Chapter Fifty Two, A Little Entertainment.
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If the count started from the downfall of humanity, and the uprising of the beasts, then it would currently be year 160,048.
160,048 PD, Post Downfall.
The longest era in which there wasn't mass activities.
The Beastkin evolved slowly now that the prehistoric humans were out of the picture. The Sacred Beasts fell into deep slumbers, only wandering the world to feast on weaker kin when they truly needed it.
The Vitarians nearly died out, having grown so powerful that the Sacred Beasts were the only creatures capable of filling them with the energy they needed to survive.
They were incredibly active creatures, and with their massive reserves of food being wiped out by the Sacred Beasts, they didn't have many sources of energy.
The most powerful Vitarians were forced to go into stasis, relying on breathing techniques to keep themselves alive while weak Vitarians continued to live life and further their species.
Unfortunately, during the 90th millennia, a super volcano exploded on the opposite side of the continent, wiping out most lesser creatures, leaving only the Vitarian Ancients and the Sacred Beasts.
The Vitarians had to start from scratch, while the Sacred Beasts slumbered through it all.
Life was forced to restart and crawl upon the land from their deep caves, or the continental coasts.
Life was truly just beginning to flourish, on the Vitarian continent, and the Vitarians themselves were growing to populations they never had before, reaching 20,000 in number, and stepping into the metal age.
They advanced slower than the original humans did, but faster than the majority of humans from the vast cosmos.
Unfortunately, since they now had to be wary of encountering powerful Godkin, the Vitarian life expectancy had shrunk down to just 700 years. They seemed to develop a trait through evolution that allowed them to burn through their kreus at an incredible rate in exchange for great temporary power.
In the span of infinite time, 700 years truly wasn't a long time...
The oldest Vitarian was barely living, on his very last limbs.
He was well over 160,000 years old.
He was the true Ancient, over 140,000 years older than the next Vitarian in line.
He was the first true Vitarian, living long before even Venator.
He was an existence that fought for true godhood, as he knew there was more above him.
He preached of times, ancient to all those in the world, dozens of thousands of years ago when it was just he and his family.
He spoke of feeling something watching him, gazing down on him as if he was a pitiful being.
Like he was important, but not important enough to show any attention to.
The peak of the Vitarians knew of this, and they all praised their primordial for it.
Sirft, the Man Below the Watcher.
He was surely the most powerful man in the world, but also the most weak at the same time.
He held such power beyond what a normal mortal body should have, that reality seemed to not want him present in the world.
He seemed to defy all laws! His kreus was infinitely higher than any living Sacred Beast, but it was so volatile and potent, that his body could not utilize it property.
He could move a finger and destroy mountains. With just a blink of his eyes, and pure intent, he could fell 500 meter beasts on par with natural disasters.
He was the most powerful sorcerer in all of history! Just a thought could end an existences life!
All it took was one mental snap, and an entity could be burst into flames!
But, most of his time was spent within his own head, quelling the unbridled power within his existence, and pushing forward to live another day, despite all that was going against him.
Surely, there should have been a limit to his lifespan, right?
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Lokreum had watched the situation for endless years, long knowing what would happen to the first Vitarian.
Being an Ignotovian was not about being born into a lineage. It was not always a gene sequence you were created with.
Being an Ignotovian was being branded by reality, which in turn granted you a specific gene sequence, alongside other strange characteristics.
Sirft had been pushing reality's plastic boundaries for countless years, and none could understand what would happen, besides Lokreum.
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After all, he was the only one with knowledge of the Ignotovians.
Seeing what was transpiring with the Vitarian, Lokreum could already grasp the vision.
He would need all-powerful figures to govern the universes within the reality when it grew large enough.
He wanted this realm to have true order, and disorder at the same time.
Large scale beauty, and intricacy.
"An Ignotovian that ruptures a law within it's universe, then moves to repair it... They will become the lord of the universe in the end, and will enter the lower ranks of the pantheon... Whether it takes millions of years for Sirft to evolve into a Rule Breaker, or just a few days... In the end, if he succeeds, he will become the true ruler of this universe when it has fully formed." Lokreum muttered to himself, snapping his fingers, summoning multiple people.
Kieron, Alexandria, Seiya, and Julius all appeared before him.
"Now, we will hold a Godly convention. I will give you all a few options, and you may pick one." Lokreum said, the four gods nodding in understanding without so much as a question.
"Would you like to induct a new all-powerful god into the pantheon?" He questioned, looking at the group before him.
"I personally think that the possibilities within the endless realities are... well, endless. So, it would be preferred if we searched for a powerful entity that may spice up the dynamic around here. For example, they don't have to necessarily be invincible like us, but still powerful beyond the norm, as long as they bring something to the table! It can be creativity, an exuberant personality, or something that's interesting." Kieron replied with a relatively in depth explanation.
He turned to look towards those next to him, awaiting their responses.
"No." Julius nodded, a blank expression on his face.
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The surroundings were silent for a few moments.
"No?" Lokreum asked.
"Well... Yes I agree with Kieron. I really don't have a care for the addition of another or not. They will not affect my goals whatsoever, and I doubt they will be more powerful than Alexandria let alone Kieron, so I will not have another to grow stronger than..." Julius responded.
"I just feel it is unnecessary. We can recruit gods from our world, if we truly need it. We can pick the most powerful of a species to represent them and act as god." The human finished.
It was undoubted that Julius was the weakest within the quintet as of now... He was a peak level fifteen existence while Alexandria was the peak of level sixteen. Even Seiya had stepped into the sixteenth level! He had assimilated himself within the Apocryphal Domain through the usage of Deified laws.
Of course, Julius was attempting the same, but he was trying to create a truly undeniable Deified law, not anything mediocre.
Kieron was estimated to be within level eighteen, and Lokreum... Well, Lokreum was Lokreum...
"I understand... But, now that it has been brought to my attention, where are you in assimilating a bloodline, Kieron?" Lokreum questioned, asking the god all the way on the left.
Thanks to his identity as the All-Father, Lokreum was technically high above even the eighteenth level.
The requirement for the sixteenth level was to assimilate oneself into a reality in some way or another. For the seventeenth level, it was 10 average realities, or just a reality or two that was equivalent to 10 normal ones, hence why Alexandria was on the cusp of 17th level even though she was only built into two realities.
Despite having assimilated the entirety of Kieron's domain, she did not gain the authority that came along with it because that still entirely belonged to Kieron.
It was his origin after all.
The power Kieron was innately born with, was equivalent to having assimilated over a hundred realities.
Yet, Lokreum was assimilated in every reality... A number far beyond one million, one hundred billion, or even one thousand trillion!
If Alexandria assimilated herself into the reality they were in now, she would step into the seventeenth level!
That's just how powerful the primordial realities were! They were equivalent to nine, nearly ten, average realities! And they were growing with each cosmic day. There would eventually be a point in time where they would both be the same as a hundred realities, or even a thousand!
"I have been taking my time, brainstorming. Though, I think I have been closing in on a few possibilities." Kieron smiled, responding to Lokreum's inquiry.
Lokreum nodded hearing this, turning back to Alexandria to hear what she would like to see.
"Well, I personally think that we do not need a new deity, but I am not opposed to it." Alexandria shrugged.
"In my opinion... The only gods we would ever need are those belonging to surface. And as of now, there are no truly plausible candidates."
Lokreum nodded once more, looking at the four standing before him.
Kieron's visage was that of a lean 6 foot boy, still wearing the same traditional clothes from before.
Seiya was the long white haired Immortal, the same height as Kieron.
Julius was still a nearly 9 foot slim man, short white hair and the glare of an emperor within his eyes.
Alexandria was the 6 foot 6, long red headed woman, and nothing but a cloak over her shoulders.
Her holy sword had been left on the earth when she ascended, leaving it to be rediscovered sometime in the future.
Out of all of them, Lokreum had changed the most.
He was wearing rather barbaric clothes, matching the development of the world they were governing.
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The five strode through the Inbetween, Seiya in the front, Kieron and Lokreum in the middle, while Alexandria and Julius lagged behind.
"Magnificent!" Seiya screamed, floating around like a child in a toy store.
The group had ventured into the Inbetween upon Seiya's request. The Immortal was rather bored with the dead period back on the planet they governed.
Of course, Lokreum and Kieron would never turn down a little entertainment.
"Who knew that existence could be so beautiful?" Julius questioned.
"Are you stupid? How could our father be anything less than this..." Alexandria retorted.
"Shut your trap woman, I was just speaking my mind. Have you seen anything like this before? No? Exactly my point." Julius frowned.
"But that is not my point, why are you taken aback? This is our father, his beauty is unparalleled." Alexandria scoffed.
"Who said I was taken aback? I am merely admiring existence, and my emotions are slipping through my lips."
"That is weakness, what if we were in a dire situation and your emotions accidentally spilled out..."
"We are the most powerful, dire situations are not something that is commonplace."
"But it is not impossible."
"How about you leave it, and let us appreciate the brilliance of our creator for just a few moments."
"I shall take you up on that offer, your voice is like nails grating on a chalkboard endlessly ringing inside of my mind."
"And yours is the equivalent of metal viciously scraping against itself..."
The two went silent, turning their heads different ways.
Kieron and Lokreum whispered to each other, smiling while listening to the bickering of the two younger existences behind them.
"Children, they are quite entertaining." Kieron said.
"As if you are any different?" Lokreum chuckled, patting the deity on the back.
"But I would not quarrel in the way they do..." Kieron laughed, "Alexandria doesn't enjoy Julius being her equal in your eyes, and Julius doesn't like being less powerful than her... It's a simple battle of pride." Kieron lamented, the two nodding together.
"It's a shame that Julius still doesn't remember." Lokreum smiled, Kieron's eyes widening upon hearing his words.
"I still don't remember?" They heard the young humans voice from behind, the group all stopping in their tracks.
"This will be entertaining, make sure not to miss even a moment of it."
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