Odyssey of the Blind God



Nial's chest moved slowly and heavily. Cold sweat drenched his clothes, and the sound of his rough breathing resounded in the room.

The Asura Mecyrs and the Infernal Ancients watched Nial carefully, without saying a word since Nial started the Nightmare Trial several hours ago.

"Looks like his Nightmare is tougher than we expected. He seems to have lots of regrets in his heart," One of the Infernal Ancients commented.

The others just nodded their head. 

He will make it through the Nightmare trial nonetheless," An Asura responded, repeating what one of his brethren said not too long ago as well.

The strongest of the Asura kept watching Nial. He didn't know the young man and he never heard anything about the successor of the God of Darkness. The only thing the Overlords of the Gigalorian Galaxies knew was that Nial's ascension to godhood resulted in the return of their Galaxies. 

They were pulled outside the realm that had been created by the God of Darkness before he sacrificed himself. Other than that, they didn't really know anything. Some of their people left the Gigalorian Galaxies to research the current situation, but the scouts had yet to return.

It would probably take a while.

"No matter what happens, I guess we will have to postpone our plans with the Void-Bridges," He said at this moment. Leaning forward, he took a closer look at the Successor of the Late Darkness God. His eyes began to glow, and a small smile formed on his lips after a few seconds.

"He is not from this Universe. His Nightmare shows a different realm. He was the Crown Prince? Not bad. The Advocate took everything from him though…Very interesting!" The Asura Leader said without further changes in his expression.

"Is he fighting for revenge then?" the same Infernal Ancient as before asked. He frowned a little hearing what the Asura Leader said earlier, and his previous image of the Darkness God's Successor dropped quite a bit.

"Not really. He wants revenge, but that is not the reason why he fights for this Universe. It looks like he considers the Universe his home. He has many people he holds dearly. This kid…is definitely not like Damian, that's for sure."

"Well, Damian was alone."

"But this kid isn't." 

"The God of Darkness fought to survive, and he killed to survive. This kid fights to protect even if he has to kill everyone. He pursues the last wish of the Late Darkness God because he has his memories. This kid knows how dangerous the Advocates can be if left alone for too long. Only one of the Advocates is left alive, but that is more than enough to stir more and more trouble in the Universe."

More and more Asura and Infernal Ancients joined the conversation after the first few started it. A long time passed since the Great War and they lived a rather pleasant life with lots of fighting with each other, and time to become much stronger than they had ever been.

They even made a research to create a Void-Bridge to connect the Gigalorian Galaxies to other Universes. The Void Bridges were still under construction but they would soon be completed. Thus, it was only a matter of time before they would return to the surface of the Universes, ready to fight.

The Asura Mecyrs and the Infernal Ancients were races that focused on combat. Being unable to fight new opponents, especially stronger opponents, they felt that their realm had come to a standstill.

That was also why they would follow the successor of the Late Darkness God even if he was not perfect. As long as Nial Orin was not a complete weakling, who could spout nonsense but not defend his words with actions, or a jerk who wanted to obliterate everyone and everything, they would probably follow him.

And if Nial was troublesome, they would just start fighting the Army of Devils. After all, the Infernal Devils seemed quite enjoyable sparring partners!

However, from the looks of Nial Orin, who was still wiggling on the ground, trying to endure the mental pain of his Nightmare Trial, would succeed without too many issues.

Watching his Nightmare Trial allowed the Asura and Infernal Ancients to see what kind of person Nial was first-hand. It may be a grave break of his privacy but neither the Asura nor the Infernal Ancients could care about this right now. 

They were about to decide whether it was fine to set their life on the line for the Successor of the Late God of Darkness, or if it would lead to more problems, possibly even to the destruction of the Universe.

No matter what happened, the Asura and Infernal Ancients didn't want to regret their decision. Thus, they pried straight into his head, where they saw the Nightmare Trial unfolding itself.

Nial was fighting vigilantly against the Demons in his heart, and it looked like he wouldn't take too long before he would pass the Nightmare Trial. Nonetheless, the pain and suffering he was going through didn't seem normal. 

In fact, watching Nial's Nightmare Trial many were confused and overwhelmed. Nial had to face a Nightmare that combined three lifetimes. As the holder of the Darkness God's Memories, he was thrown into an abyss filled with the trillions of beings that had been killed by the God of Darkness.

As Nial Orin, he had to go through the pain of losing his mother once again. His remaining family was tortured and killed in front of his eyes over and over again. After that, his friends and everyone else around him were murdered mercilessly…and all just because they didn't want to leave his side, and abandon him. 

However, at the end of the day, Nial was alone. The Nightmare he faced as Nial Orin made him realize that too many people were after the God of Darkness, including his successor. Their reasoning didn't really matter either. It was just a fact that they wanted to kill him for being the Darkness God's Successor…and that his family and beloved friends would suffer because of that as well.

At the same time, in the third lifetime, his life as Nial Lacardia showed the repetitive destruction of the Lacardia Empyrean Void. First, the Nightmare showed him the reality. Nial witnessed everything that happened in the past over and over again. Every single moment was imprinted into his mind and it would torment him until the end of his days.

Only after that did the third Nightmare change, showing him countless moments where he failed as Nial Lacardia, and where his failure caused the death of his innocent subjects.

The third Nightmare showed him the death of the Emperor and Empress as well as the murder of Ayase Silvereye. Nial's blood was boiling watching all of this. He knew that each of the Nightmares was just that…a Nightmare. However, watching them caused his blood to boil and his mind to be overwhelmed with various thoughts.

He witnessed the three Nightmares at the same time and they repeated themselves over and over again. The Nightmares even overlapped with each other at one point, creating unbearable pain and chaos in Nial's mind.

He was not even sure where left and right were, and he slowly lost himself in the Nightmares.

'No…I cannot give up. I cannot allow the Nightmares to devour me…I just can't!!'