Re: Player

Chapter 269 [Bearer of Fates (I)]

Equi is the Goddess of Balance. She was captured by the Higher Gods and was kept in a spatial prison bound by fates. Though when Adam destroyed various fates in Border Town, and changed the course of destiny, it allowed her to escape, at the price of majority of her powers, through the prison.

Now here in Coast City, she is searching for the guy, a Fate Weaver, who has her [Chalice of Equilibrium]. Though the situation has started to become more complex, so are her ways around the city and her objectives.

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"This world is a board game for the Primordials. And I, the Goddess of Balance, am the only guide that was sent for the fate weavers to reach their destination.... Alas... it's too late. For this world can't be protected anymore... such is fate, that even I can't change."- Equi.

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[Equi's POV]

The cold wind brushed against my face as I covered it with a black cloth. My eyes looked at the current state of the city, dark, enshrouded with death all around. As the bearer of the eyes of fate, I could see the threads of fate that guide one to their destiny.

And all those who dwell upon this land now carry only one thread on their mark.

The Black thread of death.

But as I close my eyes of fate, and look at the expression of the humans around me. The angels around me, and the demons that walked among them. The dark mages, and the gods that observed everything from a distance.

They were all happy.

It was common sense that fates that linger around, carry some emotions with them. And with the darkness that shrouds the entire city, there should be nothing but grief and sadness here.

Yet, there was none.

"So there is still a fate weaver that wants to save the world, huh?" I spoke sarcastically. Almost all the other fate weavers that I have met wanted to end it all. Some chose to stay neutral, and among those who wanted to save the world, turned tired by the cruelty that the world presented them, and chose to go against it instead.

Though it seems, one of those Fate Weavers, the demon lord Laplace, is going to be the one who is going to end it all.

Doesn't really surprise me.

"And why are you telling me this?" I asked. Does he know about me? Could be. Could not be. Maybe he wants my help to solve this? But I can't change fate once it has been decided. It is impossible... or at least that's what I used to think until what I witnessed a few weeks ago.

'Let's hear his answer first,' I decided but...

"I don't know," he looked down at the floor, as if thinking about something, contemplating to the best of his abilities. And then he looked at me again and continued,

"Perhaps it is a better choice for you to know this than you not knowing it?"

He spoke. Or perhaps he asked? Though he doesn't seem to be asking me, but himself.

"Is that so? Are you telling me that there is meaning in me knowing something that I can already predict?" I said with slight haughtiness. I am the goddess of balance, the bearer of fates. It would be more odd if I couldn't predict it. This time, I simply didn't bother to. Why? Because what's the point of knowing something when you can't change it.

Though as I was thinking, he took a deep breath before his smile changed from that of a burdened one to one that seemed to be relieved for some reason. And then taking out something from his pocket he threw it towards me.

It was a chalice shaped artifact. Something that I had been very... very familiar with. Something that I had created once, using more than half of my magic, and something that was more than just a part of my body and soul.

The Chalice of Equilibrium.

My chalice.