The Forgotten God

After 25 years, when Galen fell unconscious, a chime once again.

echoed in his mind.

[ Ding ! ]

[ Re-awakening the Forgotten God's System... ]

[ Re-awakening complete ]

[ Fusion of the Forgotten God's Godking soul fragment with the mortal soul fragment - complete ]

[ Integrating the Forgotten God's System with the Universal System... ]

[ Integration failed... ]

[ Cause ; the connecting medium (Mana) is still unavailable on Earth ]

[ Time till Mana explosion reaches Earth - 36 days, 7 hours, and 45 minutes. ]

[ Activating emergency protocols... ]

[ Searching for alternative energy sources...

Search - complete. ]

[ Restarting the system using the Forgotten God's remnant soul power... ]

[ System restart complete ]

[ Synchronizing memories... ]

***

Atop the biggest black hole in the entire universe - with trillions of times the mass of the sun - a majestic castle stood.

It's obsidian walls swaying ever so slightly under the unimaginable gravity of that black hole.

But neither the black hole, nor the castle was the main focus here.

Dwarfing both of their presence was a man - sitting on the castle's highest peak, his mere existence towering over everything.

Long black hair like the lightless abyss , flowing freely from the back of his head,

Glowing golden eyes, akin to the brightest of stars, slumbering in profound silence,

Skin fair and soft as snow,

and a physique, that was chiseled to perfection.

For millions of years, the man sat there, immersed in his comprehension,

Unmoved by anything... and

Untouched by time...

But, feeling some pests buzzing around in his vicinity all of a sudden, the Forgotten God finally opened his eyes.

***

The Forgotten God's Pov

I was the first human, or any species for that matter to ascend and wield mana in this universe.

{ A/N ; to get a clear picture, please read the auxiliary chapter ; Mana - the power of miracles }

With that newfound power, I traveled the world and fought countless battles to hone myself.

And when there was no one left to fight in my world, I left it behind in search of new opponents, in the vast starry sky.

What followed next, was an endless cycle of blood and battle, spanning countless worlds.

After subjecting myself to that grueling cycle for hundreds of thousands of years,

I've finally shed my mortality, and

became a God.

The First God, actually- in this entire universe.

But, everything had a price.

Standing at the peak, there was no one worthy enough to fight with me.

Even the new gods, that were born after sometime were too weak to be of any significance.

Deprived of my battles, I had to change my focus. So I started travelling again.

Only this time, instead of searching for opponents, I began searching for new sights that I haven't seen before.

Countless worlds and their myriad races,

Exploding supernovas and all-consuming black holes,

Swirling galaxies and their countless star clusters.

And many many more...

I saw everything there is to see in this expansive universe.

Countless generations came and went during my travels, and all those mortals who once worshipped me as their god eventually faded away - their religions dying down along with them.

Only the gods who were almost immortals till the end of our universe, still remembered my existence and gave me the moniker,

"The Forgotten God"

**

In one of my travels, I came across the the biggest black hole I've ever found, since starting this long journey.

Somewhat curious, I decided to explore it. But along with the distortion of space and time I had already expected to find inside the blackhole, I also found something else.

An archaic gate like structure steeped with a profound aura, stood at the very centre of that black hole, it's smooth surface etched with unknown primordial runes.

Why am I not able to sense it when it's right in front of my eyes?

With confusion colouring my thoughts, I moved a bit closer and reached out to the gate - hoping the universal system will reveal something about it.

In fact it did - the moment my fingers touched the gate.

[ You've come into contact with the Universal Treasure - Aetherion seal (also known as - The Cosmic Gateway) ]

[ Initiating Character Analysis... ]

[ Opening Status Screen... ]

[ Character Status ;

Name : Galen Vaelthorn ( The Forgotten God )

Age : 621,786 years old

Sex : Male

Race : Human

Level : 1000 ( Max )

Realm : Godking

Traits : None

Titles :

The First God

The Forgotten God ]

[ Reviewing life records of the chosen individual - Galen Vaelthorn... ]

[ Review complete. ]

[ Conclusion :

The Probability of Galen Vaelthorn betraying the Universe - 0.0000000000000000001 % ]

[ Assessing risk-reward ratio... ]

[ Assessment complete ]

[ Congratulations Galen Vaelthorn - You have been chosen as the very first guardian - of this Universe. ]

[ You have been granted access to the Universal Treasure - Aetherion Seal. ]

- -

After the final notification, waves of information started pouring into my head.

From that information, I came to learn that there exist innumerable universes, floating in the boundless River of Reality.

And the mana as we knew it, was actually the water from that river, seeping into every universe depending on their maturity.

While I was still in a daze - processing all that shocking information, the Aetherion Seal's form had suddenly started shrinking.

When It became small enough, similar to the size of a base ball, it shot straight into my body, settling in my soul.

After the seal moved into my soul, I could barely make out something in it's previous loccation.

Squinting my eyes, I noticed a tiny crack, barely visible to the naked eye - in the fundamental fabric of the universe.

Through which, a new form of mana distinctly different to anything I've ever known - and incomparably powerful - was bleeding into our universe.

As if triggered by my findings, another wave of knowledge entered my mind.

And according to it, the crack was the result of a nearby higher leveled Universe - almost a trillion years old, trying to invade us.

To prevent it, my native universe, in it's semi-conscious state, condensed all it's origin power into an origin grade treasure (the Aetherion Seal) and used it to stop the crack from expanding.

But there was a drawback. After creating the seal, the universe's consciousness fell into a deep slumber.

{ A/N : The universal system introduced with the mana, was just a program running on fixed protocols, devoid of conscious thought. }

So, If someone malicious were to get their hands on the treasure, they could easily use it to expand the crack and allow those invaders inside our universe - practically giving them free reign over our lives with their incomprehensible strength.

To avoid that dreadful scenario...

after assessing the probability of my betrayal, the system chose me to guard the Aetherion Seal.

There was also another simple, but equally important reason the system had for choosing me besides loyalty - my strength.

Because might makes right.

And in my universe...

I Was The Strongest.

***

It took a while to process everything that had happened and after that, I decided to settle near the crack, and constructed a personal castle for myself to reside in.

With nothing better to do, I sat down in silent meditation- trying to grasp the intricacies of that foreign mana.

Even after spending millions of years studying it, because of it's higher origin, I could only comprehend bits and pieces of it.

Yet even that alone was enough to rise my stagnated strength to an entirely new level.

***

While Galen was immersed in his understanding, the foreign mana pouring out through the crack, began spreading rapidly throughout the entire universe.

Among the countless strands of neutral mana spreading across the cosmos, some had the spiritual imprints of powerhouses from the other side, carrying specific instructions.

Though after crossing over, those imprints didn't last long, dissipating within minutes.

Fortunately, or unfortunately for Galen, one of those strands - after jumping through space, landed exactly on the God of Deceit's hands.

Before dissipating like the others, that strand shared some vital pieces of information with him, causing his eyes to gleam with a cunning light. But he soon masked it like nothing happened, going about his life as usual.

And the Forgotten God - Galen Vaelthorn - had completely ignored this precarious situation. Thus... setting the stage for a massive tragedy, about to occur in the near future.

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