"Kieron and I will be leaving soon, and I've yet to tell you your purpose." He said, gaining all of Shiva's attention.
"You're the first human, a species built to rule." He started.
"A species built to rule their own kind with unity through fairness, and to be tyrannical to those who oppose them." Spawn said, lifting his hands and conjuring images of despair to the enemies of Shiva.
An image of legions of humans merciless slaughtering their opponents was displayed to the human before him, a light of conquest shining in his mortal eyes.
"You have wondrous abilities as the first, and I hope you use them well." The images dispersed, another forming in the air.
"I need you to cultivate this sector of the Reality. Fill it with your children, guide the evolution of intelligent beings. Terraform worlds, spread word of my existence to any other intelligence within this vast cosmos." The picture of Shiva conquering planets, and helping the not-so fortunate lifeforms appeared.
"You will create your own legacy and pass it down through your bloodline. You will live a meaningful life, and I expect you to have no regrets." Spawn's voice was commanding, and the Almighty tone present in his voice lit a fire in Shiva's heart.
"Live life to the fullest!" Spawn said, standing up and towering over Shiva.
The flame of Power was ignited within Shiva's origin, and instantly, half of his essence was condensed into a vast Galaxy within himself.
"Use the power invested upon you, to go far." Spawn commanded.
His hand moved, and Shiva was lifted off the ground, raising up to Spawn's eye level.
"I'll help you get started on this journey of yours."
Spawn's finger tapped onto the forehead of Shiva, his consciousness almost failing him, as he watched multiple drops of blood be pulled from his body.
The drops of blood then slowly traveled to a flower not too far away.
It landed on the plant, and slowly seeped into it's leaves as Spawn's hand raised up to the sun.
The trees parted and sunlight shone on the lone white flower, making it grow at an incredible pace.
It grew and budded a small blob of flesh. It rose, and transformed into a pale skinned woman with white hair to match. Pure blue eyes with curves to her body that would make any man quiver.
Her long platinum hair was brushed out of her face, as her emotionless face was shown to the three existences.
Seeing the successful creation, Spawn's mouth uttered few words.
"I dub you male and female, husband and wife, the first two humans." Kieron faded into light as the words were muttered.
"Shiva, and Citemer." He finished, a small smile forming on his face as he too disappeared from their sight.
"..." Citemer moved on quickly, it was clear she understood what had happened.
Though Shiva was still momentarily stuck in the past.
Though time moved on.
"H-Hello." Shiva said to the woman behind him.
"So you're aware.. we will have to procreate, and things that are alike..." He said nervously, rubbing the back of his head as he faced away from Citemer.
Citemer was currently bathing in the water, surrounded by dozens of fish and small animals.
"I am aware." She responded, not paying Shiva much mind.
"So, I will have to see you unclothed eventually..." Despite him not displaying much emotion either, you could feel the nervousness behind his tone, and even see it in his eyes.
Citemer stopped all her movements and turned towards the boy.
"Did I ever say you had to turn away?" She pondered.
"W-What?"
Spawn who was watching the whole ordeal had to avert his gaze as he wasn't very interested in watching two of his children bathe together.
"I'd be more interested in creating rather special entities..." He whispered to himself, traveling across the vast planet in an instant.
"Considering Kieron went to observe Seiya and the Eldrids, I'll be on my own for a while." He whispered under his breath, arriving in a completely random plain, surrounded by mountains.
He dropped down to the ground.
"Titans." He said.
His hand aimed itself towards the largest mountain and he spoke. "[Earthen Primordial, Titan of Nature, Colossus]!"
With this chant, the mountains rumbled, leaving their locations that was believed to be set it stone. They rose, creating earth quakes all throughout the valley.
The mountains stood up, towering over any other existences within hundreds of miles. A red eye formed, the gigantic creature of stone and vegetation looking down towards its creator.
A multitude of law essences emanated off the creature, Life, Nature, and Communication being only some of them.
"That's one..." Spawn said turning away from the living mountain.
He lifted a singular palm to the sky and as he did so, ice started flowing out of it.
An iceberg larger than any Spawn had seen before, hovered next to the mossy titan.
"[Frost Giant, Titan of Cold, Kyrus]"
The iceberg burst to life with the essences of Frost, Water, and Chaos among many others.
Different from how Colossus transformed, Kyrus materialized foreign objects.
A large humanoid, covered in barbaric armor and a misty aura was pulled into existence.
Not even waiting, Spawn immediately moved on and created an orb of darkness in his palms.
"Hup."
He tossed it into the sky, far away from the three beings.
"[Burst]" He spoke, the orb exploding into the essences of Finality, Death, Apocalypse and Darkness covering the sky above them.
"[Nightmaric God, Titan of Death, Lucius]" The black cloud started to change shape and formed another being, one straight out of dreams.
Well, one straight out of nightmares would be more appropriate…
It was a lengthy humanoid creature that had an animal skull for its head.
Horns poking out of his skull, as its black and grey bones cracked themselves.
Ignoring the monstrosity he had just created, Spawn turned towards the ground and accessed a dimension he created while wondering the path.
"[Rupture]"
With those words, the ground cracked, the essences of Fire, Destruction, Chaos, and The Ruler soaking the air.
"[Hell Lord, Titan of Flame, Baal]"
A red skinned, fiery, draconic humanoid rose from the depths of hell.
It stood up fully and looked down towards its creating, the rupture in the ground repairing itself.
"[Connect]." Spawn said, binding hell with both the titan and world.
He swiftly moved on.
A finger was raised and pointed at the sky. Dark, thunderous clouds slowly formed, lightning striking multiple different locations.
"[Storm King, Titan of Weather, Solomon]"
*BOOM*
Lightning struck, all the purple and black clouds funneling into a single location, leaving behind a misty figure.
A gigantic, ethereal, living storm.
"And the final one, for now..." Spawn started.
He let his hands rest by his side as he started growing.
His body enlarged until it reached a height just taller than all of the other titans, which was approximately 1000 meters.
After reaching the ideal height, he raised his hands to the sky.
Tapping into the huge storage of essences within the sun, he manipulated the absolutely massive star in the center of Old Earths solar system.
Each of the Titans created so far were easily Monarchial Beings, capable of heavily damaging planets.
Though just in case, mainly because he didn't feel like protecting Earth if needed, he was going to create a incredibly powerful titan.
"[World Warden, Titan of Sun, Solaris]!" He yelled, stealing every last bit of essence from the Sun, and using it to create a being alongside his very own essence.
For a few moments, the sky went dark because of the absence of the sun, but Spawn quickly restored it before looking at the newest Titan.
It was the most humanoid of them all, even going to the point of having a nicely trimmed haircut.
It's skin was white and it wore a black skirt. It had jewelry around its waist and wrists, with a golden halo over its head that only accentuated its golden glowing eyes even further.
"…" The 6 Titans looked towards their creator in reverence, waiting for his words.
"…You are all the first Titans of Earth." Spawn announced, towering over the creations.
"Your duty is to watch over this world, to protect this old world from any threat, even if it is its very own inhabitants themselves. Eliminate all problems no matter what they are, but make sure there can be salvation." Each of the Titans listened closely.
"I will visit every few millennia, so make sure to do well." He said, looking at each and every Titan.
"Father..." Solaris, spoke, making Spawn focus on him. "What if the world cannot be salvaged, or we are not enough to save it?" He asked.
"..." Spawn looked him dead in the eyes.
"If that is the future, there will be revelation." He reassured.
"And I can guarantee, I will not be happy." The last line of his invoked fear in most of the Titans, despite Solaris who had a look of understanding.
"Anyways, farewell my children. I'll see you whenever." With these words, he faded from reality, leaving the Titans behind with their thoughts.
"…" It was an eerie silence.
"…I can sense an advanced mortal." Colossus spoke, "I shall go investigate."
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After creating the Titans, Spawn traveled back to the Beyond.
He moved Tier's world into the Apocryphal Domain, letting it reside within a galaxy not too far from Old Earth, which was relatively close to the Primordial Heart.
Along with Tier's World, he moved the Eldrid's Planet, Asterisk, into the Apocryphal domain.
Though along with this transportation, came adjustments to the world.
He created a large river of Law Essence that snaked around the inhabitable Apocryphal Domain.
A river of essence that was constructed with Apocryphal essence, Space-Time essence, and, Boundary essence.
The river would act as a portal to the world of Asterisk that only Apocryphal beings could enter, but also a boundary that the Eldrids would have to overcome to leave their realm.
As for their realm itself.
Their 'planet' was no longer a planet. It was now it's own dimension that held an infinite earthy expanse.
Now, their world could effectively contain all the Eldrids no matter the amount.
Spawn was outside of the Apocryphal Domain, floating near the [Gateway to Apocalypse] as he called it.
"Let's visit my first creations." He murmured, entering the river and warping through space.
He appeared within the skies of the vast expanse, a mountainy region far below his feet.
Before he could even fully take in the sight of the world he created not to long ago, he felt an incredible aura from emanating of the caves within the highest mountain.
Droves of essence were pouring out of the opening, as with his vision, Spawn could almost see the liquified essence flowing out.
His eyes widened, as he sensed the being these powerful essences came from.
"Seiya~" He sang under his breath, flying into the mouth of the cave.
He touched down on the ground and looked forward, his gaze landing on the entity sitting in a meditative pose.
"Seiya…" He voiced.
Though he received no response.
Ignoring the absence of a response, Spawn glanced around the cave, observing the desolate area.
~A good place to seclude yourself in while trying to further your power…~ He thought, refocusing on Seiya, and stepping towards him.
"Hiding inside of your own mindscape where you can perceive time differently. So that… you can go beyond simply comprehending laws?..." Spawn muttered.
"You want to go farther then just comprehending laws and imprinting them within your origin… You want to assimilate them and form an intricate bond with these laws, that goes far beyond their Runic Ecritures!" Spawn was dumbfounded.
Considering he was the being who created Runic Ecritures, the manifestation of Laws, the source of power he dubbed the strongest…
He didn't think someone would be able to go beyond!
Yet here Seiya was, nearly there!
"To sit here for over 17 centuries… your thirst for strength is commendable."
A psychotic smile formed on Spawn's face as he placed his hand on Seiya's skull.
"I shall help you in your quest for power!"
Reality around the two beings cracked as Spawn successfully infiltrated Seiya's mindscape.
The space where truly powerful beings would be capable of forming after comprehending the Taboo Law of the Mind.
Seiya's mindscape was an endless white domain, with nothing in it besides himself.
Well, previously there was nothing inside it besides himself…
Now, Spawn had hidden himself behind the veils of many powerful Natural Laws.
"Damn it all!" Seiya yelled in frustration, his aged voice seeping with anger.
Hearing the way Seiya spoke, Spawn took note of his new appearance.
He looked millions of times older than his previous teen self.
In fact, he was incredibly different.
He had become a true god, in both power and appearance.
He looked entirely human, with a bald head and a thick white beard.
He was quite buff, with large muscles, and a gut that still somehow had abs.
He wore the cloths one would often see gods of Greece wear.
And it only added to the aura of power he emanated.
It all made him look like a respectable, yet intimidating old god.
There was even a golden scythe laid next to him on the ground.
~What is wrong with the way you're going about this…~ Spawn questioned, peering into the intricacies of all Seiya was doing.
Within his mindscape, all of Seiya's thoughts were portrayed in reality.
Within the space before Seiya, who was floating in the lotus position, was a construct.
It was a ball of condensed Essence, a ball of Apocryphal Essence to be exact.
Opposite to this ball was another orb, an orb of pure fluctuating black and red light.
It was the manifestation of his soul.
"To fully assimilate a law…"Seiya muttered, bringing the two orbs together.
"The assistance of both Natural Laws and Taboo Laws is necessary." His hands floated around the orbs, strings of essence releasing from his finger.
"The Natural Laws of Order, Control, Balance, The Mind, and The Soul." The essences of these Laws left his finger tips as their Runic Ecritures appeared, floating around the two orbs.
"Essence of Ruin…" He murmured.
As a powerful taboo law essence invaded the Runic Ecritures around him, dismantling them completely.
"Fusion Essence." He said, the broken Runic Symbols flying arounds the two orbs of light.
"And, The Taboo Laws of Fusion, Connection, Binding, and Assimilation!" With those words, more essence left his hands, and more Runic Ecritures floated around his body.
Seiya watched as the essences formed a gaseous mist that seemed to pull the two orbs together.
"Ruined Essence…" He dismantled the Runic Ecritures of Fusion, Connection, Binding and Assimilation, damaging his mind and deleting his comprehension in all of these Laws.
Spawn could glance into his past, and see that if he did not have the Taboo Law of Replication in his arsenal, he would not freely destroy such important Runic Ecritures.
"Now…" Seiya inhaled, watching as the orbs became closer and closer as the Runic Symbols orbited them.
"To do something I have yet to try!" A newfound light shone within his eyes.
It was as if he was finally sure of his success.
Spawn's eyes widened, feeling the essence of a Supreme Law manifesting around Seiya.
"I name this technique, [Assisted Assimilation]!" Titular Essence gushed out from the veils of reality, increasing the effectiveness of Seiya's process alongside it's chance of success.
Thanks to this, a skill formed within his System, showing his victory.
{Congratulations, you have defied fate and walked down a path thought impossible! Thanks to your achievements, despite already having a System to assist you, The [Primordial Sage] has deemed you worthy of its praise.}
{Your system has been upgraded to, [The Defier System]!}
{You have successfully assimilated a Taboo Law! You've ranked up.}
A vast amount of blue screens appeared in front of Seiya before they changed their color to black, though he did not pay much mind to it.
Instead, he was focused on his origin.
Within his origin were 8 universes he had forged with the vast reserves of essence he held, and at this moment, one universe was undergoing a change.
The entire construct was filled to the brim with purple Apocryphal essence.
The essence imbedded itself into every single star and planet within the universe, and interlocked these stars together, forming an unbelievable network of Apocryphal essence within his origin.
{You have been granted the Absolute skill, [Apocryphal Authority].}
The black panel appeared before his eyes before fading away.
Yet Seiya ignored it.
He could feel the changes within his existence on a different level, and he instinctively could tell the differences.
Before, when the law of apocalypse was fulling comprehended, Seiya received many powerful benefits.
He could utilize Apocryphal essence which was an incredibly destructive energy that birth chaos within an existence until it faced complete destruction.
When creating, participating or even experiencing an apocalypse, his power would be amplified by many times.
After assimilation, these abilities still worked, but there was a major change.
"I can create apocalypse!" Seiya chuckled, glancing down at his hands that vibrated with essence.
Although the meaning behind his words were not perfectly clear.
He could create apocalypse! And by this, he meant, he could interfere with reality, and guarantee the end of an existence.
If he wanted to do so, he could freely defy the Natural law of fate without even using Apocryphal essence.
He could simply wish for apocalypse on a being, and unless his target too had an assimilated Law of similar strength, they would have no chance at salvation!
And considering he had just created the method for Law Assimilation.
"I'm unmatched!" Seiya chuckled to himself, fiddling around with the upgraded essence of apocalypse for a few moments.
"What an achievement." A multilayered, fear-instilling voice sounded within the mind of Seiya, his mindscape receding in an instant as he returned to reality.
His eyes were wide open as he stared at the space before him.
A white, detail-less body stood before him, and his mind almost caved in.
"F-Father…" Seiya murmured, quickly moving to his feet and stepping towards Spawn.
He arrived near him, and bent a knee, bowing to the entity before him.
Over the aeons he resided within Asterisk, Seiya had built up quite the name for himself.
He had become known as the one Old God, The God of Disaster.
He had walked the lands for thousands of years, spreading some of his DNA, creating children that too would roam Asterisk.
If they reached a high enough power, they would unlock their bloodline and transform into what he had called, New Gods.
In fact, this was the main reason Spawn was even in this realm.
He was here to evaluate the strength of the Eldrids, and to see how far they were from being capable of overstepping the boundaries of the River of Apocalypse.
Considering time moved different here, Thousands of years had passed since the implementation of the Gateway to Apocalypse.
"I am here to evaluate the strength of your kind. Specifically these 'New Gods' I've heard so much about." Spawn said, Seiya lifting his head as he heard the words.
"As for you…" Spawn started, gazing deep into Seiya's soul.
~Let's have the Primordial Sage quantify your power.~
[Status]
Name: Seiya|
Species: Apocryphal God|
-Titles: [Devourer], [World Eater], [Old God]…
-Origin: (8 Universes)
Rank: (Cosmic Ruler)|
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[Lesser]: Wind (100%), Water (100%), Earth (100%), Fire (100%)…
[Greater]: Devouring (100%), Poison (100%), Healing (100%)….
[Supreme]: The Ruler (100%), Reward (100%), Enjoyment (100%), Titles (100%)…
[Taboo]: Apocalypse (100%), Limitbreaker (100%), Willpower (100%), Absorption (100%), Fortune (100%), Passion (100%)….
[Natural]: Life (100%), Limits (100%), Fate (100%), Control (100%), Finality (100%), Space-Time (100%)
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Apocalypse
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Essence of the Limitbreaker, Willpower, Essence of Absorption, Life Essence, Essence of Limits, Fate Essence…
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Apocalypse
-Power Evaluation: A being within the Cosmic Ruler realm. With the assimilation of the Law of Apocalypse he can easily erase a universe of two. He holds the power of hundreds of laws and had used this to further his origin. He has 8 universes, which correspond with the possible assimilation of 8 Laws.
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"Your power should be unmatched within this realm as of now, but Midas will soon come to learn if your achievement." Spawn said, commending Seiya.
The realms of power went as so.
Mortal, Monarch, World Destroyer, Star Forger, Solar Soul, Galactic Origin, Universal King, Cosmic Ruler, and then much higher above lay the Omnipotent Emperor.
For the average being, even if they spent ages comprehending law after law to accumulate their essence, it would take millions of years to reach the Galactic Origin realm.
Seiya was quite unique, it taking him only one hundred thousand years to reach where he was now.
"Y-Yes Father, I shall prepare." Seiya responded to Spawn's words.
"Anyway, why dont we go and visit these New Gods, shall we?" Spawn grinned, turning towards the entrance of the cave.
"You are the second World Eater." He said, making Seiya who was trailing behind, smirk, as he knew of the Title. "…And maybe one of your... 'Children', can become the Third."