Philip unconsciously took a step back and pulled his head back. His right eye exploded with red light and and blood streaks bursted from his eyes. The [Blood Horn] grew and the [Disaster Crest] glowed. Small white spikes grew from his elbow up to his forearm, shoulders towards his collar bone, jaw joint towards behind his ears and chin, wrist towards his knuckles, knees down towards the front side of his legs, and the sides of his ankles to the sides of his feet. The white spikes tore through his blue jeans and favorite black and red rubber shoes
Blood claws conjured around his arms while giving way to the white spikes. Two blood twinblades conjured next to him, ready for him to grab them and the Pureblood and Soulblood Marbles showed themselves and revolved around him
Bari was shocked and looked at Philip with fear. She subconsciously took a step backward and Tenshi went ahead and grabbed Bari from the back
『 Multiple extreme killing intent has been detected! 』
『 Executing counter killing mode! 』
『 Massacre Mode has been automatically activated! 』
「 Overtaking the Seventh Sense... 」
「 Central Control has been erected! 」
「 Bear with me Philip... I'm the only one who's in the Central Control! 」
"...?!"
「 I have everyone target locked 」
'Stop! Hold on...'
「 Careful! Your well of negative emotions was agitated by all the extreme killing intent that was directdd towards you. Any more agitation will destroy everyone in this Heavenly Skylar Flower and everything below and above it 」
'That's fine... I got this... What is this mode by the way? We'll talk about this later'
「 That's fine... Do what you have to do. If you were to get agitated to your limit, I, Pureblood, and Soulblood will kill everyone who has the killing intent directed towards you and Tenshi 」
'Understood'
Philip pulled back his body forwards and clenched his body, trying to deny and keep his negative emotions in control
His right eye was burning with red and black color while his pupils were red with gold outlines and iris as his sclera is black. His left eyes is a mix of violet and blue-green. His hair became slightly spiky with gold and violet edges
"Kaaah..."
Philip exhaled deeply and concentrated deeply. He manipulated his emotions to somehow block and filter the shouting and noises of the floral nobilities, except for Tenshi and Bari's. Though, the thorns from the effects and essence of their words and killing intent are still poking him across his skin and it was painful
It was like an unbearable itch that he can't scratch
"P-philip?! I thought you are a human? W-what are you?!"
Bari was agitated after looking at Philip. He doesn't look like a human at all as he looks like an abomination of different races, but more intelligent and good-looking
"I am... I am originally human. Everything changed when I became the Fate Controller. I'm still a human, a hero, a god, the Sword Concept, possessor of Pureblood and Soulblood, a time traveller, maybe a demon, and an unknown..."
"A-a-a god? A demon?"
"Look... I don't have much time and we have a lot to talk about after this about Mei'er and your identity as her mother... So, answer this..."
"!!!"
"Do you care about all these floral nobility and this empire of yours?!"
"Yes! This is my pride and joy! Without the empire, I am nothing"
Bari interpreted Philip's question that he has the ability to destroy the entire Floral Empire. So, she's trying to save every being living in the empire
"Are you sure? The second half might be true, but I can read you that the first half is not true. You're lying to yourself"
"But..."
"Tell me the truth now!"
"..."
Philip already has his eyes closed as he's gritting his teeth and clenching his fists. He's about to reach supercritical point
"I have to keep the empire... I'm taking care of someone important here. I can't afford to lose her... Not again..."
Bari started to tear up from being overwhelmed, especially after hearing the name Mei'er after thousands of years
"I know that... But do you care about these fucking nobilities?"
"S-some of them are important and the empire would crumble if they die"
"Anyone else that you care as much as you care for that one person you're taking care of?"
"No, she's my everything before the empire and my title as the empress... I'll do anything to keep her alive!"
'Found it!'
Philip shouted in his head
「 Mei'er and Bari's fate confirmed! Mei'er's origin confirmed! All necessary information and clues has been confirmed to change both of their fates! 」
'Very well...'
Philip opened his eyes and looked at Bari straight in the eyes. Bari was stunned and he couldn't peel her eyesight away
"Flower Empress Bari... From here on out, I will control your fate! You were forced to become the Flower Empress after showing your innate power in the power of flowers. This wretched empire shall burn to ground!"
"No!!"
"But don't worry... I will save you from your fate and the Thorn Princess's fate! I will give you a home that's not the empire and it will treat you equally like an ordinary person"
"...!"
"So, first... To get rid of the nobilities..."
At this point, the filter and muffle of the shouting and noise slowly came back to Philip. He immediately became angry and he wasted no time getting rid of them
He raised his right hand with his palm up and conjured a dark swirling ball of blood
「 Null of Magnificence: Sword Concept: Sword Thrust. Blood Singularity: Stakes of Death. Soul Hall: Second Pillar: Soul Seeker 」
The [Blood Singularity] erected hundreds of spikes and extended towards the shouting and bikering ignorany floral nobles. The spikes are imbued with Sword Concept, so nothing will be able to stop the blood stakes
Some of the blood stakes directly penetrated heads, hearts, eyes, stomach, and those stakes erected more spikes to its circumference. The stakes also penetrated through walls, floors, and ceiling
Everyone that is of the floral nobility inside the Skylar Castle instantly died without them knowing how they died
"!!!"
Bari was shocked beyond belief as she subconsciously covered her mouth with her hands. She could burst into tears from extreme fear, but Tenshi made sure that everything was fine
"Finally... Peace and quiet... They're worse than the ones I see in fantasy stories and shows... My god"
The blood stakes surprisingly absorbed all the blood from the floral nobility and they retracted back into the [Blood Singularity]. Philip closed his hand and caught the singularity inside his palm for it to disappear
"So... Let's begin our talk, your Excellency Empress..."
Despite everything that happened, Philip managed to try and joke around with Bari, but Bari was not having it
'How could he kill without flinching?!'
"I know you're saying that I didn't flinch when I killed multiple people..."
'!!!'
"The truth is... Before I killed them, I never considered them as living beings... They are filth that needs to be removed because it's just so annoying!"
"..."
"I have a proposal for you..."
"W-what is that?"
"You hear it earlier... Come with me and Tenshi to the human world and live there without worrying about an overburdening responsibility. I know you'll like it there"
"I-I-I can't!! I don't know if I can trust you anymore! What if it's worse there and I will suffer more there?"
"Bari, have you forgotten? Mei'er is with us... She's relatively fine. She's just in constant dormant state after the Crystal Flower manifested from her"
"How can I believe you?"
"Hm..."
Philip thought of the ways he could prove that it's better to live in the material world rather than living in this discriminating empire
"I don't have any proofs..."
"Then--"
"But! How long has it been since you birthed Mei'er in the human world?"
"Huh... It's been too long that I couldn't remember... But if I remember correctly... It's about 35,184 years here... Which means it should've passed 1,466 years in the human world, shouldn't it? Now that I think about it... Mei'er shouldn't be alive right now right? Considering her lifespan?"
"But you're her mother, she should be half human half spirit"
"I guess you're right... She's alive?!!"
"Yes, and she's not 1,466 years old"
"Hm? What do you mean?"
"She's still just 8 years old"
"Wait... You mean my child hasn't grown up yet?"
"Yes, she's still as much as a child and she needs a mother to take care of her..."
"How is that possible?!"
"The Mysticism Age"
Philip explained everything to Bari about the Mysticism Age, magic and mana, the differential ratio and proportion to the Spirit World and Earth and Earthenmana, and the effects of mana to the world
"Haaah... That's crazy... I remember the time I gave birth to her after her father impregnated me when I was visiting the human world... Me and my husband were happy, I planned to live in the human world and take care of my family, but I was immediately called back into the Spirit World since the previous empress, my grandmother, has passed away. We had to conduct the next Flower Empress candidacy and ultimately, I won. At that point, I never got the chance to come back to the human world and Mei'er... Tell me, how is my husband and Mei'er?"
"I don't know the whereabouts of your husband, but Mei'er is in good care"
"What? Where did my husband go?!"
"As I said, I don't know..."
"Then, how did Mei'er fall into your care? Did you all kidnapped her?"
"No, the Old Man took her in when she was left alone"
'...?'
Tenshi was confused as to how Philip knew about that detail, unless the Terra actually told him
It's not that Terra told him about it, Philip just knew it by logic. Everyone in the mansion was basically taken in by Terra, literally all of them, including Philip, but of course except for the newer people after Philip arrived
"Old Man? Left alone?"
"I don't know the details of him taking Mei'er when she was alone, but let's just say that he saved her and adopted her"
"Who's the Old Man?!"
"..."
Philip squinted his eyes and looked at Bari
He could read that Bari really wanted to know what happened to Mei'er. She's convicted enough that she was clenching her fists despite being afraid of him
"Terra, Terra Eretz-gaia Chikyu"
"T-Terra?!!"
"Yes, you know him?"
"The Old Man is Terra?!"
"Yes"
"Ah..."
Bari's tense body relaxed drastically and she could almost tear up. It was like she felt extreme relief after confirming Terra's identity
"Then, all the more I could trust you... I'm sorry for ever doubting you..."
"..."
Philip narrowed his eyes as he felt like he was missing a crucial information
"What's the change of mind?"
Philip asked in curiosity
"Terra is basically our one true god. He created the Spirit World for all of us spirits to live, separate from humans due to their discrimination and slavery at that time..."
"Created?!"
"Yes, he created the Spirit World. He basically brought peace to all spirits and gave us a home"
'Emily! Can Spirit Worlds be created?!'
「 Not at all! Once a planet was formed from a creation of a planetary system, a World Diety will be automatically assigned to that planet, as long as their is life and civilization that will thrive in the future, as per divine oracles and revelation. Once life is confirmed, a Spirit World will automatically manifest and be born under the material plane. It will be built in the spiritual plane and only those spirits will be able to go in and out of the Spirit World into the human world. Humans can only go to the Spirit World through higher forms of meditation, astral projection, and dreaming, which thins the border of all realms to that person. It's just that the Dream Realm tends to pull dreamers into its realm, but if those dreamers managed to let go of the clutches of the Dream Realm, who knows where their sub-consciousness go 」
'That's a lot to take in... So, Terra is an exception right? Since he created this Spirit World?'
「 Yes and no 」
'...'
Philip thought about it deeply until he realized and he was stunned
'There are two Spirit Worlds!!!'
「 Correct. As I have said, once life and civilization has been confirmed by divine oracles and revelations, a Spirit World will automatically manifest into the world, once the World Deity was appointed. But Terra went ahead and created another Spirit World on top of the original Spirit World 」
'If that's the case... What would be the Spirit World under us?! Why would Terra create another Spirit World above the original one?!'
「 You'll see it someday 」
'Yeah... I don't think I want to know for now...'
Philip gazed back towards Bari
"I see... So, are you convinced now?"
"Yes. The fact that Terra saved my daughter is enough for me to believe you. You have no reason to lie at that level"
"Alright then! Are you willing to come with us?"
"Yes, for a little bit..."
"Before we go... I have to do something"
"What is that?"
"..."
Philip didn't speak and raised his left hand in a snapping gesture until he released his fingers and snapped
An audible sound reverberated throughout the throne room and a wave of strange energy flowed throughout the Spirit World and into the human world