SWNOVELXO Chapter 444: Good And Evil
Rhea led Michael into a large hall, with white curtains on every single wall.
Michael stared at the six seated people, including Astraeus... All staring at him.
"This is where we hold meeting, and think of ways to keep those guys here." Rhea said, walking beside Michael.
"Ok... But why don't you think of ways to just kill them?"
"Titans aren't easily killed... To kill us, you'll need a Supreme-class weapons, and there is only one in the whole universe." A beautiful lady in armor said.
Rhea stopped in front of the round table, and turned to Michael:
"Let me introduce you to everyone..." She turned to Astraeus, then a female, with long red hair.
"You already know Astraeus... This redhead here is known as Clymene." She moved her gaze to a young man.
"He's Perses." She then turned to the three women:
"She is Dione, Phoebe... And lastly, our best warrior; Matic... We're the seven titans who are still fighting for "life"." Rhea said, while the rest nodded their heads.
"Hmm... How many are the opposition?" Michael asked.
"Eight..." She sighed, sat down and turned to Michael:
"Have a sit."
Michael sat down on the chair, and moved his gaze around the Titans. "You know I was coming?"
"Yes." They nodded.
"This day is inevitable, we know Typhon will surely be release." Matic said.
"Tell me about the other titans."
The Seven moved their gazes around, and turned to Rhea.
"Ok, Ok. I'll tell him." She smiled at Michael.
"As you can see, we are all above the Primordial, and this realm is called Primordial sage, that's the realm Typhon is currently in... You're a True god, but not yet a Primordial. Because, You're missing something."
"Missing something? Like what?"
"You need to be one with your chosen element, You have more than five, so you can only pick one." Rhea answered.
"Huh?"
{Don't worry, Host... She doesn't know about me, You can use all Elements.}
Michael smiled, and gestured for her to continue.
"These are the titans in the other side; The number one; Lepetus. Son of Gaea, and the strongest of us all. Second; Coeus, Brother of Lepetus, and the master of the owl you saw. Third; Crius, also brother of Lepetus, and very dangerous. Fourth; Mnemosyne, she's the sister of Lepetus. Watch your brain around her. Fifth; Ophion; He's the monster... Saying the truth, no one have seen him for so long, so he's place in Fifth... But in presence of this monster, we're nothing but ants."
"If he's so powerful, why is he still trapped here?" Michael asked.
"I don't think he wants to leave." Perses answered.
Michael raised an eyebrow, while Rhea continued:
"Sixth; Lelantos, he's the wind."
"Uh?" Michael was stunned.
"Not technically the wind, but he moves like the wind... It's very hard to catch or see him, but you can surely detect him... He's like, a feather you can see but can't catch." She paused, and continued:
"Seventh; you already know him, Atlas... He's the son of Lepetus, and grandson of Gaea... And lastly; Hyperion, brother of Lepetus, and son of Gaea... He's the god of fire, sun and atmosphere... Out of these eight I mentioned, these four; Lepetus, Coeus, Crius, and Hyperion. These four are Children of Gaea and brother of Typhon, they're the strongest Titans, and also the four pillars of the earth and heaven."
"Meaning?" He asked with a frown.
"It means, we can't kill these four... The Supreme Queen made them the pillars, and if one is killed, the balance will be lost, and the realms will be in danger."
"So you can only seal them away?" He asked.
"That, or the queen chooses someone else to do it... Four powerful individuals, then we can kill them."
Michael was silent, lost in thought:
'This is so troublesome.'
He looked at the titans; "How powerful are the Titans?"
"Well... With the calculation, the Six titans are all in the Primordial Sage realm, stronger than mere Primordial gods."
"Six? What about the last two?"
"Lepetus, and Ophion are in the Supreme Realm... They're the only ones that can match the Supreme Queen, but a creator is always the creator... Still now, she remains undefeated." Astraeus, who had been silent all along finally opened his mouth.
"Supreme Realm? All this while, I thought the Primordial is the highest and strongest... Who would have thought, two more realms are above." He stood up,
"Where are you going?" Dione asked in mild confusion.
"To see Ophion."
"WHAT?!!"
The seven stood up in shock.
"You don't know what you're saying! Ophion aided those fools to attack Tartarus back then! What made you think you'll leave there alive?! That is if you ever locate him." Clymene said, staring at Michael.
"I know, but my gut told me to meet him."
'The system did.'
He turned around, and walked towards the door. Stay connected through empire
"You don't even know your way out from here, how will you locate a Titan?" Matic asked.
Michael stopped, and looked at the group over his shoulder:
"Don't forget I locked them here."
With that said, he disappeared from the hall.
"Huh? What type of stubborn human did lord Tartarus choose as his successor?" Astraeus asked.
"Don't worry, I'll find him" Rhea said, and disappeared from the hall.
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Whooosh!!
Michael appeared above a swamp south of the dimension, and moved his gaze around the green trees, and lakes.
He slowly descended on the ground.
"****What do we have here?****"
Michael looked over his shoulder, seeing a huge monster rising from the lake... Its head was so large that its jaw could swallow Michael whole.
"What should I call you?"
Michael asked, staring at the unknown monster before him... It was a mixture of a crocodile, and a Dragon... Has the head of a Dragon, but body of a crocodile.
"****Don't you know my name?****"
"Ophion?"
"****You know my name, then why ask such a stupid question?****"
Ophion walked out from the water, moving towards Michael.
"****So young god, why are you here?****"
{Ding!}
{Congratulations, Host gained 100,000,000 EXP from Worshipers.}
{600,000,000 Exp left to enter the Primordial realm.}
'Switch off the notification for now... You can show me when I'm outside.'
{Ok, Host.}
"****Do you like keeping others on standby?****" Ophion asked, its gaze fixed on Michael.
"Just arranging my thoughts... I want something from you."
"****My core, right?****" Ophion guessed, surprisingly, it wasn't enrage.
"Yes, I detected your life force is low, and your heartbeat isn't beating in rhythm... So I know you're dying." He said.
Ophion stared at Michael for a couple of seconds, walked forward, and slowly circled him.
"****You also want to know why we die. We're already the strongest, so why do we have to die? That is your main question, right?****"
"Don't know how you knew that, but yes... That's one of my question." Michael answered.
Ophion stopped in front of him:
"****I'm sure you already knew about the war, and that the Supreme Queen took 50% of energy from the universe, right?****"
Michael nodded.
"****Good, that means, we all have a 50-50 chance of surviving... Don't you wonder why although others could enter the Primordial Sage, they decided to stay in Primordial?****"
"I don't even know there was a Primordial sage, let alone think about it."
"****You have a point****"
Ophion walked towards the swamp, and entered... Michael watched as the 10 meters tall Hybrid sank deeper, till its head was the only thing left on the surface.
"****When a Primordial want to enter the sage realm, they have to past though the energies around... And with so much energy taken away, not everyone succeeds. You can take Ashyn for an example... He's only a True god, but he tried it, and failed... Which resulted to his end...****"
It observed Michael's calm expression, and continued:
"I will give you my core, but on one condition."
"What realm are you on?"
Instead of answering, Michael asked. The system wasn't showing him any information about Ophion.
"****I'm still a Primordial sage, a foot from entering the Supreme, and I failed... That's the consequence I'm now facing.****"
"Ok, what's your condition?" Michael asked, staring at Ophion.
"****Hmm... Get me the fruit on the biggest three in this dimension, and I'll give you my core.****"
"Not happening, Ophion."
The two looked up, seeing Rhea descending from the sky.
"****Oh! What a nice surprise, seeing you in your small form.****" Ophion said in a teasing tone.
Rhea landed on the ground, and turned to Michael:
"Don't accept." She said in a serious tone.
"What's the deal? It's just a fruit." Michael said in mild confusion.
Rhea sighed: "That's not an ordinary Fruit, its properties are too valuable to be wasted on something that's on its last leg."
"****Ouch! That hurt.****" Ophion said.
"Can you explain to me? Because I really need his core." Michael said.
"I know your plan Michael, but Ophion isn't to be trusted... Think about this, what if we wait for his death? Then we don't need to trouble ourselves, but just cut him open."
"****....…...…...!!****"
Michael stared at her, then at Ophion:
"I understand your worries, but I can't wait that long... And this guy won't dare cheat me."
"....."
Rhea was stunned by his reply: "What?!"