce
To which a meeting has been conducted, where Divina, the Goddess of Origin is seated alongside with the Goddess of Justice, Tenma, and the God of Prophecy, Vates
The matter at hand had been discussed way back, but now it has caught their attention once more
The Goddess of Justice had a proper, professional, confident look as she spoke to the other Gods and Goddesses present
Respecting as they are towards each other, they showed dissatisfaction in silence
"Although the emergence of it was non-threatening before. Eventually a day will come where the lives of many living beings will get harmed. For instance, the miasma recording that the God of Purity provided were 2 times higher than it was before"
"But that was just the statistics right?"
"Correct, that's the statistics but-"
"Forgive my impudence, but they are known to be that kind of beings. Shouldn't it be bel as normal occurrence?"
"I understand what you're trying to say but the readings from st time and the readings from now shows that there's a corretion"
The Goddess then looked at the God of Prophecy
"Vates! You're sitting in there quietly for a long time now. Don't you have some insight into this?"
"..."
He then shares his own report
"As of tely, I have no foresights of anything bad happening"
"That can't be! Miasma recording this high shouldn't be ignored!"
The Goddess of Justice said, trying to make a point
"You heard the God of Prophecy. We know his predictions are 100% accurate, right?"
"I believe I never made such cims..."
"That of course is no doubt...but even so..."
Tenma clinched her fists, looking down at the table
"Is that all? You know us Gods and Goddesses have our own duties to attend to, right?"
"For the record, I never even wanted to go in these kinds of meetings. I just can't disobey Divina sama herself"
The God of War said, showing upmost respect to the Goddess of Origin
"Apologies if all of you present here wasted time on this"
"I'm sorry Divina sama. That wasn't what I meant. I should've rephrased what I said earlier"
The Goddess of Agriculture said, bowing her head down towards Tenma and Divina
It was then that the st Goddess showed up at the meeting
"My apologies for arriving te"
"Doing Divination right at meeting huh?"
"That was not my intention..."
"That's rude to Divina sama, don't you think?"
"If I may expin-"
"No, its my fault for not telling. Judicara was just handing out the order I gave her earlier"
The Goddess of Judgement nods in agreement
"I see..."
A sm can be heard echoing in the room
"Are we not really doing anything to it?!"
"Don't sm the table Tenma. You're being rude to Divina sama and the others here"
"But-"
"You're always like this Tenma. Even if we knew what's about to come, what else can we do?"
"?! I- Uh..."
They were right, Gods and Goddesses cannot interfere directly with the living beings of this world. Mainly humans, heroes, adventurers, demi-humans, and such
Although The Goddess of Judgement, Judicara, is of exception. Yet with the condition of not showing herself to the living beings
In the living beings' eyes, Judicara is the only Goddess that they know that exists, but doesn't know what she looks like
"..."
Just like any other meetings, Tenma got struck down once more by her fellow Gods and Goddesses...
...It was then that Vates had something to add
"Although there's something that's really...'odd' "
"Odd...?"
"Usually, Miasma gathering in one pce accumutes overtime and then is used as a source of power...but"
"...?"
"From my perspective...the Miasma in the next days kept getting shrinking"
"?!"
No Gods nor Goddesses doubted Vates' words at that time, as his predictions are 100% accurate
"Now that's something intriguing. Miasma shrinking?"
"T-That's impossible...Vates, is it really what you foresaw?"
"As much as I want to back you up Tenma, I say what I forsee"
"But if that's true...then how...or rather...why?"
"I think I have the most logical answer to that"
All of them turned towards Divina, who was ready to speak
"When the Demon Lord was born, that's where the miasma started to grow, correct?"
"Yes, Divina sama"
The God of Purity also nodded to Divina
"Then from Vates' prediction, Miasma starts to shrink after"
"Is there any logical reason behind all of it, Divina sama?"
"Well...maybe the Demon Lord isn't exactly what we think it is"
"...?"
"Maybe the Demon Lord isn't 'Demon' after all"
"!"
With an unbelievable statement from Divina, the Gods and Goddess fall silent
"You don't mean...?"
"Yes Tenma. Maybe this Demon Lord isn't exactly evil"
"That could expin the miasma shrinking within the Abyss...but what makes you think that's the most logical reason?"
"Ah..."
After sipping from her tea, Divina then look at the Gods and Goddesses with seriousness in her eyes
"Last time...there was a Lost Soul that I encountered floating in the void, but I wasn't able to interact with that soul. Before I knew it, the soul had completely gone off somewhere else instead of disappearing slowly"
"If you wanted to interact with that soul...! Does that mean-"
"Yes...that soul...just like 'him'..."
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"Was also white..."
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"I'm back..."
I said, as I entered the cave, like I just got home
As usual, the cave was brimming with ores, but it was still the same as the day that I met her, no new ores had grown since then
I guess she really listened to me when I said that...
...
"Ah, you're also awake today"
She then nodded aggressively, eagerly waiting for me to come
Should I tell her? Should I?
Well...I don't know if what I would do would work, I don't want to get her hopes up yet...
"...?"
She tilted her head in confusion, wondering what I was thinking of
"Its nothing, anyways, what do you want to do today?"
She then pointed her finger at me
"Me...? What about me?"
"..."
She stood still, pointing at me
"Uh...do I have to do something?"
She nodded
"You want to py a game?"
She didn't nod
"I guess that's a no...you want me to tell you a story...?"
She nods two times
"I see...does any story will do?"
"..."
"Stood silent huh...do you want a story of about me? A continuation"
She nods with her eyes beaming
"Alright. Don't go sleeping on me if it gets boring okay?"
She then sat down like a child eagerly wanting to listen...
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"I realized right after, that she was mad at me because I was talking to another girl! I said it was just someone asking for directions, but she really insisted that I'm getting flirted on. I bonked her head on that one because she wasn't using her brain that time. If anything, any person would see that I was just helping that person-"
As I looked at her to get some confirmation, I saw her sleeping peacefully
"-Eh? Was my past life story really that boring?"
"..."
"Well...she probably didn't sleep much if she's sleeping this early..."
I said, while looking at the crystal
"..."
If I keep quiet, maybe I can do it now without her knowing...
With both of my hands on the crystal, I looked at all the mana flows once more
"Seventeen total...I'm still surprised that she was able to gave away mana that much..."
Now to do that method...'rewiring'...
First, I'll need to link myself to all of the flows...this should be doable with both of my hands linking everything on its sides...
If I use earth element to act as a 'visible wire flow' for me to see...
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"Right...that's the seventeenth flow now connected to my earth element..."
Now to really turn that element into a part of the flow itself, which is inserting my own 'mana' of some sort into the flow...
...
"Got it! I can see all of them linked to me as well"
So good so far...now to redirect the flow from her to mine...
The reason why I wasn't able to do it in the first pce was because the crystal itself was linked to her main mana flow...but since mine isn't really mana...then maybe...
...maybe I can force the crystal to take mine instead...
"!"
I then gave a surge of my own 'mana' into the crystal...overwriting the mana its getting
"..."
After a few more minutes, it has come to a point where the crystal was rejecting her mana
"! If that's the case...!"
I quickly casted Fatality skill to every mana flow that was connected to me
*CRACK!*
With every flow line cut, I can see the mana flow within the cave disappeared
"?!"
Which then the cave, turned into some sort of mining heaven
"Is it because of what I did...?"
Ores...different ores everywhere, even the floor and the ceiling of the cave turned colourful
"! What about the crystal!"
...
The crystal showed cracks on its sides, but is now transparent
She on the other hand, can be seen inside the crystal, still trapped
"What...? Did I fail...?"
I walk up to the crystal, pcing my hand on it. She was still sleeping peacefully
"If the crystal didn't break...does that mean I still have to do something to fully set her free?"
But what's there that I still need to do?!
"..."
No...the flow line was cut, she was no longer the main flow of the whole cave...
and as far as I see it, there are no more signs of mana flows in here...
"Rather...this is a progress. I'm almost close to breaking that crystal then"
But its getting te already, Mashiro and Lura might come looking for me if I don't go back now...
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"I wasn't able to get you out yet, but we finally have progress. I will set you free"
I said, leaving with caution, making my way on this new interior look in the cave...
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Little to his knowledge, she was already awake the moment it happened
"..."
With a sudden surge of concentrated mana...
*CRACK!*
The crystal finally shattered into pieces
"..."
As she got out from the crystal, realization hit her. Her eyes widened up, feeling excitement of being able to touch, walk, run, and jump around the pce
She was happy, really happy, but then-
"...!"
-tears then fell down from her eyes. She tries to shrug it off, but she cannot
She was reminded of the man that promised her
"He..."
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"...He really saved me..."
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