Ethan had awoken once more.
"Huh?? How did I not die..?! He punched a hole right through my chest!" He looked down and saw that the gaping hole through his chest had disappeared completely, "What the..! It healed! Was it because of that voice I heard?"
"It's possible, but I'm not sure what exactly that voice was.." He soon felt a nauseating feeling in his stomach, as well as having a massive migraine, "I'm also not sure why I heard two separate voices in that space."
"Other than that though.. am I still in the cavern?" He looked around, and found himself still inside the cave, and the man who had punched him through the chest was standing there, as if he was waiting for something.
"Haha.. it was as I expected.. even though you don't have 'that', you are the one that I was looking for," He said, "You even managed to form a bond with the fragment you obtained while you were in that realm."
"Wait, did you kill me just to prove a point?!" Ethan shouted in disbelief, then, he realised what was happening, and he regained his composure.
"Haha.. I managed to regain my sanity after I almost killed you, so don't blame me for being imprisoned in this place for so long."
"Who are you?" Ethan asked, he had a strange feeling that this guy, whoever he was, was definitely hiding some secrets, was he secretly the one who revived him?
"Ha.. I am.. an ultimate being, one that lives beyond this world, however I am still able to maintain a physical body here."
"I am.. a Primordial Being, or, as other species call it apart from you humans, a Celestial, you can call me, as all others have, the wandering spirit."
"A Primordial Being..? Not a Primordial beast? I thought those things were the same.."
Even though he gained knowledge about many different worlds, Ethan hadn't yet adapted to this universe at all.
"They're both different things, us Primordial Beings have existed since the beginning of time, and was created because of a certain phenomenon that resulted in the creation of the Absolute Imaginary."
"We can exist in all shapes and sizes, and we can even take on other physical forms and the characteristics of other living beings."
"I was the one who formed a connection with you when you experienced death for the first time, but, at the same time, it wasn't 'me'," He said, "Somehow, you gained the power of my first fragment, and that was what saved you from dying here."
"Thankfully, I was able to encounter you before you were able to run wild with the powers of a Celestial Being without any lease."
"Wait.. so, that voice I heard in that strange realm was this 'first fragment' you were telling me about, and it gave me powers that helped me escape death?"
"That means that the people who piloted the spaceship were able to obtain a fragment before I awoke.."
From what he could tell, all of this was definitely not a coincidence, there also just so happened to be some sort of foreign power that was connecting the both of them together.
"Yeah," He replied, "Before all of this even happened, I was almost erased from existence when I was attacked by another Primordial Being that was travelling across the universe."
"However, I was able to barely survive as I separated my true form and placed all those fragments of my true body into beings all across the universe, and one of these fragments possessed the body that's standing right in front of you right now."
"As you also already know, there also happens to be a fragment that was placed inside of you."
"Me?"
"Yes, but somehow, you were able to contain the rampant powers that were flowing within you, and was able to fully devour one of my fragments, and use it's power," He said, "Which technically means that you are half human, and half celestial, half me and half you."
"Hm.. so that's why I felt such a strange sensation over my entire body when I saw you for the first time." Ethan said, With this massive power boost, and so much information that was revealed to him, he knew that there was going to be a great change to his life from now onwards, however, he felt like there was still something missing.
"To be honest, at first, I wasn't really sure if you were really the one who had devoured one of my fragments, so, I tried my best to get a reaction out of you while you were battling against that beast, to see if you were hiding anything, but it was also to humour myself after spending such a long time in this body after being caught by those fuckers from the Realm of the Beyond."
"Hm.. so, what am I even supposed to do now?" Ethan asked, "I'm not even fully human anymore, so.."
"Hm.. wait..! How about I try to combine both of the fragments in both this body and your body, and place both of them inside your body?"
"Huh? Wouldn't I die?"
"Nah, probably not, you're half and half, remember? If anything, you'd probably get much stronger than before, plus, if this actually works.."
"Hm, then let's try it."
The nameless man began to speak in some strange, foreign language, almost like he was chanting a spell of some sort, and Ethan saw some kind of power flowing out of him, and condensing into a glowing white orb, and he reached out and touched it.
"Woah.." Moments after, he felt that strange sensation once more, and the glowing orb had disappeared, and all the chains that were lying on the floor had all vanished.
"Ha.. I knew this would work!" Ethan heard a voice speak, he turned around and saw himself, but as some kind of spirit, flowing around his head.
"..Huh?!?"
"Since you now contain two of my fragments, it seems like now a small part of my consciousness is inside you now," He replied, "That also means that you can use a small bit of my power, I mean, you could, but you don't have a 'Core of Connection' yet."
"You truly are interesting, to be able to absorb two of the fragments of a celestial being with ease.. you even managed to absorb some of my memories from the first fragment as well."
"Memories..? Oh.. so that was what that was.." He gained knowledge about probably almost every world in many galaxies around the universe, and that knowledge came from the first fragment that he actually absorbed when he died for the first time.
"I guess now I'll have to help you from now on, since your body is still unstable because of the influence of the fragments, so, we'll have to go and track down more of my other fragments."
"Hm.. so in order to control and harness your power, I need to find your fragments from all over the universe?"
"Yes, but only because if I regain my true power once again, I'll be able to stabilise your body before it implodes on itself because of the powers that are fighting for control inside of you," He said, "Since I can sense another one of my fragments on this planet somewhere, so I guess we got lucky for now."
"Oh..! Can you locate where it is?"
"Not exactly, but I can feel it's presence on this planet, so, I guess we'll have to be very cautious about our actions from now on, as beings from all over the universe will start to pay attention to you, as you are a human who wields the power of a Celestial."
"Don't worry about that, from now on, I'll make sure that nobody can stand in my way."