Chapter 283
The Beginning
Rimuru tried to heal Arthur's body, but to no avail.
Arthur's body was beyond the scope of Rimuru's current abilities and power. It was an unusual body, a mixture of blessing and curse, fused together in a way that defied logic itself. The Eternal Immortality Body was not something that could be dealt with easily, even by an entity like Rimuru.
Arthur left things as they were, as he could clearly feel that he was now only one step away from fully healing through his own power.
Two days later…
Arthur emerged from the small room, his body completely healed from all the injuries he had previously sustained. Not a trace of pain or wounds remained, but the sensation that had settled within him was entirely different.
"Damn… I'm so weak. Disgustingly weak."
Even without looking at his status window, Arthur could recognize the truth. His current strength was at its lowest point, to the extent that even an ordinary goblin might be able to kill him.
"I need to become stronger… Otherwise, I'll suffer in this world, or even in the next one."
|The next world will involve a spiritual transfer, so don't think about it too much.|
"So it's been decided?"
|Yes.|
"And has the world itself been decided as well?"
|Yes.|
A calm smile appeared on Arthur's face. He had spent nearly four days in this world so far, and only twenty-six days remained before his forced transfer.
"Even if it's a spiritual transfer… I should strengthen this body while I still can."
Arthur fell silent for a while as he gazed calmly at the sky.
Night had already fallen, and Arthur was sitting quietly alone in the forest, looking up at the sky with glittering eyes.
"You know… I have a question I've really wanted to ask you, since we have nothing to do right now."
|What is it?|
"You know a great deal about the Great Ancients, the gods, and all that. The High Priest, the Lower Priest, and everything else. I've always wondered about it… How do you actually know all of this?"
Arthur paused, now looking down at the ground.
"Don't take my question as a sign that I doubt you, my friend. I really don't. I'm just curious, because you truly know so much. And that's not all. Who are you, really? I mean, what was your goal in choosing me as your host?"
|Then I suppose it's time to tell you… I didn't expect this moment to come so soon.|
"So soon? Are you kidding me? We've literally spent millions of years together, and you're telling me it's come so soon?" Arthur mocked, smiling as he waited for Cain's reply.
|You're right. We have spent a long time together, haven't we?… The truth is, Arthur, I never really felt the passage of time while I was with you. I enjoyed it immensely. Even before you restored my power, which is what allows me to speak now.|
"Huh?" Arthur was somewhat shocked by Cain's last words. "Wait a minute. When did I restore your power?"
|The system's soul… Well, to explain things more accurately, I need to go back a little further in time… A few billion years back. To be precise, to before creation.|
Arthur fell silent and listened quietly to Cain's explanation.
|All of this happened before anything existed. When darkness was everything. At that time… Our father created us. Me, Azathoth, and Abhoth.|
"Whaaaaaaaaaat????" Arthur's eyes widened in shock. He truly could no longer process Cain's incredible words. "Wait, wait, please… You… You're Azathoth's brother? And you have another brother named Abhoth?"
|Yes. The concept of brotherhood did not exist back then, nor does it now. We don't really consider ourselves brothers. We are simply beings, created by our father, who appeared out of nothingness in the midst of the darkness and decided to create something. He sculpted the three of us.|
"I mean… damn. That's a lot to take in all at once, honestly." Arthur raised his hands and rubbed his forehead, trying to make better sense of the situation.
But no matter how hard he tried, he truly couldn't comprehend it. The whole thing was beyond the limits of his mind.
"So, in the beginning, there was literally nothing. Then your father appeared, and afterward, he created the three of you. Am I following your story correctly?"
|Yes. That is how the four of us came to exist in the absolute darkness, and we grew together. Well, we didn't really grow, since age and growth don't affect us, as you can clearly see. But I'm explaining it this way to make things easier for you to understand.
My father and my brothers were searching for absolute power. Something that no one even knew what it was. My father had simply thought of it and desired it.
But I… I wasn't really interested in that.
I didn't want power, domination, or control.
I was powerful… Well, let me explain that a little more clearly.
Up to this point in the story… My father was the strongest. After him came me, then Azathoth, and finally Abhoth.
As I said, I was powerful, and I had no desire for any more power.
While my father and my brothers searched for my father's goal, I had an entirely different idea in mind.
I wanted to create a world. A planet. A place where creatures could live and all that.
And so, I created a world. I named it the First Earth. And from that moment onward… Everything began. |
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