It was as if I wandered through the realms of a lucid dream, a time when I held the power to extinguish lives at my whim, regardless of whether they wore the mantle of humanity, divinity, or demons. Their fears converged in haunting symphony, for the mere utterance of my name compelled armies to retreat in terror. Those days, when the air resonated with the bittersweet cadence of war, and the melancholic melody of death and carnage wove its haunting tapestry, now elude me. Oh, how I ache for that intoxicating, macabre harmony once more, that ethereal dirge of power and dominion.

In this vast cosmos, I held dominion over it all—a universe sculpted to my every whim, an infinite expanse of lives and worlds poised at my fingertips, a cosmic canvas for my desires. Yet, in their frailty, those feeble beings wrought chaos and turmoil, their misguided pursuit of peace casting a dark shadow over my sovereign realm.

Ah, what is peace, indeed? In a cosmos where violence and chaos are the cosmic ballet, the notion of peace becomes an enigmatic riddle. They, in their stubbornness, refused to yield to their primal urges. Is peace, then, the denial of one's baser instincts, a facade concealing the gaping chasm between the feeble and the mighty?

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For eons, I've contemplated the elusive essence of peace, and it strikes me as akin to the hushed stillness preceding a tempest's fury. If this analogy holds true, then it follows that my second coming shall be akin to a cataclysmic reckoning. Alas, infernal seals now stand as formidable sentinels barring my path, like impenetrable barriers to my hellish resurgence.

To hell with peace! Those feeble beings shall indeed bear the weight of their transgressions against me. Their actions shall not go unpunished, and I shall exact retribution with a vengeance unmatched in its ferocity.

As I sunder the last of these ancient seals, my relentless pursuit of Parrodus intensifies. He shall bear the weight of my wrath alone, and the gods, demons, humans, and all others who dare obstruct my path shall share in his reckoning. From the ashes of this cosmic clash, I shall forge a new beginning, an epoch born of my indomitable will and unwavering resolve.