>>5343307"The Idea Of Evil... Merlina was investigating their origins before she passed away, though she never came to a clear conclusion as to how to defeat them." You call the entity by name, much to the shock of Flora.
"You know of their identity?"
"Only through second hand information. I thought that was also common knowledge between magicians?"
"Not at all... If only she wasn't limited to staying in the flesh swamp... She would have undoubtebly played a key part in spreading her knowledge in defeating them." Flora points out how, if working together, Merlina, Flora and Danan could have formed a plan to counter the God Hand and causality itself, in due time.
It's almost as if they were perfectly intended to be secluded...
"The best I can do is share the knowledge she gave me before passing on..."
"Please do. In Layman's terms, if possible." Guts asked you to explain as succintly as possible.
"You're all aware of the physical and astral world, correct? One is our life, and one is essentially the afterlife. These worlds were once more tightly connected, but there was a third dimension that most tend to ignore: The world of ideas."
"Yes. The physical, the spiritual, and the mental. In the most shallow layers of the astral world, various ethereal beings exist in the realm known as the interstice. Even the scenery is derived from etheral forms of our world. So there is little disparity between the separated dimensions." Flora concludes.
"While the separation from the spiritual world appeared to be man made, what is religion but a collective shape of ideas turned into actions and beliefs by large crowds? They have purposefully, since the beggining, attempted to stray humanity from the astral world, so their ideas could shape reality itself. By letting the world of ideas have the power of the etheral, they would remain immortal, and all powerful."
"It is why those who haven't realised that they are dead or regretfully leave the world of living remain in the space between those two worlds. After becoming aware of their death and losing their ability to maintain their form, they pass from that layer to even further ones." You both complete each other's sentences, leading to the same conclusion.
"While it is possible to ascend into a higher form after dying, there are several realms onto that amalgamation of ideas and magic energy. Each ones according to their own karma and beliefs."
"There could very well be concepts and realities similar to those of heaven and hell within those depths. Though if one dives too deep, they will be unable to return, to a place that no human soul has returned from."
"One of them has... One of them knows what lays inside the collective unconsciousness of humanity and every living soul's desires..."
