Entry 26/27 whatever: They Thought I Died
Zero gave up on numbering since Chris did an entry so his numbering system got screwed up. Final entry. You ready? I am.
I didn't. It takes a bit more than an entire world being devoured by the void to kill me. But only a little bit more. It took me a good 2 years, but I worked my way through the void and back into Riviera.
I'm different now. The void has altered the makeup of my being after so long. I'm much more proficient in Void energy now, and my holy magic has weakened a bit. Along with a general loss of physical strength through the lack of use of my body.
The reason I couldn't escape with everyone back then was because of a lack of time. If I'd gone through, the void would have come with, and probably destroyed everything on the other side of the portal. Come to think of it, that's probably what The Origin was going for.
Anyway, I landed in Riviera somewhere around Tetyth so it took me a day or so to get back to Elendia. When I did I was spotted first by Fia, who took a few minutes to register what was happening. We went over to my place where I found Nardi and Chris still loafing around. This surprised me a bit since Fia had told me how long I'd been gone. I'd figured they'd returned to Asgard. As a side note, you can't keep time in the void at all. I knew I'd been in there for a while but not a two year long while.
Chris was thrilled to see me. We had a nice group hug and everything. After that I went around town just to let everyone know I was still alive, except Jack. Apparently he left town on a journey of self discovery shortly after we beat The Origin. I ran into him a few weeks later but that's getting ahead of myself. I found Ein. Ledah, and Lina at Fia's place. Serene was on her way home from the graveyard when I ran into her, and Cierra was coming from The Magic Guild with stuff for that night's meal when I found her. Cierra nearly tackled me to the ground, sobbing about how good it was to see me again, or something.
They caught me up with current events at dinner that night. Told me how things hadn't changed much and how everything was peaceful again. Chris and Nardi told me they'd been ignoring the Magi to stay and help the last place I called home. As much as I'd love to do the same my sacrifice has already been bugging the hell out of me, even in the void. Chris, Nardi, and I packed up and left for Asgard a few days after that. It was time to go back to our real home.
The Elendians gave us a nice goodbye and an open invitation any time we were in the area. The three of us made it back to Asgard without incident. I gave my report and they gave me a new mission: Investigate those spires. I decided to include that mission in this journal since it involved immediately turning around and going back to Riviera. Besides they're pretty closely related at this point.
I didn't take anyone with me this time. From what I heard, Chris and Nardi got shipped off pretty quickly themselves. It was a dull mission until I ran into Jack around the ruins of Midgard. He'd just been going around hunting demons and seeing the sights. Apparently Scath tried to rip his soul out but Leon sacrificed himself to save Jack, letting him get the deathblow on Scath. With The Origin out of commission and his army well and truly crushed, I doubt we'll see Scath ever getting revived. I guess that closure thing worked out pretty well. Nobody will ever know Leon was there for the second half of that mission other than Jack, Chris, and I. We traveled together until it was time for me to head back. I took a small detour through Elendia just to say hi before returning to Asgard.
The spires still don't make anything I recognize. There are 11 in total, 5 around Elendia/Yggdrasil and 6 around the whole of Riviera. Of those, only 7 are complete. The rest between half to nearly completed. We were right about the unfinished ones not being indestructible. I managed to break off a piece and brought it back to Asgard for study. I'll have to wait for the results.
Chris gave me back this journal when he got back from his mission, hence my entry being several weeks after I got back. I guess he was holding onto it as a memento or something. I saw that epitaph he added, makes me a proud man.
My worst fears did end up coming true. I'm the last Ancient One, on a level all to myself now. It'll stay that way until I finally die. Not only that, there's not a soul alive other than the Magi that have known me my whole life, and I don't even like them. It is a new level of lonely. I think I can deal with it though. I've got an amazing son and a batch of new friends in a new home. I think it's high time I start focusing on the future, their future, a future without strife, wars, and dark gods. I have to help build a world that doesn't need people as powerful as I am.
Isn't that right Seight?
It's time to get to work.
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Aaaaand, that's the end of that. Another project kind of over. I say kind of because I'm working on the expanded entries, AKA Bonus chapters, there are probably going to be two or three.
I'll give thanks for everyone when I get finished with the Bonus Chapters. So yeah. Thanks for sticking with me.
