Chapter 622 The Sea Of Stars
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"Hmm… You\'ve had it hard." Said Nephi. "I remember that… the Gods made me for a purpose. To become a weapon that could allow them to fight the Demons. I am a Nephilim, perhaps what I truly am is… half god and half demon."
"But what sort of Demon? There are many tribes!" Wondered Mist. "Maybe there is a demon tribe with two different hair colors…"
"Yeah?" Celeste asked. "I\'ve been wondering the same, honestly…"
"No… I am not a demon like you two… It is a different kind of Demon, a Demon from another world." Said Nephi.
"Another world demon…" I said while thinking.
Everyone quickly glanced back at me and then I sighed, quickly remembering who it was.
"Yeah, True Demons. Beings that literally are summoned from another world through the powers of the Evil Gods, right?" I asked.
It\'s not that Demons themselves have such power, but those that are given their blessings can utilize special formations using magic artifacts to open "Demon Gates" which bring them to literal Hell.
I\'ve only learned a bit from them though, from the words they said up to what my parents have taught us about these beings… they\'re despicably evil and seem to be pleased with seeing the suffering of mortals.
Maybe they\'re also an enemy of the Gods themselves? Even though these guys are in their own world… This means that Nephi was probably made using their materials? Or souls? Or something?
True Demons are extremely dangerous though, they\'re even stronger than the strongest people of this world, even our own Demon Lords, the servants of the Demon King don\'t seem to be comparable to the might of True Demons of higher rankings.
The worst part is their powers, the Demonic Energy they possess is dangerous, infecting living beings and inhibiting wound regeneration, inflicting deadly curses that drain life away seamlessly, amongst many other things.
I have yet to learn the master plan behind using these bastards, but the Evil Gods seem set on using their powers to harm people for whatever motives.
"True Demons… So that\'s how you call them?" Asked Nephi. "You fought them before?"
"Many times." Aquarina said.
"All in just one single city though… And this blue haired girl over here had the majority of the fault." Zack said while crossing his arms.
"Yeah…" Sighed Celeste. "Although the Evil Gods influenced me, I still… provoked the majority of this chaos."
Nephi seemed to be confused about what we were talking about, so we explained her a bit of what we experienced back on Eastgrain.
"I see… You\'ve had a life filled with hardships, young lady." Nephi sighed.
"Did all of that happened when I wasn\'t born yet?" Zephy wondered, sitting on my lap.
"Yep… They were very hard times… But we also met many friends that are here. Mist, Celica, and even Celeste…" I sighed.
"I owe Sylphy my life… She gave me a second chance despite everything I did… The only thing I can do is to help her and do everything I can for her in return." Celeste said.
"Oh so that\'s why you\'re always willing to help in anything…" Zephy understood. "Even when you sometimes look annoyed…"
"Hah… Yeah." Celeste sighed.
"I wish I could had been there to help…" Nephi sighed. "But indeed, the True Demons which were part of the materials that composed my creation are those. I don\'t remember how I was made as my consciousness started once I was created… But I do remember the feeling of being assembled… And then their words of disappointment as I was unable to control my powers. The gods, my creators, and parents, were quick to drop me off and abandon me."
"Sigh…" Alice seemed to get a bit sad each time she heard this. I guess she could relate a lot to her. And maybe I could too, in a way.
"When I was freed from the seal I found myself in the ruins. Those ruins used to be a place filled with high technology and many of the gods\' servants. Those golems we fought were the gods\' creations, special mechs made out of Orichalcum, a divine metal." Said Nephi.
"A Divine Metal?" Asked Zack. "Wait Sylphy do you still have those?"
"Yeah I have them stored. I had tried using conventional ways of smelting with them but the metal is incredibly hard. The only way I could melt them away was by unleashing tons of flames, but that would only make a mess out of them, and once melted, it quickly cools down and becomes hard again. My parents also checked it but they cannot process it either." I sighed. "We sent some to the Blue Witch, she\'ll know about a method and probably do something with it."
"It is a metal that the gods created, it is what makes their vessels which fly across the sea of stars." Said Nephi.
"Sea of stars? You mean the sky?" Asked Aquarina.
"Yes, above the visible sky, there\'s a wider range. A beautiful and endless horizon." Said Nephi. "Many stars, and worlds rest within this endless horizon. The gods… they came from far, far away."
"So they\'re really aliens…" I sighed. "Just like you said, Alice."
"Yep…" Alice sighed. "The response the world had against their invasion was the creation of the first Demon King. The Gods wanted this planet… probably due to its rich resources. Spreading their servant races, humans, elves, and dwarves helped them conquer the surface. Or that\'s what I imagine. It is a theory though."
"An endless horizon…" Zack looked into the skies.
"I wonder what could lay in there…" Aquarina sighed.
"It sounds… kind of scary. A place that has no end?" Said Mist.
"But isn\'t it a bit exciting?" Zack giggled.
"Mister Teddy says that traveling across the stars is too much for him…" Celica said timidly.
"So the gods… they came from the Sea of Stars." Celeste\'s eyes narrowed. "With such an explanation, it makes more sense some of them rebelled against them, and decided to be free in this world and not obey their commands, they were catalogued as Evil Gods then…"
Thanks to Nephi, things slowly started to become clearer, yet even more confusing and unfathomable.
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