บท 263: Potential
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Space-Time Authority, Creation Authority, Guardian Authority: Infinite Dimension.
Yahweh mobilized all his most powerful [Authority] that could help him survive this attack. And once he did this, cracks like a mirror breaking could be seen appearing in the path of the dark gray energy cannon which was the Void Cannon fired by the Floating City.
All the mirror-breaking cracks that appeared on its path are actually dimensions the size of universes being erased from existence. To block this attack, Yahweh created countless universes and placed them on the path of the cannon.
It only takes less than a second for the dense and concentrated void energy to destroy these universes, however, right after that, another one will appear in his place.
Meanwhile, blood was dripping from Yahweh's eyes, noses, and ears. It is not simple for him to mobilize the power of so many [Authorities] at once and control them so perfectly. Not to mention the vast amount of divine energy required to power up such a spell.
He could foresee that his injury will further be aggravated after this fight, and only if he survived. Yahweh could feel that his Divine Kingdom was crumbling because of the massive amount of divine energy he was siphoning from it.
As a result, many of the mortals in Heaven died because of this, their souls forever destroy. However, he did have time to care about these things now. As long as he was alive, he could find ways to gather more believers, and not long afterward, there will be plenty more mortals in Heaven.
So, Yahweh focused on creating countless dimensions to block this attack. He was truly horrified by how destructive this energy that he has never seen before was.
It seems to contain both time and space, and could erase them at the same time; it was like it could return everything to a form of nothingness, and create things from the same nothingness.
Yahweh focused to remove these thoughts from his mind; he wanted to move out of the way of this energy beam, unfortunately, he realized that this was more difficult than expected.
A slight error and he might be hit and be erased.
Meanwhile, Edward was looking at everything with calm eyes. His tactic was to use the cosmic energy to create an illusion of the Floating City, move behind the enemy and kill him with the Void Cannon.
Everything went smoothly except for the fact that his opponent had some keen intuition about danger and acted in time.
"Master, our energy has reached the point that we need to run away."
Edward nodded. Although he wanted to be the final victor in this battle, he understood that it was very difficult to kill a being of that Tier with his current method--especially one who controlled countless [Authorities].
Forget about killing Yahweh, he probably could not prevent the other from running away. And in the current shape of him, the team, and the Floating City, they could not battle any longer.
They had reached their limits.
Nevertheless, he still had one last attempt.
Yahweh kept gathering divine energy as reserved while using some to keep defending. After gathering the necessary amount that he felt was right, he instantly created a thousand universal-size dimensions to place in the path of the cannon, then, he moved out of the way.
Unfortunately for him, the moment he moved, Edward acted.
Obscurius Sword.
Bellatrix has long developed ways to create Artificial Obscurus, and they are considered one of the most powerful weapons of the Empire. Before the Void Cannon was created, this was the weapon that Edward had prepared against the Gods since it was one of the few things that could work on the gods' [Authority].
Although now the Void Cannon existed, it still was not as flexible in terms of use compared to the Obscurius.
The moment Yahweh evaded the cannon, a gigantic black sword made of Obscurius descended on him with unparalleled speed. He only managed to move his body slightly to the left, however, the sword still hit his right arm, and instantly sever it.
The moment the sword touched his shoulder, he felt something eating up his essence. And the moment, his arm was severed, a great chunk of his Divine Essence was also removed with it.
Yahweh knew that healing that arm would not be something as simple as regrowing it; he had to make up for the loss of essence.
Edward sighed after seeing this.
"I guessed an arm is more than enough compensation." With this one arm, he could study many things and do a lot of things. After all, this was the body part of a divine being; one of the highest Tiers.
"Alright, Morgana, let's go."
Under the little elf's control, the Floating City left the Mirror Dimension and traveled to another parallel dimension. The reason that Edward did not leave this world was that the Void Shield was broken, and without it, a great deal of the Floating Cities would be destroyed in the voyage.
So, he had to take some time to rebuild it before returning home.
Meanwhile, Yahweh looked at his missing arm for a moment before placing his attention on his Divine Kingdom. Under his will, the kingdom stopped cracking and returned to normal; at least, it appeared so.
Then, he modified the memories of the surviving souls in the kingdom before leaving the Mirror Dimension. He gazed at the now completely empty Earth and muttered:
"This may be an opportunity for me."
He waved his hand and all the technological advancement of the modern world disappeared, turning the planet into a period similar to the Jurassic era. All the continents instantly fit together into a whole and a brand new race of humans was created by him.
Finally, two souls appeared in front of Yahweh and he used his power to create a new body for them. These two souls were in fact his angels, however, now, they were only Tier 5 angels.
"Go to these new humans to preach my name and help them develop technology as rapidly as possible."
Yahweh did not lose his goal of reaching higher realms, and his next development was in the multiverse. He raised his eyes to look at something deep in the universe and a slight fear flashed across his eyes.
Finally, he entered deep under the ocean to continue his sleep and recovery.
Meanwhile, two old men were watching this entire battle. However, they seemed to exist in a realm of existence that belonged only to them. One of them had a blue magical robe on him, while the other had a white robe similar to Roman's Toga.
"So, what do you think of my apprentice?" asked the old man in blue.
"Sir Merlin, you have accepted a fine apprentice."
"Come on, Yahweh, you can speak freely. As the God closest to becoming an Aspect, there is no need to be reserved."
Yahweh smiled wryly but did not take these words to heart. He was still two tiers from becoming an Aspect, so he did not dare accept such compliment. Although he was considered the god with the utmost talent, unfortunately, the path he chose to become an Aspect made him enemies of all the other gods. And he even blocked the ascension path of the majority of them.
"To be honest, sir, in terms of current strength and talent your apprentice can only be classified in the upper-middle level of the Aspect's Apprentices."
Merlin nodded his head in agreement.
"However, in terms of potential, he might be on par with these guys."
Yahweh knew the current most powerful Aspect's Apprentices were very scary individuals, breaking through the Tier 12 level at a very high speed. However, all these guys have terrifying cheat-like abilities that were either granted to them by Primordial Earth, or they were born with them.
However, there is a group of them called the Golden Generation. These apprentices grew up relying solely on their effort, hard work, and countless trial and tribulations to reach high tiers.
Their master ensured that they did not rely on any Golden Finger or Cheat-like Abilities to grow. The member of the Golden Generations were all referred to as Potential Aspects.
Yahweh could tell that Merlin wanted to train his apprentice to that level, however…
"If you want to say anything, do it," said Merlin.
"Honestly, sir, your disciple seemed too soft. His life has been too smooth and he hardly faced any true difficulties so far in his magical path."
Merlin did not say anything as he understood the reason for Yahweh saying these words. All the members of the Golden Generation have gone through hell. Their master ensured that during their rise.
However, Merlin did not like this method as he saw the downside of it. All the members of that generation are cold, ruthless, and will do anything for the sake of victory, for power; they have no bottom line.
In the current situation of the war, this is indeed a good mentality to have. However, being too ruthless is not necessarily a good thing. For example, abandoning their companions when they showed the slightest weakness is a common thing that the member of the Golden Generation often does.
Additionally, all of them are very individualistic and refused to work together. Everyone under them is a pawn to achieve a goal, sometimes even their friends and families
Merlin did not want his apprentice to become like them. He did not mind him being ruthless and indifferent, but there needs to be some measure. This is the reason that he did not train Edward like his other peers.
He wanted him to have the right amount of coldness, and the right amount of compassion. And maybe, one day, he can influence the others and show them a better way.
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Based on the poll, the final winner is Harem. So, Lily will be married to the two of them; this should be an interesting dynamic.
Next Chapter Title: Reflection
บท 264: Reflection
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Earth-666, Edward sat in a chair in the Floating City that was on the moon. Numerous tubes were connected to him through his spinal cord to heal his injuries, however, he still looked pale.
And it was not just him. In the different rooms, the others were also healing. However, the three of them were sleeping peacefully in tanks with green liquid on them to facilitate quicker healing.
As for why Edward did not follow then, it was because he still had something to do. While the battle was fresh in his memories, he wanted to reflect on it; think about how to improve, and distinguish the mistakes he made to prevent from repeating them.
'Many of the enchantments in the city malfunctioned or did not function at full capacity when a large amount of energy was being used; they need to be fixed and updated.
'I was too confident in the Void Shield and did not even have backup Void Energy in case it was broken. That needs to be changed.
'The size of the Floating city can be both an advantage and a problem. So, I should add some enchantment to increase its size depending on the situation.'
A massive Floating City can be used as a weapon for physical confrontation, and turning into a pocket-size has many strategic uses like running away, sneak attacks, and high mobility.
Edward tapped on the arm of his chair as he pondered deeply about the recent battle.
'My understanding and use of [Authority] are not nearly enough compared to the Gods, that needs to change. Reviewing the battle and how Yahweh's use should help a lot.
'I need to step up my understanding of Karma/Causality Magic. At the very least, I need to be able to defend against people capable of using it. Shani's Mirror along with Hitler's soul should help. And maybe even Dr. Jekyll's Good and Evil research.
'Creating the Anti-Divinity Weapon using Nick's body is also on the agenda. Some Gods in my world should be more powerful than Yahweh even if they do not control as many [Authorities] like him. Killing all of them by himself would be too much. With this weapon, other Arcanists can help, and I might not even have to lift a finger."
Edward's plan has always been to make the Floating City a common weapon of Arcanists. Although only the most powerful ones will be able to travel to other universes, the regular ones should be able to travel across dimensions, including parallel ones.
Arcanists can then exchange or plunder resources and knowledge all over the multiverse. And having an Anti-Divination Weapon in each Floating City is a must.
And in the future, when the time is correct, he will even make the Omniversal Trave Technology public so that Arcanists of the Empire can also travel to other universes.
Of course, there will be strict rules on the people who can acquire this technology, and they will have to pay taxes on the universes or dimensions that they visit–especially the knowledge that they acquire.
The sound of his finger tapping echoed in the healing chamber.
'The most powerful weapon of the city is the Void Cannon. Unfortunately, the cannon can only fire in a straight line, meaning that if the opponent dodged, the attack will fail. Currently, it is beyond my ability to fix this issue as the current knowledge of Void Energy is limited."
All the cannons in the Floating City can be considered Spatial Weapons as they can ignore time and space to attack a great distance away. The only exception is the Void Cannon.
His wife, Rowena, is the leading expert in Void Energy; her knowledge has long surpassed him since that is her main field. Without her, he would never be able to make the cannon so rapidly.
However, even Rowena does not have any way to deal with this issue; so, Edward only has to wait.
'Although I cannot fix this problem, I can alleviate it. Most powerful lifeforms have a form of danger pre-cognition, intuition, and even divination. So, what I have to do is place Anti-Divination or Anti-Danger Awareness on the cannon, affecting the ability of these people and making it very difficult for them to dodge the attack. Luna should be able to design these things.'
Edward's mind was working rapidly as more ideas came to his mind. His already injured felt a slight throbbing, and more potion was injected to help. After massaging his temple lightly, he continued.
Right now, he was full of inspiration and wanted to take this opportunity.
'Making the Void Cannon invisible or undetectable should increase its level of lethal. Rowena should be able to make the cannon invisible to both the naked eyes and the soul, however, sensitive people should be able to detect the energy fluctuation once the cannon is fired.
'Reducing that level of fluctuation would require quite the finesse, but I'm sure she would be up to the task.'
Edward reviewed every detail of the battle while coming up with new ideas.
'The Floating City is a weapon that should allow Arcanists to fight higher Tiers opponents. However, there is the issue of the difference in the essence of the soul."
The most difficult moment in that battle was when Yahweh directly attacked the essence of his soul. No Arcanists will have Lily or Morgana to help if they faced such a situation, so a solution is required.
"The Floating City itself can be considered a powerful lifeform: it has a body, an energy core, and consciousness in the form of the Artificial Spirit or A.I. So, if they can link their souls to it like a Horcrux, this problem can be solved.
'Any attack on the soul can be blocked by directing it to the city itself. Another upside to this is that it would be easier for them to control the massive energy coming from the Aether Core
"The downside is that with that link if the Floating City was destroyed, the Arcnanists would be heavily injured and even die from the backlash. So, is there a solution to this problem? The Arcanist can choose whether the link to the city is permanent or a temporary one, with the permanent having more control over the city while bearing more risks.
'Or, the Gate of Truth can be used instead of the soul. The Gate is connected to the soul, so it is no problem to form the connection. The destruction of the Gate is not as harmful as the destruction of the soul, and it can be even rebuilt with the right resources.
'Additionally, the Gate's purpose is to amplify people's senses and control of energy; meaning, with it, the amount of energy that Arcanists can use from the Aether Core would drastically increase.'
The Gate of Truth was created by a Tier 11 entity. And from what Edward learned from Merlin, Truth was on the verge of becoming a Tier 12 and broke free from the restraint of his universe.
And the Gate of Truth might place an essential component in his rise to power. Merlin even told him that Truth was a truly talented individual, and the Gate of Truth had great potential.
Although Edward knew how to create the Gate, he did not uncover all its secrets and potential.
'The last problem to deal with is the Divine Kingdom Projection. The way it created an unfriendly zone for mana or magic reminds me of Domains in some novels and anime. I need to come up with a way for me and other Arcanists to counter it in the future.'
He pondered deeply as he continued to tap his finger on the shoulder.
'Wait, Domain? That's it. Arcanists need a domain of their own to be on part with the Divine Kingdom if not more powerful. So, how to create a domain? Release the mana from their bodies and control it like curse energy from Jujutsu Kaisen? Or maybe a method similar to Reality Marbles from Fate Series? Maybe a combination of the two? I'll have to wait when I go to these worlds first.'
After coming to this conclusion, Edward realized that he needed to reach the Akashic Records as soon as possible. This is the only way for him to be able to choose which world to travel to instead o relying purely on luck.
So, Edward took a deep breath to calm his thought.
"Morgana, place all my ideas on a folder and use some of them to design the second generation of the Floating City."
"As you wish," said the little elf as she created a folder in her server with the title Floating City 2.0. "Anything else?"
"I'm going into cryosleep. You can fix the shield on your own and head straight home. Wake me up when we arrived."
After that, Edward also enters a large tube with green liquid to heal his injuries.
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