Chapter 212: chapter 212- Heaven Gate
"What the... Absolut Defense- Dark Matter!"
Taufik immediately directed his palm toward the attack that was coming at him and then used his Imagination Magic.
But nothing appeared in front of him to protect him; there wasn't even a Barrier at all while the numerous light arrow attacks were getting closer to him, but Taufik didn't seem to panic at all.
*Woosh!*
The arrow of light was only a few centimeters from his palm, but suddenly the arrow of light disappeared just as it was about to touch Taufik, completely gone, vanished into nothingness.
*Woosh!*
*woosh!*
Likewise, the other arrows of light also disappeared within reach as far as Taufik's hand-stretched.
"What now?"
Said Taufik as he pulled back his hand, after seeing that the light arrow attack was over.
[Master, the soul]
Hearing The System mention the soul, Taufik usconsicionly turns his head to look at Hercules's Soul, and there he saw a hand made of water trying to snatch Hercules's Soul and Almost succeeded.
Taufik quickly moved his body to approach Hercules' soul, but he had to stop because he saw a very pale hand, even paler than him who was a vampire, had grabbed Hercules' soul through a rectangular portal with a gaping human skull on each side.
Seeing that Hercules' soul was already in the hands of "something" else, the hand made of water wanted to grab it from the pale hand, but he didn't have time because the pale hand had already returned to the portal and the portal immediately disappeared with Hercules' soul in its possession.
*Rumble!*
With the portal and Hercules' Soul gone, the Sky suddenly turned black, the sun was nowhere to be seen and the Ocean seemed to be seething with rage.
Thunders were seen falling, creating a scene of thunderstorms. Occasionally, the thunder would head towards Taufik, but he managed to deflect it with the same technique he used to deflect the light arrows earlier.
[DING]
[Death thanks you for giving her a "Gift"]
[DING]
[Zeus, furious with you for killing Hercules and conspiring with Death]
" What? Me? What the F*ck!??"
Taufik said in confusion about the accusations that Zeus made against him. But the notification sounds don't stop there.
[DING]
[Hades, looks at you with a sneer and asks you to return his nephew's soul]
[DING]
[Almost all the Gods of Olympus agree to launch a massive hunt for you]
[DING]
[The One Who Decided The Fate, Already considers your actions that have caused the predetermined history to deviate too far from its course, are unforgivable and have brought down Divine punishment upon you, He has already determined that your Fate is only death without any way to Escape]
[DING]
[Death welcomes you with open arms]
Taufik ignored the notification from Death and focused on the notification before that.
"... Divine Punishment? Wha- huh?"
The situation that was initially as dark as night suddenly became bright, but the light only covered the area around him while the rest was still dark. Unconsciously, Taufik looked up.
A large hole was created between the dark clouds, and the light came from the hole, but Taufik was sure that it was not light from the Sun because the light was slightly different; the light that was exposed to him seemed to contain a great killing intent.
Guess what happened next? No, it wasn't a giant sword that emerged from the hole, but a gate, well it was a closed gate, a gate with two white doors and gold ornaments, and the most striking one was a wing-shaped ornament, four on each door to be exact, meaning that there were eight wing-shaped ornaments on both doors.
Taufik could only be amazed by the sacred view, which along with the appearance of the gate, the surrounding atmosphere immediately became calm, which added to the sacred impression.
"... I've seen that gate before"
Said Lembuswana who had returned to his puppet form and approached Taufik's side together with Nāgāntaka.
"Really? Tell me"
"That's the sight that I will never forget, because if it not for that, Bhasuki and I would never become what we are now"
"... Wait! Don't tell me... "
"Yes...
That thing was the Heaven Gate, we better run from here, Fik, the ordinary angel is easy to Handle, But if a high-level Angel is involved in this, with your current level and me in my current condition, we have no chance of fighting back, it is better to run away from here before the Heaven gate opens completely, From the start this was all impossible, we better go back before this gets worse."
"... What? Are you trying to say that I better give up on finding my father?"
"WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY CHOICES, OKAY!!?... Don't you hear what Gaia said before? Your father was thrown into this time; it was determined by Fate itself... it's only been one day that we Ware here, but look... This is what we got... Don't be stubborn, didn't Linda say, if the situation is beyond your control, you should save yourself first...
do you want to make her sad? No matter how strong you are, you are still a child inside, so listen to the words of a being who has lived for a long time than you" Experience magic at m v le mpyr
"..."
Hearing Lembuswana's words, Taufik was very angry. This was the first time he had been this angry, but he could not say a single word to argue with Lembuswana because there was truth contained in every word that Lembuswana said.
Taufik could only remain silent while biting his lip; occasionally, he looked towards the gate of heaven, which was slowly starting to open.
After weighing up the options he had to choose, with a heavy heart, Taufik chose to listen to Lembuswana's words.
'... Maybe he's right, maybe it's still too soon for me to face all of this... I'm sorry, Father... '
"You Right, Lem-"
[DING]
"!!!"
[Your Title's Trait has taken an Action "Master Of Your Own Life" Activate]
[DING]
[Your title rejects the issue of Death that Fate forced upon you]
[DING]
[Your Title Forcibly Closing the Heaven Gate]
With this notification, the Heaven Gate was almost half open, slowly closed again, and then disappeared. This scene made Lembuswana, who saw it, amazed and confused by this sudden event.
"What the... Did the Heaven Gate just disappear on its own? Fik, do you know something?... Fik?"
Ask Lembuswana but don't get an answer from Taufik, because Taufik is currently fixated on something else.
[DING]
[Detecting danger that "Threatens" the Title holder's desire... DING!... Danger detected...DING!... Finding solution... DING!... Solution found...
DING!... Processing immediately... ]
[DING]
[Due to the influence of your Title, the sleeping Gaia... has been awakened... DING!... Detecting obstacles... DING!... Searching for a solution...
DING!... Solution found... ]
[DING]
[Imagination Magic works by itself... DING!... Skill: "Forced Teleportation" created... DING!... Activating Skill: Forced Teleportation... DING!...
Searching for Target... DING! Target found... DING! Detecting obstacle... DING!...
Searching for a solution... DING! Solution found... Imagination Magic activates by itself... DING! Skill: "Break" created...
DING! Activating Skill Break and Forced Teleportation simultaneously... DING! Target found... Destroying obstacle with Skill "Break"... DING!
Obstacle successfully destroyed... DING! Activating Skill "Forced Teleportation"... DING! Forced Teleportation successful]
Hearing the series of notifications, Taufik's Mana was sucked away at an unreasonable speed, until all his Mana was used up.
*Cough!*
With his mana completely depleted, Taufik immediately vomited a lot of blood, which, of course, made Lembuswana, who saw it immediately panic.
His Mana Wings, which had no Mana to support them, instantly disappeared, causing Taufik to fall freely from a height towards the sea, but before he could touch the surface of the sea, a pair of hands held his body from touching the surface of the sea.
With his remaining consciousness, Taufik could faintly hear a woman's voice whispering in his ear, saying.
"... I did expect you to help me but not in this way and also... not this fast, maybe it's too fast; I expected something more romantic, you know; after all, it's every woman's dream to be saved by a prince from the hands of evil people... I don't know whether I should be happy or disappointed... you are indeed something that is difficult to explain with common sense, honey"
However, Taufik could not open his mouth to reply to the person's words in his current situation.
"... Forget that... it's good in its own way... Alright~ you can take a rest for now and leave the rest to me"
After hearing this, for some reason, Taufik felt relieved, and at some point, he lost consciousness in the arms of the person he believed was Gaia.
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"..."
Taufik opened his eyes, and the first thing he saw was nothingness, he was in a room that was visible but did not seem real, his eyes saw darkness but he felt that he could see clearly, he felt that he was there but not there at the same time, it was a strange feeling.
"You awake?"
A voice was heard, but it didn't surprise him, because Taufik felt that he recognized the voice, but it also felt foreign to him; the voice sounded close but also felt far away.
"... Who are you and Where is this"
"... We are at the intersection of reality and illusion, in the midst of life and death, there is nothing here, but you can have everything... I'm you but we are a different person... You know me as "The System"... but at a certain time in this long~ long~ history, I was..."
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