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[Alex Walker POV]
Thor had won.
Unconventionally.
But had like everyone before him, earned our team a victory.
Now, it was my turn.
I wasn't sure what to expect.
But I knew it was nothing good.
Reinhard had been very clear, even with Thor's powerup, we were out of our league when it came to the last contestant.
And while Reinhard was an enemy, I couldn't bring myself not to believe him.
Which meant, if Morpheus was truly stronger than him than Reinhard, stronger than Thor.
I was in trouble.
Thor and his level had reached the four hundreds.
And even then, Reinhard considered Thor below Morpheus.
Meaning, one, he was severely overselling Morpheus, or two… Morpheus was above the four hundreds.
"Well, are you ready? Alex," The Beyonder asked with a wink.
Fucking monster, if I ever live long enough to surpass him, I will erase his ass.
"Not much of a choice," I sighed.
"Good," The Beyonder beamed at me with a smile, teleporting me to the arena as it changed to an urban setting to match my theme, the bastard didn't even let me say anything to my friends.
"Well, I suppose this is fitting, I do live in New York," I muttered with a sigh, cracking my neck.
"So, you are Alex," I heard someone chuckle behind me.
Startled by the sound, I turned around to see a red-haired man around five feet tall, looking at me with a faint smile, he almost looked bored, and dare I say, disappointed.
[Morpheus LV 499]
"Lamentably," I replied, looking at him, frowning at his level.
He was well above my power, well, well above.
I suppose I will have to rely on strategy alone if I want to survive.
"Are you two ready?" The Beyonder asked, getting a nod from Morpheus.
It's now or never Alex, do it like a bandaid.
"Yes," I nodded.
"Good," The Beyonder smiled, clapping his hands as a small giggle escaped his lips, overjoyed at what was about to erupt, a battle he seemed to be looking forward, "Then, let the battle begin!" he announced for everyone to hear, before vanishing into God knows where.
The moment the Beyonder vanished I jumped a few meters away from Morpheus, as he simply looked at me amused without moving a single muscle.
I frowned.
He was measuring me up.
Good.
I can work with that.
"Requiem: Ark," I muttered, creating a magic circle around him.
"Peculiar," Morpheus mused, touching the magic circle around him with child-like curiosity before it exploded on him, creating a big cloud of smoke and debris. "A vacuum of space? How creative mate!"
It had done nothing?
"I figured," I cursed under my breath, readying my next spell, and currently my strongest one, [Mana Reaver], a spell that consumes all of my mana to create the equivalent of a magical nuke that affected everyone but the green dots on the map.
"That feels powerful," Morpheus whistled, pointing at my spell as it charged and morphed, and yet, he didn't move.
Not dignifying that with a response I aimed the spell at him and allowed [Mana Reaver] its thing.
The explosion this time was massive, covering the entire arena, that according to my minimap was around 20 KM wide.
"That had to do something," I muttered, as my mana regenerated.
"Well, it kinda blinded me," Morpheus chuckled.
How the fuck had he tanked that?!
Focus Alex… questions for later, first.
Kill this guy.
"Do you realize how our strengths differ?" Morpheus inquired, cocking his head to the side with a wild grin.
"Fuck you," I cursed with a smile, after all, if my power alone wasn't enough to harm him, it was time to use the stones, after all, The Beyonder never said anything about not using them, his fault, not mine.
And fortunately for me, my level now allowed using two stones at the same time.
"Rude," Morpheus pouted, as I equipped the time stone and the power stone.
"I said," I muttered, accelerating time around me to move behind him in the blink of an eye, as I charged my fist with the power of the power stone punching the bastard with the strength to fuck a planet, "Fuck, you,"
The attack sent Morpheus flying across the arena, living nothing but blood behind his wake. Which alone was surprising, I had attacked him with enough power to destroy a planet, the energy I had channeled from the stone to my fist was enough to vaporize a planet around earth's size, and yet, he was still in one piece.
"The Infinity Stones," The Beyonder chuckled, "I was wondering when you were going to use those, pretty jewels, useless, but pretty,"
I frowned, the bastard was expecting me to use them, meaning, he made Morpheus strong enough to take some hits from them.
"Well mate, I'll be the first one to admit, that hurt like hell," Morpheus chuckled, teleporting in front of me. "My turn?" he added, tapping my chest.
"What-" I fell to the floor, vomiting blood.
He had exploded my heart and everything else inside my chest with a simple tap.
"How was that? Be honest," Morpheus asked with a smile, kneeling to my level. "Any feedback will do,"
Fuck this!
Growling, I punched Morpheus once again with the full might of the power stone, as I used the time stone to accelerate my already stupid healing factor.
"Note to self, don't let the little bastard touch you," I cough, regenerating organs was not a pleasant experience, even if all it took was half a second.
"Like this?" Behind me!?
Without a second thought, I moved using the time stone to accelerate my moves, creating some distance between Morpheus and me, sadly, I didn't manage to avoid his touch completely, he graced my arm, and the entire thing exploded.
"Fuck!" I cursed, using the time stone once again to accelerate my healing, regrowing the arm in less than a second.
"I see my error," Morpheus chuckled, "My first attempt should've been your head, don't worry though, I will remedy that," he added with a sadistic grin.
"Your second mistake was thinking I was about to give you a second… third chance to touch me," I shot back, if he wanted war, he would have it.
It was time to use the time stone and the power stone at max power.
"Oh," Morpheus smiled, clapping his hands. "I can't wait to see how you stop me," he grinned.
I sighed.
I didn't like using both stones at full power at the same time but seeing how the little bastard had me on a corner, I had no choice, but to buckle up, and try my best.
So, I took a deep breath, allowing both of the stones to fully integrate with my power.
[Future Vision Activated]
[Accelerated Aging/Healing]
[Accelerated Mana Aging/Healing]
[Time dilation shield activated]
[Power Stone Aura Activated]
[Power Stone Energy Absorbtion Activated]
"Well, here I go," I sighed, moving behind Morpheus in a blur of motion. Blasting him with a beam of pure destructive power from the power stone itself.
"That hurt!" Morpheus chuckled, trying to attack me.
However.
I was prepared, I had seen his attack coming, a few thousand times, from a few thousand different angles, meaning one thing, that attack could no longer reach me.
"Bye," I muttered, dodging his attack while blasting him away once again.
"You are a crazy guy," Morpheus laughed, "You are aging your body decades by the second," he chuckled, "You will die of old age before you kill me if you keep at it like that,"
I snorted, "I regenerate faster than I age,"
"Hmm, maybe," Morpheus shrugged.
This was going to be an annoying long fight, I just fucking knew it.
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The battle continued.
And no matter what I did.
Morpheus seemed to be unfazed by my attacks.
No matter how many times I attacked him, he would brush the attacks off like they were barely an inconvenience.
That bothered me.
It bothered me a lot.
"Is that all?" Morpheus asked, with his ever-annoying smug smile on his face, a smile that said, this is a game for me.
I said nothing, I would not dignify his mocking behavior with answers.
I would kill him.
No matter the cost.
"You don't get it, do you?" Morpheus moved behind me in a blur of speed, touching my shoulder in an almost friendly manner, "Time, power, none of those things works against me, I am beyond power, I am beyond time,"
I jumped, making some distance between us.
"I am imagination," Morpheus smiled, cocking his head to the side. "What I imagine, becomes real, if I imagine time doesn't work on me, it doesn't, if I imagine my body being immune to damage, my body becomes immune to damage, no matter what you bring to this battle, I will simply imagine my way out of it,"
I growled, using the time stone to freeze time around us, in a small but contain bubble that covered the entire arena.
However, Morpheus simply laughed, as everything around the arena, save for us was frozen in time, "Didn't I just tell you? Time doesn't affect me, because I imagine it doesn't,"
What kind of bullshit power was that?!
How was I supposed to battle someone that can imagine his victory over every card I have?!
Then again, he has yet to kill me, why?
If such power is within his hands, he could simply imagine my death.
And according to him, whatever he imagines, becomes a reality, therefore, imagining my demise was the soundest course of action.
Perhaps, just perhaps he can't affect me with his power… at least not directly.
So far to hurt me he has had to touch me.
"I will find a way to kill you, just give me time," I grounded out, since the moment I woke up in this universe, everything in my life has been a fight, Hydra, The Dark Phoenix, everything.
I always prevailed.
I intend.
To prevail.
"By all means, give it your best shot," Morpheus chuckled, scratching his head.
I spat, cocky little shit.
Taking a deep breath, I started to weigh my options, two stones had done nothing, and the one stone that could've possibly trumped his reality-bending powers was still not in my hands.
I still had a few cards up my sleeve.
Equipping the space stone, possibly damaging my body beyond repair.
And, the axes Thor had given me.
I also had the rare candies to get some levels.
That would give me 30 levels.
Though it would be a waste to use them here.
"Are you done? I'm bored," Morpheus yawned.
I frowned, fuck it all, time to play aggressively.
[Space Stone Manually Equipped]
[WARNING!!! YOU DON'T HAVE THE REQUIRED LEVEL TO EQUIP THREE INFINITY STONES AT THE SAME TIME! DO NOT PROCEED!!]
I ignored the notification.
Effectively equipping the space stone.
[Equipping the Twin Axes]
I sighed.
I felt okay so far.
Three stones, one more than I could handle.
And, the axes.
This was my limit right now.
Now, would that be enough?
"Here I come," I sighed, looking at Morpheus before I blasted towards him, bending the space around him, in a combination of both the power stone and the space stone to create a pocket dimension that worked as a nuke. Meaning, everything within the small dimension would explode, while the outside, the dimension holding the pocket dimension received no damage.
"That was quite interesting," Morpheus grinned, appearing right in front of me, before kicking me in the gut. Soon after everything below my torso exploded in a bloody mess, as Morpheus laughed in mad delight.
I regenerated in less than a second, landing a few steps back, gasping for air.
Even though I had regenerated, I had felt that I had felt how my body exploded, I had felt every part of it, and my body while fully healed was in shock.
"First time getting half of your body blown?" Morpheus inquired, tilting his head to the side, index finger pressed upon his lip.
I growled.
Extending my axes together, canalizing the power of all three stones in a singular point before letting it all out in a slash that transcended time, space, and power itself.
That had to do something.
I had let out enough power to destroy earth several times over.
"That one actually hurt," Morpheus grinned, as the smoke of the explosion cleared, revealing his unharmed self.
What?
I took a step back.
He had to have a weakness of some kind.
Anything.
I refused to let it all end here!
"Well, that's enough don't you think, I already defeated you where I wanted," Morpheus grinned, pointing at his head, and then at mine, "I broke your spirit, and your body more than enough to prove I am superior, now…. Let's end this little play of ours," he finished with a dark menacing tone.
If I couldn't win, I could stall him forever.
As long as I had the stones with me, time was nothing.
"I might not have the power to kill you," I replied, taking a step forward, "But I will never stop trying,"
"Correction," Morpheus chuckled, "You will die trying,"
As he said that, I started to cough blood.
The stones were taxing my body for overreaching.
"I might not even have to dirty my hands with you, it seems you are doing a fine job killing yourself," Morpheus pointed out, "Nonetheless," he smiled, snapping his fingers.
At the same time, I fell to my knees, bleeding from every orifice in my body. I was coughing, crying, and feeling the blood pour into the ground, leaving my body without a sign of stopping.
"You must have had assumed my powers only worked if I touched ya, didn't you?" Morpheus asked, walking towards me.
What wasn't my body regenerating, why wasn't my body responding to anything?!
"Well, the truth is, everything in creation is mine to control," Morpheus chuckled, by this time, I could already see his feet, right in front of me, "Like right now, I imagined the stones had no power, and your body was bleeding out from every hole, and for good measure, I also imagined your powers weren't working,"
I had to move.
My daughters.
My life.
I still had things I wanted to do.
"Anyways, I don't like seeing people suffer, so I will end your suffering, consider a gift," Morpheus spoke, his hand extending towards my body.
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[The Ancient One POV]
Alex was dying?
That… couldn't be, I saw his future, glimpses of what he was to become.
And yet, there he was laying on the floor, unable to move.
"DON'T YOU DARE!" Thor roared, punching the field that kept us in place. He wasn't alone, both Bucky and Sif were trying their best too, even I was trying to break through what I knew was impossible to break.
"Alex!" Bucky growled, slamming his fist against the field, as he looked at the Beyonder, who simply grinned in delight, "You bastard!"
The Beyonder laughed, "It's finally happening, he's evolving! He's growing! YES YES YES! YES!"
"I WILL KILL YOU! YOU HEAR ME?!" Thor roared, looking at the Beyonder in the eyes, "NO MATTER HOW MUCH TIME IT TAKES ME, I WILL KILL YOU!"
The Beyonder simply ignored him, his eyes only on Alex.
As for me, I was still trying to understand what The Beyonder meant by he's evolving.
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[Alex Walker POV]
As I saw the hand of Morpheus approach me, I couldn't help but think.
Is that it?
Was this really my end?
I didn't want to die.
Not by a long shot.
I loved my family.
I loved my friends.
I wanted to live, I had so much to live for.
But, I wasn't strong enough to make that happen.
[....]
[.....]
[....]
"Time to die," Morpheus smiled, placing his hand on my head.
I cursed my weakness, as I waited for whatever was about to happen.
However, as time passed, nothing happened.
Morpheus was just there, doing nothing.
And this time, it seemed to affect everyone.
[...]
Even The Beyonder who a moment ago was cheering looked like a statue.
[.....]
My system? I thought Morpheus had disabled my powers with his fucking power.
[...]
Dots? What was that supposed to mean?
[...........]
I guess whatever it's happening saved me.
[You wish to be saved?]
I blinked this was new.
"Yes," I strained, wondering why my power was doing… whatever it was doing.
[These parameters, are unacceptable, power within more than enough to vanquish the Homunculus known as Morpheus, power within, more than enough to vanquish The Beyonder, current situation unacceptable.]
I blinked, what in the fuck was going on.
[Safe mode has been accessed, situation dire, body in distress, death was imminent, therefore, safe booting mode has been accessed, to avoid certain doom.]
My power had a safe booting mode?
[.....]
[.....]
[Reccomendation = Initiate self-recovery mode]
"Will that make me win this battle?" I asked, anything to win this, and end my nightmare.
[Yes.]
Then so be it.
"Then power of mine, reboot my ass then," I chuckled, to think my power was really like a computer, safe booting mode, and everything.
[Initiating Self-Recovery Mode]
[....]
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[Morpheus POV]
I reigned supreme.
My powers were the epitome of everything.
Only my creator stood above me.
And this battle had proved just that.
"Time to die," I smiled, touching Alex's head ready to explode his entire being. However, nothing happened. "What?"
"Restoring body," Alex spoke, his voice sounding almost robotic and devoid of life, "Infinity Stones, unnecessary,"
"You found your second wind," I smiled, seeing how his body had recovered back to full health, "Remarkable,"
"Body restored, initiating extermination," Alex turned, his eyes on me, and it was here when I noticed something, his eyes had halos in them, bright halos emanating pure cosmic power, just like that of my creator.
I took a step back, my body trembling.
"I won't b—"
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[The Beyonder POV]
I expected many things out of this battle.
But him evolving to such an extend?!
Never!
With but a simple glance, he had erased Morpheus's existence.
"You did it!" I clapped, moving to the arena.
"Target acquired," Alex spoke, his voice devoid of all emotion as he turned to look at me. "Initiating extermination,"
"What?" I mumbled as I felt what could only be described as another Godly being trying to erase me, however, I was strong enough to resist the pull. "Remarkable, as you are now, not even the Living Tribunal could touch you," I clapped, he was the one I needed, to fill the void my desire had created, he would help me!
"Elimination failed," Alex spoke, "Body and power still conflicting, further developing needed, proceeding with next best attempt, dimensional ban, parameters acceptable, power sufficient, initiating ban,"
I frowned, we would have to do something with his new way of talking, he was…
"Where the fuck am I?" I muttered, one moment I was looking at him, and the next, I was in the middle of nowhere.
Quite literally.
That little bastard.
"Hahahahahahhahahahahaha," I laughed, the little shit had kicked me out of his dimension, and to make matters more interesting he had cloaked his dimension out of my sight, very well, he has earned this, after all, he won the tournament, and his wish was for me to leave him alone, I reckon a few decades will be enough for him to forget everything, and for me to find where the hell was his dimension.
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