User blog:Seieireppa/God Eater:Universitas, chapter 58: Revelations

“What… what is this place?”


 * You’ve reached the end of the road.  Congratulations.

That voice. Where’s it coming from?

“‘Congratulations?’  What the hell’s that supposed to mean?”


 * It means you’ve done it.  You’ve made it through conflict and strife enough to shatter the heart of an ordinary man, and you’ve arrived at the end of the road.  Here, at the end of the world.

“The end of the… what? So… I’m dead?”


 * Not exactly.  You’ve merely taken a step off the line.  A break, if you will, from the train of life… no, of reality itself.  Those of us here call this place the Horizon.

“The… Horizon? What are you…?”

Wait… that’s a different voice. The first one was clearly a woman’s voice, but this one…

“…Anyway. Why am I here?”


 * You’re here, Willard, because you have yet something to do… isn’t that right?

“Something yet to do? I don’t know… I just killed my mother with my own hands, and now I’m the last surviving human on Earth. What could there still be to do? And hey, how the hell do you know my name?!”


 * The world still has need of you, Will.  We still have need of you.

“‘We?’  Who are you?”


 * That God Arc you carry in your hand succeeds the will of someone very important… and that person’s will needs you to perform one last task.

“Alright… but what is this task, exactly?”


 * Many years ago, in the distant past, someone tried to dominate the world through force.  His actions resulted in countless deaths and tragedies, but we were able to defeat him… through your help.

“What?! What the hell is that supposed to mean?”


 * You traveled, or rather, will travel across time itself to fight alongside those who would stop this man, to save your world from its untimely demise… so please, Will.  Step forward and—

“Is this some sort of joke? I’m gonna travel to the past to fight alongside people I’ve never met and help save the world? Why should I do that?”


 * Because, Will, it’s not like you won’t gain anything from this.  You’re tired of being all alone, I know that… so would it not benefit you to accept our proposal?


 * And besides… it’s not like you don’t know who we are… right?

“Wait, what are you…?”

…oh my god, that’s…!!


 * That’s right, Will.  We’ve been here, watching over you this whole time.  So, tell me.  What is your dearest wish?

“My dearest wish? I mean… I just wish it didn’t have to come to this. All those people, they didn’t have to die… I just don’t want to be the only human alive! I want to make things right!”


 * Then we shall grant you power.  Now come, Willard.  The past awaits…


 * As do we.

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