The Book of Abbadon

Returning to Aria

As the three of you step out of the other side of the portal, the first thing you feel is the atmosphere drastically change around you. You've been in the Immortal Realms for so long that you were beginning to get accustomed to the dream-like state of them, and now that you're back in a Mortal Realm, everything suddenly feels so real again.

You're all standing on a road that leads towards a colossal wall in front of you. The sheer size of this wall is unbelievable as you can see it dwarf the large trees in front of it. Tom notices the awestruck look on your face and speaks to you with a grin.

" Amazing, isn't it? The Morians built it to protect their kingdom from the rival army of Voldoor during the war that they had been fighting for thousands of years. "

" Did they really need to make a wall this massive, though? "

You ask Tom in a flabbergasted tone. He giggles a bit and responds with a smile.

" Well, in a world full of fantastical creatures and people with extraordinary abilities, you'd probably need a wall this big to make sure your kingdom was safe from everything that has an incredible destructive potential. "

You remember what happened to Ishville and you understand. If the battles of this world are anything like what happened there, then maybe the wall really isn't big enough.

Tom nods his head for you and Mimi to follow him and the three of you begin walking towards the wall. With Mimi holding your hand as you approach, the sheer size of the wall becomes more and more apparent as you can't even tilt your head back enough to see the top of it anymore. As you walk behind Tom, you ask him a question.

" So what's the plan? Are you going to teach me how to use my abilities here? "

Tom turns his head as he's walking and looks at you out of the corner of his eye as you both converse.

" There is no time for me to give you lessons on how to use your power, but that's perfectly fine. I believe that in our endeavor to save this universe, it is highly probable that you will get some of your memories back and your power will come back to you again naturally. Right now we're going to Moriarch to tell the King that his world is in grave danger. This universe's Gods derive their strength from the amount of mortals that pray to them. With the help of the King, we can increase the strength of the Gods by having the people under his rule do just that. The Gods need to be as powerful as possible before The None comes. "

" But how could they fight The None if he's equal to The One? "

" The Gods of this universe couldn't hope to stand a chance in fighting The None, even if they all worked together at their full strength, but it's not their fight. That's why they have you. Before you lost your memories, you were able to hold off The One so I could escape him. The book that The One gave you also contains his power over creation inside of it. In theory, your power combined with the power of The One could be enough to stop The None, but the Gods of this universe also need to increase their strength as well because there's more than just The None that we have to worry about. "

" You're talking about the Valghul… "

" Yes. Dealing with the Valghul is inevitable. If the Gods become strong enough, they may be able to survive an encounter with it. Also, I'm sure the Valghul sees you and The Holy Omniverse Transcript as a threat to The None’s campaign as well. If you were to suffer The Bite of Abrogation, you too would be reduced to nothing. I'd be willing to bet that the Valghul is going to do everything in its power to murder you as well in order to get its hands on the book. "

" That makes sense. The Valghul was already after it when I landed here on Aria. What do you think would happen if the Valghul somehow ended up getting the book? "