Chapter 59 - Challenge – Part 10

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A little girl was looking up to a king who sat on a throne.

The old king looked back at her and smiled.

//Your day will come faster than you think, princess,// said the wise king. //I… I failed to keep them under control. So, I am leaving this wretched world for you, my princess.//

The little girl tilted her head in a confused manner.

//I will achieve ascension. But I am not going to help you...//

The wise king’s forced smile vanished.

//I will leave everything to you. Don’t do what I did.//

The wise king moved his hand and stroked the little girl’s hair.

//Don’t think more power will help. Forget about power and ascension and focusing uniting our people.//

The little girl was confused.

//But you are--//

//I am ascending because I will achieve that status. I will become what even my father, trillions of years ago, couldn't.//

The wise king smiled thinly.

//I will achieve omnipotence.//

The little girl felt a chill ran down through her body.

//There can only be one omnipotent God… So, don’t try to come after me and replace me.//

The wise king then laughed.

//And I don’t think someone as pathetic as you can even achieve that.//

Signalling with his finger, a helmet appeared on top of his head.

And then…

And then…

And then…

//He vanished…?//

The little girl walked to the balcony of the castle and looked down upon the world in which she found nothing but death and destruction.

//I hate you, father.//

She closed her eyes and sucked in a breath.

Billions of years later, in a perfect utopia, a woman with a snow-like face and silver hair opened her crystal-like purple eye. She had fallen asleep on her golden and red throne.

This majestic queen was wearing a white dress with a golden crown on her head.

Opening her eyes, she saw someone before her.

//Speak!//

The majestic queen spoke in a stern tone.

Before this majestic queen, an old man with a white hair and white beard was kneeling.

//My queen, a crime has taken place,// said the old man.

In this perfect utopia, immortal god-like beings lived. And since its utopia, even the thought of crime is none existent.

So, what kind of crime has taken place?

//A crime, you say?//

And the old man replied to her with a nod.

//A child is about to be born.//

The queen’s eyes widened as she stood up.

//A child, you say?//

The old man nodded once more.

With an angry look, the queen slammed her leg into the ground and the world shook.

//A child… Who?!//

The queen’s dress vanished and was replaced by a skin-tight armour.

Flying up, the old man followed her.

//Where?//

//In the north, in a small town called Furin.//

//Why was I not told about this earlier?//

The old man lowered his gaze.

//We only found out about this--//

//That is a… Damn it! How did I not notice this?!//

The graceful queen cursed herself.

After flying for a few seconds, and hundreds of towns later, the queen arrived at the town called Furin.

Floating above the town, the queen looked down upon it.

//Where exactly?//

Hearing her stern tone, the old man sucked in a breathe.

//I... //

The old man hesitated to talk.

//I don’t know, my queen.//

With an angry look, the majestic queen looked at the old man.

//You don’t know?//

//My queen… It is somew--//

//You don’t know? You would bring me out here for such a great crime and not know where it is?//

The old man moved back slightly.

//You want me to search for them myself?//

This majestic queen could find what she was looking for in an instant but she doesn’t want that. She loves ordering people around.

Her arrogance will, of course, be pricey.

//I am sorry,// the old man bowed before this queen. //I will find them--//

The queen waved her hand in an angry manner.

With the force of her arm’s swing, the old man was thrown away.

//Pathetic. To think… Oh?//

Something happened before her.

Inside the middle of the town, a small ball of white energy appeared.

The ball started to increase at a significant speed.

Before the queen could react, the whole town was turned into ashes.

//What...?//

The graceful queen of this world, froze in her place as she looked down upon the town.

There was nothing there.

She could not trace the presence of anyone or anything.

//How...?//

She replaced the confused look from her a stern one.

Clenching her fist, she swore to find out what happened here.

She flew away from here and went back to her castle.

Few minutes after she left, someone stood up from the ashes.

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Leaving the town of ashes behind, this majestic queen returned and started investigating this matter thoroughly.

Weeks passed and the queen did not find what happened in that town.

The biggest mistake she made was, she took this case very lightly.

Arrogance.

//I wonder if my pathetic father reached omnipotence,// said the queen as she sat on her throne.

Alone, in her throne room, she laughed like a maniac.

//You left nothing but a nearly dying world… But me? I changed it. I changed this world for you. I turned it into a utopia.//

She spread her arms wide as she stood up.

//If you have reached omnipotence, look down. Look down at what I have achieved. Look down and bow before me. Bow before me for I am the only one capable of creating such thing.//

The queen narrowed her eyes.

//I will reach omnipotence, father. Even if you have reached that state, I will replace you. For there can only be one omnipotent God.//

She clenched her fist.

//Is it not a child’s job to surpass their parents?//

She punched the ground and the whole world shook.

Suddenly, the doors of the castle opened wide.

A man, breathing heavily entered it. He seemed injured.

The queen wide opened her eyes.

//There is...//

Running past the injured man and leaving the large doors of the castle, she bit her lip in anger.

//No...//

Looking around her, she saw nothing but death and destruction.

//How…?//

She was not feeling horrified at what was happening but because her perfect utopia was being ruined.

And because…

//I am losing power...// She said in a surprised manner as she looked down at her palm.

After this, she would battle something.

And then…

It will all be gone.

Her. Her world. Her people. Everything will be gone.

All roads lead to darkness.

And so did this one.

There was nothing but darkness left. For her. For her people. For her world. For everything.

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A few decades ago:

The queen will rise from her dark world. Light will shine on her once more.

She was brought back from the dead.

//Welcome back, queen,// said a figure in a mocking tone.

She could not see the face of the figure made of light and darkness.

It was a manner of being which she could not explain, even if she tried her hardest.

//Who are you?//

//I am your recreator.//

//I said, who are you, maggot?//

//And I said, I am your recreator.//

Being frustrated, the graceful queen swung her fist towards this being.

//Don’t bother.//

However, she never managed to land a hit on this person before her.

The figure behind her whispered in her ear.

//I brought you back for one simple thing, queen.//

She jumped forward.

//I need your… hehe… Help.//

The queen turned around and looked at the being.

With red glowing eyes, the other person laughed.

//I know, I am far more powerful, but this time...//

He was now holding her face between her palms.

//We both get what we want. No, what we need.//

Hearing the calm yet very dangerous voice, she slapped his hands away.

//Maggot!//

The other being smiled thinly.

//Do you really think I will help you? I am the rightful queen of Virrasil and I will--//

//I always wanted to ask, why did all of you die? Are you that weak?//

The other being wanted to intimidate her.

//Are you… Are you looking down on us?//

She clenched her fist.

//Looking down on my people?//

Ignoring her angry voice, the other being snickered.

//We, who made billions of Ultraverses*… We, who were Gods… //

//Who are all dead. And so are their Ultraverses.//

//But even then...//

She gritted her teeth.

//We could have achieved ascension. We could have become omnipotent… NO, I could have become omnipotent. We would have… What do you… mean?//

She finally noticed something.

//The Ultraverses are dead? I thought the Dragon absorbed their powers and their Ultraverses survived?//

//Oh yes. And so is your father.//

Her eyes widened.

//Because when a human said three words; ”Omnipresence.” “Omniscience.” “Omnipotent.” Everything changed.//

//Wh-what… What’s a human?//

//Just a species from a small backwater planet in the new Ultraverse. Or existence, as they would like to call it.//

//And this human reached...//

//Oh yes,// the being nodded. //He reached that state. Killed everyone and everything. Including the World.//

//The World…?//

//Ascension. That’s where people who ascended went.//

She gulped.

//So… Why did you bring me back?//

//I need your help.//

//How?//

//The Dragon… He is alive.//

She widened her eyes once more.

//I want you to steal his special ability and then steal the human’s powers. You get to reach a state higher than the "omnipotence" your father tried to get to. That human achieved true omnipotence.//

//...//

//You are the only one who is determined and can do it.//

The other being extended his right hand towards her.

//Will you accept my offer?//

She took a deep breath.

//And why should I help you, maggot?//

For some unknown reasons, she regained her confidence and arrogance.

//What is in it for you? Once I get omnipotence, I will kill all of you.//

She folded her arms.

//I will recreate Virrasil. Everything will be under my control.//

She smiled thinly.

//What is in it for you, maggot? You made the mistake of bringing me back. It will not end well for you, magg--Hrk!?!//

All of a sudden, she found herself struggling to breathe.

Lowering her gaze, she noticed the other person was holding her up by her neck.

//Call me ‘maggot’ one more time... //

The other person slammed her into a solid ground, which was not there a few seconds ago, over and over again.

//I beg you to say it again. Do it, and I will kill you a billion times in an instant. I will make you go through the pains you never knew possible.//

Holding her by the neck once more, he narrowed his eyes.

//Ah… Ha? Ak!//

She tried to speak but she found it hard to do so.

//You are to become omnipotent and do as you please. But until then...//

He let go of her.

She fell down to something which felt like solid ground.

//You are going to work alongside me. We both have our own plans. But until then, we will work together. And achieve our goals.//

Breathing heavily, she looked up to him.

//What is… What is your ultimate goal?//

//My goal?//

//Is it to be my right-hand man? Revenge? Power? What? I don’t understand your goal in all of this.//

//Death.//

//Ah. You just want more people to die.//

She chuckled.

//Should have expected that.//

//No, my queen...//

The other person spread his arms as he laughed with ecstasy.

//My death.//