"You claim I lost my battle in your timeline, what proof do you have?" Beast Master, followed by his wife, led the group of four into the ruined temple with Scar bringing up the rear.
"Your wife told me how her party was attacked by goblins, their archer was killed and their leader ran to save himself while she was capture. It was one day until you came and saved her." Priestess replied as she followed behind the two twisted individuals.
Even as they walked, both turned toward Priestess, shocked that she knew this much about Fallen Magician, despite having never met before today.
"Perhaps there is some truth to your claim to be from a different time, but now that I have you within my lair tell me why I shouldn't kill you now?"
Deep within the ruined temple, the four surrounded adventures could now see various goblins emerge from the room cackling as they brandished their weapons. The four readied themselves for the attack, though they knew there wouldn't be much time for them to put up much of a fight against this horde. Priestess looked around nervously and then caught sight of something unexpected, behind the Beast Master and Fallen Magician was a rather tall goblin draped in what looked like a red cape, in his hand was an elegant sword that shimmered even in the darkness.
"That…that sword. The Goblin Paladin."
"Oh you know this one, I take it he's one you encountered your time correct?" Beast Master smiled as he raised his left hand the ring on his gloved hand glowing as he looked toward the goblin. "This one was foolish enough to try and attack me some time ago, he and his horde now serve a new master."
"When you faced my love, how large a force did he have to assault the town?" Fallen Magician was curious to know how her husband could have failed after such careful planning.
"The force he brought to bear was several hundred."
"Several hundred? How pathetic, my horde is nearly four thousand strong!" Beast Master chuckled sinisterly as he looked over his army of goblins then back to the adventurers. "Numbers alone could not have been the only thing that hindered my other. There must have been something else that stopped the assault, so what was it?"
"You had to deal with someone who could think like you…Goblin Slayer." Priestess had a stern look about her face as she looked toward Beast Master, the same she had when facing the Goblin Lord.
"Goblin Slayer?" Beast Master had a puzzled look on his face as he said the name out loud.
"He is an adventurer who, like you both, had lost everything to the goblins, so he devoted himself to hunting them down." Priestess could not help but smile as she thought back to Goblin Slayer and all he had done to help others. "He and his party made preparations for your attack and successfully repelled your army, not to mention our party's dire wolf was more than capable of fighting your warg."
"A dire wolf?" Beast Master was certainly surprised by all of this.
"That's correct."
"A man who lost everything to the goblins, who thinks like me, an even has a dire wolf at his side…I would have enjoyed meeting someone like that." Beast Master smirked as he tried to imagine what the person looked liked. "If I had someone like that under my tutelage, I could rest easy knowing there would be someone to continue on my grudge."
"Goblin Slayer…I do believe I've heard of some sort of adventurer with that title, but I thought they were female." Fallen Magician remarked with a slight tilt of her head.
"There is one who uses that name, but it is not the same Goblin Slayer we knew in our time, if that person were here your army would have fallen long ago." Half-Demon Thief was quick to defend Goblin Slayer, at least the one she knew.
Beast Master and Fallen Magician frowned as they looked back at this group of four, each ready to fight, even if it was a losing battle.
"So let me see if I have all of this correct? You wish for me and my army to help you assault the Lich Queen's castle so you can change this time back to the one you knew…one in which I have lost?" Beast Master crossed his arms as he looked at the group with a scowl across his face.
Priestess and Half-Demon Thief then looked toward one another, as he said all of that, they themselves had to doubt how they could get him to agree to something so outrageous. Beast Master soon changed his scowl into a smirk then began to chuckle as it built to a hearty laugh.
"How can I refuse such a request? Follow me and we can see a map of the countryside and I can better determine how long it will take to move the army."
The group of adventurers were stunned by his response as was his wife who looked at him as though he had lost his mind.
"My love why?"
"The attacks were far too simple, without any challenge our revenge did not carry the same level of satisfaction it should have. The fact that in their time there was one man who made the difference between our success here as compared to there, brings a smile to my face." Beast Master smiled as he looked toward his wife with warm eyes. "I don't expect you to follow me on this ludicrous quest. There is a likely chance that I won't be coming back from this, even if we succeed."
"I've followed you all this time with no complaints…why start now. I'd follow you to hell itself if you asked my love, so I am with you on this venture." Fallen Magician moved toward her husband to embrace him.
Priestess and the others followed the Beast Master and Fallen Magician to what used to be a records room in the temple, there the group looked over the countryside, Half-Demon Thief pointing out where the Lich Queen's castle would be.
"To move the army this large that far will take some time, a month's time at the minimum. What is the opposition like?"
"Most of her army is made up reanimated undead, I know the smaller goblins won't be able to go for the heads immediately, but if they go for the legs they can then dismember the bodies from there. The other part of her army is made of skeletal warriors, they will be the most difficult due to them retaining their combat experience."
"With reanimated dead, their bite can infect other's no?" Fallen Magician was concerned with the goblins being infected and making the battle that much more difficult.
"That is correct, any infected will need to be killed immediately."
"Not to worry, with this ring and the slave enchantment, these goblins will follow my instruction to their last breath. These goblins are not the cowards their brothers are…I won't let them." Beast Master smirked as his ring glowed in the dimly lit room.
"We will gather what forces we can and then meet you in the woods here in a month's time." Priestess pointed on the map to the wood bordering the Lich Queen's castle. "How will you move your army, I thought goblins did not move during the day?"
"They will move where I tell them and when I tell them. They will be shrouded in cloaks to hide their identities from others, and we will stick to the forests as we move, if we're lucky we'll be able to pick up some more goblin 'volunteers' as it were." Beast Master chuckled to himself then looked back at the group with a stern expression. "Listen carefully, I don't plan to wait for you all forever, I will give you one extra day past the expected meeting…if you are not there, my forces will move back and you will be on your own. Understood?"
The party members all nodded their heads, they knew what was at stake and were willing to do whatever was necessary to reach that goal. Beast Master and Fallen Magician smiled as they shook the hands of the brave warriors before sending them off back to Water Town. As Beast Master saw the group take off in their wagon, he himself could not fully understand why he was so eager to help this group. Maybe it was the fact that there existed someone like him? Maybe it was the intrigue of a different timeline where things were perhaps more peaceful than now? All he knew was he would need to get his army moving soon if he was to meet the challenge of the coming battle with the Lich Queen.
Upon reaching Water Town, Priestess and her party explained to Sword Maiden what had transpired with Beast Master and his willingness to help them.
"And you trust this man and his army of…goblins?" Sword Maiden once again found herself tightening her grip around her sword and scales.
"I do. Even if he does not show up, my party and I will still try to enter the Lich Queen's castle to cast this spell and fix what has been broken." Priestess, though unsure herself, did her best to show a strong face in front of Sword Maiden.
"I will tell the King and we can make plans to engage the Demon Lord at the capital. How long will it take you to reach the castle?"
"We're leaving the moment were done here to meet up with the others in Frontier Town, from there we will head to the castle. When we left some seven days ago, the Beast Master told us his army would need roughly a month's time to move that far."
"Then we will need to depart as soon as possible ourselves. I wish you luck in your quest, go and may the gods watch over you all." Sword Maiden bowed her head toward the party before turning and walk back to meet with the King in the council chambers.
As the Sword Maiden departed, Light Wizard rushed forward to meet the party, with a large black tome in hand.
"Thank goodness I found you. Before you go, I have a request to ask of you?"
"What is it?" Half-Demon Thief frowned as she looked over this man, even if he was not exactly the same as they one they knew, she was not ready to fully trust him.
"I wish to accompany you. When the time comes, you will need me to help with the casting of the spell."
"But why come with us, couldn't you send someone else and you could help the King and Sword Maiden plan for the attack on the capital?" High Elf Archer was curious as to his reasoning.
"I'll explain on the way, if time is truly of the essence, then we must depart as soon as possible."
The group quickly regrouped in the wagon provided to them by Sword Maiden, this time with Light Wizard on board, and made their way back to Frontier Town.
"Now as I promised, I'll explain why I felt the need to accompany you." Light Wizard sighed as he thought about his decision but would stick with it. "If I truly am in some way responsible, I want to make amends."
"You mentioned that before, but what do you mean? How are you responsible in this timeline?" Lizard Priest pondered as he stroked the bottom of his chin.
"I fear that it is my own selfish desire that may have led my other self to even attempt this spell."
"What do you mean selfish desires?" Priestess was now curious what this version of the wizard meant.
"It's been more than ten years now since I was an adventurer. When I graduated from the academy, I was a superb spell caster…at a mere rank of porcelain I could cast up to five spells before I hit my limit." Light Wizard could not help but smile as he recalled his glory days. "By the time I had reached the rank of silver, I had gotten to a point where I no longer needed the limitation on my spell casting. I thought for sure there would be great things ahead of me."
"I take it that was not the case." Half-Demon Thief could sense this sense of bravado would not go where he was hoping.
"Quite correct. I thought for sure the gods would guide me to fight the Demon Lord, me with all my magic capabilities would be the great hero to save the world, only I wasn't the hero. The Sword Maiden and her group were the ones to defeat the Demon Lord and reap the benefits, while I was left with nothing."
"So you were jealous of the heroes?" High Elf Archer frowned as she looked at this human and heard his tale.
"Indeed, I was only sixteen when all of this came about. When my chance at fame was lost, I begrudgingly went back to the academy to teach, frustrated that all my teaching techniques were wasted on those I saw as less than worthy. When the Demon Lord was revived, I thought now would be my chance. I heard of so many of my old students falling to the forces of chaos, but that still did not affect me. It was only when I heard of the past heroes falling to the new Demon Lord Generals that I finally started to rethink what was happening." Light Wizard sighed as he looked over at the black tome then back to the adventurers. "I fear that my jealousy over being slided so many times may have caused me to do something so insane that I would not even consider what harm it would do to others so long as I got what I wanted."
"So now you wish to fix that?" Priestess could sympathize with how he wanted to fix what had been ruined.
"Yes. It's funny, the one chance that I get to finally be a hero and if successful, no one will know about it…not even me." Light Wizard sighed as he thought about what he was going to do and then smiled. "And I am fine with that. Right now, we need to find a way to restore this world to the more peaceful one you knew. I'll continue to research the spell my other self must have used, this way when the moment arises we can recreate it."
"Thank you for all your help." Priestess smiled as she bowed her head toward him.
"Don't thank me yet, not until we've sent you both back to your time."
xxxx
After several days on the road, the group of five finally arrived back at Frontier Town. The party quickly disembarked and entered the guild hall, here they would rest up and prepare for the next time of travel, but upon entering the guild hall, there they found him. A figure in leather armor, his armor plating rather dark almost black, on his head was a helmet with twin horns. This figure sat on the bench with arms crossed, with a slight turn of his head he looked over toward the group and within the darkness of his helmet the group could see the glow of his red eyes.
"My word." Lizard Priest was surprised by this figure, such malice emanating off him, one might think it was a demon straight from hell.
For Priestess and Half-Demon Thief, even if the armor looked different, they could instantly tell that it was the man they knew, it was Farmer in the armor, or rather it was now…
"Gob…Goblin Slayer?" Priestess found her breathing quickened as she both was happy to see him in his armor but also concerned why he was wearing it.
"No."
The figure in the black armor turned his head away and went back to looking straight ahead, what he was looking at the others could not have guessed. Priestess and Half-Demon Thief were immediately distressed as to what had caused such a drastic change in him, they then looked ahead to Guild Girl and quickly took notice of the expression on her face, she looked toward them with sad eyes then shook her head slightly. For the two young women, their eyes immediately opened wide and they quickly looked around the guild hall for any sign of his wife or daughter, but sadly could not find them.
"No…please tell me I'm mistaken." Priestess asked in as quiet voice as she could.
"It was demon worshipers; they attacked the farm…I wasn't fast enough." The man within the armor said in a dispassionate voice.
The girls looked over the man the armor, worried about how he was handling the loss of his family, but before they could ask any further questions Goblin Slayer, the former Fighter, walked toward them with helmet removed.
"I too know what it is like to despair, but for me it was the torture of the goblins that led to me killing them. For him, it is what he perceives as his failure to save his loves ones." Goblin Slayer sighed as she looked over at the armored man. "Though he recently reregistered with the guild he has gone on four quests in the time you all left, no rest between his quests."
"What is he after?" Half-Demon Thief wondered what was driving this man as he already killed those responsible.
"Demons and the minions of the Demon Lord." Goblin Slayer replied as she looked back toward Half-Demon Thief.
Half-Demon Thief was immediately worried at the sound of that, being demon, even half-demon, was not the best thing for her at this point. She looked back toward the Farmer and found him looking at her, the sight of his red eyes looking at her made her involuntarily shake.
"You needn't worry. I know you are not a Demon Lord worshiper." His response was cold and did little to reassure Half-Demon Thief. "As a farmer I could not save those close to me but as Demon Slayer…I will slaughter all that stand before me."
Priestess found herself frustrated as she heard all of this, the death of so many friends, the Demon Lord and his forces running rampant across the land, and now the one thing she was trying to protect in this time was now gone.
"Why? Why?" Priestess gripped her sounding staff so tightly is jingled.
"Priestess." Half-Demon Thief looked toward her friend worried about how she as reacting to everything she had heard.
"I'm…I'm going to the temple for a bit. I'll see you back in the room in a little while." Priestess had her head down as she spoke before turning and walking out of the guild hall.
Half-Demon Thief wanted to stop her friend from leaving, but found she was unable to say anything.
"I take it that this was also something that did not happen in your time?" Light Wizard
"Nothing like this. Let us talk in private a bit." Half-Demon Thief led Human Wizard to her room unaware the person further in the tavern watching them.
High Elf Archer and Lizard Priest exhausted from all the traveling moved into the tavern to get some food when they were approached by Spearman.
"Good to see you both back. It has been crazy around here, that poor bastard lost everything to the damn demon worshipers." Spearman frowned as he looked over toward the man in the black armor. "Ever since we saw him, he been acting like that…cold, detached. I can't blame him though; I'm still upset over what happened to her."
"Then we may have a proposition for you and the rest of the guild." High Elf Archer smiled as she thought about their plan.
"What proposition?" Spearman asked with an arched eyebrow.
"It's a dangerous quest, very little chance of any of us coming back, but if we are successful, we may be able to restore all that was lost."
"What the hell are you talking about?" Spearman was confused by the elf's cryptic response and that led to him being rather annoyed.
xxxx
Priestess had a solemn look about her face as she entered the Earth Mother's Temple, though she had been here several times before in her time, now she felt like such an outsider as she walked about looking at everything that was both different and the same. The others in the temple were as kind as ever, greeting her and allowing her entry towards chapel where she could see the shrine to the Earth Mother. Alone in the chapel, Priestess closed her eyes and bowed her head as she made her prayer to the Earth Mother, hopeful that she would hear her.
"O Earth Mother, I find myself confused and scared of this world, even more so than the one I remember…please, guide me."
"My little one…"
Priestess suddenly opened her eyes and she looked up saw to see a well-endowed woman in a green gown, appearing to be made of leaves, a wreath of flowers atop her head and her long blonde hair, around her was a bright glow that shined within the chapel.
"Earth Mother?"
"I heard your cry and I am here." Earth Mother extended her arms inviting Priestess to embrace her, a warm smile on her face.
Priestess immediately wanted to rush forward and lament all that had happened, but stopped herself and took a step back. Earth Mother's smile faded and a look of concern crossed her face as she lowered her arms.
"Earth Mother…why? Why has everything turned out this way? Was it truly wrong of Thief and I to save that village?" Priestess found herself looking upon her goddess with unsure eyes.
"No…or rather it is difficult. You and the young Thief were only doing what you felt was right?"
"But that meant I was to ignore all that I was taught that night? Your teachings told of caring for all individuals regardless of who they may be, prayer or not, yet we were to let that village die, just so the rest of the world may know some peace?"
"My little one…I…" Earth Mother found herself unsure of how to answer her, this one of her acolytes so devoted to her teachings.
"Is it really up to the whims of the gods to decide who should live and die? I have heard it said before that the world is like a board game to the gods, is that true for you as well Earth Mother? Are we, myself included, nothing more than game pieces for you to toy with as you please?" Priestess found herself growing angry and frustrated as she asked these questions.
"That…no…we simply allow the dice to fall. We do not directly affect the game." Earth Mother was hopeful her explanation would be enough.
"So were really are nothing but pawns for you all! Our victories and defeats…our lives are nothing but a game to you all?" Priestess' eyes grew wide as she heard this, tears of frustration ran down her cheeks as she found herself wanting to yell at Earth Mother. "That means his family's fate…his happiness was just another part of the game too?"
"That…no. What happened that night…we…I…" Earth Mother found she was not able to come up with an actual answer.
"No, I'll hear no more." Priestess turned her back toward Earth Mother, dropping her sounding staff as she covered her ears, tears of frustration still running down her face.
"Little one." Earth Mother face was one of shock as she reached out toward Priestess.
Priestess sniffled as she wiped her eyes before reaching down to retrieve her sounding staff, still keeping her back toward Earth Mother.
"Earth Mother…I am grateful for all that you have done for me, but…I now find myself questioning my teachings. I shall continue to help those who are in need, and this time along with its people are the ones in most need. I shall do this for him and what he has lost." Priestess still wanting to cry as she felt she was turning back on everything that had been taught to her, but knew she had to stand firm in what she knew to be right.
Earth Mother's eyes were wide, she brought her hand to her chest as though it would help the pain she was feeling in her chest. With a heavy sigh, Earth Mother looked down toward the floor as a single tear hit it.
"I understand my little one…I wish you luck on the journey ahead of you."
Priestess turned around and found the Earth Mother was gone, she had lingering regret for what she had said, but now was not the time for that. Priestess turned back and began to slowly walk back toward the chapel doorway, she was tired, but needed to speak with Thief about their plans.
xxxx
"You look terrible, what happened?" Half-Demon Thief was immediately concerned when Priestess came back into the room.
"Yes, I…I just needed to vent my frustrations. We should see about gathering supplies tomorrow before we depart. Where is the Wizard?" Priestess still had a tired look about her face as she looked around the room.
"He's already procured a room; said he's still going to go through his tome for the specifics of the spell." Thief replied as she thought about what they would need to get and how they would try to convince others to join them before departing.
There was a sudden knock on their door, Priestess stood and walked toward the door expecting to find Light Wizard there but instead found Elder Sister standing there with a look of concern on her face. Priestess and Half-Demon Thief were taken aback by her sudden presence, she nodded toward them before entering the room.
"I would like to speak with both of you."
"Oh, I'm sorry, please, sit wherever you wish." Priestess quite nervous bowed her head and quickly moved to the bed and sat beside Half-Demon Thief.
Elder Sister moved to the opposite bed and gracefully sat down as she looked toward both young women. The two you girls sat nervously as the Elder Sister watched them for a few silent moments, her expression neither mad nor sad but one that was unsure.
"I am deeply concerned for my brother, I've tried to speak with him but he's…shut himself off."
"We are deeply sorry to hear about what happened." Priestess bowed her head towards Elder Sister.
"Yes, it was…terrible that should have happened to him."
"Indeed. That time you came to our village…that was not the first time you met my brother was it?" Elder Sister tone was still as gentle and calming as ever.
"N, no." Priestess replied as she looked toward the ground.
"How exactly do you know my brother?"
"In…in our time he is the leader of our party. At the Guild he is known by…Goblin Slayer." Half-Demon Thief was like Priestess, unable to look his sister directly.
"Then what I heard from the elf is true, you both are not from this time?" Elder Sister was slightly surprised to hear all of this. "You say he is known as Goblin Slayer, like the young girl down there?"
"That's correct. He has dedicated himself to their destruction." Priestess nodded.
"He is Goblin Slayer. Then…you weren't meant to save our village then, were you? I was not meant to survive." Elder Sister looked toward the two with a stern expression.
"No…he hid while the goblins destroyed the village, he would comment that he saw everything they did from start to finish. That failure to save you, is what made him who he is." Priestess sighed.
"Then…does that mean the brother I'm seeing now is who he becomes in your time? Does that mean he was always meant to be this person?" Elder Sister looked toward these girls with wide eyes.
"I…I don't know, but he is not alone in that time." Priestess eyes wandered as she thought about all she and her party had been through.
"Although he is a bit cold in his demeanor, he has his party to watch over him on his quests, and on the farm, he lives with his friend and her uncle." Half-Demon Thief smiled then a thought came into her head as she looked back toward Elder Sister. "He has Wolf and Snow with him as well."
"Snow?" Elder Sister tilted her head to the side.
"A large, white female dire wolf." Priestess smiled as she too thought about the new dire wolf that joined them.
"He still has Wolf and now a second dire wolf." Elder Sister too smiled as she pictured her brother with the two dire wolves. "I am relieved to know that to know that he does not have to shoulder this burden alone, that he has many to watch over him."
"He has been watching over and protecting us all since we started adventuring with him. He saved me on my first adventure when everyone else was lost and I was left alone."
"He too was kind enough to protect me from the Lich Queen, accepting me despite being part demon."
Elder Sister smiled as she looked toward the two young girls, at first unsure of what she would learn when talking to them, but now happy she had this opportunity.
"Even though I know that I did not survive in your time, I am happy to know that he will never be alone. I had heard from the elf that you would both be looking to undertake a quest that might restore all that you had lost, and know that you have my blessing that you are successful."
"Thank you, but…that would mean…"
"I appreciate your concern young priestess, but if my death is needed so that he can have some semblance of a life, then who am I to try and stand in your way." Elder Sister stood and walked toward the young woman taking their hands in hers and bowing toward them. "Please be safe on your journey, but before you depart, I only ask that you see me."
"Why is that?" Half-Demon Thief was curious about this.
"There is something I wish to give you all, but I must prepare it first. I shall let you all sleep now, you must be tired from all the traveling you've done…and you still have a long way to go before you reach your destination." Elder Sister once again bowed her head toward the young girls before exiting the room.
The two girls were unaware of all the conversations that were going on down below in the tavern, but when the morning came, they would soon discover all that had transpired.
The next day, both Priestess and Half-Demon Thief exited their room and proceeded down the stairs only to stop and see Spearman standing at the base with his weapon leaning against his shoulder. One look to the side and the girls could see several other adventurers all sitting at the tables, including High Elf Archer and Lizard Priest, all looking up toward them.
"Uh…good morning." Priestess nervously smiled as she looked back toward Spearman.
"Now is not the time for pleasantries, there is something important to discuss." Spearman narrowed his gaze as he looked toward the girls. "We spoke with the elf and lizardman last night and discovered that you two had some kind of hand in the way this world came out."
The two girls were shocked by the statement and as they looked around found both Goblin Slayer and Demon Slayer staring at them, their eyes seeming to glow within the darkness of their helmets.
"That…that is correct." Priestess sighed as she looked toward the ground.
"We had no idea that by saving one village, so much would change for this world. We had no intention of directly changing the world." Half-Demon Thief grew nervous as she looked around the room.
"I also hear that you may have found a way to fix this. You're going after the Lich Queen to the north yes?"
"That…that is correct. There is an artifact in her castle that may help us fix this." Priestess found her courage as she looked back toward Spearman.
"You're going to infiltrate her castle and try to recreate this spell with that wizard from last night?"
"That's correct." Half-Demon Thief stood by Priestess, yet cautiously watched the others to see what their reactions would be.
"What guarantee do you have that the spell will be successful? That your second attempt at meddling won't make things worse than they are?"
"We have no guarantee, but…if we do nothing, then the terrible things that have happened, the friends and loved ones lost may truly be gone forever. Are you going to stop us?" Priestess, though trembling, stood her ground by Half-Demon Thief as she looked toward Spearman.
Spearman was silent for a few moments as he looked toward the girls then smiled as he chuckled to himself.
"You won't get far if it's just the five of you against her army. We can buy you the time you need to get into her castle and cast this spell."
Priestess and Half-Demon Thief were shocked by this then as they looked back toward the guild hall, found the other adventurers smiling as they too stood from their seats with weapons ready. The two girls smiled as they now realized that, they now had more support in their quest, this along with the Beast Master's army would greatly improve their chances of success.
"Okay then quest givers. You just leave this to the adventurers, and we'll make sure you are successful!"
"Thank you, but we don't know if it will truly work. What if we fail, then more lives will be lost." Priestess, though happy for the extra assistance, was unsure if the rest of the adventurers knew what they would be getting themselves into.
"The forces of chaos are always on the move; we'll have to face them sooner or later. If we are to face them now, then it will be in a heroic charge rather than waiting for them to come to us. Now everyone, gather what items you will need for this battle will be long and hard, let us die with honor and valor!"
Author's Note: Preparations are complete and now comes the assault on the castle in the next chapter. Captaind**kscratcher, thanks for the suggestions in the dialogue Priestess should have had with Earth Mother, I feel it helped her grow as a character and does make the gods think about their own interactions, at least those who are more sympathetic to our heroes.
Thanks again guys for the support in this arc, Edward, Ricardo, Fading Light, Rider, and everyone else, I was seriously thinking this is such a depressing arc, I'm not only bumming myself out but those who read it as well. I do have a few fun ideas ahead and little hint for what could be the final arc in this story, not to worry it's way down the line. By the time it is over, there will be a small conversation between two gods, one of which will be nervous because if the time line is restored, it will mean something terrible is coming for this world…and The God of Chaos is not the one worried.
