The voice had come from the Hellish Realm. Someone then stepped through the portal and began to talk to me.
'So, do you remember me, Kento?'
He, or should I say, it, looked like a weird gloomy object, but it then shaped into a humanoid figure upon closer inspection. A grey, fading mist was emitting from this entity.
Confused, I retorted, 'H..how do you know my name?'
'What?' 'Seriously?!' 'Have you actually forgotten?' 'I talked to you at the very beginning, only difference is now, is that we're in the Heavenly Domain, and not the Tower of Chaos.'
Intrigued, everyone in the Heavenly Domain turned towards this mysterious character.
'Do you know this guy?' Kim asked in bewilderment.
I thought he was referring to that strange, shadowy figure who gave me the amulet, but then it came to me; this person is the shadowy figure!
I was detecting some unusual mana threads around him, it felt evil. It was also unusual because they consisted of a mix of mana threads from different realms. There were Heavenly Threads, (threads originating from the Heavenly Domain) Hellish Threads, (threads originating from the Hellish Realm) and Neutral Threads. (threads originating from the Tower of Chaos)
It was an amalgamation of the three realms.
Somehow, the Rulers apparently recognised him.
'You!' 'You shouldn't be here!' 'We banished you millennia ago!'
'Well, I'm back, and unless you give the Record of God right now, I will wipe you out once and for all!'
I, Nakatami, and Kim were really confused at this point. Not only because the Rulers recognised him, but because the next thing they would do now, was shocking.
They gave him the Record of God.
Immediately, the shadowy figure used an Innate Skill, called 'Realm Teleportation.'
This Skill can teleport any entity back to any realm except for '';.'[;.['???!??!?1.
The Hellish Creatures and the Demon Lord instantly vanished away, leaving only their mana threads behind.
Completely unsure, I asked the Rulers why they gave their most prized possession, the Record of God, away.
I always thought that the Rulers were the most powerful entities in the universe, but I was wrong.
The Rulers then began to tell me the truth of what happened.
'You see, that shadowy figure used to be a Ruler, however, he was obsessed with the Record of God, for it contained the cryptic secrets to infinite power, the key to the Oblivion Realm. The strongest, most dangerous realm. And for this reason, we have blocked the portal to this realm located in the Heavenly Domain using an Oblivion spell, Eternal Seal.
In this place, there is nothingness, Entropy. Entropy is an entity itself and it is the entity that gave the shadowy figure its immense power. Once, an infinite amount of time passes, it leaves its dimension to come and obliterate existence, so it can renew again. However, the cost of receiving infinite power is your life. That is why he is a shadowy figure, doomed to spend the rest of eternity soulless.
'So, what are you saying?' said Kim.
'I'm saying you need to defeat the shadowy figure to save not just the world, but the universe.'
Suddenly, a familiar notification bell rang.
[Quest received, ???!??!!?!?.]
[Objective, Kill The Shadowy Figure.]
[Reward, Salvation from Entropy for two infinite periods of time and an instant 10000 levels.]
What we needed to do was now clear.