While Kelvin was thinking about his future plans, someone else was also thinking of dealing with it.
In an oceanic world far, far away. A large screen in the depths of the ocean was showing a movie. This movie displayed everything that Wrath had experienced recently.
Two entities were watching the movie on the screen. One of them was a human. He was an old man with white hair and wrinkled skin.
The other audience was the mountain sitting opposite the old man. The screen was in the middle of the two of them.
As the movie played, it reached its end. It showed Wrath screaming in pain and cursing Kelvin. Then the screen went dark.
The old man's face was livid. He was very angry, and he was frowning. The wrinkles on his face made his frown scary.
He was clenching his fist tightly. It was clear that he was angry, but he was trying to restrain himself and not act out.
A deep baritone voice came from the mountain opposite him. It caused the ocean water to vibrate and thrum. A large wave even appeared at the surface of the ocean.
The voice said, "What do you have to say for yourself?"
The old man said through clenched teeth, "I failed."
The voice wasn't satisfied. It said, "Not only did you fail again, you also lost your future opportunities. This is the end for you. The help I granted you has gone to waste."
The voice continued. "Maybe everyone in your world was right. Maybe you're indeed a failure. Maybe I shouldn't have wasted my time and energy in helping you awaken the consciousness of your world."
The old man didn't know what to say. Besides, what excuse could he give that would satisfy a god king? He would most likely anger the other party instead of mollifying them.
Eventually the god king said, "All is not lost. At least, with this, anyone who kills him will be able to take the divine artifact and become a paragon. This gives you an opportunity to take charge yourself or find someone to do so."
"Now go and do what must be done. Do not forget what you owe me and know that there is no chance for failure this time around."
The old man bowed. Then he flew away from the mountain. His destination was Earth-11.
After he was gone, the mountain said to itself, "Success or Death."
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Kelvin successfully returned to earth. He was actually dropped off at the orbital station of the Yggdrasil civilization above the planet.
From there, the tower of destiny returned him to where he was before he was teleported away for the battle.
Or at least, that's what was supposed to happen.
Instead of being returned to the building in the wilds where he was with Wrath before he went to the foreign battlefield, he was teleported to a blue spherical world.
The blue spherical world was similar to the one at the center of Lignum. But this was empty. It didn't have the platforms surrounding the large green tree at the center of the world.
There were no vehicles or machinery in sight. Instead, there was just one large tower.
The tower was white. It had 100 floors. Each floor had infinite space within it.
His eyes widened in shock because he recognized this tower. Usually, he had to concentrate before he could visualize it. And only his mind could see it. But this time, he could see it with his eyes.
The tower was real. It was a real physical object right in front of him.
He reached out and touched it. His hand felt a cold temperature. The material of the tower was smooth and cold to the touch like steel. But it was white as ice.
"This is the tower of destiny. But how did I get here?"
He changed his question as he looked around. "Where even is this place?"
He changed his question again when he looked down below and realized that he wasn't standing on anything.
"What is going on?"
No one answered his question. He was afraid, but he didn't fall. This emboldened him to take a step forward.
He found out that he could go in any direction. He could go up or down or left or right. He could even change his position without moving. All he needed to do to move through the blue spherical world was to think about it.
"This is the Tower of Destiny, and this place should be the core of a world. But is this the same Tower of Destiny I see when I concentrate? And is this the core of Earth-11?"
He decided to test his hypothesis by concentrating on the Tower of Destiny.
He closed his eyes and envisioned the white tower. It appeared in his mind, and he could use it to check his destiny report.
He thought to himself, "It is the tower of destiny. But which one was I seeing earlier?"
He opened his eyes after confirming that he could still envision the tower of destiny. It was then that he noticed that his position had changed.
He discovered that he moved closer to the tower of destiny. Actually, he appeared in the same spot he appeared in when he first appeared in this blue spherical world.
"This might just be a coincidence. Maybe I thought about it subconsciously when I was meditating earlier."
He decided to meditate again to confirm his suspicions. But first, he moved as far away from the tower as possible. Then he closed his eyes and concentrated on thinking about the Tower of Destiny.
When he opened his eyes again, he discovered that he had returned to the exact same spot.
"This can't be a coincidence. I move in this world with my thoughts. The only thing I was thinking about earlier was the tower of destiny. Now that I am here in front of the tower of destiny, either there is something messing with me that I don't know about, or this is the same tower of destiny."
He looked up at the top of the tower. Then he began moving towards the top. He wanted to see what was at the top.
When he got there, he discovered that it was the same thing he saw in Icon's legacy. It was a large circular hall with pillars supporting a white dome.
The main difference between what he was seeing now and what he had seen in his dream was that there were not god kings on the 100th floor, and the place was far bigger than he expected.
The hall looked like it was made for giants. The size of everything made him look like a dwarf.
The hall was also empty. There was nothing to see and nothing to do. He was quickly bored with the sight.
"So this is the tower of destiny of Earth-11. Then this place is probably the core of Earth-11. But how did I get here, and what am I doing here?"
His question echoed through the empty world without an answer.
He shouted again, "I want to go home."
The image of his room flashed in his mind. When it did, his whole world changed, and he found himself in the sitting room of his new apartment.
He couldn't believe it at all. He thought he was hallucinating or something. So he went about checking the rooms and looking out the window.
Everything he saw only confirmed that this was his apartment. It was either that or he was in a realistic and strong illusion.
His mouth had been open since he appeared. The more he saw, the more his jaw wanted to fall to the ground.
"No way. There is just no way."
He slumped in his chair, still with his mouth open.
Then he thought of something and closed his eyes. He pictured the Tower of Destiny in his mind.
When he opened his eyes, he found himself in front of the white tower with 100 floors.
He held his head as he looked around in shock. "This is unbelievable."
"Could this be the way Wrath was always able to get around and move everywhere?"
He remembered how the ring of paragon had suddenly appeared in front of him in his first apartment. He also remembered how she had said that demigods were not able to imprison her.
She had bragged about being able to come and go freely. She even mocked the two demigods who fought each other when she escaped because they thought that the other was responsible for her escape.
"Was she hiding this power from me, or did it awaken now because I have gained total control of the ring?"
He still couldn't believe what was happening, so he decided to test it extensively.
He envisioned his room and moved there again. He envisioned Red Dream's farm but couldn't move there. He had to return to the tower of destiny first before he could appear beside her farm.