Chaos Heir

Chapter 1359: Answers

Khan didn’t miss how the Nak was far more articulated than the corpses he had questioned in the past. Still, that hardly mattered compared to the topics and details the alien was revealing.

The fact that the mana had been able to give birth to the most infamous species in the universe already was deeply shocking, but the Nak’s following revelations had been even more troubling.

Everything had a limit. That went for warriors and, apparently, for the mana, too. It seemed that miraculous energy had eventually hit a wall in its potential and had sought ways of overcoming it.

Nevertheless, that search wasn’t born from ambition. According to the Nak, the desire to evolve had been natural, intrinsic to the very mana. It was how higher forms of energy worked, and Khan could spot similarities with the behavior of some simpler living beings.

The apex predators on Senerth ate as much as possible in a never-ending attempt to satiate their hunger and occupy larger stretches of the planet to secure more resources.

Some plants kept growing as long as they had nutrients to absorb. The Great Old One’s species seemed to fall into that category, too, expanding and devouring to fulfill their birthright.

Since the mana had removed the limiter on many living beings, making their potential theoretically infinite, some creatures sought an endless growth, and that drive seemed to stem from the mana itself.

Still, the mana wasn’t an actual living being. It shared some traits, also being technically alive, but it couldn’t pursue its evolution through mere energy absorption.

That process sounded similar to enlightenment, which the mana had pursued by giving birth to individualities. The Nak added diversity to its existence, deepening its complexity and opening paths previously closed.

Still, one of those individualities developed something the mana had lacked and couldn’t predict. It learned desire, which turned into ambition and hunger for power, making it betray its creator to look for higher states of being by itself.

That wasn’t hard to fathom for Khan or Liiza. After all, they were individuals and thought like ones. Yet, that development must have taken the mana by surprise, leading to terrible repercussions.

That rebellious child of the mana stood beyond the energy that had created it, being immune and superior to it. Moreover, it could taint others, creating a faction of beings that could oppose their maker.

With the mana outclassed, its avatars, the Nak, ran away to resume the previous project despite having failed already. Still, the enemy had caught up with them, forcing them to implement more forceful methods.

"The Nak replaced complete randomness with controlled randomness," The Nak announced, "Tainting existing beings, implanting a path into them to create a Chaos that could match or surpass the mana’s enemy."

The replica of the Scarlet Eyes before the Nak vanished as it lowered its thick arm.

"These new individualities depleted the mana," The Nak explained, "But also attempted to surpass it like the enemy did."

Clearly, the Scarlet Eyes had taught the mana a lesson it didn’t forget. The Nak seemed to have used what they had learned from that natural enemy to steer their energy’s evolution in a specific direction, on a similar path that could bring the same or superior results.

"Countless hosts failed to follow the implanted path," The Nak continued. "They were consumed by it, unable to endure and pursue it due to natural inclinations, unsuitable genetics, and brittle wills."

The tall Nak moved its right arm again to point one of its six fingers at Khan.

"But throughout the countless iterations the Nak manufactured," The Nak added, "Improbability became certainty. Khan Sodsi of the humans survived the implanted path and now stands before its conclusion."

The fact that the Nak knew Khan hardly surprised him. He had guessed long ago that the mana had some universal awareness of what it touched.

Also, the conversation featured so many profound revelations that nothing could shock Khan anymore.

"Your Chaos has surpassed the mana," The Nak stated. "Your Chaos is a match for the mana’s enemy. The manufactured evolution succeeded. Now it must be applied to the mana."

The Nak turned, its arm moving with it, rising to point at the spinning, white-azure sphere.

"The complete heir must join the mana," The Nak explained, "Fusing its individuality with it to bring the necessary evolution, replacing it with its superior version."

The Nak fell silent for a few seconds before adding a last line. "Replacing the Nak with their superior version."

That was everything. The answers Khan had been looking for ever since the Second Impact had ultimately arrived. Many of the hypotheses accumulated throughout the years had turned out to be correct, but he now knew everything there was to know.

Khan now knew where the Nak came from, what the Scarlet Eyes were, what the mana wanted, and how the curse was meant to end.

The Nak didn’t just want to create someone who could help them defeat the Scarlet Eyes, a champion that could surpass the mana and would protect and preserve it.

The mana had never once given up on its evolution, so its heir was meant to bring the missing piece to the process, the solution that would allow that energy as a whole to reach a superior state.

However, it wasn’t hard to guess what that fusion would imply. Both Liiza and Khan could easily understand what that process would mean for him.

Liiza had almost lost herself with just a brief inspection of the spinning sphere. No singular being could hope to retain its individuality when fusing with it, and one iteration of the possible results stood right before that blinding item.

The mana wanted Khan to give birth to the new, superior version of the Nak. It sought different avatars that better expressed the evolution its heir was meant to bring, and Khan scratched his head at that idea, knowing where his heart stood.

"No?" Khan casually exclaimed, his tone not matching the situation’s stern atmosphere at all.

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