Standing right next to the body on the ground, Roderick slowly reached out to his chest and plucked a bright red gem. Looking closely, he noticed both its size multiple times larger than the gems of the two beast kings, and its purity was also on another level. Within the gems he could also see countless little symbols all over the gem forming a strange formation. The symbols were similar to the runic patterns found in the immortal armors.
"So this is it..." Compared to other gods or even immortals, Thor wasn't the most knowledgeable one, in fact he knew nothing other than combat and a few tricks he learned in secret like simple spells and a little about divination.
Holding the gemstone he slowly walked up to his old body and pressed the stone against its chest.
Poof!
Woooosh! Roderick's true body suddenly opened its eyes filled with the aura of a supreme entity on top of the universe. His eyes were dark blue and the nobility within them were unquestionable.
'Urg!' If Roderick still had a mouth he would be groaning from pain. With his body melting, the burning feeling within his body was not something most could handle. His hair, eyes, mouth, nose, arms and legs all turned into magma. As if a puppet without strings, the crimson-haired Roderick melted into a pool of blood around his old body as the two bodies slowly merged.
Booooooom! Ink black clouds gathered only on the surroundings on the Abyss as a dense energy formed within it.
Céline and the Whale watched this disgusting scene with a bit of nausea. Roderick on the other side felt as if everything changed, his surroundings were an empty and vast blackness that extended until the eyes could see.
Walking alone for what seemed like centuries, he found himself standing on a balcony with a view to an amazingly beautiful garden. The sky was shining in a myriad colors that kept constantly changing and the buildings around it were all made of the finest celestial gold.
Then he looked down at himself and saw he was dressed in something he remembered very well, it was the traditional Asgardian Armor every member of the royal house had. And with the familiar looking buildings and the breathtaking sky, there was no way he didn't know where he was.
"Asgard! No, this is wrong, I should be here." Thor exclaimed with amazement despite knowing that there is no way this place is real.
It was when another presence surged. "You are right, this is not the Asgard you know, but a virtual space I created to facilitate our communication."
A handsome man in his mid thirties was sitting near while reading a book, his short golden hair and eyes that shone in the same way as the sky with a myriad of colors left a deep impression on him.
Thor narrowed his eyes and was sizing up this man when the latter continued. "I didn't expect none of this, if not for that strange thing I would not even come to this universe, but luckily I managed to find you, Thor."
"Do I know you? Wait, you are that oracle! The one who showed me the future." Seeing the way the man was familiar with him, he was certain this person knew exactly what happened to him and he was shocked to realize it was the same voice he heard that day.
Ignoring his discovery, the man continued. "Right now you world is facing a great danger, in fact the creator behind those 'Immortal Armors' is truly amazing making even this old me admire. Right now both bodies are merging, and this has erupted the little divine power that had merged in your body, that is a power that doesn't belong to this world and the moment you awake the natural order of this universe will begin its assault in order to remove any outsider. There is 92% of chance of you dying in this calamity, I'm here to offer you a choice."
When he reached this point, he opened a crack in space and took a dark blue crystal filled with an infinite mass of thunder and lightning. "This thing in my hand is your divinity that I sealed in this crystal, if you wish to take it and stay here, the 8% of chance of surviving the calamity will fall to zero. Oh, I must remind you that even if you survive the calamity as long as there is a trace of you that doesn't belong to this world, it will continued to hunt you down not matter if you accept the divinity or not, in fact it may even attack your friends and those close to you."
" Or if you wish so, I can take you back to your own universe, but you need to know there is no way back if you chose this path. If it is painful I can remove the memories of this world so you won't feel sad about leaving it"
"The third and last choice is simple, if you don't want to leave this world or endanger those close to you, you will have to forsake everything related to Thor meaning you won't be recognized by your world anymore. In exchange I will give something with equal value to your divinity, something that will not draw the attention of the laws of this world. Another thing is that the level of this universe's dimension is higher than the one you lived in, and some of its beings are much greater than your "Gods", I'm sure you will see it for yourself."
At this point connected the dots, and the identity of this man was clear. Thor then spoke respectfully as he recognized the man. "I heard stories about you. That there is a being messing with the laws since the creation of the universe and the oldest being that lived longer than the laws itself that even Lucifer won't dare to mess with. Even the gods there were nothing to you, but I didn't know the powers of that being extended this far away to other universes and realities. I see what you are getting at, but I won't leave. II really do want to see everyone again, but this world has already become important to me."
After thinking for a few moments, he gave his answer. "If it was anyone else, I would feel suspicious, but coming from the patriarch of that clan I knew you won't lie. I really don't care if this universe will go after me, but if this calamity can affect the others then there isn't any other choice. I chose the third option."