Dreams To Return: The God Of The Tower
84. Towers

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Green meadows with twilight skies that blend with pink welcome it, the atmosphere in nature did not change and in front of him he saw a child-no child now looked more mature than Novan remembered. His eyes were green and his hair was pale brown.

The first meeting after all this time made him remember their first meeting in the round at that time. The moment that Novan opened a door that led him to the Ephemeral realm, to where his sister had been all this time.

"Aryin...?"

The figure of the girl smiled and then ran to a place, Novan followed her and slowly he heard something as if calling himself. His feet came to a halt when he saw the towering tower that not even the end of the tower could see. Novan set his foot before the gate of the tower and when the door opened only darkness could he see.

"Novan!!"

The sound is heard from behind and Morfeus, Fobetor and even Fantasos are now behind Novan, if they have followed Novan since. "This tower... How is this here-" Fantasos' speech is instantly cut off when Hopeless or Hypnos sounds are heard from the darkness of the tower.

"Not my son, from the beginning this is where the tower is" Hypnos came out of the darkness, his figure now looking so beautiful and a strong divine aura could be felt around him. A black bird with glowing purple-colored eyes perched on his back and he smiled looking at all the young men before him.

"Dad?!" Fobetor and Fantasos are surprised to find that his father is still alive and even has a different form to his former self. While Morpheus seemed not surprised at all, he had spoken to his father several times in every round and he knew that one day his father would again show himself in front of his younger brothers.

"It's good to see you all alive" Hypnos' voice sounded a little sad, as if he remembered the events of the previous round, the round in which he failed to get Novan to save all his children."it doesn't feel like we're finally back at this point" Hipnos said, prompting dozens of questions to pop into the minds of Fobetor and Fantasos.

Morpheus looked worriedly at Novan and like Morpheus, though faintly, but Hypnus also looked at Novan with the same gaze before continuing his sentence "so what is your choice this time? Will you be the heart of this tower and forever trapped in this world, or go back to trying to rule this world and free everyone?" The second option seemed so attractive and safe, but unfortunately Novan remembered he had chosen that option five times. And as much as that he failed and ended up destroying the world and its contents.

The world and man are like a glass ball that if not handled gently and wisely will be scratched and broken, that is the reason usually in one world there are several gods who must both take care and lead the world. Like a land that needs water for plants to grow and a sky that needs the sun to protect the earth, a dream world needs some leaders to control every part of its world.

And Novan failed to do that role because he always lacked people by his side to help him. "I don't want to repeat the same mistake... Even though I now have many people beside me" Novan said, explaining that he was still not sure he deserved to rule the dream world.

"Then will you sacrifice yourself?"

The question was like a piercing arrow to everyone there. Both Morpheus, Fantasos and even Fobetor all seem to put on pale faces, they seem not to want it to happen but they can not oppose the will of Novan.

"I realized that bloodshed was not the way out of this world.." Novan stared at his hand, the hand that had killed the gods and his own friends several times. "And well, haha I know I should not have the right to say this but. I realize that my sin is already too much" Hipnos seemed to seriously listen to Novan's remark.

"So I thought maybe sacrificing myself was the only way to achieve my peace of soul."

Novan thought, maybe he could succeed this time but will he return to the world of reality with a sense of calm? Will he be haunted by his past? He can still be a whole human being.

The answer to all of this is no.

He may be tormented, even become half-crazy if he holds all those memories while living his life as an ordinary human being. And of course he does not want to leave his friends who have fought together, he does not want to leave Fobetor, Morpheus, Fantasos even Mammon and others to continue in the dream world. Novan wants everyone to be free, and for that he must have power and strength in realizing it.

"This light..." Zeus seemed to stare at the golden light that entered Olympus quickly and then he sensed a huge earthquake jailed the sky.

The tower was getting bigger and bigger and from the light that came out from between the windows a giant figure known by the name of chaos was seen for a moment, gazing at Novan who was now holding a glowing orb before then all the places where the gods lived miraculously moved into the mendara, shutting the gods on every floor.

Each floor is like a new world that has its own power. Loki awakens upon the beautiful green grass and the blue sky welcomes him and all the Norse gods on that floor. Meanwhile, Vishnu is seen standing on a lotus lake illuminated by the moonlight that shines with Goddess Ratna in the night sky. The gods of ancient Egypt stared at the Pyramids and the expanse of sand around them with shocked and amazed gazes, while all the gods of legend spread on each floor, waiting and watching what was happening on each floor.

Novan stands on an altar and representatives of each of the mythological gods surround him. Zeus, Odin, Vishnu, Ra, even Amaterasu and others finally agreed to start a discussion.

"Oh man, I don't know how you can do this. It took a lot of mental and strength to call us all to this tower and you did it" Odin looked at Novan in full search.

"Do you know the consequences of all this?" Ra seemed to ask but then Vishnu calmed him down.

"Calm down, shouldn't this be what happened? Now the gods have a place to settle and rule, even in this tower the risk of world destruction can be prevented" Vishnu seemed to view the establishment of the tower as an effort to balance nature because now the world does not need the intervention of the gods and must walk in accordance with the laws of the universe and the destiny.

"I agree with you" Amaterasu finally expressed his opinion "but still let man be the heart of this tower a little..." Amaterasu looked at Novan with a gentle look like a worried mother.

"He is right, man is man. There was no place for him to be with the gods" although it sounds rough, Ra says that humans are too weak to bear the heavy responsibility as the heart of the tower that might be a target for the gods who do not want the formation of a tower.

All that the gods say is based on knowledge and wisdom of the salvation of the world and the peace of the heavens. But the truth is that Novan knew some of them were just going around in circles, it was very clear that they were trying to make Novan hesitate and ask him to subtly back off.

"Then what you think... What if I surrender myself entirely to fate?" All the gods are silent, what Novan says means that Novan will give up all his selfishness and desire as a human being. It means that Novan will become a god and throw away his human side full of ambition.

All the gods were completely silent even Vishnu and Amaterasu were increasingly worried "are you sure of that choice? It means you will no longer be able to expect a life like an ordinary human being"

"I don't have a choice, do I?"

All the gods finally nodded in agreement but on one condition "you will slowly lose all your human sides, your soul will change completely and your mindset will change but it will happen at sunrise tomorrow" Novan rounded his eyes when Vishnu said that.

"You are very good, yes..."

The tower finally really stood up and all the gods lived in it, they were free to do anything in their respective territories and were not allowed to go out and meddle in the real world, in accordance with the agreement that has been made.

Now only how to free all humans in the dream world.

...[.Connecting]...