Chapter 584 - 578. Celestial Interview
Zein had thought about it before, but while the other shards felt like children growing up, the core felt the most ’Setnath’ out of them.
The others had no concrete shape, just an amalgamation of memory. The core, however, showed him ’Setnath’, giving him the same feeling he got when he conversed with the fragment in the Temple of Frejya.
But at the same time, it was giving him a different kind of Setnath. The one in the Temple of Frejya was part of Setnath before he achieved godhood, the one that was still a human called ’Lucre’ and looked like a warrior. This Setnath he met in the core, however, felt more refined with the long hair and fluttering robe.
A proper deity, he would say.
But also...still retained the worldly feeling. Zein wondered if all of Setnath’s fragments had this longing for becoming human again.
How intriguing. Many humans wished to be a God, but the one who actually did regret it so much. Zein didn’t really care though; he just wanted Setnath to uphold his promise.
"You haven’t talked to me for years," the long-haired Setnath said. "Then it must be something crucial."
Well, there was no reason to waste time with glib. "I believe we almost reached the end."
The fragment’s eyes flickered for a split second before he turned back--or rather returned to the direction he was looking before. "I see..." he nodded and started walking. "So we either prevail or perish."
Zein, who finally had a corporeal body in the core’s world, followed the fragment silently. He was curious about what the fragment was thinking about all of this. Unlike the other shards, who seemed to be developing their own desire and personalities, the core was static; like a neutral color whose role was to balance the system.
"It’s been...such a long time," the fragment, as if reading Zein’s mind, spoke again. "Being alone for such a long time, I understand now why I wanted to end the eternal life."