Chương 28: Anomaly
— Somewhere in abyss —
"Fuck , that was not supposed to happen , how did matthios at his 10th dom match die to that insect from 3rd dom match. FUCK" shouted a man with white hair and black eyes wearing an black tuxedo.
"You dumbass , I told you to not mess with the match making , now 2 fucking domains along with the battlefield just got obliterated" shouted another man to the first man.
"Fuck , I knew he was strong b-but not that strong" mumbled the first man in low voice
"Don't get me involved in your nonsense , Nothing that happened here had anything to do with me !" exclaimed the second man.
*zwip*
"Oh really ?" came another voice from behind the two men.
"Si-Sir ..Admin" exclaimed the two man in unison and quickly bowed their heads 90 degrees.
"S- sir.. Admin , what invites an admin to this mere watcher's dwelling" the first man asked the voice with an tone of apology , humbleness and fear.
The man they called 'sir admin' , was not wearing any fancy tuxedo like these two watchers but instead wore simple black trousers and white t-shirt with white shoes. His face was of an young man , golden eyes with blonde white hair.
"Did you really thought that you would have two domains destroyed along with an battlefield and I wouldn't know ."asked said the admin in anger.
the tone sent both the watchers a dread along their spine , they knew they fucked things up . the first man was now cursing ruth and himself for bringing him to abyss and the second watcher cursed the first one .
"No, sir admin how can we mere watchers comprehend your powers . Its just we didn't knew these two low domain keepers would be thing strong" replied the first man apologizing.
The second man , who did nothing in the incident got involved with an admin and nothing good ever comes out with that. He was bowing his head but internally he was cussing the first watcher for ever getting himself involved in something crazy like this.
"You young man are answering the wrong question I do not want answers for the two destroyed domains but answer to why was this match fixed to be so ? I never knew watchers nowadays considered a 3rd match keeper against 10th match keeper an fair match make." Asked the admin in anger and irritation in his voice.
"We-we.." The first man couldn't give any answer to that and just slowing lowered his head while bowing even more than 90 degrees bent.
"Hmm not that I expected any answer but well you should know the punishment for watchers not doing their jobs properly."
*thud**thud*
Dropped two heads and their headless dead bodies the next instant .
***
*cough*
I blinked , and an young hob-goblin stood in front me , she looked at me with smile.
Without meaning to, I withdrew, pressing my fingers against my lips.
This too-old image of Lith hesitated, her hand, which had been reaching out toward me, pulling back slightly, just an inch, her brows creasing into a frown.
I blinked, and the vision faded. ember, the phoenix that I had hatched from egg , was standing—no, floating—in front of me, her liquid-gold gaze like the hot summer sun on my skin.
Her hesitation abated and she leaned forward, wrapping strong arms around me and pulling me to him.
I closed my eyes and let out a shaking breath. Her relief washed over me, pure and warm and hard-won. So many moments where my return was within arm's reach and then snatched away by circumstance, so much time and energy focused on the stone containing my essence.
Beneath the relief, there was a hint of regret—slight but bitter—that it had taken so long or been necessary at all. And the anxiety…the fear, the weight of it enough to crush anyone weaker, enough to choke the life from anyone else.
My mind was still knitting itself back together, and as we held each other, I lost track of where my bond began and where I ended. "Ember , its you , you are safe and alive. I was afraid you were a dream."
The concept of time was all but shattered. Floating in that strange, ethereal place, just the two of us, our embrace may have been only the briefest contact or lasted yet another lifetime. I held desperately onto that connection, needing her presence to anchor me into that moment in time and space.
"So…hey there," a voice—not ember's—said from the void.
My eyes snapped open, and I stared incredulously at a strange being floating in front of me.
He was was a human , his features describing as of age not more than 26, his golden eyes as if looking in and beyond me . Smooth white streaks flowing back into this wheat-blonde hair. Wearing black trouser and with t-shirt and white shoes .
I didn't answer , in fact I didn't even knew what he said to me . My mind was jolted awake by the voice . The sweet dreams of me with Lith in the earlier days of my time in abyss.
My hugging and cuddling in ember's warm embrace . The remnants of our memories together , which I wanted to enjoy one last time.
My slaves , my troops . That made me feel like an family , those who were always there for the orphan me . For making me feel like an family that I never had on my time on earth.
Those sweet memories are the only remnants left of them , I wanted to play with them , I wanted to be with them , I wanted to spend more time with them.
Please . Please tell me everything was a dream and I am still on earth. I don't have what it takes to face the reality .
I can't hear that I wasn't able to save anyone , that even with me trying and giving my everything , I lost all I had .
I was weak , had I been stronger I would have been able to save them . To save them from this fate .
*sob**sob*
unbeknownst to me tears started falling down my face . Please let me go back into the dream where everything was okay , where we were all happy , where we were enjoying our life not knowing of the future . Please take me back into that dream.
"Young boy , you are quite lucky to have survived that" said the man stood in front of ruth.
"Why was I cursed with this luck ? Why do I have to live without them ? Why did you wake me from that dream ? Why?"
*sob**sob*
ruth didn't even had the leisure to think about who this guy was , where he was and how was he even saved , his mind was clouded with anger and grief.
The man was stupefied form the young man's statement . He didn't knew what to say , why is he crying when he just came back from the dead ? Is he the same just who fought that battle with a guy 3x his level ?
He seems to be mentally broken.
"Boy, I do not know your circumstance neither is it my place to comment on your agony. But I do not have the leisure to wait until you cry your heart out , either you calm down and listen to me or just keep crying and not be able to do shit" said the admin , his voice transitioning form calm to then irritating.
*sob*
Did he expect me to get out of my grief of my friends and family just because he said one line to me ?
"Welp , I have no choice then" said the man.
[skill : calm mind projected !]
Huh ?
"Why ? I just lost everything at least let me grieve it a bit . What are you going to explain ? What can anything you do bring back those I lost ?" ruth asked him , his voice gloomy.
"Neither me nor you can do anything to get your whoever you lost . Second what I am gonna tell you is important stuff and third my skill won't let you do anything and if you try anything boy I can add it to your attributes and just forget even having feelings , So listen calmly.
"First of all , the domination match you just fought was rigged , while you were at your 3rd match , your opponent matthios , it was his 10th match. I do not know the reason why the watchers responsible for it did it but nothing you can do to them now because they are dead.
"Secondly , the match was a tie , because with the explosion both your domain cores were destroyed . No one lives to tell the tale except you.
"As to why you are alive , you are blessed , yea in a literal sense . Once in every million keepers the abyss itself gives the keeper an blessing.
"The blessings are a thing of late which you learn later in domination match progression but since this incident happened though reluctantly I am to explain this stuff to you.
"The blessings are a trait given to you . Have you ever wondered why you got exp from kills that your slaves did ?" he asked
"But isn't that because of my class ?" ruth asked him
"How did you level up to level10 to unlock your class when you didn't even kill anyone ? Didn't you find it strange , did you ever question it ? Did you ever question why anyone you turn into slave always just becomes 100% loyal to you and even tell their secrets from their previous master ?" he enquired.
"Was that not supposed to be normal ? How was I supposed to know about it or question it when I never knew what the norms were" ruth replied.
"You were given an blessing by the abyss , the blessing of 'subordination' . Out of hundreds of thousands of years I have lived , I have only seen 4 people with that blessing and as a coincidence all of them die after having their army killed"
"How does me losing one of my powers , losing my troops and even my domain make me fortunate ?"
" whenever a blessed dies or is close to death , the blessing sacrifices itself to grant the blessed post life. But as I said you lost the blessing , making you no longer a blessed ."
"That blast destroyed everything , the domains or even the dimensions they existed in themselves and yet you lived only because of the blessing."
"What am I supposed to do now . You don't let me grieve what I lost . I have no domain to return to and I just lost my powers too"
"Hahaha , that's the important and fun part I am here for . You young boy have become an anomaly , a keeper that has nothing to keep and protect . There have been some like you , some succumb to grieve like you were doing , some just kill themselves , some overcome their odds and become strong."
*clap*
"Lets see how you do boy , make this game a bit fun will ya"
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