"What happened?" Gravis asked.
"I think I know what happened," Orthar said with a thoughtful expression.
"Enlighten me," the Opposer said evenly.
"You were abandoned," Orthar said.
The Opposer remained silent.
"Death wanted a will, but as a Manifestation of Death, you didn't have a will. Therefore, you couldn't possibly become Death's will," Orthar added.
Gravis' and Mortis' eyes widened in understanding.
Right!
How could someone without a will become the will of something else?
"Correct," the Opposer said evenly. "After trying to make me its will, Death simply receded."
"We were incompatible."
"After realizing that we were incompatible, it simply assimilated me into itself. I would lose my structure and become more Death. Like a drop of fresh water that had been thrown into an ocean, I would dissolve until I was part of the ocean."
"But, then how are you alive?" Gravis asked.
The Opposer's expression became complex.
"Energy interfered," the Opposer said.
Orthar's eyes widened with intensity as he heard that.
He knew what that meant!
"It noticed me, and for whatever reason, it decided to fill me with Energy. My old mind from before I have entered the Gate of Death had fused with the memories I had gained while being the Manifestation of Death."
"Emotions returned to my being. Dreams returned. My will returned. A new personality was formed."
"I was essentially born again."
of a decision but of instinct. Like an insect that only works
now had a will, dreams,
willing to
looked at the Opposer with narrowed eyes. "Are you telling me
Mortis'
probably noticed what had happened and decided to revive me. I'm not sure if it was
around as he was calculating at
entire administration of the Cosmos
moment, no new tribulations took place,
explains a lot," Orthar said. "On my journeys, I have seen countless Cosmoses made of Energy, but only an incredible rarity had anything related with Death in them. Even more, I have
life without someone directing it. Someone has to manually
made of Energy? What about
destructiveness of Death doesn't allow it to create life on its
has become the will of Energy since it had been the
"However, I
in Orthar's eyes, but he
He didn't answer.
I gained an actual personality and will, all the Emotions I should have
goal from before I had become the Manifestation of Death hadn't changed. I wanted power. I wanted to
Death, but it was impossible. If I did that, I would
created my Cosmos with 50%
delicate balancing act, but my Cosmos gives me
to this Cosmos to take my revenge," he said as he looked at Orthar with cold eyes. "Maybe he wants to tell you what
and Mortis
unleashed all his powers. I thought that I had been lucky since the mistake I failed to rectify had given me
amount of time had passed, but he was already far more
my life, so I did the only thing that
used up a huge part of my Energy storage to
basically ended in both of our Cosmoses on
powers, and that's basically how we got here. We are at an arms race, and none of us are confident in taking out
Mortis looked at their father, and he nodded, confirming that Orthar spoke
Gravis had one
I want to ask
looked at Gravis. "What is it?" he
did you create my
Silence.
also didn't know the answer, and he looked at
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