[CHAPTER 2]:{Primordial Genesis}
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1st POV
Darkness.
An endless void, vast and unknowable.
I do not feel fear. I do not feel pain. I do not feel lost.
Nay.
I feel… refined. As if the very essence of my being has been distilled to its most absolute and potent form.
I feel sublimated.
I feel—
Strong.
Overwhelmingly strong.
The concept of strength itself hums within me, resonating in the depths of my existence. My very soul quakes with boundless power, an authority that demands reverence—no, servitude.
I am not merely strong.
I am beyond.
But… how can I 'feel' strength?
Is this instinct?
Wait. Instinct?
Oh…
My humanity—it is gone.
No… not gone.
Transcended.
It has given way to something greater. Something ancient. Something absolute.
Something primal.
A sudden, unshakable presence envelops me. Not physical, but something far deeper—something omniscient.
{Race of individual "Shiro" is being changed and perfected with the help of [Athena] and [Akashic]...}
The Voice of the World?
{Race requires adequate conditions to be born…}
{Searching…}
A sense of movement. Not physical, but as though reality itself shifts to accommodate my existence.
{Optimal location found.}
{The last resting place of {Veldanava} has been chosen…}
Veldanava?
The Creator of the World?
A place where the absolute remnants of divinity and primordial forces remain untouched by time?
A fitting cradle.
{Using {Asgorath} to enter the Draconic Ruins…}
A strange sensation—a pull, as if my very existence is threading itself through the fabric of reality.
{Success.}
And then—
{Race has been changed to {Primordial Origin Dragon God}.}
…
A moment of silence.
Then—
{WARNING}
{DUE TO THE POWER OF THE BLOODLINE AND ATTRIBUTES OF THE RACE, INDIVIDUAL "Shiro" WILL BE REBORN AS AN INFANT.}
Hmph. Subarashii.
The infant part is somewhat inconvenient, but nothing [Athena] cannot fix.
But why Veldanava's resting place?
Athena?
[Athena: Answer.
Because Master requires a location rich in Primordial Magicules and True Void Energy to refine Origin Magicules—the most powerful and versatile energy across the Omni-Verse and the Outer-Verse. Your body is being forged from this very energy.]
I see.
An optimal solution indeed.
How long until my physical form is complete?
[Athena: Answer—1 month.]
So be it.
Darkness embraces me once more.
Time loses meaning.
Then—
A whisper.
A hum that vibrates across the void.
[Athena: Physical form formation complete.]
Hmmm… So, one month has passed.
[Athena: Affirmative.]
With this, I assume I have obtained various Intrinsic Skills due to my race. However, a Dragon is a Dragon—there is no need for you to display them to me.
[Athena: Understood.]
Then tell me—what makes my race special?
[Athena: Answer—]
A flood of knowledge pours into my mind, unraveling secrets of power and divinity.
True Dragon – Requires 100,000 years to mature.
Ancient Dragon – Requires 1,000,000 years to mature.
Ancestral Dragon – A purer form of Ancient Dragon but still limited, requiring 100,000,000 years.
Primordial Dragon – The highest tier, requiring 10,000,000,000 years to mature.
Each level an unfathomable increase in power, authority, and existence.
Yet—
The "God" attribute exponentially increases the maturity age.
For Primordial Dragons with a God attribute, the maturity age is multiplied by 10.
However—
There is a special case in the Primordial lineage.
A being may embody a Law, an Attribute, or an Energy—a singularity among singularities.
An absolute authority over all that pertains to their domain.
One of a kind.
No duplicates. No rivals.
And I—
I am Origin.
Not merely an entity that embodies a singular aspect of reality.
No—
I am the very source.
I hold absolute dominion over everything that has, does, and will ever exist.
But…
There is a price.
A unique condition—my maturity age is not physical, but mental.
Time spent awake, conscious, thinking, existing without slumber.
And for a Primordial Origin Dragon God…
10,000,000,000,000 years.
…
Inhale.
Exhale.
…
10 trillion…
Inhale.
Exhale.
Athena.
[Athena: Yes, Master?]
Can {Primordial Skill: God of Death Thanatos} devour memories as well as power since its evolution?
[Athena: Affirmative.]
Problem solved, then.
[Athena: Does Master intend to devour Veldanava?]
Correct.
[Athena: Then I have a suggestion.]
Oh?
[Athena: Veldanava is older than Creation itself. His recorded mental age in the {Akashic Records} is 113.8 trillion years.
If Master devours him, we can use 13.8 trillion years to:
1. Stabilize Master's Power
2. Construct an indestructible and infinitely expanding foundation
The remaining 100 trillion years will be used to massively amplify Master's strength without affecting Soul Stability.]
…
Brilliant.
Absolutely brilliant.
I have not even fully awakened, yet—
Even a Manas cannot compare to you, Athena.
A Manas is a supreme, self-aware skill that acts as an artificial intelligence of unparalleled power.
Yet you—
Even without evolving, you exceed them all.
[Blush.]
...
Did she just—
Did she just blush?
...
Subarashii.