|I put a picture of Dawn in the previous chapter and the character album if you want to check that out.|
Perseus POV
"If I remember correctly, the powers that the people of this world possess, it is neither magic nor a mutation like the scientist said, Jerah didn't tell me outright what it is, but I have some sneaking suspicions."
"Oh, and what is that?" Dawn asked
"By you coming here, there's some sort of leaked magic-"
"No." she cut me off "You're wrong, the powers were always here."
What? That's not possible, where would it come from then? If was always here...would it mean that mythological figures like ancient heroes and gods were supers like me?
"Nope, wrong too, they were not supers." Dawn showed an X with her fingers
"You sure you don't know how to read my mind?"
"I know you too well, I've observed the people in your facility for quite some time, that project was quite a handful, you survivors are lucky that you are no longer targeted since if any of you go missing....well a lot of people will be in trouble, the current people are more careful. I've also observed some of your sessions with that doctor, I've learned a few things."
"Fuck, so, are you going to explain or are you one of those people who want me to figure it out myself?"
"Yes. Both." she responded "The unidentified head of project: god is Cain."
That's too sudden.
"Cain who?"
"I'm a goddess, Luke." she replied "Names that come out of my mouth aren't just ordinary names."
"Cain. Cain. Cain. Cain..." I repeat the name over and over until a bulb lit up in my head "Cain from the bible?"
"That's him." she nodded
"Wait, God's real? Holy crap, I'm so going to hell."
"Well, your powers are from the gods themselves." she laughed "Like the rules of the world you're in now, if a god were to fade away or step down and become mortal, someone needs to take over, but if no one does, the powers will weaken till they cease to exist.
"Did you think that every high ranking subjects like you receive those name just because of the resemblance? Cain knows about this, since he's the one that helped split the powers up into smaller parts while Jerah and I used magic to spread them around randomly."
Breaking them up into smaller parts...that means that humans can't handle the full extend of their powers, I can't really say if she's lying or not because this isn't my real body, but she's probably telling the truth, the powers of the gods...
Shit, to think mythological figures are real, my brain is just getting blown to bits by the second.
"But what we didn't know was him creating an organization to experiment on you all behind our back." Dawn said sadly "Ours was to help you mortals to no longer be powerless. His goal is revenge against God who gave him his current immortality, and he needs soldiers to help him, he can't do it alone as he can't even assimilate with your powers."
"But I was born with this." I pointed out "How did this power get passed on to me then if you spread them randomly a long time ago?"
"That's because the powers are protected by us 3 from ceasing to exist, it's not as random as I say since these powers still somewhat have a conscious to choose a perfect host." her face turned serious "And Cain is now trying to get all the powerful ones to his side by doing that forbidden project. As much as I want to eliminate these powers, they are needed for you mortals to protect yourselves."
"I want to go against Cain, Jerah refused and insist on neutrality and that's what separated us since he is stepping away from this. Cain is going against the natural process of the powers choosing their owners, he's doing whatever he can to achieve his goal, and that project is the result of it.
"He wants to mass produce the powers and find different people who can possibly hold multiple of them to become his ultimate soldier...You already pretty much know the full story and I won't explain further of what that project did to people." she concluded
"So, what do you want me to do? Go against a guy who can't be killed?"
"Well...yes." She nodded
"How? Why can't you do it?"
"Well, I'm simply not as powerful compared to how I was in the past, I'm what's keeping your powers from being extracted." she answered "My powers are being spread out ever since I join the plan."
"Lucifer got his powers copied. So does a couple others."
"Well, it wouldn't happen if Jerah helped, I'm one against many."
"So I got a demon lord to kill, heroes, and some biblical figure, great, I'll just go back home and retire. What about God? You know, capital G, what's he doing in all this?"
"Well I don't know, he's do whatever he wants and like Jerah, chooses to let it all play out."
"So how do I kill this guy if I were to ever fight him?"
"Just weaken him to the brink of death and leave the rest to me, only an immortal can kill another immortal." She replied
"So why does he wants revenge against God?"
"He wants to die." she answered
"And if you can do it, why doesn't he let you?"
"Maybe, he wants revenge first." She shrugged "It also seems he have other hidden agendas, I don't know what though."
My life have just gotten more complicated, fuck...
How could this happen to me~? I m-
Stop! You can't cover up your sadness with copyright infringement.|
Cain, demon lord, alright, who's next? The author, the narrator for the 3rd person POV, the readers, Jerah for sleeping with his ex-wife(?)...
Hah, you think you can beat me? I can erase your existence with my backspace key.|
"Yeah, early retirement sounds real good right about now."