The Sleep Paralysis Demon is taking its best time tormenting Philip. It's current goal is unknown and it chose Philip to be its prey
The demon is like a stalker that like to mess up Philip. The black goop spills from its mouth and drips on Philip face, entering his orifices
But this black goop is nothing but an illusion that is directed at Philip. No one can see the black goop but they will be able to see the demon
The demon had a dark sinister grin on its goat skull head that has two pairs of pitch black charred horns
The demon opened its mouth and showed hundred of razor sharp teeth and a long sharp tongue. The demon was about to devour Philip's head and absorb his heart when a hand gripped its face
The demon looked at the source of the hand with its dark eye sockets and saw Justine looking at it with extremely dead eyes. Justine has her body up and in a sitting position with her faintly glowing blonde hair levitating behind her
The demon felt fear that it didn't know it had and trembled in place just by staring into Justine's eyes. But the demon did not back down and tried to fight by unleashing its Demonic Energy into the surroundings and placing others as hostages that slowly eats through their souls
Justine denied the futile resistance of the demon however. She has already contemplated the signature of Demonic Energy that the demon have and manipulated it. She made it so that the Demonic Energy returned around the demon and turned it into poison
The demon was surprised beyond belief. It became fearful and wanted to escape and postpone its torment to Philip, but it can't escape because Justine already has a hold of it
The goat skull then cracked from where Justine is holding it. The demon panicked and released all of its power towards Justine but it was inevitably stopped because Justine has already manipulated the vectors of light, sound, and gravity around the demon
The demon is suffering pain far worse than hell and it can't do anything about it
Justine then twitched. She decided to become serious and remove the demon from this world, its origin, source, existence, concept, and soul
Different from the usual red markings that appeared across Justine's body, the red markings became cleaner and sleeker across her skin. The markings are symmetrical and the designs are more complex. With this, her eyes became even more dead that gives the impression that she wasn't supposed to be existing in this universe
Her hand that was holding the demon's face crackled. Green and blue cracks appeared in thin air, wind picked up in the surroundings but Justine immediately cancelled the wind
Justine contemplated and manipulated the concept on her hand and a single streak of yellow lightning flowed from her left eye towards her hand and the green and blue cracks became bigger
Somehow, Justine was able to manipulate the flow of time and space on her hand and she took advantage of it to erase the demon
Justine's hand then trembled and violently shook as her hand twisted and spiralled the space in front of her. With this, the Swirlon picked up and devoured time and space surrounding the demon
The demon was under the influence Swirlonic Implosion and it was about to be destroyed
The body of the demon was sucked into Justine's hand, along with the time and space surrounding it. After a few seconds, the demon is no more and Justine fixed the absent space and scattered time above Philip. She also returned the flow of light and sound in the surroundings
She then closed her eyes and everything about her returned back to normal. She fell unconscious and lied down on the bed next to Philip's trembling body from the series of dreams. Her right arm landed on his chest and her head next to his right shoulder
Light returned on her eyes and she doesn't look like a very scary person anymore
~~~
At the same time as Justine erased the Sleep Paralysis Demon, the same thing happened in Philip's dream
The individual that was in the middle of the swirling elements extended their hand towards Philip. The space around them shattered and long green and blue cracks filled the entire world
The individual closed their hand and the world shattered into million pieces, along with Philip's body and he completely lost consciousness
Just then, he abruptly opened his eyes and saw a familiar sky. The sky is completely white with black streak passing through
He pulled his body up and saw the familiar plane, golden line, and fog all over the horizon
He's in the Fate Timeline
Philip concluded that he was not dreaming anymore and he is in his mind. Although, even though he remembers that he was dreaming, he immediately forgot the contents of the dream. Even with the usage of Extreme Self-awareness, he can't remember
He then ignored it because it's a natural occurence that whenever a person wakes up from a dream, they will completely forget their dream within five seconds. Philip was unsure though at how true that theory is, but he experienced it himself way back when he was a teenager
Nevertheless, he stood up and looked around for clues as to why he went here and instead of waking up and manually going into the Fate Timeline
Of course, the branching golden line lead to the liberation of a few residents of Saykrandae, including a favor from the Monarch Lich, is present in the plane
So far, there are no changes as of yet. Instead, he examined the Fate spheres of the residents of the mansion to see who's left and if there's anything he can do
He first looked at the new golden spheres that formed. The spheres belong to Natsuki and Natsume
Philip initially thought that the Fate Timeline accepted the change in their Fate when he unlocked both of their potential and made them free from the clutches of the Natsu Clan. However, that change when he examined their Fate spheres
Apparently, the Fate Timeline accepted Natsuki's change of Fate because of two things; source of energy and a canditate for something that Philip wasn't able to know
Natsuki's Fate was turned into a powerful source of energy for the world. Since her fire ability is Prominence, she is able to generaate radiant and fusion energy that can power a whole country or continent
This might put Natsuki in a worse situation because some greedy individuals might take advantage of her and remove her rights as a living human being
The reason why the Fate Timeline accepted this Fate is because of Philip and his connections to the higher beings that govern the world, specifically the Old Man, Anonymous, and other high beings that knew of his existence. Since they know Philip, they also know that Natsuki is under his protection and they would do everything that they can to not incite Philip's wrath if there were something to happen to Natsuki
Everything is already under control and there would be no one among the underworld, Secret Organizations, and the government that will take advantage of Natsuki in the future. Especially that Natsu is already guarding her sisters
Regarding being a candidate for something that Philip doesn't even know what for, it has something to do with Fire and that recignized Natsuki for some reason
Whatever the candidacy is for, Fate has a reason for directing Natsuki's Fate towards that direction. Perhaps Philip controlled it that way, or there is someone pulling the strings, or maybe it's the will of the universe
Moving on go the next Fate sphere, it belongs to Natsume. Her Fate is changed to the only being in the universe who can completely nullify fire and assuming an important role in Philip's life
Natsume being able to nullify fire is a greatest asset to Philip. This means that Natsuki herself can fend off most objects that can cause fire and she has a great scope that she can nullify
As usual, Natsuki's Fire Nullification ability is really not fire nullification, it's an ability that can deny fire to certain degree if cetaim condition were met. She is the greatest enemy of any fire ability users
Regarding the important role that Natsume has on Philip's life, it pertains to her being the greatest asset to him, in terms of power and ability. She would be definitely useful to Philip in the long run and into the future
Of course, the fact that she loves Philip is not taken out of the equation. Just by loving Philip is being recognized by the Fate Timeline as an important person and will definitely change Philip for the better
After seeing these Fates, a question came to Philip's mind. What is the true purpose of the Fate Timeline? Is it to tell him what will inevitably happen in the future? Or is it giving him options to change the Fate of everything that's connected that will help him? Or there is it a tool or instrument of some kind that directly helps him, favors him, and setting up his Fate and future?
Philip doesn't know the answer to that as he is not aware of anything at all, not even the orign of Fate Timeline, Fate Control, and Future Vision to name the few
The only thing that he could think about is there someone playing or controlling him from behind the curtains
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Philip snapped out from his daze. He looked at the Fate spheres one more time to see whose Fates he needed to change in order for him to progress forward in the Fate Timeline
The only white spheres that are left are from Camille, Kyouko, Mei'er, and Bea. He already got more than half of the residents' Fate spheres
He has an idea on how to change Camille and Mei'er's Fates but he doesn't know about Kyouko and Bea because he doesn't see them often, especially Kyouko because she has never left her room ever since he arrived at the mansion
But, he will hold on to changing their Fates for now because a big day will come up once he wakes up. The event will be worldwide and it will probably mark the day that half of the world will witness the existence of Magic or fantastical happenings
Unless, the high beings that are living on Earth somehow delayed the confirmation and somehow persuaded the public in some other way
He doesn't expect anything tomorrow nor he knows anything that will happen tomorrow, but he knows that there will be a disaster and he needs to prepare himself for that. The only thing that he knows is that the military and the government is working together on this mission and Chris, the military general, is planning to recruit him along with his squadron
He just needed to be careful and wary, not from the military personnel or researchers, but from greedy politicians and lawmakers
If he were ever to find or notice even the slightest of negative ulterior motives coming from them, he won't hesitate but to be rude and wage war against the whole country
Again, that won't happen because the big people behind the scenes always vouches for Philip and they would punish whoever is rude to Philip first
Besides, the government is different from the president and Philip would choose to befriend the president and earn his trust rather than some random lawyers or senators
Philip is ready to wake up after examining the Fate Timeline, nothing was different. He was about to close his eyes when another crystal butterfly flew in front if his vision
"Wait!"
Philip wanted to know more about the butterfly but by blinking his eyes, he was forcefully pulled into reality and woke him up
As soon as he woke up, he immediately forgot about the butterfly and he was in a daze. He saw a familiar ceiling and felt two bodies on his sides
Philip knew whose bodies these were and he only looked at the ceiling with empty eyes as his arms are wrapped around Justine and Natsume, who are in turn, had their one arm on his chest
The Sun rose from the horizon and sunlight entered the room. It's about time for the others to wake up and for the day to start
~~~
Meanwhile, as the Sun is rising from the east, a being, or rather a person, is seen floating above the layers of clouds while staring at the rising Sun
The man looked like the person from the news that Philip and Justine saw that was discharged from being in a coma. The man had a film of blue energy surrounding his body and the aura seemed to be spreading throughout the atmosphere without pause
"This world... How could the Primordial Remnants end up in this part of the universe? It's sickening!"
The man had his arms crossed while his eyes is emanating a furious and disgusted look
"No beings should be able to use this energy. It's for the universe and the universe only. Whoever takes these for granted shall be eradicated"
"The energy seemed to have spread quite a distance around this world... No matter, I'll just kill every human and animal living in this world"
"Let's first start with the species that can't be reached, even with human technology"
The man then disappeared in a flash of light and teleported. The man has the ability to manipulate space, different from what higher beings and divine beings can do
Higher beings can only travel in fast speeds, faster than sound and sometimes faster that light. While divine beings set their Divine Energy from point A to point B and create portal of their own
Teleportation and portals are different from each other in terms of speed and practicality
Portals take time to be opened because divine beings have to work to connect their Divine Energy signatures and transport themselves forcefully by manipulating their energy around them. They also need to calculate and analyze the quantitative values and numbers to open the most stable portal
This is the same method Sai used to transport herself and Philip from Earth to Saykrandae and vice versa
Meanwhile, Alucard's transport ability of [A Drop Of Blood For Transport] and [Blood Movement] is also different. It's some sort of teleportation but his abilities make it so that a drop of blood from his finger, when it hits the ground, Blood Movement takes over and the dropped blood will travel to the designated destination almost instantly, which he can transport to
However, teleportation doesn't have that restrictions because it can instantly transport the man without deconstructing his atomic and quantum structure and constructing it back again. The type of teleportation that he got is the type that ignores space restrictions
This means that the man has unlocked the ability of Space Manipulation, for now. Of course, this does come with consequences
Time and Space are always partners and one cannot exist without the other. If the man could avoid Space, Time will take over him, causing him to become a Time Anomaly and cause Time Paradoxes in the universe and Absolute Timeline
To compensate for this consequence, he had to manifest an ability that will deny time. As there was nothing happening in the Absolute Timeline and he manipulate space freely, he succeeded in doing so
He has a second ability of Time Cage, an ability that makes Time ignore him completely
He was able to manifest these abilities with the use of Mana and the energy coming from the Primordial Remnants burried around the world. Of course, the man doesn't know that the humans call the energy of the Primordial Remnants as Mana
Who knows if the man has more abilities up in his sleeves
The man appeared on the Pacific Ocean, directly above the Mariana Trench. He looked down and his face distorted in disgust. He could see the creatures hiding in the deepest part of the world
In just an instant, the man shot down through the ocean and the water exploded and created a giant water column as mist spread around everywhere
In a few seconds, the man arrived the the floor of Mariana Trench and looked around. He could see creatures that are not of Earth, but creatures that are alien to Earth. He knows this fact because he could see the cellular structure of these creatures and they are very different from land and sea dwelling creatures
He became angry because these creatures are the closest to the Primordial Remnants and they are being parasites and siphoning all the energ
He snapped his fingers and an explosion of blue energy surged around the area, crushing all the alien creatures, including the surviving prehistoric creatures. Only a few ancient and mythical creatures survived and flee away
The force caused the water to be compressed, making salt and steam, and the surface directly above him cause a giant bulge that caused a tidal wave and tsunami. Fortunately, there are no inhabited islands near the epicenter and there were no casualties
The man looked at the dead carcasses with empty eyes as the water cascaded towards him and filled the remaining air
He then jumped up and shot towards the surface, only to be stopped by an individual as the individual kicked his arm to stop him. The clash cause a massive shockwave that rocked the ocean. Whales, dolphins, squids, sharks, and fishes flee from the area
The individual had long green hair with a dark prismarine colored helmet covering the side of his face. He wore fish-like armor and fins connected to his elbows, knees, and ankles. He hold a large coral trident that emanates domineering light
"Who are you?! What did you do just now?!"
The individual is clearly angry as his voice reverberated through the water, making the water vibrate violently
The man was unfazed and looked at the individual. He was angry also and he wanted to kill him right here because he could feel that the individual is using the energy of the Primordial Remnants to have this power to stop him
But it wasn't the time because he knew that this individual is one of the higher beings living freely on Earth. He needed to find the other cores of the Primordial Remnants to gain power
So far, he has only seen two, both are relatively small and came from the minor Maan Hotspots
"Not going to talk are you?"
The individual was impatient and he drew his trident back, aiming for the man
The man was annoyed and he just simply teleported out of there as the trident shot past where his body was supposed to be
He reappeared back above the clouds and looked down. With his eyes, he could see an empire rising from the ocean floor of the Pacific Ocean
Seconds later, the empire rose through the surface and a dome of blue-violet energy immediately covered them. All kinds of fishes and sea animals came crowding around the empire and ships that are different from human ships came out from the docks
The man's face distorted in anger and frustration once more. He couldn't do anything against this empire because according to the man's memories from when he possessed this body, this empire is called the Atlantis
The description in the body's memories matched the description of the ocean empire, and the individual that the trident could have been the Atlantian King or Prince
The man then left and flew past the clouds, observing more of the wretched planet while planning on how to kill all humans
Unknown to the man, a few high beings are already observing him and deciding on how to deal with him. Until a message came from Anonymous, telling them to step down because he already learned where the man came from and the Mana Blob that possesed it
With this research, he also know that it has a correlation to the unstable Mana Hotspot near Los Angeles, Chris' Military Squadron, and Philip's recruitment
This could only mean that Philip will face the man in the future. He just needs to contact Philip to tell him all the information that he knows but he couldn't because Philip still hasn't fixed the broken smartphone that he left a few weeks back
He couldn't afford to contact him through his personal phone because some beings might trace them, especially since there are a lot of skilled hackers around the world
He contemplated about this as he was watching Philip wake up from his usual time. His eyes are dead from seeing two beauties sleeping next to Philip. He couldn't care less and he approached the matters at hand