"Just think about what you want to say and I’ll take that memory away from you." Kayden placed another memory into the dragon and this time waited a few minutes. After that, he removed that little piece of soul and put something generic in its place. Some form of natural law of souls prevented him from simply taking it away; everything had to be in perfect balance. If a piece of soul was removed, another must be placed. All souls should be made of the same material, because, if this were not the case, he would not be able to do this with others.
"I am Nivus, a storm dragon. I am here to fulfill a promise to the Licht for my race. Who are you?"
Kayden was amused by the dragon trying to lie to him in a memory fragment. It was obvious to him that the dragon knew who he was and that it was there to kill and suppress him, simply by the fact that these thoughts passed through Nivus’ head for a lapse of time.
"I am nobody." Kayden would be smiling right now if he could; This would be a really fun experience.
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"Isn’t that what you wanted? See the universe fall apart for the second time?" Father was drinking some kind of wine while watching his wife through a spiritual sense learn to cultivate the false god’s technique.
"The end glorifies history, but this universe still has a long time before that," Thoth replied calmly.
"It’s not what it looks like to me like a war between the gods breaking out every few years. The lack of space slowly began to destroy the friendships that existed." Father has been absent from the universal dynamic since he got his wife. Every second of his time was spent helping his wife’s progress. Even when she slept, he was by her side, watching. Whatever she needed, he offered. Slowly, her memories began to return; Yan utilized many divine resources to speed up this process.
He still maintained some connections with the outside universe and knew it was a mess. The amount of geniuses that were emerging was simply ridiculous; those with lesser talent were still on six rays. It was practically a complete revolution in the strength of the universe. Thousands of gods have arisen and thousands have fallen. Battles became extremely common; Worlds being destroyed at the whims of madmen was also common.
"And just as everything is in absolute chaos, everything was moving forward at a surreal speed. I think in a few billion years we could have a wizard facing ten lightning bolts, but…" Thoth paused.
"But?" It took so long for Yan to complete it.
"We will probably have an all-out war in a few years. Some old monsters are going to wake up and my plans have to go perfectly. I am here to negotiate your strength." Dad already knew it would be something like that.
"You know the universe has grown stronger. I can no longer easily break existence to get mana." The universe was modelable and, after Thoth’s actions, it became much stronger and more compact, in addition to slowly regenerating itself.
"I offer you false immortality." Pai’s eyes almost popped out of their sockets. He searched for hundreds of thousands of years, but he did not have any kind of success in this search; it was practically a unique case in the universe. Feeling his life falling apart day after day was extremely irritating and difficult for him, even more so after finally achieving his ultimate goal, something he had fought for literally longer than the universe itself.
" Why? You are strong enough to do everything on your own. When I was in the river of time and saw fragments of you from the past... you always seemed to be watching me. Someone capable of transcending time itself. Who exactly are you?" Yan couldn’t understand this point. Even in another universe’s timeline... Thoth was present and was still able to recognize Yan’s eyes. Not only that, but she often smiled at him. Who the hell was this god?
"After you live long enough, only one thing becomes a mystery... luck and chance. I can watch everything and see a butterfly flap its wings and start a divine war hundreds of light years away, but there is a small chance of something different happening. That’s what I can’t control."
Seeing a god admitting to being unable to predict something even after being able to observe everything and experience experiences that Yan couldn’t even dream of having... was scary. Thoth could give thousands of complex reasons, but in the end, it was just a small detail that only those who had a high understanding of everything could observe.
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"What is your ultimate goal?" Yan asked the question Thoth had been asked trillions of times, and for the first time in a long time, Thoth answered honestly.
"I want to die." Few words, but with a completely crazy meaning. Not being able to die? How crazy was that?
"You..."
"Yes, I cannot die no matter what I do or how I do it."
Craziness. Complete madness. The fact that Thoth didn’t go around killing everyone who went against his orders was very simple for Yan at that moment, it simply wouldn’t make a difference to him, because what he was looking for couldn’t be forced easily and had to be conquered with a lot of time and planning.
"I understand. What do you want in exchange for immortality?" Yan had no qualms about doing heinous things to have more time with his wife.
"I want you to be my hand in the universe and push some little steps." It wasn’t difficult considering Pai’s strength.
"What is the level of risk? I don’t want to die now."
"Low. You’ll just have to use your influence and fight some wars with the false gods. The strength of your organization will fall greatly, but everything in the universe will fall." Thoth seemed to be planning something very serious.
"I accept." Yan would do anything for his wife, even if he had to kill every false god with his bare hands.