Walking through the city, Rael was practically a cosmic horror, reducing the population of Demon Kind by thousands a second. On the bright side, no one really bothered them in public, and for those who tried, Rael simply waved his hand and killed them instantly, even if they were Grade 8âs or 9âs.
Though, when they arrived in front of a restaurant, Rael decided to start holding back, since the last thing he wanted to do was kill his waitress. And so, when they sat down and ordered their food, the first thing that Rael did was apologize once again.
âI really am sorry about all of this. Especially ditching you last time. I didnât mean to, but I was afraid someone might actually die if I didnât do anything,â Rael said.
Lilith shook her head. âDonât worry about it. I know. Gaia told us all about it, even if you were withholding some information. On that note, you still donât look satisfied. Why?â
âAh. I just think the guy I killed isnât really dead yet. Canât blame me though, heâs been stalking me since I first came to this world. Iâd assume heâd have some kind of precautions,â he replied.
âDidnât you absorb his memories?â she asked straight up. âIf so, shouldnât you already have a vague idea?â
A faint smile appeared on her face. âI donât want to give you an epiphany by accident, since I donât want you leaving again. But hey⊠Look through his memories. My father taught me some mind manipulation techniques too, especially regarding mind reading.â
âApparently, whenever someone is trying to hide something, that memory would be further back in their mind. So essentially, if you play out their memories from the beginning, the memory which should be earlier might appear later.â
Basically, she was saying that if he were to play out Durianâs life from the very start, some of his more sensitive memories might be pushed to the end, where they would technically be more sensitive.
But if those memories were gone entirely, then there would be obvious gaps. Evidently, when Rael attained someoneâs memories, he didnât exactly do a play by play of their life. He would have everything, and so he would comb through the most important details.
This was the current him. In the past, at least the couple first times he did this, he had played their lives out. Maybe the being who had been watching him all this time knew that too? HmmâŠ
âYou mightâve not wanted me to get an epiphany, but I think I did,â Rael said with a sigh.
âPfft. Thatâs fine. Do what you have to do.â
Rael stared at her for a moment, then sighed.
âGive me one minute. Iâll be right back.â
With that, Rael pretended to go to the bathroom, and once he was out of sight, he vanished, entering his own personal realm, where time was stopped.
Like this, he felt more at peace, and more importantly, he had more than enough time to do a quick review. Or rather, it was not quick by any means. These beings⊠He had killed so many and absorbed even more memories.
It was unbelievable, and although Rael hated it, it took him nearly 14 Eons to comb through all these memories. It didnât feel like that much time had passed either, which was the scary part.
Perhaps he had learned how to filter out time? Or maybe his perception was just that scary, since he didnât even need to be actively focusing to remember anything.
He could just fall asleep while reliving the memories, and heâd remember everything.
Heh.
That was what he did. Sleeping for nearly 14 Eons was a blast. He was still a little tired, but at least now, Rael knew one crucial detail.
And that was the fact that Durianâs memories werenât actually Durianâs.
They were constructed in a way that made it seem like the person that Rael killed was Durian. It was almost like he had predicted which memories Rael would look for, so he filled those in. In reality, this man was just some random Grade 10 who had been experimented on, and whose memories were altered beyond belief.
Itâs like a mix of 50 people. Sheesh. Durian really had his shit together, since if not for Lilithâs help, I mightâve just missed this entirely,
Rael thought with a sigh.
And indeed.
His suspicions were true.
Durian wasnât dead.
But where was he, then?
No one really knew. All the people that were responsible for this mess conveniently had no knowledge of Durian.
As for Rael, he had already frozen the time in his realm, so he went ahead and made it transparent, allowing himself to be frozen in time in the middle of the cosmos, and then doing a quick search.
The search⊠Well, it wasnât quick by any means. It took a very long time, and assured Rael that Durian wasnât in any of the realities. The realms were also a big mystery, since he wasnât in any of them. Dimensions⊠They were a big red flag too, but the odds of him relying on a dimension to hide himself were very low.
After all, by now, he must know that Rael had a way to find him. There was one realm that Rael couldnât exactly see into properly, and that realm was none other than the Dream Realm.
What could be the alternative? Could he search the Dream Realm quickly, while also keeping time frozen?
Rael thought of doing so, but the moment he tried to reach into the Dream Realm, he noticed right away that there was nothing. For the Dream Realm to exist, time must flow, and anything that even remotely meddled with time made the Dream Realm inaccessible.
So in short, he would need to sacrifice time, a lot of time. Sending constructs in there wouldnât do much either, unlessâŠ?
Wait⊠Since I gave them sentience, if I make them humanoid enough, can they dream and enter the Dream Realm?
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