Chapter 98: Carried Will/End of Space and Time

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Rimuru Pov

My eyes flung open, a hazy wave of sensation staggered my mind...assaulting me with drowsiness.

The surrounding didn't help either, a pitch of darkness or maybe whiteness ? I failed to put a proper description to the world I was now floating in.

Ciel : (Welcome back my beloved master.)

Ciel's voice broke the silence, finally I started regaining my senses, clutching my fingers in response.

Rimuru : (Ciel...where are we?)

Ciel : (Master is currently at the very edge of creation where all points in space and time meet.)

Rimuru : (The edge...)

Ciel : (Yes, it is also called the end of space and time.)

My thought process froze after fully registering her words. I was at the end of space and time ? Is this even a place to be at ?

How did I get here in the first place...oh right, I was hit by Feldway's spell, did he call it [Chronos Saltation] ? He took me by surprise, resulting in the current situation.

Rimuru : (How much time has passed ? I feel like I slept for a decade...)

Stretching my arm, I slowly caressed my forehead trying to get rid of this sleepiness.

As a slime, I shouldn't be able to feel such sensation unless intentional...yet at the moment, it felt just like how I woke up a monday morning when i was still Satoru Mikami.

Ciel : (Master has been in a state of hibernation for the past several eternity...)

Once again, I froze at her words...my eyes widening, I turned my head gazing at the sea of nothingness.

Rimuru : W-what do you mean ?

Ciel : (This place converges time itself, creation itself has come to an end...I had myself witnessed the birth and extinction of countless realms while waiting for you.)

The birth to the end of a world...the numbers reach up to the trillions of years and she spoke of it in plurial...

Rimuru : T-then what about everyone...Ivarage ? Chloe, Shuna and the others...

Ciel : (The Cardinal world isn't an exception, everyone there has been defeated by the world destroying dragon and its essence has reached its term.)

Rimuru : N-no...

Everyone...they were all massacred ? And I was nowhere to help...we lost ?

Ciel : (Master, please does not lose hope.)

Rimuru : I-is there anything else I could do now...

My body shook in frustration...

Ciel : (Yes, master can still earn back everything that was lost.)

Rimuru : R-really ?

She brought back hope, I waited for her next words with anticipation.

Ciel : (For the last few eternity, master's body has bathed in this void absorbing its essence and energy, countless evolution has shaped the master's current self.)

Rimuru : Did I evolve again ?

Ciel : (Affirmative, master has also accumulated enough Nihilitist energy to create the world as much as he wants.)

Recreate the world...this simple notion made me feel a complex myriad of contradicting emotions.

Rimuru : Is this your solution ?

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