Arius moved around the place, looked around, and approached a shelf labeled "Previous Worlds." Arius picked up a book, pulled it out, and found the title "End of the Worlds 18" written on it. Arius sat down and opened the book. Suddenly, the book glowed, and lights began to appear along the lines. A faceless person suddenly appeared in the middle of the book and began reciting what was written inside. Then, he said, "I ask you, reader, what stirs your curiosity, and I will tell you what you want to know about what is inside this book."
Arius said, "Tell me what this book is specifically talking about—the main topic."
The strange entity said, "This book talks about 18 worlds that existed before the establishment of the 10 current worlds by millions of years, how they were destroyed, who did it, what his fate was, and also the main reason for their destruction."
Arius said, "Who destroyed them?"
The entity said, "The 18 worlds were destroyed at the hands of the tyrant Aristotle Pablo, the great-grandfather of one of the Three Elders, Pablo. Unlike the grandson, the grandfather possessed immense power; he was the ruler of everything in a year about 800 million years before the creation of the current system."
Arius said, "800 million years? Were there really things back then? Wow, I am newly created indeed."
Arius then said, "Well, tell me the reason for the destruction of those worlds."
The entity explained that the reason was an internal coup. All the rulers and their aides agreed to overthrow the ruling system because of its continuous tyranny. Unlike rulers who sought the stability of their worlds, Aristotle Pablo wanted to monopolize everything for himself, and unfortunately, this matter passed down to his children and grandchildren in the future. However, unfortunately, as a sacrifice to this coup, the worlds under his rule were destroyed, and a new system was created after him called the Century System, which lasted until the last era, about 10 million years ago.
Arius said, "Wow, things are always the same—an arrogant king leads to massive destruction."
Arius closed the book and headed to another section labeled "Family Tree of the Rulers of the Worlds." There was only one book, and it was huge. Arius took it out, opened it, and found pictures of every ruler who had ever existed—so many that their number reached 1,000 rulers, all of whom ruled the worlds across the years, from the first king named Shubakh to the end of the book, which had been updated with the addition of Nahira. Arius saw the achievements and length of the reign of each one. Some ruled for millions of years, some for a few years, and some for two or three worlds depending on the era. However, the total time between the first king and the last was estimated at about 82 trillion years according to the human world.
Arius said, "Amazing thing. Most of them were rulers at different levels. If I faced them all, would I have been able to defeat them? I wonder about that, because Karma was unfortunately weak, and I didn't enjoy fighting him, even though three years ago he could have wiped the floor with me easily. Well, I'll delve deeper. What about something different?"
Arius walked through the place, which had no end at all, and said, "I want a book, memory, or video about how my wife Izola was born."
Indeed, a floating crystal appeared before him, opening up the birth scene.
Arius said, "This is really great." He added, "I want to know her life story before I even met her."
Suddenly, a book appeared. Arius sat at a table and read the title: The Life of Izola.
Arius said, "She is around my age now, so everything here happened about 1 to 16 years before I met her."
Arius opened the book, and a screen appeared instead of pages. With every word that appeared, Izola's life was shown to be excellent. She grew up living in a simple house, living happily with her older brother and parents. She was an intelligent girl who loved planning from a young age. At age 5, Izola learned cartography perfectly, and at age 7, she learned several languages. She was so smart that many elders of their village came to her to take her advice on agriculture and decision-making matters.
However, one day, their planet was unfortunately attacked, and a large number of the planet's inhabitants were captured as slaves to serve Barion. Izola's mother and father were snatched away while she was still a child, and since that day, Izola never felt she was okay, feeling a strange void. Despite the presence of her brother who always supported her, Izola felt alone in this world, for she was ultimately a child who had lost those most dear to her.
Arius said with visible pain, "Whoa... did she go through all of that? She must have suffered indeed. I saw that with my own eyes often, but she is afraid to speak out."
Arius sighed and then continued listening to what he was watching in the book. She always tried to show her brother that she was fine, strong, and unaffected, but her brother knew her condition well; he was not a child after all and knew exactly how she felt. One day, the situation in the village worsened to the point where the townspeople began fighting among themselves over available resources. However, the biggest eye was on Dazai and his sister, because everyone thought that since Dazai was strong and one of the Five Powerful, he surely had many things they needed. They went to him to tell him that his situation was like theirs, and even worse—despite his strength, he was just a poor commoner unable to feed his sister.
Days passed, and when Izola turned 13, the villagers decided to banish them from the village, believing the siblings were tricksters. So they indeed left, moving from place to place begging for a crust of bread to live, but always with the same result. Dazai felt an overwhelming desire to take revenge on everyone, especially Barion, because he was the main reason for what happened to his family. However, Izola knew that the path of revenge would only lead to more ruin and misery. Therefore, throughout those years, she always tried to curb her brother, and due to her clever mind, they managed over time to establish an organization, delve deeper into planetary trade, and kill criminals who violated the law.
However, over time, they were accused of the heinous crimes simply because they did things that higher entities didn't like. With time, the siblings' influence in World 0 grew, becoming an essential part of that world's governance. Izola's name became linked with her brother's, who was later nicknamed the "Polar Eye," while she was nicknamed the "Silver Eye," and their names became the most famous across all worlds.
Arius said, "Wonders never cease, so that's how it is." Then he said, "I want to know more things, but for now let's stop at this."
He closed the book and walked out of the Chamber of Knowledge.
Arius said, "I spent hours inside, but what is the situation outside?"
He went outside and found that the soldiers were still doing the same thing, allowing Arius to verify the room's effect. He said, "Amazing, the matter is wonderful. But inside, I learned something truly special: just as there is a Treasury of Knowledge, there is also a Treasury of Wealth, which is now in the hands of those elders. There is another treasury, though, which is useless; it's called the Treasury of Preservation, and in that treasury, anything can be placed and kept preserved in its state forever—for example, if I threw food or something perishable into it, it wouldn't spoil even if millions of years passed. But what is the use of it anyway?"
He continued, "Anyway, now that I am living moments of peace, I will spend all my time with my beloved wife."
Arius then entered the house.
Meanwhile, in World 0, the funeral of Arlin was taking place, and many people were in attendance. After her burial, Celes said, with a look of sadness visible on her face, "We didn't spend enough time together to retrieve our memories. I parted ways with her when we were young, and none of my family is left except her, and now she's gone."
Dazai said, "I understand your feelings very well. Disappointment and the fear of losing the dearest people to your heart are difficult things, but this is the world: it passes us a moment of happiness and then snatches it away so we live its bitterness and pain. However, I hope Arlin rests in peace; she was truly a great person, and I assure you now that she is at peace despite everything that happened."
Celes said, "I promise you that I will find her adversary and eliminate them with these two hands of mine, no matter how long it takes."
Dazai said, "Try as much as possible to stay away from these thoughts, because their ending is always bad, and always think of finding a solution that fixes things rather than losing them. Well, I'm going now to restore my castle; it is said that it was somewhat destroyed."
Dazai moved and walked, with his men following him. The Blue Eye said, "My lord, are you okay?"
Dazai said, "Yes, my friend, I am in full health, but come on now, gather our men, and let's return to our land, for we have a lot of work ahead to rebuild everything that was destroyed."
All the soldiers followed him, and Dazai left the planet, returning to his private world.
After that, several days passed, and in the sixth world, a small, beautiful girl was born to Lena. Remus entered the room and found the baby in her mother's arms, feeling overwhelming joy. He stepped forward to hold the baby in his hands, and then Lena said, "What shall we name her, my dear?"
Remus said, as he looked at her, "Let's call her..." He paused while looking at her, then said, "Yukari. Do you remember in the past when our daughter came from the parallel universe when we fought Ina and Arius's copy? Back then, she was the one who came to tell us their plans, so let's name her exactly like that: Yukari."
Lena said, "The name is really nice; I like it too. And our daughter was really beautiful back then in her youth, so what about now?"
Lena held her again and said, "Welcome, our daughter Yukari, welcome to our life, little one."
Remus said, "I will be proud of my daughter because she is one of the sixty who will build this race again."
Lena said, "But she also carries human origins, so don't be greedy, and our daughter must live normally."
Remus said, "No, she will be a warrior."
Lena said, "No."
Wang, who was standing far away, laughed and said, "Wonders never cease! Just born and they are already fighting over her future. Oh, the marvels, hahaha."
After that, two full years passed over all of this. We see Arius picking some apples from a tree and placing them in a basket.
Arius said, "Good, I guess I did that pretty well. Now I can say this is productive work."
During this period, Arius lived a routine life by cultivating fields and trees, investing the surrounding spaces in building barns and huge orchards filled with various fruit and vegetable trees, as well as animal farms and warehouses for collecting wool, milk, and much more. During the two years, he used the Chamber of Knowledge a lot, using it to learn specific things, and he acquired information that no one was supposed to know, learning facts about people and many events from the past. At the same time, he worked in farming and made his soldiers work too, thus gaining workers who never tired and never got paid at all. Simultaneously, he studied matters of military leadership, war planning, and many things. Despite his prior knowledge, he now became more expansive and thirsty for more things known to no one else.
After Arius finished harvesting the fruit, he carried the basket, walked between the fields, and headed to the house. Arius looked under a tree next to the house and found Izola sitting there. When he stepped toward her, she was playing with a small child.
Arius said, "I brought some apples."
Izola said with a calm smile, "Good, my dear. Your efforts are blessed; you worked very hard today."
Arius said, "I have to move from time to time, as I ended up sitting for hours reading many things and my bones started to stiffen."
Then Arius looked at the child, picked him up in his arms, and said, "How are you today, my dear son? Did you like playing with the flying soldiers?"
The child laughed, and Arius said, "This is my son; his name is Isaac, and he is two years old now, but he is a very handsome child and I love him."
Izola said, "My dear, Isaac is still too young to talk, but I am impressed by his speed of understanding things, and I also liked that he was able to start walking at exactly one year old, the normal time for children to walk."
Arius said, "He will grow up to be a man who helps me in my work, and he will be a professional fighter too."
Izola said, "My dear, you have really been striving for this for a long time, for sure."
Arius said, "Yes, I always wanted to have a child who could make me feel satisfied by training him, although I trained many soldiers, I feel it's an ordinary matter compared to if I did it for something that belongs to me and truly means something to me. One day, my little one will become stronger, and everyone will be in awe of him."
Izola said, "I hope he is strong like you, but I do not hope he takes a bad path or gets hurt or harmed ever. Our lives were difficult, but we must make our little one's life better so that what happened to us doesn't happen to him."
Arius said, "Don't worry, as long as we are together, nothing will happen. And besides, no one will dare to touch my little one as long as they know me, and I also have no enemies or anyone chasing me other than that wanted government."
Izola said, "I wonder what everyone is doing now. I remember once I sent the Red Eye to bring us Clinton, but I don't know what happened to him since that day."
Arius said, "Ah, I remember he was collecting taxes or something, I forgot."
Izola said, "I hope to see Clinton, because he was my partner in the economic matters of our organization."
Arius said, "Ooooh, is he really important?"
Izola said, "Yes, very important. I remember I told you about him a lot, but you ignored me in the past."
Arius said, "I apologize, people I didn't care about, I don't focus on them. But listen, I want to say that I remember before the Red Eye left, I gave him a communication ball in case something happened to him so he could use it for me to teleport to him or for a group of my soldiers to come out. Clearly, he hasn't returned to Dazai's planet yet, which means he is still on the mission."
Izola said, "Arius, can you bring them here?"
Arius said, "Yes, I can, I'll do it right away."
Arius stood up, gave the little one to his mother, and then used instant teleportation, landing on a snowy mountain peak.
He said, "Wonders never cease! Is he still here? What is he doing after all these years?"
Arius went down and began searching the place. After a while, he felt a faint, nearby energy. He walked toward it to find a cracked hole in the middle of a mountain.
He said, "Wonders never cease! A battle must have taken place here."
He walked a further distance and said, "I feel an energy... two energies... no, three."
He walked until he reached a deep valley. Arius said, "They are down there."
Arius descended and landed smoothly on the ground, saying, "The place is very dark."
He opened his hand, and a blue energy appeared, walking by its light. After a while, he found a closed rock with a strange opening.
He said, "The two energies are inside this thing."
Arius removed the rock and said, "This is not a rock; it is a strange metal."
Then he entered. After entering the place, he heard the sound of someone stepping forward, and he found a fire in the place. He walked toward it and was shocked by what he saw: he found the Red Eye and that accountant sitting near that fire, and their condition looked somewhat good.
He walked toward them and began calling out, "Hey, Red!"
The Red Eye looked at him and said, "This is unbelievable!" He got up from his place, ran toward Arius, and said, "Black Eye! This is unbelievable! How did you get here?"
The Black Eye looked at him and saw that his condition was very bad, then looked at the accountant, whose condition was excellent.
Arius said, "What happened to you, man? You are in a miserable state indeed."
The Red Eye said, "How did you find me, man?"
Arius said, "Simple. Do you remember the ball I gave you in the past? It was like a tracking device so I could pinpoint your exact location."
The Red Eye said, "It's a good thing I didn't throw it away."
Arius said, "What happened to you, man?"
The Red Eye said, "When I arrived here, I managed to save Mr. Clinton, but when I wanted to get out of here, the planet's ghost attacked me."
Arius said, "A planet's ghost?"
The Red Eye said, "Yes, this planet is a living graveyard for an ancient entity. The moment I entered here, it trapped me, and I was no longer able to leave the planet. Every time I tried, I found myself appearing from the ground again, and I got stuck here."
Clinton stepped forward and said, "Oh my god, a miracle! You came to save us at last." He stepped forward and said, "I am Clinton, and you must be the Black Eye."
Arius said, "Do you know me?"
Clinton said, "What's wrong? We met many times, my lord, in the past, but you..." He laughed a little, then said, "You used to ignore me."
Arius said, "It's good that I did that. Look at the man's condition because of you! And also, what were you doing on this planet anyway?"
Clinton said, "I was trying to see if the land was good to sell it."
Arius said, "What?! What's the use?"
Clinton said, "It would sell for a high price."
Arius said, "Damn you! What did I get myself into?"
Then he grabbed the Red Eye, leaned him on his shoulder, and said, "Come on, let's leave this place, because Izola wants to meet this idiot, and I want to talk to you a little."
Then Arius threw a particle of energy from his finger to make the planet shake and volcanoes erupt from everywhere. Arius grabbed the two of them and teleported them outside, and the whole planet exploded.
After that, Arius returned to his private world, then threw the group onto the ground. Izola got up from her place, and Arius said, "We have arrived."
The little one laughed at what he saw and started clapping at what he witnessed.
The Red Eye said, "Where are we?"
Arius said, "It's my private world."
The Red Eye said, "Well, please put me down on the ground."
Indeed, Arius landed and made him sit on the ground. Then Izola said, "You succeeded, my dear, in this speed."
Clinton got up, stepped toward Izola, and said, "Dear Izola, I am glad to see you after these years."
Izola smiled and said, "Welcome, Clinton. It's good that you are still alive."
He said, "Thanks to you and that young man; he helped me a lot."
After that, Arius walked over, carried a basket of apples and a pitcher of water, and placed them in front of the Red Eye, saying, "Come on now, start eating, because your condition is very bad."
The Red Eye blushed and said, "Alright." He grabbed an apple and began eating, and little by little he started eating voraciously.
Arius said, "It looks like you haven't eaten anything in a long time."
The Red Eye said, "Never mind, I ate a short while ago, but the situation became bad when we lost the resources we had."
Arius said, "Don't lie to me, you haven't eaten anything and haven't drunk anything for two full years."
The Red Eye was shocked by what he heard, coughing as he said, "How did you know?"
Arius said, "Never mind that, but tell me why you were trying to help that limping guy at your own expense? I found out that you were giving him everything viable for living so he could survive while you stayed in this bad state."
The Red Eye said, "My friend, I am a human dragon; I can endure for years without any human necessity, but he cannot endure for long periods. Despite that, he used to treat me like a slave to him. He is arrogant despite his outward behavior; beware of him."
Arius said, "I see that from his behavior, never mind him now."
The Red Eye said, "Rayne."
Arius was surprised and said, "Rayne?"
The Red Eye said, "My name is Rayne, this is my real name. You asked me about it once and I didn't tell you."
Arius said with a smile, "And I am Arius. You know me as the Black Eye, but my name is Arius."
The Red Eye smiled and said, "Despite being a team, we didn't reveal our names throughout the period we existed together as Shinshu."
Arius said, "It was kind of fun."
After that, the two explained everything they went through during the two years. After that, Rayne asked about the child, prompting Izola to smile and say, "This is our child, mine and Arius's."
Rayne was shocked by that and said, "Your child? He is truly handsome and really looks like you both."
Izola said, "It's your good taste to say that. But tell me, will you remain single too?"
Rayne laughed and said, "In my current state, I don't think I'll be able to get married, because I am wanted and always targeted."
Arius said, "Don't worry, we solved the matter."
Rayne was surprised by what he said and said, "What happened?"
Arius said, "You are no longer wanted. You can be free wherever you go, and no one will target you."
Rayne didn't believe it until Arius showed him that he was indeed no longer wanted. Rayne felt a sort of pleasure and said, "Thank you, guys, I am truly grateful to you."
Izola said, "Never mind, this is the least we can do, for you were always with us in the hardest matters."
Then Arius said, "Tell me, Rayne, will you return to Gestoria, especially since you are no longer wanted now, and I think the conditions there are very difficult?"
Rayne said, "Why? Have you left the organization?"
Arius said, "Yes, I abandoned it, because many chaotic things happened that led to that."
Rayne was surprised, but said, "I want to return, because I cannot abandon Dazai's head; he has a great favor upon me."
Arius said, "As you like, but beware of returning and becoming wanted again."
Rayne said, "And you too, don't make trouble here and there so your bounty returns."
Arius laughed, and Izola laughed.
Then Rayne said, "What's that?"
Arius pulled out a poster, causing Rayne to be shocked by what he saw, shouting, "11 nonillion?!"
Rayne dropped down to the bottom of the poster and was shocked by what Arius had done, unable to believe his eyes.
Arius said, "Is this real?"
Arius said, "Yes, my friend, it is real, you missed a lot indeed."
At that time, Klein opened his eyes and said, "11 nonillion pieces?! This amount can make any creature buy the whole existence a hundred times, burn it, and buy another one! Black Eye, do you really realize how much they put on your head?"
Arius said, "I realize that, and it doesn't matter, because who in this existence is able to defeat me anyway?"
Klein was stunned and said, "My lord, I want to talk to you alone."
Arius said, "Alright."
They went away together, and Klein said, "What's up?"
Klein said, "Please, please, make me work with you."
Arius said, "What? What will you offer me?"
Klein said, "I will work as your economic advisor; I will build you a huge fortune, huger than this number on your bounty. I will make you an economically invincible king."
Arius said, "But I don't need money, because I have enough of it."
Klein looked around and said, "You have excellent things and they yield a good fortune, but my lord, people always look forward not to much, but to more than much. And with my long experience, I assure you that you will build a huge empire, so what do you think?"
Arius said, "Well, what do you suggest?"
Klein said, "My lord, you have things that yield a steady economy, but I will need to understand everything here to do a balance so I can understand the nature of our work."
Arius said, "Alright, do whatever you want as long as it will be useful to me."
Klein said, "My lord, trust me like Lady Izola does, and you won't regret it."
Arius said, "Alright, no harm in that. But tell me now, what's in your bag?"
Klein said, "It's the dues belonging to Mr. Dazai, we can benefit from them."
Arius said, "No, I don't want anything that isn't mine. Send it back to him, and afterwards, I will return you here. And also, I have my conditions: first, you will cut all your relations with Dazai; second, some of my troop leaders will supervise you; and third, you will forget something called decisions outside the scope of my decisions only."
Klein said, "As you wish."
Arius moved away from the place and said, "Klein found a mine of wealth and I will exploit it as much as possible. Farewell to the life of humiliation I tasted with Dazai, for it seems this person will benefit me more because I will guarantee protection and guarantee enough power for the ease of my work. Thank you, God, for this meeting with this person."
Izola said, "Are you really going, Rayne? Why don't you stay a little longer?"
Rayne said, "I have to finish my assigned mission, I'm very late, but we will meet again."
Arius said, "Yes, we will meet, and we will train together."
Arius shook hands with Rayne and said, "Yes, for sure."
Klein said, "I will go with him and return later."
Rayne said, "Why don't you go, Izola, to see your brother with us?"
Izola said with a nervous smile, "Oh, no, I am very busy and have no time to go and see him, and in fact, I am quarreled with him and don't want to see him right now."
Rayne noticed her nervousness and said, "Well, as you wish."
Then they disappeared from the place.
Arius said to her coldly, "It's good that you acted and said that."
Izola said, "Arius, I just wanted to say, why don't you let me go and see my brother just for a short time?"
Arius said, "No, I told you this before, my dear. Our relationship with Dazai has ended. You decided by yourself to be mine and you gave up your brother. I never stopped you on that day; you alone decided to stay with me. Whoever is my enemy is your enemy, and whoever is my friend will be your friend, and you know where your brother stands in relation to me. Did you understand?"
Izola said, "Understood," while in a state of despair.
He hugged her and said, "Don't worry, soon you will realize that I am doing this for your sake alone, trying to protect you. Think with me: if you had stayed with Dazai, you would be in a bad state now, you would still be running away and also helpless in front of your brother's opponents. But me? Didn't I save you and protect you from enemies? Am I not the one who loves you and did the impossible for you? I hope you appreciate my fatigue and my keenness on your safety and the safety of our little one. I lost many of those I loved and I don't want to repeat that again."
Arius said it with a terrifying look and tone to the point that Izola was terrified of him. Then Arius smiled, grabbed her, and said, "Come on now, why don't we go and watch a movie together and make some popcorn with cheese for our handsome little one?"
Izola said with a cold smile, "Yes, that's good too."
Arius carried her and carried Isaac, entered inside with them, and the sounds of laughter began to echo everywhere.