Chapter 826: Chapter 753: Do You Understand Now?
“This…”
The sudden shocking truth startled Shane.
He knew that although the world he was in was correctly recognized by the people of Omni Potanssen, even ordinary people knew of the existence of those worlds, but everyone believed they were just some ordinary worlds without power, without mystery.
Because of this, people believed that those worlds had nothing to do with the Supreme God who created Omni Potanssen.
If it were worlds created by the Supreme God, they shouldn’t be such ordinary worlds without a hint of mysterious power.
Therefore, in the eyes of the people of Omni Potanssen, the countless otherworlds where heroes existed were just some scattered worlds that naturally came into being, with no connection to Omni Potanssen, and only the Supreme God Ominis was capable of crossing worlds to interfere with those otherworlds, thus creating the magic ceremony to summon heroes.
Yet now, Nien told Shane that the creator of those worlds was also the Supreme God Ominis.
Moreover, the purpose of creating those worlds by the Supreme God Ominis was to serve as the soil for the birth of heroes.
“To allow heroes to be born smoothly, that goddess imposed strict limitations on the otherworlds, causing those worlds to lack mysterious powers.”
Nien’s voice spread slowly.
“Just like in Omni Potanssen, where originally there was no way to birth a third life on par with the Supreme God and the goddess, therefore, to allow life to be born smoothly, the Supreme God added the concept of Life Limit within the ‘Reason’ to lower the difficulty of life being born.”
In other words, to allow heroes to be born smoothly, the Supreme God set the “Life Limit” of countless otherworlds to Level 1, or simply Level 0, causing mysterious powers not to appear in the otherworlds.
The result of this was that the soil of all otherworlds was used for the cultivation of heroes, an environment so superior beyond compare.
Thus, after certain intervals, among countless otherworlds, there would be one world that would nurture a human with the potential to become a hero, becoming the life-bearing entity for the concept of “hero.”
They would live ordinarily in the otherworld like regular people, until after their death they would be summoned to Omni Potanssen through the Great Secret Rite of “Hero Summoning,” thereby awakening their exclusive Holy Sword and Unique Skill.
“The plan of the All-Powerful Goddess succeeded, successfully using countless otherworlds as soil, cultivating the existence called ‘Third Person’ known as the hero.”
“And these humans who became heroes indeed, as observed by that goddess, became individuals capable of restraining the Demon King and possessing the ability to defeat the Demon King.”
“Under such circumstances, the First Generation Brave was summoned to this world.”
At this point, Nien seemed to have thought of something, her tone grew somber.
Unlike the previous calmness and indifference, nor the usual holiness and liveliness, it seemed tinged with sadness, carrying a faint sorrow.
“I assume you’ve already heard of the fate of the First Generation Brave, right?” Nien asked sympathetically, “She was killed by the Demon King before she could fully grow.”
Indeed, this was something Nadura had told Shane.
However…
“The First Generation Brave was killed by the Demon King, not because she was rushed to the battlefield, forced into the fray, but because she was suddenly approached by the Demon King.”
Nien informed Shane of such a matter.
“Before facing the Demon King, the First Generation Brave always stayed by the Supreme God’s side.”
“That period was very short.”
“At least, compared to the Supreme God and the Demon King who have lived for untold ages, those few years were only exceedingly brief memories.”
“But during those years, the companionship of the brave Nien led that always detached Supreme God to feel emotions for the first time.”
“A strange relationship called ‘friend’ was thus recognized by the supreme All-Powerful Goddess, leading the hero and the goddess to become the first pair in Omni Potanssen to need each other, protect each other, and always accompany each other.”
“That was probably the first and the last time Ominis, the supreme goddess, possessed something akin to a ‘heart.'”
“Until the appearance of Demon King Cladis.”
Nien looked directly at Shane, her emotions in her eyes unreadable to Shane.
But Shane knew what she wanted to say.
“Thus, the First Generation Brave was killed.”
“Being slain by the Demon King, the Supreme God, powerless against the Demon King’s power and unable to revive her only dear friend, fell into despair.”
“On that day, the world was filled with the goddess’s weeping, causing it to rain for several years, flooding the entire world.”
“Then, the Supreme God completely closed off her heart, becoming a true god that viewed the Demon King as an enemy, cold and indifferent yet detached.”
Nien’s voice was very slow.
Shane could not clearly hear her tone anymore.
Because, for some reason, hearing this, Shane felt a heartache.
Suddenly, a strange conversation floated in Shane’s mind.
————”You’re dazing around here again, can’t you do something useful?”
This was his voice.
————”Ah ha, you’ve caught me again.”
This was a gentle voice that Shane had never heard before, yet felt extremely familiar.
————”I’ve grown so much, yet you still daze around like a little girl every day, don’t say you’re with me out there, I can’t bear the embarrassment.”
This was Shane’s voice full of distaste.
————”You rascal, being so cheeky again, do you want me to tug your ear?”
This was that gentle voice full of angry reprimand.
Then, the conversation continued.
———— “It’s been so many years, isn’t it time for you to tell me what you’ve been thinking about when you’re dazing?”
———— “… Nothing much, just thinking about a friend.”
———— “A friend…?”
———— “Yeah, a friend.”
———— “Are you very close to her?”
———— “… Yeah, she’s probably the best friend I’ve had in this lifetime.”
———— “Do I know her?”
———— “… Maybe you’ll have a chance to meet her in the future.”
———— “So that means I don’t know her now, right?”
———— “Well, that’s about right.”
———— “If you think about her so much, why don’t you go find her?”
———— “… Because, I can’t go back anymore.”
———— “… You’re an old woman, why are you still acting like a young girl wallowing in self-pity?”
———— “You little brat, you’re really asking for trouble… Forget it, talking to you won’t make you understand, just remember one thing.”
———— “What?”
The rest of the conversation didn’t appear again.
Instead, there was a face.
A woman’s face, gentle yet somewhat stern, appeared in Shane’s mind, smiling at him as she spoke.
“You really are my…”
Shane didn’t catch the rest of the words.
He could only shake his head to regain focus and clear his wandering thoughts.
As he gathered himself, Shane noticed that Nien was quietly watching him.
“Are you okay?”
Using an unreadable expression, Nien asked him this.
“I’m fine.” Shane shook his head, suppressed the inexplicable emotions in his heart, and said, “What was the purpose of telling this story?”
Nien answered this question like this.
“The purpose is to tell you how I came into being.” Nien said lightly, “You probably guessed it a bit, right?”
“… A little.” Shane said after a moment of silence, “After all, you also mentioned that you’re born from the Supreme God Ominis’s obsession with the First Generation Brave, right?”
This statement, combined with the story just now and the name “Nien”, led Shane to a bold conjecture.
“Could it be that you were created by the Supreme God using the deceased First Generation Brave to become a goddess?”
Shane voiced his guess.
Nien shook her head, then nodded.
“Your guess is only half correct.” Nien said, “I already said, I am the Great Secret Rite of [Hero Summoning] itself, existing before the First Generation Brave was summoned to this world, not created using her corpse as material after her death, don’t mix me up with that ‘Demon King’s Body’ by your side.”
“Then you…?” Shane furrowed his brows.
Seeing this, Nien didn’t hide any longer.
“The [Hero Summoning] Great Secret Rite was originally just a ceremony, although large in scale, it was like any other magic ceremony, merely a combination of magic techniques, not a life.”
“It wasn’t until the death of the First Generation Brave, when the Supreme God Ominis grieved for three years, that her sorrow and pain combined with the great upheaval of the world and merged into [Hero Summoning].”
“Then, I was born.”
She was the result of the Supreme God Ominis’s obsession formed into existence.
Born out of pain and despair to become a life.
The world thought that the Fate Goddess Lidas was the third being to come into existence in Omni Potanssen after the Supreme God and the Demon King.
In fact, it was not.
The true third life to be born in this world wasn’t the Fate Goddess Lidas, nor the First Generation Brave from the Otherworld, but her—[Hero Summoning].
“Born from the All-Powerful Goddess, yet gathered all her pain and sorrow, a goddess managing the concept of summoning.”
“That’s me.”
Nien’s voice clearly reached Shane’s ears.
“I named myself Nien because this name holds a great weight in my existence.”
“I have the same appearance as the Supreme God Ominis because I am her pain, her sorrow, and all her emotions for the First Generation Brave transformed into a clone.”
“That is the greatest sorrow of my existence.”
“Do you understand?”