BXBX NOVEL Chapter 1009: Doing The Impossible
Not only me, but Brisingra and Titania too, they would miss them a lot. And also… Well, I would miss Yggdrasil. I think this is a perfect opportunity to learn from my predecessor, and… It is a bit tragic it\'s ending so soon."
The Administrators remained in silence as they looked at one another.
Then, they started to speak in a language I couldn\'t understand at all.
It was confusing, and the more I tried to discern what they spoke, the more my entire head hurt, so I stopped even trying.
Yet it seemed that after a few minutes of talking, they concluded, and it was Balance who spoke.
"We\'ve spoken and taken some decision." Said Balance. "However, before we even reveal you anything, we need you to first understand what is happening in that Dungeon, Planta."
"O-Okay." I nodded. "Please, if possible, tell me."
"Okay, so let\'s begin from the… Well, beginning," sighed Balance. "We won\'t reveal everything to you, but we will explain you a few things, without too many "spoilers" as my friend here calls them."
"It\'s important to not reveal the story ahead of time!" said the Archivist.
"Yeah, yeah. I agree, it is part of Balance to also have a balanced story with ups and downs, spoiling everything would make it really boring after all," Balance nodded. "Now, you must already know these things already. How the world ended after the Demon King of the End appeared, right? His destruction was to such a level that even the fabric of time and space was shattered.
This caused these fragments of time to appear. From what we\'ve learned, the System used these fragments of the world, time, and space, to reconstruct Arcadia. However, there were some fragments of time that should have disappeared originally, but that remained despite being from the past. Most likely because of the immense "trauma" such parts of time experienced.
One of such is the Time Memory Fragment that created the Divine Dungeon where you\'re located."
"W-Wow…" I nodded. "I mean, yeah, I had guessed that the System somehow reconstructed the destroyed world, but getting it explained officially is incredible."
"I suppose it couldn\'t be helped, you already guessed it anyways," shrugged the Archivist.
"And so, those traumas, get back on topic please, were made into these dungeons." Gameplay explained.
"So history was scarred so much that such pieces of the past were frozen, and left fragments of the memory of time…" I nodded. "I think I get it now, and they\'re only five?"
"There are more, but those five were the biggest ones, capable of being made into the Divine Dungeons of Cloudia. They were made to both offer a great amount of challenges, and also to introduce the history of the world to Players," the Archivist explained.
"Their original purpose is to spread knowledge of the past. To take that away and make it yours would be unthinkable, as it would go against our vision," Balance explained.
"But those people…" I sighed. "They might be fragments of the past, but they\'re alive. To reset the dungeon, it would be the same as killing everyone there…"
"Hm…" Balance sighed. "That\'s why, let us finish what we were talking about."
"We were going to let you stop the Dungeon reset and keep it stable through the Privilege you acquired, one time use," said the Archivist.
"Wait, really?!" I gasped. "Thank you so much!"
"However." Entertainment said. "You\'ll have to do something for us!"
"Yep, because the Fragments of the Memories of Time are unstable, once one is kept stable through the powers of the privilege, the others might also need to be attuned! Or else, they might go through too many issues," Gameplay said.
"Therefore, if you take this one as your own responsibility, you\'ll also need to, once you find them, take the others, and connect them with the first fragment," said the archivist. "This was originally my plan, but it was scratched when Balance argued it would be too complicated for Players. However, you\'ve proven that such a thing is not true."
"So you mean that I\'ll need to find the others and connect them somehow with the first one?" I asked them.
"More or less," Balance nodded. "It\'ll be a hard task, each Divine Dungeon is hard, and encompasses one time period of the past… To do this properly is a monumental task after all…"
"But if it\'s completed, we could create something brand-new. A Realm of its own, a Realm of the Fragments of the Past, we could call it… The Realm of Time!" the Archivist said. "Oh yeah, that\'s a good name! I have to write that down!" he started scribing his ideas on a book.
"So, Planta? Are you willing to take responsibility for all Fragments of Time Memories?" Balance asked. "If not… We\'ll have to reset."
"…"
I sighed, it was of course going to be a lot of work, but I wasn\'t going to give up anyways.
It was a lot of responsibility, yeah.
But so what?
As long as I can make my friends happy and keep the new friends I\'ve made along the way with me.
Then it is totally worth it!
Mercedes…
Little Titania…
Yggdrasil!
The Elders, the people, the shopkeepers, the children playing in the streets.
Everyone…
I can\'t simply let them all disappear.
I\'ll save you, no matter what.
No matter how much it takes, I won\'t leave you behind.
"Of course. Leave it to me," I smiled. "I\'ll do it."
The four Administrators remained in silence and nodded.
"Hahaha! I knew it! She\'s crazy! But that\'s why we like her!" Entertainment giggled. "Planta, I am your big fan!"
"Somehow, this is the exact response I expected from you…" Sighed Balance. "You sure love bringing me headaches, but… I am with Entertainment there; you are someone incredible. I am looking forward to what you will do next, Planta."
"Not bad, fufu~" Gameplay giggled. "Geeh! I wonder what sort of new stuff you\'ll bring to this world now!"
"Very well," Story said. "Planta, I shall entrust in your hands this Story I\'ve written… Because much like you, I am a sucker for happy endings."
"Thank you, everyone!"
FLASH!