Will of chaos-Chapter 1669: Cap 1667: The shadow that takes over the statue
Pov Baldr:
I took the crystal cube back to Mavor as he asked, honestly I was more than happy to get rid of that thing, I had a bad feeling since before when I first touched that thing.
My whole body seemed to have cooled down and my instincts were more alert than usual, I don’t like this kind of feeling of weakness, I don’t want to have this kind of thing with me anymore.
I understand this kind of power better than anyone, it wasn’t a normal weakness, it was caused by something that is going against the power I possess.
After I fulfilled the contract, Mavor also fulfilled his part, he used his power and trapped me inside something, I felt his power of the Ascendant Law colliding against me as if I was being beaten, but with each blow I could feel a reaction from my own Law, then I realized what he was doing.
The process seemed to last a long time. I felt pain in proportions that only Selene had made me feel before, but unlike those life-and-death struggles against that Witch of Carnage, I didn’t feel any risk to my life.
With each blow, I felt my power fluctuate, helping me understand my Ascendant Law. That’s when I realized the reason I hadn’t been able to become a true Ascendant until now. It wasn’t a question of lack of power or time, it was a question of understanding.
The Natural Essence and the Ascendant Law are opposites. Someone who has never been a God or Demigod would have an easier time understanding their Ascendant Laws, but for a God like me, this process was more difficult and in some cases, it might be impossible.
The Natural Essence is like the rivers of an entire continent or world flowing naturally above the ground, below the earth, or like a current within the ocean. It’s something natural that can constantly change with each change in the environment.
But the power of the Ascending Laws was different, it was like a piping system created in an orderly and efficient way to be in constant operation in a well-planned manner, there is no variation whatsoever, the concepts are simply different from the foundation, I could see this before and yet I did not truly understand it until I felt it as I did now.
I did not even feel the passage of time as I built these piping systems within me using the remains of my Divinity as material, only when I finished did the blows against me stop causing me to awaken from my meditative state.
When I opened my eyes I was inside a space of light, when I reached out my hand the space opened in front of me allowing me to walk outside, when I stepped out and looked back I saw a column of light shrinking until it disappeared completely.
"This is new." (me)
Looking around I could feel the light in this entire space, it didn’t spread as I imagined, there were several interruptions in each change of direction as if one ended before a new one took its place, the flow of light was also strange, not applying the heat as it should or illuminating as well as it should, it was a strange constant and I was seeing the details of it for the first time.
That’s when I felt my wings and noticed the 3 pairs of wings on my back, all the flows of light from the surroundings seemed to connect with my wings in a certain way and I felt that I could control everything in the same way that I control the fingers of my hands.
"I need to get used to this... but how much time has passed?" (me)
"(It’s only been a few days, it seems that your Ascension has become complete, welcome, Ascendant of the Light.)" (Mavor)
"Mavor, where are you?" (me)
"(There’s no point in looking for me, I’m not around, right now I and the other Level 4 Ascendants are gathered, but we sense your Ascension.)" (Mavor)
"(You have a new mission in your old home, so listen carefully...)" (Mavor)
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Pov Mavor:
Urak and I sat, our Ascendant Law floating above us as it formed endless patterns as we prepared to replace Vecna when needed.
"You waste your power on this God, he wasn’t even able to Ascend on his own." (Urak)
"Don’t say that when thanks to him we have the Anomalous Dragon Armor and also an excellent form of distraction." (me)
"You want to bring him into the plan I made?" (Urak)
"I already informed him, right now he must be getting ready to leave." (me)
"You and Vecna had your chance, he failed using Baldr in that universe and you failed using that corrupted World Tree to nourish the Anomalous Beast." (Urak)
"The plan of contamination this time is mine, I won’t let you get in the way." (Urak)
"Stop thinking about small gains, I don’t care about that universe, it also doesn’t matter if your plan will work or not, what we need is to distract the Gods of that Universe." (me)
"Fear doesn’t suit you, Mavor." (Urak)
"It’s not a matter of fear, that universe harbors a Chaos Bringer like that woman, don’t underestimate a Chaos Bringer, Urak." (me)
"..." (Urak)
"Now... uhh!!!" (Vecna)
"< Law Refinement >" (me)
My power of Law creates a beam of energy that brushes against the crystal cube at the same time as Vecna withdraws his energy that weakens more and more as he falls to the ground with his body covered in wounds. Sigh sigh sigh
Sigh
"This is going to... take longer than planned..." (Vecna)
Sigh
Vecna was recovering with the power of Law flowing into him from everywhere, so he stood up breathing hard at first before his breathing also recovered.
"Urak, Mavor is right, we should not underestimate our enemies when a Bringer of Chaos is involved, especially when that same enemy has gone after the Anomalous Dragons." (Vecna)
"I sent Ascendants to find out what they are doing and even then I prefer to ensure that nothing goes wrong with this experiment, so using Baldr as a distraction is acceptable." (Vecna)
"Remember, if I succeed, the gates will open for you two next, so we will be one step closer to achieving transcendence." (Vecna)
"Maybe I am being too narrow-minded, very well... then I will make things more interesting in that universe." (Urak)
"How long do we need?" (Urak)
"If I’m right, it could take months to completely refine this Anomalous Armor. The fusion that would happen afterwards would be a mystery that we have no way of discovering without the data from such an experiment. We’re walking in the dark in a purely theoretical field." (Vecna)
"Was it ever different?" (Urak)
"..." (me)
Now I understand why Vecna is silent. The level of concentration to perform this refinement is absurd, as is the expenditure of power. With the amount of power I’m spending now, I could refine a Star System every 10 minutes.
Listening to them is the most attention I have the luxury of giving while I do this. Even so, I don’t think I’ll be able to do this for as many days as Vecna.
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Pov Alice:
I can’t sleep. For the past 2 days, a feeling of alertness has taken over my heart every time I close my eyes. It makes me want to keep my eyes closed to find the cause of this feeling. But the more I look for the cause, the further away I seem to be from reaching it.
"What’s happening to you, Alice?" (Vanessa)
"..." (me)
I open my eyes and see Vanessa back. Her two arms are bandaged with strips of cloth covered in Sacred Runes. They’re also shaking a little.
"I’m fine, but I can’t say the same about you." (me)
"What happened?" (me)
"I was contaminated by the power of the Ascendants through the transformed, that’s why I came back. Being in the Communal Temple where my Goddess and my Father are consecrated will help with the purification." (Vanessa)
"Do you need help?" (me)
"No, I have to purify it from the inside out while preventing it from spreading to the surroundings, I can use this opportunity to gain a better understanding of how the Ascendants and the traitorous Gods accomplished this." (Vanessa)
"You’re trying too hard..." (me)
Suddenly, Vanessa and I turned our eyes in the same direction, as Saints we are very sensitive to Divine Power and felt two Gods entering this Sanctified space, but only one of these Gods completely merged with the sense of belonging to this Temple, the other was rejected and pressured by the power of the various Gods enshrined here.
"It’s that Evil God and the Goddess Ibuki..." (me)
"Why are they here?" (Vanessa)
"I thought Ibuki would try to create her Divine Weapon with the Goddess Elizabeth." (Vanessa)
"..." (me)
I was sitting at the feet of Zenos’ statue in the middle of the pool of blood, but as soon as I got up to go to the two Gods with Vanessa, a sudden pain went through my entire body before stopping, then a strange sensation appeared and I looked back in fright.
A shadow was rising as it coiled over Zenos’ statue that began to crack in several parts and my heart tightened like never before in pure terror.
What I’ve been feeling for the past few days exploded inside my heart in a feeling of endless fear as I feel the connection I share with my God being blocked by the other side and I know very well the reason why.
The pain I felt before was not mine, it was his pain that traveled to me because it was so overwhelming, he felt it and blocked the connection to protect me, but that implies that he is in deep pain.
"What’s happening!?" (me)
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I was scared, but that fear was nothing compared to when I noticed Tarzor’s presence in that shadow taking the statue and realized what was happening.
"No, no, no... no!!" (me)
"He wasn’t supposed to use that power!!!!!" (me)
