Altered Memories (II) - Relief - Plot Twist - Time's Up - Unintended Events - End

"Philip...lip.lip.ip.p..."

Justine's call for Philip's name echoed in the darkness and in Philip's mind. Though, he didn't hear it and it just echoed in the emptiness

Philip was in his head. He didn't chose to go there, but he was forced to. He is inside of his own World of Imagination

Usually, the World of Imagination is bright and he would be standing in a calm sea. But this time, it was very dark and gloomy. He was standing on rippling water and a dim light only illuminates the area a few feet away from

Philip was expressionless and empty while standing on the rippling water. He was also unmoving and his eyes has lost light

He began to watch all of his happy memories from when he was a child up to the moment thay Justine hugged him and cried on him. Every memory appeared in the World of Imagination and it showed moving images, like it was reminding Philip of his fondest memories

His first memory that he saw was when he was a baby eating his first meal. He was smiling joyfully and his eyes were sparkling after taking a bite out of the spoon

But it was then altered that the meal was tasteless and baby Philip didn't react in any way

The memory alteration continued for several years of Philip's lifespan. There was a point when his father was teaching him how to shoot a ball in the ring in their province. It was altered to where he was the only one who's practicing in his free time

Every memory that has been altered affected Philip. The World of Imagination started to rain to the point it's zero visibility but Philip could still see the images. His eyes are becoming heavier and heavier after learning that he never experienced happiness in the past

The time when he received LEGO® as a gift, he looked happy at the time while opening and building it. Turns out it was just some clay blocks and he was building ugly vehicles and structures with it

The time when he was hanging out with his high school friends, it was also altered. He was indeed walking with them, but when they crossed a road, they separated their ways. His old friends were just classmates, acquaintances that he just talked to at least once or twice

Even the funny videos and clips that he watched in the internet were just bland and tastless videos of stupidity and idiocy

After a while, the flashbacks and alteration of his memories reached to the point around a few weeks ago, the time when Headmaster Yozu took him in the Mystical Academy

He was happy when he learned that Mana and magic existed in the world. That confirmed the fact that his Fate Control worked four years ago and it's because of him that everything's happening right now is caused by him. That's also why he had a sense of responsibility to fix everything and remove the giant tree

But of course, his memory was altered and it wasn't him that caused the Mysticism Age. Whoever or whatever caused the Mysticism Age has earned Philip's grudge

He also thought that Yuze and Lyre are just his friends, not girls who liked him. Including the temporary friends that he made in the Genesis Class are just now his acquaintances

The people in the mansion are just his roommates, nothing more, nothing less. The trip to the amusement park was just convenience and the time that he hung out with Natsume, it was just a casual hang around and adventure with no developments

His bible study with Justine just became a night where they just slept next to each other. Their sleepovers were just for convenience after Fotiá, the Fire God, tried to kill the fire sisters and they needed protection

His time with the squadron was also just a casual hang around and the games against Tenshi wasn't that great because the game was too imbalanced and the character White-999 was a bugged character

The night with Celine on the rooftop garden was nothing but a casual hang around. It seems that all of Philip's happy memories regarding hanging out with people became casual. Philip didn't liked it too much but he also didn't hate it too much

It was then that he finally reached the point where Justine hugged him after Zxhst was defeated. It was also altered and it was for the reason that she wanted warmth and she hugged him tightly that it caused him pain

There are some of Philip's memories that can be considered as happy memories, but during those memories, Philip wasn't particularly happy about. He was just neutral but he keep those memories precious

Example of this is his relationship with Eduardo and Ysabelle. He knew that they will be very important people to him for life and knowing that a sacrifice can be used in using Fate Control, he made sure to not be too happy in befriending Eduardo and Ysabelle, because he knew that one day he will use his happy memories as a sacrifice when controlling fate

He has thought about everything a while back. He also couldn't afford to sacrifice his senses or anyone that's not him. Though he has sacrificed his sense of smell before, but it came back for some reason. Also, he has once sacrifice 20 years of his remaining life to control fate of a bigger change

That is what he did four years ago

At this moment, Philip closed his eyes and the torrential rain devoured him, the darkness swirled around him, and the rippling water ate him

Since his happy memories has been taken and altered, his personality might have changed and his approach to things would change

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>_ 0:00:34

Philip's consciousness came back to reality and his eyes flashed. All of the memory alteration happened in just a second amd Justine was trying to pull his arm down. The pulse of light on the blue giant Mana tree is rapidly pulsating and lines of blue smoke is spreading around the world

It's about time before this tree, the World Eater, would detonate and eat Earth and kill every human on Earth

But not in Philip's watch. Since the Sacrificial Fate Control has succeeded, surely he has stop the destruction of Earth and the extinction of humans

Blue Mana spread around the world like smoke and dust, and the leaves almost covered the entire world

"I'm sensing huge amount of energy coming from you world, are you all okay there?"

Barsoom asked from the dimensional rift above Atlantis

"I don't know... This is something I've never seen before. An old monster has shown himself earlier but his presence disappeared... But this sudden growth of a tree... I have a bad feeling about this..."

Dia explained to Barsoom. She couldn't do anything because he needs to talk to him. Atlan, on the other hand, is also worried as he was gazing towards the west

"Philip... I wonder how you'll handle this... I hope for the best"

Anonymous muttered after losing connection to the radar that allowed him to watch the fight

"Headmaster... What are we going to do?"

Yuze asked Yozu as he was watching the change in the sky

"There's nothing we can do... We could only wait for their orders..."

"Understood..."

Everyone in the Mystical Academy were restless as they were also preparing for the worst

Finally, the Old Man was flying across the sky while reaching towards the tree. His fsce is full of panic and worry snd he's exerting all of his power to stop the tree

~~~

The Fate Energy surged towards the World Eater and Mana and Fate collided. This caused the space-time continuum to shift and ripple and cause disturbances that caught the attention of unwanted beings

*FWAAAAA*

*JEEEEENNNGGG*

The battle between Fate Energy and Mana generated different heavy sounds that rocked the world. This caused more unseen changes occured around the world

>_ 0:00:34

Then, in this moment, everything seemed to have stopped. Time has stopped and nothing moved in any space in the universe

It was because Mana spread too much that it overwhelmed Fate Energy, but Fate Energy fought back since it's is a concept that can change the flow and outcome of any concept. It's more effective especially a sacrifice has been made

The blue Mana tentacle growths spread around the tree, but it suddenly stopped and the Fate Energy disappeared

>_ 0:00:30

In this moment, all of the blue matter that grew from the unstable Mana Hotspot, the tree, the leaves, and the tentacles, all vanished and poofed. Everything turned into ethereal white lines and particles, resembling snow. Time and space also resumed and everyone on Earth witnessed the sudden change

The white particles slowly fell from the atmosphere towards the ground. People started to lift their hands and catch the white particles. When the white particles touched their skin, it disappeared and it felt cold and warm at the same time

The Secret Organizations, high, and higher beings observed the falling white particles. The Old Man stopped on his tracks after seeing the disappearance of the dangerous blue tree. He then looked around and saw the unstable Mana Hotspot. He decided to go there since that's where the source of the growth of the tree was and Philip should also be there

As the white particles fell like snow around the unstable Mana Hotspot, Philip finally let his arm fall and get pulled down by Justine. He then kneeled down and slumped down. His eyes are very empty and he's exuding a gloomy aura. Tenshi also slowly fell back on the ground and reverted back to her Holy Angel form

>_ 0:00:29

"It's done... Catastrophe's over"

Philip muttered under his voice. Justine then crawled in front of him and faced him while also kneeling down

"I don't care if the catastrophe's over! Your memories! What happened to them?!!"

"Gone, either removed or altered..."

"Why did you have to sacrifice your happy memories?!! They're precious to you!! What happens to you now?! Your personality, your behavior, your mindset! Everything will change!!"

"Don't worry... I've thought of this way before... Memories that I've considered important, I made sure I wasn't happy at that time, so those weren't sacrificed..."

"That's not the point!! What about the people you've been with?! You won't remember anything happy you've done with them!

"It's worth it..."

"You're so selfish! How could you do this to yourself?! You could have at least taken care of yourself more!!"

"Why are you so angry? I saved the world, I saved you, I saved everyone..."

"But you didn't save yourself! I'm angry because I love you so much!!

"I don't need saving... I only exist to the sole purpose of making everyone happy and protecting Earth... Because of that, I will meet death this early"

"Philip!!"

Justine cried out once more and leaned her head on Philip's chest while punching his shoulders. Sheena was also crying a few feet away behind Philip

"At least it's over... I can rest now..."

Philip looked up in the sky and his empty golden eyes were glimmering. He then decided to look in the Fate Timeline and see if there are any changes

It was at this moment, Philip's negative energy exploded once again. Even if negative energy is intangible, it blew away Justine and Sheena away

"Kyaaa!"

"Aaaaah!"

Philip stood up, seemingly with strength even though he's evey exhausted. He looked around erratically and tried finding something

"Philip??"

Justine called out to him

"IT'S NOT OVER YET!!!!!"

Philip shouted and caused a rupture on the ground that went across the magical forest. Philip saw the timer in the Fate Timeline and it was still counting down

Sheena went ahead and grabbed Justine and flew in the air, watching Philip panicking and moving erratically

>_ 0:00:05

>_ 0:00:04

>_ 0:00:03

"WHERE ARE YOU?!!!!!"

Philip shouted once again as he spun around erratically to find any sources of a catastrophe. He expanded his Future Vision and Clairvoyance to find anything on Earth. He even considered a catastrophe coming from space, but there isn't. He penetrated the ground with his X-ray Vision if there's a catastrophe on Earth's core, but there isn't

"Human mortal, I've finally arrived! The Sword God, Ken, is here!"

Just then, the Sword God has arrived on Earth after cutting through space and travelling between worlds

"Sword Concept!"

*FWIT*

Philip flicked his left index finger at Ken and he swung his Formless Sword that travelled in unpredictable curves and straights and deflected the unrefined Sword Concept

"Your sword skills are still unrefined, and what is Sword Concept? A concept of a sword that I haven't learned nor comprehended yet? I must earn it!"

>_ 0:00:02

"You're not it"

Philip said and ignored Ken

>_ 0:00:01

"E-1 jump! Hup!"

It was then that E-1 came out of nowhere and jumped next to Philip, to his right. She slowly walked forwards and stopped

Philip looked at her with bloodshot eyes. After not seeing any potential sources of catastrophe, it made him think that it will come from E-1. Additionally, her sudden appearance with just a second left in the timer, plus her large Doomed Fate in the Fate Timeline, convinces Philip

His negative aura grew bigger the more he gazed at E-1

"Oh my... Such boundless negative energy! This amount is extremely dangerous... Looks like I have to end you here, human mortal"

It was then that E-1 raised her arm and pointed in front of her, towards the empty area in front of them. Philip tried to give E-1 a chance and turned his head towards where E-1 is pointing at

>_ 00:00:00

...

...

...

A conceptual word that was uttered a several seconds ago, has gained the attention of a concept. This concept was out of anyone's comprehension and catching its attention can cause the flow of time, fate, and destiny to change in a way that's isn't part of the script

The space that E-1 pointed created a crack. The crack was white and it was releasing a very heavy energy signature that trembled the space itself. An object exited the crack, resembling a hand

The hand move downwards and split the space apart while releasing beams of light and white lightning

"What's happening here? Human mortal, explain!"

"..."

Ken asked but Philip is too distracted to hear him

The crack opened into a portal and revealed an individual. The individual was a girl with fair skin, red piercing angry eyes, and silky white hair. She was wearing a well decorated white skinny dress, with a pitch black triangle on her chest, that accentuates her petite figure. She was flat as a board and her arms and legs are thin

Her white hair is hovering behind her and some of the strands are attached to triangles. She also has a halo shaped in a triangle above her head. On her right side, a white fur coat is attached and covering her right arm, right chest, and right waist. Her left arm seemed to be mechanical with black and gold accents. She is also holding a white one-sided broadsword on her right hand and the blade of the sword seemed to have been blocked by ten triangular blockades, only up to the half of the sword, seemingly rendering the sword useless. It's more like of a blunt sword

Seeing this individual, Philip was stunned. He was feeling all sorts of emotions around his chest. Her piercing glare reached him, which tells him that the girl met him before. This might also be love at first sight for Philip, but that should be impossible

The portal behind the girl is pitch black, then another individual got out of the portal while flying. This caused the world to change and turn upside down. A chaotic mess of fractals upon fractals manifested into the world

This caused Philip head to be overloaded because he hated and avoided fractals the most. Fractals is more than infinite, that's why Philip hated it to his very core

Philip, Justine, and Sheena's eyes instantly bled without them realizing due to the overpowering patterns of the fractals. Even Ken's eyes, a Sword God, bled just from looking at the generated fractals and he had to cover his eyes and back away

Another individual also stepped out of the portal and an infinite amount of circles, resembling spirograph, was generated around the portal and caused chaos. Hypotrochoid and Epitrochoid caused the world some chaos

Chaotic lines was then released from the portal and spread around the world. Just then, the portal slowly transformed into a shattered chaos butterfly and flapped its wings above the white haired girl

Half of the agents of chaos has shown themselves. Characters who were supposed to show themselves in the final ending, has shown themselves in the prologue

What's happening here?

The white haired girl then spoke

"I am True Omega! Philip! You have caused a concept greater than chaos in the future! As the collective agreement of the agents of chaos and Chaos Himself, we have agreed to eliminate every iteration of your origin, existence, and concept in every point in time, in every universes, in every timelines, and in every dimensions to disallow you to cause anymore exceptions and unknowns!"

!!!

"!!!"

'!!!'

(!!!)

{!!!}

[!!!]

「 !!! 」

『 !!! 』

An unexpected exceptional error has occured. This shouldn't have happen, yet it has happened. It's the reality

True Omega then turned to E-1

"Enigma, you're here all along! Join us, Chaos Himself wanted to see you since forever"

"Is Billy there?"

"Billy is there, standing next to Chaos Himself"

"Okay! I'll join you then!"

E-1 happily skipped towards True Omega and the chaos butterfly flapped its wings above her and she disappeared. Because of this, E-1's Doomed Fate exploded and completely destroyed the Fate Timeline

True Omega then disappeared and appeared in front of Philip. He was mesmerized by her red eyes as they made eye contact. For some reason, True Omega's right eyes twitched but Philip suddenly vomitted blood

He slowly looked down and saw the unblocked part of the broadsword stabbed into his chest

"I won't take any chances... Ten Limiters: Release!!!"

The ten triangle blockades on the broadsword was released and hovered around True Omega's body. The sword then released white energy and several pitch black dots that penetrated Philip's back

"Die!"

True Omega whispered on his ear and his consciousness faded away as he slowly fell down

"PHILIP!!!"

Powerful energy bursted from Justine and space itself swirled around her

"World of Sword: Sword Graveyard"

Ken erected his Sword God skill

The Old Man then suddenly arrived and caused a powerful explosion by uprooting the crust in a 10 mile radius. Gaia also appeared with her true form of having enchanted glowing antlers and green hair

High and higher beings also arrived and jumped the agents of chaos, including the leaders of the Secret Organizations, Paragon, the Observers, the Embodiments, and later, Diagonnaer and Atlan, along with Barsoom after he detected the energy of the agents of chaos. He volunteered to help and came to the dimensional rift in his flesh, along side Maloken'Kai

Chaos ensued. Earth versus agents of chaos occured. Philip watched the final moments as his consciousness was lost. At his final vision, his gaze was only on True Omega, watching her fight gracefully against thousands of powerful beings

With this, Philip has finally died and Earth was in trouble. With True Omega in the frontlines, she overpowered everyone and defeated everyone. She and the other agents of chaos went back to kill Philip in different iterations

~~~

The story has changed... The flow of time has changed... Fate cannot change this

Is this salvageable? This can't end... Revenge will always fuel his desire for a proper end. He won't go down without a fight... He will use everything in his arsenal to fight

But, he never got the chance to obtain the best powers. He got killed before he got the chance to fight back

The catastrophe was neither Zxhst nor the Mana tree, it was his ultimate demise and the arrival of the agents of chaos. That was his mistake for thinking he can stop it at his current level

But of course, this wasn't supposed to happen... So, I'll make an exception...

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「 ... 」

A message during death...

『 You have died! 』

「 Booting up... 」

「 Loading... 」

『 Engaging scan and analysis... 』

『 Collecting information and data... 』

『 Summarizing series of events... 』

『 Browsing through memories... 』

『 Recognizing feats and achievement... 』

『 Registering abilities and skills... 』

『 Establishing soul and body connection... 』

『 Requesting permission... 』

Permission granted

『 Granting elevated access... 』

『 Simulating mindset... 』

『 Contacting origin and source... 』

Overwrite

『 Overwritten... 』

「 Finishing everything... 1% 」

「 2% 」

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「 100% 」

『 Starting up! 』

A power that was created for the sole purpose in containing and controlling all powers, now reduced to a plot device to continue the story because an unexpected exceptional error occured that should have never happened...

Must be fate and the natural order of things. Unless a different force that caused it

『 Loaded! 』

The start of the story...

『 Welcome to the OMEGA SYSTEM! 』