Tome of Blood

Chapter 671-18- The End and the Beginning

The endless void, above the long river of time.

Charlotte, "asleep," floats silently above countless fragments of history.

Her form was illusory, not a physical entity, but merely a projection of her will.

Upon closer inspection, one would discover that the true form behind the projection is not a divine spark or divine fire, but a crimson book.

Charlotte calmly gazed at the river of time below.

As she personally writes history, much of the broken river of time has been repaired.

From the moment she traveled to ancient times until she bid farewell to Artemis and chose to "sleep".

The missing history is no longer a blank, but is filled in by her own hand, and the blank history that existed after she "slept" has begun to emerge under Artemis's impetus.

The river of time has transcended time and space.

Here, Charlotte can also clearly see what happened after she left through the countless newly added historical images.

She witnessed the eastward migration of the elves, the rise of the vampires, and the transformation of "Lilith" into the "true" progenitor of blood, just as history had shown.

She also witnessed the premature revival of the primordial will, the division within the vampire clan, and the isolated and helpless Artemis anxiously searching for her slumbering place.

Watching the vampires she had created being corrupted by the primal forces once again, and seeing Artemis's despair, Charlotte sometimes couldn't help but want to intervene.

But she knew she couldn't make a move.

"Stay calm, I must stay calm."

"Even if it suffers a severe blow, the history in the current river of time is still the original home ground."

"His power is hidden in all things in the world. Unless the world is destroyed, I can never completely kill Him."

“Miriah’s history ultimately revolves around Him. If we intervene now, it will only be a 'change' that is destined to have no result. What I need is not to 'change' history, but... to create history!”

That's right, Charlotte didn't fall into a "sleep" at all.

The so-called "slumber" was merely a deception of the Primal One. Back in the battle that destroyed the Western Continent, Charlotte had already realized a fact she had to face—she simply could not expel or kill the Primal One using conventional methods.

There was no way around it; the original world was too deeply bound to the world of Miria.

His laws are everywhere, and His power is hidden in all things in the world.

Even the river of time has already been predetermined by Him, and no matter how history is filled in between, the final destination will not change.

That means the Primordial One will definitely be revived, and... it will inevitably regain all its power!
In other words, unless Charlotte chooses to destroy the world prematurely, destroying and reshaping the entire world along with time and space before that final moment arrives, she simply cannot kill it.

but……

"If the world is destroyed, what's the point of everything I'm doing now?"

Charlotte shook her head.

Destruction is always easier than creation.

She is already a creator, and it is not impossible for her to choose to destroy the world, but if she does that, everything about Miria will cease to exist.

Perhaps she can use her power to recreate a world, or perhaps she can leave this universe to find another world that she can potentially transform.

But in that case, everything she knew and everything she experienced, except for herself, would cease to exist.

That was a true annihilation, a annihilation that even she herself had to "forget," otherwise it couldn't be called "the end of the world."

However, even so, the Primal might not necessarily be killed.

After all, even the Primordial One was a creator being, and the Primordial One could also escape.

Besides, what's the point of that?

She now has the resources to fight against the Primal. If it's just about survival, she can simply escape this world. However, the Primal, who uses Miria as nourishment, might not necessarily hunt her down after fully regaining its power.

The reason she still wants to fight against the Primal is that she doesn't want the Primal to devour the world of Miria, and she wants to completely eliminate this hidden danger.

and so……

“I cannot fight Him on His home turf, but I should… fight Him on my home turf.”

Thinking of this, Charlotte looked at the river of time again.

Without her checks and balances, Yuan Chu quickly regained control over "history".

She witnessed the "fall" of "Lilith," she witnessed the division within the vampire clan, and she also witnessed the enraged Harald breaking with the vampire clan, establishing the Holy Royal Court, and launching a hunt down those vampires who had been corrupted by the primordial chaos who had besieged "Lilith."

She saw Harald develop the Holy Court and tried to awaken her with the faith of the Holy Court; she had even heard prayers and calls from fragments of history.

But she did not respond.

She saw the primal power reappear in Harald, attempting to wrest control of the Holy Court from Him. She saw Harald once again using Himself as a prison, trying to imprison the primal force.

However, nothing can change the course of history.

"History that has already happened cannot be changed."

This original law began to take full effect after Charlotte stopped interfering in the restoration of historical fragments.

Realizing the existence of Charlotte as a formidable enemy, the Primal also began to take action.

He began to actively mend the lost histories and began frantically searching for Charlotte throughout Miria.

Unfortunately, He was destined not to find it.

Charlotte had already transcended the river of time, standing above the endless void, coldly observing all of this.

But the Primal One could not do this, so He was destined not to find Charlotte's whereabouts.

This is the price of being one with all things.

Originally, he merged his power with the world of Miria, gaining the highest authority and successfully transforming everything in Miria into resources for the growth of his power. However, he was also constrained by the "weight" of the world of Miria.

The river of time and space is a higher place than the present world.

Unless one separates their power from the world of Miria, the Primal cannot escape this.

This is why He had to leave behind the law that "history that has already happened cannot be changed".

As for now, all He can do is fill in all the missing parts of history and completely repair the loopholes that Charlotte might have infiltrated into the present world's history.

Charlotte did not stop it.

She continued to watch all of this with indifference.

She witnessed the Holy Royal Court's continuous growth, the rise and fall of the Union Empire, and the primordial tentacles reaching every corner of the world, leaving no one out, not even the elves.

She saw... that Yuan Chu was pretending to be asleep, but in reality he was watching everything and waiting for her to appear.

that's it……

A thousand years have passed by in a flash.

Holy calendar year 1428.

Duchy of Pold, Castel Estate.

With a clear cry, the ancient Castel family welcomed the birth of its heir.

The young Earl Castells was overjoyed and gave his newborn daughter a resounding name—Charlotte.

Unfortunately, a few years after the Countess was born, the young Count and Countess perished in a calamity of fire demons that swept through the city of Bold. The young Countess was also weakened by the magic, and her health deteriorated.

Fifteen years later.

The young and sickly countess ultimately succumbed to her illness and closed her eyes forever.

A familiar sense of calling emanated from the present world.

Looking through the ever-evolving fragments of time at the old woman of the Castel family, whose mind had long been corrupted by primordial power, Charlotte knew that her time had come.

This is the end of everything.

This will be the starting point of everything!

A crimson light emanated from her, and her gaze fell upon the old woman.

The old woman's incantation subtly changed, and the direction of her summoning shifted imperceptibly.

Meanwhile, Charlotte transformed into a crimson streak of light, accompanied by a soul from another world that had successfully traversed time and space under her guidance, and descended upon Castel Manor.

The next moment, Charlotte de Castel, the jewel of Castel and the young countess who died too soon, slowly opened her bewildered eyes.

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