Journey Of A Legend

"You want to know more about the Creator?", asked Alice with a kind of surprise.

"Yes.", replied Greg with a nod.

"Why?"

"Well, isn't it only natural to learn about a legendary figure's past? Especially if you have someone who knew about that someone almost everything?"

As Alice listened to this, she put her fingers below her chin in an elegant thinking pose and said, "Well, you are right. Knowledge always comes in handy."

As she said that she sat down next to Greg and said, "Then let me tell you just how great the Creator really was!"

"As you may already know, the Creator was born way before the universe and he was the very one who created life. He had the power to create and make anything he wished for. He could even turn the impossible into possible!"

"But even with such power, he had an attitude that could define heavens! He was a stubborn one I can say that for sure! If he set his mind on something, he would never back out, not until he reached what he wanted!"

"I can clearly remember as he once created an alternate version of himself just to see how strong he truly was.", said Alice with a gentle chuckle.

"And who won?", asked Greg instantly, curious about the outcome.

"No one. He didn't care at all what would happen but wanted to beat himself at all cost. As a result, he destroyed the whole universe during their fight and simply re-created everything as it was nothing at all!"

"?!"

When Greg heard this, he was completely speechless. Making an alternate version of himself was already a huge accomplishment, but to destroy and recreate the universe...

It was simply unbelievable. No, it could be ridiculously impossible!

"But if he had such great strength, why did he decide to seal himself away?", asked Greg with a frown.

"There was no reason at all for him to do such thing. No one could compete with him in strength, no?"

"You are right, but also wrong.", said Alice and continued, "Just think about it. If you would have the power to do everything and anything, you lack nothing in your life, what would you feel."

Listening to this question, Greg thought for a while then replied, "At first I would use my power to its utmost potential, but I guess with time I would get bored."

"Exactly!", nodded Alice seriously.

"Just what you said, that's what the Creator did too. He savored his power which was second to none! However, as time went by, he became bored."

With a sigh, Alice raised her head to look at the crystals above and said, "With no one on your side to enjoy life, what is the point of life? When you are alone and lonely, no matter how strong you are, there is nothing more but boredom."

"But he had you no?", asked Greg with a slightly raised eyebrow.

Smiling, Alice glanced at Greg and said, "Maybe I did not tell this anyone, but originally, I was created by the Creator."

"Just like any of us?"

"No.", shook Alice her head and said, "I was created after everything was made."

Opening her palm, a black stone appeared in the air and hovered before Alice's face.

When Greg saw that, he realized that was the Soul Stone he obtained from the Altar. However, there was a slight difference this time.

Instead of a full black shade like the first time, the stone above Alice's palm was right now colorful.

Its outer surface was black, but on the inside, there was a small universe rotating gently.

Looking at the stone, Alice sighed and said, "I still don't understand why he created me. Just for the only purpose to obtain the keys and get him an inheritor or there was an even greater objective?"

As she thought about this, she waved her hand and made the crystal vanish.

"But I know one thing for sure. He trusted me enough to obtain the keys and get him the one who he wanted as his successor. And if I am right, it seems, you are the one."

When Greg heard this his eyes widened with shock and shook his hand around instantly.

"No, no. You must be imagining things. When you chose me to become my Guardian, you still had your memories sealed, so there is no way you wanted me as the Creator's heir. It must have been a simple coincidence."

Listening to this, Alice shook her head gently and said, "I am not so sure about that. I don't know either why I have chosen you back then, but I feel it was not a coincidence."

As Greg heard this, he lowered his arms and stayed silent for a bit. Only a small while later did he sigh and asked, "And what about the requirements that are needed to obtain the Creator's legacy? It was told only that one can step foot into the Altar who has the Blessing and has cleansed soul from any curse."

"Out of the two, I have already failed the latter one because of my Pure Soul."

Knowing that Greg was talking about the curse inside him that was sealed, Alice looked troubled too.

It seems what she believed could be truly a coincidence, but for some reason, deep inside she knew it was not.

"Well, with time everything will be found out, so we don't need to fear about this matter for the time being. Maybe after we succeed with the Evolution Step, that seal will vanish."

As she said that she stood up and said, "But for now, let's go back. We still need a job to do!"

Knowing that Alice talked about the process to create layers, Greg nodded and stood up.

"Yeah, let's go!", said Greg and after Alice flashed back into his body, he walked back into the building.

Walking back to the 26th floor, Greg sat down, closed his eyes, and started to move his Flow's layer in his body.

The demon was still above his head, so if something unexpected would happen, he knew he could avoid causing huge harm like last time.

But knowing that nothing will happen until he reached the final connection to the current layer, Greg was relaxed and proceeded on without fear.

Time ticked by, and after he made 2 connections he walked out to rest, and when he finished walked back to continue.

After close to an hour, Greg reached the point where he would form the 15th connection, so he readied himself.

Bit by bit, the layer inside his body moved and after 5 minutes, the final connection between his Thrid and Fourth Flow was created.

And just as that happened, Greg felt as a scary power was about to erupt from his body, just like the last time, making him to ready to control the mask above him.

However, just before he could have acted, the mask moved on its own, and with a gentle white light, it enveloped the whole floor in no time at all.

"Great!", thought Greg and instantly, the scary power broke out from his body.

*BAM!*

First, half-transparent golden fire, which was neither flame nor wind, appeared around his body in the shape of petals, making the air vibrate because of the immense heat.

But because of the mask's light covering the whole place, except the air, nothing was damaged, and this made Greg quite happy.

After that happened, slowly in the air, pieces of ice jades started to form in the shape of snowflakes and started to gently hover around Greg.

However, strangely, even though the golden petal-like flames radiated immense heat, the jade-like ice didn't melt at all.

They just floated around Greg like snowflakes on a windy day.

When Greg saw this he wasn't surprised at all, however. Because the last time he created his Second Layer, he already saw this scene.

No, what made him quite surprised was the following scene that happened.

After the jade-like snowflakes formed completely, unexpectedly, through the building's wall, small pieces of stone pieces flew before Greg and started to form several halo-like shapes around his body and the petal-like flames.

From the outside, Greg's figure looked powerful and mesmerizing at the same time.

However, Greg couldn't get mesmerized by the sight at all, because he was looking at the numerous small holes on the building's wall that the stones just created.

"..."

"Well, at least those are not huge gaps that could destroy the building.", thought Greg with a gentle sigh.

Instantly after he said that the 4 elements around his body moved and like energy crystals, they melted into his body.

"Eh?"

When Greg noticed this, he was surprised and confused.

Previously when he created the Second Flow, the Jade Ices and the Wind Flames around his body simply vanished into thin air, so watching as this time they melted into his body, it surprised him quite a bit.

"Just what happened?", asked Greg with a somewhat confused expression.