Farewell - Unexpected Turn of Events - World Eater - Advent of Change - Sacrificial Fate Control - Altered Memories (I)

Philip fell down on his knees after a sense of relief washed over him. The Markium sword fell on the ground while Philip still holds the hilt. The golden aura around them also dissipated since the battle is over

"We did it..."

Philip muttered

"Thank you for struggling, Mark... Mark?"

Philip looked at the Markium sword on his hand and he was surprised by what he was seeing

The Markium sword lost its silver light and golden cracks crawled all over its blade, guard, and hilt

'Huh, looks like the destruction and backlash of the Sword Concept is too great that it even negated the indestructible property of Markium...'

Mark's voice echoed in Philip's head

"What?! But I'm sure I properly used it this time after a comprehended and understood it earlier?"

'Well, looks like it's still not enough... How incapable...'

"What'd you just say?!"

'I'm joking, I'm joking... Just trying to lighten up the mood...'

"..."

The large cracks on the Markium sword then created even more smaller cracks

"So, this is farewell?"

'Yes, thank you for avenging me and Elaine...'

"So, you're both siblings from the start?"

'Apparently, but it's too late now... She's dead and I died from her blood being used as a spear to disintegrate my heart'

"I see... I apologize I couldn't save everyone... Even the squadron leader reinforcements had their sacrifices in vain since they didn't do anything much"

'I know... It's pretty embarassing'

*CRACK*

A loud cracking sound was heard coming from the Markium sword

'I guess this is it'

"Yeah..."

'Take care of the rest of the squadron for me, okay?'

"I will..."

'Finally, I wish that you master Sword Concept. It seems that it will be your ultimate trump card when a disaster comes your way'

"I hope so..."

'Alright then, goodbye!'

*SHAAAAA*

The Markium sword shatter into golden dust and slowly dissipated into the air. It was the same for Mark's Doomed Fate, in the Fate Timeline, where it turned into Bound Fate in just a second but quickly dispersed into golden light

Nothing was left of the sword except a silver shard dropped on the ground. The shard survived the destruction and backlash of Sword Concept. Philip picked the shard and pocketed it

If only Philip could still use the power of Pureblood and use [The Only Blood That Can Cure And Heal] ability then he could have saved the destruction of Mark's body. It is also unfortunate that Tenshi us unconscious because she could have used the Salvation prayer to also save him. No one here has the power of healing, except for Philip's white lines

"Philip!"

Justine shouted. Philip turned his body around and saw Sheena supporting Justine's exhausted body

"I-is it finally over??"

Justine asked with a trembling voice. She was very afraid and restless from the very start because she never experienced anything like this, where her life and the world is on the line. Plus, this scenario is like the time when her planet was suddenly destroyed by the Swirlonic God without them knowing. So, her feelings are valid

"Yes, it's finally over"

"Thank god!!"

Justine then bursted into tears as she lunged towards Philip in a tight hug. Her eyes were bawling and tears flowed from her cheeks. Of course, Philip hugged her back and made sure to comfort her

Sheena was watching with a warm smile on her face. She has undone her transformation and her appearance returned back to normal

"There there... Everything is okay now... It's all over"

That was a lie. Everything's not fine and okay. The reason for that is there an angry voice echoing inside Philip's head

[Human mortal! I sensed that you have used a skill or a Sword God! Aren't you aware of the implications that you have done?! There could only be one Sword God in the universe and that's me!]

The voice came from the Sword God. Though, Philip decided ignore him since the Sword God might be all bark and no bite

[I will find you and hunt you down to make sure to execute you for your ignorance!]

'Great... Another active potential future threat has appeared...'

Philip thought and he could only let out an exasperated sigh

At this point in time, Justine calmed down and wiped her tears off. She then looked at Philip with warm eyes

"Are you really sure it's over?"

Justine seemed to be still feeling restless

"Alright, I'll check..."

Philip tried to check the Fate Timeline if everything was saved and if the timer has stopped, but his right eye twitched uncontrollably and his sclera became black as his iris is golden and his pupul is violet from Eye of Sai. Two green lines appeared, resembling a radar, and started to rotate while one is faster than the other

His vision was then split in half. His left eye sees the real world and Justine, and his right eye sees the Fate Timeline

Philip's expression changed drastically, his eyes dilated and worry filled his face. It's as if he just saw a ghost. His face darkened and the hair on his skin stood up. His negative aura slowly grew behind him and his golden eyes shone brighter

"Philip?"

Justine saw the change in Philip's face, including Sheena. They had a bad feeling from Philip and they began to feel restless. Philip's eyes shook and a drop of sweat formed on his forehead

The reason that he's trembling is not because of what he sees on the left eye, but the Fate Timeline on the right eyes

The Fate Timeline is crumbling and the Golden Timeline is nowhere to be seen. There is only E-1's Doomed Fate and Sheena's Doomed Fate that's orbiting around E-1's

The Fog Horizon can be seen but it's very dark and the atmosphere is trembling violently. It's as if the entire space ia about to crumble

Not only that, Philip looked up and saw the timer

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The timer till the catastrophe happens is still ticking down. This means that Zxhst wasn't the catastrophe, it was something else

"But what's the catastrophe supposed to be?!"

"What? What do you mean?"

Philip blurted out and Justine asked. Her emotions are being thrown around right now

*BOOOM*

*JEEEEENNNGGG*

It was then that a loud explosion occured near then followed by a noisy vibrating sound. The explosion came from the mount of the unstable Mana Hotspot as a blue pod shot out and flew into the sky

The blue pod then broke apart and revealed a white glowing humanoid figure spreading its arms apart. The humanoid figure had flowing hair and ears resembling a furry creature or an elf

The unstable Divine Star followed the figure and it shattered into pieces, integrating itself into the atmosphere and collecting all the Mana and Divine Energy from Zxhst that he released

Because of this, Mana quickly spread throughout the atmosphere and blasted it across the continent and into the world

The red and dark sky slowly turned blue and blue particles fell like snow. People that are brave enough or didn't care at all to be outside, saw the change in the atmosphere. They saw the blue snow and caught the particles with their hands

This happened to all cities in America and eventually in South America, Europe, East Asia, Africa, then the whole world

Mana has been completely spread in the public, but they don't know that the blue sparkling particles were Mana and they won't be able to obtain any abilities for a while because they need to assimilate the Mana. Though, it will be about time before anarchy will ensue and destruction of society will happen

The Secret Organizations and two undiscovered divisions began to move and work overtime while the high and higher beings took the initiative to take care of people who use their abilities in the wrong

Back to the unstable Mana Hotspot, Philip watched the humanoid figure glow brighter. He already knew that the figure came from the bottom of the chasm, particularly in the opening where a giant Mana Blob is located

"If that continues to spread Mana around the world, it will cause chaos!!!"

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{𝘈 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯...}

A single utterance of a word, has brought an attention to an unknown force and concept. Conceptual words, despite how simple and easy they are to be dictated, they hold absolute power to the source and origin of the word. Rule of Conception and Law of Literallity applies to these words, but they are not bound to this specific word

Though, Philip didn't know what he did wrong and continued to watch

"I thought it's over..."

Justine said in a hopeless tone

"I'm sorry..."

Just as Philip spoke, thick blue vines grew out of the mouth of the unstable Mana Hotspot. The vines swirled and crawled around each other and the thickness grew bigger until it resembled a tree trunk

The vines reached the humaboid figure and devoured it. It continues to grow and grow until it reached the sky

As soon as it reached the sky, blue materials, resembling leaves spread across the sky, like a mushroom cloud from a nuclear bomb. The blue leaves kept spreading that its radius is half the America

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The timer appeared in Philip's eyes. One minute before the catastrophe arrives and he has to stop it, he wants to stop it

"Justine... I'm sorry, but I have to do this... Might as well do it if we've come this far..."

"What are you going to do?"

"..."

Philip didn't reply and his expression is full of sadness. Without standing up, he extended his right arm and pointed his palm towards the blue Mana tree

At this point, the blue Mana tree started to glow brightly and pulsate with accelerating intervals. The glow was bright enough to overpower any light sources, even sunlight, and it made Philip, Justine, and Sheena blind for a second in each pulse

"Philip, why do I have a bad feeling about this?"

"Don't worry... This will be worth it. All for you, our friends, and this wretched yet precious world..."

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Just then, time seemed to slow down for everybody. The wind that is blowing towards Philip's right hand seemed to have ignited his hand in a golden color. The golden streaks extended to his wrist and a flash of light rotated on his palm

Fate Energy exploded around the area and spread around the world. The feeling of this fate to everyone makes then feel light and relieved, but it's different for Justine

"Philip?! What are you doing? Isn't this level of Fate Control too much of a backlash to you?"

"..."

Justine was having a heavy feeling because she knows how much of a backlash Philip will receive after using Fate Control of this caliber. Philip told her the story of the backlash that he experienced when using high levels of Fate Control back in the day. Yet, Philip didn't reply to her

The blue leaves continued to grow and spread. The blue Mana tree has already completely covered the sky and blocked the bloody solar eclipse a few seconds ago. This made everything darker than ever, except for the pulsating light on the blue Mana tree trunk and Philip's fate energy that's releasing golden light around Philip. His golden light is like a beacon of hope in the darkest of night

Americans are also witnessing the strange blue growth in the sky and it's already spreading on the news like wildfire. This time, everyone in the world has definitely witnessed one mystical event that involves Mana. This will make the public question the existence of the supernatural or magic

The religious figures reacted differently since they received an oracle from their respective deities. They became aware of Mana, especially after the Secret Organizations confirmed it to them just a few seconds ago, and they welcomed it because Mana can serve as a catalyst to increase their faith and devotion to their respective gods

Conspiracy theorists has also constructed their wild theories and began spreading it in the internet. Even if the public questioned the credibility, reliability, and validity of these theoties, they seemed precise ane accurate enough that their findings might be similar to what actually is out there

The Secret Organizations, especially Anonymous, didn't bother to hide and destroy these conspiracy theories and shit down news stations because the truth is out there already. They can't use the CGI excuse to every human on Earth, they're not stupid and they can definitely differentiate real life to CGI. It's just that the latter is worse in the eyes if done or used

wrong

The only way that the Secret Organizations and the high and higher beings will handle this to keep the peace on Earth is to tell them the truth once this is all over. They have devised the plan a while ago, they just didn't expect the spread of Mana to the public be this early

The Secret Organizations, except for Anonymous, didn't know where the blue giant Mana tree came from, but the high and higher beings had an idea. They would have went to where the tree is growing, but they had to stand in specific positions and locations to prepare if the tree is hostile in any shape or form

Only the Old Man is trying to reach the tree and cut it down while Gaia is weakened due to the growth of the tree. She tried to appear before Philip earlier, when he was using the full power of Pureblood, but she had a hard time manifesting. It's like there's a specific force that's rejecting the Spirit of the World

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Philip's eyes then became bright. His left eye is clear while his right eye is still watching the Fate Timeline crumbling down

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At this moment, inside the magical forest next to the Heaven's Truck, a bright light illuminated the surroundings and hovered into the sky. It was Tenshi with the outline of her white clothes embroidered with golden thread, gold ribbons, and gold belts. Her blue-white hair had a yellow underglow and a glitter of gold while her clips are also yellow. Her eyes are golden in color and a gold halo appeared above her head

This time, she doesn't have a Halo behind her back and only a gold disc with a symbol engraved on its surface. She had her right hand pointed towards where Philip is aiming his hand. The same ignited gold streaks also appeared across her hand and finger. She unleashed a bright light and blazing aura. Her eyes are emotionless and empty, it's as if she wasn't conscious or whatsoever

She has become the Fated Angel. The Totality Catalyst reacted to the amount of Fate Energy that Philip's releasing

While this is happening to Tenshi, no one noticed her since Justine and Sheena are looking towards Philip and the tree with worry. Celine is still unconscious

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At this time, Philip started to speak after establishing resonance with fate. He made sure he understand the concept of fate and what it entails when controlling it. He has seen all possible future and this is the only way that leads them to the best path

"Fate Control!"

*FWAAAAA*

Philip shouted and a wave of powerful energy surged throughout the world. The pulse of the tree started to the accelerate in intervals

Justine and Sheena were stunned while watching Philip. They still couldn't believe that Philip could control fate itself and that he's outright doing it in front of them, let alone shout it

Just then, the surge of powerful energy returned and attacked Philip, but Philip managed to fight back and pushed his hand to release the powerful energy once again

"Sacrificial Fate Control..."

"Wait, what?! Philip?!!"

Justine panicked after hearing what Philip said. It was the same for Sheena. They understand the level of power of Fate Control, so if Philip stated that he has something to sacrifice to use Fate Control, then the amount of sacrifice that he has to give should be equivalent to the level of the tree

This made them think that Philip always offers a sacrifice of some kind just to use Fate Control. By how much he has used Fate Control in the past, he might have sacrificed a lot

But they were wrong. This is a different type of Fate Control

"I sacrifice all of my happy memories"

A level five Fate Control has been initiated. The final level of Fate Control, the Sacrificial Fate Control

A sacrifice that is so great, it's too good to be true. It's definitely enough to change the fate of the world, the fate of the blue giant Mana tree, the fate of every single living being in the planet, and his own fate

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"Philip?! Philip!! No! Stooop!!!"

Justine grabbed Philip by his shoulders and shook him. She also tried to pull his right arm downwards but it won't budge

"No! Philip! Don't do this! Your happy memories are precious! Those memories are what makes you, you! Please!"

"..."

Philip was unresponsive. It's not that he's ignoring Justine, he just doesn't hear her. It was because his memories are being altered as of this moment. His eyes are shaking in place while his hand is trembling as fate is doing its work

All of this is happening as the glow of the blue giant Mana tree is pulsating rapidly that it flashes light to Philip and the others multiple times in a fraction of a second

"What about your memories with me?! Memories in the mansion?! In the amusement park?! Your time with the squadron and Mark's sacrifice?!"

"..."

Philip didn't budge even when Justine mentioned some of the happiest moments she knew that Philip had

"..."

Justine's eyes watered and her face distorted in regret, hopelessness, and sadness. Sheena also cried tears while covering her mouth

"PHILIP!!!"

Justine shouted and it just echoed in the sky

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