Chapter 94: The Vengeful Anarchy’s Perspective (4)
Hah... I don't even remember their screams and how they fought back against me that time...
Not that it changed anything, I am an infallible being that cannot be killed or defeated. I am only a force of nature now. The moment Madeline died before me, my need for the Bob's 'Identity' ceased to exist. I returned to just being Harmony 'Self'.
I can't seem to understand anybody, no matter how much I try. There is always something they are not saying. How am I supposed to love a peaceful life when everyone won't leave me the heck alone?!
What have I done wrong?! Nothing...! I've done nothing wrong, Bob did nothing wrong, Madeline did nothing wrong, so why is fate always hunting me down like I'm some kind of impurity...?!
Everyone should just fall over and die already...!
Wait, I must calm down... It's not right for me to blame the world for my problems, only immature kids do that. In fact, Madeline wasn't even my daughter and Bob was a guy I hadn't known for that long. Aren't I overreacting just a little bit?
With this impeccable reasoning, I chose to 'save everyone' instead, save them from themselves...!
After calming down my heart, I returned those who had been devoured by my to their families. The entire world returned to its peaceful period as I branched out towards the Blood Nation.
My all-encompassing shadow devoured them before replacing them with my new 'Selves'. They had the same 'Identities', but their 'Selves' and desires were my own as I used the spirituality I devoured to strengthen my soul's existence.
Then I continued on with other races, and over countless centuries, in the newer history books at least, it seemed like the world was changing for the better. Those who had been fighting for centuries had put down their arms and became neighbours.
A peaceful world was created. The only ones left to assimilate into my 'Self' was was the Beast Race and Human Race, which went easier than I had expected. None of the Beasts of this world could go against a 'Fiendish One' who had the true Moon Attribute they sought for. They were unable to resist as my power over darkness surpassed them.
They were all divided, and that made them easie to devour but harder to find. Comparatively, even the Vampire Race of the Blood Attribute were easier to assimilate since all I needed to do was target their highest ranks. They had all fallen like dominos.
Assimilate the top brass, and the 'Commoners' beneath them fell without showing resistance.
Finally, I returned to the Human Race to finish the assimilation process I had started, but they seemed to have caught onto my schemes due to the machinations of the Gods, and True Apostles had been sent down to destroy me thoroughly.
I'm unsure to why though. What was wrong with my desire? Their thoughts were clearly displayed:
'You are a Demon!'
What a noisy bunch... The definition of a Demon is someone who had the 'Evil Attribute', does it not?
'You killed the Mystic Races!'
Soullessness does not define them as 'dead'. They can still procreate, and the next generation shall have souls that I'll impart to them. I've also left them unhurt by giving them new bodies through my Omni Being. What a groundless assumption!
As someone who is intimate with the 'Death Attribute', I know the differe between the living and the dead. Those 'Undead' creatures don't have beating hearts or vitality. However, those created by my Omni Being all had their own heartbeats.
They were definitely 'living', so what's the problem?
"Harmony!" The teenage boy named Simon but with the 'Self' of Chaos roared my name at me.
We fought a hundred rounds, but he was eventually defeated and assimilated into me.
"This isn't what you want!" Were his last words, a fruitless attempt to make me regret my actions.
Who is he to say this isn't what I want? This world is becoming more perfect and complete thanks to me. From the next generation onwards, every soul and 'Self' in this world will be born with a piece of my desires. They will work to fulfil their 'roles'.
No one will cry and no one will fall to despair in this new world the same way I did. There will be no such thing as individuality, and everyone will share a connected desire between them. My 'Self' will become to new societal order of this world!
I don't understand his sentiments. Even Sylphy didn't resist and let me assimilate her into my body without fight back. After all, how are you to call yourself 'dead' if your identity is still alive?
They were in a state similar to how Chaos was before we met. Identities without Selves, except this time I bestowed aspects of my 'Self' onto them so they didn't have to struggle for individuality.
Who needs individuality anyway? All it does is create grief. The 'Selves' of others is truly like a bittersweet sword with no handle, just a mass of sharpness that lures you in before destroying you.
If other people weren't around, I wouldn't have to feel this sense of loss whenever I lost someone or felt hatred for those who had no compassion towards me. My unconditional hatred towards this aspect of the world turned into determination...!
Returning to the Swordwick Household wasn't a problem for me. Although it took a lot of time assimilating other aspects of humanity into my body, my armies of Mystic Races protected me.
This was the pilgrimage of a prophet, and I shall see a new era in the future with my immortal body.
I am the most infallible and the great undefeated...
No one can stop me once I've made my mind and decided on a 'Mission'. I'll create a utopia for all to see. You'll see...! I assimilated the Apostles and devoured the Kings, to even my own family.
I couldn't bring myself to assimilate my family at first, but I changed my mind in the end after seeing the results I was looking for. The expansive and peaceful quietness of the world calmed me...
Although there no joy in this silence, there was also no despair. The Mystic Races I had already assimilated went about their business without needing to talk to each other. It was a calm world where they knew each other without interacting.
How could they deny this beautiful world...?!
I assimilated Merilin, my father, my mother, my uncle, my grandmother, my 'aunt', and literally anyone who gave off even the slightest magical signature. Some of them were easy while others were hard, but one stood out among the others.
"There will be no 'love' in this new world...!" This was statement of Sapphire after losing her 'friend'.
My heart was unchanged as I, for once, decided to speak back to someone, giving a clear response:
"Nonsense!" I laughed while picking up the girl who had damaged my 'Self' with her swords. I no longer had a human shape, only a mass of darkness that sometimes created the things he needed from his form as a Doppelgänger.
My giant arm of shadows held Sapphire like she was a doll in my hands, ready to be devoured.
"You will regret this...!"
"Who said I will? You will never understand how I feel unless I assimilate you... Why won't you let me? Why did you struggle to the very end? Haven't you already known the feeling of being unable to connect with another person's heart?" I reasoned.
Even though she wouldn't be able to recognise me in this state, I tried to explain it to her first.
"Do you care about the world that much?"
"It doesn't matter if I do."
"I say it DOES matter! Why not?" She struggled from within my grasp as held onto her tight.
"Who cares?" What was the point in saying it?
"I do." She looked at my terrifying visage in the eye without turning away in disgust like the others. She didn't say any nonsense about dying for honour and even tried to understand a freak like myself...
"I DO care about the world I live in. Who says I don't? But this world is too cruel to exist."
"Why do you think that?"
"Everyone doesn't be clear with each other and are spiteful because of it. They always desire war...!"
"No one desires war."
"Then why does it happen? Why is it that the soldiers who just want to live peacefully go to war?" I wasn't sure if I was talking about others or myself as I felt her simple words tugging my heart.
"Because those in power make mistakes that hurt their citizens and vice-versa. Even so, are you not able to find something you love in this world? Why must you destroy it?" She asked me sharply.
"I'm not destroying it... I'm 'saving' this world!" I truly believed that my actions must be right.
"I'll even leave your 'Self' alone after devouring you so you can see for yourself. The world will be much better!" There was a madness in my eyes as I decided not to compromise, I wasn't wrong at all!
Everyone else is wrong!!!
"Why don't we talk things out peacefully?" There was fearful on her face as I opened my mouth.
"Has that ever worked? If peace talks could solve my despair, why would I be assimilating the world?"
"You have to try!" Even after being swallowed by my shadowy body, she struggled violently from within me. Her will was so strong that I wasn't able to digest through the layer of Aura covering her.
"I've tried hard enough, but no one listens. No one will just leave me be..." The sadness I'd kept bottled up rushed out of my heart. There was too many hurdles whenever I communicated with others. I could never 'connect' with anyone...!
I've decided to give up on it altogether... Perhaps there was a side of me that wanted to speak to my first friend in this world one more time. The only connection I made through my own efforts...
But that was gone now...
I left her for dead within my stomach as my darkness infiltrated her body. Although I decided not to assimilate her soul the same way I had secretly left out my close bonds (which somehow included Jack as well), she'd never wake up again.
Those who were devoured by me were given an eternal slumber. Perhaps, the only people I had truly 'killed' were my loved ones... Their blood is what reminds me to live on. If I died without experiencing enough despair, it wouldn't be right.
I had betrayed their trust...!!!
Even as she left this world and became another one of my 'Omni copies', she said one last thing:
"You... are 'Simon', aren't you?" This name caused me to quake inwardly as she lost consciousness.
A new 'Sapphire' took her place. She looked the same on the surface, but her insides were different. She was like an empty husk that looked lively on the outside as she returned to those other copies that had been standing motionlessly before.
Ha... haha... She must've been hallucinating. It was just nonsense before being devoured. That was more logical. It was more reasonable than thinking she could recognise me. Not even my parents or my sister recognised me in this strange form...!
I'm not regretted about this. She's still 'alive' and kicking before me, returning to everyone else as they all lived out their lives without me. Not even a hint of my existence was revealed to anyone as I watched over the world with my great powers.
I became all-knowing and almighty, my powers greater than any of the Gods in existence.
Their connection was cut off from the world after I'd devoured everyone. No one was spared, not even my family, from being 'saved', and the world still continued to move on without me.
I don't feel guilty about my actions. The world is at peace now. I got what I'd always wanted. Now there is no one to bother me. I understand everyone in the world now. I am practically the 'God of Society'.
I'm feeling happy now... I don't feel lonely from isolation. I like being secluded like this. I'm fine...
I AM NOT REGRETFUL!!!
A part of me felt curious about whether there was another way I could have lived. So I threw all my stockpiled Mana which was taken and assimilated into me from nearly everyone of this world and connected to my younger self from years ago.
I'd sent my former 'Self' to the past, and that in turn cut me off from the original timeline and threw me into 'Timeless Zone', a realm outside reality where time doesn't exist. There, I saw the younger Sapphire from afar, and felt enormous irritation...!
I hated her right now! She was the one who spoke nonsense and messed with my conviction...! She was the reason I was suffering right now! My mind twisted strangely as I could justify anything by now.
I'll never forgive anyone...!!!
CREATORS' THOUGHTS 
FlowingWaves
FlowingWaves I’m not sure if an Author is supposed to be explaining the nuance of this chapter, but whole reason this exists is to show that even the current ‘Harmony’ is the biggest threat to the world...
For reason that can be understood.