Chapter 2: World Before Creation
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In a inconceivably vast expanse of nothingness--an endless cosmic void--, the very first True Dragon to manifest into existence was faced with a dilemma.
It had not even been a second since Veldanava-The Star King Dragon-had gained a consciousness, but he was still face to face with an entity before him, being stared daggers into by 3 eyes which had a depth he could not explain.
He was still young, having manifested--in human form due to Hajun's belief--mere moments earlier, but not clueless. The Will may have given up it's power, but it still wasn't a mortal entity.
Veldanava, on guard, stared at the dark-skinned being before him. He was not capable of seeing through the other, but could no doubt recognize himself being the lower existence.
"Don't be alarmed. I'm only here because I was curious"
"Curious?"
Veldanava relaxed ever so slightly, he was weaker, yes, but not weak enough to be unable to detect malicious intent, or so he thought.
He didn't know what the other entity was, nor was he capable of understanding it, all he deduced was based on his own assumptions, given he no longer was the will, thus did not have the supposed Omniscience the will did.
Besides, not being aware of what language is, Veldanava could only understand the other due to him receiving the intention along with words it took him some moments to comprehend.
He began using whatever power he had to learn the thing known as language, and found it effortlessly. This was what would later transform into the 『Origin Skill: Akashic Records』 and hold the knowledge of this world.
"Yes. You see, I just wanted to see just what had suddenly appeared in the Void, so here I am"
"Oh"
"You can call me Hajun"
"Okay... I have a question"
"Hmm"
"How do you know my name?"
Hajun fell dead silent, eyes never leaving the True Dragon. Veldanava felt a freezing chill going down his spine, while Hajun had not done something threatening, the silence itself seemed to be.
Slowly, the golden haired being had his tongue out and eyes in a way that made his face look childishly cartoonish at best.
"Now that's a little secret of mine"
"Umm... Why did you make that face?"
Veldanava was genuinely curious, he did not see any reason for Hajun to contort his face in such manner, and since this was his first ever interaction with someone, he was unaware of mortal jokes.
Hajun sighed, he realized that he had been too impatient. Veldanava was quite literally an intelligent newborn, he did not have much knowledge outside the basic understanding of this world and himself.
"Don't worry about it. You will understand when the time comes."
Hajun rolled his eyes. He could feel Ivarage, Tiamat, Immortal and Azatoth laughing their ass off at his failed joke.
"So what you going to do? You can ask me if you want"
"Anything I want?"
"Uh huh. Though there are some things that I will tell you figure to out yourself"
"Right",Veldanava gave a slight nod,"Why am I like this?"
"Like what?", Hajun questioned,"You will need to elaborate more on that"
"I am here but I can also feel myself being elsewhere. It feels like qnother consciousness, like its a part of me", He stopped for a bit before his lips seperated to explain further, only to be interrupted by Hajun.
"I didn't expect you to feel that this early to be honest"
"Huh?"
Veldanava was taken aback. He while hoping to get the answer to his query, did not expect that he would actually receive one.
But at the same time, he was alarmed. Hajun seemed to already know about him much more than he did himself. While this didn't make him paranoid, he still was wary of the one who seemed to have every bit of knowledge about him.
"Though not a Primordial, you seem to be the passive manifestation of a Origin, the Origin of Beginning to be exact"
"What is an Origin?"
"You see", Hajun started,"Each and every entity in Existence has a Origin, the source, the genisis for everything, nothing and even those who stand above this hierarchy of Existence.
Whatever concepts may exist, Space, Time, Fate, Beginning, End, or any other arises from their Origin. The Primordial Origins are however, beyond the other Origins themselves, being the first of their kind and were those of Principles, not Concepts"
Veldanava just remained frozen, dumbstruck. Sure he was not as aware as the other, but that only made the swarm of questions in his mind intensify.
Where did these Origins come from?
Where were they?
Why can't he sense them?
Hajun watched, as Veldanava's thoughts slowly consumed him. He knew what the newborn True Dragon was thinking, and found it meaningless.
"Hey"
"Huh?"
"Don't think about it for now. You will learn that later on as you grow stronger and integrate"
"Integrate?"
Hajun sighed,"What you are now is a passive manifestation, an avatar. If you want to know and enter the World beyond, you will have to become an Origin"
"Oh", Veldanava pondered for a bit,"So how do I become one?"
"Heh. I won't tell you that, at least not yet. I want YOU", Hajun tapped his head, while emphasising on his tone,"TO DO THAT YOURSELF"
Veldanava looked at the other, smile widening as his lips stretched to give out a bright childish grin. Hajun seemed a bit taken aback for an instant seeing this, before seizing back his composure.
"So what do I do now?"
"Oh", Hajun smirked,"I have just the right idea"
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"So what now?", Veldanava enquired, "I'm terribly bored, Brother"
It had been decades since Veldanava had met Hajun. Once having fear and wariness in his heart towards the greater entity, he grew to understand the other more as their bond developed to something akin to that of a Sibling relationship.
Hajun showed his 'Little brother' the knowledge he stull had from his past lives, being able to entertain both of themselves for several years before boredom strated to creep in.
Hajun--being the protective brother he is--began teaching Veldanava how to fight, and some of the knowledge he needed to know about things outside the world Hajun created for them.
"Since we are almost out of stories ", Hajun replied as a matter of fact,"How about we create a new one?"
Not really of stories, but having you create a world is far more interesting.
"Hmm?"
"Why not just create a World, It will prove an endless amout of entertainment for a long time"
"Oh", Veldanava dived deep into thought,"I have an Idea"
"Really" Hajun exclaimed despite knowing what the future held, "What is it?"
"The Spirits of Existence that you mentioned before, The 8 Great Holy Spirits of Existence, can serve as the framework of a World" Veldanava blurted out, "If we use the Spirits of Light, Darkness, Space and Time, we can create Multiple Dimensions and Using the Spirits of Earth, Wind, Water and Fire to create a nourishment for a Physical World"
"And how do you plan to manage all this?"
"Hmm" The Dragon pondered for a bit, "I think a system should do the trick, it can manage everything for us instead of having us to actively do that"
Hajun's smirk widened, eyes filled with Pride at the individual before him brimming with joy. He long had come to see him as a little bother and thus naturally wished for him to become more independent and capable, and wasn't disappointed by the progress.
"Why don't you try that?" Hajun demanded, "Controlling A Holy Spirit without any Experience is not a easy feat"
"Alright"
And so, The Star King Dragon began to cast a spell he created himself at the spot with his own knowledge. He was still nigh-Omnicient after losing his strength, the only reason he did not believe that was due to Hajun being a much higher entity.
A huge Stellar Magic Circle manifested just before him, a blue structure with 8 Voids inside it. Each of the Void suddenly lit up with a blinding intensity, filling the Void with an Energy that even illuminated nothingness. After the flash died down, the remains were truly exposed.
Veldanava had not cast a Magic Spell but created a foundation, a framework using the Holy Spirits as a driving force which would be used to create and sustain whatever he would later create. Hajun was astonished, he thought Veldanava would first create a simple framework and then tie its fate with the Great Holy Spirits but what he didn't expect was for him to already solve the problem.
This reminded Hajun, while inferior to him, Veldanava was still nothing to scoff at. His lack of knowledge only presented itself due to his nigh-Omniscience being a Worldly one, and he himself was someone outside its scope. His power was insignificant to his own but was still a High tiered existence many can't comprehend.
True Dragons were the Highest Tiered Divine Spirits, but only by existence, they were actually inferior to The Great Holy Spirits in regards to authority and strength. This would remain unknown only due to the Holy Spirits' lack of egos.
While watching his brother perform his handiwork, Hajun had a sudden thought flash through his mind. Watching Veldanava create something sentient gave him an idea he didn't think after awakening, having a companion.
Hajun thought and thought, until just the right idea occurred to him.
Perfect
He would create a sentient Skill like Ciel and have it as a companion.
Hajun's mind raced as he thought of what to choose from an endless amount of possibilities he would choose. However, he then decided to take it on a whim because he was being impatient like he almost always was.
He drew the lot, acquiring a possibility that was rather unexpected. What he arrived on was taking in an Origin, the Origin of Knowledge to be exact, and giving it an ego.
If it were before he spent all this time living as mortals, he would have gone though with it but things were different now. Creating and giving an ego personally to the Origin would technically make Hajun a parent, and having something like that serve him clashed with his ideals that he had nurtured through all his mortal lives.
So after dismissing that, he came to a conclusion of creating a simple will feeding on his mind, creating a symbiotic relationship. While Hajun gave the energy needed to the companion to sustain itself, he would in turn gain a assistant always by his side.
He then used 『Creation』--one of his lower abilities which allowed to create absolutely anything--to create a dependent, unmaterialistic entity that feeds upon his own essence. It was created, but destroyed within an instant. The entity was way to weak to hold even a connection to his essence.
Giving it a try once again, this time he created a entity made especially to withstand a connection with himself. However it still wasn't complete, what he created lacked a ego, or so he thought.
⟪I already do possess an ego, Master⟫
Hajun was startled by the voice which abruptly rang in his head. He did not create a being with an ego so how...
Ah. No wonder the ego formed without me actively doing it.
Hajun realized. The being was feeding upon his own essence, even if a miniscule amount. He underestimated his existence. Even such an amount was enough to elevate the earlier egoless entity with no other specialty than to withstand his essence to a being who was immediately stronger than Veldanava, even before he gave up his worldly Omnipotence.
⟪Yes Master. I have only gained a train of thoughts after devouring some of your essence⟫
Yep. I knew I was right.
So What do I call you?
⟪I will accept whatever name Master bestows upon me⟫
Hmm... How about Athena? Since you are, from what I can tell, a Manas.
⟪Master, what is a Manas?⟫
Oh right, she doesn't know.
Hajun knew that even though a Manas, Athena had not experienced anything. In order to solve this problem, he gave Athena the ability and permission to enter his mind, a privilege no one before ever had.
⟪Thank you Master, for bestowing a name on me⟫
Hajun smiled feeling Athena's gratitude but it fell as quickly as it came. Athena seemed to distort the Reality around her as she seemed to develop a layer of Chaotic yet gentle energy dancing around an outline of a humanoid woman. The Energy blasted away, shaking the very Void itself before disappearing due to the invisible nihilistic force of the Void which eradicated it.
Where one was just a place in this homogenous Void, was now occupied by a humanoid entity with white hair, dazzling golden eyes. A 2-layered halo behind her head only magnified the divine aura she radiated, dwarfing the Great Holy Spirits by an inconceivable Margin.
Veldanava, who almost took the full brunt of the aura, would have died if not for Hajun creating a barrier around Athena not only to protect him but the entire World itself.
Hajun's essence, even though that of a mere avatar, had no equal other than his true self. Absorbing a minuscule of it itself was something few could even dream of surviving, much less absorbing it. Athena had absorbed a fraction of the minuscule essence she could, practically making her evolve, even though it should be impossible.
Athena was a digital lifeform, a being who existed entirely based as the manifestation of information itself. That was a Manas, which ought to be the peak of the evolution of such lifeforms.
However, Athena was created particularly to endure Hajun's essence. Having assimilated with whatever of it she could, the essence, which didn't accept it's host to be a being with such lower power and forced it to become something more, something worthy of being it's vessel.
Veldanava, who had been told of this by his brother, was enthralled at the unexpected event of the birth of a being which was effortlessly created by his brother. He knew what Athena was, and became much more elated to see her break through her peak.
Hajun, looking at her new form, decided to give her race a name. He called that a Transcendent Manas. It was a Manas which had evolved from being an entity formed solely of information to a being who held a control over information to a degree which could nearly be called as holding Absolute Dominion.
"How do you feel, Athena?"
"I have never been better, Master"
"Alright" Hajun trailed off, "Anyways, this here is Veldanava. He is my little brother"
Athena turned to the Dragon in human form before bowing, "I am Athena. I greet Lord Veldanava"
Veldanava smiled. Athena however ignoring this, turned to me, causing be to barely hold my own laughter.
⟪Master, What do you wish for me to do?⟫
Nothing for now. There is still time before the main show commences. Just remain in my consciousness, I have prepared a bunch of things for you to experience.
Hajun returned his attention to Veldanava, who seemed to be sulking after being ignored. He sighed before slapping the back of Veldanava's head.
"What are you upset for?! Don't you have a job to do?!" Hajun jested, "The Spirits aren't going to do all the work themselves"
Veldanava nodded, recognizing his brother's words before he took to completing the framework made by the 8 Great Holy Spirits.
"Heh" Hajun smirked, " This is going to be fun"
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