92 - Time Skip
There was air and a strong warmth around me. A feeling of peace and serenity in my mind. My body felt good. A strong sense of comfort radiating on me.
My lower eyes were first to open. My eyelids moving out of the way to let the blue gems shine through. It was a tranquil paradise. A huge tree loomed over me, its leaves waving in the wind and slight breeze all around me.
My back was propped against a wall which was slanted in a weird way. But that was not my main concern. My concern was the tall tree whose leaves and branches towered up and over into the black void.
A light at the corner created a shadow out of the tree which loomed over me. The ground was covered with a feeling that i had not gotten for a few months now.
It was a bit itchy, smooth yet rough. A smell of grass. My mind confused went through the last memories in my head as i pondered.
Did i somehow die. Was this the land of the dead for gods?. My upper eyes fluttered open and with both set of eyes I looked .
I hadn't seen wrong. The tree was indeed there. The ground was covered in grass and foliage flowers littering everywhere. The wall upon which i was propped was no wall but a huge root that curled around me like a bed.
I realized that where I lay was a bed of flowers of all sorts. The first thing that came to mind was Gerasmine.
If i wasn't dead then obviously somehow Gerasmine grew a tree around my sleeping body for my comfort.
But the thought was thrown out the very next second when a loud feminine and alluring voice boomed through the air.
"Father is awake!"The sheer volume rattled my eardrums and shocked my brain. But I wasn't sure if it was the words that made me pause or the fact that the voice came from the tree.
"Gerasmine?" I questioned cocking my head to the side while rubbing my palms onto my ear. A little giggle sounded out from the tree as it leaves swayed and the roots jiggled a bit.
"Heh heh. Father misses mother much " The childish voice came again. I was sure now. It definitely wasn't Gerasmine. The childishness of its words, the giggles and its playfulness.
While Gerasmine wasn't totally strict or cold. I wouldn't peg her as same with this voice. Unless she somehow regressed her age. But my thoughts were cut off as a tingling in my head caught my attention. I could feel a shift of energies in the environment. The space around me faded out a bit as somehow my focus shifted to something or somethings approaching rapidly from all over.
"This?" It all felt surreal but i knew what it was instinctively. This was Visendus kicking in. The skill was a passive one which meant i didn't have to activate it.
"Erizos!"
"Father"
"All-father finally"
"ABN ÊIKE You are indeed awake".
To the distance flying at varying speeds were the entirety of the current hosts. Earth Titan goddess and sun god. Azkolves and Heralds. Only a few Eternals flew in alongside them.
I had barely gotten to know much about this Eternals i had created. But that was besides the point. As pleased as i was to see them all i still had an issue to settle.
"How is this possible?".
My question and my finger pointed to the tree was the first thing the entire crowd got once the landed. At first the stopped confused then one by one each of them burst out laughing.
Finally Gerasmine turned and began waving her right palm at the rest. Their laughter quickly evaporated as sulking the began handing over few numbers of cores and fragments to her.
Completely ignored i could only stare dumbly as this people first completed some sort of transaction before they all turned to face me.
Noting my expression a giggle escaped Gerasmine as a smile lit up her face.
"What?. Your reaction was totally expected. " she stated with a coy smirk.
'Berus. Berus. I think I'm dreaming or something. What's going on. Why do they all feel different".
[Welcome back sleeping beauty. Hope the dream realm was fun.] Berus paused for a bit before continuing.
[Ah right , we don't have that service yet. Bummer]
[Anyway. To answer your questions you might wanna check your logs. Way to go boy. You sure love to create them different]
"Huh". Further confused I ignored the entire crowd chittering amongst themselves. They knew i could find the answers to my questions myself, how they weren't sure but they just knew since somehow i always knew everything.
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[DATA COMPILED]
[STATUS UPDATED]
[TRUE BODY HIBERNATION ]
[TIME DILATION INCREASED x3]
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[DAMAS MUTATING EXTERNALLY]
[DIVINITY REACTING]
[ORDER EXPOSED]
[CREATION EFFECTIVE]
[HUSK NOT FOUND. ]
[SEEKING STABLE FORM]
[CONNECTION CREATING TO ALL-FATHER]
[CONNECTION FAILED]
[NEW CONNECTION FOUND]
[CONNECTION CREATING TO EARTH TITAN GODDESS]
[FAILING...]
[ESTABLISHED]
[CREATED HUSK CONNECTED]
[TERRA SEED FORMED]
[EARTH TITAN GODDESS HAS ASSISTED IN THE FINAL CREATION OF THE TERRA SEED]
[GROWTH PHASE]
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[REALM x2 CREATED]
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[GERASMINE HAS EVOLVED TO THE THIRD SUPREME]
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[REALM x2 CREATED]
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[VELCES HAS EVOLVED TO THE THIRD SUPREME]
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[HERALDS HAVE EVOLVED]
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[YOUR FOLLOWERS GROW]
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[DUMDRIEL HAS EVOLVED TO THE THIRD ASCENDED BODY]
[SYRIN HAS EVOLVED TO THE THIRD ASCENDED BODY]
[TEPES HAS EVOLVED TO THE THIRD ASCENDED BODY]
[TEPES HAS EVOLVED TO THE FOURTH ASCENDED BODY]
[TARIN HAS EVOLVED TO THE THIRD ASCENDED BODY]
[AUSAL HAS EVOLVED TO THE THIRD ASCENDED BODY]
[GERAL HAS EVOLVED TO THE THIRD ASCENDED BODY]
[JUJU HAS EVOLVED TO THE THIRD ASCENDED BODY]
[BELEZA HAS EVOLVED TO THE THIRD ASCENDED BODY]
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[REALM x2 CREATED]
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[TERRA SEED HAS BECOME MULTIVERSE DEIFIC TREE ]
[MULTIVERSE DEIFIC TREE KEEPS GROWING]
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[REALM x6 CREATED]
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[HIBERNATION ENDS.]
[TRUE BODY AWAKENS]
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[As You Can See. Everyone's Been Mighty Busy. Happy 6 Months Sleeping. I Guess You Can Now Say Happy Birthday. You're Officially A Year Old Now]
Completing disregarding the amusement in his voice I could only feel my eyebrows twitch as I tried to make sense of it all.
6 months. Slumbering. What the hell?.
[Don't Be So Sad. If Anything It's Helped You A Lot. You're Stabilized And Your Divinity Has Grown Some More. Thanks To Your Battle A Lot Has Happened. You Not Only Got A Fused Order Gene But Also You Created That Big Girl over There Which Got You More Reverence Plus The Reverence From The Others]
[If That Still Didn't Get Your Attention Then This Might. She's Gonna Solve Our Energy Problem For Creating Worlds]
Berus was right about one thing. That did get my attention. My eyes totally left the crowd of beings that watched me stare into nothing for a while before turning suddenly to the tree.
For a moment it shook as it sensed my gaze upon it.
If it was gonna solve my problem of having little divinity to create a world then things were looking good. Maybe. Just maybe slumbering for six months would be totally worth it.
My upper eyes glowed as the trees information became visible to me. As i read my lips stretched and the more it stretched the more the tree shivered.
For some reason the tree felt that it was in danger. But it couldn't understand where the danger came from. Its branches and leaves swayed as it shook itself to get rid of that chill.