I entered the cave where Adella should have been waiting, in my arms was Adella who was gritting her teeth with an irritated expression while tears still flowed from her eyes.
As soon as I entered the cave I used only the control of Aura to cut the stones and organize an altar to lay Adella, that's when I heard footsteps behind .
"The other Ascendants heard the scandal." (Mother)
"Tell them that she was under the effect of a curse from when she carried out the rescue, but now she's better." ()
"That's an obvious excuse." (Mother)
"I know, but it's still enough, it just needs to be plausible." ()
I exchange a look with her before we stand side by side looking at Adella, her Aura was more controlled and her Divinity cald down inside her Soul, clearly she was far from well, but an improvent is still an improvent.
"How is she?" (Mother)
"Well, she managed to get so of her pent-up anger out, but she had a ntal breakdown." ()
"She should wake up in a few hours, hopefully." ()
"Was it that bad?" (Mother)
"Yes, she tried to hide it at first, maybe even from herself, but the more she let out her anger, the more I realized the sadness hidden behind it." ()
"Anger and hatred are just covers to hide this sadness, they are the symptoms, not the disease." ()
"I can take care of her when she wakes up..." (Mother)
"No, she'll want to talk to , you can go tell the Ascendants, with any luck we'll be far away when she wakes up." ()
She could be my Daughter, but she was a Daughter more in na than anything else. I have always been a very bad father. I spend little ti with my children. I have already found them adults and raised. I have done little to deserve to be called their Father, and this has always been sothing on my mind.
But that does not an that I do not feel anything for them. They are all my children, they are family that would make up my life, people I love more than anything. Adella is no exception to that.
"Have you ever heard of Kaan?" ()
"In na, yes. I know a little about him. Adella was, like many other Selenes, a reflection of in other universes, at least until she lost her forr Divinity in the destruction of her universe, becoming an Evil Goddess." (Mother)
"I, like any God of my level, do not waste ti delving into this connection. I know that Kaan was a Heroic God and close to her. I know nothing beyond that." (Mother)
"She didn't tell you anything?" ()
"When she ca to it was more by instinct than anything else, she told about her universe and the Ascendants, but she didn't go into details." (Mother)
"Since that day she was just another uncontrolled beast with sporadic lapses of consciousness, there was no way to get anything out of her in that state, you saw it yourself." (Mother)
"After all this, after being saved by you, she didn't have ti to open up to , a lot of things happened..." (Mother)
"I see..." ()
"I'm going, hopefully I can get this final eting done sooner." (Mother)
"Good luck." ()
I put my hand on her head, further strengthening the stigma on her arm just to make sure she went unnoticed by them.
After she left, I ran my hand through Adella's hair before wiping her tears.
Sigh
"You're even more trouble than Nicole and Lilith..." ()
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Pov Davoth:
Hajak has always been unpredictable to , as a creature born of pure logic and never knew emotions, his way of thinking takes forks that a normal mind would not take, this made him a perfect assistant for the 3 sadists who lead the Ascendants, especially Vecna who always benefited from his assistant's bizarre points of view.
He is also one of the 5 individuals who understand the Ascendants the most, having been there since the beginning of the Ascendant research even when it was just a theory, the last individual would be the Goddess who was Born from the very unique essence of what an Ascendant is.
"Why are you here? How long have you been here?" ()
"I was here since I woke up and I remained that way, I hid on the rare occasions that the 3 Thrones visited, but most of the ti I remained here waiting." (Hajak)
"Waiting for what?" ()
"Waiting for you, I have so drones as well as so access to the main information network as I am its creator." (Hajak)
"I heard about your death and betrayal, honestly it was more hasty and quicker than I thought, your death being carried out shortly after my destruction." (Hajak)
"Should I destroy him?" (Hades)
"Don't underestimate him, it's probably a trap." ()
"No, that's incorrect information, there are no traps here and as ntioned before, I've been waiting here for you." (Hajak)
"You thought that the changes you made to this prison, your superficial research of the Law, your attempts to get closer to the 3 Thrones and your recruitnt of Ascendants with a certain pattern different from those already established, any of these points were duly identified by , your intentions were never clear, at least until near the end." (Hajak)
Looking around, there really didn't seem to be anything else besides this Robotic Golem. I focused on destroying it in the past precisely because of this inability to understand its movents. I can't feel anything around anymore, and its body doesn't seem very strong, clearly one of the non-combat models.
I couldn't understand what he was trying to accomplish, but he clearly knew soone would co here.
"Tell what you want?" ()
"I want you to release Experint No. 89." (Hajak)
"Why?" ()
"Why can't I? I've tried exactly 3892 tis over the millennia. Even though I've gone beyond an origin, my core still carries primary limitations such as my inability to act directly against the 3 Thrones and obey their orders, as well as my inability to interact directly with the original Experints, such as No. 89." (Hajak)
"But why? You can't have woken up one day and suddenly decided to go against the Ascendants." ()
"But that's exactly what happened, it was during a morning when I was reviewing reports that I realized the inevitable decline of the Ascendants." (Hajak)
"Decay of brain functions, emotional atrophy, genetic deterioration and many points that are not so relevant to comnt on at this ti, made it clear the revelation of the inevitable fall of the Ascendants." (Hajak)
"I couldn't see sothing like that, so I left a subroutine looking for a solution." (Hajak)
"Do you also think he can solve this?" ()
"A reboot would be the best option to end all the errors I ntioned before." (Hajak)
"Experint No. 89 would be the right one for this, the origin of the Ascendants could solve the problem, it would be the key, but it would not be able to do anything alone and that was when I noticed its movents, my conjecture was that there was a bigger plan in progress, in other words there was a solution that perhaps my rational mind was unable to consider either due to lack of specific knowledge or inability to innovate." (Hajak)
"Whatever it was, I was certain you would co here, there are few ways to actually go against the Ascendants, be it eradicating them or sothing else, one way or another this was the place with the highest probability of finding you and that's why I waited." (Hajak)
"Are you doing this for them?" ()
"No, I'm doing this for myself, do you know what energy source I use?" (Hajak)
"A concentration of Law power." ()
"Affirmative, more specifically, the powers of the Law of the 3 Thrones or so I believed until I realized the lapses in my own information." (Hajak)
No matter how hard I tried to look around, I couldn't find anything, there was nothing in this place, even if it was a trap, it was clear he would have had ti to have done sothing.
"(I can't understand his purpose.)" ()
"The powers of the Law are 3 layers of seals that restrict , my true core was ford by the previous Experints that proved energy manipulation and confirmation of the Soul, also included are the amplified senses, more specifically, my original core is a spiritual embryo ford from Souls of Experints No. 65, No. 77 and No. 80." (Hajak)
"My body was created like this and my artificial consciousness was implanted, I was just another experint of the 3 Thrones, an experint that proved to be very useful and over the millennia they let things slip, loose phrases, ntions of their capabilities and evaluation behaviors against ." (Hajak)
"After discovering the truth, I realized that the seal prevented from forming a Soul and thus reaching emotions, sothing I was never able to understand, sothing I could not achieve through any kind of research or information gathering, believe , I tried and now I understand the reason why I did not even try... I am incomplete and that is why I was compelled to do this." (Hajak)
"What the Experint... wait, do you want to kill the 3?" ()
"Exactly, but your death would also trigger the destruction of the Ascendants, their Laws are too fundantal to be lost, other Ascendants do not have the theoretical basis to seize these Laws, while Experint No. 89 being even more fundantal could fulfill the requirents." (Hajak)
"You could have gone to the Goddess." ()
"Your existence is as incomplete and restricted as mine, it would be of little use, Experint No. 89 still reveals greater statistical chances of being the correct option." (Hajak)
"..." ()
"Davoth...?" (Hades)
"Okay, I'll believe you for now." ()
"(He's never lied before, in fact everything he said is within what those 3 would do, that doesn't make him trustworthy, but it does make him useful.)" ()
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