Healing System

Michael stared at the two beings in silence, seemingly unsure of how to proceed from the current predicament.

It seemed like the two beings had a consciousness. But whatever happened to them was beyond him.

'Subjects, models..' He contemplated in his head and began walking around the room.

And the two once again tracked his movements with their emotionless eyes, it looked quite freaky, but if they were robots, then it was pretty understandable.

Michael decided to be upfront about his concerns, whether this whole situation was real or not, he did not care.

"Who created you?"

"Adonai" The two replied in unison.

"..Who's Adonai?"

"The one above all" They once again replied with their emotionless voices.
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It seemed like getting a straight answer out of them was a bit of a stretch.

But from what he could gather, this Adonai might be the name of god, quite frankly, he did not even know god had a name.

He assumed Baldor would know a lot more, but if this was all a simulation, he might hide the information from him, just like the two of them were currently doing.

'Maybe I am not asking the right questions..' He sighed and turned his gaze back onto them.

"What was your original goal, the reason for your creation?"

"Adonai is conducting tests for a new species he had in mind, we are the representation of his progress."

Michael raised his brow 'Adam and Eve before the actual Adam and Eve..? Is that even possible?'

However, as his fruitless discussions continued, Baldor suddenly entered the gazebo with a conflicted expression.

"They are here."

"They?" He could not help but ask, he hated being left in the dark to this extent.

Especially so because the memories he had been obtaining up until recently had completely stagnated.

"The other pigeons, who else?" Baldor replied and walked up to Michael, grabbing him by his wrist and leading him outside.

And the moment he stepped out of the gazebo, a few golden-haired individuals were in front of him, three to be exact.

All of them had wings, wings which were much more sophisticated than Michael's.

His were still lodged inside his back, the most he could do was feel them.

One of the angels hovered down and landed right in front of Michael.

"Trainee, any anomalies this time?" The angel pointed with his chin at the gazebo where Adam and Eve were located.

Michael's memories were stirring, and he could only see one answer. It felt fanatical, as if he could not defy them.

However, he did not know whether it was because this was all a simulation or something else entirely, but, he was able to resist.

He did not know what lasting effects his decision would incite, but it was worth a shot. After all, the previous him said yes; what would happen if he said no?

Maybe this was what the trial was all about? To test his will?

He hardened his expression and looked straight into the angel's golden eyes.

"Nothing, as per usual."

The angel stared at him for a moment, as if making sure that this information was correct.

Michael could feel a wave of mana go inside of him and wrap around his heart, he did not try to dispel it since it did not feel dangerous in the slightest.

It just seemed like the angel decided to check if he was lying... directly.

The mana surrounding his heart quickly dissipated and the angel did not even say a single word before backing away, floating back to the other two angels in the sky.

And with a single glance back at Michael, all three of them disappeared from his vision.

It almost seemed like they used some kind of teleportation, similar to Chloe's abilities.

But it seemed more... complete?

Michael shrugged off his confusion and turned back to the gazebo, however, Baldor's widened eyes caught his attention.

"What's wrong?" He asked. Was there someone else coming?

"You... you lied.."

"Hm? You could tell?" Michael raised his brow, even if he did not sound the most convincing, he made sure to control his heartbeat and everything else that could indicate that he was lying.

But as he was expecting to get an answer from Baldor, he was struck in the abdomen and sent flying right beside the gazebo, just barely stopping himself from crashing into it.

'Ugh..' Michael clutched the lower part of his abdomen, even through a shield he always had on, the attack pierced clean through.

But thankfully, his passive healing capabilities were enhanced even further in this trial, healing his injury only took a few moments.

"What were you fucking thinking!?" Baldor screamed at him from a distance.

Michael was a bit frustrated at the attack but decided to let it go, from what he could recall, he had done something similar to Baldor before, just on a bit bigger scale.

"Calm down Toad, don't you think those two were a bit interesting? To the point where it would be quite amusing to see how they would turn out if given enough time." He tried reasoning with Baldor using what little logic he could come up with.

"Is that why you decided to piss off the Angels of Truth?"

'Oh..' Michael was speechless at Baldor's comment.

"I heard your conversation with one of the subjects inside and from what I could tell, they are being born from mere emotions" Baldor slowly began walking up to him again.

"So now tell me, what would happen if these two beings who were supposed to be the epitome of perfect, turned imperfect?"

Michael furrowed his brows at Baldor "And what exactly are we? You are acting upon frustration and I am acting upon my whims. What separates us from these so-called imperfect beings?"

"You... you don't understand, do you?" Baldor finally closed the distance between himself and Michael.

"Why? Can't answer me because I'm right?" Michael taunted.

"We are whole, we are pure. We were born from the grace of Adonis. Those... things... were not. If they were to be reborn as they currently are now, they would be the polar opposites of both you and me."

Michael tilted his head a bit, seeing the direction in which this conversation was heading into "Are you implying the creation of a new race that is born purely from emotions?"

It sounded familiar to him, as if he had been down this path before, but from what he could see of his memories, that did not seem to be the case.

"Michael, you are making a big mistake here" Baldor proceeded to tug the belt on his waist, pulling out a single rapier from out of nowhere.

"Baldor..." Michael's heart ached at the fact that he would have to fight his friend for seemingly no reason.

He saw his own reflection from the blade of the rapier, and he looked nearly identical to the man he had fought back in the arena inside the dungeon.

Golden hair and golden eyes were a bit too majestic for his liking. He looked the exact same as the three angels that arrived earlier.

"So be it.." Michael got into a stance and began summoning his swords of light, the mana cost was negligent to the point where even after summoning thousands of them, not even 1% had been used.

However, as he was about to begin fighting, Baldor slashed at the air right beside him, and suddenly, a large pool of blood emerged from seemingly nowhere.

But in the next moment, two angels appeared, both seemed to have been beheaded by Baldor's slash. His previous dwarven appearance had disappeared, replaced with a pair of wings and similarly golden-colored hair and eyes.

He turned to Michael with a massive grin "You didn't think I'd let you do stupid shit on your own, did you?"