Chapter 208: 208 – Nexus
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A saddened look entered the eyes of the Edith from the future, but she quickly shook her head.
"My love," she whispered softly and stroked Lirian's face with a look of guilt, "The situation that made you create the nexus is simple at a glance but also extremely complex, I can't tell you any of the details, but I will tell you this, the nexus was a small part of the spell you cast,"
"I know that everything you've experienced may have seemed meaningless, but there was a purpose behind it all, a greater purpose that you designed yourself," Edith said with teary eyes, but most of all in her eyes was guilt.
"What are you trying to say?" Lirian asked with a startled expression as he starred into the depths of her eyes, he could see a battle taking place in her mind, she was struggling with whether she should continue or stop.
With a great deal of effort she shook her head and looked at Lirian with an apologetic smile, "I think that I've already said to much," she said softly then she tore her gaze away from Lirian with great effort to look at the world.
"You are truly one that never tires of destroying," she said with a saddened tone as the world continued to crumble.
"This world deserves it," Lirian whispered, "Even if I'm able to speak to you now, how much time do we even have, five minutes? Ten minutes? An hour or a day?"
"So, what if I have a little bit of extra time with you, you'll be gone and I'll have still lost you," Lirian replied.
"I'm tired of living, I just want everything to come to an end, and this is my chance to finally rest, I know what you want me to do, but I've already chosen my path!" Lirian said he was unwilling to change his decision.
"You're so head strong," Edith said with a smile, "It's probably why I was so taken by you," she said with a look of reminiscence in her sapphire blue eyes.
"I may not be able to change your mind after all I'm not your Edith, but I know someone who just might be able to do the trick!" she said coming closer to Lirian.
"Farwell my love," she said with a breaking voice and pressed her lips against his.
Lirian didn't try to stop her as he indulged himself in her taste but as they kissed he felt the other worldly aura disappear from Edith.
Lirian quickly grabbed her with a worried look in his eyes but seeing as she was still breathing he looked at her curiously.
"Lirian!" Edith cried out and wrapped her arms around him hugging him tightly, the enchanting and mature voice she had from earlier disappeared but her voice had just as powerful an impact on Lirian's heart.
It was Edith, his Edith he wrapped in a hug, he wanted to pull her close to him with all his strength but with his current power he had to be very careful, he could easily crush her to death by accident.
They remained like that for a long time, locked in a tight hug without saying a word, they didn't need words to communicate their feelings, it was all there in their embrace, from that alone they could understand the feelings of each other.
A long time passed before Lirian loosened his grip on her slightly and pressed his head against hers, their every breath kissing each-others skin.
"Edith you probably want to know what's going on?" Lirian said gently with burdened eyes, he didn't know how to tell her that their time was limited, it was the last thing he wanted to even think about now that he had her in his arms but it was the only thing he could think off.
But to his surprise she shook her head, "The moment that I-I-I died," Edith stammered slightly and rubbed the place on her back where the dagger entered her body, "That other me started to talk to me!" she said with a look of disbelief in her eyes.
It was as if she was still struggling to understand what happened and talking about another version of herself was disconcerting on her mind.
Lirian didn't blame her she was just a child, the mysteries of cultivation were still unknown her to her, she knew more about the strength that came with cultivation and very little about its miraculous side.
"I saw everything that happened to you after I died, and all the while she was speaking to me whispering things that sounded impossible, but as I watched you I started to believe them!" she said slowly with a perplexing look in her eyes.
She looked at Lirian for a confirmation that it wasn't a dream and everything she heard was real, to which Lirian nodded his head, he wasn't sure what the Edith of the future told her, but he doubted that she'd lie to herself.
"So, you really used to be a god?!" Edith asked with a look of expectation and also disbelief in her eyes.
"Yes," Lirian nodded with a strained smile, to him reaching godhood wasn't anything to special, but too her it was probably a realm that she didn't even dare to dream of touching, how few gods ever existed, and every last one of their names shook the entire universe they belonged to.
"It's no wonder you beat me at everything, you cheater!" Edith laughed loudly and pointed at Lirian, her sudden change took Lirian by surprise, but he was glad to see her smile.
"When you live as long as I have you're bound to learn a few things," Lirian said rubbing his head embarrassedly.
A smile appeared on Edith's face as she got her answer, "Hump, too think that I actually doubted my own ability because of you," she said with a wronged look and pouted at Lirian.
"Well even if I told you that I was a many trillion year old reincarnated god, you would have thought I was crazy," Lirian complained but the smile on his face never left, this was the Edith he remembered, the Edith who'd call him dressed in very revealing clothes and flaunt herself to him a little while talking none stop for hours about silly ignition powder weapons.
The skies continued to rage and the earth continued to burn as they spoke cheerily for hours on end in the eye of the storm like doomsday hadn't come for the world.
Many hours passed when Edith looked to her hand and she breathed out a heavy breath before turning to look at Lirian again, she could tell that time was almost up she'd be lying if she said she wasn't terrified but she wanted Lirian to remember her as someone strong.
"Lirian please stop what you're doing!" Edith said in a pleading tone as she looked at the world, "That other me told me what the price will be if you go through with this!" she said with a look of concern.
But Lirian shook his head, "You heard me earlier, I'm not going to stop, I've made my decision!" his stance was firm and unyielding.
"Is this the way the great god Samsara wants his legacy to end, a death by suicide a death that no one will remember!" Edith shouted at Lirian desperately as she tried to persuade him to keep living.
"Edith you should know that I've never cared how the world see's me, and I care even less about my legacy, and so what if I'm forgotten all things are eventually forgotten in the river time," Lirian replied with a calm smile.
Even without the black mists affecting his mind he had made his decision, there was such a thing as living for too long and he believed that he was an embodiment of that belief.
"Liar!" Edith cried, "I heard you earlier when you were speaking to my remains, you said that that you wanted to be accepted, and you know that wasn't a lie, its what you said when you were at your lowest, that isn't the desire of someone that doesn't care about how the world see him,"
Lirian's eye's snapped wide open at her evaluation of him with a perplexing look in his eyes, but he shook his head denying the thought, it was just a deduction she made, it couldn't be true, Lirian thought to calm himself.
"I gave up my life so that you could live!" Edith cried in outrage and desperation, "Are you going to waste my sacrifice, I know many things about you Lirian but I never took you to be an ungrateful fool!"
"If you don't live through this, I'll regret my decision through every one of my reincarnations until my soul is extinguished, if you don't survive this then you're not worth my sacrifice!" Edith shouted and sobbed at the same time doing everything in her power to guilt Lirian into living.
Lirian could deny anything she said about him, but those words about him wasting her sacrifice cut deep, so deep that it filled him with anguish.
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A saddened look entered the eyes of the Edith from the future, but she quickly shook her head.
"My love," she whispered softly and stroked Lirian's face with a look of guilt, "The situation that made you create the nexus is simple at a glance but also extremely complex, I can't tell you any of the details, but I will tell you this, the nexus was a small part of the spell you cast,"
"I know that everything you've experienced may have seemed meaningless, but there was a purpose behind it all, a greater purpose that you designed yourself," Edith said with teary eyes, but most of all in her eyes was guilt.
"What are you trying to say?" Lirian asked with a startled expression as he starred into the depths of her eyes, he could see a battle taking place in her mind, she was struggling with whether she should continue or stop.
With a great deal of effort she shook her head and looked at Lirian with an apologetic smile, "I think that I've already said to much," she said softly then she tore her gaze away from Lirian with great effort to look at the world.
"You are truly one that never tires of destroying," she said with a saddened tone as the world continued to crumble.
"This world deserves it," Lirian whispered, "Even if I'm able to speak to you now, how much time do we even have, five minutes? Ten minutes? An hour or a day?"
"So, what if I have a little bit of extra time with you, you'll be gone and I'll have still lost you," Lirian replied.
"I'm tired of living, I just want everything to come to an end, and this is my chance to finally rest, I know what you want me to do, but I've already chosen my path!" Lirian said he was unwilling to change his decision.
"You're so head strong," Edith said with a smile, "It's probably why I was so taken by you," she said with a look of reminiscence in her sapphire blue eyes.
"I may not be able to change your mind after all I'm not your Edith, but I know someone who just might be able to do the trick!" she said coming closer to Lirian.
"Farwell my love," she said with a breaking voice and pressed her lips against his.
Lirian didn't try to stop her as he indulged himself in her taste but as they kissed he felt the other worldly aura disappear from Edith.
Lirian quickly grabbed her with a worried look in his eyes but seeing as she was still breathing he looked at her curiously.
"Lirian!" Edith cried out and wrapped her arms around him hugging him tightly, the enchanting and mature voice she had from earlier disappeared but her voice had just as powerful an impact on Lirian's heart.
It was Edith, his Edith he wrapped in a hug, he wanted to pull her close to him with all his strength but with his current power he had to be very careful, he could easily crush her to death by accident.
They remained like that for a long time, locked in a tight hug without saying a word, they didn't need words to communicate their feelings, it was all there in their embrace, from that alone they could understand the feelings of each other.
A long time passed before Lirian loosened his grip on her slightly and pressed his head against hers, their every breath kissing each-others skin.
"Edith you probably want to know what's going on?" Lirian said gently with burdened eyes, he didn't know how to tell her that their time was limited, it was the last thing he wanted to even think about now that he had her in his arms but it was the only thing he could think off.
But to his surprise she shook her head, "The moment that I-I-I died," Edith stammered slightly and rubbed the place on her back where the dagger entered her body, "That other me started to talk to me!" she said with a look of disbelief in her eyes.
It was as if she was still struggling to understand what happened and talking about another version of herself was disconcerting on her mind.
Lirian didn't blame her she was just a child, the mysteries of cultivation were still unknown her to her, she knew more about the strength that came with cultivation and very little about its miraculous side.
"I saw everything that happened to you after I died, and all the while she was speaking to me whispering things that sounded impossible, but as I watched you I started to believe them!" she said slowly with a perplexing look in her eyes.
She looked at Lirian for a confirmation that it wasn't a dream and everything she heard was real, to which Lirian nodded his head, he wasn't sure what the Edith of the future told her, but he doubted that she'd lie to herself.
"So, you really used to be a god?!" Edith asked with a look of expectation and also disbelief in her eyes.
"Yes," Lirian nodded with a strained smile, to him reaching godhood wasn't anything to special, but too her it was probably a realm that she didn't even dare to dream of touching, how few gods ever existed, and every last one of their names shook the entire universe they belonged to.
"It's no wonder you beat me at everything, you cheater!" Edith laughed loudly and pointed at Lirian, her sudden change took Lirian by surprise, but he was glad to see her smile.
"When you live as long as I have you're bound to learn a few things," Lirian said rubbing his head embarrassedly.
A smile appeared on Edith's face as she got her answer, "Hump, too think that I actually doubted my own ability because of you," she said with a wronged look and pouted at Lirian.
"Well even if I told you that I was a many trillion year old reincarnated god, you would have thought I was crazy," Lirian complained but the smile on his face never left, this was the Edith he remembered, the Edith who'd call him dressed in very revealing clothes and flaunt herself to him a little while talking none stop for hours about silly ignition powder weapons.
The skies continued to rage and the earth continued to burn as they spoke cheerily for hours on end in the eye of the storm like doomsday hadn't come for the world.
Many hours passed when Edith looked to her hand and she breathed out a heavy breath before turning to look at Lirian again, she could tell that time was almost up she'd be lying if she said she wasn't terrified but she wanted Lirian to remember her as someone strong.
"Lirian please stop what you're doing!" Edith said in a pleading tone as she looked at the world, "That other me told me what the price will be if you go through with this!" she said with a look of concern.
But Lirian shook his head, "You heard me earlier, I'm not going to stop, I've made my decision!" his stance was firm and unyielding.
"Is this the way the great god Samsara wants his legacy to end, a death by suicide a death that no one will remember!" Edith shouted at Lirian desperately as she tried to persuade him to keep living.
"Edith you should know that I've never cared how the world see's me, and I care even less about my legacy, and so what if I'm forgotten all things are eventually forgotten in the river time," Lirian replied with a calm smile.
Even without the black mists affecting his mind he had made his decision, there was such a thing as living for too long and he believed that he was an embodiment of that belief.
"Liar!" Edith cried, "I heard you earlier when you were speaking to my remains, you said that that you wanted to be accepted, and you know that wasn't a lie, its what you said when you were at your lowest, that isn't the desire of someone that doesn't care about how the world see him,"
Lirian's eye's snapped wide open at her evaluation of him with a perplexing look in his eyes, but he shook his head denying the thought, it was just a deduction she made, it couldn't be true, Lirian thought to calm himself.
"I gave up my life so that you could live!" Edith cried in outrage and desperation, "Are you going to waste my sacrifice, I know many things about you Lirian but I never took you to be an ungrateful fool!"
"If you don't live through this, I'll regret my decision through every one of my reincarnations until my soul is extinguished, if you don't survive this then you're not worth my sacrifice!" Edith shouted and sobbed at the same time doing everything in her power to guilt Lirian into living.
Lirian could deny anything she said about him, but those words about him wasting her sacrifice cut deep, so deep that it filled him with anguish.
A saddened look entered the eyes of the Edith from the future, but she quickly shook her head. "My love," she whispered softly and stroked Lirian's face with a look of guilt, "The situation that made you create the nexus is simple at a glance but also extremely complex, I can't tell you any of the details, but I will tell you this, the nexus was a small part of the spell you cast," "I know that everything you've experienced may have seemed meaningless, but there was a purpose behind it all, a greater purpose that you designed yourself," Edith said with teary eyes, but most of all in her eyes was guilt. "What are you trying to say?" Lirian asked with a startled expression as he starred into the depths of her eyes, he could see a battle taking place in her mind, she was struggling with whether she should continue or stop. With a great deal of effort she shook her head and looked at Lirian with an apologetic smile, "I think that I've already said to much," she said softly then she tore her gaze away from Lirian with great effort to look at the world. "You are truly one that never tires of destroying," she said with a saddened tone as the world continued to crumble. "This world deserves it," Lirian whispered, "Even if I'm able to speak to you now, how much time do we even have, five minutes? Ten minutes? An hour or a day?" "So, what if I have a little bit of extra time with you, you'll be gone and I'll have still lost you," Lirian replied. "I'm tired of living, I just want everything to come to an end, and this is my chance to finally rest, I know what you want me to do, but I've already chosen my path!" Lirian said he was unwilling to change his decision. "You're so head strong," Edith said with a smile, "It's probably why I was so taken by you," she said with a look of reminiscence in her sapphire blue eyes. "I may not be able to change your mind after all I'm not your Edith, but I know someone who just might be able to do the trick!" she said coming closer to Lirian. "Farwell my love," she said with a breaking voice and pressed her lips against his. Lirian didn't try to stop her as he indulged himself in her taste but as they kissed he felt the other worldly aura disappear from Edith. Lirian quickly grabbed her with a worried look in his eyes but seeing as she was still breathing he looked at her curiously. "Lirian!" Edith cried out and wrapped her arms around him hugging him tightly, the enchanting and mature voice she had from earlier disappeared but her voice had just as powerful an impact on Lirian's heart. It was Edith, his Edith he wrapped in a hug, he wanted to pull her close to him with all his strength but with his current power he had to be very careful, he could easily crush her to death by accident. They remained like that for a long time, locked in a tight hug without saying a word, they didn't need words to communicate their feelings, it was all there in their embrace, from that alone they could understand the feelings of each other. A long time passed before Lirian loosened his grip on her slightly and pressed his head against hers, their every breath kissing each-others skin. "Edith you probably want to know what's going on?" Lirian said gently with burdened eyes, he didn't know how to tell her that their time was limited, it was the last thing he wanted to even think about now that he had her in his arms but it was the only thing he could think off. But to his surprise she shook her head, "The moment that I-I-I died," Edith stammered slightly and rubbed the place on her back where the dagger entered her body, "That other me started to talk to me!" she said with a look of disbelief in her eyes. It was as if she was still struggling to understand what happened and talking about another version of herself was disconcerting on her mind. Lirian didn't blame her she was just a child, the mysteries of cultivation were still unknown her to her, she knew more about the strength that came with cultivation and very little about its miraculous side. "I saw everything that happened to you after I died, and all the while she was speaking to me whispering things that sounded impossible, but as I watched you I started to believe them!" she said slowly with a perplexing look in her eyes. She looked at Lirian for a confirmation that it wasn't a dream and everything she heard was real, to which Lirian nodded his head, he wasn't sure what the Edith of the future told her, but he doubted that she'd lie to herself. "So, you really used to be a god?!" Edith asked with a look of expectation and also disbelief in her eyes. "Yes," Lirian nodded with a strained smile, to him reaching godhood wasn't anything to special, but too her it was probably a realm that she didn't even dare to dream of touching, how few gods ever existed, and every last one of their names shook the entire universe they belonged to. "It's no wonder you beat me at everything, you cheater!" Edith laughed loudly and pointed at Lirian, her sudden change took Lirian by surprise, but he was glad to see her smile. "When you live as long as I have you're bound to learn a few things," Lirian said rubbing his head embarrassedly. A smile appeared on Edith's face as she got her answer, "Hump, too think that I actually doubted my own ability because of you," she said with a wronged look and pouted at Lirian. "Well even if I told you that I was a many trillion year old reincarnated god, you would have thought I was crazy," Lirian complained but the smile on his face never left, this was the Edith he remembered, the Edith who'd call him dressed in very revealing clothes and flaunt herself to him a little while talking none stop for hours about silly ignition powder weapons. The skies continued to rage and the earth continued to burn as they spoke cheerily for hours on end in the eye of the storm like doomsday hadn't come for the world. Many hours passed when Edith looked to her hand and she breathed out a heavy breath before turning to look at Lirian again, she could tell that time was almost up she'd be lying if she said she wasn't terrified but she wanted Lirian to remember her as someone strong. "Lirian please stop what you're doing!" Edith said in a pleading tone as she looked at the world, "That other me told me what the price will be if you go through with this!" she said with a look of concern. But Lirian shook his head, "You heard me earlier, I'm not going to stop, I've made my decision!" his stance was firm and unyielding. "Is this the way the great god Samsara wants his legacy to end, a death by suicide a death that no one will remember!" Edith shouted at Lirian desperately as she tried to persuade him to keep living. "Edith you should know that I've never cared how the world see's me, and I care even less about my legacy, and so what if I'm forgotten all things are eventually forgotten in the river time," Lirian replied with a calm smile. Even without the black mists affecting his mind he had made his decision, there was such a thing as living for too long and he believed that he was an embodiment of that belief. "Liar!" Edith cried, "I heard you earlier when you were speaking to my remains, you said that that you wanted to be accepted, and you know that wasn't a lie, its what you said when you were at your lowest, that isn't the desire of someone that doesn't care about how the world see him," Lirian's eye's snapped wide open at her evaluation of him with a perplexing look in his eyes, but he shook his head denying the thought, it was just a deduction she made, it couldn't be true, Lirian thought to calm himself. "I gave up my life so that you could live!" Edith cried in outrage and desperation, "Are you going to waste my sacrifice, I know many things about you Lirian but I never took you to be an ungrateful fool!" "If you don't live through this, I'll regret my decision through every one of my reincarnations until my soul is extinguished, if you don't survive this then you're not worth my sacrifice!" Edith shouted and sobbed at the same time doing everything in her power to guilt Lirian into living. Lirian could deny anything she said about him, but those words about him wasting her sacrifice cut deep, so deep that it filled him with anguish.
