Chapter 2187: Amatsu-Mikaboshi
Chapter 2187: Amatsu-Mikaboshi
Amatsu-Mikaboshi is a being that is unnatural yet natural because it was made from the remnants of the inverse energy of the Goddess Izanami. The Shinto group of gods in the eastern continent are not from this world as they came from a universe outside of it. They are gods that actually came from a universe that was ruled by another powerful being. Amatsu- Mikaboshi was not born when the Goddess Izanami came forth as she did not possess a shadow when she was in her original universe.
In fact, all of the Shinto gods did not possess a shadow as they were different compared to the gods of this universe. They did not possess shadows because they were born as pure beings that cannot be tainted. They were beings of Order which is why they are vastly different from the Gods of Pandemonium. They were born from the parts of Order when Chaos clashed with the former.
It was not just the Shinto Gods that were born from that clash as Order shed most of its body when Chaos battled with it. To say that the Shinto Gods are the creation of Order is also a good observation even if Order itself is not a creator like Chaos. They are an ironic creation of a being that devours creation itself as they were made from nothingness. The Shinto Gods did not flee their universe because they wanted to but because they were the less powerful gods there.
Gods with twisted and unnatural forms have overpowered the Shinto Gods that looked like humans with no shadows. The Shinto Gods passed through the Void as this is the only place where they can pass through without the other gods hunting them could follow.
Unfortunately, the Void is not a place where one could traverse easily even if they are gods. The Goddess Izanami protected their ship from the harmful energies of the Void but that also shifted her own energies.
The body of the Goddess Izanami that is made of null energy is tainted by the Void that is filled with vast amount of different energy. Chaos Energy is one of the rare forms of energy present in the Void and it is the most volatile as well. As if the Chaos Energy was attracted to the null energy that the Goddess Izanami used, the small sliver of Chaos Energy latched onto the protective energy that the goddess used on their ship.
The null energy that the Goddess Izanami used is tainted by Chaos Energy, but it is not powerful enough to overpower or kill her. The Goddess Izanami mutated as she for the first time ever since her creation has grown a shadow. The shadow of the Goddess Izanami looked like a normal shadow at first but the Shinto Gods that came with her attacked it fearing that it might be another entity. In their universe, shadows do not exist which is why this is the first time that they seen one when light struck the body of the Goddess Izanami.
As if the Chaos Energy that created the shadow of the Goddess Izanami felt the threat, it grew intelligence as it absorbed more energy from her. The shadow then cut itself from the Goddess Izanami to become an entity vastly different from her. The entity that her shadow evolved to has become the reverse of the Goddess Izanami.
A being that is born to oppose the Goddess Izanami yet is closely tied to her existence as well. They were different sides of the same coin as their fate is determined by one another. If one of them truly dies, then the other will soon follow. The being that is made from the Chaos Energy that latched onto the Goddess Izanami called itself, Amatsu-Mikaboshi.
Amatsu-Mikaboshi called itself by this name as a reminder that it is a being purely made from Chaos Energy. A being that is born from primal chaos that floated in the Void. The Shinto Gods suspected that Amatsu-Mikaboshi is born due to Chaos shedding some of its body due to its fight with Order, but it was the Goddess Izanami that truly created it. Chaos Energy is so volatile that it could create spontaneously and also vanish spontaneously.
Amatsu-Mikaboshi was captured by the Shinto Gods back then as he was weaker when he first came to be. They learned that the Goddess Izanami is mirrored to him as they once tried extinguishing his existence but to only also hurt the goddess in the process. Knowing that any permanent harm done to Amatsu-Mikaboshi will also permanently harm the Goddess Izanami, they sealed the being that called itself the primal chaos.
Amatsu-Mikaboshi did not know why he was sealed but he soon learned as he grew older. He learned everything that the Goddess Izanami also knows as they still have a connection that he used to gather information. He learned of everything that the Goddess Izanami knows and learned that he is also an existence that can be called a god. Still, Amatsu-Mikaboshi did not know how powerful he was because he was sealed ever since the Shinto Gods arrived in Pandemonium.
Fortunately for Amatsu-Mikaboshi, the Shinto Gods tried to take over a place in the east of the vast world of Pangea back then. They were able to overpower the gods that ruled that area and take them as subordinates but that also weakened them in the process. The seal that held Amatsu-Mikaboshi was released but he did not exact his revenge. Instead, Amatsu- Mikaboshi roamed the world to learn more about it but that also did not last long.
The foreign gods from other universes even the ones that came from the original universe of the Shinto Gods attacked Pandemonium. The Goddess Izanami was struck down and her divine form destroyed but her soul was saved thanks to a God of Death. Another reason why her soul is saved is due to the fact that Amatsu-Mikaboshi is alive and well. He became the anchor on why the Goddess Izanami did not vanish like the other gods under their pantheon. Amatsu-Mikaboshi also suffered when the Goddess Izanami became a divine soul. He weakened to a great degree to the point that he was put in a state akin to being sealed. Amatsu-Mikaboshi could only curse the Goddess Izanami for being weak and also the fact that their fates are intertwined. As he falls into a deep slumber, Amatsu-Mikaboshi swore to the universe that he will find a way for him to be independent of the Goddess Izanami. "When I wake up, I will use all that time to separate myself from you. I shall be the one to kill you as well when that time comes!" Amatsu-Mikaboshi stated as he knew that the Goddess Izanami will try to revive herself.
When he woke up from the deep sleep, Amatsu-Mikaboshi found the world itself to be vastly different from the time that he remembered it. He also found the reason how he woke up and that is due to the fact that the Goddess Izanami managed to reincarnate as a human. Rather, the Goddess Izanami hijacked a mortal body that could store her divine soul. Amatsu- Mikaboshi found the human skin that the Goddess Izanami occupied and tried to kill but stopped himself.
Amatsu-Mikaboshi knew that weakening the Goddess Izanami would just weaken him as well. He needed to be patient to find a way to separate his fate to that of hers. Due to this, Amatsu-Mikaboshi approached the Goddess Izanami for a temporary alliance. He proposed that they find a way to destroy the connection that they have from one another because he knows that the Goddess Izanami also learns what he learns.
Amatsu-Mikaboshi thought that he could never find the thing that could destroy even fate, but he learned of a bead that carried the power of Order. He found the Orb of Order himself and tried to steal it, but his hands would burn at the very touch of this item. A being made of chaos energy such as himself could not hold onto the Orb of Order unless it has been drained. He also learned of ways to avoid the monitoring of the Goddess Izanami by sealing his own
mind.
He did not want the Goddess Izanami to know that he potentially found a way to destroy their intertwined fate. He knew that the sly goddess would use that very way to trick him. If the Goddess Izanami found it first, then she will definitely find all the ways she could use to destroy him. Amatsu-Mikaboshi knew because he and the Goddess Izanami think alike because that is what he would also do.
"Give me that orb! That is something that I deserve to have!" Amatsu-Mikaboshi shouted fiercely as his claws and tendrils charged towaads Adrian.
"A being of chaos energy. Let us test that out when a being that could disrupt anything fights against it." Adrian stated as he summoned Kimat.