Son of the Hero King

Chapter 224 CH 199: BITTER FEELINGS (2)

In the room where the meeting took place, Tiamat, now alone, fixed her gaze on the corner of the room and asked,

“What did you think?”

The air shimmered and the space warped as Sol seemed to slowly walk out of a rippling portal.

“You are really going all out. What if I decided to not become someone strong and just relied on you?”

Tiamat simply shrugged, “Then I would happily take care of you. I have hundreds of grandsons and great-grandsons. For me, taking care of one more wouldn’t matter.”

Sol looked deeply at Tiamat. He wasn’t the best at reading emotions and he doubted he could crack the facade of a ten thousand years old being.

His instincts were telling him to believe in her, that she was honest.

“Well, forget about this. What I am really curious about is your Dimension. It’s more powerful than I thought.”

Standing up, Tiamat appeared next to him and began to walk in circles around him, observing him closely.

Earlier, she had opened the dimensional wall in this room to allow Sol to access his dimension. She initially thought that it was just a minor dimension, but it was clear that she had been wrong.

“What did it look like on the other side? Did it look like the mortal realm or this place?”

“This place.”

“Ohoh...”

‘The mirror dimension, was it?’

It seemed that his dimension was a reflection of whatever place he was in.

‘Then, does he have the ability to create a reflection of whatever pace he is in or...does he only have access to a small part of his dimension depending on the place he is in?’

This was a very important question. If it turned out to be the former, it would be a powerful ability — a very powerful one.

But the latter?

It would be downright scary.

It would mean that Sol’s dimension was essentially the reflection of the whole universe. Even if he could only access a limited part initially, the more he grew the larger that part would be.

Once he became a demi-god, he could easily become the strongest ever.

‘No...why stop at simply being a demigod?’

She understood that the goddesses had always wished to create a true god. They had tried with the divine beasts, but it was impossible.

Becoming a god meant embracing a concept and fusing with it. In essence, there could be only one god for whatever concept.

Then what about divine beasts?

From the get to go, they were born with a fixed concept. Tiamat, as the Beast of Pride, already had the concept of Pride and her only path to godhood was to become the Goddess of Pride, which was impossible as long as Superbia was alive.

The problem lies here though — gods could not die.

‘What a shame.’

[Tiamat!]

Ignoring the cry of outrage in her head, Tiamat focused on Sol again.

“Sol, do you know what you are now?”

“What?”

But it was obviously impossible and the boy was clearly unwilling.

This was why she was going to make him stronger, stronger than anyone so that he never had to fear or bow to anyone in this world.

Closing her eyes, the world around her shimmered as she entered a world filled with stars.

Looking in the direction of Sol’s star, Tiamat focused, and even as blood began to drip from her eyes, she did not stop.

Her perspective shifted and suddenly it was like she was standing in one road that advanced in front of her before branching into two possibilities.

Two became four.

Four became sixteen.

Again and again, until there were more close to a hundred different possibilities branching in front of her.

‘This is going to hurt.’

Her foresight generally only allowed her to observe the most likely future of dragons. The one with the highest probability of happening.

What she was doing now though was different. She was openly observing the different possible paths available.

Even though it was only hundreds out of a nearly infinite amount of possibilities, it was something that should not be possible for someone who wasn’t a god.

Of course, the price for such a thing could never be low. She would be somewhat weakened for a time.

But it didn't matter. She wasn’t lying when she said that she was ready to pay the price necessary.

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"Welcome back. I hope your discussion with mother was fruitful."

When the elevator opened on the eighth Heaven, the one who welcomed him was none other than Kiyohime.

"Thanks and well... It's hard to describe."

"Haha. She always has that effect on people she meets."

Kiyohime gave a slight smile before walking away,

"Follow me. You will live in my palace for a while."

Leaving the tower, Sol looked at large islands that were floating all around the tower.

"Nine Island."

"Indeed. Each island belongs to one of the Nine Children."

Sol looked at them curiously, and couldn't help but ask.

"Could I visit the one belonging to my mother?"

Kiyohime stopped and looked at one island in particular. Even though it was quite far, the island was by far the largest and was even floating a little higher than the rest.

Looking at it, Sol couldn't help but feel a little awkward. He had already remarked on it, but Tiamat had been favoring Blaze a great deal.

"Don't you have any resentments?"

He blurted out but immediately regretted doing so. He had just met Kiyohime today and they weren't remotely close enough to share such worries.

"I am sorry."

"Haha. I don’t mind. As for your previous question...I was envious of her, from the bottom of my heart."

Her back as she uttered those words seemed awfully lonely.

In the end, Sol never received the answer about visiting his mother's palace.