Chapter 57, Two Halves of One Whole
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"So we toss it into the reincarnation cycle of one of the other's universes?" Denosc asked Trifis.
Adam had sat in between the two for days as they chatted about random things and about what they would do with him.
"Precisely. But the question is who's realm should we set it too?" Trifis shot back. "It's clear that grandfather would want to examine it since it is an anomaly, but he's sleeping, and it could be millions of years before he wakes..." He continued.
'Millions? I'll have to live for millions of years?' Adam questioned. He definitely didn't want to live that long, well he didn't want to experience that at least. So he decided to take a leap of faith and suggest something to the two.
"You could send me to a place where time passes differently... If time moves differently, only 30 or so years could pass there while countless pass here!" He said with hope to the two beings who just stared at him.
"..." They didn't speak for a few moments.
"This thing has a strong mind." Denosc exclaimed, poking Adam with its massive finger.
"To think it would be able to keep its consciousness while in the presence of us..." Trifis said, continuing to stare at Adam while he pondered.
"I think we should do what it suggested, but there aren't many places like that, and none of us can mess with time without repercussions." Trifis continued, looking at Denosc.
"Denosc, where is Chrolla currently?" Denosc showed a wondering look at the mention of this name.
Moving on quickly, it put two fingers on it's temple, and its left eye went dark.
"She's in oblivion, battling a group of Boundless Ones..." Denosc muttered with amazement. "She surely is a battle maniac." Trifis said.
As he was about to ask for another favor, an incredibly loud roar sounded throughout space.
"STOP SPYING ON ME DENOSC!!" It came from Denosc but it was clear it wasn't his voice. "My apologies sister." It said with respect, before removing it's hand and allowing the light to return to it's eyes.
"So now what?" Denosc asked. "We send it to one of her worlds? But it will definitely need some help."
Trifis moved his hand through space and scooped up Adam, making him slightly frightened, but according to their previous conversations, he had faith he would live. "We won't be able to find him, but grandfather will when the time comes." Trifis said, looking towards Denosc before speaking again.
"Give it {All Adaptability}." He said, earning a gasp from his brother. "You want me to give him that? But that's one of the things that make us the strongest!" He said with clear happiness.
"I like it."
Before Trifis could even explain why, a sliver of deep purple mist left Denosc's body, and traveled to Adam's.
He surely would've moved and ran away if he didn't know this was something good. Just from the energy it emitted, he could feel it's greatness.
It entered his body and a surge of warmth traveled through him, making him feel amazing.
"And I'll give him {All Fusion}... It would be hard for us to survive in her worlds so this should help out quite a bit." Trifis said as another mist left his body, this time it was green.
When it entered his body, Adam felt some sort of synchronization of the two abilities, and a gem of sorts formed inside of his left palm. Out of it, a blue hologram appeared, almost making him cry in excitement.
[Meta Powers: All Fusion (OP), Adaptability (OP)]
[Super Powers: -]
[Resistances: -]
[Immunities: -]
[Enhancement: Display Abilities (A)]
It wasn't what Adam expected, but it was still good.
"Is it ready?! I can't wait to be blessed by Grandfather!" Denosc said, jumping in space.
"Yes, it's ready." Trifis responded. "Now go." He brought Adam up to his face and blew.
Adam was immediately unconscious.
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*Whistle*
Adam woke to wind hitting his face with questionable strength, it even whistled around him. "WAIT!" He yelled, opening his eyes.
Under him, he could see what seemed to be a plain, and at any moment, he would make contact with the ground.
*BOOM*
The ground caved in where he landed.
He could feel every cell in his body screaming in agony. "AHGHH!!" He screamed, the pain overtaking his mind.
'COME ON!' He screamed just as loud within his head.
The pain he felt was so immense, it made his mind go blank, unaware of anything around him.
Yet as he was in this state, an energy enveloped his body.
"ARGHHH!!!" He regained consciousness, screaming at the top of lungs, praying for life with dull thoughts.
The upper body that was missing it's lower half, its arms, and pieces of its head and chest, screamed for all in the world to hear.
With each passing second, Adam could feel his body going numb. 'There's no possible way!' He cried.
He couldn't accept the fact that he had just been given the chance to experience life after death, all the while being in a new universe that surely had super powers and magic!
Fortunately his wishes were heard, as the hologram on his severed arm shot up, and too appeared in his mind.
[Congratulations! You've developed new skills!]
[Super Power: Regeneration (F The speed at which Adam's body went numb quickened as he saw this panel. His brain exploded with life as he opened his eyes and saw his shoulders recreating every fiber and forming brand new arms. The same was happening with the rest of his body as everything seemed to be made better than what it was before. He was struggling to believe what he had just seen, but he quickly adjusted. "HAH!!" He yelled, forcing himself off the ground and looking at his naked body. His skin and clothes had gotten burned up when he collided with the ground, but even the burns were now gone. His physique which originally was similar to any other skinny person had changed drastically. He could slightly see signs of abs, along with more muscle in general. After thoroughly inspecting himself, Adam turned to examined the place around him. Off to his right, was a jungle with trees that seemed to scrape the skies. To his left was just more grass with a river a little down hill. In front of him was a snowy mountain range that seemed to span forever, not letting him peak past them at any point whatsoever. If you encounter this narrative on Amazon, note that it's taken without the author's consent. Report it. And finally, behind him, in the far distance, was an endless desert, filled with nothingness. "So I'm right in between 3 different biomes..." He said, looking back towards the mountains, getting an ominous feeling. He kept staring at the mountains, trying to see if anything was on them. Subconsciously he wished to see farther, and this act activated a skill. [New skill developed!] [Enhancement: Meta Technological Eyes (F In an instant, multiple signs and symbols appeared in his vision. A crosshair appeared directly in the center of his sights, and there was a line on his right side that apparently showed how zoomed his vision was. There were a few other symbols that he was yet to understand. But, he could tell that this ability came from [All Adaptability], and he was sure to find out how it works later, but right now, he wanted to test out his new eyes. With a thought, his eyes zoomed in extremely, and he was able to see the mountains. On the one closest to him was a sight that shocked him. A gigantic beast was fighting with a group of humans. It was clear that the gorilla-like being was winning this one sided fight and the group of people were getting obliterated. Adam could see all that was happening, the blood flying, the mangled bodies, it was messing with his stomach. He had a suspicion on how his Adaptability worked, and decided now was the time to test it. 'Why do I have to feel things for other people? I get that that might be a human thing, but this definitely isn't a human world... Just from what's happening to them, I can tell that this place is kill or be killed, I can't be compelled to help others all the time.' [New skill developed!] [Resistance: Emotional Thinking (F Now, Adam was watching the massacre with worry... But for himself, not the others. "[All Fusion]." Adam whispered, looking at the two large rocks in front of him and forming a concept in his mind. The rocks shone with a white light as it's shape changed, leaving behind a deformed staff that was twisted and curved. He was testing all the abilities he had, and the stronger ones were unbelievably hard to control. [All Fusion] was self explanatory, but it had a few features that one wouldn't expect as much. When fusing things the user could shape what they wanted the fused outcome to look like. They could also choose to just fuse certain parts of the objects and leave the rest out. Ultimately, it was an amazing ability but required physical and mental strength to utilize to the fullest. [All Adaptability] was similar but it required even more mental and physical strength, along with a certain situation. If Adam was to wish for the ability to kill anything with a single punch, he have to be in a situation where such an ability would be useful and not complete overkill. He also couldn't just get into a fight with some god and hope for this ability. [Regeneration] and [Resistance: Death] were earned in a near death situation so it made sense, and even [Meta-Technological Eyes] made sense too. Since Adam was truly frightened by what was on the mountain, he was able to gain the Enhancement. [Regeneration] too was self explanatory, and at the rank it was currently, it allowed him to regenerate to the fullest as long as he had 20% of his body left. [Resistance: Death] was a little confusing to understand. He didn't learn much about, but he knew that injuries fatal to most, wouldn't kill him. He barely even bled when he severed his own arm in experimentation, but that could have been because of his regeneration. Adam had just moved on from his [All Fusion] and was investigating his brand new eyes. He moved a few dozen meters and was now looking at his reflection in the river under him. When not using any of it's new functions, the eye was glowing blue with mechanical lines flowing through it, it was... "Fuckin' cool..." As he was marveling at his newfound "coolness", a fish passed by under the water, earning his attention. It swam by at a pretty fast speed but Adam kept watching when a new symbol appeared in his sights. [Locked] A red square appeared around his crosshair with the word "locked" under it. His eyes involuntarily followed the fish. Understanding how this worked, he continued to follow the fish with his head turning too. After it reached a certain distance, he could barely see the fish anymore, but suddenly, he zoomed in and continued to watch it. 'This is actually helpful...' He thought, moving his head away and stopping his tracking. He had already figured out what most of the functions his eyes had, but he thought he'd have to will for it, and it wouldn't do it on its own. Wondering what he would do next, since he now understood most of his abilities, Adam stared into the sky. Thanks to his advanced eyes, he was able to stare straight into the sun without flinching. "About... 2?" He guessed the time, considering the sun was still relatively high. "I should find shelter, just in case." He muttered, recalling the massive ape he saw earlier. The thing was stupidly big. It took what seemed to be an entire village to take it down, and it made sense since the biggest person only reached its shins. Adam continued to walk past the crater he created previously when he was brought to a stop. He saw a being with a scarred upper half laying in the pit, and at that moment, he felt an explosion in his mind. It was like his right eye's vision was overtook by another's, the darkness he saw, and the ground he could feel under himself became prominent. Unconsciously, he pushed himself off the ground with one half of his mind, and watched the being in the crater get up with the other. "Fuck!" He screamed in a whisper. He could feel the power in his main body, and the evident weakness in the other. His scarred body turned towards his perfect one, and he saw it's upper half. It was covered in an unbelievable amount of scarred tissue, as if his whole body was burned. His head was almost bald, but he could slowly see the hair growing. One half of his face was mangled with a pure white eye, and the other was fine. 'I have two bodies now?' He questioned. It seemed that his severed half had regenerated on its own, creating another version of himself. He exhaled nervously, sliding into the crater, and walking towards his very own damaged body. 'Or more of a twin?' Adam could feel the second mind, but couldn't use that mind to feel his original one. It was like his old body was a separate being who had the exact same mindset, only being more fragile due to the lack of skills. He was stunned... Even though the body was incredibly skinny and "dead" he could tell it was him, and he didn't know what to do with it. With a spark, Adam went into his mind and found his "secondary brain"? Basically the mind of the other him. He inspected a bit, and saw that it really was a different person. It was the him before he landed here. And the past him had no idea how he was still alive, but he chalked it up to the being in front of him, otherwise known as, the present him. He decided to take this as a sign to leave the past behind him. "I am... Amon." He said with a pause, reaching out with his hand and patting "Adam" on the back. He could feel the small bits of [All Adaptability] and [All Fusion] that were left behind in Adam, and found it surprising. 'I guess he didn't keep everything from before.' He thought. He could guess that this remnant piece called [Adjustability], would only allow him to gain things when in a life or death situation, or when he used a equivalent amount of will power. [Fusion], was severely weaker than [All Fusion]. It definitely required insane control, while having a limit to what could be combined. "I-I'm Adam." He responded finally, bringing "Amon" out of his stupor and making him realize how confused Adam was. He was sure he just died, and now he was facing a being that looked like a slightly toned down Greek god. Just looking at his abnormal eyes made him scared. This made Amon really think about his appearance for a minute. 'A god huh?' He said within his head. 'I wouldn't mind acting like a powerful being.' He chuckled to himself and used his will to form a skill with [All Adaptability]. [New skill developed!] [Magic Power: Object Creation(F)] This was all he could make with his current mind, and situation. Now, he could feel some sort of energy in his body. It was warm and thick as it flowed throughout his bones. "One second." He said, shifting down towards the ground and sitting in the lotus position. He closed his eyelids but was still able to see through them. He looked behind the standing Adam and focused his mind. With great struggle, a small space started to shine with a light blue light, and after two seconds, a small military dagger appeared and laid on the ground. [Magic Power: Object Creation (F The skill went up now that he understood the basics on how to create something. Really all he had to do was understand how something works, shape it in his mind, then shape it with the "magicka", which is what he called it, that was in the air. Once he was able to feel it in his body, he could feel it everywhere, and the amount that was in the crater was insane. For a few minutes he sat, experimenting with magicka, and shaping objects, unbeknownst to Adam. After 5 or so minutes, he had gotten up to C Rank where he reached his bottle neck, it was clear it would take more than understanding and doing it to advance. 'This is enough.' He thought, opening his eyelids and jumping to his feet. He looked at Adam who sat down on the ground, his eyes closed as if he was trying to be unsuspicious. But he was really thinking about everything that had happened him recently. He unconsciously opened his eyes and looked up at the naked Amon who was looking back at him. With a snap, armor appeared on Amon's body, which startled Adam slightly. It was gold and white, with a draconic pattern which only increased the intimidation Adam felt from the "god" before him. It felt incredibly light but granted good defense. Deciding to continue with his "act cool" plan, he felt the magicka behind him. [New skill developed!] [Magic Power: White Wings (F)] With a mental grunt, he willed the magicka to alter, and two wings of white fire sprouted from him back, forcing one thought through the two minds. 'Haha, sick...' After the two marveled at the beautiful wings, Amon gripped Adam's shoulders. In an instant, robes appeared on his body, and Amon nodded. Immediately after, the two disappeared from the spot, deepening the crater and breaking the sound barrier. Amon had used his wings and flew into the sky. He had accidentally used too much force since he wasn't used to the wings yet, but he quickly understood how to control it. [Magic Power: White Wings (F Now, he aimed for the huge forest in front of him. 'I'll find a clearing and make a home.' Were Amon's thoughts as he took off. 'Lets increase [Object Creation] while I'm at it.' He thought, studying how it worked while he zipped past the entrance of the forest. ... ----------------------------------------