Marcus contemplated the words said with a confused look on his face and asked,"why am I here?Who are you?"While looking at the hooded figure with traveling gear that welcomed to this strange domain. "For your first question,a Priest serving Vilicus tried to send one of her teammates here to perform a Fate Change but you ended up here instead and for the second question I am simply a wanderer that found himself helping out Vilicus,"the hooded figure answered truthfully. "So those streams of light from Elder Leah are what sent me here,"Marcus thought as he inquired from the figure what a Fate Change was. "It's an ability that invokes the powers of Vilicus to allow one to effectively change the fate of themselves or a targeted group,"the hooded figure paused before continuing,"hence allowing one to change a situation that was impossible to recover from." Marcus looked at the hooded figure in awe as he tried to comprehend the words uttered by this so called wanderer."So this ability can revert everything that occurred during the Dive,"Marcus thought. As if the hooded figure read his mind he said,"you could even make today's encounter with the strange monster to be wiped out from reality so it's really up to ones imagination."Marcus realized that he had the opportunity to stop the deaths of his teammates,allow them to have successful Dives in the Void,hell he could prevent the Void eruption from occuring. His last thought echoed in the deepest crevices of his being realizing how big of an opportunity he had at reshaping the world's current situation.
"Sir if I'm to ask is it possible to change the fate of an event from two years ago?"
"As long as it's within the confines of Vilicus it's possible,"the hooded figure answered as he stared at Marcus."Then could you ask this Vilicus guy to erase the Void eruption that occurred two years ago,"Marcus asked the figure. "Don't ask me when you can talk to him directly,"the figure said as he pointed upwards. Marcus looked up and saw a gigantic creature with silver scales with a green hue as it coiled around the air forming a contorted sphere and it had a triangular head with white, silver and green reptilian eyes giving an overall picture of a bizarre looking snake.
"So you want to erase a troubling fate of your world? Well then let me look at the fate you want to change,"Vilicus said as he looked at Marcus with his glowing eyes. As Vilicus went through his fate the mercury river started lighting up and soon the entire area started shaking with scenes of the Void eruption starting to materialize on some parts of the river. The river started churning and suddenly a vicious blood red aura crept in from the scenes causing a suffocating presence of fear to occupy the area. Vilicus and the hooded figure shot at the scene with their respective green and amber tendril beams causing the aura and the scene to disappear from the mercury river. "What celestial entity did your world anger to have the Crimson Titan to be involved in your home's destruction!?"Vilicus shouted as he directed his fury filled eyes at Marcus but the figure stepped in and said,"calm down Vilicus and kid I'm afraid that Void eruption your world was involved in was not as simple as it seemed". "What do you mean by that?"Marcus questioned with a terrified voice. "For merely projecting the scene of the eruption the aura of the Crimson Titan managed to slip into this domain and exert it's influence,it shows that a lot more came into play in the destruction of your world than it meets the eye. So I all I have to say to you is that chances of Vilicus changing your fate are low due to the possible entities involved with your world's demise."
"Stop giving the human hope, Wanderer. I would not dare tamper with the fate of that world even if it was under the request of the Star Saint much less a human who couldn't even defeat a monster much less gather the courage to face one,"Vilicus said with a contemptuous voice. Those words hit Marcus like a gut punch since he targeted by far his biggest fear and liability since the Void eruption. Suddenly a thought crossed his mind;how did Vilicus know of this. As if Vilicus read his mind he muttered,"if I could your fate from two years ago what's stopping me from looking at your fate from the time after that? Now that you somewhat understand that tell me what could you possibly tell me that would convince me to go out of my way to remotely mess with the Crimson Titan just to change your fate?"
Marcus thought about Vilicus said and felt as if his soul was crushed since the chance to save his family,his friends,his comrades and his home lay in front of him but by some cruel machinations it was out of his sight. With nothing to lose Marcus looked at Vilicus and said," I know I'm by no means the greatest warrior,I know I can't possibly contend against the entities that orchestrated the destruction of my world but I'm tired of feeling like I can't do anything that can help the people I cared about. Ahero lost his life due to my fear,I couldn't react fast enough to save my kin during the Void eruption and despite being a so called skilled Doctor in my team I couldn't save some of my teammates due to my incompetence and I couldn't truly help my friend Eric when he truly needed me. I know it may sound hypocritical when I say this but I want to help them when I currently have the opportunity to help them lying in front of me. So if I have to fight these god like entities to ensure that these people can live out their lives again I would do it. I'll do anything to stop feeling that all I'm good for is a waste of space". When Marcus was finished speaking a stream of tears had already formed on his face.
"Those are bold claims you are making human. Let me remind you what you are claiming to deal with is truly like," Wanderer said as he lowered his hood and his figure transformed into a form that could not be described using conventional means and streams of near infinite information involving all sorts of travellers and journeys made across existence. Marcus' being became overwhelmed with the information and his body started cracking exposing his spirit and the stream of information invaded his spirit and consciousness but Marcus somehow held to his sanity despite his form cracking.
Suddenly the flow of information stopped and Wanderer stopped assuming the form that could not be described.
"Impressive. This is the first time I've seen a mortal of his caliber survive that form for that long even though it was a measley three seconds,"Wanderer said as he looked at Marcus. "It was only three seconds. It felt like eternity while being exposed to that form. Had I being exposed to that form a bit longer I would have died,"Marcus thought.
"I think I can help you achieve your goal but in exchange you have to complete the job I am about to give you. I want you to find information on and possibly analyse the Priest path Codex on your planet since I find it strange that someone of that path managed to invoke the power of Vilicus," Wanderer said as he pressed his hand onto Marcus' chest causing a strange burst of energy and dissipation of it inside his body. "Any questions you have will be answered later. Vilicus I'll need a portion of the mercury water and your blessings,"Wanderer told Marcus and Vilicus with Vilicus begrudgingly complying with his requests as a small volume of mercury water hovered above Marcus with it slowly surrounding him and suddenly the strange symbols in the mercury glowed green and white. Wanderer then formed a door made up of starlight which swallowed Marcus.
"At times I wonder what goes on in your mind to make decisions like that?"Vilicus questioned but Wanderer didn't respond to him with only his lips curling up as he looked into the distance.
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"Damn I feel drowsy. I hope they managed to..." Marcus thought as he looked up and saw a familiar brown roof and felt an equally familiar mattress. He looked around the room around him and saw a wardrobe,study table and a shelf filled with several books. He then looked at the mirror near him and saw a reflection of a young dark skinned boy with dark brown eyes about 16 years old. He had regressed to when he was 16 years old,only four years before the Void eruption. Just as he about to understand his situation,he suddenly had a terrible headache with a multitude of information storming his brain.