Chapter 33: The Eye of Webbish Bogg

Hunt for the Map Arc, Part 8: Only Questions Remain

Hunt for the Map Arc, Part 8/8 (final)

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(A/n This is gonna be an intense chapter for you lot I think, so make sure to finish it and read next chapter too.)

General pov:

Back at the Sith Temple on Moraband, prior to Ulthaan finding the Skeletal remains of Ulthaan

The group Adrian was with had gotten separated.

Jinx, Kal Neral, Jack Stone, Aureole Omega (Ava Kendra) had all but vannished from the hallways they once shared and appeared in a dark void filled room. All of them were separated from Adrian, as be was left to wander the halls alone.

Bossk and Latts Razzi had been teleported to a different area of the Sith Temple entirely.

But as for the others...

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Jinx pov

Location: An Unknown Place of Despair

"Starwind, Jinx, Jedi Exile Meetra Surik, Jedi Grandmaster Nomi Sunrider, Alerega Bashd'ra, Nu'ulli Sac'carenda, Mruno Bravilla...so many names, yet so much pain..."

Jinx could do nothing, she wanted to act, to move, to look around and say something, but she could not, she could only feel the Abyss she was trapped in.

"Abandoned by the one who you called father, by the one who was like so like an brother, and one you once called Master..."

"Poor little Jinx...all alone again...and soon you will once again burry those you call friends and family."

Jinx couldn't do anything as she watched, she could see in front of her very eyes, was Adrian, Ahsoka, Anakin, Shmi, Kal, Dagger, Aureole, Kara, Jack...everyone who she had just recently met...they were all Mortal.

She watched as their figures began to visably and rapidly age before her. She watched on as she was helpless. She couldn't do anything as she watched their bodies wither and turn to dust from the cruel unending passage of time.

"Immortality...others crave it...lust for it...and yet you have what they do not...you are an Aswang. A member of an Immortal race."

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"Why mourn for them, why care for them, they will all die one day, and you know it. And yet you still continue to travel the Galaxy in search for something....something you don't even know, you don't even remember why you left your HomeWorld of Rashaang in the first place...do you..."

Tears began to fall from Jinx's eyes as she was faced mire and more with the truth in the unknown being's words.

"So I say once more, and leave you with one final question....was it all worth it? The suffering? The mourning? The failures? The deaths? And for what? You don't even know do you? How pitiful, stay here and rot..."

And with those last words, Jinx was left alone in a cold dark room as she was now free to move, but all she did was curl up into a ball and cried.

Jinx: "Master...Ulthaan...Dad...I need you...please."

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Kal Neral pov:

Location: "An Unknown Place of Deception

"Kal Neral, Mandalorian, Bounty Hunter, Smuggler, Mercenary, Singer~, Poet~, Artist~....you are nothing more than a fraud and a liar!"

Kal could see nothing but an empty darkness surround all around him. He tried breaking free but he was chained up with black chains that seemingly were made from actual writhing shadows."

Voice 1: "Hahah! What fun! Aahhh WHAT FUN! KILL THE LITTLE MOUSE!"

Voice 2: "ATONE!"

Voice 3: "LIAR, DECEIVER, DEVIL!!!"

"You lie and trick others. You claim to make songs, to be a self proclaimed "expert" of your trade, but you nearly stole the accomplishments of others for yourself. You pretend and swindle your allies and Clan....you even deceive your own father.

Vah Neral (adoptive father): "GET OUT! I should have never taken you in, in the first place. You should have just rotted I the slumps of Corrusaunt where I found you. It would have been better off had that Vornskr killed and eaten you. You will never be my son."

Kal wanted to break free from the chains and chase after the disappearing figure if his father.

He wanted to speak and shout out to him, but his throat felt like flames were erupting from within his body.

"You are afraid of being abandoned by those you know. You lie because you yours are nothing! Worse then Nothing! Forever nothing! You deceive others to boast your reputation in some vain attempt to prove yourself worthy of being an Mandalorian. These you call friends, family. But if they knew you for what you truly were, a deceitful trickster, an amateur, a lair...they would abandon you in a heartbeat. Zer0, Jinx, Dagger, Jack, your Clan, your adoptive father. HA! Even your own biological parents didn't wnat you. You were nothing more than a failure at birth and will always be so. You will be forgotten and no-one will even remember your name. You will forever live in the shadows of others. But fret not child. For I will forgive you. Let your Sin be cleansed....with FIRE!!!"

Kal's body had suddenly been caught ablaze from nowhere, the once void filled space, now filled with bright flames as Kal screamed in unbearable pain and agony as he felt his very soul burn!

"HAHAHA! What fun....WHAT FUN!!!"

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Jack Stone pov:

Location: An Unknown Place of Grief

I found myself in a space devoid of all light. I was made aware, instantly, of my surroundings.

I don't hesitate to transform, as blood erupted from my body and my flesh pealed away and fell off my body. As it just drifted off into the space I found myself in.

I had transformed into my Great One form. It was a humanoid version of the Moon Presence, Flora.

(A/n Image here)

No gravity, no light other then the countless stars in the background tahr surrounded me, the cold vaccum of space.

I was not on Moraband anymore, but some place else.

"Ready are we, Worm? Good."

I heard a voice and turned to face it, but I saw only an human contrary to what I had imagined them to be.

One I know very well. How else could I not.

It was me.

I was beyond confused, but I readied myself nonetheless to face this Illusion.

"This is no Illusion Jack Stone."

Jack: "How do you know me?! What is this place?!"

"Does it matter where we are. We are in a place of which you abandoned your wife and yet-to-be-born child. You abandoned them and you are now here."

Jack: "I DID NOT ABANDON THEM!!! IT WAS NOT MY CHOICE!!! I WAS TAKEN FROM THEM!!!"

"Your excuses are irrelevant. Your lies are meaningles to me. They are dead, while you are not."

Dead?!

N-No! I-It can't be!

Jack: "YOU CANT POSSIBLY KNOW THAT!!!"

The Past Life copy of me pointed towards me.

I turned around and saw a red haired and enraged eyed woman. Sarah Stone. My wife. And in her arms was a 8 year old girl.

Sarah: "Why did you leave us?"

Girl: "Why did you abandon me papa?"

Sarah: "Was we not enough for you? Was I not enough for you?"

Girl: "What about me papa? Do you hate me? Do you WANT ME TO DIE AGAIN?!"

I tried to speak but my throat was sealed shut. I tried touching it and realised, I I no mouth?!

Where did it go?!

It just vannished like it never existed?!

Sarah: "Don't worry darling daughter. Mother will make it all better. Come. Hug mama."

Sarah took the girl into her embrace, and both their heads rested in line with each others, side-to-side touching.

But my eyes widened and i tried to move but couldn't.

Sarah had pulled out a gun from somewhere and had aimed it with the temple of her head, and on the other side was the girl also in liglne of the bullets trajectory should she shoot.

Girl: "Will papa kill me again now?"

Sarah: "Of course sweety. That's what he'll do. It's what he did to us. He abandoned us. HE KILLED US!"

*Bang*

And just like that, both Sarah and the girl died instantly as a single bullet killed both of them.

All I could do was stare at that sight as I watched the blood pour out from their heads.

The look-a-like-me had approached and stood by my my side. He spoke, almost like a whisper as I remained paralysed with despair at what I had seen.

"Do you seek Redemption?"

Jack: "Yes..."

I spoke with a hollow and lifeless voice as I hadn't noticed that I regained my ability to speak.

"Do you seek Absolution for your Sin?"

Jack: "Yes..."

"Then strike a bargin with me. I will bring them back from the realm of Death. I will grant you taht what you want. To be with your family once more."

I fell to my knees, my body shifted and re-transformed back to my Human Form as my arms hung from my shoulders like stranglers puppets. My slouched back arched forwards as I stared at the ground.

Jack: "What do you want from me?"

"Do exactly as I say...and I will give your family back."

Jack: "Then tell me....I accept your deal."

"Good. We will have nothing but FUN times ahead of us..."

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Ava Kendra pov:

I groaned loudly as I felt pain spread across my body.

I feel like I've been torn from the inside out, it freaking hurts!

I leaned forward as I was laying on my back.

I looked around and all I saw was an endless expanse of grassy hills.

This place feels familiar somehow.

I feel Anger, Hate, Rage, Despair, Loneliness, Misery, Sadness, Mourning, Obsession, Desire, a Lost Joy...

These feelings linger here in this place. I channeled the Force through me and into the ground.

There are two very powerful sources of Force energy on this planet, wherever I an.

Both are sources of water, and yet I feel an odd connection to them.

I stood up and looked around and saw three ghost like Illusions.

A winged being of sorts carrying a small baby girl.

Off in the distance just opposite the winged man, was an naked Ashen-Haired woman who looked like her soul had left her body.

The winged person used their free hand to slash at the air, and in the next instant, he threw the child into the same place.

But the child had vannished.

Woman: "AAAAHHHH!!!! I'LL KILL YOU!!!! I'LL MAKE YOU SUFFER!!!!"

The woman screamed on pure hate, rage, anger and misery when the child had vannished.

Winged Man: "Nik Abeloth dran shun zikal...Come Abeloth, Beloved Queen of the Stars. You can take your child from me. If you can best me, I will return her."

When thise words left the man, the now identified woman, Abeloth had vannished at blinding speeds faster then I could react and appeared before the winged man.

He had intercepted her attack with a black mist like substance in his hand firming the shape of a blade.

Winged Man: "Face me Abeloth. Face Ulthaan, the Creator of the FORCE itself, the Unbound God, the Hidden One.

And with that a batte on proportions and scales that I couldn't even imagine had taken place.

Such power!

No one in the Jedi Order could do this! Nit even if all the Jedi in the Order combined could ever accomplish this alone. And here are two beings that can cause such devastation and destruction with just the swipe of their hands. Entire mountains had been destroyed and the ground uplifted fir thousands of metres.

But the damage had been long since reapired from whenever this battle took place.

Wjat I was seeing was an Force Illusion. A trace of residual Force energies, be it Light or Dark will leave traces of their presence.

And this place had a lot of it.

I wandered around, the two figures, Aveloth and ulthaan in the Illusion or menory, I'll call it, had vannished into a black portal that I was unable to follow since it was a memory after all.

Eventually, I came across a large lake in the middle of nowhere. I looked around at the beautiful water as it reflected the light of the moon's light.

Only them did I notice that there was something in the water.

A figure, a woman with Ashen-White hair identical to my own, was laying naked besides the edge of the lake.

They seemed to have sensed my stare and presence as they turned her head to face me. But as soon as she looked into my eyes, her eyes went so wide taht they might pop out at any moment.

She hurriedly scrambled and clawed her way out of the waters like a mad beast and ran straight for me, she had closed the distance of a thousand metres in less then 4 seconds!

But just as she opened her arms wide, seemingly trying to hug me as many if my friends have done before, i heard a voice, as time itself seems have gone still fir but a moment. I recognised this voice from earlier.

Ulthaan: "Not yet..."

*snap*

A loud echoing snap had responded and I lost consciousness. The last thing I could see were the horror in the woman's eyes as I could see in the reflection if her pupils that my body was vanishing at a rapid pace, to fast for even her immense speeds to reach me in time.

Abeloth: "NOOO!!! MY CHILD!!!!!"

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The Present time with Adrian on Mustafer in a "heated" "conversation" with The Eye of Webbish Bogg.

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Adrian pov:

I had been fighting against a literal army of Lava Nymphs and Lava Eels this entire time since I first confronted The Eye of Webbish Bogg.

An Eel had closed its jaws around my leg and I could feel the teeth sink in, I gritted my teeth as I raised my hand and plunged deep into its skull, crushing its brains in my hands from the inside.

A Nymph took advantage if this to spit a gouts of lava at my face.

My eyes were burned away with mist if my face as I roared through the pain.

I may be powerful even without my gear, but even I can be overwhelmed by the sheer number of foes and attacks coming from every angle.

I was not Onni-Present nor Omni-Potent to do such a thing.

I began to channel Spirit Ichor within my body to accelerate my healing ability, and to release a magic Force Repulse imitation.

A shock wave of green lighting erupted outwards with me being the epicentre, disintegrating all the nearby enemies ina n instant.

I could hear the buzzing of more Lava Nymphs and decided it was too dangerous to fight head on, and thus I choose to make a tactical retreat.

I felt my eyes regenerating, from having been melted by molten magma, and I was now able to see.

Kara was still not responding to my calls for help. I was still on my own.

Eye: "You don't even know why you are here or which questionsss to say, despite knowing all you need do is asssk, but why don't you?"

I ran directly along the walls, define the laws of gravity thanks to my wallcrawlimg power from my Spiderman wish.

Eye: "You know me, but do you know yourssself?"

Adrain: "I an me, and that is all to it."

I replied as I was confronted by an group of Lava Fleas.

I jumped up to heights that only Jedi were capable of doing and brought down both my fists to smash the cranium of the hard exoskeleton of a Lava Flea.

The armour agave way and it was crushed completely with its insides going everywhere.

I backflipped and landed on another Lava Flea and proceeded to rip of its exoskeleton shell plating, and used them as disks as I spun and threw them at the others.

The thrown shell disks had dealt lethal blows to the every target I threw them at, as the strength I used was enough to bisect even a row of fully armoured Clone Troppers, in the mark 1 armour, with even a thrown blunt board made from wood.

Eye: "Brute Force cannot solve the Ridlesss, or do you intend to slay every being in the Galaxy if it meant all your problems can be solved?"

Adrian: "I'll fight the storm if I have to. Nothing stands in my way, and I will be ripping your bloody spine out your throat once I get back to the lake you will drown in soon enough."

Eye: "You're a fierce one aren't you?"

I was now confronted with over a dozen bull like insectoid creatures known as an Xandank.

Eye: "But do you think you can sweep all your enimies away so easily?"

They all charged at me and I knew I would be trampled underfoot if I fought them head on in this narrow space.

The ceiling was too low so I can't jump, that led me to one of two options.

I choose option three.

I brought my hnads together and began to chant as my my eyes began to glow green and emit a mist like flare/aura.

Adrian: "Waytha ara quetha way, Waytha ara quetha way, Waytha ara quetha way, Waytha ara quetha way!"

I chanted the "Spell of the Storm" which granted access to use the power of Telekinesis and practically any Force Ability associated with it.

I released a powerful and a tremendously condensed ball of Spirit Ichor and once the dozens of Xandanks were close enough to me. I released the spell and a violently destructive Force Shockwave was released and completely decimated the herd that approached me.

The closest ones were disintegrated, while the ones in the rear had their heads caved in or some which had said heads removed from their bodies.

Adrian: "I won't sweep my enimies away. I'll destroy them."

Eye: "Can you day the same for the Gods?"

Adrian: "They are no Gods."

Eye: "Are they? Or is it that you simply cannot accept the truth, that they are Gods and you will forever remain a Mortal?"

I made my way through the cave network, searching for a way back to The Eye of Webbish Bogg.

Eye: "You think I don't know what you know, but do you even know what you have?"

Adrian: "I have what I need."

Eye: "Do you now? Then why are you here?

Adrian: "..."

Eye: "You think you are someone special?"

Eye: "That you were chosen to be reincarnated out of the infinite beings of the endless sea of stars? And for what? To save the Galaxy? To create Everlasting Peace? To restore Mandalore to it's former glory?"

I came across a crossroads. There were two ways to go as tge tunnel branches into two.

Eye: "If you could choose?"

Eye: "If you could be with her again? Would you take it?"

I choose to go down the left tunnel and thus, pressed onwards.

Eye: "What you want to know? Or what do you need to know? Do you even know, what you need? What you want?"

I was stopped in my tracks by two Roggwart beasts.

Eye: "Or do you already know, what you have to become?"

*Darth Vader breathing sounds*

Adrian: "I will not become like Vader, nor will Anakin. I will not let that happen, it will not happen ever!"

I rushed at one if the Roggwarts and it trued to swipe me with its claws.

I slide between its legs as its claws went right over my head. I simultaneously kicked at the leg of the Roggwart as its leg had been bent the other way and was now broken.

With one immobilised I ran to the other one, its tail came in fast, but that's what's I wanted.

I raised my forearm to defend, and the tail pierces through my forearm. I twisted my arm and gripped its tail.

I them ripped it off violently, and the beast howled I pain. I felt an attack coming from the one behind me, but I don't care as I would survive it and needed to deal with one of them or else I won't win this fight unless I resort to more desperate means.

I lunged forwards and I used the sharp end of the tail I had torn off to pierce through it's heart, a she skull would be far too protected thanks to its skeletal durability.

As my tail weapon pierced the heart of the Roggwart, the first one behind me had torn its way through my stomach with its claws as I was impaled on them.

I coughed blood from the attack, but I didn't use my Blood Bending as my bodily augmentations and enhancements provided many benefits, most important one in this scenario being that any injuries will receive will not bleed, thus I won't experience blood loss.

I reached my hands behind me and grabbed it head, and used all my strength to tear of its head before it even realised what had happened.

We collapsed to the ground, and I got up with minimal pain as if I just received a simple punch to the gut taht wasn't much.

My healing factor had already begun to heal my injuries as I continued onwards.

Eye: "How can you be so sure that the boy would not become this Darth Vader? Perhaps it is his destiny to become Darth Vader? You think you are so different then Darth Vader? Are you so sure about that?"

Soon I was confronted with a Fucking Rancor. But nit just any ordinary one. But a mutated one known as a Darkghast.

My injuries still hadn't fully healed so my mobility will be hampered.

I don't have a choice here, so I had to use my magic once more.

To be specific, creation magic via channeling Spirit Ichor, which I had now just used to create a Spear that has a magical enchantment which will enhance itself and become stronger with more blood is shed upon the Spear.

I had quickly engraved three new Bloodborne Runes I had learned from Jack Stone. "Sharpness" "Through" "Blood".

Not only will it now enhance itself in sheer power, but it will also become sharper.

I don't know if I should be thankful that the Darkghast was not approaching me, it was probably the final hurdle that stood in the way of me reaching The Eye of Webbish Bogg.

I gripped the Spear and pierced it straight into my chest over and over again, amusing a fountain of blood to erupt from my body as my healing factor kept pumping an endless supply of blood which spilt onto the Spear.

Once I felt enough blood had empowered my Spear, I hurled it with all my might at the head of the Darkghast.

What resulted was an explosion which caused multiple volcanos on the surface of Mustafer to awaken and erupt in flames.

The Darkghast's head and entire upper torso, along with the wall behind it had been completely erased from existence with no trace it ever existed. The Spear was naturally temporary as if I used more of the magic, i would tire greatly taht not even my unfathomable endurance and regeneration can help restore.

The more powerful the spell or enchantment, the greater the cost would be.

I approached the wall and jumped down. If there was anything taht remained to face me, then I would be forced to use my Blood Bending and reveal it to The Ones and/or Abeloth who may be watching.

I approached the Eye, uncaring that I walked straight into the Lava as I could feel the Lava burn my skin and flesh to the bone as I approached The Eye of Webbish Bogg.

Adrian: "Speak! Why am I here?! What is the artifact that Sidious is looking for?! Where is it?!"

Eye: "Are you even sure you are here at all? What Darth Sidious is looking for? Or what you are looking for? Where is it? Or do you mean to ask me when is it? Or what it even is? If you do not know what your looking for, then how will you know when you've found it?"

Adrian: "I could cate less! I will shower the Galaxy if I must to fund whatever IT IS! And I'll start with you, right here! If you will not relinquish it, then I will pry it off your corpse!

Eye: "Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!"

The Blind Giant lifted its body from the Lava, and raised its two palms and unbleached them.

But what I saw had surprised me!

Eye: "You came to me for answers. I gave you only questions. I leave you with two more."

I approached the left palm, which held an identical replica to the one in its right palm, and took it in my hand.

Eye: "Do you think you passed this Test...or did you fail it?"

I turned to walk away as I exited the Lava lake, only the bones of my feet remained as all of its flesh and skin had been completely melted off. My regeneration had already begun to undo the damage alongside being empowered by my Spirit Ichor I was channeling to boosts its effects.

Eye: "And...who is...Adrian Hawke?"

I stopped in my tracks.

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Adrian: "I am Death."

I turned and waved my hand as I conjured and threw a barrage of thousands of ice firmed weapons to impale and skewer the Eye and the Blind Giant.

But my weapons passed through nothing but air, until it collided with the other side if the room.

Eye: "Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!"

Eye: "How can you kill me, if you can't even kill a God?"

I left the cave, with the Artifact in my hand.

A Sith Wayfinder.

The Map to Exegol, the hidden world of the Sith.

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To be continued...in Preperations Arc, part 1