Infinite Mana In The Apocalypse

Chapter 3705: Transform or Break II

Life and death hung in the balance.

Literally.

At a time such as this when an utterly confounding existence tore apart the Infinite Ravines- it bled into the weavings of the Wheel of Existence.

Within Hell Terra Firma.

In the skies where a massive satellite floated, the figure of a tan-skinned Barbatos stood beside Noah as she watched a black-and-white tendril of light descend toward her from above.

”Is something serious happening right now?”

She asked Noah, her eyes tinged with curiosity.

Noah remained beside her, giving a light nod, his gaze resting on the bleak gray earth stretching endlessly across this hellish frequency.

”Somewhat serious. A lot of things will change. You... might change.”

…!

Barbatos blinked at his words, but a spark of understanding lit her eyes. She smiled.

”Is it... my other self? Or other Selves across frequencies?”

She had hit the heart of the matter.

Noah nodded.

”In the time to come, all weavings of existence will likely merge. By the time you attain your True Source, every possibility across frequencies that represents you will have unified. But you, and others closely tied to me, will become singular in nature, even if not yet in complexity soon. Across frequencies and possibilities, there will be only one Weaving of Existence. A single you, filled with all your possibilities.”

Barbatos smiled and nodded brightly.

”As long as I am with you, I think everything will be okay.”

…!

She said this with unshakable joy. Noah nodded gently, and in the next moment, the black-gold string of the Eldritch Expanse struck the back of her head, her body falling completely still.

Across the Eldritch Expanse, countless black-and-white strings stretched out endlessly, connecting to all entities across this frequency and other Frequencies.

|Absolute Wheel Ontopathogenesis|...was unfolding in full bloom.

It spread across all frequencies of the Wheel of Existence, ignited from the very core of its construct.

Noah watched it unfold, his gaze calm.

Calculated.

He wasnʼt angry.

He wasnʼt sad.

He wasnʼt brimming with joy.

At this moment, he simply was.

He felt his own Weavings of Existence begin to stretch outward, reaching toward every possibility across the Wheelʼs frequencies as he reflected on himself.

He, who once vowed he could never fail.

But…

|The Truthborne Continuum, Veritarch, asks why.|

HUUM!

His weavings buzzed.

His last System of Existence, meant to embody all he was, questioned him.

Why couldnʼt Noah fail?

He had made mistakes.

He remembered his greatest one, the reason he turned back time itself to correct it.

The moment with the Devilish Time Unveiler.

And there were other mistakes. Even those he didnʼt call mistakes were still choices, paths he could have walked differently.

Yet each of them, mistake or not, had made him who he was.

Because he watched the Spiritual Land break, he swore never to allow such loss again.

Because he saw those he loved nearly die, he promised to protect them with everything he had.

His mistakes shaped him.

From them, he drew the conclusion that failure wasnʼt an option.

Why? Veritarch asked.

Why?

”Because I am... Noah Osmont.”

HUUM!

”I am a father.”

”I am a son.”

”I am—”

|Veritarch, the Truthborne Continuum, rejects your reasoning.|

HUUM!

His weavings buzzed.

His eyes remained calm, solemn, as the depths of his budding Living Wheel shook.

His Final System of Existence rejected his answer.

And asked again.

He asked himself again.

|Why?|

…!

BOOM!

Around him, Hell Terra Firma trembled.

Barbatos vanished along with countless others as the black-and-white tendrils of the Eldritch Expanse whisked them away.

In that moment, Noah became the only living existence within the bounds of Hell Terra Firma.

A place that denied all authority, and yet he overcame it.

A place where only he could now move freely.

And now, alone in this hellish frequency, he asked himself.

Why?

Not just why he couldnʼt fail.

But why he did it all.

Yes, for his family.

Yes, for those he wanted to protect.

Yes, for the countless quintillions relying on him.

But...

Why did he continue moving, endlessly?

HUUM!

His body pulsed with multicolored singularities.

Colorless brilliance surged outward as Quintessence flooded the gray terrain of Hell Terra Firma like an endless sea.

Mana flared, and in the next instant, the gray skies turned an endless, radiant blue.

Mana.

He looked up and smiled.

He always knew his answer.

His why.

He moved because...

”I want to.”

…!

No one forced him.

Yes, he had lives to protect. But no one stood behind him ordering him to act.

If his nature were different, if he didnʼt want to do this, then he simply wouldnʼt.

But he did.

It was part of the...pursuit.

It began with Infinite Mana.

He fell in love with the idea that he could wield boundless power to do anything.

Since then, he chased the very edges of what was possible.

How powerful could one become? How much could one obtain?

Along that path, he grew.

He found his family.

He had a son.

He reclaimed his mother.

All because he longed to witness the absolute end of power.

He loved the journey. The discovery.

He loved achieving what others couldnʼt imagine.

Doing in days what others required eons to accomplish.

Becoming a Resplendent Monad- of which only two existed in an entire Wheel of Existence that had survived eight Breakings.

The fact that it was possible...

That was why he loved this endless journey!

Yes, he couldnʼt fail- because to lose loved ones would be unbearable. To fail quintillions would be a tragedy.

But more than that...

His path would end.

His journey would stop.

And he didnʼt want that.

Like his Mana, he wanted it to be... Infinite.

He didnʼt want it to end. He wanted to keep experiencing.

Even if no battles remained. Even if he retired to a quiet farm...

He still wanted to continue.

To be alive, yes…but to truly live.

”That is why.”

He answered the budding part of himself- the part trying to live up to its name: the Truthborne Continuum.

To synthesize. To understand.

And so...

|For now, Veritarch accepts the Why.|

HUUM!

|Your Origin, Body, and Soul have become the Cornerstones of the Living Wheel.|

|Through them, your Sources stand a chance to truly live.|

…!