Ethereal Ascendance: A Journey of Transformation(Vol 5)

Vol 5/Chapter 172: Meeting the "Holy Ones"

"Let's talk about your situation," the interviewer said.

He sat down across from me, flipped through some papers, then looked up at me to start the real talk.

My situation? What situation?

In a normal interview, this question would be pretty standard. But right now, it felt super weird.

Actually, since I realized where I was, I started remembering more details about this interview from before I got sent to another world.

I remembered all the questions in the interview were just for show. After I answered, they'd just tell me to go home and wait for news.

But this time was different. Unlike when the Light God controlled my mind before, I remembered everything, including crashing into the nuke high in the sky!

So I realized right away that this place probably wasn't real.

"Where is this? Who are you?" I finally got the courage to ask what I was thinking. This was totally different from how I remembered things going.

But the interviewer just smiled, like he wasn't surprised. He answered:

"Everything here is a random scene picked from your memories. In terms you can understand, your soul is temporarily separated in a higher dimension. I'm the one you were trying to find before you lost consciousness..."

So he's the "Lord" Cyra always talked about?

I couldn't believe I was actually meeting the legendary "God"! I felt nervous, of course. This was a huge discovery! I proved God exists, and I'm not even a believer?

But unlike Cyra, I never really believed in God. Would he give me a hard time because of that? That was something to worry about after actually meeting God.

"What about them?" I finally calmed down a bit. I had lots of questions, but I was so nervous I didn't know where to start. So I just pointed at the open door, where over 10 "people waiting for interviews" were in the hallway.

In my real memory, there weren't that many people waiting for the next interview. And they were all staring at me the whole time. I realized they weren't just fake NPCs - they clearly had their own minds.

"They're like me - beings from higher dimensions that you wanted to find out about. We're not just one individual, but many separate beings. But only I need to handle this meeting with you, so they're just watching."

His answer confused me a bit. Did he mean there's not just one "god", but a whole race of them?

It made me think of the 12 Greek gods, a bunch of gods ruling over humans from above. Their relationships were super messy.

"Cyra said Raydwin's soul is with you guys, right?" That was the first question I could think to ask.

"That's right. Raydwin is special - his sacrifice was necessary for history. After that, we'll give him a chance to join us. It's a reward for his brave act!" The interviewer nodded.

"What? Join you?"

I couldn't believe my ears! From what I understood, Raydwin just blew himself up and got to become a god? So many people sacrifice themselves - why does he get special treatment?

Just because of some "historical necessity"?

"That's right! Strictly speaking, he's joining us." I didn't hear wrong - he gave the same short answer again.

"So I got killed by the nuke? Are you giving me this chance too?"

Since there was a precedent, I couldn't help thinking about my own situation and asking to make sure.