Chapter 1899 Lilith"s Memories. XI (End)
Nimo"s alter ego listened to her order instantly, disappearing towards the Quantum realm. It took him no time to find the Echoing Tower, but entering it was a different story.
He was forced to wait many years before the entrance opened up, but due to the ma.s.sive time difference between the realms, it changed nothing.
After he went inside, the first thing that came before him was the ma.s.sive dreadful eye on the sky, making the tenants realize that the tower"s topmost floor was the hundredth!
"No wonder the map was found on this floor, the upper ones didn"t exist during the mapping," Thor remarked.
"I am more confused about Lilith"s reasoning for doing this." Candace wondered, "Does her future information go as far as Felix entering the tower? Or did she just take a guess?"
"It must be an educated guess." Felix knitted his eyebrows, "She understood that there would come a time when I might enter the Echoing Tower to retrieve the stone of reality."
"She wanted to help you one last time before she loses her powers," Thor added as he watched Nimo"s alter ego map out the tower, floor by floor.
He used his laws whenever needed to survive the floors" peculiar mechanism. Since the seven sins laws worked perfectly in the tower, he found not much struggle even when he was all alone.
After a decent period and many tough moments, Nimo"s alter ego managed to map out the tower and detail every floor"s mechanism before writing them all on a giant monolith.
Returning to the hundredth floor, he strode purposefully to the stone of reality on the first floor and came to a halt directly in front of the miasma cloud.
Lilith swiftly retook control and gazed at the stone of reality with a hint of intrigue, wondering if it would show her a new vision.
"Hmmm?"
However, the moment she took a step inside the miasma, she came to a shocking discovery.
The stone of reality was rejecting her advances!
"That"s it?" Lilith raised an eyebrow, "Is my role finished?"
Silence.
The stone of reality refused to let her get any closer and if she were to force it, she knew that her fate would be similar to Ura.n.u.s.
Thus, she shrugged her shoulders and turned around, leaving one last statement, "I have done my part, it"s on him now."
Lilith sent Nimo"s alter ego to the hundredth floor and made him place the giant monolith somewhere visible. Then, it erased his existence once and for all.
Felix paused the memories.
"Her impact on your life can be said to be monumental. To even predict your next move and prepare ahead to help you out...Sigh, she really pulled all stops to ensure reaching the other side." Elder Kraken said with a wry smile.
"While she did all of this for her own selfish reasons, it still doesn"t change the fact that your life would have been drastically different without her interference." Lady Sphinx said.
The tenants nodded in agreement.
"If it"s just for selfish reasons, why did she have to sacrifice herself at the end for Mom"s sake?" Nimo asked in confusion.
The tenants nodded in agreement.
"If it"s just for selfish reasons, why did she have to sacrifice herself at the end for Mom"s sake?" Nimo asked in confusion.
"That"s what we are going to find out," Felix said with a cold look as he skipped through Lilith"s memories until he reached the end.
He stopped the moment he exposed the ma.s.sive snake, biting into Asna"s core. This time, they witnessed the conflict from Lilith"s perspective.
"Well, this is an unexpected turn of events." Lilith uttered coldly as he gazed at the snake, realizing that her plan was about to be ruined at its final steps.
"If the three rulers repossessed Asna"s soul with her core, it"s a game over for me." She had been awaiting Asna"s rebirth with great patience, and this wasn"t the ending she had hoped for.
The worst part? She could see that Felix was somewhat hopeless in this situation as he had no time to take care of the snake before Asna"s soul concluded its rebirth.
When she saw that he was about to blow Asna"s soul again, she shook her head, "A good counter-measure, but a little bit too late."
Knowing that their fate was sealed, Lilith glanced above, like she was staring directly into Felix"s eyes, and showed a faint hopeless smile, "All I ever wanted is to see the other side again..."
Before Felix and the tenants could react, Lilith joined the confrontation and used Core Flare Cleansing.
It erased the divine snake, but at the same time, it disintegrated Lilith with it.
The memories ended the moment she was dead, the screen turning black, akin to a movie ending abruptly.
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The tenants were left gazing at the black screen in silence, many thoughts roaming their minds about the whole situation.
All of them knew that Lilith was addressing Felix at the end with her thoughts, knowing that after her death, Asna would inherit her memories due to the connection they shared.
While she didn"t make it direct or beg him outright, it was obvious that she was wis.h.i.+ng for him to see the whole picture and help her achieve her dream too, just like she helped him.
After a brief silence, Lady Sphinx turned to Felix and asked, "What do you think?"
"Her ways were questionable, but she still has placed a bet on me," Felix uttered with a strict tone.
If he wasn"t in complete control of his emotions, he wouldn"t have been this calm about it. His mind and heart would have already turned his soul into a battlefield, one thinking rationally and the other emotionally.
When it came to rationality, Lilith had shown everyone that every move of hers was in Felix"s future benefit even if it made her be perceived as the bad guy.
On the other hand, it was nearly impossible to forget what Lilith had put him through as his heart was burning for years to avenge itself.
Now, it found out that all of those emotions were for naught...Such a drastic change would be difficult for anyone to accept.
But, Felix was a celestial now and his rationally always came first in such decisions, making him understand that his enemies currently, weren"t Lilith, but the three rulers.
"Whether she has done all of this for her selfish reasons or not, the point still stands that I wouldn"t be here without her diabolical manipulation." Felix decided calmly, "I will revive her when I deal with the three rulers."
"That"s the smartest choice." Thor approved.
The rest of the tenants agreed too, knowing that even if Lilith was revived, she would no longer have any power over Felix.
After everything that he had seen, he didn"t mind allowing Lilith to see the other side one last time.
But for now, he had to focus on what was about to come.
"Asna, the chains will ensnare you in less than three seconds." Felix shared calmly, "Are you ready?"
"I have been ready for more than twenty million years," Asna uttered coldly, her demeanor not matching her holy aura.
With a head nod, Felix tapped his finger on her forehead and obtained all the information related to her awakening.
He knew that she might not have turned out to be the universe"s consciousness replacùmeent as everyone predicted, but the awakening did make her a true celestial after unlocking all the laws in her possession.
In other words, she was the only being in the universe with full control over all laws...Even the seven sins, creation, and destruction!
Thus, her spiritual pressure might be similar to Felix and the three rulers due to them being all at the same rank, but their a.r.s.enal was entirely different.
That"s what Felix came to find out after reading the information, making his lips crack into a cold smirk.
"With our powers combined, they wouldn"t know what hit them."
"I am counting on it." Asna narrowed her eyes, "I have no interest in making the battle last long."
"Likewise."
Felix reached out with his hand and caught Asna"s hand. Then, he waited until the last moment before the chains could wrap themselves on her, and teleported to the void realm!
The moment they reappeared, similar golden chains manifested out of nowhere and took hold of Felix akin to a hostage. Then, it started to pull him into an emerging golden portal with Asna still in hand.
Felix gazed at the portal, then at the universe he was leaving behind, before finally setting his eyes on his beloved.
With a faint warm smile, he said, "This is our first and last battle...Let"s show them the monsters they have created with their own hands."
"First and last battle, huh?" Asna smiled back, squeezing his hand, "Who can tell? It doesn"t seem like there is nothing on the other side."
"I know, but whatever is on there, as long as we are together, me and you, nothing can hurt us." Felix uttered coldly, "The three rulers are the first to have a taste."
The moment the last word left Felix"s lips, their bodies got dragged into the portal, disappearing at once.
The portal closed behind them almost immediately, seemingly sparing the mortals of the matter universe from witnessing something, their minds couldn"t fathom even if they tried.
A battle that would define the future of the universe for the next eons to come...