Odyssey of the Blind God

When he stepped through the green portal everything around him changed.

A throbbing pain appeared in his mind. It felt as if someone or something was tightly holding his brain just to shake it thoroughly.

His overly sensitive senses were being bombarded with a lot of information. His brain was flooded with the information he couldn't digest at once. Even if he tried to process the information that had entered his mind, the steady influx of more and more of information was simply overwhelming.

Everything around him turned blurry, he was not able to breathe and the sensation that overcame him made Nial believe that he would die in numerous ways at once.

Traveling through space by using the green portal was in a completely different league than feeling a bit nauseated due to the short-distance teleportations they did on Jundra.

One was child's play, while the other one was something supernatural that only Gods or similar existences could make possible.

Nial felt like he was being thrown around the space he was traveling through. His entire existence felt weird and he had no idea how the Elves looked perfectly fine when they emerged from the green portal.

'Are they some superhuman-like existences?! Their constitution is just a bit stronger than humans… so how the fuck can they be completely unbothered even after traveling through space?' Nial puked when he tried to find an answer to this question.

He had no idea where his vomit landed and he couldn't care less about that right now. His entire body was turned inside out and Nial was pretty sure that he would die.

The entire excitement he had been feeling was now transformed into the fear of the unknown. Nial might not be someone, who was instantly scared of everything but he could tell that something was either going wrong, or both Master Crevian and Meryl had intentionally left out how troublesome space traveling was so as to not scare him.

What Nial missed out on was the fact that neither Master Crevian nor Meryl knew exactly how sensitive all of Nial's senses were. He could hear more than 30 times better than any other human and his other senses were also more than 30 times enhanced than the ordinary Original with two Superior Origin rings.

This was not something one could take lightly, especially when one's range of perception and mana was also more sensitive. Nial's innate ability was [Mana Sense], which made things even more difficult because his mana was constantly being released and sensed through his surroundings.

It was impossible for him to control his mana in the given situation and his naturally wide range of perception didn't really make things easier either.

Nial had suffered a lot and he didn't even know how much time passed before his mind was able to catch up to what was going on.

He had no idea how often he had vomited or lost his consciousness but Nial was sure that both numbers were in the double digits.

Never would he have imagined that traveling through space would take that long but when he realized that he had still not arrived after his mind caught up to the situation, Nial felt an overwhelming frustration sweeping through his entire body but it was not as if he could do anything against the situation.

He couldn't just snap his fingers and magically emerge on Yggdrasil. That wouldn't happen and Nial was fully aware of this. Which was why he slowly tried to retract his senses, seal the released mana within his body and restrict his natural range of perception.

This was possible only after his mind had gotten accustomed to the given situation. Nial's range of perception was only a few meters after everything was restricted as much as possible and he was finally able to perceive what was actually going on in his surroundings.

He felt the energies around him without feeling the need to puke and he could clearly tell that he was on some sort of path. Nial was being pushed through a path that had been created with the usage of unique runic constellations and enormous amounts of mana.

'No wonder that the ride is so 'smooth'... Jundra seems to be trying to destroy the connection between Yggdrasil and the Forest of Life…' Nial concluded when he perceived that a somewhat familiar, yet, unfamiliar force pressed on the path that brought him to Yggdrasil.

The force was not something he had perceived ever since he had awoken his origin but Nial was pretty sure that he was familiar with that energy. It was not something the memories of the God of Darkness showed him and it was not similar to the Cursed Divine energy, or the Darkness Essence he possessed either.

The force was the purest energy he had ever perceived and it didn't possess any special traits that would connect it to something 'holy' or something 'evil' or tarnished. This was truly confusing which was why Nial felt that the throbbing headache had returned.

While the path was something created by enormous amounts of energy and the runic constellations engraved on the Empresses' Divinity Fragment that had been used to create the green portal, the force was trying to destroy everything without impacting negatively on Jundra.

Nial was not even sure why he had arrived at a conclusion that it was Jundra's sentience that actively fought against the Empresses' attempt to get an early start. It didn't make any sense to think that Jundra was sentient, let alone that it possessed the necessary power to release the pure force that impacted hard on him.

However, Nial was certain that this force belonged to Jundra and nothing in the wide Universe could be otherwise.

The headache he was having was different from before. Instead of feeling the same throbbing pain over and over again, it was like something sealed deep within his subconscious was trying to unveil itself, like a worm deep in his brain had hatched and that was trying to squirm out of his brain.

It was accompanied by an unbearable itch and Nial had to use all his focus not to accidentally kill himself by sticking a dagger through his ear, just to stop the itching.

Thankfully, the itching stopped after some time when he discarded the thoughts of where he had first learned of the pure force. Nial found it weird but he told himself that it was not something he had to find out right now.

'The future is long enough to tell me the answer…just let me rest for a bit…' Nial thought exhausted and tried to fall asleep just a moment later.

Unfortunately, just when he thought that he could finally fall in slumber, his entire body began to shake. Instinctively, his range of perception burst out and all restrictions he had laid upon himself were released.

Nial's instincts told him that he had to be prepared for a fight. Yet, in reality, he was just about to emerge on the other side of the green portal.

When his range of perception and all of the senses had been released, Nial could clearly perceive his surroundings, which meant that he could tell that he was approaching a ginormous tree that enveloped the entire sky he was blasting toward.

He was currently high in the air and seemed to have dropped directly from space. This felt weird but it was a bit odd because Nial could also feel a sense of freedom.

Instinctively, he spread his arms wide open as a wave of lifeforce splashed in his face. A bright smile emerged on his face and he momentarily forgot about all the suffering he had felt in the time in which he had traveled through space.

The life force of the tree engulfed Nial and it nourished him. Nial's exhaustion dispersed slowly and it was replaced by tremendous vigor that flushed his entire body. He felt exceptional and his Odyssey seed began to pulsate in response.

The Symbol of Life was glowing brightly, causing his Odyssey seed's reaction. Nial was not alarmed by his pounding Odyssey seed anymore. Rather than being worried about the pounding Odyssey seed, Nial accepted and exploited it.

While the ginormous tree that covered the entire sky was brimming with vigor, it was also overflowing with mana. Nial could clearly perceive it, especially since his [Mana Sense] allowed his range of perception to increase the more mana he perceived in his natural range.

His range of perception was passively empowered and enlarged by the mana in the surrounding area. This made it much easier for Nial to sense and visualize everything around him.

Usually, it was extremely difficult for him to maintain a range of perception of around 10 kilometers. Even in the Forest of Life, where mana was the purest and densest on Jundra, it was difficult to achieve this. However, right now, Nial was clearly able to perceive everything within a 50-kilometer radius around him. And that was without him actively supplying mana to his Innate ability [Mana Sense] which turned it into a remarkable feat.

Mana and life force flooded his body, flushing the exhaustion and his doubts away. He didn't even fear smashing into the ginormous tree below him as the path below him was still present. The path made it clear that he was still in the space tunnel within the green portal.

He passed through the tree top of the ginormous tree and its wide trunk before everything went dark. His perception was momentarily lost as his body was thrown out of the green portal.

Nial landed on the ground and was gasping for air when his kneecaps touched the ground. He had been too distracted to realize that he had emerged out of the portal. Nial slumped to the ground entirely before he lay down to take a few deep breaths.

He had no idea that this might be inappropriate or that he shouldn't do it. Nial was just happy to be alive and that he had finally landed on Yggdrasil.

If he was true to himself, Nial didn't feel like returning to Jundra even if that meant that he would have to go through the same torture once again.

"Well, it's not like I cannot prepare myself properly this time. A few runic armaments with [Voice canceling], [Mana Isolation], [Smell disperser], and various other runic constellations engraved upon them should be more than enough," Nial mumbled to himself as he kept breathing the fresh and invigorating air of the hall he had emerged in.

Not a single Guard or Elf was in the vicinity. This was a bit weird but Nial couldn't really be bothered about this, right now. He just knew that a portal was behind him and that the entire huge hall looked so glamorous that some might mistake it for the entrance hall of the royalty or someone of equal repute.

'Did I emerge in the wrong portal?' Nial suddenly wondered when he realized that the hall was way too lavishly decorated for someone, who had arrived on, or precisely, in Yggdrasil.

If that was not the problem, not having any Guards around when someone new emerged on Yggdrasil was certainly something one could consider problematic.

Nial didn't have any ill intentions but if someone wanted to stir trouble, emerging in the hall Nial had appeared in was definitely the best possible chance to do so.

He tried to release his range of perception but quickly noticed that it was impossible for him to perceive anything outside the hall.

Only when he focused his perception on the huge open gate to his right was he able to perceive the hallway outside the hall.

'I cannot perceive anything through the walls…or the wood, I guess…' Nial thought with a wry smile. He quickly figured that he was inside the ginormous tree and that he couldn't perceive anything outside it.

This was interesting, especially since the interior of the tree was overflowing with mana. The mana density and purity were high enough to affect his senses negatively. Something like that had never happened before but Nial was able to cope with it pretty quickly.

His body was invigorated and he restricted his senses from adapting to the given situation. He allowed the pure mana to enter his body slowly and held back the rest to gauge how much mana he could absorb at once without wreaking havoc within his body.

He was strong and had powerful mana veins that were still growing, despite all the time that had already passed since he had awoken his origin but the purity of the mana inside the ginormous tree was high enough to turn into a threat!

Nial didn't want to risk dying moments after he arrived and even if he was confused about his whereabouts, he was able to keep calm.

It was nice to have some time for himself to get used to the entire surroundings around him. Not being able to sense what was going on around him was somewhat disrupting but also a pleasant experience. His range of perception and his senses were finally forced to calm down after experiencing the roller coaster in the form of the horrifying trip through the space tunnel, or path.

Nial liked to call it a 'path' because he felt like his body had been pushed through the path the portals had laid out for him but it was actually not important what he called it.

In the end, the only important fact was that it had been a horror trip and that he would have to return with the necessary preparations when it was time.

But time was not ripe because he had just arrived. His task was something else, which was why he got up from the ground when he stopped feeling dizzy.

However, what he didn't expect to happen was that a group of Elves he had never seen before emerged from the portal he had stepped out of as well. Their strength was tightly concealed and impossible for Nial to determine, yet, his danger senses clearly told him that it was best to run for his life.

"Oh? Hello my–.." Before Nial could introduce himself, the weakest of the Elves in the group shouted at him in the elven language the moment he noticed Nial,

"What is a human bastard doing in our Holy Hall!? Let me teach him a lesson… I'll beat him into a pulp!"

"I guess you don't like small talk, huh?" Nial responded with a faint smile on his lips. He was not actually itching for a fight but as long as he was going to clash against the weakest of the Elves in the group, he would be fine…He thought.