Philip continued walking through the hallway. His mind is empty and he actually doesn't want to go to the cafeteria, but to someplace where it's quiet
Upon reaching an intersection, Philip looked up to see the signs. There were the Main Hall, Cafeteria, and Wing C respectively from left to right. Philip went ahead and turned to the right as his Future Vision and Clairvoyance is telling him to do so
There was another sign at one of the hallways and it read as Rooftop where an elevator is located and a series of stairs is to the side. He took the stairs than the elevator to avoid eyes. He climbed up at least five sets of stairs and reached the rooftop, the highest point of the military facility
Before he opened the door towards the rooftop, two signs can be seen next to the door frame, an Authorized Personnel Only sign and the Private Garden sign
Philip dismissed the signs and opened the door anyway. The door was unlocked and Philip just pulled the lever of the knob
Philip entered the rooftop and his eyes were mesmerized, a warm feeling also formed around his chest
A beautiful private garden filled Philip's vision. There is a serene pond with a fishing platform, symmetrically arranged trees, different arrangements of flowers, bushes, and ferns, hedges, stone pavement, and a beautiful tree standing in the middle with hanging lanterns and lamp posts
The garden is very moody but very relaxing because of the mix of dim lights, the moonlight, and the darkness of the night
Philip walked through the garden and into the stone pavement. He looked at the stone bench and he considered if he should sit, but he was feeling to overlook the sea. He leaned over the handlebars near the ledge and watched the moon above the sea to the west. To his right is the airstrip and to his left is the Wing D of the military facility
He gazed at the moon and his vision began to glare. His eyes dilated and he felt warm. The sea breeze and the night breeze flowed around the military facility and made the area cooler
He then manually activated all of his abilities to let the pressure out from his mind and body
Hair turned to black-gold, eyes turned golden and his right pupil turned violet. The Blood Horn grew from his head and cracked itself. The space between the cracks glowed crimson red and a tiny ball of blood formed at the tip of the horn and hovered. White lines calmly crawled around his hands, arms, feet, and legs. They wiggled slowly like calm flames
His right hand then became cold and his left hand became hot. The air around his right hand quickly deposited and formed ice shards and crytals. Meanwhile, his left hand is radiating heat around the air. He rubbed his hands apart and he could only feel ticklish, like his nerves became sensitive
Blood then flowed out from his chest and hovered around his body. He was surrounded by strings and branches of blood. The Pureblood responded to Philip's thoughts and just showed him its cooperation by manipulating blood around him
He then looked up at the sky and the weather changed. Clouds formed abnormally and it swirled like a fantastical sky. It then opened like a valley and showed the moon to Philip once again
"..."
Several minutes have passed even more, his energy and power is flooding around the military facility. Fortunately, no one felt his energy except for Justine, though she ignored it and let Philip do his thing
Philip looked back at the moon. His Eye Vision and Clairvoyance is activated and he could see two beings flying around the surface of the moon
'Aliens? Meh...'
Philip concluded that they were aliens, even though he couldn't see their appearances. He then looked down and watched the sea, towards the Pacific Ocean, into the horizon towards the far west
By gazing towards in that direction, he could see a storm brewing bizarrely. The formation of the storm and clouds is unusual like what he did earlier
'Another weather manipulator?'
Philip thought of the possibility of another weather manipulator, it's likely anyways. He even looked further into the storm and the storm was just getting worse. The waves are several hundreds of feet high, lightning constantly struck the water and across the sky, the raindrops were piercing the surface of the water, and the winds ar eboowing forcefully that it's making small temporary tornadoes
Philip looked above and expected to see the eye of the storm, but instead, he saw a large scarlet tear in the sky. The tear is like a gash in the sky and the space around it was cracked. It looked like it was a portal or gateway to another world
The light from the tear beamed down on a location further into the storm. As Philip looked further, he saw a glimpse of an odd floating city or an island. The building were futuristic or ancient in design and there are large stone statues sitting at the four cardinal directions around the island. The island has a color motif of blue, green, violet, and white
Philip had an idea of what island this is but he needs to investigate more
It was then that a figure flew above the city and he was doused by the beam of light coming from the tear in the sky. The beam of light were neither destructive nor dangerous, it's just an illumination of what's about to arrive
The figure rose up and wielded a golden trident on his right arm and lifted it above his head, aiming at the tear at the sky. Philip focused on the figure and identified him
It was then that the figure abruptly turned his head with anger in his face towards Philip's sight
Philip was startled and closed his eyes. His vision came back to the garden
'Atlantis...'
After seeing the figure, he already know his identity because of his outfit and the golden trident. It also matches the floating city with ancient technology and the four guardians sitting on the walls
"Haaah..."
Philip let out a very deep sigh. He walked backwards for a few steps and sat on the stone bench behind him. His back is slightly illuminated by the hanging lanterns from the trees and the lamp post, his front is illuminated by the moonlight and he looked very gloomy
"The world is really changing, huh?"
Philip began talking to himself, he already deactivated all of his abilities because he felt it was enough. He began to become sappy and melancholic, being along in this big universe
"The Atlantis has risen, Mana and Magic, Gods and Goddesses, divine beings, abilities, mysticism, and fantasy..."
"..."
"I never thought that these would ever happen..."
"..."
"I'm glad that I did what I did four years ago... If not, I don't know where would I be by then..."
"..."
"But... Why do I feel empty? Why does it seem there's a bigger picture but I can't comprehend it?"
"..."
"I think I feel satisifed... I don't think I'm happy nor sad..."
"..."
"Maybe I just need to find my purpose! But I still don't know what my goal and purpose is..."
"..."
"Fate Timeline shows me everything... But I have no idea..."
"..."
"This is hard... I'm tired..."
"..."
"I feel like I'm always contradicting or I'm a contradiction... I actually don't know... I don't actually know..."
"..."
Philip took another deep sigh
"..."
Philip became silent
"..."
The events that transpired for the past month quickly flowed through his mind all at once
"..."
He became overwhelmed
"..."
With the addition of the events this past month, his depressing past mixed in together
"..."
He started to feel hurt, a pain different from physical pain. He couldn't bear this pain nor deny it nor convert it
"..."
His heart that was supposed to beat is non-existent. He could only feel an empty hole around his chest, even if the Pureblood is present. The Pureblood sulked
"..."
Then, the truth, the reality, and the universe entered his thoughts
"..."
Why was the universe made? Why was everything made in the first place when it's always doomed to end? Why have the process of creation and destruction? Who was behind the strings? Can't there just be nothingness so there wouldn't be anymore like this?
Those were the few of the thousand random thoughts that Philip is creating in his mind. His mind is in an extreme turmoil that he couldn't feel his surroundings anymore
"..."
"..."
"..."
It was then that everything condensed in his mind. The past, the present, and the future. His whole knowledge, the Fate Timeline, the Future Vision, and the Origin Seeker. All information was condensed in his mind
"..."
Philip leaned forward and held his head with his hands as his elbows are resting on his knees. He maintained this position for a few more minutes
"..."
He then pulled his body back and leaned on the backrest of the stone bench. He looked at the empty wall of nothingness in front of him
"..."
His eyes slowly narrowed and his forehead crumpled from discomfort
"..."
The moonlight illuminated the water from his eyes and eyelashes
"Just kill me..."
It was then that tears flowed from his eyes. He opened his eyes and his face is empty, emotionless, and expressionless while the tears kept flowing down his cheeks
He was still hurting deep inside and the pressure caught up to his lungs. He began to hiccup and let out bursts of air. He inhaled a full breath of air and let it out to properly circulate the pressure inside of him. But the tears kept flowing
Philip remained in this position and stared into the emptiness while tearing for several minutes. But what Philip didn't know, he is causing a disturbance around the military facility
A calm before the storm
Mana was circulating around him, around the garden, along with the wind. The circulation grew stronger and wider with altitude. The swirl of Mana and wind is almost like a calm and thin tornado around Philip and Philip is the center of it all
Above the tornado of Mana and wind, at the sky, the clouds were swirling high above the sky, above the Troposphere where the clouds could only reach that high. But these clouds were above the Troposphere, just below the Ozone Layer
The swirl of clouds is so gigantic that it looks like a super typhoon, but there is no rain and flashes of light were occuring on between clouds. Though, there are no rumble of thunder and arcs of lightning
At the eye of the swirl, the moon is peeking down and illuminates Philip's body
Philip was static, hurting but comfortable, like a potato on a couch