610: The Choice
"What does that do?" Janus asked the Chaos, wondering what he was talking about.
" It's the Fragment of Rebirth," Chaos explained.
"Rebirth? Isn't that a taboo?" Janus asked, unable to believe what he was hearing.
"It's only a taboo because the consequences of failure are frightening. Your entire soul is destroyed if you fail in rebirth. That's why it's been dubbed as a Taboo," Chaos answered, sighing.
"Still, that doesn't change the fact that no one has been able to do it successfully. A person will have to be crazy to even attempt something like this! It's much better to die while fighting than suffering the consequences of a failed rebirth attempt," Janus let out, refusing to agree to this plan. "You can't do it!"
"You don't understand. This is a good way to go out. Also, it's not true that no person has succeeded in it. There has been one person. The Goddess of Rebirth who gained her title after being successful," Chaos explained.
"That was millions of years ago. You know as well as I do that her second rebirth attempt was a failure as well. It's clear that her first attempt was nothing but good luck, which she didn't have the second time. Tens of gods have tried it since then, none of them succeeding in it!" Janus firmly stated. "So don't even think about it."
"You can either fight against the other gods with me standing by your side, or you escape. But in no circumstances am I supporting you in this crazy mission," he straight away pointed out.
"It doesn't matter if you support me or not. This is what I'm going to do. Because I'm not running away. You can either watch me be killed, or you can take the risk with rebirth. Just know that rebirth will be pretty helpful if we succeeded," Chaos said, not ready to take a refusal.
"Why are you so stubborn!"
"Because I can be," Chaos let out, smiling.
"Moreover, there's one more important reason," he further stated.
"What reason?" Janus inquired, confused. He wondered what other reason could there be?
"First, this will remove all the restrictions from me. I will be free of the Heavenly Oath that I took on Father's commands. That oath was for not using my powers that he saw in this lifetime. But if I go through rebirth, it'll count as another lifetime. I would be entirely free when I return, with no restriction," Chaos explained to Janus.
" And lastly, because I need time. The fragments need more time to gain their full strength since they're only recently made. I might as well enjoy a good sleep while I have the time. In any case, I also want to experience fighting all the gods. Let's see how strong they actually are."
"That's certainly a reason, but that doesn't solve the main problem! It's that reincarnation is impossible to complete. Even the Goddess of Reincarnation died while attempting it. How can you even think about doing it?" Janus asked, not dropping the topic.
"I have faith in it," Chaos calmly said, glancing at the white fragment. "Also, I made it using the remains of the Goddess of Reincarnation. It'll give me her protection even if she is dead. That certainly increases my chance of success."
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