Noah felt his consciousness drift and found himself in the same familiar environment where he first met those unknown entities.
" Fuck! Did I die again?"
"No." Some replied from his behind. He turn to see the ball of light again which was how his suspicions were confirmed. He drifted to 'higher' plane again.
" Nova! You have to answer my questions this time!"
" Nova? Who is that?"
" You are not Nova?" He did settled on a name but realized that the ball of light wasn't speaking in cute girl voice. It must be the other existence that he met few days ago.
" I am not, but it's getting interesting knowing that you were manage to name a higher existence. How are you doing this? Coming and going from this place as you please!" The ball of light had a mechanical voice but Noah could feel it's animosity oozing out of it's tone.
" I already told you, I don't know how I get here. One minute I am awake and the next I am here talking with a fucking robot!"
" Watch your tone kid!" Noah felt immense amount of pressure. He didn't have a body here and because of that, he felt like his soul was getting crushed by a puny ball of light!
" Alright, I apologize." He knew he couldn't do anything." Just tell Nov-, I mean the other one to come out. I have some questions that I like to ask."
" She is not here. I can't even locate her which means that she is in a time vortex."
" What's that?"
" Everything you see here is like a cog in a machine that's constantly going in and out of existence. That's how we are able to control time and bend it on our will. With you binding a contract with one of us, made her tie down to a specific time. The contract obliges her to follow you but she couldn't do that in her usual form, hence the transformation or should I say devolution, because she had to stay in the lower realm for an extended period of time."
Noah didn't understand a single thing she said, he had always been the type of person that shoots before asking questions which made him a muscle brain only having one set of skill, to fight beyond his limit.
" I knew you wouldn't get that but since I am feeling a little generous, you can ask me your inquiries."
" What's your name?"
" We don't need names. As I said everything is connected so if we want to communicate, it can be done with our minds."
" Then can you ask my why I was brought here? I feel like you know who did this to me."
" I...don't know but if you manage to get to this place with your actual body. He might be persuaded to tell you." Hearing it speak, Noah knew that it was hiding something. He didn't even know what this place was and why they refer it as higher plane? How can he even get here?
" Next question."
" What's wrong with my body?"
" Nothing, other than minuscule amount of energy that got absorbed in it. There are many relics scattered around in this world, if you manage to acquire one, maybe it will help tremendously when you eventually reach a higher plane."
" My wounds are healing? Does it mean I will become immortal if I get more of this energy?"
" No, nothing in this world is forever. Even us, we might control time but it's curse still emcompasses everything, just like us you will perish too."
" What about my abilities? Nova said I have two unique powers?"
The ball of light seemed surprised hearing him say that, two unique powers? If that was true, it could see why he was giving him so much attention even assigning him a helper from this place.
" I can't probe inside, only those that have a solid contract with you can invade your soul. You have to ask her about it."
" Can I go back to my world?" He asked the ultimate question.
" Do you even want to? With what I have seen going around in your head, it's surprising of you to ask me this question." Naoh was shocked that it already knew his past.
" Don't give me that look, I said I can't see inside your soul but your mind is a open playground for us higher beings."
" Fine, prove it then." He thought it was bluffing to show superiority. He had seen how Nova was able to get inside his head but she did it after physically touching him.
" No you can't get a tank here! There is a reason why such limitation has be placed on your summoning powers! You have to make it grow like other people and yes, I am not making this up." it read his mind and answered his questions in an annoyed tone.
" No more idiotic questions! You want to ask more about your abilities just refer to your status screen. It's a handy feature only available for lower realms because they are extremely weak. You on your own can't summon it because you are not of this world. I will do a favour for this time only."
Noah felt something flash in front of his eyes, it was a white panel with a dazzling border that had several things written on it. There were five categories and one more section for his unique skills that was grayed out.
He read through it and yelled," What the fuck is this?"
" That's your current condition."
" Why is everything denoted as 'weakest' and weaker 'than weakest'. And what's up with this game like attributes?" Noah was pissed.
" It's made in the image of something that you are familiar with. You should be thankful, not everyone could see their stats like you."
" But-"
" Don't complain to me! Talk to her about it. I don't time to babysit kids." It swayed on spot vibrating intensely. Noah felt dizzy again and this time he didn't woke up instead fell asleep.
Unbeknownst to him, a battle was about to begin right outside the village and things were not looking good for the rowdy villagers.