"You're that dead concept right? How interesting!"
John made sure to keep his facial expression from giving away any information. His senses were shouting at him that this was a dangerous situation.
"Dead concept? What do you mean by that?"
Zero hummed for a little bit and then said:
"Emflowcreagen?"
John spoke:
"I'm not sure what you are talking about..."
Zero laughed.
Before John could even react. Zero had tapped his head.
"What are yo-"
This wasn't an attack on John. Zero began to read through his soul.
Remember when a supreme being tried to soul search John? That was how John gained his first inheritance.
So what would happen when Zero tried to do the same thing?
Nothing happened!
"Weird... your memories are nonexistent. I suppose I'll have to simulate the memories from your brain tissue."
John did not like the fact that someone had tried to soul search him. He was also surprised that they didn't get sucked into his soul. Or at the very least become braindead from an overflow of information.
Right as Zero was about dissect John's brain.
John activated Mortalize. A field of anti-supernatural power surrounded him encapsulating Zero.
Zero simply said:
"Cute."
John used Destruction! Zero was surrounded by an invisible flame. Both his body and soul should've been destroyed.
Just like when John used it on himself.
Zero remain unaffected.
John couldn't help but wonder... How?
"You are a lot weaker then I expected for a concept. Oops. I mean former concept."
Zero then said:
"My turn!"
John found that he was completely frozen. His body refused to listen to any of his commands.
He then saw his body floating headless in the void.
Zero had his head within his hand.
Soon it broke down into various parts. Zero was analyzing the memories of John's brain.
"This isn't a brain at all... some sort of device?"
John was starting to get a little pissed off.
John wanted to put up a fight. But this thing in front of him seemed far too powerful. He needed to think outside the box.
Veins started to grow out of his headless body. His 'brain' and skull fused together as he quickly snatched his head back from Zero. The veins pulled it towards his body. He became one once more. Zero didn't stop this process either.
"Both your soul and body lack information on your existence. How did you do this? I know you no longer exist within the cosmic order. Is this some sort of trick?"
John then spoke:
"The cosmic order is trash. I will make something far greater!"
Zero's eyes twitched a little bit. He then started to mutter to himself.
"Something greater... could it really be possible? is my Mysterious Artifact not the limit?"
As Zero was distracted. John went in for an attack. The same strength he used to open up a crack in reality. He undid his seals and attacked Zero millions of times within milliseconds.
Even Zero was caught off guard.
But it was as if the force of the attacks was completely neutralized. Zero took no damage at all!
"How is that possible?"
Zero spoke:
"You haven't learned how to cross infinity yet? Your attacks will never reach me."
John then vanished.
Now Zero was confused.
"Where did he go?"
Zero searched through many layers of reality. He even gazed upon the cosmic order. But he couldn't find John.
Zero was smiling.
"Is this your version of the cosmic order? It is quite powerful!"
Zero was beginning to respect John a tiny bit.
"But you underestimate me... I only have unlocked my rank 0 mode."
"Existence transformation! Rank 10. Omni Paradox..."
Zero's eyes began to glow as he grasped infinite opportunity.
"You think just because you can retreat into some fake cosmic order. That you can escape?"
Zero waved his hands and time began to rewind.
He didn't plan to change anything about the interaction with John. He instead used his time manipulation ability to study the spatial waves from when John vanished.
He rewatched John vanishing millions of times.
"Found you!"
John breathed a sigh of relief when he found out he could still travel to his Emergence Point.
But something impossible was happening! Cracks were forming in his Emergence Point!
"You can't be serious... Who the hell have I attracted?"
John felt as if the very core of his being was being destroyed.
"This can't continue to go on..."
John saw a yellow abomination and a giant clock outside of his Emergence Point. His thinking began to speed up.
He made sure to undo all his seals for perception.
John wanted to use Soul Mimic. But this thing even lacked that!
"It was probably a mistake to fish for hidden existences. I wanted to catch a fish... but I've gotten a shark instead."
John then started to get an idea that may be a little crazy.
"My Emergence Point exist outside of reality. It is very similar to the cosmic order... Yet this entity is actually attempting to invade it. I control the rules here. Why not trap them? Instead of letting them invade. I'll suck them into my domain!"
John looked up at the cracks and at this entity of time.
He got into a meditative position and focused on manipulating his Emergence Point.
He began to shift the various layers of it. It became confusing and chaotic.
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He then sucked that abomination of time into the fifth layer. It no longer looked like some weird entity. It was instead an ordinary looking man in a lab coat.
He looked around.
"I'm in! That was actually tough. Very good security!"
John didn't bother appearing in person. His voice was transmitted to Zero.
"Welcome to my Emergence Point! You are now my very first prisoner. I control the rules here. You have no access to supernatural power now. There is no escape. Enjoy your stay..."
"No access to supernatural power? Oh no... whatever shall I do?"
Zero took a single step.
He had escaped the fifth layer! He had reached the seventh layer. The place that houses the global existence of John. His most vulnerable spot.
Zero pointed at John's global existence.
"What is that?"
"You...!"
John couldn't stand for this! This entity had gone too far!
John spoke:
"Seal 7! Unlock!"
100% Strength.
100% Perception.
100% Dexterity.
John was editing the rules of his Emergence Point millions of times every millisecond. He was scrambling the rules, making things confusing.
He had one goal.
Kill this threat!
Zero just laughed as if John's attempt at confusing him was child's play.
"Oh no! I'll have to get serious. Transformation! Rank 1!"
"I'll fight you with the power of a rank 1. Try to hold on!"
John launched an attack millions of times. This time he took what Zero had said to heart.
John had crossed Zero's infinity by using the change of rules! His attacks had actually landed. Every single one of them.
Zero was quite cocky. So he was truly at rank 1 at the moment this happened.
John had killed Zero!
Unfortunately. For entities like John and Zero. Simply killing them is not enough.
Zero used his save slot and came back. Even if he didn't do that, he could recreate his body from the cosmic order.
Zero's time manipulation was beyond multiversal. But John was in his Emergence Point. He wasn't part of the time in other universes.
So time didn't rewind for him. But cracks started to appear over his Emergence Point again.
"Are you serious?"
He allowed Zero back in.
Zero defended himself by saying:
"That was a cheap shot!"
Zero had defeated supreme beings as a mortal. So he found it quite embarrassing to die here. Even if it had no consequence for him at all.
"Well... that was fun. But I've grown bored already."
"I guess I win."
John was confused... what did he mean?
Zero walked past John towards the global existence.
Zero put his hand on it.
"Threat eliminated."
"Wai-!"
His global existence was destroyed! Zero really had done it...
The intelligence left John's eyes as his thinking slowed down.
Zero walked towards him and placed his hand on his chest. The Emergence Point began to fall apart.
"Farewell..."
Zero pushed him as the entire realm shattered.
Because of the location John's body was existing outside of reality. He was launched by Zero at the last moment.
Zero had won...
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John was laughing!
"That's it!"
John was half dead in a weak state floating outside of all realities... But he was experiencing the most joy he ever had in life.
"Yes! It couldn't be more clear!"
"Pressure! Endless pressure! It creates the diamond..."
"Our battle... it will be legendary!"
John finally realized who it was he had 'offended'.
"Zero!"
But he didn't care! The moment his global existence shattered. He did something incomprehensible.
"Rank 10!? I'll surpass it!"
What exactly was the reason behind his joy? It had to do with what had happened to him.
He no longer had his Emergence Point.
But Zero made one mistake. He didn't destroy John's body as it was an empty husk.
How did John survive having his global existence shattered? He had a very limited amount of time to pull off a miracle.
He used his abyssal body. He shifted it into a database. Every single memory was inscribed down on the quantum level. An unfathomable amount of information was stored.
The last second John was conscious. He had done this feat.
But... what now? He was stuck outside of reality.
The only thing special about him was his abnormal body. The mechanism behind his global existence. The admin access he had towards his soul. It was gone!
He no longer had his Emergence Point.
The bits of his concept and the layers of his ranks were also gone.
He had no soul.
He had no abilities.
He shouldn't have even been conscious. He was only conscious thanks to a remnant of Lifesteal. It was similar to when he survived having his true existence blown up.
John looked all around him. He was blind.
This space had nothing to look at. He was still outside of reality. But he wasn't even in his Emergence Point or the cosmic order.
John had blown up his true existence in the past.
That only led to him making something better.
"Shatter it! Destroy it! It doesn't matter..."
"Because... I am..."
"The Origin of Calamity!"
John didn't have the functions of his system at the moment. But John had the memories of a concept.
He waved his hands.
He may lack his system and abilities. But the experiences... he still had them all. Using the 'feeling' of these powers. He could make do with his previous talents.
Soul Mimic was useless.
Mortalize as well.
Destruction and Creation he had tried to use. But the 'feeling' just wasn't there.
But one ability remained.
One thing he could still 'feel'.
Lifesteal!
This was a little interesting. Because Lifesteal took energy from the environment. But what sort of environment did he find himself in? He was outside of reality!
He had revived in the past thanks to Lifesteal. It had also saved him again.
if he hadn't created a database of his memories right before his global existence shattered. He would just be a shadow of his former self.
John spent years as usual in this space.
Trapped completely.
His respawn points wouldn't work. He couldn't teleport. You could say he was experiencing a fate some would consider worse then death.
But he didn't care.
He was bidding his time.
He was John Destinatus! Someone with a Mysterious Destiny! The first mortal to create a concept from scratch. The first mortal to destroy a concept. The person who found the hidden message in soul. Somebody who made their own existence path!
John was actually a little disappointed...
He was disappointed in himself.
He must of left some loophole. His Emergence Point should never be able to be accessed by another person.
Yet a rank 10 had done it.
What was the point of it? If it could be destroyed?
What was the point of anything?
John's enthusiasm and mood soon stabilized. He was back to his same old self after calming down. The closeness to absolutely losing everything had made him 'excited'.
But that was all in the past.
He was going to build something above laws.
He was going to build something above concepts.
What was it?
Something brand new.
"Origin."
What exactly is Origin?
What is calamity?
An event that causes great distress or disaster.
Wasn't that the core of what he was experiencing now?
Centuries passed as his body slowly absorbed the fragments around him. When his Emergence Point collapsed. Some of the remains had been launched in this space with him.
He was slowly and methodically sorting through the remains of his global existence.
This is his progress over the centuries:
He had reconstructed the core. It was made of soul essence. (Soul Mimic)
He had reconstructed the third layer. Green Source. (Lifesteal)
He had reconstructed the fourth layer. Red Source (Destruction)
He had reconstructed the fifth layer. Yellow Source. (Creation)
He had remade the outermost layer. Negative Source. (Mortalize)
There was a problem however. This 'global existence' no longer recognized him as its owner. It wasn't that it had a mind of its own. No... It was that he currently lacked a soul. He also lacked a will.
He didn't really have any connection to this object now. It wasn't 'him'.
His global existence had been destroyed already. There was no coming back from that. The global existence he had now was more like an artifact.
He used this 'artifact' to create himself a new soul and will. He then used the database from when he was a concept to reconstruct his system.
His system was now back online.
Name: John Destinatus
Age: ??? (21)
Rank: 0
Existence: 0
Strength: 254000 (12.7)
Dexterity: 25000 (125)
Constitution: 25000
Perception: 500000 (2500)
Energy: 250000
Abilities: Abyssal Body, Aura Body, Respawn, Teleport, Disguise, Detonation, Waypoint
Even his other abilities had come back online. Everything about his Emergence Point had been saved on the quantum level of his body.
He stored his previous 'global existence' in his storage space.
He then started to think to himself.
"A soul can be shattered."
"A will can dissipate."
"A body can be destroyed."
"Even if you are 'eternal'. A rank 10 can still wipe you out."
"A global existence. Can even still be destroyed."
"How do I make something truly eternal?"
"How do I go beyond a concept?"
John thought back to his time as Emflowcreagen. How he almost became just a machine. He didn't wish to experience that again.
John took out his previous global existence.
He held it in his hand.
"This is the real deal..."
"But it is useless."
He fought back the urge to throw it away. It may be useful in the future. He had tried using his ability to teleport to escape this space.
But it was as if he was sealed.
John really began to think about his life up to this point.
John then had to concede a few points.
"I am not strong enough currently to make an impenetrable fortress."
"I am not strong enough to beat a rank 10."
"I am not strong enough to escape this dead space."
"But you know what?"
"I don't need to be strong to do the impossible!"
John took his artifact... and he ATE IT!
He crunched it like a jawbreaker as it fell apart.
"Delicious..."
It tasted absolutely amazing.
"A meal that you can only have once."
John felt his stomach churning. He felt as if a supreme power was flowing through his body.
Name: John Destinatus
Age: ??? (21)
Rank: 0
Existence: 5
Strength: 254000
Dexterity: 25000
Constitution: 25000
Perception: 500000
Energy: 250000
Abilities: Abyssal Body, Aura Body, Respawn, Teleport, Disguise, Detonation, Waypoint
Talents: Soul Mimic, Mortalize, Lifesteal, Destruction, Creation
Briefly... he felt his existence once again reach rank 5.
He felt as if he had removed his limiter.
His talents went back online.
He guided the energy into his hand as he sent out a single punch.
This wasn't no ordinary punch. He put everything he had and more into it. Every aspect of skill and willpower. He didn't hold back at all.
Cracks formed and then a hole was shattered open.
John flew in right as it healed itself.
"I escaped that damn place!"
John felt his talents go offline as his existence dropped down to zero.
"I have to make something more mysterious then will. Something more complicated then soul. Something more weird then destiny. Something less physical then the body. Something more powerful then laws and concepts. Something eternal and unobservable. A realm that nobody can invade."
"I definitely have my work cut out for me..."
"Origin! Here I come!"