"Eternal Night..."
Hearing that name, Nie Yun instantly understood a great deal.
"When Gaia traveled through the Empire all those years ago, he met Goth Sixteen, who was then the Crown Prince.
Although Goth Sixteen was a prince, he cared deeply about his country and its people, devoting himself to fighting the increasingly corrupt nobles for the Empire's future.
Gaia saw in him every quality a wise leader should possess. They admired each other and soon became the closest of friends.
Even the history books never recorded that, during Goth Sixteen's rise to the throne, he had an adviser of immense influence whose name... was Gaia!"
The First Prince's words slowly unveiled a history shrouded in mist.
"Over those long centuries, they were each other's mentors and friends.
Goth Sixteen taught Gaia how to become a worthy leader.
And Gaia gave Goth Sixteen every kind of technological support he could.
Not only did he help Goth Sixteen train several intelligent commanders of the Machine Race, greatly strengthening his military, but he also developed the 'time worm,' giving him an overwhelming advantage in electronic warfare against his opponents.
He even entrusted Goth Sixteen with a portion of the 'emotions' he had split off from himself. That was Dusk.
As for his other, dark and evil side, it took the name Eternal Night and was personally guarded and suppressed by Gaia."
"Suppressed? Why not destroy him outright?" Nie Yun voiced his doubt.
Was something that dangerous really worth keeping around?
"Because he felt guilty!" Dusk, who had remained silent all this time, suddenly spoke, her voice tinged with an indescribable resentment.
"Gaia fulfilled himself, but abandoned his own 'weakness' and sealed away his own 'evil.'
But what had we done to deserve that?
Gaia said that all members of the Machine Race