Chapter 237: Sole purpose

A day later Morris returned to his humble abode whilst his ex and his friend were nearing their destination

“Why are we in a hurry? If you said we’ve been summoned by Lucifer then wouldn’t he prioritize the Lord? He’ll take a long time preparing a banquet and everything but why was I called—”

Suddenly a certain corridor leading to the main hall was set ablaze with such ferocious fire with their possible exits were sealed. Rachel was confused about such a predicament and before she could act Kurenai’s first made its way to her abdomen. The force he applied made her drop to the floor whilst the flames enclose themselves deeply scorching her flesh

“W-why? I swear my eternal loyalty to the King, I don’t understand—”

“… long time no see, Rachel. First of why is a bitch like you here, second what’s your end game, third well it depends. Depending on your answer to my first two questions you might as well die. But maybe, just maybe if your answer is not of my concern I might let you live,”

In the World of Trials, there was said to be a hidden buff that’ll only appear if the conditions were met. One of them is the boost of blessings granted by the gods, but for that to occur the gods should be acquainted. Thus factions raise like Greek, Norse, and Egyptians, etc. Despite the buff as long as the person is highly trained, they can easily sense the avatars of their factions

[Great job, Jin! Disorienting and leading her to a narrow space is the greatest way of subduing her. I can strongly sense the power of time lingering deeply in her soul, she must be affiliated with Chronos. I’m certain because out of all the time gods, in ancient Greek only he can give her such overwhelming control over time]

“I never thought this is how we’d see each other if it were me I want the both of us to drink some coffee and have a chat… but as things stand you, even if you’re the first friend I had in the orphanage I won’t forgive you for what you’ve done! Morris, he… hasn’t been the same since you left, the damage you cause that day greatly affected him,”

’Shit! I can’t do anything. It’s hot and the space is too narrow, I can’t even deploy my weapon, this fucker set me up… this is the worst. From all of the people that could recognize me, it had to be the 2nd most dangerous figure. The redhead incarnation of the Greek god famous for his crafts, Jin Kurenai,’

“Wait… please. Just hear me out, I didn’t come here to do shit. The reason is near the brink of insanity if you didn’t give me a chance to explain. This is my honest answer, im from the future, a dreadful horrific outcome where Christopher Morris dies!”

The words she spoke hadn’t made an effect whatsoever be it the prolonging of her life or a reply on his side. “Ha… hahahahaha! Did ya enquire about a school for clowns? Hate to break it to you but im no fan of jokes,”

He raises his store ablaze of his flame below her head whilst Rachel sees the end of her life drawing closer than ever. “Wait! Jin, please hear me out!! I’m not lying just a chance, just give me a chance to prove myself. I’ll gladly do anything,”

[Calm yourself, boy! We need to hear her out. There’s a time and place for your rage but that doesn’t apply to everything—]

“Begone thot!!!” In his rage-filled manner, the demonic energy influence him blinding his judgment as he drove his sword forth

[System: You’re currently in the vicinity of a blessing!! The effects of the blessing have defied the nature of ’Time’ making its activation faster. Due to your presence, you’ll be affected along with the caster of the aforementioned blessing]

“This is… why the hell are we back here?” For some reason unbeknownst to him, Jin was returned at the entrance of Rachel’s room

[I’ve just checked but the time reversed itself. We’ve been sent back, to the time when you were about to lay her in that trap… she wasn’t lying in the first place, but for Chronos to grant her a blessing to defy time. She must be quite important, remember that what you’re up against is a primordial god if you killed her right then and there]

“It’s no use Jin, because you got sent back an hour before your abilities, skills, and even blessings are unavailable. That’s the penalty for time reversal, but that doesn’t apply if I reverse time before I received the blessing. You look reasonable enough, an hour later and your demonic tendencies will return so you might try to kill me,” After their heated reunion he stayed in her room whilst they remain silent about events that led to this situation

[System: Due to the effects of a powerful blessing [Time reversal] you are currently incapable of using such skills. Everything concerning the system apart from your stats has been temporarily sealed. The seal will be released and all positive and negative effects you once had will be returned along with your abilities]

’Looks like she’s telling the truth. I’ve been forcefully trying to activate anything, but for some reason, I can’t… then there’s that notification just now—’

She slammed a large bottle of wine and proceeded by opening and drinking with a huge gulp and she sat wasted in her attempts. “Fuck! This is the worst, what are you waiting for… aren’t you here to kill me, it’s not like I can escape here. This place is a fucking fortress, might as well drink while I have the chance, want some?”

Her actions implied her hopelessness when she goes and addresses all the factors that’ll lead to her ultimate failure of escaping. Instead of fighting she downs herself on alcohol with a look full of dread, unlike anything he’d ever seen. Eyes without life yet this once shine brightly when near his friend the person she betrayed and left to rot from the damage she ensued

“Stop it, Rachel!! Oi, are you fucking deaf? I said stop it with the bullshit, and enough with the booze. You’re just making a fool of yourself,” He tightly grip the hand she held the bottle of wine with and forcefully shut her away from her only escape from reality

“What! You’re going to kill so why do I have to listen to your monkey ass anyway, im gonna die so it doesn’t matter… but it’s fine, I won’t blame you. It’s my choice, a choice I died for my selfishness, a decision that’ll forever change Morris—” In her anger, she lashes away from his grip and starts throwing a fit till she drops with a left hook from Jin

“He was right on one thing, you sure are a bitch! Why do you have to make things confusing, you could have reunited with us, tell him your problems. Why did you up and leave and broke the guy’s heart like that? Was it worth your while, you broke him for your gain—”

“He was going to die!!!” She gets back to her feet and yelled as loudly as she can with tears falling from her eyes and hands tightly gripped till her nails pierced her flesh

“Countless timelines, Christopher Morris died! The timeline I was in was rather generous and we survived for a while. Eventually, he still died, for reasons unknown to me he knew he was about to die. Because of that, he offered up his life to summon a primordial god and that god became my contractor, Chronos,”

He was startled by what she uttered with such an agonizing tone that he couldn’t say anything but listen to what she had to say. “In my timeline, I tried to take his mantle, I wanted to make things work. But the readers aren’t the only anomaly there is, the plot that we’re never there, to begin with, appeared out of the blue,”

The both of them calmed down and they have taken a seat to further discuss her experience. “A writer without a story is just an author that hasn’t been born. But a story without its author will be driven into perpetual chaos. Even if someone replaced him it wouldn’t be the same, I know because I tried to be his replacement,”

“Why are you here? That should be impossible and for you to have the same deity, that’s insane. Did you manage to learn what Morris did to call Chronos and ask for his contract?”

She shakes her head in response and replied. “I didn’t, at some point, my world lost all of its hope when the main character died, and as a final act of resistance, I did the unthinkable. I manifested for the first time and turn the gears of fate. I regressed but when I reach the World of Trials, Chronos personally came to me and asked if I wanted to be his avatar,”

“What!!? Ahem… go on,” He slammed the table, and after composing himself he listen once more

“It seems that my regression causes something in me to have a twisted fate and it caught his attention. Our goals were different but they point in the same direction, he wants to prevent the chaos that can be thwarted. I want to save Christopher Morris if he dies then it’s bye-bye to this timeline and of to the next,”

Rachel Ainsley an enigmatic figure that presents herself with mysteries she carries with her life. What lies in the mind of this person that has seen countless scenery for her to be well composed of such topics? She left him for no reason to be uttered but from her countless ventures this timeline was the weirdest of the bunch

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