(Readers POV)

Jinn: Salem was a prisoner once again. Her fruitless attempts to reunite with Ozma eventually became nothing more than acts of spite and defiance against the Gods.

The scene changed to the room Ozma died in. Salem stabbed herself, but didn't die because of her immortality.

(Y/N): Can she still feel pain?

Jinn: But perhaps the Gods were not as powerful as they seemed...

Salem walked up to a window and looked at a castle in the distance.

Jinn: She had lied to them, turned them against one another, they... were fallible.

Salem smiled to herself.

(Y/N): I don't think I like where this is going.

Jinn: If she were to turn humanity against light and darkness, she could rid herself of their curse, or at the very least... she could make them suffer.

Salem threw the sword in my direction. I put my arms up to blocked it, but it turned to smoke before it hit me. Blue smoke covered my eye sight and when it disappeared, I'm in a castle.

Jinn: Salem traveled from one Kingdom to another, telling tales of how she stole immortality from the Gods, welcomed any swordsman to cut her down, and demonstrated her powers.

I see multiple knights trying to kill Salem, but failed.

Jinn: Salem told the kings and queens that they could obtain the power she has and they won't see their loved ones die.

The scene changed and I'm at the God of Light's spring. Many knights are at the bottom of the stairs, charging with their weapons out. I heard water splash. I turned around to see the God of Light in his dragon form.

Light: Who has led you down this path?

The God of Darkness appeared next to him. Salem walked up in front of the group.

Darkness: You!

Everyone threw magic attacks at the Gods. The God of Darkness grabbed all the attacks with one hand. He turned the cluster of color into a single purple sphere of energy.

Darkness: The gift I gave you... used against me.

He smashed the sphere in his hand, releasing all the energy and killing everyone in the area except Salem.

Salem: No...

Darkness: Have anymore plans?

Salem: I'll come back. I'll tell the whole world and come back with a greater army!

Darkness: There is no more world. You are what is left of humanity.

Light: This planet was a beautiful experiment, but it is merely a remnant of what it once was. We will learn from this failure. I hope that you will learn from yours.

The God of Light vanished.

Salem: Come back!

Darkness: Still demanding from your creators.

He went up to the sky, leaving behind a purple pillar of light. He went through the moon and broke it into pieces. Pieces of the moon fell to the earth. Salem fell to her knees and screamed.

Jinn: Once again, Salem was alone...

I started to think.

(Y/N): Wait. If Salem is the last human, then how am I here? Am I even human? I think I'm getting more questions than answers.

The scene changed again. Salem is walking through an abandoned village with Grimm around. Salem went back to the God of Darkness's spring. Salem looking over a pool of black.

Jinn: This was it. This had to be it, the brother's Grimm, the pools of black that continued to give rise to horrific nightmares. If the fountain of life granted her immortality, then surely, the pools of Grimm will finally take it away.

Salem jumped into the pool. I can't see her anymore.

Jinn: She was wrong. Instead, it created a being of infinite life with a desire for pure destruction.

A white hand came from the pool. Salem crawled out of it. Her skin and hair are pure white now. Her eyes went to black and red.

Jinn: And in time, she would find her adversary...

The area turned into a white void. I looked around and no one is near me.

Light: Ozma.

I turned around and saw the God of Light standing in front of Ozma.

Ozma: Where am I?

Light: We are between realms. I'm afraid a tragedy has befallen your home at the hands of my brother. We have chosen to depart this world, but in our absence, I would like to offer you the chance to return to it.

Ozma: I don't understand.

Light: Mankind is no more, yet your world remains. And in time, your kind will grow to walk its face once again. However, without our presence, they will be but a fraction of what they once were.

Four objects appeared around the God. A staff, sword, crown, and a lamp.

Light: Creation, destruction, choice, and knowledge were the ideals upon which Humanity was made. Now I leave them behind with the hope that you will learn to remake yourselves.

They combined into a big ball of light.

Light: If brought together, me and my brother will be summoned. We will judge humanity. If they have learned to live in harmony, then we shall live among you again. But if they have not changed, then man will be found irredeemable and will be wiped from existence. Until your task is complete, you will reincarnate, but in a manner that ensures you are never alone.

Ozma: I'd rather go to the afterlife and be with Salem.

Light: She isn't there. Salem lives, but she is not who she once was.

Ozma: I'll do it.

Light: Very well. I wish you luck.

The God disappeared.

Jinn: And so Ozma was reborn.

I'm brought back to earth. People are everywhere again. Fighting for their lives against Grimm. I turned around and saw a Grimm running at me. I shot fire at it, but it fazed right through. The Grimm went through me.

(Y/N): Good thing I can only see the story and not feel it.

Ozma was in a new body. He ran over to a man that was on the ground, about to be attacked by a Grimm. Ozma killed the Grimm.

Man: Thank you. Who are you?

The area changed into a town. Ozma walking through it. I saw Faunus locked up in cages.

Jinn: To Ozma, the world was completely foreign to him. People with animal traits locked up. People couldn't do magic anymore, except for him and a woman known as the witch.

The area changed to a forest with a single cottage. Ozma walked up to it. Salem opened the door and they stared at each other.

Jinn: Call it magic or call it something stronger, but in that moment, the two knew exactly who it was that stood before them.

Ozma walked up to Salem and they held hands.

Ozma: What do we do now?

Salem: What ever we like.

Time passes. They basically became the gods of the world with their magic. They lived in a castle now. I saw a picture of Ozma, Salem, and four girls.

(Y/N): The four Maidens?

Ozma and Salem are talking to each other. One of their daughters ran up to them.

Daughter: Mother, Father! Look!

She held out her hand and magic orbs appeared and floated around in the air.

Jinn: It was a miracle, their children could perform magic. But what should have been a joyous occasion was short-lived.

I looked out a window and it's nighttime now. Ozma is walking down the hallway with his four daughters. One of them turn around.

Daughter: Mommy?

I looked and Salem is at the other end of the hallway, standing there menacingly. Ozma got in front of his daughters. Salem raised her hand and launched a red beam. Ozma got his scepter and clashed the red beam with a green one coming from his scepter. The whole area is covered by a light. The light went away and the castle collapsed. It's in ruin. I saw a charred stuffed animal on the ground. I tried picking it up, but couldn't.

Salem: We finally had freedom...

I looked over and Salem is standing over a bloody Ozma on the ground.

Ozma: I...

Salem made a blast of fire from her hand, burning Ozma to death. I looked at my hand and made a small ball of fire. I took a deep breath and got rid of the ball.

(Y/N): Keep it together.

Jinn: Thus began a long and painful cycle of death and rebirth for Ozma. Some lives were spent in mourning, many were spent attempting to forget it all.

I see many different lives of Ozma, all in different bodies.

Jinn: But no matter what, his mind would eventually turn back to the task he had been burdened with.

Ozma is with a family, but went outside the house to fight off Grimm.

Jinn: No matter how or where he lived, Salem's  presence was always felt. He know that to finish his task, he needed to destroy Salem.

I saw Ozma holding the Relic of Knowledge. Jinn floating in front of Ozma.

Ozma: Where are the other Relics?

Jinn: He asked me questions.

Ozma: What powers do they possess?

Jinn: I have him my answers.

Ozma: How do I destroy Salem?

Jinn: Not all were to his liking.

The visible Jinn leaned forward at Ozma and opened her mouth.

Jinn: You can't.

Everything faded away. I looked around and I'm back at the snowy area. I see everyone else. The snow started to fall again.

(Chapter 40 end)