Chapter 299: Fountain of Eden [ 8 ]
"You’re ridiculous." I sighed and glanced away.
Honestly, what he was saying seemed like a load of bullshit, but I had seen firsthand just how powerful the others were. Even with all of my power, I would likely not stand a chance against them.
So while what he was saying was completely ridiculous and out of pocket, the possibility of using the Gods to do my bidding did seem alluring. After all, who else could help me rival the Divine Beasts?
If I had to guess, the reason Aliyah was in that state to begin with was because of Morr. She was one of the most powerful people I knew. In the game, and obviously in reality.
So for her to get so badly injured to the point that she nearly died... I knew I couldn’t rely on Clementine to get strong enough to do this either. It was just not worth it, seeing her get hurt like that.
"..."
For the time being, I decided to leave Kai alive, since he might be useful in the future.
"Is there anything else you want to show me?" I asked.
He smiled, realizing that I really did spare him. It looked like he wanted to act bold right off the bat, but I shut that down with a single jolt of black lightning.
Though a jolt it may have been, it severed his left arm completely and even created a hole in his thigh that didn’t seem like it would regenerate anytime soon.
That was, of course, due to how much Divine Energy I had used. It would take him a while to purify all of that damage.
And until then, I needed something else.
"Just because I’m sparing your life doesn’t mean you get to act however you want with me. Instead, I want you to tell me where I can find a Titan. I need its heart."
Kai groaned a little, then said:
"You sure don’t hold back, huh? All the Titans are in the heavens. Eh... It’s not really the Heavens, it’s just the area way above the clouds. It should be in the boundary between space and the atmosphere."
Huh.
Well, that seemed a little too intricate.
But it didn’t seem like he was lying either. So I simply gave him a nod and turned my back to him.
"Will I feel it when I get up there?"
"How should I know? Tsk. You’ll probably feel some spatial disruption. If you can tap into it, then you’ll be able to enter their hiding place," Kai replied.
Eh.
So it was all up to what I could do. I guess that’s better than anything.
I gave him one last glance, and without hesitation, I burst through the tunnels that he had created, reappearing in the sky after just a few moments. It was surprisingly windy now. I thought that it was just normal wind at first, but then I felt myself getting weaker.
Once I glanced down, I spotted that I had a tiny slash mark across my forearm. It healed nearly instantly, but it didn’t change the fact that this wind was far from normal.
If I had to guess, it was from the Titans themselves.
Though the only way to find out was to go there directly, and so I did, blasting through the clouds and going as high up as possible. It didn’t take long for me to reach space itself, and it was just like I had heard in some of the documentaries.
It was really cold, my blood was boiling, and it smelled just like beef jerky. Thanks to Telekinesis, I could also breathe up here. But I could tell it wasn’t very healthy, since with each breath I took, I felt my lungs being slightly frozen.
Even when I reinforced myself with Telekinesis, the vacuum of space still affected me. Because of that, I dove back down to the atmosphere and tried to find the boundary Kai had been talking about.
At first, I didn’t come across anything in particular, but that all changed when my Mystic Eyes locked onto a thin strand of energy in the middle of the sky. All I had to do was follow it, and I was led to an area in the sky that was full of spatial disturbances.
This area... If I so much as used my Spatial Telekinesis, it would tear open. It was insane.
But of course, since I did need to tear it open, I didn’t hesitate to do so. The sky split open, revealing a clear cosmos ahead. Yet amongst that cosmos were thousands of eyes, all of which were glancing right at me.
The eyes mixed with the rest of the cosmos, and if I didn’t know any better, I’d say these Titans were far bigger than what they were supposed to be. But clearly, my Mystic Eyes were able to tell me that all of these idiots were just standing behind a mirror that enhanced their size.
Letting out a sigh, I adjusted my clothes and stepped through the giant crack I formed. A moment later, that crack closed behind me, leaving me defenseless if any of the Titans were to attack me now.
But even as I stood in the epicenter of the cosmos, surrounded by thousands of Titan eyes, none of them made a move. If anything, they were observing me, probing me with their energy.
I decided to do the same. Except the moment my Divine Energy left my body, every single eye that had been staring at me widened in shock and disbelief.
The makeshift mirrors they had made cracked, revealing the true appearance of this realm, which just so happened to be a simple temple that was so tall, I could even see clouds near the ceiling.
But among the clouds, I also saw two very tall figures, which seemed much more humanoid than those giants from before.
And of course, these two figures were none other than the Titans I had been looking for.
