[Goddess of Beginning]
[Awal Lv.???]
[Goddess of Ending]
[Akhir Lv.???]
The Twin Goddesses themselves.
We were taught by the Serpent's Order that the Eternal Serpent held dominion over eternity.
Its left eye oversaw the beginning of everything. While its right eye oversaw the ending of everything.
These eyes watched over the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth which made up the eternity that was the serpent's rule.
I had to say the Serpent's Order did a good job in capturing their likeness, spare the half-wings and the eyes of cosmos.
[You should reconsider, Your Majesty.]
One of the goddesses said to Samesta.
[If someone of your power were to join Prince Radjah, then there is great hope that you two will succeed.]
The other said.
The Eternal Throne remained stood unwaveringly.
"There is no hope for Dunia. Just do what you need to do."
Samesta said to the goddesses.
Even the Eternal Throne had given up on the world. THE Samesta herself acknowledged it as so.
That did not bode well for our cause.
No matter, though.
We would prove her wrong.
I did not come to the forged land just to waste my time.
Dunia would be saved!
[The Eternal Throne has spoken.]
One of the winged maidens said with a nod.
They both turned to Prince Radjah and the other maiden asked him.
[And what will your words be, Your Highness?]
Prince Radjah climbed back to his feet and stared at the Twin Goddesses with fiery eyes.
"I accept the contract you have offered!"
The cosmic eyes of the Twin Goddesses suddenly shined like the stars.
With their wings flared and hands raised, they spoke simultaneously in echoing voices which resounded throughout the throne room and beyond.
[The Descendant of the Great Pioneer has spoken and the contract is established.
[Radjah Tsang Manusha, the fate of the world is now in your hands.
[Journey to the past and begin your mission to save the world from its fate.
[But those not bound to the contract shall be cursed to be your enemies. They will be the obstacles between you and the world's salvation.]
Thud!
Samesta suddenly fell from her throne. All her followers also collapsed to the ground.
They began gagging from the blood pouring from their mouths. Their eyes bulged and streaming with thick blood as well.
Prince Radjah stared at the horrible scene with saddened eyes.
The Twin Goddesses continued chanting.
[Fear not!
[Failure is nothing but something that can be undone endlessly.
[Your chance to save the world will be limitless. Courageous heroes shall join your campaign.
[So challenge, seize, and overcome the fate of the world!
[The Eternal Throne is yours!]
Peculiar black mist emerged from the Twin Goddesses and began engulfing Samesta and her followers.
The substance also tried to reach me.
[Danger!]
['Serafina (★★★★)' is being tainted!]
['Serafina (★★★★)'s exclusive skill Blessing of Malaikat is activated!]
Silver radiance manifested from within me and made a layer all over my body, preventing the black mist from encroaching on me.
Shingg!
The familiar bluish-white light began to engulf the throne room. The entire environment started to shift.
Before everything disappeared, I caught sight of Samesta staring straight at me.
Strange distortion flashed around her face. The distortion followed the slight movement of Samesta as she smiled and nodded at me.
"I will leave them in your care."
Her whisper echoed in my mind.
"Serve your Master well if you really wish to save Dunia."
How did she do that in a vision like this?
I supposed other than saving the world, nothing was truly impossible for Samesta.
Thump!
Something powerful suddenly resonated within my chest.
['Wings of Ananta (U)' is taking effect!]
['Serafina (★★★★)'s memories are being awakened!]
My whole environment was quickly engulfed within the familiar-bluish white light.
Once the light dissipated, I found myself back in the throne room.
Only this time everything was in ruin.
The throne of gemstones had shattered to pieces. The grand pillars had collapsed. The broken ceiling revealed a sky engulfed in absolute darkness. The ground was trembling as if it was going to split the world in two. Shrieks of countless monsters echoed from faraway.
Prince Radjah, Samesta, and her followers were nowhere to be found.
But the Twin Goddesses remained.
They were just standing by the shattered throne as if they were waiting for something.
[I see that you two have gotten everything sorted out.]
A woman's voice echoed in the throne room.
I had heard of this voice somewhere before.
Indeed.
It belonged to the woman that intervened with our fourth Quintal Trial!
Soon a small portal emerged between the Twin Goddesses and from it stepped through a third woman cladded in peculiar black clothing.
[SS▩SH黑⊙∈※ Lv.???]
She had black hair and a face which looked similar to Alam's.
I wondered their connection.
Though I was more interested in her relation with the Twin Goddesses.
[All the heroes have been recruited. The enemies' data have been set. And the mission stages have been arranged.]
One of the winged maidens said.
The other nodded and turned to the third woman.
[All that is left is for you to open a connection to a Moebius server of our choosing and let us establish a mirror dimension of Dunia where we could build a lobby in it.]
[You two bitches got a lot of nerve ordering me around like this.]
The third woman spoke with cold tone.
But the Twin Goddesses only smiled warmly at her.
[Now, now, Tel. It's not like you're helping us for free. You do get something in return, remember?]
[That's right, Tel. By having Dunia in your server, you could channel a lot of intervention points from Samsara to Eden.]
[Didn't you need them to fund your Seven Star Project, Tel?]
[Considering how important that project is to you, I would say we are the ones going out on a limb for you, Tel.]
The third woman smirked and began running her hands on the Twin Goddesses' wings.
[What if I just drag you whores back to Eden with me? Then I wouldn't need those intervention points anymore.]
The winged maidens simply chuckled at her threat.
[You are only here partially. And the reason you could maintain your incomplete state is because of the intervention points we're lending you. If we cut the supply, you'll immediately be jolted out of Samsara.]
[And even if you could seize us, you'd have to use all the intervention points worth of our beings just to cross back safely to Moebius.]
[The only way for you to receive any profit is by siphoning Samsara's intervention points through Dunia's account.]
[Besides, we all know the experiment subjects of your Seven Star Project are way more exciting to play with rather than these two old neighbors of yours.]
I could barely comprehend any words they were saying.
But they mentioned Intervention Points quite often. It seemed that mysterious energy was even more valuable than I thought.
They also mentioned Samsara.
We learned about it through the Serpent's Order.
Samsara was the galaxy in which Dunia was part of. Though it was actually an obscure topic that remained a huge mystery to everyone.
They were also mentioning something about crossing from Samsara to this place called…Moebius.
Some place called Eden was also mentioned several times.
I still could not grasp the significance of everything said by these divine beings.
But I understood that a lot of important things were being revealed to me right now.
[Tch! I don't know why I ever agreed to work with you crooks in the first place.]
The third woman said with a click of her tongue.
She extended her hand and a book manifested on her palm.
[Let's see what you've got going on here.]
The woman said while looking through the book.
[Nine 4-star heroes? Four 5-stars? A decent roster.]
[We've got to have a good summoning pool to entertain the player, no?]
One of the winged maidens said.
Player? What did she mean by that?
The third woman then pointed something in her book.
[Hey, you've made an error. This mage right here. Look at those stats. She's supposed to be 5-star.]
The Twin Goddesses shook their heads.
[This girl hasn't reached her full potential yet. Though she is as determined as the other 5-star heroes in the roster.]
[Had she at least developed her elemental magic a bit more, then she would be ranked 5-star.]
I wondered who could they be referring to.
If they were talking about the existing heroes in Dunia, then there would be another four 4-star heroes that had not arrived to the forged land yet.
[Excuses. I bet you just wanted to rig the summoning rate, you sneaky crooks.]
The third woman said while flipping through the pages on her book.
She continued.
[With this kind of hero lineup, an account would normally be ranked 'F' in the difficulty rating. Their master would easily climb through the stages and become a ranker. That's how most of our players managed to reach beyond the 50th Floor at least.]
She suddenly chuckled as she read through the pages.
[But I've seen these floor plans of yours. The way you designed your missions…Hah! The player would need all these high-ranking heroes just to get by!]
[What can we say? Dunia contains lots of excitement.]
One of the Twin Goddesses said with a smile.
The third woman sighed.
[This is why I hate outsource work. They don't follow company guidelines at all.
[If I were you, I would kill some of the brat empress's followers just to give some balance to the game.
[The missions are meant to be challenging, yes. But they're supposed to be fun and entertaining too. Masters would quit the game if the missions are too difficult, haven't you noticed?
[Giving the masters plenty of strong and fancy heroes as toys to play with isn't enough. Not a lot of them know how to use their toys properly.
[We've lost many accounts because their idiot masters could not even complete the fifth floor and decided to abandon the game.
[The missions are just a game to these masters. If the game isn't fun anymore, they would quit.]
I was bewildered by everything that I just heard.
What was this woman talking about?
Missions? Games? Fun? Entertaining? Masters?
Heroes? Toys? Play?
[I'm glad that I only need your account to remain active until it reached the tenth floor. I would have extracted all the intervention points that I could from Samsara by then. Though I'm pissed that my authority on your account would diminish as well by that point.]
The third woman said to the Twin Goddesses.
She continued as she closed her book.
[This account is screwed despite its hero roster.
[The master that will land Dunia's account will quit by the twentieth floor. I guarantee you that. If they could reach that high, of course.
[I don't know nor care what you're planning to do by piggybacking on our Moebius server. But you will need a master like Loki if you want this account to reach the 80th floor.]
Despite what the third woman just said, the Twin Goddesses simply smiled at her.
Thump!
Another strong resonance occurred within me.
['Wings of Ananta (U)' is taking effect!]
['Serafina (★★★★)'s memories are being awakened!]
Familiar bluish-white light rapidly engulfed my body and embarked me on a journey where I relived my past memories which revealed many things I did not recall before.