Chapter 172: Farewell
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The Void, outside of the universe, Edward was sunbathing with an artificial sun; he laid in a chair with a drink next to him while reading a book. The title of the book was "The Synchronization of Time Flow Between The Void and the Universe."
This was book was written by him and little Morgana. One thing he has always been curious about was the fact that the passage of time in his Gate was the same as the Full Metal Universe.
Logically speaking, the void was outside of space and time, so there should be some difference. Yet, they were the same. Additionally, while in his gate, he could still communicate with people inside, and even still feel the connection with his clone.
All of these should be impossible. So, he did some research on the subject to find the reason.
Unfortunately, the best answer he came up with was because of some of the enchantments that Merlin gave him. Edward thought that he had completely understood these enchantments–especially after translating them into his new magic system.
But he was wrong. He was far from reaching the level of Old Man Merlin. Truth be told, Edward suspect that the Merlin he met in his homeworld was actually the real one.
From what he knows, Merlin has existed in countless media, thus countless universes. So, he theorized that there was an original or real Merlin while the others are clones or projections of the true one.
The same theory can be applied to Nicolas Flamel and Atlantis; this is one of the reasons that he did not destroy or conquer it before he left the Empire despite knowing that these sea breathers were troublemakers.
While Edward was engrossed in reading his book, the watch on his hand suddenly chirped. He glanced at for a moment, then muttered: "It's been 50 years, now, the time has finally arrived."
In the past 50 years, he has spent most of his time studying and developing his new magic system. By now, he has already translated all the spells in the Empire's Library and invented many more.
He conducted many other experiments and deepen his understanding of magic.
As for his strength, he was still in Tier 5, but his mana has increased a lot. However, he could feel that he was nowhere near the 6th Tier.
The reason for that was his body. Edward discovered that his Wizard System was different than the previous. Before, as long as his soul was powerful enough to control his mana, he could rapidly increase it by either relying on potions or the Philosopher's Stone.
However, now, there was a third requirement: his body needed to be of sufficient strength to withstand his crystalized mana, otherwise, it will just damage it instead.
Luckily for him, he had previously invented the [Aura Master] profession which could strengthen his body. Regrettably, this system is very crude and rudimentary.
It mainly involved transforming mana into aura, then using said aura to strengthen the body. That's basically it. As such, the increase in his body strength has been quite slow.
Over the years, he has discovered that his talent for [Aura] is quite mediocre, so he is waiting to return to the Empire to have other people–especially the Wizard Knights–to develop this system further.
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After receiving the notifications in his watch, Edward's consciousness descended into the world.
Armstrong Family Manor, two old people with hunch backs stood on the balcony. It was one man and one woman.
"So, I've reached my limit?" asked Olivier who looked at the wrinkles on her finger and arm; she was old.
"Yes," replied Edward's clone.
"Well, to live up to 107 years, it's not bad."
"That's true."
The two paused for a moment, then Olivier asked: "How do you feel about watching all the people you knew die?"
Edward was silent after hearing this. In the past 70 years, all the people he knew or even considered friends already died of old age.
The Elric Brothers, May Chang, Izumi Curtis, Roy Mustang, Riza Hawkeye, and even Hughes and his wife. Edward attended their funerals one by one. He even offered Hughes immortality with his family and the prospect of going to his universe with him, but he refused.
In the end, he died peacefully.
And he was not the only one who refused. The little girl Nina Tucker also refused his offer. In the end, she died at 70 years old.
"One of the things that I will have to learn in my travel is to get used to death. I can not save everyone, nor can I force everyone to travel the same path as me. I'm just glad that I found you and you accepted my offer."
Olivier nodded her head. Decades ago, she decided to send her family away with Edward, so he enjoyed her peaceful mortal life while she could. Now, she was prepared for the journey ahead.
"When are you starting?" asked Olivier.
"What do you mean?"
"I'm not stupid. I could feel that you are preparing to do something major, and you're just waiting for me to leave before you begin."
Edward paused for a moment before saying: "One of the downsides of being with me is that sometimes, you have to look the other way around and not ask questions."
"What will happen if I keep asking questions?"
"You won't find any answer from me."
"What if I find the answers myself."
Edward became silent for a few long seconds, "In that case, you might discover the real me."
"Is that a bad thing?"
"I honestly do not know," replied Edward as he looked into the distance. Olivier raised her hand to caress his face, then said: "You do not have to worry; no matter what I found, I will still love you: both the good and the bad."
Edward smiled after hearing this, "It's time to go."
A Gate suddenly appeared swallowing the two of them. Edward proceeded to feed her a Youthful Potion, then used an Elixir of Life to prolong her lifespan.
Since Olivier did not want to use the Elixir from the stone made of human souls, he had to use one made out life force similar to the one he gave to May Chang.
Once she regained her youthful vigor, he placed her in cryosleep.
Meanwhile, the clone inside the Void Shield suddenly opened his eyes, then muttered: "It's time for the final confrontation."
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Next Chapter Title: Final Confrontation (II)
Chapter 173: Final Confrontation (II)
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After opening his eyes Edward waved his hand to manifest a hologram showing the spread of the virus in the past 50 years. By now, every corner of this world has been infected.
The virus stayed in people's bodies without harming them, then was passed down to their descendants through genetic. And this virus did not only affect humans but animals as well. As long something has a consciousness–no matter how low it is–the virus will enter their bodies.
After checking the map, Edward headed to the main room in the manor. Inside was a tall tower with two floors. One floor contained a room full of enchantments with a Philosopher's Stone the size of a basketball.
The second floor contained one of Morgana's servers. At the top of the Tower, where Edward stood up holding a magic staff. The Void Shield that surrounded the manor was removed, he used the staff to channel the massive mana in the stone.
A powerful wave came from the tower and immediately traveled throughout the entire world; the manor was destroyed in the process, revealing the tower. Additionally, the clone of Truth immediately noticed the changes in the shield and the wave.
However, before he could react and alert his main body, things started to change.
The virus inside all the people suddenly activated, turning their eyes white like they did not have any pupils. Then, in a robot-like voice, all the people in the world said in unison: "Consciousness is Link."
All the thoughts, ideas, emotions, and even memories of these people became linked together like a hive-mind with the main consciousness or the queen of the hive-mind being Edward.
With billions of thoughts and memories rushing to his head, Edward felt a massive migraine; he felt like his soul was slowly collapsing, and it was. He could hear so many people talking to him at the same time; all the murmurs were driving him crazy.
"Morgana," he groaned in pain.
"At your command."
Using her soul connection with Edward, Morgana took control of all these consciousness with her massive super-computing ability.
Finally, under her control, all the people of this world started to mutter at the same time:
"We reject the being known as Truth; his existence is nothing but a parasite of this world."
"We reject the being known as Truth; his existence is nothing but a parasite of this world."
"We reject the being known as Truth; his existence is nothing but a parasite of this world."
All the billion people repeated this phrase over and over like they were some mindless zombie. As these people repeat this phrase, a weird energy came from their bodies to rush into the sky.
The energy then slowly turned into a gate.
Edward and Morgana controlled a large number of Alchemists and have them clapped their hands together before placing them on the ground. Since each of these alchemists was in a specific place, transmutation light flashed across the world forming a circle.
A second Gate appeared floating above everybody's head: it was the Earth Gate. However, unlike Father's Earth Gate that was only as large as the country of Amestris, Edward's Earth Gate covered the entire world.
Additionally, Edward did not fuse with the planet's consciousness or will like Father did. Instead, he controlled it like everybody's else through the virus.
After the Earth Gate opened, a colossal black entity came out of it; it was the physical manifestation of the Planet's Will. The black being punched the Sky Gate to open it, then pulled someone or something out: Truth.
After being dragged out of his Knowledge Dimension, Truth immediately realized what was going on. As an entity born out of the consciousness of all living beings, once they began to reject his existence, terrible things will happen.
His vision looked at the planet underneath him; his vision seemed to ignore time and space as he looked at Edward on the tower.
"Wizard, is this all your doing?" Usually, Truth has no expression, so it's difficult to decipher his emotions. However, now, his anger was easily noticeable.
Although Truth was still in space, his voice echoed throughout the world, so Edward could hear it.
Immediately, Edward's felt a feeling of danger. His Cosmic Awareness activated and he learned some information about Truth. For example, the previous Tier 11 now displayed Tier 9 and was slowly decreasing.
'Well, I guess I'm not lucky enough to render him completely useless,' thought Edward. He never believed that this plan would completely get rid of Truth's power. However, a small part of him hoped that he would be lucky enough to succeed after one try.
"Why are you doing this?" asked Truth. "I've never done anything to hurt; I even let you gather knowledge in my world."
"I'm truly grateful for that," replied Edward calmly. "However, what about the spiritual hint you place in my mind?"
Truth was momentarily silent, "It's not like you would be hurt. My only purpose in doing so was for you to spread Alchemy in your world, and in exchange, I would receive more knowledge."
Edward shook his head, "If you truly only wanted knowledge, you could have spoken with me. We could have agreed to establish an exchange between our two worlds.
"The truth of the matter is that you never treated me as an equal; you just wanted to use me as a pawn to further your goals. It's ironic how someone who punishes people for breaking the Law of Equivalent Exchange did not practice the same concept."
"Enough with this nonsense," roared Truth. Its hand turned into a gigantic one as it descended towards the planet to kill the culprit responsible for all this annoyance.
As for Edward, he suddenly felt like his body could not move; space and time seemed to freeze, and even his mind stopped working. Even the mana inside the clone's body suffered the same fate. Even little Morgana was not spare.
Luckily, Edward was prepared for such an occasion. A small Void Shield surrounded him, blocking Truth's influence on him.
Horror flashed through Edward's mind as he realized the difference in strength between Tier 5 and Tier 8–which was the current strength of Truth as it stopped decreasing.
He raised his head to the sky and said, "Truth, why don't you see what I have in my hands."
The gigantic hand stopped descending before disappearing. Then, Truth said with gritted teeth: "You would not dare."
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