Limbo!(2)

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"Judgment? Do you mean the judgment to decide whether the soul goes to heaven or hell?"

"Something like that, it's kind of hard to explain what a Judgment is! After all, each Judgment is unique! Anyway, back to the subject, now that you know a little what Limbo is! I will explain to you what the conditions for coming here are!"

"Okay!"

"Well, unlike what you probably imagine, it is much more difficult to have a chance to go to Limbo!

As I said before, I manage the souls of those who die at least in this part of the universe

However, that does not mean that I decide the fate of those souls!

In fact, it is a kind of automatic process in which the person dies his soul is captured and brought to Limbo. Where his memories are cleared and then that soul is reincarnated!"

"This does not seem different to what is happening to me!"

"It may not seem, but it is! After all, you're here talking to me, because your death meet certain criteria!

The souls of those who die in normal situations just come here and then have their memories cleared

This process is extremely fast, taking not even a second before they are reincarnated!

Do you understand the difference between your situation and theirs now?"

"Yeah! However, what are the criteria for coming to Limbo the way I came?"

Hearing this question, Sakdal does not answer it immediately instead she is silent

After pondering, for a few seconds she decided

So, look at Icarus and say

"Well, normally I would answer that question, very superficially! However, I liked you! So I will give you a detailed explanation!"

"I understand you… I like me too!"

"Haha… Okay, listen the information I am going to tell you now, is not things that a mortal should know. I had access to them, only after becoming a deity! So, be careful whom you tell this information to!"

"Don't worry, I'll be careful!"

"Great! Well, where do I start? Hmm…

Thousands of years ago, when I was not even a goddess, the Limbo or rather the Limbos already existed!

At that time, the souls of all dying beings were automatically sent to one of the Limbos, in exactly the same way as today!

However, the reincarnation system was different from the system that is used today!

At that time, all the souls that came to Limbo simply reincarnated… In other words, regardless of whether they were good or very bad when they were alive, they were all treated the same way!

The Gods of the time began to discuss the efficiency of this system and ended up dividing into two groups. Gods who believed that the reincarnation system was perfect as it was and so it shouldn't be changed and Gods who believed that the system was flawed and needed to be replaced with a more efficient one.

These two groups still exist and occasionally their members conflict with each other.

Of course, after thousands of years, many of the original members of that era ended up dying. However, the main members and leaders are still alive! Besides that, in addition to being part of their original groups, they are all part of another group, known as <The Council>!

Anyway! Because of the difference of opinions between them, the members of these two groups, come into conflict and have fought each other thousands of times!

Today, this period of conflict is known as [The Great Divine War]!

This war lasted thousands of years and thousands of gods ended up dying in it! As you can imagine, in the end who won was the group with the Gods who wanted to change the reincarnation system!"

After saying this, Sakdal looks at Icarus, and realizes that he is looking at her with a surprised face, realizing that Sakdal is looking at him, Icarus says

"Wow, it is unexpected that the gods are so similar to Humans!"

"Hahaha! You shouldn't be surprised by this! After all, apart from some Gods who became deities due to special reasons, the vast majority of gods were once mortals! This means that just like the humans on your planet, we are also emotional beings!

So it is normal that sometimes there are disagreements between us! Of course, the scale of our conflicts is far bigger than that of mortals!"

"Oh, I see!"

Seeing that Icarus seems to be satisfied with this answer, Sakdal decides to return to her explanation

Okay, as I said, the Gods who wanted to change the reincarnation system won the war. The first thing they did after winning the war was define the criteria, for both rewards and punishments!

At first, the criterion for receiving the reward was 'All beings who died sacrificing themselves for the good of others may come to Limbo to receive a reward'

However, with the size of the universe you cannot even imagine the number of altruistic beings that exist.

So this criterion was reject even before it was even implanted.

In the end, they decided to go with 'Only those beings who had suffered enough to lose faith in their own race, but still in the end chose to die sacrificing themselves for others may come to Limbo to receive a reward'

With these absurd criteria, the number of beings capable of receiving the reward has decreased in extreme proportions! The beings capable of fulfilling these conditions were called [Heroic Soul's]!

When that robber pointed that gun at that mother and her son. Everyone in the bank chose to ignore it because they feared for their lives, a very common choice! However, you did not choose to ignore and act in the same way as others! Instead, you chose to risk your life to protect them!

Unfortunately in the end you ended up dying, and the most incredible thing is that you chose to do this, even after having suffered so much during your childhood-"

Realizing how impolite she has just been, Sakdal immediately stops talking, looks at Icarus and says

"I'm sorry for my rudeness! I shouldn't talk about it so easily! I imagine it must be difficult for you to talk about this event!"

After saying that Sakdal, gets up and bows slightly to Icarus

However, unlike what Sakdal expected Icarus doesn't seem to care that much

"Huehue! A Goddess apologized to me! I think I can die in peace now! Wait a minute… I'm already dead!"

Hearing this, Sakdal is at a loss as to how to react, while ignoring this reaction Icarus continues

"Well, first of all, I didn't protect them both, because of a stupid reason like 'I want to be a hero!' I just did it, because I wanted!

Nothing more! In second place, you don't have to apologize, about mentioning my childhood!

After all, it happened a long time ago, and I learned to live with it. Besides, all that experience, taught me a lot of things!

Things that made me who I am today! Well, if there's anything that bothers me about this event.

It's the fact that I don't remember what happened a few hours before I left that Hell..."

"...?"

"Anyway! As I said, this event doesn't bother me, so don't worry!"

"Okay, you don't have to try to cheer me up, let's continue with the explanation"

"Okey Dokey!"

Icarus replies with a smile.

"Well, then where was I? Oh, the criteria for the Judgement and the punishments!"

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