"Your existence is no longer necessary," said Kayden, his words resounding like thunder in Merlin’s mind. The grass for tens of kilometers around exploded into pure mana.
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The amount of mana in this space was so great that it began to solidify on its own. Kayden absorbed all this mana, expanding his domain in such a bizarre way that it seemed like he was floating in a sea of water. The mana itself turned into liquid around him.
The lightning that Kayden’s pentagram held began to enter his domain, but the amount of mana expanded was too high. The distribution of the lightning’s attack force was being done on such a ridiculous amount of mana that it was having difficulty penetrating the first layer of Kayden’s defense.
This didn’t make sense to Merlin, who couldn’t take the situation calmly. He saw Kayden face the seventh ray as if it were a blow from a child, with his mastery to a completely absurd degree.
Seconds passed, and although the lightning managed to enter, it did not have the strength to destroy Kayden’s domain. It seemed like an absolute defense, where mana never ran out, a finite that seemed infinite. The seventh ray died shamefully, without even being able to make a sound, looking like a child’s attack against a wall, unable to scratch the smallest stone of the barrier.
"I’ll go up there in the future," said Kayden, looking at the clouds closing in and hiding the paradise. He gave up the eighth ray. The boost state passed and mana was falling everywhere.
It was too large an amount for him to handle alone. Outside of the flow state, he wouldn’t risk his life. I had already achieved a lot with it. His mind remained clear and he came to some conclusions before a golden ray mixed with amber fell upon him.
The peculiar ray rebuilt his body. All of his bones were improved, all of his nerves were improved, and every pore in his body was raised to a perfect degree. Everything he lost was rebuilt. His lungs and stomach no longer existed in the way they were before, as he no longer needed oxygen to live or food. In the past, he still needed to breathe once a week or eat once a month, but now his support was done completely with mana.
His blood was completely exchanged for pure mana. The myth of nobles having blue blood came from the fact that descendants had mana running through their bodies in place of red blood.
This small difference made its circulation much more robust and faster. The mana leaked into her flesh and passively healed it. This was the first step towards the realm of demigods. Therefore, the fourth kingdom was called the transitional kingdom.
Kayden felt his consciousness shut down as his soul was removed from his body so his head could be remade. His brain was instantly rebuilt. He couldn’t even understand it and was already back to his normal body.
He returned to his usual youthful appearance, probably managing to live another 1500 or 1800 years. He was practically in his early years, with that young face and defined body.
His strength had a ridiculous increase, practically on a completely different level. While he had difficulty placing more than six hexagrams previously, now he conjured twelve as if they were nothing.
Only at twenty-four did his strength waver. Kayden was impressed but still had to consider that he didn’t place his spells in a new realm. His spiritual sense was not able to reach its maximum in this place, as the environment was small.
Another thing he noticed was his vision and sensations. Everything seemed enlarged and at the same time normal, just with better processing and detail. It felt incomplete and that was normal.
The fourth realm was an undefined level. His thoughts turned to what happened in his advance. He tried to review things like mana and failed. It seemed like a very difficult state to achieve. Its path seemed to be widened, as when we inflate a balloon beyond its natural limit. When he returns to his limit, it seems like he still has more space.
That was the exact sensation he was feeling, but no matter how he looked at it, Kayden wasn’t able to do the same as before. The boy smiled thinking about the new challenge that opened up for him. Without a doubt, this was the path he should follow.
While Kayden was testing his attacks and how far his body had advanced, Merlin was thinking about what to do. With just a small action, he could secure resources to reach a ridiculously high height.
It wasn’t just resources, it was a new level that would open up for him. Merlin was just a god from a distant point in the universe. His strength was high among weak mortals, but in front of divinity, he could never be someone decent.
The problem was that all the gods would know how he reached his new level of strength. These gods were called dirty gods. The deity had a different way of increasing his strength and, if Merlin chose to hand over Kayden, he would have a rapid increase, but at the cost of his dignity.
At that moment he had two options, hand over Kayden and face a new destiny or make a bargain with the boy, it was only a matter of time before he rose to the top, and like a god, Merlin had all the time in the world.
He was not exactly an insensitive being and knew that leaving Kayden alive was condemning trillions of people to death, his type of power would transform everything into mana, be it planets or living beings, and he would carry out a massacre so large that it would probably raise thousands of planets of dead.
Against all these factors and adding the possibility of him gaining abundant resources, there was only one advantage, Kayden rising to a point far beyond what the resources would take him and then he could demand this favor.