BXBX NOVEL Chapter 1010: The Past Cannot Be Erased
The timer above everyone\'s heads continued going down, and down, and down. The hours went by, and everyone looked at it with worried expressions in their faces. It wasn\'t just Titania and Brisingra, everyone here had grown fond of the people of this world, of the people of the past.
To let them all disappear was beyond cruel, yet there was little they could. Mark was looking at the forest in front of him, feeling the breeze, and waiting for Elayne to appear. It has been hours since she was gone, but he kept thinking she would return any time soon. He trusted her, and knew she would do the right thing, and take the right decision.
"Elayne…" He sighed, looking into the skies as the sun slowly began going down the horizon.
Titania held the hand of her little past self. She looked at the eyes filled with innocence she once held, and caressed her hair, while also being surrounded by her Beast siblings, the ones that died long ago.
A tear fell from her eyes, as she looked into the horizon, little Titania sleeping, resting her head over her shoulders.
"Is this really the end?"
Brisingra was sleeping over her mother\'s lap, as Mercedes glanced into the horizon in silence. Recalling her friends, and what had happened, she couldn\'t help but feel a tinge of both sadness and nostalgia.
Despite what they turned out to be at the end, she still loved them for what they were before, her friends. And despite them being dead, they remained within her heart.
She looked back at her daughter, there was a timer above her head. She knew this was the timer of her world to end, for everything to disappear again.
She caressed her future daughter\'s head, and smiled, as she started crying.
Despite having acted tough…
"I don\'t want to die…"
She couldn\'t help but feel fear.
Like any living being, she didn\'t want to die.
Not now, when she had finally found a new reason to keep on living.
"Brisingra… Forgive me."
Yggdrasil remained in silence as she watched the horizon. Within her divine soul, she felt something happening. The world itself was beginning to tremble, to change.
"Ah… So that was it, huh?" She wondered, having singlehandedly guessed that this world wasn\'t truly real. "The end of the world…"
The timer continued going down.
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And down.
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And down…
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"Thank you, Planta…" Yggdrasil looked into the horizon. "For changing the past for us, even if… Even if it was all but an illusion. A happy ending… It was nice."
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"Goodbye, Brisingra…"
Mercedes hugged her daughter tightly.
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She closed her eyes shut, waiting for the wave of nothingness to consume her and make her entire being disappear.
For a moment, the world remained in an endless stillness. The sun remained where it was, and all the Players and NPC that had visited the Dungeon closed their eyes.
Yet…
The seconds continued passing, and nothing happened.
"Huh?"
Brisingra looked at the horizon in silence.
Sir Crimson looked at the sky.
The Elders looked at the sky.
Yggdrasil glanced into the clouds.
Little Titania slowly opened her eyes, greeting her "big sister".
"Big sis, I\'m hungry… Let\'s eat some fruit together!"
"Huh?"
Titania was confused.
Brisingra opened her eyes.
"The timer… It\'s down, but… mom? You\'re still here?!"
"B-Brisingra…?"
Mercedes eyes widened, as she suddenly saw an explosion of bright white light emerge from above the skies, permeating the entire world.
FLAAASH!
She could see a figure floating above the skies. It was Planta, holding a beautiful, divine light in her hands, and spreading it everywhere.
The world started to "change", it was no longer just going to be a recreation. What wasn\'t there became real, flesh, matter, everything started to become real.
The skies, the wind, the clouds.
Yggdrasil herself.
The people!
"This little fragment of the past…" she said. "There is no way I am letting it go. You\'re staying with us!"
Why should she let go of the past, when it was right in her hands?
Planta decided to take matters into her own hands and change the future and the past.
And then the timer glitched and disappeared.
And the sun kept moving down the horizon, the night sky appeared, and then stars and the moons.
The world went on, and there was no reset.
"Oooh, I feel somewhat stronger…" Little Titania said. "Big sis, what happened?"
"T-This is…! P-Planta?!" Titania screamed, standing up as she looked at the sky.
"What\'s wrong with Lady Planta?" Little Titania asked.
"She made everything real, she made you real… Everyone, everyone here…!" Titania laughed, crying out of happiness. "Everyone!"
Brisingra was happy, hugging her mother as both laughed and cried.
"Mommy, you won\'t leave?! Does it mean you\'re going to stay?!" Brisingra smiled happily.
"I-I think so, yeah!" Mercedes kept crying. "S-She did it… Somehow, she did it!"
"Lady Planta…!" Brisingra looked into the skies, her eyes shining brightly with happiness.
Meanwhile, Yggdrasil had been left dumbfounded for a while, and then started to laugh.
"I-I can\'t believe it…" Yggdrasil laughed. "Hahah…! Planta, my successor! Now I can finally see why you were chosen! You… You truly have a noble heart!"
Not many realized what had happened in this "Past World", but everyone felt it. Something intrinsic within their very being, their own existences, they became much stronger.
The Elders looked into the sky through the window of their home.
"Hoh, what a beautiful night this is."
"I wonder when the heroes are coming back already?"
"We\'re preparing a great celebration, a festival. We have not had one in many years."
The heavens slowly went back to normal, as the white divine light that permeated the entire world slowly dissipated. The Divine Dungeon\'s interior stabilized, and changes were made.
Elayne recalled the words of Balance before returning.
"A perfect replica is impossible to maintain. The world will be reduced to a piece of its former self, but it\'ll cover all the areas you visited."
"Naturally, it involves every living being there as well, so don\'t worry. The Eastern Continent was not developed, so it wasn\'t included."
"Lastly, the Gods are naturally not replicated. So it will become a godless world. It will be your task to tell the inhabitants of the news."
"Oh, and the very, very last news, the System will slowly integrate its interior, meaning every inhabitant will gain a Status soon enough. NPC usually can\'t see it though, but they will notice the changes, such as being able to level up and obtain Skills. It is up to you to lead them now, Planta."
Elayne gripped her fists; she had a lot of work regarding this new World she had made. Especially when she felt its powers suddenly connecting with her very Soul.
"Oh, and don\'t forget this world will become connected with your Soul!"
Gameplay had told her that before she was whisked away.
Indeed, it was a lot of responsibilities and dangers.
But to see everyone happy and fulfilled, Elayne would have done it again.
She smiled, feeling happy, really happy.
"It didn\'t disappear…" She laughed happily. "It didn\'t disappear!"
As she laughed happily, she descended from the skies, and greeted her family and friends to tell them the news.