All Across the Universe
One person after another tunes into the livestream belonging to the very first Successor of Chaos as the first battle with a Unique Monster in centuries truly begins. And as the Successor of Chaos herself finally loses her composure for the very first time since she emerged on the livestreams.
Whether they’re a Primordial, a Successor, or even just a regular user within the System, quadrillions of people all across the universe watch the livestream. Easily breaking the record for the most viewers a Class E user has ever had in the history of the Primordial’s System.
But the Princess of Chaos’s loss of composure sends surprise throughout the majority of the viewers in the know about the princess’s actions up till now. About her complete lack of emotion and social interactability.
Meanwhile various different reactions spread out from those with the most invested in the Successor of Chaos.
In the middle of a domain on Val, The Black Enforcer drops his sword, letting monsters hit him until his allies kill the monsters. With the man himself not being able to take his eyes off of the screen even while the monsters were attacking him. His shock proving too much to bear.
The White Enforcer freezes in place before everything in the city streets around her and the domain in front of her begins to grow covered in frost. Making all of the people nearby the woman back away or prepare defenses against her emotional outburst. But she doesn’t say a word or show any expression on her face throughout the freeze going on around her.
Both of the Successor of Chaos’s siblings back on Val break down and begin crying, shocking those around them in the process even as they try to make up for their two strongest team members’ sudden lack of participation in the boss battle they’re currently in.
And within the bounds of Purgatory, the Queen of Purgatory herself simply taps her finger once on her throne and nods her head without a word. Having already expected something like this to happen.
The King of the Sil Gray Kingdom grimaces as he watches, also having expected an outcome similar to this. But unlike the Queen of Purgatory, who sees this as nothing but another step forward for her potential business partner, he finds it to be a dark affair. One that could’ve been avoided if a multitude of different events hadn’t happened.
Like the actions of the Void Primordial, who didn’t take the item responsible for the Unique Monster’s arrival on Val away from the planet when she could have. Or the actions of the Primordial of Erebos, who was responsible for the item ending up there in the first place due to his throwing the item into the void before it coincidentally ended up near Val.
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And the System Forums shows no sign of slowing down as billions upon billions of forum threads open up about the battle. Each with more vigor than the last, and precious few believing Ashley has a chance at victory.
Leaving the betting on the battle significantly one-sided, with one hundred to one odds that Ashley dies while facing the King of Destruction. With it having been even worse at a thousand to one odds until the Queen of Purgatory herself bet on Ashley’s survival.
But amongst the people within the universe, the ones with the most significant reactions are the ten Primordials. Each of whom are at their usual meeting location.
Every last one of them. Including the usual Primordials who never show up to the meetings.
Yet, despite being there together at a place to meet and discuss matters, most of the Primordials are there to hold back Chaos as he tries to kill Erebos. Destroying entire nearby solar systems as aftermath from his blocked attacks without a thought.
Meanwhile Erebos just laughs, ignoring the attacks thanks to the other Primordials’ successful attempts to restrain Chaos.
Until one of the attacks manages to finally land on him. A poisonous attack that was hidden amongst the others and deemed less dangerous because of it.
Then the symbols in Erebos’s eyes switch to wrath and he begins sending his own attacks back at Chaos.
“Will you two please calm down?!” Justicar shouts, his voice echoing out through the entire solar system. But as the other Primordials expected, neither of the two least predictable Primordials listen to the usual voice of reason.
A voice that is often ignored.
Eventually Chaos gets sick of it all and flies backwards, out of the restraints and away from the other Primordials. Then he narrows his eyes on Erebos and declares for all the Primordials to hear, “If my daughter doesn’t make it out of the Unique Domain alive, I will be declaring war on the Primordial of Sin. And I will wipe out every last planet under the control of your little cult!”
And without a moment’s hesitation, the Primordial of Chaos turns into crimson mist as he dispels the clone he had attending the meeting. Only for his true body, that of a massive raven perched on top of an even more massive sun, to begin shedding tears as he watches the sole person in the universe that he cares about fight with her all. With everything she has, both emotionally and physically.
And when the tears touch the sun, they immediately begin altering and mutating the sun at random until the sun can no longer take it and explodes into millions of different pieces, all with different forms after being mutated.
But Chaos doesn’t pay it any mind as he keeps watching the livestream with tears running down his avian head.
“Ashley…” Chaos mutters, his voice echoing around his own personal plane. The one place he can be himself without entire worlds around him turning into mutated balloons that spread who knows what throughout the universe just from his making contact with them. “Please, win this.” More tears begin to flow as the enormous raven Primordial tightens his beak. “You have to.”