Athena said these words with conviction as her figure straightened, choosing to speak what she felt as even if her relationship with this being would not go back to how it was just a few weeks ago, she would still move and try her best to establish something like it as she aimed to achieve the goal of Order she had this entire time!
Noah nodded as he stopped staring out into the blue seas, his figure glancing towards Athena as he went towards her.
When it came to this War Princess, there were a myriad of conflicting feelings as Noah had tried to separate anything he felt while thinking back to his subordinates from the Lost World in the past weeks. When one thought about their relationship, it began on a lie, and was built on top of the blood of many beings!
He came close to her as he thought about these things, his eyes turning red as his mouth opened and his pristine fangs protruded once more. He turned her shaking head aside as his fangs sunk in, using his authority as the Vampyre Progenitor to upgrade the bloodline of a normal Vampyre that he granted her before into one of a Royal Vampyre!
"Ahhn~"
Athena voiced out as her body convulsed, Noah moving away from her as she began to release a more powerful aura. She clutched her neck as she looked towards Noah and spoke.
"Junior Brother, is there still a chance…"
Her words wandered off as she felt the new power coursing through her, Noah glancing at the wide blue seas once more as he replied honestly.
"I don't know."
Yes! He did not know!
He thought back to his relationship with Adelaide and Barbatos, even Elizabeth who still resided and looked after the Blessed Empire under Steel Mikhail. All of these women that he surrounded himself with, even though he had connections with them, he either found himself spending very little time with or even not seeing them completely in the case of Elizabeth.
When it came to Athena who had actually spent the most time with as much of the past months were sparring and moving with her with his identity as Crixus, he was conflicted even more because of her identity, and wanting to stay true to what he promised the inhabitants of the Lost World!
Now that all of it was resolved, he was asking himself whether it would do him any good to start something again out of this relationship that began on a completely wrong note. Even if he did, would it be any different from what he had with the women he surrounded himself with now?
As he continued to advance to greater and higher levels, he had of course continued to notice the distinct changes with the people he surrounded himself with. In the case of Barbatos, the wild and unruly Necromancer had long ago stopped calling him Little Fish, where Noah felt a gap being created and widening every time he continued to elevate himself onto higher stages, and this wasn't just in terms of upgrading through Ranks.
Even the docile Adelaide began to look at him with a light of reverence aside from the infatuation, his continued advancement into greater heights creating a sense of loneliness even when surrounded by many beings that loved him!
This was an extremely unique feeling that he did not know how to explain!
If he had told his past self that he would feel a sense of loneliness even when surrounded by the most beautiful beings, he would have laughed and called it ridiculous, but he was actually feeling this emotion for the past weeks.
He continued to stand alone atop an extremely heavy pedestal that now bore the weight of multiple worlds that had fused into a realm, where he himself did not know where his journey would ultimately lead.
He loved the feeling of power and experiencing brand new skills and skill trees, exploring wondrous locations and lands he would never even dream of before, but he still could not figure out how to erase this feeling where something seemed to be missing in his connections.
This was why he replied that he did not know.
But when Athena heard these words, her eyes brightened up as her valiant aura visibly erupted out even more as she seemed to make a new goal, nodding as she heard the words of Noah ring out once more.
"Get familiar with the Infinite Realm first before anything else, and prepare to move out to lead if I send the word. After all, you are still the War Princess who is uniquely fit to lead because of your ability."
Noah said this as he prepared to finish off a few more things before he went to the Fourth Infernal Realm to most likely achieve complete comprehension in a Supreme Law, where things could go in many directions thereafter as they would permanently change the state of the Novus Galaxy.
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Within the next hour, a grand announcement was made to the respective Commanders under Noah- beings like Elena, Steel Mikhail, Kraken, and many others that oversaw and led large forces or regions in the Infinite Realm. All of these beings received the message that the War Princess seeking order in the Novus Galaxy would take on a similar position as them as she used her unique ability created for War to lead some of Noah's forces, a new commander coming into their ranks!
Something that would not be known until much later was how the title of this being who was now known as the War Princess would change in the future as she went on to carry out her goals and ideals.
The identity of this being that used to be a Celestial would be stripped away as she would later come to be known as the Inquisitor!
The Inquisitor, Athena!
Chapter 579: Racing to 100%!
While carrying many thoughts and emotions, Noah decided to forge towards the path he was following as he spent some time to resolve the issue of Athena and get her up to speed on all the wondrous things in the Infinite Realm.
After that, he disappeared from the Infinite Realm just as quickly as he had arrived, heading towards the Fourth Realm of Hell as he knew that time was a factor in what was to come!
While he did this, he checked all the things he had gained in the recent battle aside from the implosion of Fate Lines. The next best thing was the Skill Points, where the ability [Origin Conversion: Skill Point Absorption] shined for the first time as he actually obtained 354 Skill Points from the 7 Star Forgers he had taken down.
This meant he had recovered all the skill points he used to obtain the skill, and had now gained another 54 to use as he wished!
The usefulness of [Origin Conversion: Skill Point Absorption] would only continue to increase from here as he got back on track to obtaining more and more skill points.
Aside from the Star Forging Cores that he had already given out most of to his subordinates, the Skill Books weren't anything worth talking about as they did not even come close to matching the effectiveness of the skills under his skill trees.
It was these same skill trees that he had actually made a decision about, where he knew he had to narrow his focus greatly in order to have a powerful enough skill tree to stand against Aldrich. The battle against this being that he thought would not come for weeks or months seemed like it would occur in a matter of days, or even shorter!
Thus, he most definitely needed to have at least one skill tree at the Nebula Rank before that time, and he was of course going with the only skill tree he had advanced to the Star Forging Rank so far- The Terror of Aether!
His next best options were the skill trees revolving around Fate and Chaos, but they were far behind at this point as he placed his focus on the skill tree that was only a stage away. In an ideal situation, he would have strived to have his skill tree that relied on the Chaos element near its peak to face the fate that Aldrich utilized, but the power of a Terror seemed to be just as deadly if not more.
Even in the Infinite Realm, Fate and Chaos were unlocked first, with Aether being unlocked after! This led Noah to believe that there was something unique about this element, its tier maybe even being elevated higher than the other two!
So even if he had to utilize some skill points in order to bring the proficiency to a required level in order to upgrade the Terror of Aether skill tree, he would do it! His gaze was sharp as his figure appeared in the skies of the Fourth
Infernal Realm.
When he appeared in this unique realm, he could actually feel a sense of calmness amidst all of this, his gaze going towards the powerful energy signatures in the ancient metropolis cities as his figure descended down.
He could sense the aura of the 1st Infernal Lord in the clearing behind the enormous archaic castle he had arrived in before, his figure lying down on this clearing as he saw multiple beings turn their eyes towards him.
All the Infernal Lords were here, with the 1st Infernal Lord looking towards him with a smile as she pointed to a group of bound beings in front of them!
Noah's eyes focused on these figures as he sensed the strong fate essence from them, each of these figures holding varying amounts of Fate Lines as they were the Celestial Commanders that the Infernal Lords captured before the events that occurred today took place.
This was the objective that the 1st Infernal Lord had given to all the Lords some time ago, and Noah would reap the rewards of it now as he would actually be able to complete his comprehension of the Law of Fate through it!
"Fate works in mysterious ways. Even I could not have predicted for things to play out this way."
The melodious voice of the 1st Infernal Lord rang out as Noah activated Apathy while going towards the bound Celestial Commanders. He knew what he had to in order to be able to stand against Aldrich, and he stepped forward as he claimed the hundreds of thousands of Fate Lines he needed to achieve 100% of law comprehension in fate!
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On the other side of the Novus Galaxy, Aldrich was floating in the skies of the Sanctum of the Celestial Realm peacefully as he glanced down beneath him.
If one glanced at the Sanctum at this moment, they would notice the golden landscapes to be bathed in a bloody red color, a horrific scene of millions dying unexpected deaths present in the Celestial Realm!
Aldrich had actually continued his cruel actions after he made up his mind, continuing to reap the lives of the force he had created for hundreds of years because he now saw them as useless!
Keeping them alive only meant that they would continue to be fuel for an abominable enemy that actually advanced through the law of fate as easily as one could, while dismembering the organization he created and reaping their lives for himself actually granted him more Fate Lines himself, where he actually neared his goal at this very moment.
As he forever changed the fates of millions of powerful Celestials and influenced both the Light Expanse and Dark Expanse because of it, hundreds of Fate Lines were descending towards him every time he reaped the lives of more Celestials that he commanded to retreat to the Celestial Realm.
RUMBLE!
Another Legion entered and appeared in the Sanctum as Aldrich waved his hands one more, a bone-chilling light being carried with it as all the arriving Celestials were killed even before they knew what happened, more blood dying the normally golden Sanctum.
The cold light of apathy and madness in Aldrich's eyes only continued to grow stronger as he saw fewer than 10,000 Fate Lines remaining before he achieved 10 million, his gaze shining with powerful light as he continued to destroy the organization he created with sweat, blood, and tears over the years in order to achieve his own goals!
Chapter 580: A New Identity: Controller!
Across the vicissitudes of time, many beings came and went as they made very little impact on the overall lives of trillions.
Very rarely, a few unique beings rose above the masses as they shone brighter than anything seen before, the paths these beings took changing and affecting the lives of an uncountable number of beings!
In the Fourth Infernal Realm and the bloodied Sanctum of the Celestial Realm, two beings were going towards achieving something that very few could ever hope to achieve. Both of them were rushing towards the completion of a comprehension of a Supreme Law, and oddly enough, the actions they were taking were actually eerily similar.
Aldrich was dismantling his own force that he created for the past hundred years, this single action of destroying an extremely powerful and pervasive organization granting him hundreds of Fate Lines as the few thousand required Fate Lines before 10 million were quickly gathered!
Meanwhile, Noah was also reaping the lives of Celestial Commanders as each life gave him anything on the range above one hundred thousand.
Similar actions, similar goals, the only thing different being the varying efficacy!
RUMBLE!
At this time, the space around the Sanctum where Aldrich stood had begun turning a shade of gold as he closely approached the 10 million point, the surrounding miles beginning to permeate with a pure essence of fate that seemed to be calling for the arrival of something grand.
In the Fourth Infernal Realm, Noah's surroundings had actually not adopted this same appearance, the phenomenon that Aldrich was experiencing being unique as he was going towards completing the comprehension in a much slower form, but he had less than a thousand remaining Fate Lines required in order for him to reach it!
Meanwhile, Noah was still a hundred thousand Fate Lines off, his eyes looking towards the last remaining Celestial Commander that was shaking terribly as he saw the lifeless bodies of all the others.
Noah could see this commander had above 1.5 million Fate Lines, meaning that with the end of this commander's life, he would gain close to 200,000 Fate Lines as he reached the 10 million point and even possibly spill above it if that was possible!
OOOM!
A unique air began to spread out as his hand reached forward while crackling with the baleful power of Aether, the last Celestial Commander falling under his hands as…
RUMBLE!
The very air began to tremble, Noah's body shaking as a ray of golden light erupted out with him at the very center!
In the Sanctum of the Celestial Realm, Aldrich wiped away the last entering Celestial Legion as he also received the last few hundred Fate Lines that he needed, his expression ecstatic as his body also began to tremble while a golden ray of light shot from him!
One was a being that had embarked on the path of laws over hundreds of years ago, and another had just begun in the span of a few months.
Yet the one who had only spent months had actually reached the comprehension of a Supreme Law a second faster than the being that had put in the hard work of hundreds of years!
It was simply insulting at this point, but this event was the beginning of something unique in the Novus Galaxy.
For the first time in the history of this Novus Galaxy, two beings had reached the complete comprehension of a Supreme Law through their own efforts and hard work!
The rewards for such an achievement was something that only the two of them would be able to understand.
In the Fourth Infernal Realm, Noah's body had stopped shaking as he opened his eyes that shone with immense brightness, his gaze that of shock as along with comprehending 100% of the Supreme Law of Fate, he was given a shocking truth that completely shattered everything he already knew!
This truth shattered everything he knew, and then later built up a brand new reality as he turned his gaze towards the blinking Stat Panel in front of his eyes.
[Noah Osmont][Title(s): Infernal Lord(Variant), Grand Controller(Fate)]
[Bloodline(s): Vampyre Progenitor]
[Fate Line(s) : 10,000,000]
[Chaos Particle(s) : 3,464,245]
[Origin Core(s) : Fire-6, Water-6]
[Domain(s) : Fate,Chaos, Space, Fire, Water]
[Vitality: STAR FORGER]
[Focus: - ]
[Strength: STAR FORGER]
[Law(s) : Fate-100%,Chaos-34%,Space-8%, Fire-62%, Water-62%]
[Authority(s) : Fate Lord, Flame Lord, Water Lord]
A pristine and beautiful 10 with six zeroes was clearly displayed next to his number of Fate Lines, and a stunning 100% was shown next to Fate in the section that displayed Laws! But the more shocking thing was the addition of his second title after Infernal Lord, and it was the title labeled
[Grand Controller(Fate)]!
[Grand Controller(Fate)] :: A title given to those who have completely comprehended the supreme law of fate. It grants knowledge that shines the light for the way forward, as well as granting what the title suggests: control. The type of control granted by fate is to allow the user to break away from the river of fate of their Galaxy as they gain the ability to traverse outside of it. The user also gains the unique essence of a Controller that makes many unknown possibilities into a reality.
…!!!
His eyes shook as he confirmed some of the knowledge he received in the form of a description, the words that said 'gain the ability to traverse outside of it' were the ones that caused him the most shock!
"I welcome the first Controller of the Novus Galaxy."
The melodious words of the 1st Infernal Lord rang out as Noah turned around to observe all the Infernal Lord bowing towards him, the 1st Infernal Lord raising her head again as she uttered more words.
"Though it seems another Controller has appeared right after. We must hurry to the Central Realm where this Controller wants to pierce through."
Her words were melodious while her expression was smiling brilliantly while looking at the Infernal Lord around her, speaking shocking words.
"Let us return home."
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Chapter 581: The Infernals' Home!
In the Celestial Realm that held the true name of Central Realm, Aldrich was laughing boisterously while feeling the enormous sense of power and control welling up within his body, as well as the profound knowledge and essence he received as he took the title of Grand Controller!
Such a title was reserved for those who fully comprehended a Supreme Law, with those mastering normal laws simply being termed Controllers.
As Aldrich received a new profound knowledge that showed him the path forward, his body shook with joy as the thing he sought for many years actually came to fruition. When he sensed the realm of power he had achieved, he knew that not a single being would be able to stand in his way!
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