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[Alex Walker POV.]
[2 DAYS LATER.]
[101 HOURS BEFORE KNULL.]
The thunderous booms of powerful blows echoed through the dungeon, reverberating the entire pocket dimension, as shock waves produced by my attacks clashing with the boss pushed things to a breaking point, the battle finally culminating in a single move, as I blasted a hole through the boss's chest.
[Satan has been slain. 78974541328 exp gained.]
[Dungeon = The Ring of Wrath - Cleared!]
[Skill Book gained = Wrath Empowerment.]
[Item gained = Dread Ring.]
[Item gained = Dread Earrings.]
[Item gained = Dread Pendant.]
[YOU HAVE LEVELED UP!]
[YOU HAVE LEVELED UP!]
I sighed, opening my inventory to check what I had just obtained by slaying Satan, as I walked to the next ring of hell, the ring of Lust, to continue with clearing this seven-layered multi-dungeon.
[New skill learned!]
[Wrath Empowerment - ACTIVE/PASSIVE - LV 1 =
The user becomes stronger, faster, more durable, and much more. Through his anger, enhancing their existing powers, as well as attaining the ability to suppress massive amounts of pain.
When used, the user immediately enters into a state of rage. Gaining +0.2% to all stats minus, WIS, CHA, and PER, who instead gets a debuff of -0.1%.]
Risky skill, but it could be useful. I will have to look into that later.
[Dread Ring - Epic Item.
An exceptionally well-crafted piece of jewelry empowered by the primordial flames of hell.
When equipped, the following buffs apply.
Fire damage increased by 5%
Fire damage taken reduced by 10%
Mana regeneration increased by 5%
INT increased by 1%
WIS increased by 1%.]
Not bad, not bad at all.
I nodded, equipping the ring that looked like it was out of bones. Will have to fix the appearance later.
[Dread Earrings - Epic Item.
An exceptionally well-crafted piece of jewelry empowered by the primordial flames of hell.
When equipped, the following buffs apply.
Fire damage increased by 5%
Fire damage taken reduced by 10%
Mana regeneration increased by 5%
INT increased by 1%
WIS increased by 1%.]
So the same… I can live with that.
Once again, I equipped the item, doing the same with the next one, seeing as it had the same description as the previous two.
Well, time to clap Asmodeus…. I better rephrase that, considering the ring he rules.
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One hour later, I had finally cleared the remaining rings of the multi-dungeon, acquiring a few useful items, and skills along the way. With the best loot coming from the Pride Ring and the Wrath Ring.
The other princes of hell had given me items and skills that were quite good, at least in essence, but ultimately useless against Knull. Asmodeus' loot was centered around PER and CHA for the most part, while Mammon's loot was centered around DEX and LUK.
And although it was true that certain items gave me some of the statistics I was looking for, none of them were quite good enough to replace the loot I had equipped from the ring of pride and wrath.
"Next dungeon."
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[?????? POV]
I looked at our great master, giggling in excitement, as he rocked his chair back and forth, trying to decide what to do.
"I don't know what to dooo!" He whined, crossing his arms, as he jumped out of his chair with a small frown puffing his cheeks.
"We can always play together, my lord," I replied, bowing. All of us were his eternal playmates, his eternal servants. His will was our absolute command.
"Hmm, no. You guys are boring," He snickered from his cheeks, jumping back to his chair. "I want to play with him! He looks so fun! I wonder what games he knows?!"
Alex Walker, a strange being that had caught the attention of our lord. Not often do I admit this, but that man was indeed worthy of attention, his potential only second to that of our Lord, which was an impressive feat.
"Then play my lord," I replied, after all, the universe was his to do as he pleased, and that included Alex.
"Hmmm," He hummed, seeming to muse over my proposition before waving me off with a smile. "Nahhh… I mean I want to! But he's about to play with that old thingy, Null? Mull? Bull?"
"Knull, my lord," I offered.
"That! He's about to play with Knull, and I won't be a party pooper!" He shook his head, arms crossed, as he closed his eyes to make emphasis on his point.
"Then later?" I asked, confusion lacing my tone. It was most strange to see my lord not doing what he pleased as soon as he pleased it.
"Huh-uh!" He beamed, nodding his head fast, as his arms quaked in sheer anticipation. "Once he finishes playing with Knull, I'll visit him and we'll play together forever and ever!"
I nodded, "As you say, my lord." It seems like soon we would be getting a new playmate.
"I can't barely waittt!" He giggled, jumping into the air.
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[Alex Walker POV]
I had been fighting a boss, when all of a sudden, I felt a fucking chill run down my spine, and it wasn't one of fear. The only thing I could compare it to was the feeling I would get from seeing that distinctive mischievous gleam in Nat's eyes when she was about to do something she was not supposed to or had done something she wasn't supposed to.
"The fuck was that…" I muttered, blocking the boss's attacks, as I tried to rationalize what I had felt. Was Nat plotting to prank me? Was Emily in it? If so, how the fuck they had learned to send their intent so far, and into another dimension for that matter?!
Then again, if it wasn't them…
Then who?
I was used to dealing with killing intent, and other malicious emotions thrown at me, but mischievous intent, that was a new one, at least on this level.
I mean, Nat it's pretty mischievous, but I am… almost sure, she can't project her mischievousness to such an extent.
"The fuck am I doing?" I muttered, realizing I was wasting precious seconds on this. For now, it was irrelevant who was responsible for that feeling, if anything, I should be grateful it wasn't evil intent… I think… not a hundred percent sure, but at least, for the first time in my life, it's a 50 - 50. Which, by the way, was a massive improvement all things considered.
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[Alex Walker POV]
[3 HOURS UNTIL KNULL.]
Today was the day.
In only three hours, Knull would be released into the universe, ready to erase all in creation, to usher forth a new era of nothingness. The past few days, I had been training non-stop.
Both my body and mind, to be ready for him.
Learning all about him. All that I could.
I was ready, or as ready as I would ever be.
I had leveled up a lot, I had gained and mastered skills just for him, and had acquired the best possible loot I could right now, as well as crafting a set of armor to go over my own armor, to bypass the equipment limit.
I was, as I had said before, as ready as I would ever be.
In three hours there was little I could do, I would not level up anymore. Or get anything that would somehow tide the odds to my side, now all there was left to do was wait, and prepare.
I had Ultron and Jarvis ready, my troops, waiting in some key points to avoid the symbiotes expanding too much.
I was completely aware I would not be able to fully stop Knull's forces from expanding across the universe in the search for a host, as it was impossible to do so. But, it was entirely possible to lessen their impact and growth, by positioning our armies in strategically selected locations, avoiding the symbiotes from reaching any planets with strong life in them.
If my forecasting calculations, alongside those of Jarvis and Ultron, were to be trusted, by protecting those key points, we would be slowing Knull's army, and his growth by a 68.129%.
In turn, increasing our chances against him.
That was, of course, only if his first course of action was to send all of his troops out into the cosmos. Which I wasn't entirely sure he would, so from a tactical point of view, it was best to act as if he was going to do it anyway.
It wasn't like I didn't have ways to move my armies to any given position at any given time.
I had thousands of golems who were able to open portals to anywhere in the universe in a matter of seconds. Moving my armies should ever be needed, would be a breeze.
I was ready.
Now, all I had to do was find a way to kill someone that isn't even alive, to begin with. As negating such a thing was still well out of my reach, at least right out of the bat.
The thing with negating tangible concepts, such as life, death, or similar. Was that there two ways to do so, one negating the personal connection of your selected target to the concept itself, or negate the entire concept itself.
Negating the connection of one target, simply required you to be stronger than the target you were trying to negate to do so. While negating the concept itself, required you to be stronger than whoever held the realm of said concept.
Like, for example.
If I wanted to negate death, the entire concept of it. I would need to be stronger than Death itself.
The same applied if I wanted to negate the entire concept and or existence of darkness, in which case, I would need to be stronger than Oblivion to do so. Funny enough, if I wanted to negate amortality as a whole, I would also need to be stronger than Oblivion.
Negating the existence of concepts that held real value in the order of things was hard, as they entered the realm of control of other beings, making the process a bit more complicated. Leaving me in a bit of a situation.
The way I saw it.
Killing Knull would only be possible if I was stronger than him, and weakened him enough to negate his connection to his amortal state. Two, if I erased him from existence altogether, which also required me to weaken him for that to work.
Or, last but not least, if I somehow found a way to induce life into him, making him a mortal, therefore making him like everyone else in this universe a subject of Death.
I was entertaining that last life-inducing idea as a possibility. I had, after all, something from the first hero, the Lifebringer One, who at one point held the realm of life.
So perhaps there was something to do there with that.
I was, however, inclining more towards erasing him altogether, as it was simpler than turning him into a mortal, and other options. I only required to win, weakening him enough, to then erase him.
"Well, time to see how the girls are doing," I muttered, pushing those thoughts aside for now.
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[Thor POV]
[1 DAY EARLIER.]
I had pushed my body to the breaking limit and beyond. Redefining the boundaries of what's possible, and what was not. Reaching levels of power, far beyond what I thought possible.
I was, however, falling short. I was still not one with my power, with my heritage, a part of me was fighting, or perhaps it would best to say, a part of me was conflicting with what I wanted to accomplish.
What part? Not sure.
I wasn't sure what I had to see or understand, both as a man and as a God. Perhaps it was that duality within myself that stopped me from reaching what I wanted to, unable to decide between both.
I wasn't sure, really.
But, of what I was sure of was that no matter what, I would protect my family, my people, and all others from those who sought to bring upon them any harm.
My powers would cooperate, or I would force them to. There was no other choice, no other path, no other alternative to it.
"I will not rest, I will not stop, I will not relent, until I can fight by his side! I am Thor, and I will succeed!" I panted, struggling to remain on my feet, as blood dripped from my body to the ground as if I had bathed in a tub of blood, every inch of my body, drenched in blood.
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[Odin Borson POV]
[1 DAY EARLIER.]
Hela had convinced Thor to give my weapon to Sif.
I was angry at the time, Gungnir had been with me for a long time. But, right now it was not the time to focus on that, Sif would use my spear well, she would do Gungnir honors.
Be that as it may, I still found myself lacking a weapon. And so was Thor.
I needed a weapon if I was to lead and fight to the best of my capabilities, and so did Thor.
Which is why I had commissioned two weapons with Eitri.
Who upon my request, happily started working on them.
Stormbreaker for Thor, and Last Whisper for me.
I had made many mistakes in my life, many errors I would never be able to fix, Hela, Loki, Thor… and much more, I had hurt many during my long life, the least I could do was protect them, as a King of the old, it's my duty to protect those who are paving the path to the future.
And if needed, I would die for that cause.
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