SSS Ranked Reincarnation: Dark Dragon Legacy

Ophelia was stunned when she heard that last part.

”What do you mean weak?” she asked. She wanted to be sure she heard him completely.

”I have no power, no way to control things. The universe is currently running on an autopilot system that I have been preparing for ages.

I had a feeling that I would not be able to stop this, and so I focused on getting what was needed to ensure that everything could run automatically, and that is the throne, my throne.”

Ophelia walked back to her couch. She sat down and buried her head into her palm.

”You have to be joking. You have to be playing me, Order, because what the hell is all this?” she yelled in anger.

”You honestly have to see it from my view. I am Order. I am the being that ensures everything is how it is meant to be. How do you think the primordials and the gods would react if they discovered that I was incapable of doing the one thing I was created for doing?”

”So that’s why you went after the first dark dragon? So what happened to him? Did you not get him?” Ophelia asked, realizing that Order should have gotten his hands on the first dark dragon, so he should have gotten the solution.

”The dark dragon, he, he joined the abyss,” Order said.

”I do not know exactly why, but I believe that in the process of using the abyss to get stronger to take me on, he harnessed its power far too much, and so he started to lose himself before too long.

When I fought him, he had become extremely powerful, but he was on the verge of madness, seeking out his freedom with clouded eyes of the abyss.

”And you did not hand that freedom to him, you never will,” Ophelia said.

”How can I? He is the only way I could defeat the abyss. If I allowed him to go, I would be losing a weapon.

But it was too late at that point. He slipped into the abyss and vanished forever. The dark dragon did not die. He simply vanished into the abyss.”

”But in the eyes of this universe, he basically died,” Ophelia added, ”and that’s why his legacy was available for Silva to take and to use.”

”Exactly. This was also the reason I came for Silva earlier. I believed that before I ran out of power entirely, I would be able to get him, or have you tell me the secret, but I failed because I had to follow my own rules, because the universe was already on auto and even I could not stop it.”

”Order, there is no secret. I do not know how to just give you the ability to grow infinitely, nor can I ever replicate what I did with the dark dragons. They were a race that even I was beyond stunned to create,” Ophelia explained.

”Yes, I know that,” Order replied. ”I know that now.”

”Sigh, everyone believes that I am on the throne right now and beginning the creation of the entire empire. And to be honest, they are right. I am there, but not in the way that I am meant to be.

You are the only being I have told all of this,” Order said.

”Yeah, why are you so talkative with me? Why not the other gods and primordials?” she asked while looking at him.

”That’s because you have a lot of value, and also you will not start a coup against me. Every other god or primordial will rush to take the throne the very moment they know it is empty. If the wrong person takes that throne, the entire framework that I have created will collapse, and the abyss will eat us entirely.”

”I see. I never thought that I would see the day when Order becomes careful.”

”For the sake of the universe, I have to do what I have to do. To many, I am evil, but all I want to do is ensure that one universe does not come down,” Order said.

”Yeah, yeah. You have been spewing for a while now, and I’m only listening because you have me captured for the most part,” Ophelia said.

”I don’t. I have no power, recall? My framework has all the power, and I have separated myself from it. You are fully free, Ophelia,” Order said.

”So you mean I can save my world and stop the rift?” she asked.

”No, they have to handle that themselves. Your presence on your small world will cause heavy blows to the framework that is getting managed. That’s why the empire is created now, so that all the gods will know where their role is and how they can help in the framework.

I know that it still sounds restrictive, but the entire abyss is already eating at us and causing chaos. If we do not act accordingly to the framework that is proper, we will be aiding them.”

”So what is your plan? You have to have a better plan, something that’s above just creating an empire and using it to fight,” she said.

”The plan, the key to it all, Silva. He will be the key for what is to come. He is the one who has access to the abyss and grows infinitely,” Order said.

”I had a feeling that you would say that, but what if what happened to the first dark dragon happens to him?”

”That’s why I need you to guide him. This is your role in the framework. I created something that allows you to move with him. It’s delicate, but it works.

You have to find Silva and ensure that you aid him as best as possible, and we might be able to defeat the abyss.”

”So you want the very person who you chased and punished all around to come and save the universe? You do understand that he hates to be controlled, right?”