Interstellar Age

The Sage's Emissary stared at Erich with confusion for some time... After all, his order was not what it used to be during the Primeval Era. In fact, records of the abilities that the Elven sages once had eons ago were lost to history.

As far as the Sages knew, their sole ability was to gain glimpses of the variety of potential futures, and ascertain which destiny had in store for the galaxy. The idea that there was so much more to their powers, it was almost heretical.

And thus, he grew frustrated with Alex's blasphemy, as he called the man out to his face.

"You... You dare speak such heresy to me? Perhaps I should just return to the Great Sage now and let him know that you are indeed the Dark Sage after all! We will see then how long you can so smugly speak of such blasphemy!"

Erich sighed heavily. He had not known the Sages well in his past life. All he knew was from those individuals he interrogated for information about their hidden sanctuary's whereabouts. If he was being honest, he did not expect them to be so close-minded about their own powers.

And thus, Erich was quick to comment on this, and in doing so nearly give the man a heart attack.

"Tell me, have the Great Sages already fled the Milky Way, and instead ventured into their sanctuary located in the Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy?"

The fact that Erich knew about the Sage's plans to combat him was truly astonishing. So much so that the man indeed damn near had a heart attack as he stumbled over his words, which he had difficulty stringing together into a coherent statement.

"You, what? That's not... How? How could you possibly know about that? You should not be able to see that which is directly involved with another sage's life!"

Erich groaned when he heard this. He then stood up from his seat and approached the ancient Light Elf, where he stood in front of the man, towering over him as he spoke with a rather bored tone in his voice.

"I grow weary of your willful ignorance. I already told you that there is so much more to your powers than you and your order believe. The question is, are you willing to let me prove my words, or are you going to behave like a doddering old fanatic until the very end?"

Despite not enjoying the harsh tone which Erich spoke to him, the sage could not fathom how else Erich had learned of his ancient order's secrets unless, of course, he was speaking the truth. And thus, after grinding his teeth in frustration for a few awkward seconds of silence, the old sage finally agreed to Erich's request, albeit begrudgingly.

"Very well! Prove to me that your words are more than just simple heresy!"

With this, a victorious smirk appeared on Erich's handsome face as he reached out and grabbed hold of the old sage's forehead, before speaking to him in an entrancing tone.

"Open your mind to me..."

Erich then began probing the mind of the Sage, which was normally guarded, before eventually finding an opening. Where Erich then began to display the scenes of his past life, and how he had reset the timeline. Allowing him to have a second chance at saving the Milky Way Galaxy from a disaster that he had accidentally brought upon it.

The Sage's mind was flooded with the various scenes of Erich's past life. From his heroic defense of the Empire, to his bloody war with the Sages, all the way until the very end when he became a sub-galactic dictator, one who had brought forth the invasion of the Naraku Main Fleet.

In the end, Erich showed the Sage the scene of him sending his consciousness back in time, into another timeline. Once the memories had concluded, which while seemingly taking a lifetime, had only taken a microsecond, the Sage recoiled in shock.

He had seen so much of what was to come, what could have happened if his order went to war with the so called Dark Sage, the rapid growth of Erich's powers, to the point where they now quite possibly were superior to the Great Sages themselves.

It was almost too much to possibly believe. But... The Sage knew what he saw, and the emotions he felt within them. When he finally recovered from what he had seen and felt, the old man was quick to overcome his previous zealotry.

"It appears.... It would appear that you are telling the truth. This knowledge... It will change the order, for the better, maybe? But there will certainly be those who oppose you... They would rather cling to our misguided superstitions, based upon half baked knowledge of a power we truly do not understand the depths of, then to admit that we have been wrong for all these millions of years.

But I believe you... And as a high-ranking member of the Order, I at least have the ear of one of the two Great Sages.... I will vouch for you and your new testament.

Erich smiled and nodded his head in agreement with the old man's words. He then returned to his seat before giving the Sage permission to embark back to the Alfheim Dominion, where the Light Elven half of the order still resided in this timeline.

"Then go back to your elders and tell them what you have seen. And what I have said... I assure you, I will not alert your empress about your secrets. I have already witnessed how she would treat such information, and as you can see, I mean your order no harm in this life. You are more valuable to me alive, then you are buried beneath the rubble of your sanctuary."

The Sage, who unbeknownst to Erich, was actually an Elder of the order, was quick to thank Erich for his benevolence before scurrying back to his order. Whether or not he would be able to convince the Great Sages and the other Elders about Erich's message, that had yet to be seen. But at the very least, Erich had now established diplomatic ties to the ancient order of fate's so-called prophets. And that was better than what he had done in his previous life.