Chapter 332 - The system belongs to
Bliss had gone through everything, but instead of explaining everything, she asked if the two could hold hands. At first, Ray was reluctant, but right now, he felt powerful. He could tell that although Bliss had a load of magical energy surrounding her, it was distorted.
Out of control, it was rampaging and couldn't be controlled. All the power from the other crystals that Ray had felt were now around her, but it seemed like for whatever reason wasn't able to enter her body.
As the two touched hands, Bliss had shown Ray all the events leading up to this day, including their grand battle they had but it was only shown in fragments and Bliss purposely left out some crucial parts.
"My body is still somewhere on this land!" Ray said once he opened his eyes.
Although Bliss had shown him the part where she had put Ray's body underground, she had not shown him, it was at the very fortress where the two of them fought.
"Even if I were to tell you, it is impossible to get in. The door sealing it is made of Glathrium. "
Ray then started to laugh.
"Oh, like all those locks before, I shall just open it like usual."
That's when Bliss started to laugh back at Ray even louder than him.
"Did you not listen to me when I said I was the one who created the system. I have been helping you, guiding you and allowed you to open those doors.
"Enough of your games you witch!" Ray shouted as he stood up from his seat. "If I wanted to, I could kill you right now."
"Then go ahead, do you even know what would happen if you were to kill me?" Bliss said, now standing up Infront of Ray putting her face Infront of his. "First of all, if I die, I will only be reborn once again, only properly this time and not in a crystal. Sure, it would take me years before I was an a.d.u.l.t and got my power back but for how long I've lived, those years would fly by."
Bliss was even older than she could remember. It was to the point where she couldn't even remember when she first existed. It seemed like she had always been there along with the other gods and powerful beings but eventually, they all parted away and took their own paths.
"Now let me get onto my second point," Bliss said. "And this is an important one. As the creator of your system, what happens to me greatly effects your body. Sure what I said before is true. As long as you complete all 1000 tasks, your abilities will return. But right now, while the contract is still up, I am the holder and it's being held together with my magic."
"What do you mean?" Ray asked.
"If I was to die, or disappear,?then the system would be gone with it. Although you could still increase your powers by eating those beast cores of yours, there is no way to get your skills back. I'm sure you have noticed that there are times where certain skills just didn't work? Whenever that occurred, it was when I felt like my life as a crystal was in danger. I had to draw my power away from you to protect myself."
This was bad news for Ray. What Bliss was saying, was that she was his weakness. If someone chose to go after her or attack her, then that would mean he would lose some of his abilities, and if she would die, his powers would be gone entirely.
The most annoying thing about it all, was there was no way for Ray to confirm if she was telling the truth or not. He could kill her, but if what she was saying was true, he would have ruined his chances.
"Let's make a deal, Ray, I should call you now? You get rid of the shadow, and regardless if you have completed your task of saving a 1000 lives or not and I will tell you were your old body is."
This deal wasn't too bad for Ray in the first place. From his visions and everything before it, he was interested in the shadow himself and wanted to get rid of it. But he now also had an idea who the shadow really was.
"I will accept but on one condition?"
"Which is?"
"You are to travel with me, stay by my side, if your death means losing my powers then I can't have you out there on your own," Ray said.
"Then I have a request of my own," Bliss replied. "You must do everything in your power to get Van over to our side. He has already shown interest, but I'm afraid the queen will not accept. He is needed in the fight against the shadow Ray. This is something that you can't do on your own."
With a deal put in place, the two of them agreed to accept. Once two great enemies were now working together to defeat a common foe. But Ray still had other ideas of what to do to Bliss once he had regained his powers back.
Before leaving the academy, Ray had entered his room while Bliss went back to join the others. She couldn't just disappear like Ray did, otherwise, others would worry. The room was the one that he had been sharing with Van this whole time.
He had handwritten out a letter and had asked Slyvia for what to put in it. It detailed everything the Redwings were going to do to get rid of the shadow and how they needed Van more than ever. Slyvia made sure Ray stressed the point that Van was needed.
Form Ray's description, she felt like she knew the right words to say to bring him over. With the letter left and a meeting point said and done with. It was finally nearly time for Ray to leave Roland academy once and for all.