Bab 153: Open Plot
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After waking up from his thinking and calculation, Edward asked: "Morgana, how are things developing?"
The little purple elf appeared out of nowhere and said: "Master, Olivier is really awesome. She killed General Raven without hesitation. I finally understand why you like her so much."
"Of course, you have to trust in your master's vision," replied Edward with a smile on his face.
'By now, the main characters along with Olivier have already learned of the purpose of the nation-wide transmutation circle. This also means that the conclusion of the story is nearing its end.'
"Tell Hughes about this information."
"No problem."
"Also, how is Nina doing?"
"She's fine mentally, however, she seemed a little lonely. Probably miss her parents."
Edward was silent after hearing this. If it was back in his world, he could revive the little's mother so that she could have a family once again. However, in this world, reviving the dead was impossible--unless a terrible price was made.
And even then, there is a chance that it would not succeed. After all, unlike the Elric brothers, Nina's mother has been dead for countless years.
"After everything is over, I'll ask Hughes to adopt her so that she can have a new loving family," muttered Edward, then he left his dimension.
After entering an office, he saw the beautiful Olivier looking at a map of Amestris. After entering, she did not turn her back, but asked: "Did you already know?"
"Know what?"
"About Amestris' transmutation circle."
"So what if I did? Would that change anything?"
She turned her body to look at him. "It would change a lot if you knew about it and did not do anything, or even say anything."
"Well, I did know."
Olivier continued staring at him.
"Are you wondering why I never interfered?"
She just stared at him. Edward sighed before saying: "To you, what is happening is or is about to happen is a calamity that will affect the lives of millions of people. However, to some people or things, this may be nothing but a game.
"As I said before, your world is too dangerous. Unless absolutely necessary, I will not be drawn in this vortex."
Oliver frowned after hearing this, then she remembered how Edward said that there was a God in this world.
'Could it be that what was happening was part of its plan?' Olivier quickly shook her head and did not think about this kind of thing. After all, it was useless and could not help her in this situation.
"If I were to ask you to intervene and stop all of this from happening for my sake, would you do it?" asked Olivier.
"No," replied Edward directly.
"Why is that?"
"Just like you previously said, there is not much emotion between us. Although I was attracted by your beauty, that's not enough. If you were one of my wives, I would not hesitate to fight Gods, Devil, and Demons for you. I would not hesitate to destroy worlds for you. However, you're not."
Olivier was silent after hearing this; she did not mind Edward's answer. In fact, one of the reasons she liked interacting with him was his candidness; he rarely lied or hid anything from her.
As long as she asked him something, he would answer. And if he could not, he would simply say that he could not answer.
"Furthermore, you do not seem like a person who likes to rely on others when you can deal with the problem yourself," continued Edward.
Oliver agreed with him. She only asked because she was curious about his answer. After that, the two spoke for a few hours about the situation of Amestris before Edward left.
He teleported to a specific place in the northern area. He placed his hand on the ground creating a transmutation circle that soon disappeared. After that, he apparated again to another specific area in the north and did the same.
For the next few hours, Edward apparated to different places in the eastern, southern, western, and central areas. And in those places, he placed the same transmutation circle.
If anyone could map out the places that Edward placed these circles, they would also find a nationwide transmutation circle that was completely different from the ones Father was building.
Edward's purpose was essentially an open plot. Father managed to absorb the Eye of God that was located in the world beyond the Gate of Truth and used millions of souls to contain that entity inside his body.
As a result of this, he also learned all the knowledge of that entity and became the God of Alchemy.
Edward wanted all that knowledge, but he also did not want to offend Truth. So, he designed this transmutation circle with the sole purpose of taking that knowledge directly from Father himself after he swallows God.
This is where Edward's plot comes in. Whether Truth allowed Father to succeed for some plan or he could not intervene and prevent it, it was beneficial to Edward.
Either way, he will still get access to all that Alchemy knowledge without taking any of the risks that Father took. Of course, there is also the possibility that Truth will intervene and directly make Edward's transmutation circle useless and prevent him from succeeding.
Despite this, he decided to try and wait. Even if he failed, he did not lose much anyway.
After making his preparation, he returned to his dimension. Inside one of the many living rooms, he saw Hughes with a frown on his face; the latter seemed to be pondering about something very deeply.
"Now that the truth is out, you can leave if you want," said Edward.
Unexpectedly, Hughes shook his head. "That would be committing death."
Over the past few weeks, he also observed the behaviors of the homunculi and knew how they operated. As such, he knew that if they learned that he was alive, they would do everything to kill him and his family.
"Do you have a way to mask my identity?" asked Hughes.
"Yes," replied Edward who gave him a magic item that could change his appearance at will. As he watched Hughes leave, he was wondering whether this guy's action would change anything, or whether his actions would have little effect.
After that, Edward continued to observe things behind the scene.
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Next Chapter Title: The Promised Day
Bab 154: The Promised Day
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After Hughes left, he disguised himself and left for Central in an attempt to prevent the plot of the homunculus. As for Edward, he merely watched everything from the shadows.
As he watched events unfold, he became very disappointed. The reason that he allowed Hughes to leave was that he wanted to see if things would change with his appearance.
Unfortunately, it was not. Only minor details changed because of his appearance. One of which is Olivier asking him to look after his parents for her instead of asking them to leave Amestris.
As he watched things unfold the same way as the anime he watched, he became increasingly more convinced that the events of this world were being manipulated so that a destined path was followed.
He tried to do many tests, unfortunately, he still could not discover any hints or proof of this. Nevertheless, he still believed his intuition.
In that way, as the Day of Reckoning approached, Edward began to worry about his plan; based on his recent discovery, he did think that it would succeed.
Time passed and soon, it was the Promised Day, and Edward finally left his dimension. He suddenly appeared next to Olivier--who was injured in her battle.
As soon as he saw her, he could feel she was sad--even though she had a calm face.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
She hesitated for a moment and said: "I just learned that one of my men is dead."
"By now, shouldn't you be used to the death of soldiers? After all, dying on the battlefield is a common thing."
"I can accept it, but I will never be used to it. No human being should be used to death."
Edward nodded his head. "If you're talking about Captain Buccaneer, he's fine."
"What do you mean!"
"I placed a spell on him to preserve his soul. Once everything is over, he can be revived after fixing his body."
Olivier's eyes lit up after hearing this, then she hurriedly asked: "What about the other Briggs' soldiers?"
"Don't push your luck," replied Edward calmly.
Olivier sighed and did not mention the topic again. She was just happy that her right-hand man was saved.
"What are you doing here?"
"I'm here to take you away."
"Take me away? I'm in the middle of a battle." Izumi Curtis had just disappeared right in front of her; she wanted to find her.
Edward placed his hand on her injured arm, then an electric light suddenly came from his hand. Using Alkahestry, he instantly healed all her injuries. Then, he snapped his finger and the two of them disappeared.
The two of them soon arrived in a separate dimension with a large screen in front of them. Olivier was surprised and wanted to ask. However, after seeing the solemn look on Edward's face, she remained silent.
On that screen, it soon showed what was happening with Father, the Elric Brothers, and the other sacrifices. (Hohenheim, Izumi Curtis, and Colonel Mustang.)
On the screen, tentacles came from Father's new form and bound all five sacrifices. Immediately afterward, an eye appeared on the bodies of the five people. Finally, Father activated the nationwide transmutation circle.
Black shadow enveloped the entire nation of Amestris. Then, all his citizens started to fall on the floor one by one.
"What's going on?" asked Olivier.
"Their souls have been extracted."
"What? We have to do something. My brother is still there."
Although on the surface she looked like she did care about her brother, however, that was not true. Their relationship could be described as the epitome of sibling rivalry.
"Calm down," said Edward calmly. "He along with everyone will be fine."
Olivier looked at what was happening on the screen, then looked at Edward. In the end, she did not say anything else. She realized that even if she returned to Amestris, there was nothing that she could do.
All that was left now was to trust Edward's words.
Meanwhile, after the nationwide transmutation circle was activated, a gigantic gate suddenly appeared in the sky.
'Is that the Earth Gate?' thought Edwards as his mind quickly functioned.
'All living things have their Gate of Truth. As such, since this planet has a consciousness and is considered a living thing, it also has its own gate.
'What Father did was to use the energy from opening the Gates of the five sacrifices to open the Gate of the planet and absorb its consciousness."
Edward then continued to watch events unfold.
After Father absorbed the earth's consciousness and became a gigantic being, another Gate appeared in the sky with one eye showing. Then, Father began to slowly absorb that Gate.
'So, he used the massive energy of the Earth Gate to open the Sky Gate-- which should be the place that the Dwarf I created came from--and the place that the Eye of God resides.'
Finally, Father absorbed the being he called God and took a new form that looked similar to humans. It's ironic how Father looked down on humans, but the final and "perfect form" that he pursued all his life looked like a human.
This can only show that this homunculus--just his son, Envy--looked forward to human life; he wanted to have things that humans have.
As Father finished his plan, Edward took a good look at him. He could tell that the latter used the more than 50 million Amestrian Souls to contain "God" inside of him.
As such, he could not be said to have absorbed it completely, more like playing a symbiosis with it just like Kurama is to Naruto.
Edward quickly shook his head to get these distracting thoughts out of his head; he had better things to do now.
As soon as Father contained God, his transmutation circle activated and a massive amount of Alchemy knowledge came into his mind. He quickly closed his eyes and contacted Morgana through their Soul Links and had her accept these pieces of information and categorize them.
A few minutes later, he opened his eyes. Edward suddenly took out a Philosopher's Stone and held it in his left hand. He raised his right hand and a small sun appeared.
Olivier, who was next to him, was quite shocked. However, she soon found something was wrong. Veins started appearing on his hands, sweats dripping down his forehead, and he looked a little pale.
Before she could say anything, the mini sun disappeared, and all the mana that was coursing through his veins returned to the stone.
With the knowledge of God and a power source like the Philosopher's Stone, he could accomplish the same feat as Father by creating a small sun.
However, he was not happy about this. Although his plan worked, the feeling that something was wrong kept growing.
(If anyone is confused about the whole concept of Earth Gate and Sky Gate, well, I'm also confused. I watched the anime many times and did a lot of research, but nothing was made clear. So, I had to come up with an explanation of my own.)
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