Chapter 21: The First Is Chance, The Second Is Fate

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Fortune teller Airi Haven.

The last descendant of the God of Destruction, she came to this land with a mission and etched the horrific scene shown in the crystal ball into her eyes, holding her breath.

A scene of everything in sight burning and collapsing.

But among them, what particularly caught her eye was the gray dust covering the ruins, of which not everything had burned yet.

Was it sand or ash?

Whatever it was, it could also be a clue to the one that caused this scene.

'Such an absurd thing to suddenly occur, altering even the existing future...'

Events like this don't usually happen.

For an event that devastated a whole country to occur, there must be preceding signs, and a fortune teller's foresight takes all such signs into account.

The fact that the future she foresaw changed in an instant meant that the other party suddenly decided to act without giving time for such signs to appear.

It was so sudden that even the being beyond the vast universe, who revealed prophecies to her, only just noticed.

'...Ancestor, is this the future you foresaw?'

The Goddess of Destruction, Angolmois.

A being who descended to this land long ago to destroy the world as per a prophecy but ascended back to the heavens for some reason.

Her bloodline remained on this land, and as a result of the Goddess of Destruction's union with humans, her descendants gathered their powers to bestow upon her.

Indeed, she was in a state of having awakened powers similar to those of Haven, the first demi-god.

Being born with such powers, she knew.

The ability of her clan to read the movements of the stars was valid because of the intervention of the Goddess of Destruction, beyond this world.

"...Oh Goddess of Destruction."

Airi, sensing such intervention, soon gathered her power into the crystal ball to communicate with her.

"Until now, our clan has only been able to read the movements of the stars and see the future, not understanding how to modify it in the desired direction."

Even if the future could be changed, fate would split into countless paths at every moment.

With their powers fading through generations, it became challenging to find the correct path of fate.

Even now, with their powers combined, they were still limited to discerning the way forward to the future they sought through sentences or blurry scenes.

It was as if they were not directly confirming the possibility but rather as if someone was indirectly conveying that fact.

"We have gathered our powers to prevent the imminent doom of this land. Originally meant for destruction by your hands, we now seek a different path, diverging from the moment of destruction we foresaw and intended to retreat from."

"The ability to read the future and teach ways to alter it is only possible because a being, whom we may call a Goddess, watches over this land."

Having realized this, Airi, akin to the first demi-god, who had long harbored this question, seized the moment to ask,

"Have you continually given us revelations to prevent annihilation because you also wish for this land not to be destroyed?"

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