Abyssal Lord of the Magi World
Chapter 106 - - Memories from the first life
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When the pain disappeared, and Zatiel got control over his body again, he immediately jumped out from the elder brain and started to assess his condition.
As he was moving, Zatiel realized something, his body and everything around him were moving extremely slow, reaching the point that he felt that time was stopping.
He understood immediately that the reason for this illusion was that his speed of thought had obtained such an impressive rise that generated a desynchronization with his body.
This sensation wasn’t unfamiliar for those whose power significantly increased in very little time, so it only took him a moment to fix it.
He knows that the reason for this upgrade was the connection that the withe spark created between him and the soul inside the elder brain.
Zatiel was sure that the increase in his speed of thought it’s not the only thing he obtained with this connection, but he did not have time to focus on that.
What truly mattered to him right now was the thing the spark removed from his soul.
Losing that dot of light did not affect his body or consciousness in any way, and it did not damage his soul at all. The reason was due to this dot being something that almost all life forms can lose without repercussion since it will regenerate itself in a couple of days.
Zatiel pain wasn’t generated for losing the dot of light but by the forced extraction of this one by the white spark.
Since he knew what that dot of light was, he could not help but feel conflicted seeing the elder brain.
Before, when it was only a broken soul and the cloned A.I. chip inside the elder brain, this one did not radiate any sort of life or aura, and it only seemed like a giant brain with some tendrils coming out from it. Still, now that a true and complete soul was born, it changed immensely.
The irradiated energy was equal to a new Rank 3 life form, but this was not the most fantastic thing.
Golden flames, just like the ones made by Zatiel, were being generated from inside the brain, its exterior started to change, and a golden color was covering its surface, increasing his physical defense tremendously.
As the flames were inundating the brain, something started to form in the front part of it, and before long, a golden eye appeared.
And the most significant change was in his interior, where a small but mighty golden sun was created, just like the one inside Zatiel. It was a physical manifestation of the Law of Life and the Law of Creation.
Seeing those changes, Zatiel could not help but feel his emotions were getting out of control.
He has experience scenarios that could be unthinkable to some people. Even when he was an Abyssal Lord, and his life was reaching its end, he never felt this conflicted.
One moment after the changes in the elder brain stopped, an immense consciousness was released from him, covering the magic tower and extending for thousands of kilometers, reaching far way distances and touching millions of people.
His consciousness could not equal those of a Rank 4 individual in power, but its size was almost one hundred times greater than a Soul Forging existence, something awe-inspiring for a Rank 3 life form.
That was not the only thing special since no one beneath Rank 4 could detect it, and even those at that Rank only feel a strange sensation when passing through them.
Zatiel and Heinz could feel the great confusion in the soul that was just born and that resided inside the elder brain.
But less than ten seconds, the confusion disappeared, and he retracted his consciousness before looking intensely at Zatiel with his golden eye.
The moment Zatiel looked at that golden eye, his emotions went haywire, and his always calm and collected expression was replaced by one of uncertainty.
Even though he did not have a mouth, it was easy for a life form at his Rank to create sounds, and the word he spoke shocked Heinz.
“Father?” The voice was very childish, and there was some anxiety in it.
When Zatiel heard the voice, he did not know how to react. He never had children in his previous two lives, and all the experience he obtained as an Abyssal Lord proved itself useless in this scenario.
It was the dot of light that was extracted from his soul, that gave birth to him, and Zatiel knows that he is indeed his son.
When someone dies, their souls disappear from the material plane of the universe. They are pulled into the Eternal River of the Afterlife, where they will begin an extremely long process in which their souls will blend with the river and become pure energy.
This process could take the soul of an individual at Rank 0 millions of years, and it takes longer the more powerful the soul is. But eventually, all of them fuse into the river, and when that happens, they virtually cease to exist, and even resurrections spells would become useless on them.
When mammals breed, the first thing that happens regarding the conception is not the physical aspect concerning the union between the spermatozoid and the oocyte, but the fusion between the Primordial Essence of the parents’ souls. That will work as the core of the new life and will give him his identity.
Only when this core is formed will the laws of the universe act, supplying him with energy from The Eternal River of the Afterlife, making the soul complete, and letting the physical aspect of the individual appear.
The withe spark was able to extract Zatiel’s primordial essence from his soul and use the broken soul’s energy as a replacer for the one given by the Eternal River of the Afterlife to make possible his birth.
After a moment, seeing Zatiel lack of response and as if noticing the state of his mind, he spoke again.
“Master.”
Although there was no change in the voice, Zatiel could feel the immense sadness in it.
His soul may have been constructed with the A.I. Chip, granting him unprecedented analytical abilities. Still, as someone newly born, he was experienceless and just a child.
He could not hide the pain he felt when he saw the person he recognized as a father doubt him.
When Zatiel heard the sorrow in his voice, he felt as if someone was squeezing his heart. Along with that pain, a wave of immense anger was born.
The anger he felt was not directed at the child but rather at himself. It was so powerful that he hated himself for making the child feel sad.
Zatiel closed his eyes and breathed slowly to understand what a father is. His mind went back to his first life’s childhood, to the memories he made with his father.
His father was a simple and kind man, but Zatiel found what he was looking for in his experiences with him.
A father is someone who protects his children, who feel immense pride when they do something so simple as giving their first step and saying their first word.
A father will always support their children and guide them on the right path. No matter how many times they fail, a father will always be by their side supporting them and helping them start again.
But mainly, a father is someone that loves their children from the moment they exist, and that would not hesitate to sacrifice everything for them, and they do it because they are the best part of him.
The moment Zatiel opened his eyes, all the hesitation was gone, and the only thing left in them was tenderness and warmth as he approached the giant brain.
“You were right the first time, I am your father, and your name is Dante Daybreak, the firstborn of Zatiel Daybreak!.” Zatiel gently patted the brain, and his palm was carrying all the love he was feeling right now.
The moment Dante heard those words and felt that palm touching him, he started to tremble due to the immense happiness.
Seeing the emotions on his son, Zatiel felt an immense joy filling his heart, and he could not help ut start to laugh.
“My son, your birth may have been an accident, but sometimes the greatest miracles of the universe happen by accident.”
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