One thing at a time, knowing too much only eludes one's focus on present. Though faced with innumerable bizarre revelations, Karl was able to calm himself reminiscing the warm birthday he shared with everyone last year.Ah those days are things, for which I want to live for. Why Cecil? why do you have to create a world like this?

He didn't cared about any of the gods or heroes, the gorilla talked about enthusiatically in it's speech. But knowing a beloved family member had such a horrible fate was still heart broking. Upon being resurrected, remembered as an "Omen" to humanty's annihilation, then as a failure who couldn't replace god and resurrect humanity. If Karl manages to return back, he will definitly tell cecil about it, while teasing him.

Upon hearing his heroic speech on defeating Zodius, the expressionless beast mockingly replied,

" You seem to be pretty cocky for a smallfry. Zodius is about twice as strong as me. Also don't expect any assistence from me. If I would've you, I would definitely choose dying painlessly as a crystal than facing that demonic brute."

What sort of "monster" would this annoying giant gorilla, describe as "brute" was beyond his comprehension. Was his brave declaration earlier, a death flag.The ape didn't believe in his victory one bit.

"If he truly is twice as strong as you, Why do you think that I won't backstab you and make him fight you instead ?"

For the strategy, this cunning hellbeast made this stuck out as an obvious flaw. Or it appeared to be.

"Oh...do you take for a fool ? Why do you think I will go so far to destroy your body ?. To be able to recreate it, partially using MY kalestone. If you want to try it then go ahead. Just to show, try abusing me now"

Karl made a viscious grin while replying "You s,...n of gorilla s......t w...re huh?"

"You see, it's futile. Of course, If I let you say what you want, wouldn't I be in trouble ? I advise you to be smarter than that, if you want to continue living?"

Being told this by a gorilla of all things, was truly enraging. Being infuriated, he let out a scorn filled rebuttal.

"If you want Zodius dead that much, why don't you go kill him instead ? With your mighty intellect, sleazy tactics and so many subordintes, isn't it more easier? You d..a.m..n hypo...crite ?"

The apes who have been in pin-drop silence till now totally snapped and started shouting rebukes filled with insanity.

"You ignorant bug. How dare you say anything to my liege?"

"My liege we don't need to depend on such lowly bug"

"My liege let me teach this cocky bug a lesson"

"Oh for a defeated person, your big mouth really needs beating bug. Apologise to my liege"

When facing against rebukes of majority only strong hearted, arrogant or ruthless people can remain unshaken. Coming from a world of love for knowledge and cooperation, he didn't fit the criteria. Thus, he struggled to remain calm.

Like a defeated wolf, Karl retorted "Weak small fry! if you have guts then try fairly coming at me.One at a time. I'll slay you."

He had to admit: he had been traumatised by the faces of gorilla's and ape's for the rest of his life. If somebody asked him out to zoo, now he won't go.Just as was trying to stabilise his mind fractured by the mob, Gorilla let out a regrettable sigh and said.

"Sigh, If I could, I would've done that already. Probably, you share responsibility for Zodius too. I haven't told told you about this, asylum have I? This asylum runs on the energy stored in the "Planthonic chamber", located at the 3rd quarter of asylum. We "loofians" are a race who maintains the right amount of "Elihamus"(moss)here.That moss survives by decomposing kalestones. Thus we who consumed it were the top predators in this area."

"Loofians", a well suited name for you hooligans. Normally, Karl would've laughed haertily but he was acting wary as he was now in their lair.

"Why do you think I share any goddamn "responsibility" in any of it. Using an innocent outsider to lay a coup against the Head of the asylum, aren't you disloyal?"

Gorilla snapped and spoke in an enraged manner.

"Listen first, talk second. Even with your retarded observation I think, you could see we are originated from the same kalestones. Naturally upon death we become kalestones that elihamus absorbs.Thus establishing a cycle.

The Planthonic chamber isn't the source of life here, but the core of asylum that ensures it doesn't get annihilated under the pressure from abyss. From your memories, I saw you fell of cliff but except for planthonic chamber there isn't one anywhere else."

Hearing this, Karl had a very bad feeling in his gut. He knew what the loofian was vaguely pointing at. And then it finally said.

"Either you travelled through time here or somehow you were preserved in the Planthonic chamber, ever since your time period. The latter is likely true as, you were in an room that I never thought I never thought existed there.

Controlling time to leap for even a small interval, is barely feasible at highest realm called "Timegod".For you travelling so far into time is undoubtedly impossible.

Atleast that would require the space of abyss to be completely destroyed. And your entrance wasn't that great. So basically..."

Karl didn't wanted to believe it. This observation pointed that somebody from his world, destroyed his psyche during sleep, put his body in an undecaying chamber ,partially dead and made him hibernate through time till now. If that was his birthday present, then he is going hound that person and torture him to death.

How can this be true? You mean I never lived a live after turning 19, but just suddenly disappeared never to seen by my family ever again....And practically when I am back to life I see an abyss waiting for me. Even if it's true, I won't accept it.

Naturally, he denied it with a dazed conflicted voice.

"No, this can't be true. I woke up just about 2 days ago. If I would have been in preserved state for godknows how much time, I would atleast be amnestic. Even assuming it is true, while being preserved I was still alive, wouldn't I have died due to the phenomena you call 1st downpour."

But the Gorilla's reply once again, blew his mind. He had to admit that the ape could very well, become a great politician in his world.

"The first downpour only annihilated those, who fit in the boundaries of being called 'human'. You, who would have been preserved for about 2 millinium by then would of course, be a non human.

And the "God" could only destroy humanity in his own dimension, ruling out voyagers like Nero. You could possibly, have been with them.

You think that you just spontaneously woke earlier, but I firmly believe you regained lost conciousness in stages. Starting with plantative state, then comatic, partially cometic, asleep mind and finally awake. You did have amnesia. You have jumbled memories of what happened since 6 months earlier from the day, you call birthday"

Did this monster, just called me non human just now, look who's calling. Like hell, I care about what you believe in. I remember six months ago I was doing.....eh what was it?

Why does the situation keeps getting more and more twisted. I don't care, just take me home on your back ape and never show your face again.

" Hey stop beating around the bush, what do you plan to say?

"When you just started regaining your psyche, a minute wave of life opposing that of abyss was sent. As a result, the weakest of "Devourers" Zodius, came here for the "hunt". For YOUR hunt.

It happened 2 centuries ago. But we aere forbidden to search Planthonic Chamber by Jiancey Clan.

Upon arrival, that brute nearly destroyed bothelhamus and us, many times over searching for you. He grew fond of especially slaying us loofians. The loofians share a huge weakness of being bound by kalestone. Thus after a loofian's death, the cloggness in shared life force source causes all nearby others to fall like dominos. That is why I sent defected Ones that last for half a day to tire you out first bug.

Unlike you, Zodius found of that. He ruled over everyone as an omnivore gradually destroying us, the moss and the asylum by itself. My ancestors battled with him over many times but each time got one sidedly slaughtered because of our weakness. Kill! that bastard has slain my kins.

But never face him in direct combat, he is the epitome of despair under those conditions. Zodius is a true beast, to him offense is defense and he is best at it.

But he doesn't get hurt from the same move twice. And he had already seen through all, we are capable of. Your existence as an outsider is only our only hope for defeating him"

"I need to get all details about his attacks, his weaknesses and structure first. I want to know who from, "Jiancey" clan prohibited you"

He really wanted to know if the clever ape's hypothesis was true. But as expected the ape replied,

"For that, you have have to defeat Zodius first"