Capítulo 818: Abyss Ted Talk

“Damn.”

Rael just whistled in surprise.

Or rather, he wasn’t really surprised.

Deep down, he felt like there was some kind of connection between the Supreme Beast and the literal monster calling himself The Beast.

Of course, that was purely theoretical, but that didn’t change the fact that he was right.

Rael puffed out his chest.

“Is this the moment you tell me the Supreme Beast is actually my son?”

Gaia turned to him and raised her brow, staring at him as though he were stupid.

“How would that even make sense?”

“Somehow?”

She shook her head.

“The Supreme Beast and you are nothing alike. I don’t know the actual connection between you two, but for one, Rael, you’re not related to the Supreme Beast in any way, aside from your name, which is very similar, as well as your past.”

It was that again…

But it didn’t make sense.

Not when he heard it last time, or even now.

How could the two of them not be related when they were literally the same person?

Rael remembered his past very well. Or rather, his life up until he was bonked over into Sketa Online.

He was Rael Altros, and the Supreme Beast was clearly Rael Altros too.

So what was this bullshit?

“Gaia…”

She shook her head.

“I know, but the only person who can explain it properly is him.”

She pointed over at the man on the throne, and by now, it was obvious that he was not only the Supreme Beast but also Rael Altros and, well, the grand-something-father of Alune.

Then again, the Supreme Beast wasn’t in the greatest of shape, as after the revelation, he just sat there looking stupid.

Still…

“You’re my grandfather, really?” Alune asked. “If that’s the case, then why has my father never told me about you? At most, he said the Supreme Beast once visited the Depths… nothing more.”

She continued pestering him, and after five minutes of questions, he finally gave in.

Just then, the Supreme Beast rose from his throne and slammed his foot down onto the ground. In the next instant, he arrived in front of Rael, and before he could even react, the Supreme Beast clawed his body in two.

Rael burst like a bubble as his head flew into the wall and collided with it.

The pain was surprisingly tame for the injury, and if that wasn’t enough, the fact that the Supreme Beast had attacked him in the first place made him wonder just what exactly it planned to do.

However, that hit seemed to do a lot more than Rael first imagined. His wounds healed quickly, but along with them, Rael felt some strange power circling where his heart was supposed to be.

It seemed tame at first, but as Rael focused on it, he realized just how overwhelming it truly was.

And of course, when Rael decided to infuse his mana into it, everything changed.

His vision darkened, and for a brief moment, he felt like he had entered a whole different realm altogether.

Or rather, he actually had, since when he came to and glanced around, Rael realized that there was nobody around. Instead, he was just in some pitch-black realm devoid of all life and light.

It was a little cold.

And that was saying something, since Rael shouldn’t even be able to feel the cold.

Just what was this place?

Rael glanced around, trying to find some semblance of light. He even tried to form his own light, but it was to no avail, as his mana practically did not react to him at all.

And only then did Rael finally entertain the possibility that this guy had actually tossed him into the Abyss. The same Abyss Rael had seen while looking for the Supreme Beast.

But why would he do that?

What was even his motive?

Does he expect me to break out of here? I mean, I can try, but I’m guessing he hasn’t made it easy. Rather, even Gaia told me it’s close to impossible, Rael pondered.

Yet right as he was about to get proactive, he suddenly felt a warm breeze brush past him. Once he turned toward it, he saw a familiar figure.

The figure was none other than the Supreme Beast. He was floating in this endless cosmos alongside Rael, and despite the situation he found himself in, he looked strangely empty.

Almost like the Abyss represented what was actually inside his heart.

At that thought, Rael’s gaze hardened as he slowly made his way over to the Supreme Beast. Once he was close enough, he opened his mouth and just barely managed to squeeze out a word.

“Why?”

It was painful.

But having opened his mouth once and spoken, it made it easier the second time.

“Why’d you do this? I’m not much for aesthetics, but even this is a little overboard.”

At Rael’s sarcastic remark, the Supreme Beast just continued staring at him, as if waiting for something to happen.

And something did happen.

Rael felt like his body had begun to absorb the mana of the Abyss, albeit very slowly.

Once that began to happen, the Supreme Beast finally exhaled a deep breath and said:

“Are you curious about your origins?”

“No shit. Why else do you think I came here?” Rael retorted with a scoff.

“Well, you did say you wanted the fragment or whatever,” the Supreme Beast replied. “Food for thought, but have you ever thought of just going into an alternate universe and stealing the fragment from another version of yourself? There’s no particular order in which those fragments can be collected, and with the multiverse not disrupting time, you can do whatever you want and piss off whomever you want.”

Hearing that, Rael paused for a moment.

Was that actually a possibility?

He felt like that was strangely deceptive.

But clearly, his seriousness was legit.

Welp.

It wasn’t the first time Rael was a dumbass, so he decided to just roll with it.

“Enough with your food-for-thought questionnaires. Just tell me who I really am.”

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