The Tyrant's Love

The voice of the extinguished echoed through the void, their unified protest against Reed's merciful annihilation reverberating across dimensions: "We did not ask for this mercy."

But Reed barely heard them. His consciousness, scattered across seventeen dimensions and corrupted by the Dark's influence, had moved beyond the point where external voices could reach him. He stood in the heart of the Sanctuary of Final Thoughts, his hand still extended toward the crystalline archive, ready to "liberate" the preserved dreams of a billion worlds.