Chapter 112: Truth, Moghs Plan, Sea Gods Purification

Chapter 112: Truth, Moghs Plan, Sea Gods Purification

Word count = 1512 on 11/15/2023

Xue Tie stands still as he listens to their words as he tries to process what the truth of the situation is when his gaze becomes blank. He suddenly moves forward and kills the next god officer closest to him.

"See, he doesnt listen. He is no more than a bloodthirsty monster just like his predecessors" The Asura god and God of Destruction-Hui Mei try to convince the two goddesses. But the goddess of life suddenly shakes her head in a panicked voice pointing at Xue Tie.

"Stop this, our plan failed, we took too long. He isn't awake anymore. Please seal him away or something so he stops. He could still be saved from the samsaras corrupted influence. It's better if he could somehow regain his consciousness rather than live in fear of the next host or samsara god to rise up." Sheng Ming the goddess of life requests Hui Mei and Asura to work together with the other gods to seal Xue Tie away.

MEANWHILE…..

Back in the blank hallway that Xue Tie previously wandered through in hopes of escape. Xue Tie finds himself chained up where the original swirling gate was.

"YOU FUCKER. LIES UPON LIES. I TRUSTED YOU." Xue Tie yells out at a grinning figure across from him who holds a chain that is linked to the gate in his skeletal-like hand.

This figure is Mohg, the former lord of blood who is the true Samsara god. He who had proclaimed to give up his own soul to the river of reincarnation but in truth he had taken the reins of the river itself while using his body as a shelter before his soul was strengthened enough to properly possess Xue Tie.

"I am aware, and I always valued your trust in me. You had me worried there for a moment that you would place your soul upon the receptacle. Nearly becoming the personification of reincarnation like I have. Yet it is too late now." Mohg reveals a detail that Xue Tie was not aware of. Granted he was quite tired after being assaulted so much by the different lives. He now realizes that this might have been a trap to wear down his mind.

"Personification. What are you talking about" Xue Tie asks in annoyance.

"Oh well. Since you are trapped here now. I will reveal my master plan until your soul has been fully absorbed by me so that I may completely possess your body. In truth, I had revealed snippets of my real self all along. A while ago, I had revealed that I had obtained 'death' from a fallen death god who for some reason perished shortly after that encounter whilst blessing me as his successor. In truth" Mohg says and grabs the draconic wood that makes up his signature headpiece to reveal a middle aged man with black hair and colorful eyes that reflect the samsara river itself.

"In truth, I, Shade, named as such by the Dragon God possessed that young foolish boy. You had been told a part of the story by the other god kings. I who had slayed the dragon gods' kin to ensure the divine realm did not ascend further then almost slayed the dragon god itself to become his replacement. The split halves were able to escape along with the souls of the other dragon gods. The ones you know as Fire and Ice which make up the YinYang well."

"Unfortunately, I was defeated by the combined efforts of the other god kings and escaped but not before affecting the passageway to the mortal world. That is why when the Asura god sent down a fragment of himself to finish the job. It was corrupted and reincarnated to live a new live with his original powers. That very same one who 'slayed' me as Mohg. In truth, I had been slaughtering so many people to empower myself so I could create the ultimate comeback…through you. You who held the shard of myself completed your journey and laid down the proper foundations for my own resurrection."

"FUCKER" Xue Tie curses him again as he struggles against his bindings to no avail.

"Now now young one. You fell for it hook line and sinker. Amazed at the powers that be. The history you uncovered through me. The love you experienced along the way. It was all so….beautiful… but pathetic nevertheless. I will enjoy shredding her soul with your body before I crown myself as God emperor of the divine realm." The original Samsara god who has been body snatching for so long, named Shade, finally reveals to Xue Tie.

"Why me??!!" Xue Tie calls out in confusion. He had no outstanding traits in his past life. No grand idea, just his imagination and his love of games."

"Haha, you were simply the first one I approved of. I'm sure there could have been a better candidate but you just fit in so well. The very innocence I took advantage of was the key to achieve all this. You completed everything in your way in a straightforward fashion with little deceit. If you were any dumber then you wouldn't have been suitable as you would have revealed everything about me and your past life to everyone. But as it stands, only 2 actually have an inkling of it. Your father who interrogated you day 1, and then your wife who knows the full story of your life.

"Then tell me this, if you were conscious of your actions this whole time. Then what was the point of Miquella in the game, Elden Ring?" Xue Tie questions as that is the one thing from the whole explanation he couldn't understand. The strange passion that Mohg, who is actually Shade, had with Miquella.

"HAHAHA, Miquella of the Empyreans, was the closest to godhood when I regained my memories in that world. My original plan was to have him ascend to godhood so I could regain my divine glory by absorbing his soul. It was great that, that world got connected to your original ones. Then with all the death provided through the various parallel worlds of you players, I was able to create a connection between that world, yours and this one. Allowing me to kill you, enter your body to reincarnate it through the bloodline ties I still possessed in the previous Mohg's body and bloodline. In the end, Miquella was nothing but a fool for my own glorious return.

"I SEE…" A third voice calls out in anger in the void.

MEANWHILE….

The god kings have surrounded Xue Tie at the behest of the Goddess of Life. Flowery styled chains wrap around Xue Tie's physical body. They thought of draining his body of energy but they designated not to as to avoid any form of corruption spilling out from the river onto them. They had been arguing about various ways to end this threat as the Goddess of life, Sheng Ming and Kindness had been stopping Asura from killing Xue Tie as that just repeats the current cycle.

Their arguing silenced upon the loud collision of the Sea Gods Temple doors being opened by the sea god himself kicking it open. He struts over to the group whilst saying.

"Keep the racket down, you're all fools in this. Especially Asura!" The Sea God Poseidon proclaims which sparks a tick upon Asura's head as he responds.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?"

"Oh shut it. The fact you allowed yourself to be corrupted so easily by the fragment you sent down hundreds of years ago is more than enough to call you a fool. Now sit still." Poseidon summons his signature trident and points it at Asuras chest. Asura takes a combat stance before grudgingly relaxes as the last bit of logic he holds makes him remember that Poseidon is a close friend of his.

Water gushes out and traps Asura in a bubble and from within his body, a color thread seeps out of his chest. Asura is kicked out of the bubble while it condensed to become a water seal upon the thread itself. Asura who witnesses this thread realizes that his emotions had been compromised by the thread to go against his initial values of judgment and peace[1].

"I..I. damn it. I truly have been a fool" The other god kings look warily at the thread that was within Asura just moments prior. Hui Mie[2] and the others ask Poseidon.

"How long have you known?"

"Since his fragment returned. But I have never had a solution until a tiny soul fragment hijacked a portion of death energy that the young death god had given to me in hopes of convincing me….

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[1]: don't confuse Asuras nature of peace with Asuras killing nature. The killing itself is not predominantly 'evil' but a means to an end.

[2]: I have previously written it as Mei. That was an error on my part.