The Fall of a Creator?

Alice’s POV:

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“Should we look for a specific world or should we go back to our original world? We could also enter one randomly,” I talked to everyone, using my mind power.

[I’ll go where you want to] Hiro replied, embracing my back. Seeing that nobody had any specific idea, we stopped by the nearest entrance to a universe. Stepping through the gate, we found ourselves on a dry planet. Long cracks ran through the ground and our senses didn’t catch any signs of water.

No trees, no people. The planet was visibly dying and the Harbinger creeping inside it, didn’t help either. Stomping on the ground, Hiro broke the planet into two halves with greedy eyes. Killing the giant wolf made up of tiny worms, he flew towards the core of the planet.

Although it was very rare, a few planets had something called Planet Core. It was nothing but a small patch of black liquid. But it was a well-known fact, that they could enhance our symbiotes, turning them into super armors.

“This must be an old world to have this. It is said that it forms only after a planet reaches the age of two eons. No wonder that the planet is devoid of life,” I remarked, stopping beside my mate. Releasing the liquid, it floated in the middle of the air. Blank raised out of our bodies, in the form of gaping jaws, trying to devour the liquid.

Holding hands, Blank’s two halves connected. As it devoured the black liquid, we felt Blank going through an evolution in our bodies, getting stronger and tougher.

“Hahaha, as if you were in need of that,” Rose laughed at us, her hands in front of her mouth.

“What did they do? What was that black mass? What came out of their bodies?” Dre asked one question after the other with bright eyes, pointing at us.

Shaking her head sideways, Rose replied to all of them. “Dre, don’t you want to stay with Father?” Opening his arms widely, Hēi asked with hopeful eyes.

“But Mother is so soft-” Dre started, but upon seeing the sad look in Hēi’s eyes, he nodded, grabbing his hands.

Appearing behind Rose, I hugged her from behind, grabbing her melons.“Fufu~ Look, you are so soft,” I whispered into her ears, looking at Hēi with a smirk on my face.

He gulped loudly, while Rose was beet red. “What are you doing to mommy? She turned so red! How do you do that?” Dre questioned me in his curiosity.

Raising a finger, I said smiling at him, “I was just joking with your mother. But you shouldn’t do such things with girls unless they allow you.”

Nodding his head, he said, “I understand! And father… please don’t hug me so tightly, it is starting to ache.” Hearing his words, Hēi loosened his hold on his son. Dre had short red hair, turning into black towards the end. His eyes were dark green, the tints of purple in his pupils. They were truly strange. His body type seemed to be like Hēi’s. Lean and muscular.

Hiro beckoned us to move, waving his hand. Thanks to the laws, we had an air filled space around us, the reason why Dreydon was able to breathe. Moving the space we made, we teleported to a planet with life on it. But this universe was terribly strange. There weren’t too many people and they were all weak, being below the fifth level.

Although the universe was huge, being at the middle stages of the eighth level had its perks. We could sense about one-third of the universe, yet we didn’t find anyone powerful. Finding a city, we went towards the place with the most presences. Of course, it had to be a pub… Hiro went in first, only to see people with their heads hung down, drinking.

The whole place felt gloomy and sad. I followed my mate and sat down at an empty table. Just when all of us sat down, a few daring people stood up. They clearly wanted to come over, so I unreleased my aura. As it spread through the pub, everyone fell back into their chairs. Sweating profusely, their clothes became drenched in sweat.

“You don’t want to stand up, do you?” I asked aloud, leaning forward with a smile on my face. Gulping loudly, they shook their heads sideways, their bodies trembling.

Feeling satisfied, I leaned back in my chair saying, “I thought so~”

A girl who looked to be around sixteen came over, trembling like the others. I’d feel bad to scare her as well, so I hid my aura. Unfortunately, it left a deeper impression on her than what I imagined.

“W-What c-can I-I help y-you with?” She mumbled quietly. [Damn it, Hiro! Help me! I want to bully her. She is too cute. Those fearful tiny brown eyes. That tiny body of hers. Grr~ I need to behave!] I shouted in my mind, asking for help.

“Don’t be afraid. We just came to ask a few things. Why are there so few people with nobody above the fourth level?” Hiro’s calm voice resounded in the deadly silent pub.

“Does Mister not know about this place? This might be brazen of me, but could you fulfill a tiny request of mine. I’ll tell you anything in turn!” The girl started with a begging voice, surprising us.

Before we could even answer, the people started shouting things like, “No! Me- Me! I’ll tell you in her place!”

Feeling annoyed, my brows twitched. Snapping my fingers, everyone turned silent. “Ah~ Much better. Talk to me, girl,” I said with a smile, waving my hand.

“Hahaha, what are you roleplaying here? Believe me, girl, you can talk freely in front of them. Just don’t badmouth any of us,” Hēi chimed in, pulling back Dreydon into his lap, who was trying to climb onto the top of his head.

Her body tense, “I-I wouldn’t dare to!” she shouted. Seeing us waiting for her to continue, “There was a catastrophe” she said. “I am sure that the Misters and the misses are very powerful and know about the Abyss. The creator of our universe made a fatal mistake by offending that powerful being.”

“The result is our current case. The Abyss… killed the creator, saying that others will learn where to put their boundaries. Its words are still clear in my head. It said that ‘creators shouldn’t play gods in their worlds and handle the people in it like him.’”

Hearing her words, I couldn’t help but interrupt her. Raising my right hand, “Wait. Before you continue. Could you tell me what the creator of the universe was like?” I asked, my head tilted to the side.

“Ah, yes! He never talked or contacted us before. But on a fated day, he appeared among us and declared himself as the ruler. He created his own laws, played around with women who wanted to bed with him. He also created his own army. The Abyss never said anything about this. The problem started after many years.”

“He got bored of his easy-going life and started killing and torturing people, out of fun. That was when the Abyss warned him once. Its words resounded through the whole world. But the creator never stopped. In the end, the Abyss killed him and declared that we should leave this world unless we want to die.”

“It also said that unlike normal cultivator’s worlds, this one won’t stay a dead world. It will perish as time passes by. After that message, many clans, sects, kingdoms, and empires left. Those who had a relationship with Chi Gong masters and above were able to leave. They fled and left this universe. But… all of us were left to our death. The Dark Flow is spreading and the planets along with its’ populace perish one after the other. It’s only a question of time before it reaches this planet as well.”

“That’s why I beg you to take us out of this world! Please! We have no way to reach the Chi Gong level. Maybe a few lucky people can, but none of us here…” Finishing her explanation, she begged once again, kneeling, her forehead touching the ground.

“Oh, you poor soul. Why would you kneel so much? We will take everyone away,” I replied with a smile, adding with a dark face, “though I’m not sure about the three of you,” pointing at those who wanted to flirt with me.

“Please! We beg you! Don’t be so cold. We just haven’t seen such a beauty as Miss ever in our lives. We couldn’t restrain ourselves, but we will behave!” They shouted, jumping up. Hearing their foot-licking speech, my brows twitched.

“You should just shut up, else she might kill you here and now,” Rose remarked, shaking her head sideways. Not being able to hold Dreydon’s mouth closed anymore, Hēi released him. He was biting and chewing on his hand the whole time, trying to bombard us with questions.

“Secondary mother, you are so cool! You can go and boss around everyone!” He shouted, standing up in Hēi’s lap, spreading his arms wide. Making a thoughtful face, he corrected himself, his head tilted to the side. “No, all of you can command these people! How are you doing it?”

“Ugh… we are bad examples,” I muttered in a low voice, sighing loudly. Taking him out of the pub, Rose started explaining everything, educating him.

Closing my eyes, I spread my aura and sensed the world around me. Just as the girl said, I felt the end of space and it was decreasing in size continuously. “Hmm~ This universe has about ten years left before total destruction. Oh! I have a good idea. We will save everyone and ask a simple favor in return. How does it sound?” I asked with a grin on my face.

[That’d be great] Hiro remarked in my mind, understanding me all too well.

“We’ll do anything, just take us out of here,” the girl pleaded again, raising her head.

“Please, don’t shout so much. Our ears are very good…” Hiro said, rubbing his ears. Leaning closer, “I’ll soothe them for you,” I whispered into his right ear, licking it. A shudder ran through his body. I turned back to look at the girl, who was looking at us with a red face.

“You are so cute~ Anyway, our request will be a simple oath that you will spread the news about our city. That’s all. Except for you three, we will also show you something great,” I replied with a smile, pointing at my offenders. They should be glad that I haven’t eaten them yet.

While I said that, Hiro teleported back to the portal. Using the laws and the elements, he created a brand new and living planet, the size of a seven-star one. Clapping my hands, everyone on the planet appeared on the new one. Both me and Hiro went around in the universe, teleporting everyone to the same place.

Although a little cramped, the uncountable number of people still had enough place. When we were done, we used the world to explain everything to the confused people.

“Hello, everyone! You had ten years left before your world would have died out. Unless you are a true genius, I don’t think that any of you could have escaped. But now you have a choice. We will guarantee you safety for a simple favor. You will just have to spread the fame of our territory in the Abyss. But before that, we will cultivate and break through. We don’t need more than a few days at most. Wait here patiently until then,” I said with a kind voice.

“You should stay in your world for now,” I told Rose with a serious face, adding,

“We will speed up the time of our world. At the moment, it is twenty-six times quicker, but we decided to increase it to a hundred.”

“A hundred? Won’t you get old like that? I don’t want to see an old dragon,” she said with a ridiculing smile on her face, punching my shoulder in a playful manner.

“You need a beating, don’t you? Hahaha~ We could keep up even that for years without any sign of turning older. Once we reach the ninth level, our lifespans will be infinite,” I answered her with a smile, ruffling her hair. She seemed to be worried because of this, but we really had too long of lives…

Entering our world, we took out Babel and sat down in it to cultivate. Without any souls to devour, we had to rely on our own speed. Falling into a stasis, it took one and half a year to break through to the Universe Realm. At this point, we were able to cultivate with the pure and raw Universe Energy. It was the same as Cosmological Constant, in a way. We could change our looks, our bodies, anything.

We were able to teleport anywhere and sense anything in a universe, as long as it had Universe Energy. From this point on, we had to focus on merging with the Universe as much as possible. We thought about taking out the treasures Gaia left in our world. The part we could have opened for a long time now. But we decided against it.

We broke the seal on it the last time we cultivated and chose to leave it for our children. There were four and five-star symbiotes, ten Law Crystals, rare pills, weapons, armors. Everything that Gaia and her friends gathered through billions of years.

Although we spent one and half a year in our world, it was no more than five days and nine hours in the real world. It was early in the morning, but as soon as we left our world, we were met with the rumbling, dark clouds.

“Your tribulation is coming… You should leave, unless you want it to strike everyone to death” Rose remarked, stopping beside me, her hand on my shoulder.

Chuckling, “I know” I replied. Both I and Hiro teleported right under the clouds far away. The first bolt of lightning struck our bodies on the spot. I didn’t dare to use my monster form and I’d rather not use my battle form either. I wouldn’t want the change in my body to kill my child.

They came one after the other, reaching six. Feeling that they were getting stronger, both of us used attacks to fight back. Although we were compatible with the RPG world system, our origin was still a cultivator world. Meanwhile, Hēi still didn’t have to go through tribulations, as long as he didn’t cultivate but train his body. Meditation was different since people just rotated the Mana in their bodies, while cultivators built it into their bodies consciously.

Seeing the eighth bolt of lightning flying towards our bodies, we released Twelve Chains of Bane with six stacks. Most of the lightning was destroyed, while the remaining only tickled our bodies. Checking it, I felt that my child was alright. But we realized a problem. The world wasn’t healing around us.

“Well, this isn’t surprising,” Hiro remarked with a shrug of his shoulder. Grabbing my hand, he took me back to the planet.

[Are you fine with that?] Having a sudden thought, I questioned Hiro. [Of course, that would be a great idea. It doesn’t really matter for her where she sleeps and she could protect our child from the shadows,] he replied, agreeing with me.

Our child would have our mixed blood, which means that she too would turn into Rin’s master. With our panther beside her, we wouldn’t feel worried. Under our careful nutrition, she reached the late stages of the seventh level. We also gave her two Law Crystals. It’s a little sad that she can’t help us at this point, but it’s definitely not a problem. We wouldn’t have thought that Soul Eater was this powerful either.

But with Rin beside our child, we’d have more of a peace of mind. Obviously, only when she grew up to wander around. Under this one and half a years, it turned out that we will have a daughter. I feel really happy about it for some reason, even though I’d have been just as happy with a son. [It doesn’t matter, you are happy either way.] Hiro remarked in my mind, laughing.

Narihi would give birth in a few weeks at most and I honestly thought about staying outside, so that I could catch up with her. But we will see about that.

After telling Rose our plans, we left Gaia with them, while Anthony stayed with us. After entering the Abyss, we teleported to the third floor without any delay. The third level was quite different compared to the ones above. While the upper floors were more like plains with a few forest covered mountains, this level was covered in a seemingly endless land of sand. Spreading our auras, we realized that this place was way bigger than anything we have ever seen.

Although it wasn't hard to find an empty territory, many that were empty were infested with monsters. Living there would have been more work than what was required. Considering this, we realized that establishing our city in such a place would be stupid. We had to get our hands on a popular and crowded area. It might be the harder way, but we had to steal a territory!

Grabbing my shoulders, Hiro stopped me before I could do anything. “Is it really necessary? I’m not against some fun, but you see, many wouldn’t even care about this service of ours. Once the people from the other universe spread our name, the strong people would get interested in it either way. Maybe just to find out if it really works or not. Don’t underestimate the curiosity of people.”

“And what if we turn into a secret little super power? Wouldn’t that be more fun? And if our fame were to spread in the future, which will happen, then it would be even better to turn it into a hardly accessible place. What do you say?” he said with his brows raised, tilting his head to the side.

Turning to look into his eyes, I saw his resolution. Those willful eyes were what I really loved. Hugging my mate, I rubbed the side of my head on his chest. [We will do as you said] I replied, closing my eyes for a few seconds.

“Let’s move, love-birds! I have to meet up with Gaia as well,” Anthony grabbed our heads, pulling us apart. He was in such a hurry… though I understood him. You could seriously get addicted to your other half.

[No, that is more like the final destination. It will happen, either way, once you bond…] Hiro remarked, chuckling.

We kept looking for a good place until finally finding one. It took five hours of our lives and hundreds of monsters at the eighth level… After declaring the place as our territory, we gave it the same name and created the same roles.

There was a large mountain behind Salowond, while a forest spread through in front of it. But the forest our territory was separated by a deep chasm. Two rivers ran on the two sides of Salowond, rushing into the third river in the bottom of the chasm. If we were to set up a few formations, it would be a really hard spot to attack. We could easily turn this place into a fortification.

Feeling satisfied with the results, Anthony went back to Gaia and brought everyone from the other universe to this place. Seeing a seven-star planet appearing above your head was weird, to say the least…

Using our mind powers, we loaded the image and the position of this place into the people’s minds and the way to this place. At the same time, I explained everything to them about the oath.

“As we said before, you can freely leave once you made a simple oath. Those who won’t repeat the following words will be sent back to rot in the dying universe. You can decide for yourself.”

“Swear upon your own lives, that you will tell at least ten people about this place. Tell them that they can find the person they could love the most and find true happiness. Tell them that this is the place where they have to come. Ten people. That’s all. Now take the oath. You can’t lie to me, just to be clear.”

Hearing such a simple condition, all of them repeated the necessary lines without any hesitation. “I ask you, people, to tell them that it is real. In turn, we will show it to you in person,” I said with a tinge of sadness in my voice. These people saw nothing but a way out of their misery and death. But hopefully, a few of them will understand it once they taste it themselves.

Activating our ability, we grouped up the people whose destination were in the same universe. We teleported each group into those universes. They knew that they were supposed to meet with this ‘other half’ of theirs, but many of them were visibly skeptical about it or straight unbelieving.

It took a few hours to take everyone to their halves, but since we didn’t even have to move, the numbers decreased quickly. After taking everyone away, we went back to our city. But there was a change of plans… Narihi’s child was coming. Dumping the guys outside, Rose and I entered the room. Poirlion similarly stayed outside, not wishing to see his wounded wife.

Even though it didn’t hurt her… At least, I knew that Hiro would do it himself when it was my time. But it was also true that Rose and Narihi were shyer than me, in front of their husbands. Maybe I’m in the wrong? No, it’s not a problem. I’m not too bitchy. I just love Hiro… I pondered to myself, cutting up Narihi.

As I raised up her child, Poirlion came in to cut the umbilical cord. After taking part in the same celebration, we left our world. Just as planned, their daughter was named Kana Illimex. We were curious what she will look like in the future. Both Kana and Dre looked completely human. But we felt something stronger within.

I was quite sure that once they grew, they would be able to transform.

A few hours later, Poirlion left their house, carrying their daughter. Kana was just as silent and observant as Dreydon. But upon seeing Rose appear with Dre in her arms, I laughed loudly with a smirk on my face.

“What’s so funny?” Rose asked with a curious face, tilting her head to the side.

“Hmm~ It’s nothing,” I replied with a mysterious smile on my face, hiding the truth. Seeing a similar smile on Hiro’s face, even Poirlion got interested. Not backing away, Rose stopped in front of me.

“What is it? Tell me!” She said with a demanding voice.

“How unruly you are,” I remarked with a chuckle, flicking her nose.

Feeling the pain, she rubbed her nose questioning me, “Why are you doing this all the time?! And tell me already!” I looked at Dre and then at Kana before using my mind power to spill the beans.

“Your children are halves. They are obliged to end up together! Hahaha,” Hearing my words, Poirlion and Rose looked at each other with dumbfounded faces.

“Wait! But isn’t that? Ah… Is this for real? But they weren’t born at the same time,” Tilting her head to the side, Rose questioned.

“Of course, and? They are still at the same age. Those few days matter nothing… But hey. Now you two don’t have to worry about your children’s pairs in the future! How nice it is? It was decided by fate and no one will have to force anything for them to have a happy future,” I said with a smile on my face.

“What are you doing? You keep switching faces, but you don’t even talk!” Dre said cleverly, noticing the truth.

“We are talking by using our mind powers,” I replied to him, using one of my minds. Although Dre and Kana had our blood in them, that was all there was to it. Nothing more, nothing less. They weren’t blood-related. It didn’t mean more than two humans. Our blood created the race, not a bond between the two of them. But the truth was that… our Law of Belief might have helped in this case because we wanted this turn of events.

Even if it didn’t matter to us, we found it better to keep the blood of the first generation better. We would have never told them or forced them if they didn’t have this bond. But since they were halves, we won’t have to do anything.

“Actually… this is great!” Poirlion exclaimed with a blissful face, holding up his daughter.

Rose looked at Dre with a serious face. Seeing that his eyes were focused, “Make sure to protect and love that girl. Alright?” she said, pointing at Kana.

Dre nodded with a similarly serious face. After eyeing Kana for a few seconds, his eyes shining brightly, “She is very cute! Can I touch her?” he exclaimed. “Can I call her sister? Mother said that sisters are-” interrupting him, Poirlion said that he could.

Rose and Poirlion looked at each other with grins on their faces. Using my mind reading ability, Heh. The futures of our children are secure! They thought at the same time…

Changing the topic towards something interesting, I asked, “Hey, Poirlion. You talked about this clan of dragons you knew. Igron Flameheart, right? Could you take us there?”

At first, he made a surprised face, asking, “Oh? You want to visit them?” Seeing me nod, it soon turned into a smirk on his face.

As new information appeared in my head, I smiled with a satisfied face, saying, “Let’s go hunt some dragons~”