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I woke up again in the storage room of my shop, welcomed by the smell of breakfast that came from outside.
Though this time, my mind wandered back to the spell that Zora used, or to be accurate, the application of that spell that she used.
'She did indeed remove that dome, but… exactly how?' I was honestly amazed by that spell.
I had a rough idea of how it might have happened. Similar to how, doing different things in various [Restarts] results in different outcomes, her spell must have been the same.
Like with her spell, she could have caused a minor change in the past that would have made it as if the dark mages never came in this town. Thus resulting in the dome never being formed.
Though it's just a hypothesis with no concrete evidence.
"Breakfast," a sweet voice helped me out of my thoughts as I looked at Anna in front of me. She was peeking by the door, as she observed me with curious eyes.
"Thanks Anna," I smiled at her as I cleared all my thoughts for now.
"Umu," she answered with a smile as she went back to Leena, and I followed behind her.
'So, where do I even begin? Should I stop the dome from ever forming? Or should I let it form and destroy it for a larger impact?' I started thinking of my next few steps that I could take in this situation.
"You look troubled," Leena passed me another piece of bread as she observed me.
"A bit of confusion here… "I spoke a little as I took a bite, while she kept gazing at me, waiting for me to continue.
"Say. If you had a choice to prevent a calamity before it happens and after it happens. What would you choose?" I asked as I looked at them.
"Obviously before it. That's a dumb question, don't you think?" Leena looked at me in confusion before I added,
"But let's just say that you can prevent it after it happens, saving everyone, protecting everything. Won't it have a lot of impact on your image?"
"Hero?" Anna asked as she understood what I was talking about.
"Not just a hero… more like a person with a lot of power and connection?" Leena too seemed to grasp the situation that I was talking about.
"Doesn't that depend on a lot of factors?" Leena turned to me, with even more confusion, before she continued.
"How much can you save? How much you cannot f*ck up? Is the outcome worth it? Will you be able to do it?"
"Kill. Save. Hate. Love. Enemy. Friends," Anna added her words, and I understood a bit of what they were saying.
"And then there are after-effects that have the same implications. You attract too much attention that might hurt your loved ones. You might be on a target list of major organizations," Leena added even more.
I closed my eyes, as I knew most of it. But now listening to it from another person made me think more deeply about it.
If I save everyone as Wesker, then this shop and the people connected to it will be in danger. Not a grave problem, but surely a pain in the ass.
If I do it as Adam, then the town attracts way too much unnecessary attention than I need. Who knows, even the demigods and other saints might be attracted to this town.
'I would never have it easy if they came during the [Beta Update],' I thought before I thought of my third Identity.
As Morpheus, if I were to save the day, then it might be actually for the better. A dark mage that people need to be careful of… and if he vanishes right after that act, then it might take attention away from here.
'Though I still need to mention the connection between him and Adam, at least. The idea of 'Brothers of Salvation'… it gives me a couple of ideas that I can implement in the future,' I thought.
All this thinking made me realize my options were a bit more limited than I thought they were.
"Bread?" Anna asked as she passed another and I nodded.
"What if you can handle all that? What if there were no problem with whatever you mentioned?" I asked Leena and then she gave it a brief thought and answered,
"If it were me, then even then, that would have been too much of a hassle. But if that is not the case, then you can go with it. Why are we talking about a hypothetical situation, though?"
"Just because," I then finished my tea and stood up. Walking out of the shop, I paused for a few seconds before speaking,"thanks Leena. Thanks Anna," and then moved out of there.
I walked down the same path as before as my head began reviewing things.
Let's see it all over again from the start.
We have elves trying to protect the Array from dysfunctioning.
Then we have Dark Mages trying to open the gate to the Inverse Dimension to bring Laplace back.
The witches want to save their kind that had already turned into a half-witch.
And then we got 3 Goddesses and Zora watching me from the sky, observing my every move.
Also, Nvida and the World Order could get involved if things get iffy.
'But that just scratches the surface of the situation,' I thought as I kept walking, busy in my thoughts.
The Crazy Manipulator and his two daughters. Their mother, whom I didn't come across even once. Trisha, the high elf, is most probably the catalyst of the entire situation.
The Dark Mages who follow the Son of Laplace. And their animosity against the Goddesses. Their planning and networking that I still don't understand completely.
The forest. The City.
'And then the Book of Array itself,' I realized that the situation was rather too messy to clean…
And for a moment, I kept myself busy in my thoughts before I reached a particular point.
'Are you people looking at me, too?' I looked at the sky.
I wasn't talking about the Goddesses… but the Primordials that brought me to this world. Since it is a game for them… then it would make sense that they were still watching me. Or perhaps the other Primordials?
Well, it doesn't matter much… not like they will answe-
[New Quest: Fate of an entire city!]
[Grade: Unique!
Difficulty: Impossible!
Description: With the dawn of the day, the world itself turns away from the city of Chaos. You have stepped on the realms of fate that are bound to happen. The threads have sprung to the point that it cannot be changed. The city is destined to be destroyed. However, will you be able to save it? Show me, Fate Weaver.
That there is more to you than what it seems to be.
Objectives:
1. Save the Border City from complete destruction!
2. Save the Elves from their imminent death!
3. Save the High Elf, Trisha from becoming a sacrifice to the Inverse World.
4. Save the Dryad, Nvida, from becoming a pawn of the World Order.
5. Help out Anna, Leena and their Mother.
6. Make sure that Crazy Manipulator meets Anna.
7. Break the 4 Curses of Anna's Family.
8. Help out Raven reach back to the Witches.
9. Change the fate of Rosalyn and Unia from definite death.
10. Find out a way to open the dimensional gate to the Inverse Realm without any living sacrifice.
11. Convince the Black Shadow to close the gate.
12. Maintain the damage-destruction level below 20%.
Quest would fail if:
1. Anyone of these dies: Anna, Leena, Clair, Crazy Manipulator, Laplace, Freya, Zora, Nvida, Trisha, Thompson, Raven, Rosalyn, Unia, and the Black Shadow.
2. City destruction reaches: 100%
3. Forest destruction reached: 100%
4. The Book of Array gets disturbed.
5. The Dimensional Dome doesn't open.
6. The Dimensional dome doesn't close.
7. The Curse of Leena or Anna activates.
8. Number of deaths reaches above 100
9. The Goddesses or Laplace gets involved
10. The World Order gets involved directly.
Rewards:
+???
+???
+???
Penalty:
-Lose half of your stats permanently!
Remarks: Fate Weaver. What you are trying to do is almost impossible. The threads of fate have already been formed. They cannot be changed by an ordinary will. You need to be more than perfect. Because you have shown perfection before, hence I will give you this chance.
If you can do it, then I will tell you my location too. Good luck with your endeavors.]
And I stood there looking at the quest that I received out of nowhere. Standing blankly, I read the entire quest a couple of times. Especially the remarks. To think that I would get… something like this…
"Holy… f*ck!" I blurted out as sweat poured out of my head while I stood there dazed still for some time.
Now this was… just perfect.