Azkar was now ready because there is nothing to fear about anything. The only thing left is to complete everything here, and then he has to find [The Crystals of Apocalypse] because if he doesn't do something about it, this planet is going to face a bloodbath very soon.
Azkar is also aware of how these crystals work, so he was thinking about it. The crystals contain so much mana; it's definitely going to help him in some way because he doesn't need any crystal or rituals to become the ruler of this planet.
"Hey system, do you have any leads on how I can find the first crystal?" Azkar asked his system.
[Master, the system has already checked all of the memories of the Primordial demon. According to his memories, the first crystal was in the Zenith Empire in one of its cities known as Silvermoon City.]
"From the information I received from the vampire lord Armand, it seems the demon empire is trying to take control of this city for themselves. But now it makes sense; it seems they already know about these crystals," Azkar said while thinking.
[Yes, Master, it seems they are very interested in Silvermoon City. There is definitely something they want from it.]
"Okay, focus on 'Project Nirvana.' If something happens to me now, I can revive myself on one of the planets selected for the project," Azkar said.
[Don't worry about it, Master.]
*TAK! Tak! Tak!*
"Sir, your order is here," someone said from behind the door.
"Okay, come inside. The door is open," Azkar said while looking at his door.
KRRRRKKKR!
The door opened slowly with an unusual noise. Two people entered his room. One is a beautiful maid in a maid dress, and the other is a child aged 12 to 13. The child has black hair, pale skin, and a healthy body. The unusual thing is that the child's eyes are covered with a black cloth.
"..."
"How come this self-proclaimed royal hotel has this kind of door? It's hard to hear even for him, but he decided not to think about it. But what's going on? He's sure that he ordered his food, and he doesn't see any food here," Azkar thought after seeing this.
"Sir, we are really sorry for the delay. If you're satisfied with this, I can make arrangements and serve you the food in your bed," the maid said while looking at Azkar with her beautiful smile.
"No, please make arrangements on the dining table. Why is the child here?" Azkar asked.
"Sir, do you not like children? I'm very sorry; I'll change it then," the maid said while hesitating.
"..."
"Now I understand why I'm not seeing any food here; it's because this child is the food. I forgot for a second that I'm a vampire, and vampires don't eat normal food," Azkar thought, observing this messed-up situation.
"You can go. I'll arrange everything myself. Leave the child; you don't need to change it," Azkar said with normal behavior because if he acts unusually, there's going to be a problem.
"As you wish, sir." After saying it, she left the room, leaving the child in Azkar's room.
.....
"What's your name?" Azkar asked while he sat in his bed, with the child standing in front of him.
"Evelyn Stardust," the child said, but his voice lacked any emotions.
"You can remove the cloth from your face," Azkar said while checking the details about this child.
"Analyze Gaze"
[Name: Evelyn Stardust (Last survivor of the Stardust Family)]
[Race: Half Human/ Half Dragon Age: 12+]
[Status: Healthy]
[Target Conditions: Hate, disgust, despair, anger.]
[Cultivation Rank: A Rank]
[Innate Abilities: Dragon Transformation {Locked}]
[Danger Level: Extreme 0% (Chance of winning 100%)]
Seeing the status panel, he doesn't find anything interesting other than his condition. He is experiencing many emotions, but seeing this child, he doesn't feel anything from him.
"Do you want to live, child?" Azkar said while looking into his eyes, his white mask still covering most of his face, revealing only his eyes.
"Kill me. I don't accept pity from someone like your disgusting race," Evelyn said, his slightly orange-colored eyes appearing lifeless.
"..."
"Damn! This child has a foul mouth. If any vampire heard his answer, they'll definitely tear him into pieces," Azkar thought.
"Do you really want to die badly?" Azkar asked, hoping to hear his reasons. Azkar could already guess the reason, but he still wanted to hear it from Evelyn's mouth.
"I have nothing to say. Just kill me already, damn it," Evelyn said, coming to his knees and staring crying.
Seeing this child crying, Azkar remembered something very important about gods.
"People always ask themselves at their last moment of their life, why they had to suffer so much in their entire life. Is God really writing everyone's destiny before they even born, and they will do everything that's written in the book of destiny? Does free will exist in this world?"
"If God is omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, then why is there so much suffering in this world? Because if God is omniscient, then God knows everything. If God is omnipresent, then God can see everything. If God is omnipotent, then God can help everyone. But why is there so much suffering in this world?"
For these questions, everyone finds their different answers, but the most common answer can be found everywhere: God doesn't care about everything, or simply, God is not omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient.
But Azkar comes to a different conclusion, challenging the very concept of free will. Azkar found his answer when he died during the experiment facility in his previous life.
"There is no god who is omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient. There is an author who wrote a story and characters, everything in the story. The author itself can be considered a god but not a god who is omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient. Sometimes, an author writes a story where they only focus on main characters and side characters. The whole world existing inside that story has uncountable numbers of intelligent life forms. They have their destinies written randomly, or you can say they have free will."
[Author note: Azkar is not aware of the fact that he is a character in some novel, but he thinks that something like this is possible because he was a crazy novel reader in his past life. This is why every crazy reader has very wild imaginations. Don't think too much about it; this is just an example I gave you guys to understand something important, okay.]
Imagine, if Azkar exists inside the story where the author is writing his life story in a second dimension. He thinks of himself as having free will. What makes you think that all of you, as three-dimensional beings, are not creations of a fourth-dimensional being who is writing a story about his main character?.
All of you reading this novel right now are just random characters in the book and random planets inside this vast reality within a universe that is not fully formed completely.
This is the answer he found during his dying moment. This is why Azkar wants to achieve freedom where nothing can control his destiny, and no rules apply to him. Everyone has their way of living life. Azkar suffered enough inside the experiment facility that something inside him snapped completely, and he decided to achieve freedom beyond any common sense can allow.
Seeing this child in front of him, Azkar realized that Evelyn had lost everything—his family, his dream, and even his body had been sold as food. He was feeling despair at another level. However, Azkar, a freedom seeker himself, didn't want to let this child die in this hopeless world.
"Hahaha, what an honest answer. Do you want to live? Tell me, and I'll fulfill your wish. Think like you prayed to God, and you've been given a chance to ask for your single wish," Azkar said.
"Are you really going to fulfill my wish? I don't believe it. My mother told me when I was young that God has wings and a halo above their heads. You're just a liar," he said, tears filling his innocent face.
"...Looks like this child is talking about seraphim who pretend to be gods to gain faith energy. There are also many temples in the Zenith Empire."
"Hahaha, let me show you, kid. You're in luck today," Azkar said, upon which he decided to reveal his God form. He thought, "I always wanted this – that one day, an angel will fulfill my wish. When I dreamed about becoming a hero in my childhood, my wish wasn't fulfilled. Let's fulfill this kid's wish. Hahaha, this is getting ridiculous. What am I doing? This is such a childish thing to do."
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