Is it worth it?

"I am Dead?", Aavesh reeled at the answer, not before the strange yet cold voice spoke back.

"You are in a Death State- How Envious! Your True Primal Blood has turned you into a Creature of Death- Temporarily that is..."

Aavesh sucked in a deep breathe and then asked out," Okay I am in a better state now, so who the Fuck are you and where am I?"

"Stupid"

"Stupid who and where?", Aavesh responded back sarcastically in the dark.

"Fuck you - You Foul Mouthed little shit", The Strange Voice replied back resentfully.

"Could say the same for the Mystifying Crap you are pulling here- Look I am Tired as Fuck, I've not had a wink of Proper Sleep For Days! I've been trying my damndest to Survive that I even forgot that I died"

The Voice remained silent as Aavesh continued, " I am sick and Tired of being dragged in shenanigans of fuck ups you all have done in this Universe - But I am still helping out despite at Every Step I face Mortal Peril and in this Case literal Death"

"So The Least you all could do is stop Hazing me, and Talk straight instead of this Bullshit!", Aavesh yelled out in fury from the depths of his soul!

He was mentally tired, he had been kicked, dragged and Beaten around like a Rabid Dog for some time now without proper respite.

He wasn't asking for Respite or for his problems to be solved instantly, he just wanted all these Bigwigs to lay it out straight instead of deliberately Mystifying everything just so they could Scam him and get a better deal.

"Fair...", The strange eerie voice spoke back after a few moments.

Then the Place lit up- it was a white Room with a Mirror, Aavesh stared at the Mirror and gazed at his new form, a pitch black being with 3 Glowing Eyes, silver lines etched on the body with Multicolored lightning flickering across his new body or should he say- 'soul' form?

"You are dead in a literal sense but due to your True Primal Blood you have a chance to Return, but you must kill the one that has ensnared in you death", The Strange Eerie Voice spoke from behind him now, as he turned to see a Heart.

A Familiar Heart.

The Heart of Evil.

"You"

"You dragged me into this place?", Aavesh Muttered in surprise.

"My Realm", The Heart of Evil replied.

"What do you want?", Aavesh asked truly.

"Unification"

"Find the Other Hearts"

"Collect the Shards"

"And Activate the Throne with your True Primal Blood "

"Then do what you must do"

It gave it straight to Aavesh but without Context.

Aavesh gazed at it for a moment but instinctively felt a pain emanate from the depths of his soul, it was an unexplainable grief, of missing something.

It was like you were just a second away from Victory but you lost everything in the next second.

Why did the heart of Evil want him to do this?

What was it trying to pull?

Didn't it try to deceive him before - but now for some Godforsaken reason he felt it speak the Truth to him without it's previous arrogance and maliciousness.

And what was this strange grief?

Who was he? Why did he have these strange memories?

Just what was going on with him...

Aavesh shook his head and then gazed back at the Heart of Evil, he Muttered again," That's what you want me to do right? So what are you going to do for me in exchange?"

"Help you kill Conrad and... eventually Khorramzadeh", it replied back eerily.

Then room flickered with Scenes of the Illithid Army attacking various planets shocking Aavesh.

He then saw a scene, a mother protecting her son till the Last Breath as the Creature cruelly killed her as her son watched on.

"No...", Aavesh could only watch on as flashed of Nightmares Plagued his soul.

He fell to his knees as he then watched the Boy join his mother in afterlife in the same cruel fashion.

Countless similar scenes went by him as he only stared at them in silence.

The Screens vanished and what remained were countless dead spectres gazing back at him.

Billions of Dead ghosts watching him as he could only kneel down in silence.

"I failed you all", Aavesh then spoke softly.

"My Reincarnation was just a joke, a Post Script of Failures - No matter how much I tried to change fate- It just always ends like this "

*Crack

He smashed the mirror next to him, as two lines of tears began to drip down as he weeped silently.

'They are all strangers to me'

'So why do I feel pain at their death?'

'why do I feel like it's my responsibility?'

'why am I such a... Failure?'

'I am sorry Master, I couldn't save them- I never stood a chance...'

Aavesh then gazed back at the Dead Spectres, he could see Sabine, Corvus and those five kids he spent a few months with.

He saw Victor and Sam stare back at him Blankly.

"Time is hard to change - it always runs it's course, only a True Aeon can truly command Time, but did you know- even when they can bend time to their Will, They don't do it", The Heart Of Evil spoke up.

"They'll die, they'll all die but you survived and you go on- that's the only thing you can do, that's the only way to prove that they didn't die in Vain, that you don't die in Vain,"

" Death is an inevitable aspect of Life"

" You feel pain for them? It means you have something Taboo for Cultivators- Strong Empathy"

"Empathy that emanates from the fact that even after you gain power - You still see yourself as Human and Nothing more"

"Aavesh Adhi- they are all dead, but they want the last dignity one can gain in death, they want reincarnation but their souls are being captured by the Cursus Infant- They turn to you, for you will do what you must do"

As the heart spoke, Aavesh spoke with despair in his voice," What's the point of this all, I Tried to change Fate! I TRIED! BUT LOOK AT THIS! PEOPLE ARE DYING EVERY SECOND LIKE THEY DID BEFORE - I SAW PLANETS BURN WITHOUT A WHIMPER TO DEMON FIRE- I FAILED BACK THEN- I FAILED NOW- WHAT HAVE I EVEN CHANGED?!"

He sobbed," Isn't it futile, No matter what you do - you can't get what you want, even if you lose everything, you still are not enough, It's all gone to shit, I tried so hard- I don't know if I can try anymore"

He curled up as he whimpered, stuck in his despair.

"I know your pain", A familiar old voice spoke next to him, it was her - that spectre that tried to warn him.

She then came and embraced him tightly, letting him sob into her chest.

"You think it's all your fault, you poor child- the world will always be in shit not matter what you do, it will always find ways to screw over itself ", She spoke softly.

" But why do I feel this hurt- their Pain why am I able to feel it? They are strangers- IVE NEVER MET THEM, SO WHY AM I KIND TO THEM? WHY DOES MY HEART FEEL PAIN LIKE THIS? WHY -",He vented out as he held onto her tightly,as if afraid to lose her warmth, but she interrupts him and comforts him.

"You are a Human, with a blessed amount of Empathy - Ever wondered why people were able to connect with you so quickly? You may not have carried higher Dimensional Blood Before but it's left it's trace on you and more importantly - Your Soul is different, you've been through so much suffering... just like me- I lost my family, my son, my Clan, my Home- almost everything I held dear yet I stand before you, I never erased my sorrows to run from my pain, I turned it into my strength - These are scars, Ugly and Painful Scars that we carry"

" We will never be rid of them, it has etched into our souls forever, so tell me Should I forget the death of my Parents just because I want to stop feeling hurt? Stop feeling this pain?", She asked him with a rueful smile.

Aavesh stopped in a daze and gazed at her, and slowly shook his head.

"That's right- that's how you know you love them- Even if it stabs your heart- you remember them, you carry them with you, Even if you don't know their name, their voice, their breathe, you store their feelings deep within you"

"So many people have died, but they can't die for nothing, Even if everyone else forgets them you will remember them won't you? You will always carry them, it may feel like a burden but it is also a strength, it's what makes you truly human"

" My sweet descendant the Angels and the Agathions have blessed you, even if your body turns Infernal, the affect of their touch still lies deeply within you, their gifts are empathic, amplifying your already strong Inner Empathy-"

"Remember your Empathy, it's the sharpest blade you can wield - No blade can slice like it, No flame warmer than it, No embrace tighter- your actions matter to your soul child, Your Willpower is deeply tied in to the Empath with you"

" Does that matter? It matters so much more than you think, of all the Cultivators I have seen you are among the few who desparately cling onto their humanity while being unaware of the fact you do and that's why you will feel the most pain when things like this happen- but that's alright child, that's alright "

" And that's why all of them trust you more than anyone else, because you don't want anything else from them, you just don't want them to suffer needlessly and even if you don't know it, they do"

"These are the hard choices, we can't save everyone, but for the ones you can, you will do everything in your power- these are the choices you have to live with, for they make your Myth, for no matter what happens in the end, you did something when others couldn't"

"Child, what will you do now? Do you still think it's not worth it?", She asked Aavesh with a kind smile.

Aavesh reluctantly separated from her embrace and stood up as he took a deep breathe in, even if he was dead he couldn't just forget to breath immediately.

"I... have a duty", He spoke firmly as he gazed at the Spectres staring back at him.

The Woman smiled knowingly and dissipated.

She was his Ancestor, a spectre from the Past, silently helping him.

Aavesh sighed as he stood silently for a moment as the Heart of Evil then floated next to him.

"What's the Play ?", Aavesh asked as his eyes slowly filled with grim Determination, with an even more unshakeable resolve hiding deep within his eyes.

" A Tri Mythic Evil Sutra,you can use it with the Evil Mythic Essence I supply you in the Biomech, it's structure should be able to work as a good conduit but to kill Conrad you need to draw out the Inner Resentment Energy within the Biomech"

"From my observation with that Biomech you will get one chance to use that Resentment Energy to Condense a Tri Mythic Evil Weapon after which you will have seconds before the Biomech wears down and becomes a Useless"

" As for escaping - Just break through his Demiplane with these set of Tricks after you cultivate the Sutra - you will land right next to him, Remember he is growing stronger but the Tri Mythic Evil Sutra is not something he can simply slap away like before - so be fast and precise", The Heart of Evil advised.

"I didn't dare to give this to you infront of Khorramzadeh and I waited until Conrad absorbed you into his Demiplane - He can learn about anything else but not about what I asked you to do- remember you can't speak of this to anyone else!", The Heart of Evil cautioned him repeatedly.

It seems this so called Straight Forward Context less task was not so straightforward after all.

"I don't know why you want me to find the Primordial Mythic shards and sit on some throne- But I promise you, If I can- I will", Aavesh then promised but the Heart of Evil disagreed.

"This is not a deal, think of it as a suggestion - I know you will collect all of them and even find the Throne eventually, but when the choice comes, I hope you will do what You must do not matter the Price, that's all I ask but you are free to decide your choice"

" Oh... Well I'll take it into consideration then", Aavesh then replied in an affirmative tone.

"That's all I ask ", The Heart of Evil seemed to have been placated now.

It then passed the Tri Mythic Evil Sutra to him.

"You know what to do now"

Aavesh nodded.

"Go"

At that single word, Aavesh felt sucked into a void and then instantly woke up in the sinking Biomech covered deeply in the Aura of death.

Aavesh then chanted the Tri Mythic Evil Sutra and Resentment Energy within the Biomech, even within his body began to suddenly boil fervently.

Soon An Eerie Tri Colored Mythic Halo formed around the Biomech as Aavesh continued to chant relentlessly.

The Infernal Red, the Demonic Purple and the Undead Green Halos erupted outwards circling in a fused state around the Biomech.

Even the Infernal blood within Aavesh began to stir - but Aavesh forcibly curbed it down- he had to retain his sanity- he couldn't let the blood overpower him.

The Biomech opened it's eyes as a wild light now filled then with a Powerful thirst for revenge!

'oh there's this trick as well', Aavesh spoke with a bit of Bloodthirst as he now was able to Manipulate the fused Tri Mythic Powers with the unending Pure Evil Mythic Essence being supplied by the Heart of Evil.

This trick or rather a Mythic Nuke Spell if you will, was going to exceptionally catastrophic within the Demiplane.

It was perfect.

*Fission

The Biomech raised it's palm forward and a Tempest of Tri Mythic Evil power formed around it with a specific set of runes.

It then began to collide with itself relentlessly - until it Exploded, releasing a massive amount of Mythic Energies- it was la literal Nuclear Bomb had been set off and the Biomech continued to supply it with even more endless fuel of Tri Evil Mythic Essence.

*KAABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

In seconds the Tri Colored Blast engulfed everything endlessly - the Blood sea boiled and the space time of the Demiplane began to destabilize rapidly.

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*Meanwhile

Conrad gazed wildly at Vishwa and Eitra who were fighting endless clones of his and licked his lips- he would devour these two first, then the rest would become easier to-

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

A terrifying explosion shook the Planet as hundreds of Conrad's clones exploded almost instantaneously-

Rachael and the others saw them burst out like fire crackers as a Second Sun suddenly appeared on the Horizon briefly.

*Bang

A severely burned Conrad gazed in bewilderment at the loss of his Demiplane, it was all so instantaneous - he couldn't even stop it- Maybe this is what that asshole planned in the first place.

Sure Enough - he knew couldn't trust the word of a Goddamned Devil!

Out of that second Sun- A colossal yet Eerie looking monster flew out and stood before Conrad's Original body - brimming with Killing Intent.

"It's Time to Dance"