Wolf of the Blood Moon - Book 3 - Chapter 14 - Theories (Patreon)

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After I get back to my suite, I put Aria in my bed and tuck her in before going to my living room and ordering some food be delivered to my room while turning on the TV.

“-and once again, another day passes without a Demonic Assault, proving the theories online that a Class V Fracture may be approaching!” a newsman says the moment I turn it on, making me pause for a moment before continuing to the couch.

Yeah, that’s nothing new. I did almost forget that the public doesn’t know about the upcoming Class V Fracture that should be happening within a few months though.

And I can’t help but feel conflicted about the decrease in Demonic Assault frequency. I know it happened prior to the last three Class V Fractures, where for the few months before the Fractures, Demonic Assaults began happening less frequently, but it wasn’t a proven fact. Now that it’s happening a fourth time though, I’d say it’s safe to say it’s proven enough.

It also means that I can’t level as much before the stupid Class V Fracture either. Because while there used to be a Fracture every three to four days, now there’s just one every six to seven days. Which cuts the Fractures I can fight in in half.

I lean back in the couch, just staring up at the ceiling as I hear the newsman continue talking, “No one has ever proved one way or another why this seems to happen, but there are plenty of theories about the topic out there. And here with us today is one of the lead researchers on the topic. A man who used to be a part of the Guardian Research Team before the team was disbanded!”

My eye twitches in irritation at the mention of that annoying team. Good riddance to them.

“Hello, some of you may know me by my name, Charles Kimani, but most of you will know me by my Guardian title, Archol,” a man whose voice and apparently name and title I do not recognize at all says as I close my eyes and continue lying on the couch patiently waiting for my food to arrive at my door. “The theory that I came up with alongside two of my colleagues from the former Team states that the Class V Fractures are most likely different from the other Fractures in that they require a lot more energy to build up in order for them to appear. Which is why the Demonic Assaults appear less frequently before a Demonic Assault carrying a Class V Fracture.”

“So you’re saying that the Demonic Assaults are stalling to save up this ‘energy’ so that they can create these different Fractures?” the newsman asks rhetorically before exclaiming, “Fascinating! But how did you come up with this theory? And what is this energy you’re speaking of?”

“Well the answer is quite simple,” Charles pauses for a moment, probably for effect or something, “each Fracture core contains something we researchers like to classify as ‘Reality Energy’ that works as the power source for the entire Fracture. The thing connecting our two worlds. And the more reality energy that can be found in a core, the higher the core’s Class will be. But the gap between a Class IV Fracture and a Class V Fracture core is so massive that a single Class V core has as much reality energy as nearly a hundred Class IV Fracture cores.”

My eyes open at that, but before I can glance at the TV, I hear a dinging sound resonate through my suite marking the arrival of my food. So I get up right when the newsman asks, “But what’s causing these Fractures in the first place? What causes the Demonic Assaults?”

I continue through a couple rooms while raising the sensitivity of my ears to catch what’s being said despite not being in the same room as Charles answers, “No one truly knows the answer to that, so everything beyond this point is pure theory. But my team and I believe that it’s reality itself doing this for some reason. Just some sort of natural occurrence in response to something else changing. Kind of like how sometimes nature will go about balancing things out on its own. Like how after a forest fire, the greenery and life will slowly come back over a long period of time. But in this sense, it’s reality itself responding to something.”

That explanation doesn’t make much sense to me, but I continue listening even after I reach the door and let robot there roll a cart filled with food into my suite.

“Wait, are you trying to say that reality itself has a consciousness, or can react in some way to threats? And if so, then what could possibly lead reality to set the demon race upon our world?” the newsman whose name I still don’t remember continues speaking as I direct the robot towards my living room where the TV is.

“Yes and no,” Charles continues, “it’s already been proven to us that the universe seems to have some sort of instinctive process and is ‘alive’ in the sense that it can alter reality to balance it out a bit, but it isn’t alive at the same time as it has no actual conscience or mind of its own. All it can do is react to a threat from outside of the universe.”

I pause at that before briefly blinking at the TV.

Outside of the universe?

“Do you mean…” the newsman, a man wearing a casual suit with short hair and a rather shocked look on his face mutters, leading Charles to nod and state, “Our current theory is that the Demonic Assaults are a result of the universe instinctively and without any drive or direction trying to strengthen both the demons and us by giving us opponents in order to allow us to survive the upcoming threat. One that most likely originates from a place outside of our universe, such as the void for example.”

My jaw drops open at that.

That can’t be true… can it?

Tar? What do you think?

“It is a rather prevalent theory even amongst us fae, so it’s not out of the question,” he answers, shocking me even more. “It would also align with the theory that the Demonic Assaults and Fractures are naturally occurring but also very slightly artificial in some manner.”

That… well… yeah, I guess that does make sense. It’s just… a little mind blowing to think about the possibility that there may be a threat greater than the demons out there.

Actually, come to think of it, isn’t the Farshore outside of the universe?

Tar appears in front of me with his eyes narrowed before slowly stating, “Yes, it is. But fae are not able to physically interact with the mortal realm outside of weak artificial bodies such as my own. So no fae, not even King Oberon, could pose a threat to the universe. At least, not with the Demon King around to stop him.”

Oh, right. Didn’t realize the Demon King was stronger than King Oberon, but it makes sense since you said fae were more energy beings than physical.

But the void… isn’t it only full of those weakish void creatures? Weak in terms of a Class II Guardian at least.

“That’s unknown,” Tar says, making my eyes widen. “No one has ever explored the void before. All we know about it is the brief glimpses some Guardians have seen into it inside of a corrupted Fracture, along with the creatures that have come out of it. Nothing more.”

So the possible theorized ‘threat to the universe’ could very well come from the void.

But… why would reality set the demons on the human race? If humanity didn’t react well or have the fae to help, wouldn’t we have just been wiped out?

“That’s…” Tar mutters sounding slightly reluctant to say anything, only to eventually answer, “If I had to guess, since the universe is only acting on instinct and isn’t intelligent, its instincts probably didn’t factor in that the demons might go to war with the humans right away. If this is an actual theory, which we still don’t know if this is anything other than theory, then it’s entirely possible that the humans and demons were only supposed to have some conflicts, allowing some Gates to appear between the worlds, and letting the two races grow stronger through occasionally fighting each other. It also could’ve just underestimated how powerful the demons were.”

That’s a lot of ifs and assumptions.

Tar just shrugs.

Guess this really only a theory in the end. Although knowing that the universe is able to instinctively nudge things towards fixing fatal problems is kind of nice to know. I also can’t help but wonder if the previous fae queen used the universe in some way when she made the System? Seeing as the System helps guide our pathway to ascension and improves upon our very realities to smooth that path.

So many theories, but no actual proof for any of this. Kind of annoying, but-

My stomach suddenly growls, announcing my need to eat the food in front of me as the robot finishes up setting the plates and begins leaving my suite, locking the door behind it.

Now’s not the time to worry about theories.

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