Chapter 54, Celestial Bickering
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"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 gaze towards the two next to him, awaiting their responses.
"Yes." Julius nodded, an blank expression on his face.
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The surroundings were silent for a few moments.
"Yes?" 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.
It was undoubted that Julius was the weakest within the quartet as of now... He was a peak level 15 existence while Alexandria was level 16, Kieron was estimated to be the peak of level 17, 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 16th level.
The requirement for the 15th level was to assimilate oneself into a reality in some way or another. For the 16th level, it was 10 average realities, or just a reality or two that was equivalent to 10 normal ones, hence why Alexandria was in the 16th level even though she was only built into two realities.
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!
Truly, if Lokreum let him, Julius too would step into the 16th level if he assimilated himself into the small reality they were in now.
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 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.
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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 after hearing Kieron's words." Alexandria shrugged.
Lokreum nodded once more, looking at the three standing before him.
Kieron's visage was that of a lean 6 foot boy, a square floating within his face.
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, an upside down crown on her face, 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.
"Well then it seems things have been decided, let us depart."
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The four strode through the Inbetween, Kieron and Lokreum in the front, while Alexandria and Julius lagged behind.
"Who knew that existence could be so beautiful?" Julius said.
"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 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 writhe in the brilliance of the 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 reminiscent of metal viscously scraping against itself..."
The two went silent, turning their heads different ways.
Kieron and Lokreum whispered to each other out in front, 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.
"Well, you are not even the slightest bit wro-" Lokreum paused, in sentence and in stride.
His neck turned downwards, gazing into a reality that wasn't necessarily large, but definitely bright with energy.
"I think we may have discovered the home of our new deity." Lokreum said, Alexandria and Julius stopping on opposite sides of him and Kieron.
"This is not a common reality." Alexandria said.
"Indeed. They seem not to use kreus, nor do they use Laws." Kieron added.
"But I feel powerful existences? Seven level 14s and perhaps a level 15." Julius said.
"This level 15 is... nearly as powerful as me..." Julius muttered. "But how are they even in such a realm of power if they do not utilize the Kreuvian System?" He questioned, turning to Lokreum.
"The Firmaments of Power are not limited to those of Kreuvian origin. Other energies can be substituted to climb the realms. It seems this place has an abundance of different energy systems..."
"But of course it is not as potent as the Kreuvian System." Alexandria spoke.
"I wouldn't be sure of that one." Kieron rubbed his chin, gazing deep at the reality.
"I feel the presence of one within the 16th level, maybe even the 17th."
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