Chapter 355 - 353:One Slash.
I looked at the figure kneeling before me. Temporarily deciding to put the matter with the system aside for now.
"How do you feel?" I asked. Curious.
I could feel the waves of dreadful power leaking from him.
His power had already risen to the pinnacle of the law integration stage..
He was remade from the literat essence of entropy, if he didn’t get this much, I would’ve been mad.
"I feel..... powerful." His reply broke me out of my thoughts.
"How powerful?"
"I... do not know."
"You don’t know?"
"I feel unstoppable. Invincible. Like I could snap my fingers and erase an entire planet."
"Oh?" Now, that’s something.
Seems like the new power coursing through his veins has brought about that regular delusion of grandeur.
"Alright then.." I smiled.
He said he could snap his fingers and erase a planet?
"Let’s test out that theory why don’t we?"
"Hmmm? Lord absolute. What do you mean?" He finally raised his head. His hood fell off, revealing his face.
Dark crimson skin. A single horn sprouting from his temples. Burning red eyes that swirled with carnage and destruction. One look and you could tell...
"Heh! Seems my looks influenced you a bit huh?" I laughed.
"Well then. Why don’t we test your theory? Let’s see if you’re truly that strong..."
"How are we going to do such, my lord?"
"Simple. We give you something as dense as a planet to destroy." I smiled.
Before he could ask any more questions, I reached out and opened my palm.
My eyes closed as I concentrated on the world around me...
A singularity was born in the center of my palm.
A miniature black hole of sorts as....
WOOOSHHH!!
WOOOSHHH!!!
The surrounding air screamed and the earth below ripped itself free.
Space folded and twisted around my palm as the earth’s structure twisted and changed.
Swish!!
Swish!!
Swish!!!
Slowly, the marble looking earth started swirling around the singularity in my palm.
It swirled, condensed. Grew. Then condensed even further.
The singularity pulled in more and more earth as a black marble like sphere slowly grew in the palm of my hand.
It grew. Solidified. Shrunk. Then grew some more.
"... this will do..." I opened my eyes to a black marble sphere no large than a football.
To the naked eye, it looked nothing special.
But.
"Heh.. aren’t you something." Even with my already ridiculous strength. I could still feel the weight of the thing in my palm.
The way the light bent around it. Air getting sucked into its vicinity told clearly that this thing wasn’t simple by any means.
But.
"It’s still not complete." I smiled. Looking at the dumbfounded expression on shulvan’s face as he adjusted himself midair to avoid getting sucked into the gravitational field around my palm.
I let the sphere dirft away.
It floated a few feet ahead of me as the sheer mass condensed within it made the atmosphere creak and groan.
"Now. For the final touches." I willed upon the concept
At its core. It governed the physical existence of all things.
So. If I wanted something to weigh as much as a planet does. It would.
"Increase."
THOOOMMMM!!!
The already ruined land and devastated land beneath me sank instantly. The scarred earth fissuring violently from the weight of the floating object.
"INCREASE."
SHATTER!!!
Space shattered around the ball as the chaotic void spewed out its cold spine chilling air into the world.
Gravity glitched. The already sinking earth was instantly pulled apart and drawn upwards.
The rubble getting shattered into dust that swirled around the sphere.
The sensation grew. With the entire region looking one step away from total collapse.
"Alright. This should be enough." I looked at the warped and twisted atmosphere around the sphere.
Nothing looked "right". The horizon ahead looked like it was being viewed from the bottom of the ocean. Light didn’t move around it. It bent and was absorbed. The wind couldn’t blow past it. It was sucked in so violently violent popping noises echoed out nonstop. As for the land beneath me? Yea. What land?
I shifted my focus to shulvan who had once more adjusted himself after having been pulled towards the sphere.
"You said you feel like you can erase an entire planet, didn’t you?" Amusement flickered through my eyes.
"Well. There you go. It’s not perfect. But it shouldn do just fine. Show me what you’re capable of." I moved aside, clearing the path as I crossed my legs and watched.
He stood still for a few moments. Eyes locked onto the silent sphere that was messing with everything.
"Hooo...." He breathed out as his hood rose by itself, covering his face once more.
The moment it did. His aura flared.
BOOM!
The gravitational pull around him shattered like glass.
"Ho? Well. This might be interesting after all." I raised a curious brow at the sight.
His arm reached behind him as his hand wrapped around the hilt on his back.
Slowly, he pulled out the blade less hilt, holding it in a casual stance with one arm.
"Oyy! In case you didn’t know. Your sword doesn’t...."
SWOOOSHH!
Before I could complete the words from my mouth, his sword flared a dark crimson light.
From the atmosphere around us. The pure essence of entropy swirled and gathered around the blade hilt. Slowly, they condensed into the shape of a massive crimson blade, completing the outlook of what was essentially an abyssal greatsword.
He lifted the blade up gently. The atmosphere falling into discord from the mere movements of the blade.
The moment the blade reached its zenith, with the tip pointing skyward.
He brought it down.
He wasn’t fast.
On the contrary. He felt slow. Methodical.
Yet. His blade was faster than the eye could see.
"Cleave...." His voice came out as whisper. Nothing louder, as his blade came to rest at his side.
A manic grin tugged the corner my lips.
It slowly grew, until a crazed smile had spread all over my face. And then..
"Hah!" I laughed..
"Haha.." and laughed.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" I couldn’t hold in the manic laughter that tore out of me anymore.
"Wonderful! Marvelous! Just... PERFECT!" I clapped as my eyes fell upon the ball..
Nothing happened. But I could already see it even before the world did.
CRACK!
A single line appeared at the center of the ball.
CRACK! CRACK!
The crack spread. Slowly covering the surface of the entire thing until.
BOOOOM!!!!
It exploded into a shower of debris that sent the atmospher around it into absolute disorder.
But. Perhaps what was most impressive was..
"Marvelous control. Truly. What a brilliant level of mastery."
The land behind the ball hadn’t suffered the slightest damage. Despite the attack being strong enough to have wiped out another good portion of it.
To say I was impressed would be underselling it.
"I apologize for using your technique. My lord." He turned towards me. Returned his now bladeless weapon to his back. Then bowed his head.
"Don’t bother. If you’re capable of understanding and comprehending them for yourself, then feel free to use that attack however you like." I waved off his concern.
"Now then. Since we’ve gotten that out of the way. It’s time we get to the second agenda of the moment." My face turned serious as I got to this point.
"I live to serve." He went down on one knee as his hood came off.
"The reason I pushed your strengthening forward. Is because I need you to go get someone for me."
"Just say the name, and it is done."
I smiled. Extending my finger towards his forehead, I transferred to him the images of the horned abyss walker responsible for clearing my quest.
"That’s the man. He’s the one responsible for clearing this quest I’m on. I don’t have the time to scour the abyss for another fun and suitable nest. And I don’t think they’ll belive me if I just walked up and said I destroyed the place. So, I need you to get that guy for me. Let him come confirm the completion himself." I ordered solemnly.
What? Why do you think I went through tall this trouble? Of course it’s because I was too lazy to go hunt another nest. So, why not bring the examiner here? But, since I’m too lazy to go back and forth, why not send my assistant? Easy solution.
"Let your will be done. Master." He slowly stood back up, his hood coming back up.
"Feel free to use some more persuasive methods if he proves stubborn."
"Affirmative."
"Go. And don’t waste my time. I’ve got other quests to get to."
"I shall be back soon." Leaving behind those words, he took a single step and then... GONE.
"Well. Would you look at that? The weak guy now has the cheek to flex." I laughed before my face turned serious.
"Alright. System. I think you’ve got some explaining to do." I asked out loud.
"What was that? What did I create? And why the fuck are you trying to hide it from me? Speak. Now."
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[DING!]
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A/N: Bro just casually cut that thing in two? He just split something that weighed as much as a planet in two with such casual ease? From C-rank to That? And Dante that bitch is still larping at the B-rank? Fahhhh...
Well, either way. As always..
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