After today's incident of Drake waking up, he caught up with everything going on around the entire territory and decided to make up a big feast for everybody, including the lizardman. However, while everybody was beginning celebrations, Drake gathered with Benladann, Miranda, and Belle to talk about the many things that happened within Drake's dreams… Drake decided to not speak about the System though, as he knew that if he told Benladann and Miranda that he had a woman inside of his soul all this time, they would surely become very jealous and he wanted to skip that drama if possible… However, what he wanted to speak was more specific about Belle, the true Belle, the Demon Fox Venerable of Dreams which spoke to Drake on his dreams. Of course, he also decided to skip the parts where she was chasing him around to have dream sex with him.
However, he spoke about all the important and relevant information he learned about her and more… And about his new role as a god, alongside going into detail about his God Unique Skill. He also spoke about the truth behind Greenwood, that he was in fact Oberon himself who had split his souls across the entire world into clones that had lived for many eons comprehending the elements while also moving things in the background for his true resurrection in the future. He also spoke about how every Venerable's plan was to actually resurrect one way or the other… and that most would be most likely hostile against him with the except of the Venerable of Dreams, the Blacksmith Venerable, and maybe the Frost Queen Venerable.
"S-So this is the truth about what's going on…?" Wondered Benladann. "Greenwood is actually… Oberon? But Oberon is praised as the savior of the entire world and everything else… So… he's actually a malicious being while the Great Demons were actually the good guys trying to stop him while also trying to stop the invasion from the Chaotic Beings?"
"Exactly…" Said Drake. "You got it well… That's exactly it. Much like the other Venerables, he's trying his own ways to gain power and also move events and manipulate the world in the shadows using his Soul Fragment Clones… Black was actually one of them, we managed to slay him when he was very weakened, we were quite lucky."
"I-Incredible to think we slay a clone of Oberon now that I think about it…" Said Miranda.
"Huh… Just as I thought I guess, my real self decided to become your ally, Drake. See? She's not that bad, eh? She's a good person actually! She was just misunderstood and called a demon because of that. Well, you'll see more about her when you decide to complete her inheritance."
"Hm, I have it in mind but not for now." Said Drake.
"But isn't the most strangest thing that all the Venerable's ultimate goal is to actually just leave this world? So they just want to travel to outer space or something?" Sighed Miranda. "What's up with that? can't they just settle down and have peaceful lives here?"
"Well they can't because [Fate] is not allowing them to remain in peace nor alive forever either…" Sighed Drake. "I can kind of understand them a bit, maybe. All of them have lived thousands of years, they feel bored of the world and want to get out of it and explore the "true world" which is outer space… For whatever reason."
"Ohh… Well that's dumb, why would I want to go all the way to outer space? Seems so scary…" Sighed Benladann. "I just want to raise my daughter together with you and that's it… Living day by day… These people have drowned in so much power that they find everything else meaningless. They are probably seeking challenges and excitement… or new ways to grow even stronger. I can't really relate to these people."
"…Honestly speaking, me neither." Said Drake. "I think that even if I lived a thousand of years more, or millions of years… as long as you're at my side and with Benladra… I think I will be happy anyways… I guess my goal as of now is just ways to extend lifespan, but that might be for later, thinking too far in the future is what made these people so obsessed with leaving, as they began to find everything meaningless the more they thought about the future. Living the present is not half bad."
"Fufu, I am glad you're my husband, I love how grounded you are sometimes." Said Benladann, petting Drake's head gently.
"A-Anyways! The problem is still there!" Said Belle. "These nutjobs will most likely try to grab Drake's Immortality for themselves or something. I bet if Oberon gets to know his true Unique Skill he'll go ballistic on us even more and chase us down to the depths of the world… Our only option is to grow strong and retaliate… Kill them all so they don't kill us first."
"Yeah, I know, I have already decided to just do that." Sighed Drake. "I'll grow stronger over time until the war begins… With the help of the Venerable of Dreams, the old Blacksmith Venerable, and hopefully the Frost Queen Venerable… Perhaps we could stand a chance. In the case of winning, I'll let them go anywhere they want and then we can keep our lives as usual in this world… as gods, or something. I doubt it will be that different."
"Seems like a doable plan." Said Miranda. "But still… No, wait, it is not doable at all, there are so many variables and things we know so little about! The other Venerables are probably immensely strong as well! How can we even slay them one by one?!" Cried Miranda, rubbing her head with her hands.
"Calm down… It is not as if we cannot stop their resurrection to begin with. After all, as long as [Fate] is still holding on, we can find them before they resurrect and I'll absorb them through [God]. As I said previously, it has the power of absorbing divinities and divine power." Said Drake.
