Chapter 177 - Brand New Day (Part 1)

Thursday, 31st of October 2019:

Less than an hour ago, five Earths were supposed to be destroyed by Aiht, the Negative God. But Nazar, Lucifer, Aarin and the others saved all of them.

Right now, it was nearly 1 at night.

But the whole world was awake.

They were celebrating their survival.

But Nazar was nowhere to be seen.

In the 8th dimensional plane of existence, Nazar was with Emily.

His dead friend.

How was she still alive?

Nazar analysed her DNA and memories and it matched the friend he knew.

“!!!”

“Come on, I thought you would be happier to see me.”

“How are you still alive, Emily?”

“Uh, the Nameless One is saved?”

“What? Why? How?”

She sighed.

“Do you have any idea how long I have been here?”

“Really don’t care. Why did he save you? And how? He killed you.”

She was surprised once she heard that.

“Wow.”

“Tch.”

“He brought me back after he killed me.”

“Why?”

“I DON’T KNOW!”

“...”

“Why can’t you just be--- Fuck! Just fuck off and don’t come back here again.”

“How are you surviving in this--”

“I don’t care. Now, fuck off.”

(No spike/change in her energies. Which means she has no extra energies needed to survive in this place. But how is she still alive? No change in behaviour. This is how Emily would normally react...right?)

Nazar sighed.

And then he smiled.

“Sorry.”

(But I still need to be cautious around her.)

“Huh?”

She looked at him in confusion.

“Just testing something.”

“...?”

“I was just making sure you were not under his control or something. Sometimes, it's hard to tell just by analysing energy and memories. And reactions in this kind of situation can give--”

“Fuck you, you asshole. What is wrong with you?”

“Hehe. Sorry. Can I ask a few questions?”

She gave him a blank look and then let out a sigh.

“So, how long have you been here?”

“I don’t know. It felt like an eternity.”

“So, how did you survive?”

“I don’t know.”

“And why--”

“I don’t know!”

Hearing her annoyed and a rather sad tone, Nazar did not want to continue.

“Sorry. But when it comes to him, I have to be extra careful.”

(Still not sure how she survived. She should have been dead a long time ago. Unless she is... No, no. That's not possible. I am the only one native to this dimensional plane of existence........... I think.)

“Can I go home now? I really hate this place.”

(How do I deal with this?)

Nazar was spacing out, so Emily became confused.

“Hello? Nazar?” She said as she snapped her fingers in front of his face.

“Ah.”

He forced a smile and opened a portal to Earth.

They appeared in Nazar’s old home.

As it was empty, Nazar manipulated the reality to make the house look like how it was back in the day.

“Where is everyone?”

“I don’t know. I guess they are gone somewhere?”

“What do you mean?”

Nazar did not want to let her know that they have moved out of here.

He wants to make sure she is not under some kind of control.

“I live in another dimension. Can’t deal with this shit.”

“Oh? I thought things were getting better? I mean, after last time we saw, I thought you might have fixed your--”

Nazar laughed.

“Can’t be bothered with that shit. Humans are weird.”

“Arrogant bastard.”

“Anyway, you can use this home until they come back, okay?”

“Got it.”

She yawned.

“Can I use Emma’s room?”

“Yeah, sure.”

“And can you stay here? It would be weird to be in this house alone.”

“Okay.”

She went upstairs and lied down in the bed.

Within minutes, she was asleep.

Downstairs, Nazar started to work on something.

In those few minutes, he recreated Solace.

“Solace?”

“Yes?”

“Keep a close eye on Emily, will you?”

Solace was confused.

“I am not sure if she is herself. I can’t trust her yet. So, change into me and stay here, okay?”

Solace nodded.

Nazar vanished into thin air.

He appeared in his room and lied down on his bed with his face down.

(Damn you, Nameless One!)

He looked at his side and saw Laura.

“Hi-- What’s up?”

He saw her staring at her phone. She looked surprised.

Nazar sat up.

“Oh, it’s nothing.”

“Oh.”

“Yeah. It’s just… My brother sent me a text.”

She showed him the screen.

“Happy birthday…?”

Nazar was confused but then remembered it.

“Oh.”

He reached into his pocket and looked for something.

“Hm?”

However, it was not there.

He checked his other pocket.

“Shit! I had it with me-- Ah, found it.”

He picked out something that resembled a necklace.

She looked at in confusion.

“Turn around a little.”

“...?”

She turned around.

He tied it around her neck.

She looked at it.

“Woah!”

The chain was made of something that resembled gold. But it was not really gold. It shared the same colour but had different properties.

There was also a few jewel-like things in it. The colour of those jewels was cyan.

“Happy birthday,” Nazar said.

She looked at Nazar in surprise.

She then looked at the necklace.

“And how did you know my birthday was coming up?”

“Oh come on now. Of course, I would reme--”

He saw her expression which showed that she did not believe him.

“Fine. Solace told me a few days ago.”

“Oh. And when did you make it? ”

“I got it from Chochica Empire. And in the last few days, I had a little free time and made it.”

“Choch-- Oh, that planet we went to?”

“Yes. And now, I am its ruler.”

Laura was surprised.

“Did I not tell you?”

“Solace said something but I thought she was joking.”

“No, I am actually the new king of Chochica Empire.”

“Oh.”

“So, that basically makes you a queen.”

“Oh, I am not so sure about that.”

“Really?”

Nazar thought about it for a minute.

“Then a princess…. Nah, Emma would be the princess. If you are not a queen, then what will you be?”

She sighed.

“Is it that important to figure it out now?”

“Not really.”

Nazar lied back down on the bed and stared at the ceiling.

“I have never celebrated mine or someone else’s birthday, so how do you people do it? Is there anything you would want to do?”

“Haven't celebrated mine either in nearly a decade. So, I don’t really care about it either.”

“Oh.”

There was silence for a little while.

“But you would give me anything I ask for?”

Nazar looked at her.

“Yes.”

She looked down.

“Can… Can you take me to a world where both my parents are alive and my brother is with them?”

Nazar thought about it for a second.

“Of course.”

She looked at him in surprise. Maybe she was expecting Nazar to reject her request.

Nazar smiled.

“I will find that kind of world for you.”

She lied down next to him.

“So, did you save all of them?”

“Yes. But with a lot of help.”

“Hm?”

“I had help from Solace, angels and more. But at least we saved all the Earths. I also had Solace restore Nazar of Earth 2’s powers. Even though I ‘fixed’ his Earth but for some reasons, it was back to its original hell state. So, I... Solace restored his power to help-- Sigh. I guess I need to fix that for them now too?”

He sat up.

"Or someone else could do it?"

Nazar thought about it.

"I know who can do it."

He closed his eyes.

(“Lucifer?”)

However, there was no response.

(“Lucifer?”)

As there was no response again, Nazar called out his name again and this time louder.

“Lucifer?!”

(“What? I was just trying to ignore you.”)

(“That hurts.”)

Laura was not sure what he was doing.

He was talking to Lucifer telepathically.

(“Can you save Earth-2? No, I mean fix it. It was turned into hell hole again by Aiht, I think.”)

(“Sigh. Why do I have to?”)

(“Please? I can give you another upgrade if you want?”)

(“...”)

Lucifer thought about it.

(“Fine.”)

(“Thanks.”)

The telepathic conversation ended immediately after.

(That was...easy.)

Nazar was surprised at how easily Lucifer accepted his request.

Nazar looked happy as he lied down again.

“That Earth will be better… I hope.”

“What just happened?”

“Well, I think Lucifer will fix that world for the better. I sure hope so.”

“Don’t you trust him a little too much these days?”

Nazar thought about.

“You are right… Maybe it's a good thing?”

Nazar sighed.

“Maybe I should stop trusting people easily these days completely.”

Laura chuckled.

“I really thought you would never trust anyone. But here we are.”

“I thought I would never either… but then things happened. And then after finding out about Mary and John, I thought I would never trust anyone again……..but here we are. I don’t know.”

He sighed again.

“Oh well. If I get betrayed again, it would be my fault.”

“You are weird.”

“Yeah, I know.”

At the centre of the universe, Arosus had a concerned look on his face.

“An irregularity?”

He slowly scratched his chin.

“This doesn’t make sense.”

He accessed all of his knowledge.

“Emily is dead. But she is alive now?”

He started to fly towards Earth.

Within a few minutes, he was floating above Earth.

He could have gotten here in mere seconds if he really wanted to. He did not need to use teleportation. He was extremely fast.

He stopped above Earth because all of a sudden someone appeared behind him.

He tried to look back, but they knocked him out.

This man is so powerful that he knows everything. This man is so powerful that he was easily beating the crap out of gods and cosmic entities. Or maybe even angels.

Yes, the same man was now knocked out by someone.

As soon as he was knocked out, he started to fall.

The person holding him and absorbed his powers.

After a while, the person laughed.

A maniac like laugh appeared in this black night.

As soon as the person stole Arosus’s power, they felt more powerful than ever.

Then.

Then.

Something else happened.

The person snapped their finger.

And all of a sudden, all across the multiverse - in every universe, the dead Emily and dead Nazar’s came back to the land of the living.

Zombified versions of them came out of their graves.

And those who had died differently appeared next to a Nazar (or the other way around).

And those which were alive, they were teleported next to one another.

As soon as they got close, they merged together.

They did not even have time to feel confused.

It happened in an instant.

They both became one person.

As soon as they did, they looked up to the sky.

And from their mouth, eyes, ears and nose, a bright white light started to appear.

It shot towards the sky like a massive beam of energy.

In every single universe, the energy beam was being shot towards a black sky.

Then all of a sudden, it vanished.

In the black sky, this bright light vanished.

And then millions of beams of energy appeared above Earth-1.

The person who just knocked out Arosus absorbed all of it.

And once they did, they felt even more power.

“I am back.”

They said in an almost singing voice.

But that was not the weirdest part.

This person’s voice was different.

It felt like there were two voices.

The voice of a man and a woman.

“I am back for my revenge.”

They laughed and laughed.

As their power was constantly increasing, no one seemed to notice them. Not Nazar, Omegan, the cosmic entities or even the angels.

“This time, you can’t stop me.”