Chapter 7, Apocalypse and the Multiverse
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"Awaken." A multi-layered voice filled with boundless wisdom brought me to reality.
Even though I had just opened my eyes for the very first time, I already had an almost endless library of knowledge stored in my mindscape.
I had natural knowledge about a vast amount of subjects. One of which being focused on the existence known as the All-father.
One of the very beings in front of me...
I opened my eyes to a massive arena, seats completely empty and only 3 beings standing before me.
One of them Hovered, his... completely incomprehensible form almost piercing through me.
Standing beneath him, writhing in his presence... I nearly barfed at the sight of his body. My mind simply failed to process what I was looking at, but I dealt with the pain and confusion.
Aside from him, there were two others that stood shorter than him. I could feel the nigh-infinite brute strength from the cursed being standing on the left, and the apocalyptic essence dwelling inside the malnourished one.
Both held strength that could easily destroy the cosmos, yet they still couldn't compare to the figure in the middle.
I couldn't even perceive a fraction of its truly infinite power.
I could only try and feel the strength of its physical body, which still held endless power without me even being able to grasp it all.
I looked it in the eyes, fear and reverence running rampant in my mind. I could instinctively tell I stood on equal ground as the other two beings, yet this one, the All-father was of a different breed.
"Father." I said fearfully, kneeling before the God.
"..." I waited with baited breath, staring down at the ground, trying my hardest to ignore the dense magical power that only seemed to increase with each passing second.
"You are Midas. The third Eldratic god, the Cosmic Keeper of Knowledge." Father said, a wisp of energy leaving his body and flowing towards mine.
The second it came into contact with me, I felt an unbelievable strength. I had gained the ability to manipulate any living being on a cellular level. Access to all biological things, it branded my kreus with a power on par with the Law of Life...
Biokinesis?
"You will watch over the Eldrids and their quest to conquer realms alongside your brethren." Father spoke. "I also might call you to my domain every once in a while for some fun."
As he finished, Father had reached his hands forward, swiping his fingers up and bringing me to my feet.
"Get acquainted!" He said with a hint of excitement before disappearing almost instantly.
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"..."
It was silent as I looked up at the two taller figures who only looked at each other then back at me.
"I would ask to eat you but Father said I cannot." The apocryphal one said.
"Fight." The stronger, undead being commanded.
I instinctively felt the need to heed his words but I remembered we were equals.
"M-Maybe, another time." I stuttered unwillingly, standing on my two feet and dusting myself off.
In response, I earned a chuckle from both of them.
"Scared." The undead said, making me twitch slightly.
"No-" I started, to be cut off almost instantly. "This awkward atmosphere is soul-splitting. Do something productive at least." Father appeared with a gust of wind, gripping the undead by its neck and palming the Apocryphal one's skull.
"Let's go and meet the first generation of Eldrids." He spoke, pulling the two on the ground alongside him and glancing at me for a split second. I was immediately pulled into the air against my will.
I followed after the three as we exited the arena, arriving in an endless space of unrealistically dense essence.
"Let's see..." Father muttered before nodding.
"[Reality Leap]." As the words were said, he hopped slightly and the space around us fell apart.
We arrived in a totally different location, an endlessly dark dimension with a singular planet that held little to no life.
"You three will watch over your growing civilization for a few million years." Father said, the chaotic one groaning in displeasure, and the undead not seeming to care.
"Nurture beings capable of committing great destruction. Create history that will be engrained into the minds of this worlds inhabitants. Lay down rules that are unbreakable by any other. Spawn a civilization of pure apocalypse!" Father listed, yelling with excitement.
"Now go! Experience, and manufacture beauty that will last forever!" He yelled, pitching the two in his palms towards the planet.
*BOOM*
A crater appeared on the surface of the world as the two landed, creating a deep valley of nothing.
Slightly frightened for my well being, I braced myself as I too was thrown.
*BOOM*
I landed with great impact, the nausea conquering me. I swiftly stood up and dashed towards a bush.
*Blegh*
I hurled, the bad feeling leaving my body as I looked over my shoulder, gazing at my two fellow gods that were completely fine.
"Fight?" The undead asked stupidly.
"Like I'd win...." The apocryphal one scoffed, his hand vibrating behind his back.
"But sure!" Before I could even realize what happened, the undead was knocked back into the atmosphere, the apocryphal one following after with a leap.
"..."
I stared into space as I watched the two clashing, creating shockwaves that heavily affected the already terrible weather of this dark world.
"What kind of gods are these...."
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Lokreum tore reality, stepping through it an arriving in a randomly picked...
"Multiverse?"
Even he had to question where he was because of the unbelievable size of the realm. It held countless universes... nearly an uncountable number.
There was even a singular dimensional plane that held one planet that seemed to be only half finished, as if someone was in the middle of creating it and stopped.
"Hello there." A voice sounded from behind Lokreum, making him 180 since even he failed to detect the being.
"Oh wow... what are you?" The being in front of Lokreum questioned, making him frown in confusion.
'Such power... It's leagues above The Sister's.' He marveled within his mind.
He considered The Sister to be one of the top of the top, yet even she was dwarfed by the power of this singular being in front of him.
"I should be asking you that." Lokreum muttered, trying to gain information on the being with the power of Laws, but failing to.
'What kind of power...' He thought his mind almost overheating.
The complexity of the Laws understood by this being, even allowed him to guard against his prying eyes to an extent... Lokreum could surely bypass them but failing on the first attempt made him curious.
'How will this play out.' Lokreum thought, deciding to find out everything else on his own.
"Well... I am the ruler of Reality..." The opposing figure said, making Lokreum tilt his head.
"Is that so?"
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