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章節 111: Chapter 111

[Third Person's PoV] 

A few months ago… 

Lucian was seen in his workshop, drawing the same symbols from his previous ritual on the ground. He set up everything as he had before: the candles and the books. After arranging everything, Lucian sat down in the middle of the ritual circle.

He used a bit of his blood to draw a line on his forehead. Then, he closed his eyes and began to chant in ancient Greek.

Just like last time, even though he was underground, the wind started to pick up, the pages of the books flipped and turned, and the flames of the candles flickered. A slit began to appear on his forehead where the blood mark was, causing Lucian to grit his teeth as he continued to chant.

Eventually, he abruptly stopped, and his arms and head flopped down. Suddenly, he looked up, eyes wide open, revealing his glowing red eyes and a third eye on his forehead.

His smile stretched unnaturally wide, exposing his canines as he ran his fingers through his hair. "So, I'm back in my mini-me, it seems," he said, standing up.

He began to stretch and talk to himself, "Right, it was after this that I received the Cards of Blasphemy."

"Beatrice, make sure to tell my mini-me this," he continued.

Beatrice emerged from Lucian's shadow, narrowing her eyes at him. "Who are you... you feel like my master, but different."

"Just an older version of me," Lucian waved her off. "Anyway, as I was saying, the objects that will be in his/my hands are called 'The Cards of Blasphemy.' They're named as such because they enable mortals to achieve godhood independently, without the aid or interference of any other deity. This is seen as an act of blasphemy against the gods themselves, hence the name. They will reveal sequences and their ingredients, along with an advancement ritual for later sequences. 

It's crucial for them to start gathering faith. The faith of the people functions differently for them compared to the gods; it amplifies their innate qualities. For gods, it tends to amplify their godhood, leading to arrogance, conceit, and cruelty. However, for them, it will ground their humanity, preserving their original personalities. If they don't focus on this, they risk becoming the very beings they despise. Got that?"

Beatrice was still a bit confused but nodded. Lucian sighed. "This is going to use up way too much energy."

He closed his eyes and placed his hands near his third eye. A pure, bright red beam of energy escaped from the third eye, and the space in front of him began to open.

From the portal, a beautiful hand appeared, throwing two cards at Lucian. "Thanks, Annabeth," Lucian muttered. 

The hand turned into a thumbs-up before forming a small heart with its thumb and index finger and disappearing back into the portal. Lucian stopped the beam from his third eye and looked at his hands, feeling himself growing weaker and fainting. "Oh, and tell him the first three are the easiest."

With that, Lucian fainted on the floor, his third eye closing.

Seeing Lucian knocked out and turning pale, Beatrice appeared from her shadow worriedly. 

She noticed how he had used all of his energy and if he didn't receive help soon would most likely suffer from terrible consequences. 

Beatrice went back into her shadow and quickly came out with a bottle of blue liquid. She quickly turned Lucian over and tried to make him drink it but seeing that he was choking a bit Beatrice took a drink from bottle and gave Lucian a move to move. 

Making him able to safely drink the contents of the bottle, after a while his pale color started to disappear and his breathing became more stable. 

Seeing that Beatrice let out a sigh of relief and pat her chest, she then saw Lucian's eyelids quiver before he slowly opened them. 

He held his head in pain and let out a groan, "I also hate doing this, the headache I get it's also insane" 

Lucian then saw that he was lying on Beatrice's thighs and smirked happily, "You know what worth it." 

He then felt he was holding something in his other hand and when he took a look he had a look of surprise, "And who's this handsome devil" 

"Master, I believe that that's you from the future" 

"You're right, only I can be as handsome as that, it makes sense," Lucian said arrogantly before looking at Annabeth's card. And letting out a low whistle. 

"So I would be the god of Paradoxes and Annabeth of Ruins… makes sense as well. Ruins are like the main symbolism for Architecture and Knowledge/Wisdom." 

End flashback...

"And that's pretty much what happened," Lucian said as Annabeth kept looking at the cards.

"So, it was the future you that made these? But then, how..." Annabeth started.

Lucian just smiled. "I don't know, and that's the thing about paradoxes."

Hearing that, Annabeth flipped the card and looked at all the words written on the back. "The Paradox Pathway:

Sequence 9: Stuntman

Sequence 8: Artisan

Sequence 7: Treasure Seeker

Sequence 6: Cursed Knight

Sequence 5: Earth Sentinel

Sequence 4: Mist Shaper

Sequence 3: Ethereal Warlock

Sequence 2: Light of Destiny

Sequence 1: Shadow Monarch

Sequence 0: The Paradox"

"Pretty cool, right?" Lucian said with a smug expression.

Annabeth smiled and shook her head before looking at her own card.

"The Ruins Pathway:

Sequence 9: Librarian

Sequence 8: Architectural Engineer

Sequence 7: Historian

Sequence 6: Occult Scholar

Sequence 5: Tomb Raider

Sequence 4: Arcane Antiquarian

Sequence 3: RuneMaster

Sequence 2: Time Weaver

Sequence 1: Empress of Decay

Sequence 0: Goddess of Ruin"

"Woah," Annabeth exclaimed. She puffed her chest. "Empress of Decay sounds awesome."

Lucian scoffed. "Well, nothing beats the Shadow Monarch."

Annabeth playfully rolled her eyes as she handed Lucian back his Card of Blasphemy. "So, you want to create a book about Paradox and Ruins?"

"Kinda. It follows the lead of two teenagers, a boy and a girl, who throughout the story slowly ascend to godhood, fighting and scheming against other gods while trying their best to survive."

"I see... Instead of just one book, I think it'll be better to make a series. It'll keep people wanting more, and who knows, it could be turned into a movie, making the lines, or in other words, our prayers, more iconic and reaching more people who simply don't want to read all of it."

Lucian put a hand on his chin and nodded. "It makes sense. Let's do it. We need to create characters, side characters, worry about world-building, the power system, plot twists, the antagonist, the climax... everything."

"Most importantly, we can't forget the title," Annabeth said. "The title is like the main hook to everything."

"The Pathways through Ruins and Paradoxes," Lucian suggested, waving his hand in front, imagining the title.

"It's not bad, but let's think of more before deciding on one," Annabeth suggested, causing Lucian to nod in agreement.

Lucian and Annabeth then began to brainstorm, tossing ideas back and forth around the room. Lucian even enlisted the help of Beatrice, who was older and more knowledgeable about things.

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A/N: Please held me pick a title 🙏 😔


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章節 112: Chapter 112

[Third Person's PoV] 

Lucian and Annabeth sat back-to-back in the middle of the room, surrounded by scattered papers and drawings. Beatrice floated happily on her broom, circling them.

"Alright, so let's recap everything we've decided," Lucian began. "Instead of having two protagonists in the same story, we're creating two separate series. These series will interconnect, happening close together, where they sometimes run into each other."

Annabeth nodded. "Our goal, and the most important part, is the ending. We need to make it appear that there are beings out there trying to destroy the world and rebuild it in their own image. These beings will be gods from different universes, trying to increase their power by spreading their faith. The way they know best is to restart the world from scratch. The protagonists, upon finding this out, will each make it their mission to protect their world. The ending needs to show them going into a deep sleep to create a barrier that keeps these intruder gods out."

Lucian turned towards Beatrice. "Your part in this is key to everything."

Beatrice's expression grew serious as she nodded.

"I'm sorry to do this, but you need to do most of the heavy lifting. You'll have to take on three different identities for this to work."

Beatrice, still serious, shook her head. "Worry not, Master. My purpose is to serve you with my whole being. Whatever you want me to do, I will do without a second thought."

Lucian smiled and nodded. "First, you need to travel the world and create deep, hidden ruins that would be impossible to find, all relating to this. They need to be connected to our story."

"During this time, Annabeth and I will be publishing the books. Then I want you to take on the identity of an archaeologist and 'discover' these very ruins, presenting them to the world."

Annabeth added, "When the ruins are discovered, people will begin to see the connection between our stories and the real world. Lucian and I will take on different identities as the authors. When asked how we came up with the story, we'll say it's a funny story—that we both dreamed it. When we realized we had different dreams about the exact same thing, we decided to write a story based on those dreams."

Lucian pointed to Beatrice. "This is where your other identities come into play. First, you'll be the owner of a book club where you, with a bunch of people, try to dissect every detail of the books. But in reality, you'll be an occultist, the actual leader of one. You'll preach about how everything is coming together, how the story and the ruins are a message from us—the two protagonists in the stories."

"You'll tell people that we need their help, their faith. That the ruins Annabeth's protagonist made were so people wouldn't forget about them, to keep believing. We need people's faith to keep the barrier active, but since people have forgotten, we are growing weaker and the barrier is coming undone."

Lucian took a deep breath to calm himself, as he was getting too excited. Annabeth wasn't any different.

Leaning back on each other, Annabeth sighed. "This is crazy, I hope you know that," she said with a large smile.

Lucian chuckled. "I know... but I'm unexpectedly having so much fun," he said, closing his eyes.

Annabeth also closed her eyes and giggled. "I wasn't complaining."

Annabeth then let out a sigh as they continued their planning, "The books will have lines which Beatrice will take and turn them all into a Bible. Once the Occult gets enough traction it will undoubtedly become a church. When that happens, our identities as authors will be turned into messengers."

"Then we also need to worry about the other gods trying to interfere and stop this. This is why I'm having Beatrice be the main person for all of this. Even if she is killed, she'll just respawn in my shadow," Lucian said.

Annabeth then let out another heavy sigh, "Lucian… I hate to say this… but I think we will need their help."

"Huh? Whose help?" Lucian said, turning to look at Annabeth in confusion.

"The help of the Three Fates—"

"Nope, absolutely not," Lucian adamantly denied without a second thought.

"You think I want to ask for their help as well? I'm thinking about all of the different possibilities, all of the different outcomes, every possible cause and effect. And for the most part, we are relying heavily on luck. You and I both know luck is a very big part of all of this, and we're not always going to be lucky. You yourself said it, Lucian, one of the reasons they chose you is because you were the strongest out of all of the other possibilities."

Lucian let out a loud grumble, "Why did I have to be born so beautiful and irresistible? This is why they say beauty is a curse," he said as he moved around the papers with drawings of ruins and symbols.

Annabeth slowly turned to look at him and gave him a deadpan look.

Lucian closed his eyes as he sighed, "I might be immature for saying this, but I'm still not doing it. It is something I'm sticking to my guns about… but I'll consider it."

Annabeth smiled as she nodded, "It was only a suggestion anyways. Now for the titles for our books."

"I already thought of mine, here," Lucian said, sliding a piece of paper with a title.

Annabeth picked it up and looked at the design of the title. It was dark red with black smoke coming out of it. She then read it out loud, "Ascension Through Paradoxes: Book 1: Arise."

Annabeth nodded her head, "Much better than the one you first suggested."

"Are you really throwing shade right now?"

"No?"

"Good, then. What's yours?"

It was Annabeth's turn to present her title to Lucian. He saw how it was made out of grey, crumbling stone, like it would break apart any minute now. "A Journey Through Ruins: Book 1: Awakening."

"This is good," Lucian said with an impressed look.

Annabeth smiled and nodded her head, "Obviously."

Annabeth suddenly had an idea. She used her recently gained ability and projected a 3D blueprint of a ruin.

"Oh?" Lucian said as he looked at it.

"With this, we can create ideas for ruins, thus making it perfect. Actually, I think this should help me advance with my potion, since we'll be making more than one, don't you think?" she smirked, as the 3D image slowly spun around in front of her.

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A/N: A few things I want to say…

First, everyone's idea was amazing. I really had a tough time choosing, so I combined some of the best ones I saw. I hope you liked them 

Second, I actually started a patron like many Suggested, as some of you who read my other fics have seen. Although I don't really have advanced chapters for my 3 fics… but I do have a new one, yall can check out, Just exclusive to Patron, it's called [I Am Iron-Man (MHA)], it has 12 chapters 👉👈

patreon.com/Shadow_D_Monarch3

And Third, it's something I keep wanting to mention but keep on forgetting and then remembering after I post the chapter. This Fic is the first of one out of all my fics to reach 20k in collections, which in my opinion is absolutely crazy, since all of the great fics I have seen have been around the 20k collection mark, so seeing this for something I myself created it's mind blowing in my opinion. I just wanted to thank everyone for the support 🙏 ❤ 


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