“No matter that is not vital proper now.”

Juno tries to stand up from the mattress with some problem however she manages. She stretches and walks across the room.

“Can I’ve some privateness?”

She sighs, “That is positive for now, thanks.”

It does not reply.

–

When she comes again, she picks up her laptop computer and turns it on.

She finds a chunk of paper inside with a message written.

[Don’t use the public school network, look up this private network and type this password.]

Okay? Juno, is not even going to query how Eve acquired entry to this non-public community. Maybe she made it herself?

As an alternative, she follows its directions and fortuitously it really works. She thinks about what she ought to search for for a second.

Juno hears a well-recognized voice as soon as once more ask,

An concept involves her head and he or she varieties on the search bar, [It’s a kind of machine and it accesses all kinds of information]

[Yeah no thanks to you]

That seems like the very best concept this snake has ever had. Juno shortly varieties, [Last known user of Medusa’s Blessing]

The primary few searches nothing dependable comes up. They’re principally clickbait with titles like:

[Was Medusa’s Blessing actually real? NOPE!!]

[Is it possible to marry a Goddess? Well mortals I have some good news for you!]

Simply as she’s about to edit her search she finds an article that appears dependable, written by a historian, apparently.

[Why haven’t you heard of Noa? It’s because they don’t want you to know.]

She clicks on it and is greeted by a wall of textual content and correct sources!

–

[[Medusa’s Blessing was an important source of power for the Gorgon race. Unfortunately, it came to an end about 2,500 years ago. This phenomenon is hardly talked about now in modern day (for reasons we will later explore) but there are still people debating what truly happened.

Who exactly was Noa?

Noa was a lone monk and the last known user of Medusa’s Blessing. He left his monastery at age 30 when he gained his powers. Then, he traveled the lands of Tu’Rancon and modern Torisia in order to help those who needed it.

Tragically he ended up missing at the very young age of 59.

But before we go into the theories of his disappearance, let’s get the facts down.

Where was he before he went missing?

Many claimed, proven to be true, that he stayed in a village near the (Southern) Rale Woods. Although, no one witnessed him go into the woods but it’s assumed that’s the place where he went missing. Strangely that same night something shocking happened, literally, there was a quake that shook the entire region.

We don’t know the exact cause but experts are almost completely certain that it wasn’t natural. Someone caused it most likely, through ‘magical’ means. Was he the cause of this? Or was it something else?

And how does this exactly tie in with the snakes?

Well, here’s where the theories come in.

[1. Noa went missing in the Rale Woods and died during the ekusquake*.]

This seems like a strong idea at first look and it virtually does match completely however there’s one downside, Noa’s physique was by no means discovered. (That is why he was declared lacking and never “formally” useless till 441 years later after his disappeareance.)

[2. A theory to explain his missing body is that Noa was killed by a ‘ferocious monster’ that devoured him whole.]

This does clarify why his physique was by no means discovered. This monster would have needed to utterly erase his physique from existence. That is past terrifying to picture however it’s not unimaginable. There are some flaws with this idea as nicely. First off, he was an distinctive and cautious fighter so there is no such thing as a method he would have been defeated so simply. Second, positive his mortal physique can be erased however what concerning the Immortal Snakes?

Why have been they?

May a monster actually be so highly effective?

An important query is why he went into the Rale Woods within the first place?

The plain reply can be that Noa went to the Rale Woods to purposely battle the ‘ferocious monster’ rumored to be the supply of many disappearances. Solely to finish up the sufferer himself.

Since this was over Two thousand years in the past, not every little thing is evident however what we do know is that right now (about 9,540* c.e) there have been many rumors of a monster not like another seen earlier than.

Or extra like unseen.

The factor was that no particular person had ever seen its ‘true kind’ and ‘survive.’ Due to that some even doubted it is existence. Individuals disappearing wasn’t that unusual, particularly with the opposite varied doable circumstances.

Though, this was a time frame the place there have been /much less disappearances./

Why did individuals discover then?

Why have been there rumors of this ‘ferocious monster’?

It was just because vital, highly effective, and influential individuals began disappearing at an alarming charge.

When on a regular basis, regular individuals go lacking, positive it is worrisome however in the end not everybody will care. When your governor, your prince, your hero or your favourite actor go lacking?

Everybody cares.

There was no logical clarification as to why this was taking place.

Need to know what was stranger?

A few of them did come again! Unhurt. As if nothing occurred in any respect. However some individuals round them seen that the individuals who have been lacking have been performing ‘off.’

“Virtually as in the event that they weren’t the identical particular person.”

These survivors who got here again, they ultimately fell off the spot mild. Some individuals even claimed that

“They disappeared as soon as once more.”

“The monster won’t ever allow them to go!”

There was little question one thing was fallacious.

However what?

That is how rumors escalated and customary individuals started to worry for the unknown trigger of those disappearances.

The monster was stated to devour individuals complete, leaving nothing behind. If by some miracle the particular person survived the encounter, they’d neglect of the monsters appearence. One thing in them would break and they’d by no means be the identical once more. The purpose being that on the peak of the rumors, the peak of this ‘monster’s’ worry, Noa was alive.

Everybody knew who he was!

May he have tried dealing with off this ferocious and faceless monster by himself?

Or was it the monster that focused him first?

May this monster overpower a Goddess’ Blessing?

After all that is all beneath the idea that this idea is appropriate. That this ‘ferocious monster’ is the reason for his disappearance.

There’s one other element that ties them collectively although.

After Noa and the Immortal Snakes went lacking, so did this ‘ferocious monster.’

Influential individuals weren’t focused (as a lot) anymore. The rumors died down.

Some believed Noa sacrificed himself to finish the monster’s ‘life.’

Some believed that the monster by no means existed in any respect.

If some individuals believed Noa sacrificed himself to save lots of all of them, then why wasn’t he hailed as a hero?

Why did we neglect about him?

He was, for some time. Those that believed he died in any case. However then after a technology handed and there was no new person of Medusa’s Blessing, doubts grew in individuals’s hearts. After two thousand years with no signal of the Immortal Snakes returning, gorgons blamed him. Quickly they’d neglect him with the intention to not give into despair. Not everybody although, some say Woman Medusa took away the blessing as a result of they have been now not worthy.

Some gorgons at the moment imagine the Immortal Snakes have been only a fable or a type of magic now not allowed. They do not speak about it as a lot anymore, attributable to disappointment and disgrace.

Regardless, Noa is the final recognized person of Medusa’s Blessing.

Lastly, the final idea I’ll focus on is:

[3. He reached immorality and travels the lands to this day in disguise.]

This can be a tad outlandish however it might clarify why the Immortal Snakes have not been reborn into a brand new technology. If he by no means died, they’d stick with him.

There are too many flaws although however a very powerful one is that, Final Medusa would by no means, ever permit there to be one other immortal together with her snakes! It is unfair to different worthy gorgons. It is humiliating to the Goddess herself.

So not many imagine on this idea.

In reality, there have been solely two individuals who have been essentially the most outspoken about him nonetheless being alive.

It was nobody apart from his beloved and his little one.

They all the time believed he would come again to them…

Sadly, additionally they ended up lacking a couple of years later.

…

In the long run, whether or not he died as a result of unusual ekusquake, or the ‘ferocious monster,’ or one thing else, I imagine that he deserved much better than what he acquired.

Or by the small likelihood, he nonetheless lives, are you able to give us the solutions we search?

What occurred to the Immortal Snakes?]]