Will of chaos - Chapter 1950: Cap 1946: Universal Collapse...!?
Chapter 1950: Cap 1946: Universal Collapse…!?
Author: I had a final doctor’s appointment yesterday, so I couldn’t post a Chapter. I spent a good part of the day in the hospital waiting for the appointment, but thank God I seem to be okay now, so I’m getting back to work.
PS: Just giving a basic explanation for those who follow along daily.
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Pov Urd:
Just as Lena took the lead in the attack, the creature turned toward her, the fingers on her skirt glowing as thousands of needles of light flew toward us, cutting through all the energy in their path.
“Don’t let those needles touch your bodies!” (Lena)
“…” (Me)
Lena and Cortana moved with minimal movements, dodging the barrage of attacks just enough, but I couldn’t do that; even with power, I still lack combat experience.
I used the Laws of Space to not affect the attack itself, as I noticed the energy needles cutting through other forms of energy. So I used the Laws of Space on myself, making space distort my body, thus avoiding all attacks.
“(You can’t kill her, try to trap or temporarily seal her!)” (Cortana)
“(I seal her ghost energy flow, Cortana, focus on sealing her consciousness, and Urd, take care of the materialized body.)” (Lena)
Lena gave instructions, and we acted quickly. There was no need to argue; we could all sense how strong this thing was. I myself wasn’t sure I could fight it head-on, much less imprison it with my power alone.
Creating three layers of imprisonment focused on different aspects was a wonderful idea, and that’s how I acted. I would use all my power if necessary.
“< Art of Rebirth: World Origin >” (Lena)
“< Origin Tomb Technique: Rise of the Fallen >” (Cortana)
“< Universal Divine Law: Imprisonment Talisman >” (me)
When we were only a few kilometers away from her, a horrible sensation seemed to envelop me. I felt my consciousness being grabbed by something trying to influence me, but my Concept shielded my mind from it. Even so, this sensation alone was too horrible to sustain for long.
Following Cortana’s words, Lena pointed to a nearby planet. Her eyes glowed brightly as the planet, which had previously seemed more like a mass of dark mud, suddenly roared green and blue with life. But that wasn’t all; the planet opened up and revealed itself to be a fish-like Golem carrying all the continents on its back.
Cortana pointed with her hand as a tombstone appeared before her. Names in many languages appeared simultaneously on the tombstone as it grew to accommodate more and more names in seconds, becoming a monument no better than a planet with hundreds of trillions of names on its surface. A tense air of death around it gave way to a gray tree that grew, enveloping the tombstone with its roots, vines, and branches—a petrified, leafless tree that soon opened a portal with each branch, from which gray shadows emerged.
As they were making their movements, I also waved my hand, using the divine power materialized as paper and the power of Law as ink to draw a Law Rune. My Concept pulsed into the talisman as the very universe around us resonated with me, its scattered Laws merging with the power of Reality into chains.
Our attacks flew toward the thing simultaneously; my chains were the first to arrive, using the Laws of Space to appear around it.
Lena’s World Golem simply opens a large crack in its wavefront, a stream of pure energy becoming liquid forms an ultra-fast river that circles around the enemy.
Cortana, meanwhile, had the gray creatures emerging from the portals of her tree form a ritual with their bodies to create a column of gray energy around that thing.
Our three combined powers were designed to bind different things. I was binding the physical body itself, Cortana was binding the consciousness using a massive number of creatures to seal its mind. Lena was thus imprisoning the flow of this thing’s Ghostly energy using the living energy she controls as opposed to that ghostly power.
Neither of us sinned lightly; these are the strongest techniques we can use to seal this thing. Yet the uneasiness within me only grew. As my power made contact with it, the whispers around me seemed to grow louder.
“You must be happy, you have everything you ever wanted!” (Vecna)
“(Vecna!?)” (me)
“We are dead, and you hold all the Ascendants in your divine hands!” (Mavor)
“(Mavor…?)” (me)
No, those weren’t them. Mavor was completely destroyed, not even his Soul and Existential Spark remained. I also don’t know if Vecna is truly dead; according to Zenos, he was merely captured.
They weren’t just voices; I could see them, not their Ascended forms, but their human forms, which only exist in my inherited memories of them.
“He imprisons and torments me as he pleases. He stole everything from me: my Authority, my Law, my Ascended, and even MY SON!!!” (Urak)
“(They’re not just illusions… my emotions… my memories…)” (me)
Something was wrong. I was being influenced, I realized quickly. My emotions were spiraling out of control, and they were precisely the ones I was suppressing: my guilt, remorse, sadness, and love for them.
I wasn’t the only one. One look at the Twins was enough to see their expressions change; they must be facing something similar.
The worst part was that there was more. It wasn’t just the emotions; my memories were rapidly blurring, my sense of timeline was becoming confused.
“So you’re trying to drive me crazy…” (me)
That was the first time since the beginning of this attack that I smiled. Driving me crazy wouldn’t be so easy. I’ve fallen into madness many times; frustration, sadness, anger, and love throughout my existence have done this to me.
It will take more than this to affect me. Madness isn’t the end, I know that well. I’ve gone back and forth down that path many times. The only thing that kept me tethered to sanity was the hope of saving my children, saving the Ascended from their own evil, saving those they afflicted, saving everything they’ve destroyed throughout their history through endless selfishness.
Now that that hope has finally been achieved, you want to take it away from me again!?
Do you want to drive me crazy again!?
My will to move forward has never been stronger!
“(Do your worst!!!)” (me)
Suddenly the entire universe trembled, the few universal laws that formed my chains also vibrated, almost breaking them, but using my strength, I managed to stop them from breaking.
“What’s happening!?” (Lena)
Space was shaking, and cracks were forming in space. The power of reality was becoming uncontrolled. This kind of thing wasn’t normal, and there was only one explanation for it.
“The universal core… has been destroyed…” (me)
“(I can use my Flow of Laws to mend the universe, but I can’t do that and maintain this thing’s imprisonment at the same time!)” (me)
I didn’t have time to think. The universe was cracking, and three Rifts had already formed. Since this was the site of the Universal Core, the damage here will spread faster than anywhere else in the universe, and it won’t be limited to just here; it will eventually extend to the other universes.
“(Universal Collapse…)” (me)
I was terrified thinking about it, when Lena looked at me seriously.
“Let’s hold this thing back, deal with it!” (Lena)
“Thank you!” (me)
I canceled my technique and tried to back away, but as soon as I canceled my technique, I noticed something: the cracks and crevices were distorting, and a short time later, they disappeared.
When I looked back, the chains I had created were in pieces, held by hundreds of shadowy hands that were now escaping from the column of gray energy. Even the river of vitality was rapidly darkening as that thing forced its way forward, its Ghostly Energy corrupting everything around it.
“It was an illusion…” (me)
I had been tricked. This thing used a Universal Collapse to trick me. Did it do it on purpose, or was it simply my fear of something like that happening here?
Just as I was about to advance once more, space suddenly began to crack, and a large rift formed, swallowing a nearby planet into the void. This time it wasn’t an illusion; I could feel the universe tearing itself apart.
“Damn it!!!” (me)
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Pov Niryna:
I was watching Callidora steal the Grimoire. I could see the book tremble in her hands as if in fear. I could feel the Infernal power within it vibrate, and a will filled with malice within it scream.
“HELL!!!” (Hatred)
“< Infernal Curse: Demonic Empowerment >” (Callidora)
“I already have what I wanted~.” (me)
Callidora simply pointed at the Lady of Hatred attacking the Entity, then the space around her opened up as a yellow waterfall poured Infernal energy into the rotting creature, absorbing everything.
Her body changes, becoming more solid and less rotten, her eyes turn red while her Aura carries a Demonic presence, her speed and power increase as her attack against Hatred becomes more brutal.
Callidora just smiles as she backs away. She no longer wants to fight. She had what she wanted and was walking away without a care in the world, but Hatred wasn’t giving chase after her earlier scream.
“< Ruin Magic: Hatred’s Amalgam >” (Hatred)
“She went further than I thought…” (me)
Suddenly, Callidora becomes serious and looks back. Hatred lets himself be struck, and his body liquefies, penetrating the thing. As his entire body releases more and more Hatred, his Aura rises above his head, forming a furious face that glares at Callidora.
“GIVE IT BACK!!!” (Hate)
“(This just got more complicated, I didn’t expect her to learn the Grimoire’s Amalgam of Existences.)” (Callidora)
It was at this moment that space began to fracture, cracks formed, and a large rift opened, devouring a planet.
“(What’s happening?)” (me)
“The Universe is collapsing.” (Callidora)
