Chapter 251: Long-Life Promise to Desmond
Such thoughts had managed to form in each of their minds in one way or another. They did not know exactly what was targeting James. After all, no one knew what the danger from the outside was, but one way or another James was in grave danger.
They had no idea why those who were targeting James hated him and were targeting him as if they were going to kill him.
"Do we have a way to close these rips?" Hyperion asked suddenly, that was the real question he wanted to know.
Nyx shook her head at the question and then went into her system profile, where there was a settings tab and when she clicked on the option to contact the tower, a window popped up in front of her.
Reaching into his inventory, he pulled out a knife and said the following words:
"There is only one way to know."
With those words, Nyx sliced her hand with a thin slash and spilt her blood into the window.
After a short time, the white portal was formed and Nyx passed through it.
The tower self was waiting for Nyx as expected, watching the daughter of Chaos with that ugly and frightening smile.
"The Tower," Nyx said, a tone of respect in her voice.
"Well, well, well. Would you look at that? The daughter of Chaos finally asked to speak to me after millions of years. To what do I owe this visit, Your Majesty?" the tower asked.
Nyx smiled when she heard those words and then said, "I'm happy to see you too, brother." They were both created by Chaos, so it was quite normal for Nyx to approach her like that.
The tower dropped its ugly smile at those words and said happily, "I'm glad too, sister. I haven't seen you in a long time."
"Do you know why I'm here?" Nyx asked, gesturing to the tower that she shouldn't answer, "First of all, I want to thank you for asking for ten years of your life instead of taking James' power from him."
The tower smiled when it heard those words and said, "I had a promise to someone." and then added, "And yes, I know why you are here, it was very kind of you to send your little girl Selene and your son Aether to study me."
Nyx's mouth hung open at the words she heard from the tower self in front of her, "I had a promise to someone" was a load of bullshit in itself.
"Who could you have promised?" Nyx complained.
"Who else? Desmond...oh, you weren't supposed to know that, Chaos had already erased your memories, hadn't he?" the tower said.
At those words, the tower saw Nyx's eyes widen at the sight of the tower itself, and Nyx was surprised.
"So you remember...is that it? How could you have gained your memories?" the tower self asked.
As Nyx shook her head in confusion, the tower self approached her and grabbed her by the shoulders, "Have you met Desmond? How? Where? When?" she asked one question after another.
The tower self smiled and said, "The first time I met Desmond was just before his death, and he asked me to help them meet Vladimir if any of his descendants came in the future. It took me a long time to realize it was James, but eventually I did, and the boy was interesting to me, so I only asked him for ten years."
With those words, Nyx took a few steps backwards and fell to the ground. The pieces were finally falling into place. James had managed to change the tower from top to bottom, quickly going through all the floors. Not since Sun Wukong had there been another person who had cleaned the tower so quickly.
Not only that, even though the tower was giving James a hard time, the onlookers could see him helping him from time to time. She also put James and Ariel, who was with him, through the floor test.
It was as if Nyx was watching with her naked eyes as the puzzle pieces fell into place.
"Desmond....How far ahead could you have planned?" questioned Nyx, James' ancestor...How many secrets did Desmond have?
"You can discuss it with the others. It would be more important to ask the real question. After all, I won't tell you any more. Like I said, I promised Desmond," the tower self said suddenly.
Nyx realised the seriousness of the situation the moment he said those words, even though they were brothers, Nyx himself knew that the tower self was someone to be respected.
"So...you know my question, is there any way to close those tears? Or a way to tell us who went through those rips?" asked Nyx, and with that, the tower self nodded, "Easy, just repair the rips with the energy of someone with a predisposition to the space element. In this case, Aether and the little girl Selene would be very good choices indeed."
Nyx nodded as if she understood and prepared to leave, and just before she left she said, "I know that the only reason you told me about them wasn't for fun, you're too smart for that. I have things to do and they will be revealed in the future, I only hope you will eventually fight alongside us, brother." with a gentle smile from his tower self, he left through the portal that had opened behind him.
The tower, left on its own, could only say, "Isn't this a great show, Desmond? You controlling the casino while they play blackjack. Everything is going exactly as you expected, just one thing...James is something you couldn't calculate and would you look at that, he changes everything and everyone, just like once you did."
When Nyx returned, she told everyone what had happened and what she had learnt, including Selene, who had just learned everything, and the fear in everyone's hearts grew even greater.
"We knew something was targeting James if Desmond even met with the tower and made a deal, then he foresaw what was happening, we can say that Desmond is the reason James was targeted, but why? What did Desmond do that made him targeted by the outer gods and goddesses?" asked Uranus, as puzzled and curious as everyone else.
Still, it was impossible to find the answer to such a question now, they would have to talk and negotiate, and a lot of preparations would have to be made before they could act.
Still, it was impossible to know what the outcome would be.