Linus was surrounded by his self-titled righteous enemies, and taking his last breath, while remembering, about the past 80 years of his life, that was crumbling further than it already has, while thinking about his allies who had died and the ones that will die.
The motive of his enemies was the heaven fragment he had gotten because of them, exiling him into ancient ruins, the irony and the hypocrisy, disgusts him, and more so the expression with which they are seeing him.
While taking his last breath Linus's life flashed before his eyes, and the most impression he has was not of his life, but of his father, he died like dog, killed by the new king, as his father Lucas was the closest confidant of the previous king.
While Linus was having trouble even standing, no one even tried to make a move, as according to them, he is on his last leg, and the one who moves first will definitely suffer a rabid dog's last ditch effort.
Though that was in his favour as, the more time they waste while waiting for his breath to end, the more his odds increase for the gamble, "link I can't delay them anymore, and make sure to gather our allies souls, and protect them at all cost" said Linus inside his mind.
Link was the first spirit he made using the fragment, though in the beginning of his journey, he couldn't trust him, not like he can trust anyone other than link and his subordinates, link managed the "inception" for him, the place he had unknowingly became the master of, according to link this might be because of heaven fragment.
"It's completed master, using all the reserve energy inside inception to dive into river of time." Just as link completed his sentence, Linus went ahead and burned his source of magic, inside his body.
Seeing Linus's actions the angels quickly used their divine and spiritual powers, to stop him, there face full of viciousness, the angels had betrayed their gods, because of the chance to became a god, represented by heaven fragment, but who would have thought Linus will just kill himself.
If I die who will they receive the fragment from. Linus laughed like a maniac as his voice started to sound fainter by the passing moment. That moment felt like it took forever to pass, clearly this was not the effect of river of time.
Linus died, at the age of 83, while reaching the milestone of tier 6.
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Linus opened his eyes slowly while looking around vigilantly in a dark room. He was bounded by essence inhibiting chains, even though he was a weak crippled boy of 18 years. The prison room was made for a top criminal or heretic of light church.
Linus chuckled as he has won against all odds, he has played with river of time and most probably arrived to the day his father was executed, if he had guessed right than his father will live for another 2 hours.
Linus though unlike last time was in a situation to save his father. Though he don't know If he wanted to save him. His father was a great general and good hound of emperor, but certainly not a good father. He has seen Linus with hostility all his life. For some reason unknown to him, in his previous life. And if he wanted to find the reason, he will have to save him. Hah what a headache.
Linus thought about entering inception, but he remembered, he had yet to go in ruins and get the fragment, abruptly Linus felt the sensation of entering inception, he felt like he has entered a whirlpool of elemental essence.
Linus turned translucent, different from before, where only his spiritual power will arrive in the space.
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Suddenly Linus felt a head splitting headache, as he saw a familiar place while grabbing his head.
Everything was dark and fogey while the wind told different story as they were complete calm, unlike the sea of blood, which was boiling as a dark spires castle covered in dark void fog, risen from the sea of blood. It started to float in the air, and got transfixed there.
This was his castle he made in his prime, with link's help mostly.
Linus hesitated before calling out "Link ?" as if afraid what will he do if he wasn't here
"I am still here master"
Linus sighed out of relief and smile bloomed on his face. "What are the status of bug race, and about hive-lords " said Linus as he walked on air, and arrived on his throne, suddenly as if the space-time has stopped.
"the nano race has sacrificed 50% of their member, while all hive-lords are in hibernation due to various degree of wounds" links voice was heard from his head, which he already got used to
Linus sighed as he lamented, for the loss of nano race, this were his people, the race he created for war purposes but, he never considered them as just slaves, they were his children, yet he had to use their lives to escape from that situation.
"However space has absorbed the spiritual power of angels and analysed them, and incorporated them into "inception, if you absorb the essence inhibiting chains bounding you, you can easily become a archangel ." Said link as if to console Linus.
Well at-least we can get our revenge promptly. While sitting on his throne, Linus summoned a glass of wine, and started to think about the heaven fragment, which he didn't even knew a proper name of, it can be said he has never gotten any answers he has became almost a god, all because of a chance encounter with a fragment of heaven— according to the angels— he feels as if, destiny is pushing him toward his success. Linus chuckled.
Linus summoned a crystal looking, bug with metallic lustre, this were the bugs he created even before he had created link, though link liked to call them nanobots. Crystal moth, Its only function was to increase the spiritual (spirit) power and essence passively. Though it will only work till he has spirit power and essence of tier 1 priest.
Linus pinched the crystal moth lightly and placed it, between his eyebrow and the moth turned into crystal micro particles and flowed into his blood stream while trying to absorb as much spirit power and essence it can. his spiritual power was still very powerful—always has been—but his body couldn't handle it that's the reason, why he was always sick from birth. But now that also got solved. Now he has all faith, spirit power, and essence.
Linus continued his meditation, for the next 1 hour and stood up to go outside as he felt the essence of tier 1.
Linus appeared in the same dark cell. He was about to break the chains bound to his feet, but unexpectedly a visitor has come to meet him, the sound of someone approaching came. So he stopped and waited for them to come.
After a breathe of time passed, the bishop of light "sard" was standing in front of him, his eyes full of pureness, and yet has sharpness of vicissitudes. With no facial hair his jaw appeared more angular, his hair white, his robes full of divine radiance.
"don't you think it is unfair, your family served the empire yet ware betrayed as soon as the new king sat on throne." Said sard as soon as he came in front of iron bars. Sard's face has a grin, which Linus didn't liked
"what are you getting at bishop sard, I am not in mood for your nonsense" said Linus, impolitely, he was not in any mood to entertain him.
Sard appeared a little startle by Linus's impoliteness, as he was always seen as a soft persimmon, who anyone can destroy with a pinch, though Linus know why sard came here, it is to rub salt,
and to try to rile him up.
His father was supporter of dark alliance, and sard belonged to the church of elements, his disciple was killed by Lucas [Linus's father] , at first he had to gave up on revenge as Lucas's standing in kingdom was very high so he couldn't act against him. But not so soon Alfred Herbert [old king] died of sickness and the new king Alger Herbert became the new king.
"hmm, you have quite a temper child, I am just here to inform you of your father's execution will be done in half hour" said sard with a satisfying smile
"oh, I know, so?, anything more? if not than leave, or are you still whimpering for your disciple, let me tell you, he was killed by bishop valentine of your own sect" Linus laughed after saying this, clearly irritated by the sequence of scenes happening, first he died and now this idiot is here to die. "Calm down, master, he might be weak, but is very good at politics, so try to win him over, also try to use your future knowledge" said link as he tried to stop Linus from killing sard.
Sard's face fell visibly, his body was trembling from rage, he grabbed the iron bars of the prison cell and said while staring in Linus's eyes "you think you can drive a wedge between my sworn brother. With your fake story, keep dreaming "
Linus stood up walked to the iron bars wobbling and looked inside the soul of sard, as he expected his soul which should be full of divine attribute has a dark patch near his heart. Linus quickly stopped using the soul eye.
"Sard are you really this naive, or just acting, you never doubted why, your disciple was ordered on a mission when he was about to become a rank 4 master. And don't tell me you didn't coveted the source bead of tier 2 bishop. Which your disciple had gotten from somewhere. Valentine naturally wanted to use the source bead, and breakthrough to tier 2 bishop, since he knew his potential is not good. " "What are you trying to say, boy" said sard as he looked at Linus, calmly, though Linus knew he was anything but calm
"I am saying my father is not an idiot who will target your disciple for no reason and will send only a rank 2 novice to kill such an important person, you also know how cautious he is."
hearing Linus's word sard fell in deep thought, he naturally had this thoughts before, but he never accepted them as according to him his brother has no reason to covet the source bead, and he still couldn't believe Linus's word, his face was painted with Its only function was to increase the spiritual power passively. From the source and Linus's magic source was the heaven fragment inside him.