Greedy Salvation (Clean Version)

Prologue

( SG&V

This episode contains the following:

-Profanity (Mathews 5:33 - 5:38)

-Explicit s****l Content (1 Thessolonians 4:3 - 5 )

-Atheism (Psalms 14 & 53)

-Graphic Violence (1 Peter 3:9)

Scripture for the chapter: 1 Corinthians 2:10

"God will reveal himself to you when the time is right" ~ EZLight777

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~ [Present Era] ~

The air is heavy as five powerful beings are strung up on their respective crucifixion beams awaiting execution for their crimes. One being can't stop laughing, another looks worried, a third is indifferent, the next spits out curses nonstop, and the final is...

Mysterious Being 5: "Zzzz...." *Snores aloud

Murmurs from the opposition grow loud as the snoring continues to grow in terms of volume. Two of the supreme opposition chuckle at this, but then, they get reprimanded by the ruler of the planet to straighten up their composure. Other opposing beings shake their heads at each of the 5 beings' dimeanor. It was a surprisingly clear day on this planet. Normally, on these occasions, you'd find it to be very dark and dreary day or night. This scenery, on the other hand, seemed...out of place. As the snoring grew loud enough for even the 4 powerful beings to take notice, the male supreme leader loses his cool and yells at the top of his lungs. This causes the sleeping, powerful being on the beam to abruptly wake up. His eyes are shot and wide as he takes a look at his surroundings. He then notices where he is and then sighs deeply with a hint of irritation. The ruler of the planet gives a cough to adjust the mood of the environment, and everyone falls silent with eyes on him.

Supreme Ruler: "Now that we finally got all of your attention, are there any last words before you all get sealed in a [Reality Prison]?"

All five powerful beings: "........"

Supreme Ruler: *Sighs "No one has anything to say about their heinous actions towards the universe? Towards God?"

Mysterious Being 5: *Yawns loudly then smacks lips continuously

Supreme Ruler: ".....Lucifer, are you content with all of this?"

Lucifer: "Whether I am or not isn't up to me, right?"

Supreme Ruler: "No, I suppose not" *Darts eyes right

Mysterious Being 2: *Smiles Brightly

Supreme Ruler: "Loki, I'm sure as usual that you find this all very amusing."

Loki: "Oh? I wonder how you figured that out?" *Chuckles

Mysterious Being 3: "........"

The World Ruler (AN: Changing Supreme Ruler to World Ruler) ignores Loki's obviously sarcastic remark and moves to the next powerful being. She cowers and wimpers with her head down. Her eyes are closed tight and she seems to be murmuring something.

Supreme Ruler: "At least one among you lot seems remorseful. Lilith was it? If you repent now, you may be able to lighten your sentence from an eternity in the [Reality Prison] to 1/3 of the Universe's lifespan. So, what do you say? Will you repent to God among us apostles?"

Lilith: *raises head and opens eyes "I....I....I, I, I, I~"

Supreme Ruler: "You.....what?"

Lilith: "I.Want.To.Fuck.Now!"

Loki: "Pffft!"

Mysterious Being 3: "Skank...."

Lilith: "Heh! That's not what you said last night!"

Mysterious Being 3: "Spoken like a true skank, it wasn't even me you went to bed with, fool! Honestly! Do you even keep count anymore?!"

Lilith: *Sticks out tongue in a seductive way "Bleeeehhh!"

Mysterious Being 3: "Why you little!" *Kicks at Lilith

Lilith: "Ah~hooow! I'm not into that kind of foreplay right now!"

World Ruler: "Silence!" *Snaps fingers

After snapping his fingers, Lilith and the third mysterious being get a jolt from [Holy Lightning]. The level of the spell is so great that their skeletons are shown after each of the bolts strikes them from their cranium to toes. Smoke escaped their bodies as their bickering was put to a halt. Lilith's eyes are widened, pupils rolled back, and her mouth is gaping open with no sound coming out of it. The shock wasn't as great for the third mysterious being as she grits her teeth and endures the searing pain of the volt that just went through her body. Overjoyed at the sight, many of the opposition, including the World Leader, smiled indignantly. Some among the crowd hide their anger towards this display. The world leader stops smiling and looks toward the third powerful being with a melancholic expression.

World Ruler: "Hades, think back to your humble beginnings. Is this really what all that hard work amounted to?"

Hades: "I don't know what you're talking about, but the only ones who recognized anything I made of meaning were my comrades....and of course Baal!"

This caused an uproar among the mob. Since they all had powers of their own, they cast many spells against the 5 blasphemous, yet powerful beings. Many of the spells and abilities didn't faze the group at all, but they did find the animosity....amusing. The world leader raises his hand to quell the angry mob. At the corner of his eyes, he notices the 4th mysterious being glaring at him. He decides to humor the beings'expressions, and fully turns toward the individual.

World Leader: "Satan, by that look of yours, it looks as though you have something to say. If you're done cursing up a storm, then perhaps you can encourage your comrades to repent, including you, yourself?"

Satan: "Repent, huh? Now that's funny!"

World Leader: "?"

Satan: "Why should I repent? You mean to tell me I should do so, despite being born with the body of both a male and a female?!"

World Leader: "Silence!"

Satan: "f**k that! God owed me a normal life! He didn't provide it for me, but Baal did! That's why me and the others will pledge our lives to him, the Dark God of free thinking!"

World Leader: "Such Blasphemy!"

An uproar even louder than the previous one shook the ground and skies. It was almost as if God himself was coming down to smite the heathens and their nonsense. However, it wasn't God, instead, it was....

Lucifer: *Smirks

World Leader: "What?!"

Satan: "Sheesh! About time!"

As the environment begins to shake violently, Lucifer begins his rampage as the newly born [Id Theme]. The two of the oppositions that once had light expressions suddenly turned dark. They instantly started heading towards Lucifer and his comrades in order to stop whatever was happening.

World Leader: "Yes, go my [Messiahs], you must stop them at all costs!"

Dual Messiahs: "..........."

Hades: "Lucifer!!"

Lucifer: "I know!"

Before Lucifer could do anything, his body got diced to pieces by one of the [Messiahs] who used a special power that deconstructed every joint in his body. His dismembered body was scattered across the skies as it fell to the ground below. The now free, powerful beings took quick action after witnessing the gruesome scene. Lilith raised Lucifer's dismembered body parts and placed them in her personal portal. The other three faced off against the [Messiahs] who, at the moment, were the only ones capable of stopping whatever Lucifer started. With their hands tied, the [Messiahs] fought against the three while the onlookers seemed worried about what was happening to the environment. A dark magic circle soon stretched out from the skies. A man appeared as soon as that. The four were at a disadvantage. The looks on all of their faces were switched between rejoiced and fearful as the man fell from the skies.

World Leader: "God help us all..."

The dark man snapped his fingers, then Lucifer and his comrades appeared by his side. The [Messiahs] looked on at this new development and hung their heads. The female [Messiah] turned towards the now reborn Lucifer with a sad expression.

Female Messiah: "Lucifer...."

Lucifer: "Sorry, [%^^^*&%$$], but this must be so."

Female Messiah: "Is there nothing I can do for you?"

Lucifer: "......Pray for me...I guess..."

[Female Messiah]: *Tears roll down her face

Lucifer: (I swear on my life, I'll make this all right. So wait for me me [?$#?#@*%]!)

At this point, the two [Messiahs] are locked in place by the Evil God, Baal's power. This gives the group enough time to form an escape before more [High Tiered Theme Wielders] arrive. The World Leader drops to his knees when he sees that the [Messiahs] are being held back by Baal. Before they disappear into space, the [Male Messiah] struggles to get free while shouting Lucifer's name.

[Male Messiah]: "Lucifer!"

Lucifer: "......"

[Male Messiahs]: "Lucifer! I know you can hear me dammit! Stop this! You know what you're doing is wrong, don't you?!"

Lucifer mumbles something that can't be made out. However, both [Messiahs] heard the message, and they both exchange shocked glances.

[Male Messiah]: "You can't be serious! Really?! Answer me, [**^%^]!"

~ [500 Billion Years Ago: Planet Kwhali] ~

Male MC 1: *Shakes head violently "Aaaagh!! What is up with these visions!!?"

I yell and then say it as loud as I can, since it doesn’t even matter how high the volume is in my voice. For one thing, this building that I own is so big and spacious, there can be up to 15 house parties in separate rooms with not one being able to hear the other make a peep. The other thing is that there is no one in this building besides myself. Anyways, I’ve been having [Visions] a lot lately. The contents of the visions always happen when I am in the [R.E.M] mode of sleep. I can’t even call them dreams at this point, since they are so lucid and vivid that I can remember every last detail. I have no clue who any of those people in the visions are, but they do have a very strong sense of familiarity about them. Each [ vision] is different, and they occur every time I go to sleep. Some are as short as 5 minutes, while others can last until morning. This one took all of my willpower to break out of. If there is a God, then perhaps this is him trying to give me a sign…. or a warning. I decide to put such pessimistic thoughts aside, for now. If God is real, then perhaps he is reaching out to the wrong individual, as science is usually quite secular in nature. I’ve never been one to believe in anything outside of what can be tested. However, the beauty and wisdom of nature is something that I am just now starting not to take for granted. But that has more to do with how I can use such a force in my research.

Since I’m wide awake now, I sit up in bed and try my best to get the drowsy feeling out of my system. I contemplated opening the shutter wall to my room, but I was afraid the main solar star [MSS] would shine its rays in my face, so I opted not to try it.

Male MC 1: *Yawns “…What time is it anyway?” *Smacks lips

Just by saying my inner thought out loud causes the lights in my room to turn on, which basically means I get blinded anyways. A floating droid appears before me while I’m still drowsy in bed, and proceeds to flash a green translucent yet very bright beam in my pupils. Great, blinded yet again. The time of day is clear to me through the beam of data sent along with other qualitative levels of information about the city of Gravitt, which I reside in. It even contained scrollable info about the country of Banri in which Gravitt is built on. If I were to slide this holographic data to the left in my mind, it would provide even more information about planet Kwhali’s status itself. The right slide would take me to a basic to technical menu infrastructure.

Male MC 1: “Hmm…I may have to update this soon.”

I say that as I scroll to the left and look over Kwhali’s status for the day. I happened to build a droid that is capable of providing such stats among other nifty features. This particular model is a prototype that I use to enhance the public model’s functionality. Which goes back to why I felt this system needed to be updated. Some of the stats on the screen regarding Kwhali are inaccurate. How do I know this? As a genius, my gift has a lot to do with [Life Hacking]. I have found nature to be the ultimate source of a wealth of information that I and many others can use. When I was still young, yet also successful, there was a rare occasion where my parents took me along with them on their regular trips around the world. It was that very trip that gave them the excuse to never take me along again. According to them, I could’ve easily gotten killed myself. I don’t really want to think too much about that time for the moment, especially since it pained me to see my parents so rarely angry at me. All I can really say is that it was the starting point for my own unique style of research, by which I combined scientific method with nature. My current discovery, is something even me, a child of science, would deem worthy of being called a [Miracle].

As I already pointed out, I have parents and I technically live with them. Although, I would say it's them that live with me, of course that can't be the case as I'm still a minor for one more year. As of right now, those two are out on a trip. Not a business trip, mind you, but a vacation trip. I lost count how many of those they have had this and every other year. At this point, they’ve already traveled around Kwhali and seen at least 95% of what is on this planet. The other 5% are now exotic places that no one in their right mind would want to go visit. I’ve been able to support this family of three since I was 9, so wherever they go, I always support them financially.

I guess I am what people call a genus. Some go as far as to say that I’m one of this era’s greatest free thinkers. I think that’s giving me too much credit. I just happen to share my thirst for knowledge. Whatever I invent for society is proof that my theories are accurate and sound in terms of quality. I only invent for the sake of validity, it’s usually my parents that push me to patent them, and for obvious reasons. I never wanted such a lavish lifestyle, ever. There was a time when I was happy to see them happy, but now my own happiness is being sacrificed for their own. Sometimes I wonder if they ever even wanted a child. Of course, that kind of pessimism is something I try to avoid despite my inner beast forcing me to think such thoughts. Speaking of which, now that I’m awake, there is something I need to check on. But first….

Male MC 1: *Stomach growls "Time to eat..."

I already acknowledged via the droid that it is the rise of [MSS], so I get up completely out of bed and head for the kitchen. I always use as many manual contraptions as possible. It gives me a little peace of mind to go back to days where I had a humble family life at one point. My parents were fighting more back then, to be honest, but at least the atmosphere felt normal. Although the concept of normal is usually subjective. This current sense of normalcy makes me want to cry at times. I took a look at my current project before walking out of my room. I do so as a silent reminder to myself to work on it some more after getting some food. According to the drone's source of info, it'll be fairly scorching today due to Banri still being in the [Hot Season]. It gives me a sense of relief to know that school is on it's weekly three-day break. I personally don't hate school, but I don't particularly find value in the school I'm enrolled in due to it being free to the public. I sigh a bit due to thinking about how it ought to be a crime that a good source of education must be paid for. Depending on the situation, "free" will either be taken for granted and devalued, or have conditions which would make whatever is offered not really free. In this case, the low quality of a public school is usually the trade off to education being free.

I personally like options and flexibility in any aspect of choices available to me. Staying in a public school is my choice, and I feel the trade off is worth the sacrifice. So I don't let it bother me too much that a lot of the teachers are idiots that must be corrected on a daily basis. So long as they value my interpretation of the material, then there usually aren't any problems. Although it doesn't always go in my favor with a select few who are overly zealous and proud.

"Why can't you just act like a child for once, Abe?"

A teacher said that to my face at one point, which made me very irritated. [Chronological] and [Mental] age must never be compared or used as leverage to get what you want out of someone. I sigh again after realizing I've dug up a piece of history due to wondering thoughts. At these moments, I usually just stop and reassess the situation, otherwise my thoughts will lead me to procrastinating up until it's time to...

Abe: *Stomach growls louder "Riiight..."

The rumbling of my tummy causes me to abruptly put all other thoughts on hold. I also decided not to go all the way downstairs to the kitchen, and for once use the home's built-in features. Speaking of features, I think the best thing about this home is that all of the rooms can be connected to each other for the convenience of the owners. For example, just by thought, the kitchen, which is usually on the first floor, disconnected from the other two rooms and made its way up to my bedroom, which is at the top. The system could've easily put my bedroom down to the first floor to connect with the kitchen, but I guess it read the mood that I wanted to be spoiled a bit...as weird as that sounds to me. Regardless of how big the house is, it only takes a matter of minutes for my bedroom to be connected to the kitchen. As for the living and dining rooms, which both connect to the kitchen by default, they ended up connecting together in place of the kitchen. This type of system is not typical of any average household, because it takes a lot of manpower and droid power to create for each homeowner. Sadly, only the rich can own such an infrastructure for themselves.

I head into the kitchen, and my eyes widen to see the sight of my parents....getting busy on the kitchen counter. They didn't notice the room moving as it was designed that way, but they did notice me walking in, and the awkwardness of a child seeing something no one would want them to bear witness to is about to occur in 3...2...1.

Abe and parents: *Bug eyed and mouth gaping "Aaaaaaaahhhhhh!!"

They immediately stop embracing each other and get dressed. My mother desperately puts back on her blouse, lifts her skirt up to her waist, and fixes her green disheveled hair, which remains as such despite her best attempts. To my dismay, I notice that my dad is super slow at getting dressed, I guess because my mom's panties are over his head and he is not quite sure where to start. My mom immediately snatches her underwear off of his head and tucks it into her bosom. She then proceeds to help him get adjusted.

Abe's mother: "Abe dear, we're so sorry for~"

Abe: *Facepalms "Don't...please...just don't."

My dad still isn't fully dressed as my mom continues to do damage control while trying to explain to me the joys of matrimonial s*x. While she's multitasking by rambling on about the natural order and tucking my dad's member into his trousers, my dad had a nervous breakdown and....completely shut down.

Abe's father: "Son...saw us..."

Abe's mother: "Honey, stay with us here, Abe was going to see this side of us sooner or later. All kids do at some point."

Abe: *Sighs and stomach growls

Abe's mother: "Ah, oh no, my baby's hungry!"

Abe: "Mom, just focus, and I'll come back later..."

Abe's mother: "No, no, that won't do, we'll definitely fill you up."

Abe: "I don't like the way you said that, given the situation, and no thanks. I'll make my own meals, as I have been doing thus far."

Abe's mother: "Buuut~"

Abe: "I hope you realize dad's d**k is still hanging out." *points

Abe's mother: "s**t! Honey, please get it together!"

Abe's father: "....saw us....gettin busy..."

Abe: "Yeah, I'm coming back later, I still have things to do anyway. Carry on I guess..."

With the scenario etched into my noggin forever more, I leave the two behind and walk back into my bedroom. I pat my stomach, which rumbled as if to say "I'm still empty you know?"and decided to use this drive as inspiration to make some progress with my latest discovery. I take a few minutes to freshen up in my personal bathroom, then I make my way to my desk after getting dressed. As expected, my parents didn't chase after me. I wouldn't be surprised if they went back at it after that embarrassing exposure. They always come and go as they please, so if they are gone by the time I wrap this up, that also would be no surprise. Anyways, the experimental helmet that is sitting neatly on my desk seemed like a great escape from whatever that incident was. An escape would be a fitting phrase if I ended up making more progress today.

Abe: "Let's see, yesterday, the milestone was met when I traveled a few meters away from the chair. Which means, the next milestone is..."

I pick up the helmet from my desk and place it snuggly on my head. The bright lighting from my room vanished in an instant as my vision was submerged in darkness. It wasn't long until my consciousness faded. I can only perform this experiment in my secluded room where no one can disturb me at my most vulnerable state. Not even the ever-vigilant [vision shooting scouts] can peak inside, to their dismay, of course. I brush off any more distracting thoughts and focus as I can feel my inner being submerged into darkness. The light that once escaped me, has now returned, now that I can see within my room again. Only this time, I can also see myself sitting in my office chair. An all too familiar feeling wells up inside of me. One that I still haven't gotten used to yet. It's not a feeling that one would avoid, such as fear, but it's definitely something that I, as a freethinker, couldn't fathom not too long ago.

Awe.

This enlightenment through a spiritual ordeal is on a much greater level than those "Eureka" moments I would have when my latest discovery makes it when I passed the hypothesis phase. This new stimulation outside of the realm that any man can truly understand can only bring me a surreal feeling of awe that may be unrecognizable to me, but is very welcoming at the same time. If empirical evidence brings about theories born from one's thoughts, then what is it when you not only cannot defy what it is you experience beyond the scope of what is testable, but you also don't want to challenge such a phenomenon due to the sensation you acquire from it? This must be what is called [Truth]. The piece of information that men of science such as myself are willing to sell their own souls to obtain through their own power. Afterall, isn't obtaining [Truth] reaching the realm of Gods?

Abe: {Speaking of which, perhaps entities known as [immortals], [deities] and [Gods] really do exist...}

I start to ponder such thoughts as I stare down at my lifeless body. That's when I noticed something that hadn't happened before.

Abe: {Huh? Wait a minute, I'm floating?!}

This hasn't happened before. I was clearly floating up towards the ceiling. My sense of Awe got mixed with a strong sense of curiosity and mischief. I need to know what led to this new experience. In the last few trials, I was only capable of moving away from my physical body by a bit of distance. My cognitive gears started going into overdrive as I tried to pinpoint what led to the change. Upon using the process of elimination, I deduced that it has something to do with my current mindset. That is to say, the moment I started thinking about the possibility of higher powers, that is when I escaped the restrictions set on my astral body. It was easy to test this, since the moment I started thinking in terms of [Self], was when I started travelling back to my physical body.

Abe: {Okay! I get it now, [Gods] exist!}

As soon as I said that, the trajectory of my astral body moved away from my body once more, however, I still had no control over it. I was now in a state of equilibrium between my [Astral Body] and my physical body. It seems like I need to reveal or acknowledge something else about this phenomenon, but what? I took a chance, or I should say a [leap of faith] by trying to communicate with whatever entity or entity is responsible for the current state that I'm in. I declared that the correct state of mind would allow me to have free reign over my astral body.

Abe: {Ok, since I have acknowledged your existence, I assume you want me to know more about you, correct?}

Nothing was said back, but I did receive a warm invisible embrace. It was very soothing, something like a mother embracing her child. This subtle yet powerful feeling welling up inside me ended up bringing me to tears. Even though tears couldn't be produced from my astral body, I could very faintly sense that my physical form was shedding tears. Such a simple gesture was enough to bring me to such a state. It was surprising, to say the least. I once thought I shut off all my emotions, but the spiritual embrace had such an impact on me, that it took me back to a time when my mother craddled me as an infant. Those days are long over, so whatever this entity is, gave me something that I myself didn't even know I still wanted....or needed. This went above and beyond the scope of Awe I felt earlier. The warmth I'm receiving now is in the realm of [unconditional love]. It's the kind of love that is supposed to originate in the family. Mine was never there from the start. In the end, their love ended up becoming [conditional]. A shiver ran down my inner core when I felt a suggestion fill my senses. Even though it wasn't a language per say, I was able to interpret what was being whispered into my soul.

[[I need you]]

Abe: !!!

[[Come find me...]]

Suddenly, the warm embrace evaporated from my sixth sense, and like a junkie forced away from its substance, I started immediately having withdrawal symptoms. The one thing I thought I didn't need anymore, was gone once more. In exchange, the shackles of my astral body...my [soul] broke and faded away. I now had full control over my spirit form. I looked at my lifeless body one final time, and made my way upward out of the room. From my room, to the outside of my home. From the outside of my home to my hometown. From my hometown to the country of Banri. From Banri to all of Khali. Eventually, I kept soaring further and higher. Something was driving me from within, I was like a mad man. I needed to meet this entity. I needed to feel that warmth once more. My astral body moved faster as my drive to seek out this entity grew stronger. I took notice of the many other galaxies within the universe other than my own. One thing that both surprised me and didn't, was that there were many planets teaming with life. Putting this revelation on the back burner, my thirst for that warm energy triumphed over anything I took notice of in this [material realm]. Soon enough, I was traveling [faster than the speed of light]. The speed and force was too great for me to comprehend or withstand even in this state that I'm in, so I ended up blacking out the minute I reached such speeds. What woke me up, was the very warmth that took me out of my world. I awakened to an unfamiliar realm. It was unlike anything I've ever seen. Before my mind could try to put the layout of the realm into words, someone called out to me. It seemed as though the voice came from all directions. It was a male's voice, but the sound emitting from the area was so soothing, that I was convinced no mortal man could ever produce or replicate such a voice. Only one word escaped me then.

Abe: {God?}