" come on let's go meet Gaia " " Wait is it because I took Odin's throne " " Yeah but also because of your connection and your background , she will recognize you as someone different from Zeus and Odin which is already a lot for her considering her attempt to overthrow Zeus with Typhon "
" But I don't know how to be responsible like Zeus and Odin " Ikuta said " It's alright she only cares about your character moreover you're more like a great warrior you should still go to school with your friends " Ikuta smiled thinking about school and an assignment he had .
" I'll be calling Aichel to come with us too we have to talk to her about the sky islands , Chaos will take you there " Ikuta followed Chaos into the mirror world and watched them create a room to move .
" Can you do this in the real world too ? " " Yes , but I'd rather not bother to do it over there it could get messy if I put the wrong room in the wrong slot "
' So that's why Zhack was so happy to play around it ' " Ikuta please try to excuse Gaia's words for you if I assume she might be hostile , she might make something to go after you but please hold back against her "
Ikuta nodded as he knew how many powerful figures originated from Gaia " Can Nyx also do the same thing ? " " You have already seen her give birth to many powerful beings "
" What about Tartarus ? " " Ahh my other son , he is a bit secular and introverted so he barely creates anything that can think he is the one who made the great weapon and can only make inanimate objects "
" Then are those souls that were at Muspelheim your children ? " " No they were more like lifeforms that sprouted from my creations naturally , you don't have to think of them as my direct creations but more like indirect because of that I asked them to help me create Nyx and asked Odin to throw them out "
They arrived at the forest of nymphs and a few greeted them " Hello Tae " " Hello patron " they both walked through the forest with the nymphs guiding them through the spell that confuses outsiders and arrived at a small hill with Gaia and Demeter there " Hello Gaia are you feeling well ? "
Gaia turned with her body covered by vegetation " AHH Chaos it's been so long " Gaia was surprised by Chaos's unfamiliar attitude " First I would like to apologize for making you go through all that pain for the past years when your children fell into Tartarus , I thought you were ready to leave ... The nest "
Gaia understood Chaos's words " They were my mistakes I was the one who was still young I had also made mistakes , when the life that grew on me was changing I tried to destroy it which is no different from me trying to destroy Zeus "
Ikuta greeted Demeter while the parent and child caught up on each other " Hi Demeter " " Hello Ikuta I heard you are occupying the throne right now " Ikuta nodded .
" How is it " " Well only greeting the Einherjar was hard , Atsuki was fighting them for training and she gets to control her strength too but she gets excited so Zhack and Stork are helping her "
" That twin of yours is similar to you except more curious maybe because she is young ? " " Yep , she's also me if I never had seen dad " Demeter remembered about what Ikuta was " I suppose that's the part that makes her reflect you "
Ikuta nodded " I'm still fine with knowing about my dad , cause that means I know dad cared about me " " I wonder what it would be like if Father Cronus had cared for us instead "
" It would be great actually " Harry said " I looked at the false timeline and you were pretty strong according to the stories the world was even more peaceful and stronger too "
" That makes sense internal conflict is the unnecessary conflict that weakens it , which is why the appearance of the abyss had allowed everyone to unite and cooperate even though a few had intentions to benefit from it like a cult that wished for Ragnarok to gain a steady supply of black mana derived from gods "
Ikuta remembered Odin's madness that remains present due to the absence of his crows and wolves ' But why didn't Chara heal him too ? ' Chara appears with Aichel and Redun " Hey how did she react ? " Aichel asked " She is still talking with Chaos " " Then we'll get on line"
" Wait what am I supposed to tell her ? " Ikuta asked " You could just say that you're on the throne of the ruler of Asgard " Redun said " Last time we saw Gaia she wanted us gone because of our work in accelerating the evolution of her life and dividing it , it was tough to argue with her especially since I had to leave Redun to protect out dungeon city from the disasters "
Ikuta was curious about what it was like " What was Gaia like ? " " She's like those who try to protect the environment except she always opposes civilization tampering with life which you know as genetic engineering " Aichel said " She also didn't like me messing up with the geographic order or something because it was making her sick " Redun said .
" Maybe you can relate with her because Zhack has been messing with space and making you sick and Redun here is making so much changes on her body "
" Hey I was doing it for the population we have , I had to accommodate them " " Well now that our land is separate from Gaia we can do whatever we like , however she might tell us about our waste products " Aichel commented .
" Then does Nyx also feel pain ? " " Yes , but who would dare to mess with their sun ? Moreover even after you destroy it she's got countless other more " " Oh that's true " " But one shattered space barrier is more than enough to wipe out one star " Chara mentioned .
" Yeah although I don't feel hurt if you dropped a nuclear bomb on our city since I'm just the command center and I won't be affected in any way although it would be a problem to fix it later " Redun boasted .
" Meanwhile you don't have to repair anything after all the void is the same everywhere the only problem is it responds to whatever occupies it as a threat , or it could change like mother's power since you accepted it " Chara said .
" That's true Chaos did use my body to explain it , kinda like how if you get sick you have to release antibodies or if you have food you digest it , except the problem is my body thinks the world is food " Ikuta said .
" Ikuta I have finished talking with Gaia already it's your turn " Chaos said and Ikuta went to Gaia " So you're that child that is making so much trouble for Chaos " " Oh yeah it's tough being the one that controls the void "
" It is , isn't it ? But the fact that you were able to do such a thing is very impressive , no mere mortal can do such a thing and from what I've heard you have always been a normal human breaking through your limits constantly "
" Chaos told you that ? " " Yes , even back then teachers would always talk about their apprentice but seems like you also became theirs " " Yeah it's because of how similar we are apparently and how I'm eating the world "
Gaia looked at Ikuta " So which part does it hurt ? " " Oh it only appears when the space barrier is broken even if I move fast it doesn't feel much the problem is if I'm going too fast which is hard to tell " Gaia observed Ikuta's soul .
" It seems to have complete control of the void , it's amazing " " It's not that amazing " " Of course it is Chaos was the void before until they created which left the void for someone to gain dominion over and you took it "
" But I'm still new " " Even so maybe because you have lived in creation it allowed you to be able to influence the void to follow your command , while Chaos lives the emptiness of the void and escaped it by creating , you returned to the void perhaps due to the pain of existence "
Ikuta nodded " But it seems you have come to terms about it , that plan of resurrecting your father ? " " Yeah I wanna see him again and maybe just grow up normally . " Gaia chuckled seeing Ikuta's confusion about the future " Of course , you are young you shouldn't have to be concerned about these things "
" But I have to , So I have to keep getting stronger " Gaia looks at Ikuta's body and Mago that stayed in him " Hmm you know you can use those memories you have in you " Ikuta wondered what Gaia meant and she continued .
" I am very familiar with the abyss it was the last thing I saw before I was put to sleep , the fact that you now possess it means you should be able to access whatever the abyss has stored "
Ikuta remembered the abyss's properties " You mean it's in here ? " " So you don't sense it well . You should try to unlock it some way I'm sure you'll find someone who knows how " " Oh thanks Gaia ... uhhh " Ikuta didn't know if that was the end and Gaia assured him and he left to go back to Asgard to find Chaos .
" I am in your debt in many ways " Ikuta wondered what Chaos meant by that as he remembered Chaos not interfering ' Maybe it's like dad whenever he praises them '
Ikuta decided to go somewhere closer and checked on Atsuki to see her fall " oww " " wow someone finally won against her " Ikuta was surprised to see that happening and looked at Atsuki " Dang it I was so close "
Ikuta checked the status of the opponent ' Huh the stats are very high now ' Ikuta looked at the clock Icon and turned it back to see how weak they were before ' Hmm it's just like what Chaos said '
" For the world to move forward someone has to move forward first , you have shown your strength and inspired growth among soldiers , the same can be done with other aspects too the point is you have to make sure you let them know about the path you walk and the rest will follow " Chaos told Ikuta .
" Hey look it's Kid odin " they all said and Ikuta felt embarrassed being called that " Ikuta you have to fight this guy now " Ikuta was surprised by what Atsuki said " What do you mean ? " " I told them if you can beat me they can fight you , Just like those bosses in video games "
Ikuta didn't know if that was good but seeing how all of them were excited he complied " Okay fine " Ikuta walked down and looked at the Shark beastfolk " Uhm your name is " " It's Bask " Ikuta looked at his status screen wondering what he should do .
" Is your weapon still okay ? " Ikuta asked and Bask flexed his great sword that was fashioned after his own lineage " Here it's still in great condition " Ikuta walked to the opposite side of the arena and reached to his waist drawing out a sword from the void letting it take a form as a dark sword .
" Then let's fight " Atsuki jumped to the seats " Go Ikuta " Bask readied his weapon and Ikuta turned to him " an Einherjar blew the horn and as soon as the sound reached Ikuta's ear he waited for it to end . As soon as the silence descends Bask was already running towards Ikuta with all his might.
Ikuta started to walk to Bask who swung his weapon from above . Ikuta walked to the side and raised his sword . He slices Bask's great sword easily and swings it away .
The blade fell out of the cross section amazing Bask " Dang that's crazy " an onlooker said and Bask wondered how many more years it would take to reach him .
' He's not weak I'm just too strong maybe I got strong too quickly , Hypnos did make me sleep for a long time ' " Uhm thank you for this fight sir " Ikuta felt embarrassed to hear it " don't call me that " Bask thought Ikuta's reaction was similar to his own son when he was called sir .
' how do I get them to grow faster we might have to fight again later ' Ikuta tries to think of a solution using himself and Chaos's words to think of one " Hey Everyone if you want to challenge me soon I'll make sure you can fight even with me fighting you "
Everyone was terrified about what Ikuta thought about ' maybe Mimir can help me out later ' Ikuta thought ' But I kinda feel sorry for breaking his weapon ' Ikuta walked passed Bask and to his weapon stabbing them both with a dark blade obtaining a symbol of their blades's halves .
' Then do this ' Ikuta put the slashes together and made them create a symbol with Bask's completely intact sword . He tossed the sword up and gave it a slash with a dark blade creating a white cross that formed Bask's sword " Here you go "
He tossed it over to Bask while thinking about the memories that were in the abyss ' Maybe I can ask Yggdrasil about it ' he walked out of the Valhalla arena and went to Urdarbrunnr .
" Yggdrasil ? " " She's busy " The fates told Ikuta how she was searching for some people to take care of her branches mainly those who pass a certain standards .
' That means I shouldn't bother them ' he looked at Urdarbrunnr who was below threads of fate " That's the well where Odin had learned magic and with the opening of it , it also allowed the world to learn magic too " the fates told Ikuta .
" Is magic all Urdarbrunnr can tell ? " " There are other things that Urdarbrunnr can reveal but it is mostly related to the world " Ikuta wondered how this was created and looked at the well watching the creation of how Urdarbrunnr came to be .
' This was something Chaos made ' Ikuta was impressed by how Chaos made it and left as soon as he was done watching .
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" Did you really make Urdarbrunnr ? " " Yes I did , if you are asking why it's because I wanted a medium to communicate with Gaia back then but as she grew up I decided to stop using it . You're gonna ask how Odin learned runes from it don't you ? "
Ikuta nodded " It's just what I thought as a gift to those who earned it but I never thought that Odin would take that kind of route , It was initially going to be a form of gift to Nyx's children at first but they didn't learn all of it but to think he would hang himself for that long for the well give out the secrets that were hidden behind it "
" So do you think I could use a kind of Urdarbrunnr to open the secrets of the abyss ? " Chaos peaks into the abyss that Ikuta absorbed ' It is possible ' " You can try , let's make this our lesson for today "
Ikuta wondered what kind of secrets he could find and Chaos mentions the properties of the abyss " From what I've read the abyss absorbs what we can call memory which I'm sure Gaia has told you "
" Yep " " Then why not use the treasure apple then ? " " You mean the lifeforce ? " Chaos nodded " You may as well bring those voidlings with you , since you have possession of the abyss you can make them part of the abyss "
Ikuta thought that logic made sense " But for now you must make that well first , the abyss was a very powerful force that absorbed the powers , memories and souls of those that fell inside it , But thankfully I don't sense any souls which means this will be much easier "
Chaos formed a tiny drop " See this ? " " Oh I saw how you made it " " Yes it was a well that is connected to the world or connected to my true body , I have abandoned the entire creation as my body due to how it would restrict many of the life that live here "
" Won't someone else go in ? " " I prepared for that eventuality which is the barrier into Urdarbrunnr , but you must understand that you can also create life from this " Ikuta watched Chaos sprout out a normal bee .
" Now this bee is something of my creation I will teach you how to move an available memory and contain it to act like a soul this however will be very hard but since you froze Mimisbrunnr this won't be a problem for you but you still need to do more than just give a vessel memories "
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' The first step connect the wellspring to the world ' Ikuta accepted the treasure apple as a part of him which allowed the life force water that dripped out to remain connected to Ikuta " Alright now that you have done that remember the method I thought you about containing memory to an artificial soul "
Ikuta starts to enchant the wellspring to freeze a duplicate of the memories and create life from the wellspring giving the memories free reign over the form of the body . The abyss had more than memories from the soul but also from the body .
Ikuta was amazed by the production of the body from an embryo " Make sure they don't break apart " Chaos warned and Ikuta made sure to watch the process tuning the properties of the well .
" Everything is going well now make sure it's connected to you is strengthened further like a contract so that you can command the life that grows in it "
Ikuta observed the massive reservoir of life force water that was continuously spitting out abyssal lifeforms . He quickly adjusted the connection and slowed it down " Great job " Chaos observed the Abyssal creatures impressed by the quality of their forms .
" Congratulations Ikuta this kind of feat is worth celebrating , but how about you try surfacing it to the real world " " I'll try " Ikuta opened a portal and spilled the wellspring water out " Is your connection with the Abyssal creatures stable ? " Chaos asked .
" Yeah I can make them do what I want " Chaos watched them move around according to Ikuta's command " For the void I was assuming that the life force water would freeze considering what the void does " " Oh don't worry I managed to fix that problem " Ikuta said .
" Good consideration perhaps you should be rewarded " " No thanks I already managed to make life with the lifeforce from the treasure apple I think it's good enough to be able to do that " " Do you frequently think of the result of your training as a reward ? " " Yeah but sometimes dad gives me a few more things which I enjoy "
" then I will give you this a result of a work of mine too " Ikuta looked at the chip " I heard this was something you found when you were controlling a black cult it served me greatly when I studied that computer of yours , it helped me develop a base when you got the bestower back "
Ikuta quickly went back home with the Bifrost and used the chip ' What is this ? ' he was excited about what kind of gift this would be and started the chip and watched the screen flooded with runes " Wow " he was surprised to see several unfamiliar runes wondering if this was Chaos's gift for him .
[ Compiling data worthy to gift ]
He recalls Urdarbrunnr who was connected to the world wondering if this was a gift that Chaos intended for him . The screen started to change and all the runes were compiled into separate books ' So this is Chaos's gift for me huh ? '
Ikuta wasn't sure why but it felt like a lot to receive so much of this . He played around the chip and found a select target . He turns to Yggdrasil's roots that were in the sky selecting them and watches many books compiled however they paled in comparison to Ikuta's .
' Maybe there are other runes I can find ' Ikuta went to find Zhack who was fighting the Einherjar training them and silently targeted him ' What why does he get weapons ? ' Ikuta wondered why he never got it but did remember that maybe no other weapons could compare with his void sword .
' but it looks so cool ' he tried moving the arrows and selecting the weapons but it didn't allow him to obtain them ' I'll just give it to Zhack then ' " ZHACK " Zhack turned to see Ikuta and teleported away from an attack " What is it ? " " Here pick one " Zhack looked at the items on the 8-bit display .
" Uhm this fire sword looks cool " Ikuta was unsure of how this may work and made Zhack click on it manifesting a flaming sword " Wow " he was amazed by the sword that appeared " Where'd you get this ? " " Chaos gave it to me they said it's a gift for making a well that could create life out of the memories of the abyss "
" Sounds neat does that mean you can get these too ? " " I can move it but I can't get it " Ikuta demonstrated and Zhack was surprised " Then I want all of them " Ikuta gave Zhack free reign over the weapons to choose from and then left him to enjoy them .
' Maybe I should try the others ' " this is the lost chapters of my ancestors " Locke said " Oh well I pretty much know most of these but I'll take this one " Stork said . Aichel and Redun have some forgotten genetics , Harkness didn't receive much due to being the one who first created the runes .
" So this is a gift from Chaos that's a reward for making that well " Ikuta nodded while Chara didn't receive much from it ' It must be limited but why are they giving Ikuta so much '
Chara scrolls through the ones that Ikuta gets " Should I study them now ? " " Yeah it's mostly about how to create out of nothing seems like good material for your tutoring with Chaos "
" You didn't get anything ? " Chara nodded " Just like Harkness huh ? " " Makes sense you can only make runes when you study the aspect very deeply I think she studied Darkness enough ugh to be able to fight the personification of it " " I just wished I got a cool weapon like Zhack "
" Of course , you don't get a flaming sword you already had Surtr's blade and I doubt you are ever using the elemental part of an enchanted sword " Ikuta recalled how he had stopped doing that " That's true " " You only use the sword as a sword "
" I know , but I think Chaos is doing too much giving me that " " It is a great reward for you " Ikuta thinks back about Chaos's words about the well " Maybe if I had frozen the lifeforce water it would be similar to how Ymir was made the ice melts and Ymir came out of the ice "
" I don't think Chaos would try to turn you to recreating the past of how they created the world plus that was more of a story surrounding how Odin made Asgard and I doubt the Abysslings are equal to Ymir he was a very big giant " Chara said .
" But for now you should get ready to go negotiate with the otherworlders and maybe prepare for a battle and make sure to bring Odin with you so we can induce the madness onto them "
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