Chapter 723: GREAT ENEMY FELLED
Silence reigned.
Everyone was stunned.
The Race Kings locked in debate over what to do regarding the Existence Realm Limitation on Cruotis Prime went silent.
The worried mother who had ignored that limitation, breaking onto the planet to save her daughter, froze in place.
The Demon Kings, who had been alarmed by news of Arthur’s abduction and Jamie’s erratic power surges across the galaxy, could only watch in disbelief.
The sight before them was incomprehensible.
And at the heart of this vast Cosmos, Jamie hovered in the void, one hand resting behind his back.
His other hand lifted, and the space above him distorted, swirling into a storm. From within that swirling spatial storm, an entire planet that looked just like Cruotis Prime descended.
|Crushing a ’Planet’s Consciousness’ with the weight of a ’Planet’—how ironic.|
And then, the planet fell.
It plummeted through the void, its immense mass accelerating in defiance of the laws physics, crashing onto the immobilized Bewússtsein with cataclysmic force.
Cosmic energy erupted in a blinding explosion that ripped through the entire domain.
Jamie’s Cosmos fractured, its grand expanse collapsing like a shattered illusion, and in an instant, reality reasserted itself.
Everyone was thrown back—flung into the mainstream space once more.
Arthur and Evan found themselves back in the Core Dimension, their eyes drawn to the falling body of the battered Bewússtsein as it descended toward the ground.
Were they stunned by what they’d just witnessed? Absolutely.
Did that mean they were going to waste this chance before them? Hell the fuck no!
Evan was the first to react. Flames erupted around his sword, intensifying to a stellar blaze. He zipped through the air, leaping high as he slashed downward in a diagonal strike.
|Mesarthim: Star Splitter|
The technique from his previous life was activated—a straight, laser-like slash of prismatic flames that tore through Bewússtsein’s body, cutting from his right shoulder to his left waist.
Exactly 500 milliseconds later, Arthur’s sword—glowing with the silver mixture of his law energies, Divinity, Anti-Divinity, Cosmic Energy and Null power—was swung down.
|Extreme Nothingness: Chaos|
The silver slash cleaved through space itself, reaching its target in an instant, cutting a line through Bewússtsein’s body from his left shoulder to his right waist.
Not even a second later, the Galaxy Sword appeared in Jamie’s raised hands, his spatial power flowing into it as he activated its Weapon Authority.
|Dimensional Slash|
Jamie’s strike sliced through dimensions themselves. The colours of the space he cut inverted, and the world briefly turned monochrome as the energy spilt from the severed space.
The slash tore through Bewússtsein’s body and soul, splitting him from head to crotch.
But even as Bewússtsein’s body began to tear apart, his hands moved, hugging his body in a desperate attempt to hold himself together.
With a glare aimed at Jamie, Arthur, and Evan, he forced out three words.
[Fluch...des...Todes]
Pitch-black, malignant energy surged from his body, racing toward Arthur, Evan, and Jamie at light speed, latching onto them.
Silence reigned.
Then, Evan spoke.
"So...I’m Loved by Nature so I’m kinda immune to curses in a way."
Jamie followed.
"My Soul’s a bit too strong for this kinda curse to work in the first place."
Arthur finished.
"The residual Null energy from my attack automatically erased the curse from existence."
The three exchanged glances, then shrugged in unison and spoke.
"""Yeah, we good."""
[...!]
Bewússtsein’s eyes widened one final time, the moment stretching into eternity.
’This... shouldn’t be possible.’
He was the will of this world, the consciousness that governed all within it. This was his domain. Here, he should have been absolute.
’I was meant to reign, to endure beyond all else.’
Yet, in the face of these three... everything crumbled.
’Then why... why am I the one falling?’
That was the last thought that crossed his mind before darkness consumed him.
And then blood spilt from his body as it split into pieces, cleaved apart by the trio’s slashes.
|The ’Scales of Balance’ have detected the Annihilation of the Target Party|
|Compensations and debuffs can no longer be maintained|
|Closing Scales. Entering Cooldown|
As the final message appeared echoed, a wave of lethargy hit Arthur and Evan.
Their bodies, already pushed beyond their limits, suddenly gave way. Pain surged through them like a tidal wave, and they collapsed to their knees, gasping for breath, their muscles aching, and their minds swimming in exhaustion.
In front of Arthur, the Scales of Balance materialized, tumbling onto the ground as the boy heaved deep breaths.
As blood pooled around the pile of flesh not too far from them, Jamie suddenly spoke.
"Brace yourself, boys."
"Huh?"
"What for?"
Arthur and Evan turned to Jamie with arched brows, tightening their grips on their swords as they braced for any sudden attacks.
But Jamie hadn’t warned them to brace for an attack.
"Technically, it’s not an ’attack’."
Barely a second passed after he spoke when a surge of Cosmic and Destruction Energy suddenly exploded from Bewússtsein’s corpse.
The waves of power slammed into them, pushing them back as their feet skidded across the ground.
Reality in front of them warped, and the same gothic text that had appeared earlier reappeared before them.
[GREAT ENEMY FELLED]
|You have defeated "Cruotis Prime’s Consciousness": "Bewússtsein" |
|You have gained the Title: The One Who ’Killed’ a ’Planet’|
|You have gained the Title: The One Who Overcame Adversary|
|The One Who Overcame Adversary: For every 1% of Vitality lost, your Existential Status Parameters are enhanced by 1%.
Does not apply to Self-Inflicted Vitality loss. |
A ridiculously overpowered title was casually added to the mix, but more messages followed, obscuring it from view.
|You have Completed a Spatiotemporal Nexus.|
|You have Altered the Fate of the Valmone Universe.|
|You have interfered with a Minor Fate of the Cosmos.|
Suddenly, the scale of everything expanded to an entirely new level.
And this was no exaggeration.
Defeating a ’Candidate’ for the Seat of an Eternal—someone who would govern a Major Concept of the Cosmos—was indeed an act of altering its fate.
|Your Causality Index has increased immensely.|
|Your Universal Influence has increased immensely.|
|Causality finds it harder to interfere with you.|
|Fate finds it harder to interfere with you.|
|Destiny’s hold on your existence has loosened.|
|Your Providence is yours to control.|
Arthur and Evan hadn’t finished skimming through the messages when the core of the planet hovering above them trembled.
Suddenly, something erupted from its surface—a massive Sigil, glowing the sky blue of Time.
The planet’s core energy began to destabilize, and Jamie could feel his true power returning as the Existence Realm Limitation was lifted.
|The ’Candidate Sigils’ of ’Time and Destruction’ are without a host. |
|The ’Aspects of the Concepts of Time and Destruction’ are manifesting in the third-dimensional plane. |
The Time Sigil that emerged from the planet’s core and the Destruction Sigil from Bewússtsein’s corpse floated into the air, orbiting each other.
The cosmic energy emanating from them warped space itself, making reality flicker and glitch in and out.
Then, a different set of notifications appeared before each of them.
For Jamie:
|You have come in contact with ’Aspects of the Concepts of Time and Destruction’|
|The ’Aspects of the Concepts of Time and Destruction’ sense t̵̳̿h̶̺͌e̷̻̊ ̶͖̕p̸̘̾o̷̫͒ẉ̶́é̶͈ŕ̵͕ ̶̠̊o̴͈͂f̸̾͜ ̸̊ͅt̶̼̄ḧ̵͜ȅ̶̯ ̵̞̅’̸͙͠À̸̲ṡ̶̼p̶̞̉ĕ̷̡c̵͖͊t̶̤̕ ̵̠͘o̶̩̾f̶̪̂ ̴̞̈...
The message boards glitched, and Jamie sighed, already anticipating what would appear next.
|The ’Aspects’ of the Chaotic Concepts of ’Time’ and ’Destruction’ sense the power of the Cosmic Privileges of Balance within you. |
|The ’Aspects’ of the Chaotic Concepts of ’Time’ and ’Destruction’ avoid you. |
Whatever Jamie’s ’Imperial Privileges’ skill was, it was something these Aspects clearly wanted to avoid.
They even physically distanced themselves from him, releasing more cosmic energy in an attempt to push him away.
But just as Jamie was about to chuckle at their actions, the physical manifestations of the Aspects shifted a bit too close to Arthur.
Suddenly, the cosmic energy they emanated intensified, and tendrils of law energies surged into Arthur’s body from higher dimensional directions he could not perceive.
|The ’Aspect of the Concept of Destruction’ has detected an Authority of Destruction.|
|The ’Aspect of the Concept of Time’ has detected an Authority of Time.|
...
|The ’Aspect of the Concept of Destruction’ has identified a suitable host.|
|The ’Aspect of the Concept of Time’ has identified a suitable host.|
...
|!?ERROR#1039! |
|The ’Aspects of the Concepts of Time and Destruction’ desire the same host. |
"?!"
Before Arthur could even process what he was seeing, the two luminous masses of cosmic energy shot toward his chest.
He attempted to activate Stellar Guard, but his thought speed simply wasn’t fast enough.
They collided with his body, sending him crashing to the ground with force as an overwhelming surge of cosmic energy flooded into him.
|Detected Host Possesses ’Partial Cosmic Superiority’. Adjusting Parameters in accordance with Sigil Programming.|
|You have Obtained ’Destruction Eternal Seat Candidacy’.|
|Logging Existential Data for Existence: Arthur Vaughn.|
|You have Obtained ’Time Eternal Seat Candidacy’.|
|Logging Existential Dat—!!!|
|?!ERROR#1073|
|Dual Candidacy Detected|
|Candidate Selection is still within the First Phase. Time until Second Phase: 19 Cosmic Cycles.|
|Dual Candidacy is not permitted within the First Phase.|
|?!ERROR#1099|
|Candidate Sigil Maximum Limiter is missing.|
|Contacting assigned ’Watcher’... Negative.
Candidate Sigils have no records of an assigned ’Watcher.’|
|?!ERROR#1199|
|Unable to Properly Compute ERROR#1099 due to Singularity interference. |
|Valmone Universe Devour Class System Error Resolution Matrix suggests containing ERROR#1099 and ERROR#1199 within the nearest Suitable Graded Singularity |
|Approved by Central Processing Matrix|
...
|You have obtained a vast amount of EXP|
|Calculating EXP...|
|Calculating EXP...|
...
[Level Up.]
[Level Up]
[...]
[Level Up]
|You have reached Level 1000. |
|Searching for Universal Law Comprehensions...|
|Confirming Presence of Pseudo-Authorities...|
|Evaluating Energy Level...|
|Evaluating Soul Strength...|
|Evaluating Physical Body...|
|Searching for Presence of Unique Series Skills...|
|Searching for Presence of ’Ultimate Seeds’...|
|...|
|All Searches, Confirmations and Evaluations Completed. |
|Error Detected|
|You Cannot Exuviate: Your Existence is ’Incomplete’. |
|50% of your Existence Cannot be Detected. |
|Your True Name cannot be modified. |
|You have accumulated excess EXP|
|Caching EXP to be used for later Level Ups. |
