A Crazy Fairy Tail Of I Am…

The road of a Third Step organization to transition to the Fourth Step was like no other. That was only to transition. It was many times more troublesome to prepare for that from the beginning. Such was the Forbloffende Traes Sect's image. Although those who believed, wished, or didn't think the Sect was one of the possible future Fourth Step cultivators were divided among the crowd, the Sect's people thought differently.

In the Sect, the people were ready to charge into the Third Step since the territory expansion was more or less accomplished. From that moment on, the Forbloffende Traes Sect formally brought the Vrida Region into the ‘core mainland’ group of Regions. Furthermore, their incorporation to the 3* Region was also pretty meaningful.

Moreover, the Craftsmaking meeting and the Third Step younger generation gathering in the first decades since the Forbloffende Traes Sect showed their might and became a Third Step organization, brought them exhilarating stability. The rest of the Region peacefully welcomed the Sect, as they employed their shenanigans once they had finished building those Small and Medium Cities.

After building the initial hundred plus Small Cities and dozens of Medium Cities, the Sect didn’t plan to do the same with the following organizations. What’s more, with how the Shadows passively expanded their territory without rising reasonable alarms in the faraway Third Step organization neighbors, the Sect calmly became ‘just another’ in the 3* Region.

The 3* Region’s territories welcomed decades where they no longer expanded but continued gifting the neighboring organizations’ territories. Then, longer and longer periods where the Forbloffende Traes Sect continued passively expanding, their situation was a slightly unique experience but not too attractive.

Back in the Vrida Region, the Sect’s inner territory had increased to incredible margins, but it was still lesser than the half the Region’s volume. In the 3* Region, they accepted members into their vassal organizations, slowly forming the numbers towards the Fourth Step.

For others, it might be the beginning of a Third Step organization history. Which wasn’t wrong, as the Forbloffende Traes Sect was routed towards such a development. But to the Shadows, and even their civilians, the Third Step wasn’t their next threshold, but the ‘long pause’ before the real, consequential ‘thing’.

Year by year, the Forbloffende Traes Sect accepted from hundreds of thousands at worst to millions of Servants in the very best situations. The Sect’s vassal organizations naturally opened their gates and welcomed new members into their embrace, with the same system as those in the Vrida Region.

… Hundreds, hundreds, hundreds, hundreds, and hundreds of years passed by.

If the Forbloffende Traes Sect was an organization like any other, they would have achieved their peak already, probably even surpassing it if they hadn’t suffered wars against their equals. Nevertheless, the Forbloffende Traes Sect was Heian Ciemnosc’s turf. It could be anything, but not ordinary, or stupid.

For instances, a Sect at the Third Step would have up to 400,000,000 troops when one’s forces could be considered at the peak. Their First and Second Step forces were all dependable of said Sect and any other organization’s situation. But that was the general understanding. However, the Forbloffende Traes Sect had long surpassed the 500 million troops’ mark.

Before transitioning to the Third Step, the Sect had 171 million soldier units, less than 3 times a Sect at the Second Step’s peak would have, about 70,000,000. However, not only did the Sect plan to surpass the habitual norms again, it even surpassed those of an Empire. At the Third Step, any Empire at the peak would have 800,000,000 solder units, the largest in the world.

The Sect’s requirements to begin its transition to the Fourth Step were all in Heian Ciemnosc’s head. For starters, at least 1.2 billion soldier units, with many more auxiliary and garrison units. Furthermore, the Sect would also have to achieve a large-enough army of Gods and Goddesses if they didn’t wish to be smashed to utter rubbish when successfully transitioning.

As for the matter of being accepted by the Authoritarian Summit Divine Kingdom, would that be of any inconvenience to Heian Ciemnosc? Even the Servants, after studying a lot under the Sect’s embrace, could nature read a little and realize how harmonious their Sect was with nature.

Throughout the years, the Forbloffende Traes Sect welcomed new things, one after another. They were small each time, and not so meaningful, but their recognition throughout the 3* Region increased despite the lack of battles after a while. But that didn’t mean the Shadows would allow themselves to lose practice, not from a mentor’s point of view nor from a learning Servant.

They knew what kind of monstrous fate they had ahead after cultivating the [Chronicles of Life & Death] Art. As a result, just like this, the Forbloffende Traes Sect welcomed its 17,000 years since it was established, on its first month.

. . .

After a few thousand years since the Forbloffende Traes Sect was established, the first Godhood Step cultivators appeared. Of course, they didn’t know that Heian Ciemnosc had, by then, long hidden Olivia’s breakthrough into a Goddess a few less thousands of years earlier.

Naturally, because of Olivia’s breakthrough, she could finally aid Heian Ciemnosc’s in cultivating further through the Godhood Step. Thus, while the 3* Region roared with the Forbloffende Traes Sect equally shocking nearing transition to the next Step, with many feeling ridiculous. Heian Ciemnosc made love to Olivia, with Sara now semi-physically joining them after reuniting enough energy from her Soul-like body.

Olivia Clark had long known about Heian Ciemnosc’s identity. After all, with someone who has insanely magnificent talent and peak potential in everything, yet lacked a Bloodline, she could see the fogginess in Heian Ciemnosc’s overly pale face.

As for Heian Ciemnosc, he didn’t bother hiding it. After all, once she broke into the Fourth Step, like Izten Glas, she would’ve been able to make a guess. Of course, she didn’t need to wait that long, and he would only confirm her obvious suspicious. Either way, Heian Ciemnosc and Olivia dual cultivated nonstop.

Even then, the Forbloffende Traes Sect’s Vice sect master was well known as the Great Sage’s equal. The reason was simple, and many wondered how she’d do in a 1v1 against Alyona. Her true battle prowess was revealed when she forced her cultivation base to the Universal realm 1st stage and defeated another cultivator at the 10th stage.

She had already been an old Almighty God by then, but that only meant she had an easier time limiting her cultivation base. The duel was fair and square, and it brought the Forbloffende Traes Sect its first subjugated Third Step organization. Of course, this was only the beginning.

The others, namely Todoro, Pretieta, Saon Gori, Liliam, and Hexitia, were all inspired to follow her footsteps. As for Olivia, she fully concentrated to talk about life with her Master. Nothing like dual cultivating while making love to her man.

Currently, the Forbloffende Traes Sect had 1.5 billion soldier units on their own, with who knew how many hundreds of millions across hundreds of their vassal organizations. The Sect was ready, and Heian Ciemnosc knew it. They also felt it. Their hearts beat for the utmost primal instinct in any living being’s heart once they’ve grown strong enough; to their limits… Conquest.

For that, in the Forbloffende Traes Sect’s 17,000th year, the Change’s 17,563rd year, 1st month, 1st week, and 1st day, Heian Ciemnosc prepared a meeting around the Mythical Tree of Evolution. However, while there were still 10 minutes before the meeting began, and the whole Sect was already in position, counting the minutes. Heian Ciemnosc stood on the Vrida Region’s northern beaches.

“…” Heian Ciemnosc breathed in and out with the sounds of the waves smoothly crashing in and out of the beach before him. His feet in the sand, he felt Sara remain with her eyes closed as she let him prepare. After all, from today onwards, it would no longer be the same. It would be a race towards hegemony. Whoever it may be that came, Heian Ciemnosc had to subjugate or kill. And he was ready, albeit not completely prepared, to face this momentous beginning of all ends.

“It’s been a long time since I felt this close to… myself,” Heian Ciemnosc’s closed darkest eyes softly opened. At first, only a small portion revealed his eyes’ contents. But then, they half-opened. At last, he looked into the ocean and smiled, feeling comforted like he was in his Mother’s embrace again.

Throughout these ‘almost’ 20,000 years, Heian Ciemnosc’s cultivation base stupidly absurdly advanced by leaps and bounds. From the Atmosphere Dark God, he broke through every few hundred to several hundred years, and finally each thousand years until he became the Universal Dark God.

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His Spirit Sense could now cover half the Universal Lands, including the Neutral Existences. Of course, if he wasn’t careful with his Spirit Sense, he would be traced and discovered in an instant. Thus, he kept a low profile, even now and in the proximate future.

On the other hand, his [All-Devouring Force Chronicles] innate Divine Art evolved to the 9th level. Now, he had 800,000 kg of bodily strength, and only Armaments, the peak of all tools’ classification, could hurt him!

With all of this, one might wonder, what did Heian Ciemnosc need to make that final little baby step and become? Stepping into the Fifth Step? It was simpler than it seemed. If he broke into the Fifth Step, becoming, his organization would immediately become a Fifth Step organization.

While he had an inkling towards what his battle prowess would be, he wouldn’t play with his efforts and that of his people, and family. He’d play it safe… but only until it had been enough.

“Rise now. There’s no further need to hide. I need a good bottom ground to relax my feet in while my Shadows destroy the world that has already been polluted in self-misery.” Heian Ciemnosc’s words were like the whispers of the wind, the cracking of the earth, the illumination from the lightest flames, the moisture of the air, the divinity of thunderstorms, and eternity of light and darkness.

Twiiiiiiiiinkle…

A tiny light made from pure Life, a white so pure it could melt the Light element itself, rose from the spot Heian Ciemnosc stared. Then… the world seemed to crumble… It wasn’t just the Authoritarian Summit Divine Kingdom… the entire world.

‘I am back,’ Heian Ciemnosc whispered in his head before turning around, taking one step before transporting nearly a hundred thousand kilometers with a single step. He didn’t even use energy, only his will… Dark, Godly will.

Ru- ru… rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr… RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMBBBBBBLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE~~~~~~~~!!!!!!!!

“What’s going on?!” - “What the hell is that?!” - “By the… LORDS!” - “What is… this movement? This much…land… what the…”

The world echoed as the changes were traced back to the Authoritarian Summit Divine Kingdom. However, it would have been fine, as anyone would react like this to such a world-wide, world-calling, alarming-like event. The thing was… this event brought the beings and existences’ attention, even those not from the Neutral Existences.

Naturally, the Forbloffende Traes Sect, and the entire Vrida Region, reacted to this happening with utmost shock. When they saw the land they were used to traveling as their home elevate and more land appear millions of kilometers below them, they paled yet felt insurmountably excited for some reason. That was when Heian Ciemnosc appeared before them, before the Mythical Tree of Evolution, and began preaching.

“For thousands of years, I’ve watched this very land grow and its people evolve. Hear me, as I isolate this Grand Star Region. It is larger than any 3* Region, and even larger than a Middle Kingdom. It has always been here, but it has been waiting for the return… of mine. Allow me to share with you the secret of my reason to be here before I send you all to your possible deaths, and to the road others, after you, will walk ahead. I am…”

While Heian Ciemnosc began a speech that little to no one expected, not even Olivia, who knew he was the black monster, the core mainland Regions rapidly congregated. Among them was the Incantation Pavilion, and even the Sixphlon Empire.

The purpose of the meeting was also simple. The Vrida Region suddenly expanded! It had been so sudden and swift that nobody anticipated this happening. The Incantation Pavilion urged to make a move, saying that such a thing was nature’s sign. The strange barrier keeping everyone’s Spirit Sense and Soul reading from penetrating through and looking at the new, expanded Region further strengthened this claim.

However, the Sixphlon Empire wasn’t convinced. Furthermore, it was the Forbloffende Traes Sect territory, the one organization that had even made the demand for talismans decrease without even engaging in such business. Or at least that was the public knowledge.

After hours and hours of contemplating, the Sixphlon empire convinced the other Godly organizations from acting recklessly. They stepped down, adopting a wait and see attitude as the Incantation Pavilion worked together with a few other Fourth Step organizations in their initial levels. As the only Fourth Step organization in its advanced level, they became the leaders of the alliance to conquer the new Vrida Region’s territory and distribute it among themselves.

But they didn’t know that the once Vrida Region was no longer called such…

… Thus, ignoring the Sect’s territories in the 3* Region, they headed straight to the ‘Vrida’ Region. While the Incantation Pavilion would stick to the plan and work towards annihilating the Forbloffende Traes Sect, the others wanted to give the Sect a chance so they could still help the Region. However… the Neutral Existences were about to know the cruelty of the Shadows, of the black monster… of their creator himself.

The Fourth Step organizations had fleets of their own, no longer like the First and Second Step organizations that could only seek a patron in their last throes before capitulating to the Forbloffende Traes Sect. Of course, this was before the Sect’s peaceful approach became well-known and praised left and right by the neighboring Third Step organizations.

What they didn’t expect, however, was that just like before, the Sect was prepared. The enemy this time didn’t expect the Sect to have too much of a powerful Armada, and even those strangely larger ‘fleets’ shouldn’t have been built yet.

Besides, for war instruments and arsenal to become Godly, capable of annihilating Godly powerhouses, one needed extreme Craftsmaking talents in the Fourth Step. However… how could they know what Heian Ciemnosc had been purposely hiding for over 10,000 years?

When the enemy finally realized something, it was too late. Fleets upon Fleets exited stealth while the enemy suddenly stopped. There was a deadly silence as the enemy saw tens of thousands of machine guns, artillery guns, missile locking systems, and rocket launchers move a tad before firing.away.

Even from the other shore Regions, they could hear the sonic booms as the armada fleets fled and the Shadow Fleets chased after them. In less than a minute, a diameter of 100,000 kilometers was engulfed in flames of destruction as spaceships flew away everywhere, rushing to any angle as they fled for their lives.

The Shadows chased, but while some Small Fleets moved with the rest of the Sect’s armada to execute the cowards, the rest of the Small Fleets headed to the 3* Region… Most of the Sect’s 1.5 million Godly troops boarded them.

The Region went into immediate alert as they saw ‘larger fleets’ appear before them and rush into their territory. Although the spaceships above the Destroyer type didn’t fire at towards the land, they destroyed any air forces or armada of enemy organizations they encountered along the way.

Furthermore, as the war extended over the points the aggressive Fourth Step forces wanted to hold the Forbloffende Traes Sect’s armada and cause friction within the Region and the Sect, things complicated. However, the Sect made a calling to several powerhouses of the same Step. Only Sixphlon immediately responded, sending their troops into their also now enemy Godly organizations, placing a slight disorder across the Region.

The Incantation Pavilion somehow pulled another peak Fourth Step Region into the fray just as their inner territory was nearly being breached and their first line of defense broken apart. Their grand array formations didn’t last in the face of dozens of Fleets. What’s more, many Fourth Step organizations grew unsatisfied with the Sect’s sudden regression to its violent tendencies. Wanting to avoid a fate to their fellow Godly organizations as it happened in the past to others, they joined the enemy side.

To this, some Fourth Step organizations finally made their choice and sided with the Forbloffende Traes Sect and the well-reputed Sixphlon Empire, putting a striking balance that shifted in the Sect’s side’s favor once more.

Then, a tragedy happened. But this wasn’t to either side warring, first becoming the trend in the core mainland before spreading to the Authoritarian Summit Divine Kingdom. Before long, as weeks went by during their sudden war in a 3* Region, with even Cruisers, Battleships, and Carriers involved, albeit passively. The Fourth Step organizations Heian Ciemnosc had made contact before but didn’t respond, watched as their invitation’s glow receded each day.

When it finally dissipated, and not an extra organization joined the Sect, while some others joined the enemy, and its vassal organizations were attacked by equally leveled Step forces; it happened.

The skies darkened, but 2 glows dividing them, with the darkness the Shadows brought from their ‘new Region’ taking most of the skies’ space. One of the 2 new glows was… Crimson… the other was… a fantastic blue with golden strikes and a gray hue… As it appeared in the sky, nearly mistaken as a phenomenon, destruction fell from the sky unto the Forbloffende Traes Sect’s enemy.

That day, during that sudden night, where even looking outside one’s window in a tall civilian building, one could see endless, foggy, dark clouds spread everywhere. Shadowed outlines of tens of thousands of spaceships descending, with the small ones firing everything they had to offer to the ground. The beings and existences watching, finally no longer feeling bored, felt a strange, attractive twinge in their hearts.

Their heads and hearts seemed to think one sole thing, and it was shared among each other, but they couldn’t decipher what it was. They needed to continue watching if they wanted to get a hint, but it all revolved around the same question. ‘What is this expectant feeling…?’

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Let It Rain's note: This is my apology. I helped an uncle move some things to his new house today, where he'll live with his family. Then, I realized I've been putting so much where I shouldn't have. It isn't about me realizing I've wasted my time, some of my youth, bla bla. I just realized how tired I was. I just need to rest, truly rest. Not just leave something behind. Thus, expect a plot 20 hours worth induced into a 3 hour long movie. It's my only way to maintain that bit of mental health I require.