The Venerable of Dreams, Belle, had showed up while Drake was unconscious, and was here to answer some questions and also ask him others… It seemed that the deal was to get answers from the other. She was interested in something a mortal such as Drake knew about, it was very interesting. And also, by merely glancing into his soul she discovered his composition and all his unique skills as well, which made her wonder what sort of powers he had and how they truly developed, calling him a "fake" god wasn't inaccurate, as his status as a god was maintained through a Unique Skill and wasn't attained normally.
Drake has been curious about something for a while, if she was dead how come she was here? He knew about Lifespan and all of that, but he never truly knew about [Fate] or whatever, and what it could truly meant either. Now that he was given the chance to talk with her about these things, she decided to answer these questions with a lot of information that Drake felt rather intrigued for.
"So can you tell me more?" He wondered. "How are you here? Are you just an illusion? A copy of your soul?"
"Well, in this world there is something called Helheim. From all the Realms thar merged to become our world, Helheim remained underground, in the depths of the earth." Said Belle. "As you can see, my soul would be confined there with that of the other Venerables… and other gods and people. Our souls are simply too strong. So it's hard for us to disappear, even Hel, the one governing that place can do much against our souls… At the end most of us found ways to cheat Helheim. I put my soul inside a special Dream which I sealed within my Inheritance."
"T-That's… Quite shocking. So your soul is still around… Wait, is this your soul then?!" Drake asked.
"Yes, although I lack a lot of my former strength because to seal this dream to not be found by the forces of the world and [Fate] I had to sacrifice and seal part of my powers. A small price for skipping damnation." She said. "The other Venerables all did similar things on their own ways… Unlike the Original Gods, who were not mortals that raised from godhood, we have limited lifespans, so we are not immortal like them in terms of age… But Old Gods that remain are very few if any… There are perhaps some more Titans around, and perhaps a few Dragon Gods, but most of the Ancient Gods such as the Aesir and the Vanir are gone… But their powers still linger in this world…"
"Oh…" Said Drake. "I see… Do you know what the other Venerables did to not go to Helheim?" Wondered Drake. "And… do they plan something by the way? Are they like you?"
"Yes, every single one of them must be planning their resurrection in the future. [Fate] is suppressing their resurrection, but whenever the world's [Fate] is finally broken through the influence of the Reincarnated Souls, a new Era will begin, reincarnation will become a possibility for those that prepared beforehand, and everyone want a piece of the cake of this world before attempting to leave… A war between most of the Venerables of the past is imminent…"
"A war…" Said Drake. "So this is how things are going to end, huh?"
"Well, not yet… There are some sneaky ones that managed to intervene… A certain pesky fairy has been acting in this world even after his death." She said.
"Fairy… Oberon, the first venerable?" Asked Drake with contempt.
"Oh yes, did you learned about him now?" She asked.
"Yes, I saw… the inheritance of one of the Great Demons, the Great Demon of Dungeons." Said Drake.
"Oh, that boy. Yeah, I guess you learned more about everything in that age… It was so long ago though, I learned myself about that as well. Oberon is an old monster that has been sticking his noses everywhere he could all these years, present in every Venerable Era with his many Soul Clones… Which he names after colors, so original." She said. "He's part of several races and has infiltrated both mortal and god communities, wreaking havoc and stealing resources for his own goals. Lately he has been collecting Unique Skill users and extracting their powers… He even stole the ancient technology that the Ancient Demon of Technology created using his powers."
"S-So Greenwood and… Black, and the others related to them… They're all just Oberon?!" Asked Drake in surprise.
"Yes, they're all that ancient fairy that everybody prays to as if he were the good guy in the whole picture, when it was the total opposite!" Sighed Belle. "I really don't know the full thing because I never found inheritances from the Ancient Demon of Dungeons, so I don't know the full story. But… one of those demons was his brother, I think."
"The Demon of Summoning…" Said Drake. "Yes, he was the one that summoned the other three Demons, he summoned them so they could defeat the threat of the Chaotic entities and… apparently, Oberon, who somehow didn't wanted them to save the world."
"Oh… I see…" Said Belle while looking rather interested in everything. "But more importantly, Drake. Before you reveal more important and valuable information to me, let's talk some more about other topics, such as your powers, my standing in this world, and what is… your faction? Where are you going from now on?" She asked.
"I am not really sure but I just want to live peacefully with my family… I know it is a hard thing to do, but I'll use my powers to stop any threat from coming, I'll continue growing stronger somehow… And travel the world as well, I am quite interested in knowing everything. Although now that you told me the Venerables are planning their resurrection… Erm, I kind of prefer to not break [Fate] if that's what you're going to ask me." Said Drake rather apologetically.
"Well, that's not really an option, sadly." The Venerable said, as Drake's face quickly darkened.
