Darkened Daylight

Why?

...

What have I done to deserve this? Why can't I go to the afterlife? Does this happen to every living being?

No...?

That can't be... If my guess is correct, then this is my fifth life. In my fourth life, I lived in a different kind of earth where evil beings called demons and divine beings called heroes were in a constant war. I was not the Demon king but a 'Demon god' in that world.

When someone died, there souls reached the afterlife. I was able to witness it since I was a god. Even then I was restrained from entering the afterlife, unless I die. I lived 200 millennium as a Demon god and met my end by the Divine gods who granted powers to the divine beings on earth.

Back then, I felt relieved thinking that my long dream to reach the afterlife would come to fruition. But no...!

I was reborn again in another earth. I felt despair like I felt in all of my previous lives. But the despair that I felt in this reincarnation was dull. Previously I cried and cried and cried miserably. But this time I smiled on the outside even though I felt despair on the inside.

Maybe living like a Demon god for 200 millennium must have made me crazy. In this life that is my fifth life, I never cared about studies or goals or anything since I inherited the memories from my past lives. Solving everything was a piece of cake with my memories.

In this life, I decided to choose a path that is different from my previous lives. So, I walked the path of an adventurer, wandering in the vast horizons of nature. I made a record in mountain climbing, surfing, para-gliding and several other adventures. I even received an alias for myself

'Courageous wanderer'

and rised to the top celebrity position.

I never made any enemies. I never loathed anyone. I made sure that my destiny in this life would be a confirmed destination to the afterlife...

[But how...?

How did it all come to this? This doesn't make any sense...]

The despair that I felt like always returned again. I only lived for 25 years and I am yet to be married. Even in my past, I never died at a young age. This is my first time dying so young.

This morning, the weather report said that it would be cloudy, and even my assistants made sure of it. So, why...?

Why am I hanging on death's door? Situations like this never occurred to me before. I either died in a fight or ended up being backstabbed, but my assistants are nothing more than adventure freaks. So, there is no chance of them backstabbing me.

"!!!!"

[Wait... Is this the work of someone who is beyond reach? Maybe like a god or deities?]

As more thoughts were raised, I started to go crazy. Right now, l am in the middle of a cliff i.e. 3000 meters above the ground. That last thing I remember was the change in the weather. It started raining all of a sudden and then,

---thud---

I was struck by a lightning.

Despite that, what happened was my equipment being shattered to bits and my clothes that were torn. Now, the soaring thoughts in my mind had gone beyond crazy. I don't know why but I started yelling towards the sky.

"Hey you, whoever you are get down here right now! Or else, you will know my wrath. Do you hear me? I said come down right now!!!!"

...

The rain came into a halt. But I still kept on yelling since my mind was already in a crazed phase.

"Hahaha...! That's how you should be. Know your place you filth!"

Despite my life being on death's door, I was laughing. I was enjoying it without even realising.

The despair that I dread the most felt amusing.

And that's when the unexpected happened. The rock that I was clinging to crumbled and the next thing was...

---whoosh---

I was falling towards the ground. As my distance kept nearing to death, the soaring thoughts still continued to soar.

[I kept on dying, but I never reached heaven. Nor did I reach hell. Who is tampering with my destiny?

Everytime I die, I am reborn elsewhere. Even then, I remained second to none. Just who is reincarnating me?]

---flick---

I felt something weird. When I looked around, I was left dumbfounded. My fall slowed down and the wind rather felt numb. The sky began to disappear only for the space to be visible.

The whole view of the space was far too scary.

The horizons were red in colour followed by the dark space surroundings. Inbetween was a huge rift, no... I would rather say a black hole. Now, I was stuck in mid-air. As the turn of events were ongoing, goosebumps filled me all over. Slowly, my gaze turned to the centre of black hole. Chill ran down through my spine as I looked at the same spot continuously.

---flick---

I saw two darkened crimson eyes emanating visible light like flames. Fear soared through my whole body with this mysterious turn of events.

This is what I call 'Misfortune'.

Ever since the day I was born, I evaded several life and death situations and topped everytime. But in the end, it was my misfortune that I had to die and leap across from the beginning. But one thing that crazed me even more was the source of this misfortune. Perhaps, the thing I am watching right now must be the source of that misfortune that I never got to know about or had no idea.

The 'Unknown Misfortune'...

The pressure those crimson eyes emanated cannot be compared to the pressure I held as a Demon god in my previous life.

This 'Unknown Misfortune' is surely an entity that even surpasses the gods. I would rather call it an 'Absolute being' or an 'Origin entity' according to my Demon god knowledge. And now, that 'Origin entity' was looking at me in the eyes.

When I was a Demon god, I was obsessed about origin entities, that I travelled numerous worlds just to meet them. In fact, the lord of the afterlife was said to be an origin entity. He was the reason I tried to enter the afterlife.

I now don't know whether to be happy that I am seeing someone I was obsessed with or to be afraid of the emanating pressure that's killing me a thousand fold.

I remained unfazed after getting used to the pressure that was being omitted. By then, I was already unconscious. I slowly opened my eyes only to find myself in a plane land with no sunlight but crimson flames soaring from the cracks on the ground. I took a look at my surroundings. It was quite despite being chaotic.

---crash---

The sudden crashing sound scared me like hell. As I turned around, I saw a large foot that filled the ground with cracks. I turned my gaze above.

---gasp---

A large entity, with a dragon's face and body covered by a black costume like that of a reaper's was looking at me with those same eyes like before, emanating the same pressure.

"We finally meet, young lad!"

"!!!!"

It addressed me as if I am it's student or shall I say...disciple.

[What king of situation am I in?]

---step---step---step---step---step---step---step---step---

"Halt!!!"

"Beknown Demon god Adrona, this is the door to the afterlife. Entry is prohibited to beings who are not dead!"

---gasp---

The guards who were guarding the 'Gate of the afterlife' that is a doorway to hell and heaven, fell on their knees. One of the guards began mumbling,

"This pressure... Were you hiding your true might for all these years? Not even the Divine gods but a Demon god who was destined to rot in hell is omitting such omnipotent aura?"

The guards gaze turned above only to be met with omnious glare of the Demon god. His glare described the depths of fear. The dark and red eyes omitted a fierce warning to not look down on them.

""Move aside!!""

---flinch---

The guards flinched with the voice.

"Sound transmission? No... This is the 'Domain of will' where one can make everything happen with sheer will. It takes almost a million years to achieve and be proficient in the domain of will for divine gods. But for him to achieve such length in a few millennium, he is dangerous than a monster!"

---spit---

"!!!!"

The other guard spat out blood and began to address himself.

"I am the 'Divine knight' Darksen! I acknowledge that you are the strongest being in this universe!"

...

Darksen formed a grin all of a sudden.

"But compared to our lord, your power is equivalent to that of an ant!!!"

---crackle---

The Demon god angered by the taunt, began releasing dark energy and black-coloured thunderstrikes were reigning all over the ground. Darksen still didn't falter.

---flick---

The berserking power dissipated all of a sudden. Demon god Adrona was spellbound.

""KNEEL!""

---gasp---

The voice pressured even the Demon god. He fell on his knees and his pride was crushed at that moment

[How can I feel this pressured? I am the most powerful being in this universe...;;;;!]

""YOU MAY BE THE MOST POWERFUL BEING IN THIS UNIVERSE..., BUT NOT IN THE ENTIRETY OF THE EXISTENCE!!""

---splatter---

The Demon god spat out blood this time around instead of the guards. That was the most disgraceful scenario he ever faced. The voice came from every direction, unlike the domain of will where omission is travelled one way.

---step---step---step---

Darksen walked forward and said,

"That is the might of an 'Origin entity' who reign supreme over all the multiverse and dimensions. There sovereignty can't even be compared to the domain of gods. You are just a powerful being of a single universe. Not even a multiverse!!!"

---gloom---

Those words completely humiliated Adrona.

"Origin entity...?"

That was the first time he ever heard about an 'Origin entity'. And that humiliated Demon god was none other than me.

From that moment, I started investigating about 'Origin entities'. After a few years of research, I found that origin entities were beings that were formed rather than being born. Taking the knowledge from my first life into account(I was a senior scientist at that time), I found out that they are the first living entities that led to the formation of the whole cosmos. They were one of the by-products formed by a certain phenomenon after the 'Big-Bang explosion'.

[;;;; I must have gone crazy...!]

To get on the nerves of an 'Origin entity', no one can be crazier than me. The results of this research made me an obsessed demon. I started traveling many worlds to find an 'Origin entity' while lazing around instead of growing more powerful. I began frequently visiting the entrance to the afterlife just to witness a glance of an 'Origin entity', but ended up being restrained.

Due to this, the divine gods had enough time to grow their power. After a 100 millennium, I was ambushed by the divine gods and met my end. The obsession that resulted in my fall was the biggest regret of all my lives.

Coming to present, I am looking at my former obsession and began to sigh. The large entity stretched out it's hand towards my heart.

---whoosh---

Darkened crimson flames began to wrap around me. At this point I was no longer shocked. I began sighing as the crimson flames held me in mid-air. What I felt weird was the flames that felt like a quilt instead of burning fire.

After being held in mid-air I was met with the gaze of the entity. This time, the crimson eyes that were emanating flames opened wider. I began to get goosebumps a second time.

"!!!!"

The huge creature spoke for a second time.

"No need to be afraid my dear young lad. Cause you are now about to inherit-

'Darkened Daylight'

A power that is feared by both hell and heaven!"

"????"

[What?]

Now, I had no choice but to go crazy.

"Ahem.. Excuse me Mr.Dragon-face, I don't know who you are but I don't remember being a disciple to anyone in my whole life. So, may I know why you are addressing me as a young lad rather than a poor soul? No, first may I know what is all this?"

I began addressing it as Dragon-face since I am unaware of its identity. Dragon-face looked at me with eyes that indicated sympathy. I don't know why but I was pissed by that gaze. I tried to clear my mind inorder to prevent going even more crazy.

"I summoned you here to answer your questions and to make you realise your true purpose!"

"!!!!"

[Did he just say he would answer all my questions?... Every question?]

"I can clearly tell that you recognised me earlier. Yes I am an 'Origin entity', who reign supreme over all beings!"

I questioned him to make sure whether he was telling the truth.

"How can I trust you?"

---gasp---

""ARE YOU DOUBTING ME?""

I spat out blood and fell unconscious since I wasn't a Demon god but rather a fragile human.

I am sure of it. This is 'Sovereignty', one of the unique techniques used by the Origin entities. I felt this in my past life from the lord of afterlife.

With my human body, I should be blown to bits by the pressure by now. So why am I only unconscious?

---snap---

I should get a hold of myself. The answers for my everlasting doubts is right infront of me. This is the only chance I can get to know the true reasons behind the alteration of my destiny. The moment I long for, all the challenges that I faced in my life until now, the despair that I felt like my forged companion... Everything is going to be revealed now.

I woke up and stood firm while facing the large creature.

"Alright here is my first question?"

;;;;

"Your first question!" The creature reminded me.

"Oh!",... What should I ask? Many questions were piling up in my mind. But one thing was common in most of the questions. My mouth opened before I could realise it.

"Why do I keep reincarnating?"

...

The following situation turned silent. I thought that I shouldn't have asked that question.

"Very well, I shall answer your first question!"

"!!!!"

As I received a positive result, my mind seemed to have lightened up. Nearly two hundred thousand and five hundred years... It took me that long to receive this heaven made opportunity. All my years of pain and struggle were coming into fruition. As the large entity opened its mouth, I stood firm to not falter by what was about to be revealed.

...

"The origin of light and the origin of aftermath didn't like to see you rising above as a 'Grand law'!!"

"!!!!"

"... The origin of light and the origin of aftermath?"

[Moreover, what is a 'Grand law'?]

As I heard that mysterious and anonymous word, I started to become even more doubtful. Even when I was a Demon god, I never heard the term 'Grand law'. Maybe it's a phrase that referred to beings who posed a threat or it could be a phrase that referred to beings who were omnipotent. But this doesn't make any sense.

Moreover, the origin of light and aftermath are Origin entities who never involved themselves in the filthy war between the demons and gods. Based on my knowledge, the origin of light is the creator of light. Both divine and demonic powers originated from the power of light. The pure and refined light got classified as divine power and the impure and unrefined light got classified as demonic power.

But, I never got to know anything about the origin of the aftermath. All that I knew was he was the lord of the afterlife. Only the dead know anything about the origin of the aftermath. When I was the Demon god, I made a devious ploy to catch a glimpse of the origin of the aftermath. I killed one of my subordinates whose might was equal to a god. He was tasked to live a thousand years in the afterlife, investigating how things work in that realm. After a thousand years, when I revived him, he told me a few things.

If a person or a creature commits evil deeds, they would live a life that is as despairing as a beggar's.

But if a person committed good deeds, they would live a prosperous and luxurious life like a noble.

A greedy merchant would become a downcast beggar who would be stuck in despair until their soul vanishes to thin air. The longevity of every soul varies depending on their karma.

But when the briefing came to the part of the lord of the afterlife, my subordinate was unable to open his mouth. I didn't get what was happening to him, but at some point I realised it.

"Sovereignty!!!"

It was the sovereignty of the lord that kept him from revealing any info. That was my way of realising that origin entities are not beings with infinite power but they themselves are powers. Powers with a living consciousness.

...

For me to be targeted by the supreme origin entities...

-

[Guess I truly am crazy!!]

The creature spoke,

"Now, what is your second question?"

---snap---

I hit my head to make sure to keep myself calm. Instead of asking the question that I want to, I asked something else out of the ordinary.

"What is a Grand law??"

The Dragon-face creature raised the other hand and snapped its fingers.

---flick---

The surroundings changed with the snap of his fingers. I realised that I was sitting on a black chair and in front of me was an old man with neat appearance sitting on a sofa. After looking at his eyes, it made me realise that he was none other than the entity I was talking to until now. Even though his appearance had changed, his eyes were still the same. I got curious all of a sudden.

"Are you a male or a female?"

The old man turned towards me and said-

"I can either be a male or a female! What gender do you want me to be?"

Earlier, when he was in his monster appearance, his voice sounded close to that of a man. That made me sure that this being is a male type. So, I answered firmly.

"You can continue on being a male!"

"I thought you would prefer a female!", said the old man.

I felt awkward since I was witnessing an origin entity joking around. I brought myself together.

"Okay, jokes aside. I am still waiting for the answer Mr.Dragon-face!"

The disguised old man began talking.

"I am feeling a bit uneasy when you are calling me Mr.Dragon-face!"

I was getting impatient as the situation dragged on and on.

"Then what should I call you?"

The being formed a grin.

"I am the origin of dark, Dray Madrona. You can address me as Madrona!"

"!!!!"

That name was just a single alphabet different from mine. I became even more impatient as the situation is turning crazier.

"Phew... Your answer please Mr.Madrona!"

The grin on the old man's face turned into a smile.

"That's more like it... Rather than telling you, it is better to show you everything!"

The index finger of Madrona, omitted visible aura and entered into my mind. Everything turned dark. I was in the middle of the dark, no... I would rather call it 'Abyss'. Suddenly, a speck of light began to emanate from a distance. The speck of light evolved into a huge radiating light. I covered my eyes due to the pain caused by the omnipotent glow of the light.

Later, the events were followed by a huge explosion for a few hours. The dark was filled with light. Different kinds of lights began to scatter around. I was witnessing the Big-Bang theory with Madrona's mind magic. It felt like a Virtual Reality with hyper graphics.

Among those numerous lights, I was able to recognise the pure and impure light with my previous life's knowledge.

---whoosh---

Everything began to move fast. Dimensions, multiverse, universes, galaxies and planets began to form. The scene followed one thing after another. And then came a scenario where angels, demons and living creatures like dragons, wyverns, werewolves, vampires, warriors, mages, gods and other races were fighting a single race. Even when I was a Demon god, I never witnessed a war to this scale.

The whole ground was crumbling and the sky was a mess. I witnessed clashes, thunder strikes, explosions in mid-air and even among the clouds. Magma began to lash out from the crust all over the place.

I wondered who the opponents were to get several other races involved in this mess. They were wearing dark costumes and battle armour that were omitting darkened crimson flames. Some were omitting darkened violet flames while some were omitting darkened blue flames. Those darkening flames were different for everyone. There were seven darkened flames. Every colour of the darkened flames were those that are present in a rainbow.That must mean that the darkened violet flames are the most powerful and darkened crimson flames are the least. The dark aura wrapping around the red aura must be a side effect since the end result was crimson.

[To think Madrona used his least powerful authority over me.]

When I looked from above, the view was like a fight between two rainbows. One rainbow omitted huge rays of light whereas the other rainbow was dim but rather omnious with dark flames. The light and the dark were clashing over each other.

The war continued to get even more fierce and gruesome. That was to be noted since the scale of the war was not a single plot of a land, but an entire continent. What was even more shocking was that there were collisions and impacts even in outer space. As deaths of each side increased, the war began to get dull. Everything was about to come to an end.

---crackle---boom---whoosh---

All of a sudden, there was a black hole in between the spaces... No, I should call it a crack rather than black hole since it's a gateway for teleportation. The crack was black and white in colour like a black hole. On the other side opened a crack that looked like a real crack on a glass window. The hole in between the crack omitted all kinds of light rays.

From the black and white crack, a being with dragon face and a dark armour that was omitting darkened flames stepped upon the outer space. And from the other side, a woman with pure white skin, shiny armour and eyes that emanated flames of multiple colours descended into outer space. I had a hunch. The one with the dark armour must be Madrona and the women with shiny armour must be the origin of light since her flames were shining brighter than the sun. My eyesight was adjusted with Madrona looking at the mind magic.

Both the entities released their powers. I saw Madrona omitting all the seven darkening flames at once. The pressure was so omnious that the living races of light that were on the battlefield began to die while vomiting blood. The pressure omitted by the origin of light was no joke either. She emanated all kinds of light that were pure and impure or rather divine and demonic. This time, the dark entities began to fall.

Madrona was using his power with all the seven darkened flames in harmony. On the other hand, the origin of light was using her powers by harmonizing the divine and demonic light flames. They glowed brighter than sun. I never witnessed a single case where someone had the authority on two opposing natures.

Now, both the origin entities began to clash with each other by exchanging their fists.

---boom---crackle---thud---whoosh---boom---thud---crackle---boom---...

Their fight left me dumbfounded. Not even my'Demon-god'self can omit such destruction through sheer strength. The sun that was nearby began changing its shape like a floating drop of water. Cracks began to open in outer space.

Huge waves of impacts began to emanate.

---booooooom---

Now, both of them began to use their sovereignty. I was unable to catch-up to their speed. I looked at the the battlefield where the war was prevailing.

"Hmph???"

The dead were nowhere to be found.

[There should be mountains of dead bodies on the battlefield field. Where are they?]

---snap---

My hunch began to flip around.

"The dead!!"

My intuition began to soar as I fell into deep thought. Suddenly, I turned around only to be a witness of the unexpected. Nearly one billion skeletons were standing in wait. When I was the Demon god, I was able to tell how many people were in the battlefield by looking at the area that was occupied by them.

[Can't believe my past experience is helping me.]

The skeletal appearance must be a side effect of the dead entering the realm of living beings.

---crackle---

A black and white lighting began to open up a rift on the sky circularly. It was the descent of the origin of aftermath. His eyes omitted black and white flames. He was wearing dark clothes like a reaper. His face resembled a dazzling young man. I thought he too would look like a skeleton. Guess there is nothing that the origin entities can not defy. But something felt off. The colour of the aura that he omitted were identical to Madrona's and the origin of light's.

"!!!!"

The phrase 'dead'... It made me even more clearer as the events evolved further.

Origin of dark was never formed nor born. He was just an entity with no consciousness. His consciousness was formed right after the 'Big-Bang explosion' as a side effect of the cosmic evolution. He was the first entity with a consciousness. Later came the origin of light.

The origin of dark and the origin of light were never on good terms with each other. So, they were always on constant wars. The conflict between them resulted in the deaths of many living beings. Living beings that obtained the power of dark or light died in these wars.

The aura of every dead soul contained a regret for being blinded by power. Since they had nowhere to go after death, the resentment of the souls who died with the powers they obtained from Madrona and origin of light intact grew more.

As a side effect was formed the origin of aftermath who carried the resentment of the dead towards the origin entities. Since they died with their powers intact, the origin of aftermath ended up obtaining the power of both dark and light. He worked hard and created his own authority and sovereignty to use both the powers at the same time.

With the combined IQ of my'scientist'self and my'Demon-god'self, I grasped most of the part that was ongoing. I ended up getting a compliment from Madrona via sound transmission.

"Not bad, young lad!"

But I felt something missing. Why would the origin of aftermath just be on standby? He can intervene to stop the fight inbetween both entities if he carried on the resentment of the dead.

"!!!!"

I turned around to see how the fight between Madrona and his archenemy progressed. Both of them were fatigued. I thought that the lord of afterlife was waiting for this chance to take down both of them. But I was wrong.

Instead of attacking both the archenemies, he attacked Madrona with his army of a billion dead souls that were skeletons. Now, all the pieces of chess were placed together.

The origin of light took the authority of the living and the origin of aftermath took the authority of the dead. Their purposes were similar in a way, unlike the origin of dark who had the authority on both the living and the dead creatures. Earlier in the war I witnessed dead souls with omnipotent aura wrapped in dark armour. They were fighting alongside Madrona. Madrona must have posed a threat to both of the origin of light and the origin of aftermath.

The billion skeletons flew together like a huge cloud in the space. Once again, I was fazed by the weird phenomenon but figured it out quickly. The origin of aftermath was using his sovereignty. And different light rays started forming huge thorn shaped beams that were 10 to 15 meters long. Millions of such beams were pointed towards Madrona. This sovereignty was obviously the origin of light's work. Both the origin entities reigned non-stop series of attacks on Madrona. I was only spellbounded by the impacting phenomena.

---crackle---boom---whoosh---thud---thud---boom---whoosh---boom---crackle---boom---crackle---thud---boom---and so on---

[;;;; These beings are beyond logic.]

"Hmph?"

---Gasp---

I faltered as I witnessed Madrona falling on the ground from the impact of attacks in the outer space. Madrona stood but fell on his knees due to fatigue.

---step---step---step---

---step---step---step---step---

Origin of light and aftermath stood infront looking down on him. Both of them gave off a smirk. Now, how would Madrona evade his death? I got more curious. The lord of the afterlife (origin of aftermath), came forward and raised his left hand.

He began to chant spells in a weird language that was difficult to understand. To my surprise, I was still able to understand it. I didn't know why I was able to understand an unknown language. But I focused on what was happening. The origin of aftermath enchanted,

""WRATH OF DAYLIGHT!!""

"!!!!"

Right after the lord of the afterlife chanted those three phrases, weird letters shining in mid-air with black and white aura began encircling his left hand that was raised. A beam of light spread around the whole place.

Then, I witnessed the origin of aftermath having a weapon in his left hand. It was a double edged weapon. On one edge was an axe and on the opposite edge was a scythe. It emanated Black and white lightning and flames. It must have been the weapon he created to take down Madrona since the name 'Wrath of daylight' criticises 'Darkened Daylight' that is the power of the origin of dark.

Then, origin of light created millions of thorn shaped light beams and began combine them into a single beam. The beams combined and formed a long sword with different colours fluctuating in it. The sword was nothing more than shaping of an aura. Because it didn't have any particle matter like steel or metal. It was just a powerful light resonating the shape of a sword.

---crackle---

---whoosh---

Both weapons now began to emanate aura. On one side, the origin of aftermath aimed for the neck and on the other side, the origin of light was aiming for the heart. Both of them engaged forward. As both the weapons were about to cut and pierce Madrona-

"""DARKENED DAYLIGHT"""

"""DARKENED DAYLIGHT"""

---booooooom---

A huge bursting of aura took place.

---Gasp---

Both the origin entities that were about to kill Madrona got stuck in mid-air. Their weapons turned into smithereens. Madrona's aura now became dark and white. The darkening flames were wrapped around the white flames. Guess that is the darkened light flames.

...

"!!!!"

[Wait a minute.]

When I was a scientist in my first life, I learnt about Newton disk. When the colours of rainbow are set in a disk with equal proportion, they would display a white plane when the disc is rotated fastly. That means right now Madrona is circulating all the seven darkening flames rapidly inside him while keeping them in harmony.

What scared me was the technique Madrona used for suppressing the origin of light and aftermath. It was different from the sovereignties I observed until now.

---splat---

Both origin of light and origin of aftermath vomitted blood and the lord of the afterlife began to question.

"Huaak... What kind of sovereignty is this?"

---step---

Madrona stepped forward, looking down on both of the origin entities who collapsed while vomiting blood. The previous scenario turned reverse. The origin of light and aftermath were on their knees this time. Madrona opened his mouth.

"While you two were busy in strategizing, I was developing my own strategy by creating a technique that would crush your morale!"

[Wait, he developed a new technique whilst preparing for a battle.]

The origin of light began to speak.

"Sovereignties can only clash with each other. There is no way that one sovereignty could trample on another. How did you do it?"

Madrona began to laugh.

"Hahaha... You are right. But, I never said that this is an ordinary sovereignty!!"

The two entities who were on their knees, became curious. Madrona continued.

"This is supreme sovereignty... A technique that would crush other sovereignties!!"

"!!!!"

The origin of light and aftermath gaped their mouths in shock including myself.

[The origin of dark came up with this kind of domineering ace up his sleeves? I must treat him with utmost respect if I am about to inherit such power.]

Madrona began to talk.

"Origin of light, Grey Martha!"

"!!!!"

Dray Madrona and Grey Martha. Both the names sounded similar in a way.

Madrona looked down on origin of aftermath.

"Origin of aftermath, Kraissilis!"

The lord of afterlife's name sounded funny. But, I focused on the ongoing crisis. Madrona continued to speak.

"Both of you are nothing more than trash. Origin of light, you were always against me just because we both are beings of opposing nature. You tried to reign supreme in the entirety of existence. For someone who held the authority on the living, you sure are greedy. Remember this, if there is no dark, there is no light. The moment I die would be the moment you would turn into the dark only to experience the Abyss!"

He looked at Kraissilis.

"Origin of aftermath, for a person who is a curse rather than a power, you sure are smart. I almost died thanks to you. But, have you ever wondered what would happen to you if you killed me?"

Kraissilis remained silent and fatigued. Madrona elaborated.

"The dark nature which you have grasped from me would have gone berserk. The people who were dwelling in the afterlife would have turned crazy and could have killed themselves!"

"!!!!"

The lord of the afterlife, Kraissilis opened his eyes wide in shock.

Madrona continued.

"Heed my words, we three are the balancing forces of the entirety of existence. Even the death of one of us would break that whole balance!"

Origin of light, Martha opened her mouth.

"If you knew this from the start, you should have stayed on the sidelines instead of involving yourself who had no true authority on the living or the dead!"

Madrona corrected her.

"Yes, you are correct. But, you are also wrong... I may not have the authority on the living or the dead like you two.

But... 'I have the authority on balance' and that's what gives me a fake authority on the living and the dead!"

"!!!!"

Martha and Kraissilis were spellbound.

"The true purpose of the power of the dark is to keep everything in check so that there won't be any errors in the flow of existence. I only involved myself when you tried to create an imbalance!" Madrona ended his elaboration.

Martha and Kraissilis slowly collapsed after his elaboration. Madrona opened a black and white rift and exited.

The mind illusions came to a halt and I was back to the room sitting on the black chair.The info was too much for me to take in. It took me some time to digest everything and clear my mind.

"Phew... So that was how everything began?

The balance in between authorities and powers?"

With a slight smile Madrona attempted.

"Not bad young lad, with a single glance you realised most of it!"

...

The clause 'most of it' gave me the chance to question a doubt that occurred in my mind earlier.

"The sovereignty beholded by Kraissilis was weird. In the flashback, you called him a curse. I did not get that part!"

Madrona began to speak while sighing.

"Look at you... Beginning to address the origin entities by their names!"

...

"I am sorry!"

Madrona didn't bother at my apology and continued.

"Do you remember Kraissilis being formed by the resentment of the dead souls?"

I replied, "yes!"

"In a way, resentment can be considered as a curse rather than a power.

Unlike powers, curses cannot evolve or develop. They need to be developed. Therefore, Kraissilis always conducted experiment in the afterlife by using people whose karma indicated completely dark red aura.

In that way, he developed his own sovereignty that involved spells, runes and summoning techniques by working for almost ten million years!"

I was rather impressed by Kraissilis despite him using people of his own realm for experiments. In a way, he reminding me of myself who reached the top through hardwork and not talent. It made me chuckle.

"Impressed, ain't you?" Madrona attempted.

I replied, "You are not wrong, Mr.Madrona!"

But I got curious all of a sudden.

"But, what was the dark red aura that you spoke of earlier?"

...

"As you know, Kraissilis had the authority over the dead. With his authority he was able to view the karma of every individual in the afterlife.

The left side of an individual indicated the amount of evil deeds via dark red aura and right indicated the amount of good deeds via light blue aura.

But, when a person's karma is dark red on both sides, it means they are rotten down to the core and would be tortured for eternity. People with light blue aura on both sides would end up being loyal subordinates of Kraissilis and their souls would never vanish!"

I interpreted, "Oh... is that so? Then there was nothing wrong in Kraissilis using such bastards like guinea pigs!"

My doubts were all cleared.

...

"!!!!"

[Wait... Doubt!! I forgot the most important thing.]

"Umm... Excuse me Mr.Madrona?"

"What is it, young lad?", asked Madrona.

I attempted, "You have shown me and elaborated everything about the origin entities. But, you still didn't tell me what is a 'grand law'!"

Madrona interpreted, "Inorder to know that, you were to first know what you have seen until now!"

"!!!!"

[Wait a minute... Grand law is something related to that huge scale battle? Earlier, Madrona mention about me rising above as a grand law. Does that mean I am somehow related to this?]

Madrona replied, "You can not be wrong about that?"

---Gasp---

I was faltered with the sudden reply. He was able to tell what was in my mind. I asked again.

"Are you telling me that I am an important key role in this mess?"

Madrona exclaimed, "Yes!!"

...

[How much crazier is my life going to become?]

"No need to feel like a burden!", Madrona tried to cheer me up. But his looks were so obvious. They didn't cheer me but pitied me. I felt like wanting to kill myself. I didn't even think of myself as a burden. But, here is an origin entity mentioning me as a burden. How obvious can he be?

I had no choice but to let it slide, since the one who is infront of me was none other than the first and foremost origin entity whose might reigned supreme than the other two entities.

[I wonder what kind of monster I would become if I am about to inherit the 'Darkened Daylight'. Would I become like him with a dragon face and a body with claws and spikes?]

---smack---

I was smacked with flick of the finger of Madrona, that sent me flying backwards.

---crash---

When I opened my eyes, I saw myself being stuck inbetween the cracks of the walls where I crashed.

Madrona ordered me, "That's your punishment for making fun of my appearance. Stay there until I feel like talking to you again!"

I pissed myself with the pressure.

He sat down and took a transparent sphere that was ten times the size of a basketball out of thin air and placed it in mid-air infront of the sofa. He sat down and began to watch the battle of gods and other races that were prevailing in otherworlds through the floating sphere. The floating sphere was projecting crystal images of ongoing scenarios. From my point of view, it felt like an old man watching sports in a television.

[Guess origin entities live completely on a different level.]

I got curious all of a sudden. But I was undergoing a punishment. I had no choice but to be quiet until he feels like talking to me.

...

Two hours had passed and I was still stuck inbetween the cracks of the wall.

"You may come and sit!"

"!!!!"

Madrona permitted me to continue. I made sure to not get on his nerves for the second time. Two hours were wasted due to my stupidity. I sat back on the black chair. He snapped his fingers.

---whoosh---

The huge transparent sphere vanished into thin air. He sure enjoys using his sovereignty. Madrona attempted, "Earlier, you were trying to ask something while I was watching otherworldly battles. What was it?"

I asked, "Don't you have a separate realm for yourself? The origin of aftermath had the afterlife and the origin of light had the realm of living beings. But I never got to know anything about you. I never got to know the alias that you and origin of light received when I was the Demon god. Infact, I never heard about you in my previous life. I thought that the origin of light and aftermath were the only origin entities that ever existed. What is your realm like?!!"

Curiosity slipped out of my mouth rapidly. Madrona interpreted,

"Fine, now listen carefully. Cause I can tell you only once. This is supposed to be only inbetween us!"

"I heard you loud and clear sir!", I exclaimed.

Madrona placed the top of his index finger on my throat. I felt a slight amount of heat inside my throat. He continued.

"With this, you must not be able to reveal anything anything that you heard today!"

...

"When a living being is born, he destines in the realm of living beings, and when that living being dies, he destines in the afterlife...

But there are also cases where that living being may end up getting restrained from ascending to the afterlife or restricted to remain in the living worlds as a dead soul!"

"!!!!"

I interpreted, "That's when you get involved?"

Madrona continued.

"Yes, I take in the poor souls whose original fates were twisted by unknown forces. Even before the existence of Kraissilis, it was me who tamed the dead souls that died due to trivial cause and used them in war against Martha.

There were also living beings who prayed for me or approached me to receive the power of dark, they were dwellers who suffered injustice throughout their life despite being a living being under the authority of origin of light.

And yes, I do have a realm of my own that is...

'Absolute Abyss'.

That is where dark souls dwell. There, they are known as 'Infinitos'!"

I interrupted, "Infinitos? Why?"

Although the term sounded cool, it was weird to indicate infinite in it. Madrona exclaimed,

"The term Abyss refers to bottomless darkness. In a way, it can also be considered as an infinite black hole. That's why I named the dwellers as Infinitos who live in that infinite black hole!"

I reviewed firmly, "Your reason in interpreting the dwellers as Infinitos have complete justification!!!"

I continued, " What was your alias in the 'Absolute Abyss'?

The origin of dark looked at me for quiet awhile and spoke two phrases with a smirk.

"Dark Reigner!!!"

"!!!!"

The phrase 'dark' resembled the nature and the phrase 'reigner' resembled a supreme ruler. Both phrases combined together gave an incredible vibe. I liked Dark Reigner more than Dray Madrona. But, I cannot call him with that alias, since it is an alias. I can be exposed in the future due to my stupidity if other origin entities were to peek at me. I would rather call him Mr.Madrona since I don't want my destiny to tamper again. I am now already a target to the origin of light and the origin of aftermath. I asked, "How did you receive that alias?!"

The Madrona answered, "The war that you witnessed just now through my mind magic was the first all-out war that me, Martha and Kraissilis ever engaged into.

Right after I won the war, the people who fought alongside me declared their victory and dwellers of afterlife and realm of living accepted their defeat with no choice. Later, I was deemed as the mightiest in the entirety of existence.

Few days after the war, the origin of light and aftermath came to my castle and accepted their defeat. That was when both Martha and Kraissilis took the opportunity to give me an alias as a proof of them admitting the might of Madrona and their surrender!"

I got goosebumps as I heard everything.

[To receive an alias from none other than his archenemies. It must have been a prideful moment for the Dark Reigner when receiving such omnious title from his enemies who accepted their mistakes.]

Now, only one question remained. Before I asked the final question, Madrona halted me and asked.

"What did we talk about?"

I replied, "We talked about ... ... ...!"

"!!!!"

[What the...? Why can't I spout anything?]

The origin of dark gave off a smirk and told me - "Earlier, when I placed my finger on your throat, I used one of my sovereignty. Therefore, you can't speak anything that is related to me even while your final breadth!"

;;;;

[He enjoys using his sovereignty for sure.]

Now, I continued with the question.

"What was the alias of the origin of light?"

Madrona answered - "Godmother!"

;;;;

That name wasn't much of a big shot. Back when I was on earth, people used terms like Mother-earth, goddess of light and then something else. I got used to those names that I didn't feel any kind of reaction oozing out of me.

I didn't even feel like asking the reason for such obvious alias. I interpreted,

"If my guess is correct, then the origin of light should have received that alias by traveling around the realm of living, teaching different kinds of magic and techniques with different principles to living beings in every world and spreading her ideals everywhere via disciples!"

Madrona was astonished and asked,

"How did you know?"

I answered, "Back on earth, I read countless novels, comic books and even watched television series. It was so obvious...!"

[Phew...

"!!!!"

What the heck? I got carried away by my curiosity and forgot the most important thing again?]

"If your curiosity is cleared, then I would start explaining about 'Grand law' that you were wanting to know so badly!", said Madrona.

....;;;;

"Please enlighten me...!", I replied.