Party.

After I gave everyone their gift we, of course, went to make the graduation party. And seeing as the Shrek castle has an exclusive party hall, everyone was having fun. Food, drinks, and the craziest shits you can imagine, the only things you can't be at this party is; bored.

Tomorrow the teacher would have a more formal graduation day with the correct ceremonies and whatnot. But today is a day of fun.

At this moment when the kids were talking and having fun with their friends, and the teacher were talking among themselves. Bot me and Allessa were simply sitting on a table at the side, food on our plates and some drinks to follow it.

"Those kids were quite impressive, don't you think?"(Aizen).

"I agree. To survive your environmental hazard test, they had to be impressive."(Allessa).

"Heh, their road to godhood will be way smoother this time."(Aizen).

"Talking about godhood... Are you really certain about it?... You can't have doubts in your heart."(Allessa).

"Allessa, I already talked about it. Heck, you have been in my head so you already know the answer."(Aizen).

"I am just trying to help you solidify your resolve... Even if you have come on terms with your past... sometimes it still haunts you."(Allessa).

"I know... Sometimes I wish the waterfall of truth worked on me."(Aizen).

"Let me help you a little bit. You know that since your talk with GOD I've been researching ascension right?"(Allessa).

"Yep, we used the telepathic link a bunch of times remember?"(Aizen).

"You know about CHIM right?"(Allessa).

"Yeah, I know it's the elder scrolls version of godhood."(Aizen).

"You someone who reached CHIM is basically daydreaming in the literal sense. But that isn't what I am trying to get at. For you to reach the dream, to reach CHIM AKA godhood, you need to have a strong ego, a strong personality. And no I am not talking about the 'strong personality' excuse most woman uses to be a bitch, when is ay strong personality I mean it literally. You need to know yourself, to the point-"(Allesssa).

"- of being a god, right? So I need to reach true peace within myself... But doesn't I already have it with my four states of being from Buddhism?"(Aizen).

"I know but... When even God admitted you can become too strong, I started worrying..."(Allessa).

"I worry too you know? When God himself says you are going to be too strong... It's worrying... and then there the Anti-Life things... *sigh* at least we can't say we are bored."(Aizen).

"True."(Allessa).

"Thinking about it the name Anti-life is kinda confusing. According to God, even a Lovecraftian universe where every molecule sends you on a spiral for despair and flay you alive breaking you spiritually and physically... is still considered Life. Demons, cannibals, criminals, monsters that devour galaxies to survive... all of those are still considered part of life. Why?"(Aizen).

"Now that you say it out loud... it does indeed sounds confusing, but I guess it's because people tend to use this term for other things too right? a lot of people would consider a Lich some 'anti-life', but he isn't the 'Anti-Life'. The capital letters do change a lot in this case."(Allessa).

"I guess you are right."(Aizen).

"Oh, and I may have deduced why Anti-Life can be said to be extremely dangerous. Do you remember that rule in chemistry 'in nature nothing is created nothing is lost everything is transformed'?"(Allessa).

"Yes. But we both know that this theory has some holes, your true magic is enough proof of that. But I think I can guess where are you coming to."(Aizen).

"I know it has some holes, but what if the Anti-Life is the other part of this theory, what if they simply delete things from existence, in the literal sense?"(Allessa).

"I could see this being possible... My theory is that they are our opposite you know?"(Aizen).

"Hmmm Like the chaos and order battle?"(Allessa).

"Yeah, but something more alien, more outside the realms of comprehension. A similar pattern we already say many many times and can recognize, but it now is applied to Life. Like Good vs Evil or Chaos vs Order, Stillness Vs Movement. All those disputes follow some pattern, it's always opposites vs opposites a contrast and pattern follow through all life. Maybe the Life and Anti-Life fight going on is the ultimate dispute? the ultimate pattern?"(Aizen).

"It does indeed sounds plausible, sadly we can't exactly talk with the Anti-Life to discover something like this... Or maybe it could also be a mix between the two?"(Allessa).

"Or we could simply be completely wrong and look like two rambling idiots?"(Aizen).

There was a little silence on our table, we had long since stopped eating or drinking simply too engrossed in our talk. Allessa looked at me her expression neutral, she was serious. But suddenly we couldn't hold it anymore.

"Hahahahahahahahah."(Allessa/ Aizen).

"We both know a foreshadowing like this could only mean one thing, right?"(Allessa)

"Of course, that idiot writing this wouldn't miss a chance like this."(Aizen).

We then returned to eating and drinking, finishing the food and drinks that were on our table. It didn't take much time for us to finish eating. And talking about eating... It's kinda funny that both of us didn't exactly need to eat anymore, but we continue doing so because we like it. And we can always eat as much as we want, our bodies are simply on another level so we can literally eat anything, heck, I bet I can eat dirt or rocks and be able to digest it easily.

The party continue for a time until most people started sitting at the tables, probably to rest a bit, it was that clear air of 'end of the party' we all have felt. Using this opportunity I called both Tang San and Min Ren. The two boys looked a tad bit confused but approached mine and Allessa's table nonetheless.

"You are probably confused on why I called you two here. But I do indeed have something important to discuss with both of you."(Aizen).

"You both are planning a trip to a different God Island. I know you must have talked at least for a bit about the subject, right?"(Aizen).

"Yeah, we did."(Min Ren).

"It wasn't much but..."(Tang San).

"I will simply facilitate the life of you two and simply go directly to the main topic. The Shrek 11 devils will have to split up. Temporarily."(Aizen)

Both of them tensed, no doubt their lack of surprise indicates they already expected something like this.

"I won't create some kind of excuse for it, I am saying you need to split simply because of the efficiency factor."(Aizen).

"Efficiency? What do you mean by that."(Min Ren).

"Well your objectives are a sky island and a sea island correct?"(Aizen)

"Yeah..."(Tang san)

"So it's perfectly reasonable we divide the team of those who fly naturally and those who don't. The Sky team is composed of Min Ren, Zu Ling, Renxue, Hongjun, Chengxian. All those five have martial souls that allow them to fly. The Sea team will be Tang San, Xiao Wu, Mubai, Oscar, Rongrong, and Zhuqing. A well-balanced team with very high chances of survivability, good for the sea."(Aizen).

"It does indeed sounds more efficient. The Sky team going to the sky island, and the Sea team going to the Sea Island. Better than coming and going multiple times, that surely would've been extremely exhausting."(Min Ren).

"I understand your reasoning and I also agree with these arrangements, the sky team would certainly be missed, but I know we have different paths, at least temporarily. What I wanted to know is a bit more about this godhood business."(Tang San).

"I won't say everything because you can easily find most of it in the library. But I can definitely say, the sky island and the sea island are not simple. They are testing grounds."(Aizen).

"Testing grounds?"(Tang San).

"Yes, there the gods will test their chosen successors."(Aizen).

"Wait... successors, you don't mean-"(Min Ren).

"That you are both successors? Yes I mean exactly that, Min Ren was chosen as the Sky God successor, and Tang San was chosen as the Sea God successor. From the moment you both received that item I gave you, your and everyone's tests already started. Your first objective is to arrive at your respective islands safely, from there the gods will conduct the other tests."(Aizen).

"That is-"(Min Ren).

"A lot of pressure? I know it is. I will only give both of you a simple tip, gods welcome very much creative solutions. Do you remember the way Hercules cleaned the stables?"(Aizen).

"Yeah, we read the entire history."(Tang San/Min Ren).

"Your tests will be much like Hercules labors, and smarter and more efficient solutions are always welcomed. Be open to the possibilities and I am sure you all will succeed."(Aizen).