Mahesh's voice echoed through the crystalline core, calm yet carrying the pressure of eternity.
Mahesh -
"What do you understand by the history of Earto?"
Aeon looked up, momentarily silent. The glow of the Time Core reflected faintly in his eyes.
Mahesh -
"And what do you think—why is there such a high saturation of 3D beings on Earto?"
Aeon exhaled slowly.
Aeon -
"It's… difficult to answer this clearly. But I am certain about one thing."
He paused, searching for the right articulation.
"3D beings always find a way to survive. To live."
He lifted his gaze.
"They are meaning-makers.
Reality-benders.
Self-aware chaos."
Mahesh listened intently.
Aeon -
"They are also deeply disconnected—in one way or another."
Aeon continued, his voice steady but reflective.
"Humans—3D beings—do not simply exist. They interpret existence. They scale reality into meaning. Every experience becomes a story, a belief, a justification."
"They possess collective intelligence tools—language, symbols, memory, history."
Aeon's tone darkened slightly.
"They are surrounded by compassion, devotion, and destruction—
love, war, philosophy, madness."
He glanced around the vast core.
"Other beings carry contradictions internally. But humans project theirs outward."
Aeon clenched his fist slightly.
"One thing is clear—3D beings are detached from natural balance."
"Other 3D animals fit into Earto. They belong to it."
"But humans…"
"They try to own it."
He stopped.
"And… yes. That's it."
For a moment, silence ruled the core.
Then Mahesh spoke.
Mahesh -
"You are the one."
Aeon blinked.
Mahesh -
"No doubt. A Lord cannot be mistaken."
Aeon said nothing.
Mahesh's gaze softened.
Mahesh -
"I suppose that is why Bhram is so interested in you."
Aeon -
"As you say, sir."
He hesitated.
"Bhram and I merely agreed to be friends. I don't truly know him."
Aeon frowned slightly and said,
"I cannot see through him either. He is a higher-level god of this universe."
Mahesh smiled knowingly.
Mahesh →
"Of course, Aeon."
He paused, then asked calmly—
"But I do wonder… why did Saturn choose Bhram's universe as your first universe to visit, when you chose to live by time-gambling?"
Mahesh fell silent, lost in thought.
Mahesh (thinking):
Saturn is planning something with Aeon… I can sense it.
Suddenly—
Mahesh -
"Gana!"
His voice thundered.
"Gana! Do you hear me?"
A bright consciousness flickered nearby.
Gana -
"Yes!"
Mahesh -
"Teleport Bhram into my core."
Aeon turned.
Aeon -
"Now… who is he again?
This Gana you called?"
Mahesh -
"He is my son."
He raised an eyebrow.
"Any doubts?"
Aeon shook his head.
Aeon -
"Back in INDI, people worshipped a stone statue with an appearance similar to Gana."
Gana's voice suddenly echoed.
Gana -
"Dad! Bhram is here!
Can I go now?"
Mahesh -
"You may, Gana.
But first—meet Aeon."
Gana -
"Hey!!"
Aeon -
"Hi."
Suddenly—
Eenos -
"C'mon Gana, let's go already!"
Aeon's eyes widened.
Aeon -
"Wait—what?
What is going on here?"
Lord Mahesh - Eenos wait, stay with Gana here..!!
Mahesh looked at Aeon and said
Mahesh -
"I will explain everything to you."
"Let Bhram be here."
Aeon -
"Okay,"
he replied, scratching his hand unconsciously.
Bhram walked forward.
With every step he took, the ground beneath him glowed faintly—as if the crystalline Time Core itself was reacting to his presence.
Aeon could feel it.
As though time was acknowledging a familiar authority.
Aeon -
"Hey buddy… how you doin'?"
Bhram -
"Lord—ahh—!!"
He coughed.
"I mean… Mahesh."
"Did he make it?"
Mahesh nodded.
Mahesh -
"Yes. He did."
"The Lord was right."
"He is the one."
Bhram's face lit up.
Bhram -
"That's great!! Aeon—I told you we would meet again!"
Aeon suddenly stepped forward.
Aeon -
"Bhram—wait!"
He turned sharply toward Eenos.
"Can someone explain to me how this little piece of sh—"
Before he could finish—
The core trembled.
Mahesh's voice thundered.
Mahesh -
"Aeon.
Choose your words carefully when Bhram and I stand before you."
Aeon stiffened.
Aeon -
"I'm sorry, sir.
But this—Eenos—he can't—"
Bhram -
"Aeon, calm down."
"I will make sure you understand everything."
Aeon exhaled.
Aeon -
"Fine.
I'm waiting."
He looked down at the curved ground of the Time Core and blinked once.
Bhram and Mahesh began discussing Saturn.
Their tone turned serious.
Plans. Consequences. Elimination.
Gana, however, sat nearby—eating endlessly, uninterested.
Eenos listened silently, carefully.
Then—
Eenos -
"Hey Aeon… we are together."
He extended his hand.
Aeon hesitated.
He glanced at Bhram.
Then at Mahesh.
Slowly, he shook Eenos's hand.
Aeon -
"Alright… then."
Mahesh -
"Looks good."
Bhram -
"Then let us begin."
"From the beginning."
Mahesh -
"Aeon… do you remember the black hole you lived in?"
Aeon frowned.
Aeon -
"Kinda yes… kinda no."
"My memory of that incident isn't clear."
Mahesh nodded.
Mahesh -
"As we thought."
He looked at Bhram.
Bhram -
"Hm. Yes."
Bhram stepped forward.
Bhram -
"When Saturn transformed into his 7D form… unknowingly to you, Aeon—he teleported you into an inter-universal gap between two universes."
"That is why you don't remember anything properly."
Aeon's expression darkened.
Mahesh struck his trident against the Time Core floor.
The core turned white—glowing softly with golden light.
Aeon was mesmerized.
None of them were in physical form anymore.
Only five consciousnesses existed within the core.
Eenos -
"Lord… please continue."
Mahesh's voice resonated deeply.
Lord Mahesh -
"Saturn and I were formed at the same time."
"As you know—the Unknown Lord split his power into ten forms."
"But only five exist now."
"The other five merged back into the Unknown."
Bhram continued—
Bhram -
"Out of those five—two are Mahesh and Saturn."
"Mahesh was sent directly to Earto to protect it."
"A fragment of his power once lived there. His name was Kana."
"Saturn…"
"…was made the God of Time."
Aeon nodded slowly.
Aeon -
"That clears many things."
"But wait—Saturn can hear thoughts, can't he?
How will we deal with that?"
Mahesh placed a hand on Aeon's back.
Mahesh -
"I expected this question."
"You were simply absorbed in the flow."
Mahesh smiled.
Mahesh -
"Saturn is unfamiliar with my supreme flow… and my Time Core."
"He cannot perceive this place."
Aeon frowned.
Aeon -
"Then how did Saturn show me the timelines on Earto?"
Mahesh smiled faintly.
Bhram chuckled.
Bhram -
"Mahesh can see all Earto events."
"And he allows only specific beings access."
Mahesh nodded.
Mahesh -
"When Saturn became the God of Time, he created timelines."
"You know four of them."
"The first three—
Chrono Veritas.
Chrono Virtus.
Tritinox."
Aeon -
"And Vernox is the current one."
Mahesh -
"Exactly."
"But Saturn has a flaw."
"He can see everyone's future—except his own."
Aeon's face hardened.
Aeon -
"That… is the real problem."
Mahesh stood fully. Let his trident float in thin air. And started walking...
The Time Core expanded massively.
Aeon stared in awe.
Aeon -
"Oh damn…"
"That's incredible."
Mahesh smiled.
Mahesh -
"Come, Aeon."
"Let me show you something I've been working on."
Bhram gasped.
Bhram -
"Already?
You're showing him now?"
Mahesh didn't answer.
He simply walked forward.
And Aeon followed.
To be continued...
END OF ARC — PLANET EARTO....