While crying, the little egg looked out from the barrier that took it at unimaginable speeds to a destination only known by its parents.
When it was held by its father, a new piece of information appeared in its memories, explained by its father as the concept of anomaly.
Explanation from Dad:
The multiverse lies beyond infinity and is mysterious, containing unimaginable beings, unexplored universes, and dimensions unknown to any thinking entity. Always giving rise to new things, making the multiverse subject to flaws. But how can something so perfect, full of laws and rules, have so many errors? That's where a multiversal paradox lies.
Anomalies can be many things, but let's consider here only beings who gain unimaginable powers either by birth or through artifacts that should not exist. This makes them somewhat uncontrollable if they decide to start destroying infinite universes. Some of them are good, while others are bad for the functioning of everything.
But that's where interesting mechanisms come into play, such as karma, guardian deities, and other beings and phenomena defending order and life, stepping in to prevent tragedies. They might also "hire" other good anomalies to combat the bad ones in diverse ways.
Your mother and I are anomalies, primordial dragons born from an almost impossible event that accumulated fundamental laws and energies for our birth. Of course, you are also an anomaly, with more potential than us due to the perfect fusion of our lineages.
But it seems your mother found a specific timeline where you become so strong that even she, a powerful being beyond the peak, can't see your future accurately. We call this an anomalous timeline, as it grants you more unimaginable powers.
So good luck with whatever you encounter. You might be risking your life, but I'm sure you can survive.
Your father and mother trust you, Draconius Celestrion. Do you like the combined name we chose for you? I decided to reveal it now before you hatch because, unfortunately, we won't be present at the moment.
With love, Dad.
After going through all the information, the egg cried for a few minutes until it calmed down.
"Draconius Celestrion, *sniff* I can't keep crying. They trust that I'll survive. I have to fall asleep immediately to hatch as soon as possible." Remembering its name, it showed a determined expression as it clenched its fists made of energy.
Without further thought or admiring the scenery, it undid its transformation and entered hibernation mode, feeling its mind becoming heavy, with only a sense of urgency and determination remaining, causing the egg to sway at times.
...
[Unknown number of years later...]
In the colorful space of the multiverse, where universes took various forms of manifestation, shining like stars, assuming shapes of giant objects, massive clouds, and various other unimaginable ways, a golden energy ball traveled at immeasurable speeds, carrying an egg inside, crossing hundreds of universes every second.
Suddenly, the egg began to shake frantically, and cracks appeared on the surface of its white shell.
Along with this event, two lights appeared on the horizon, a white one on the right and a blue one on the left of the golden barrier.
The intensity of the lights increased alarmingly, moving toward the path of the small egg.
Feeling a sinister sensation, the egg began to shake even more.
But within a few minutes, the improbable occurred.
Three objects traveling at unimaginable speeds converged at a specific point.
An almost-hatched egg, a strange blue crystal, and a small white ball collided.
At the moment they met, the golden barrier dissipated on its own.
There was no collision, explosion, or even noise.
The two foreign objects were simply absorbed by the egg.
However, the blue and white auras that protected these objects merged with the remaining golden aura, which had protected the egg during its high-speed journey.
...
In a blank space, a mechanical voice echoed out of nowhere.
[MULTIVERSAL BANKING SYSTEM ACTIVATING...]
[1%.... ERROR.... ERROR....]
[TWO ENTITIES DETECTED]
[AWAITING THE ENTITY THAT WILL PREVAIL IN THE BODY]
Suddenly, a man dressed in a blue Chinese robe appeared, laughing manically and shouting.
"HAHAHAHAHA! WHAT A STROKE OF LUCK, OBTAINING THE BODY OF A CREATURE WITH SUCH STRONG POTENTIAL BEFORE IT IS EVEN BORN!"
He had an unparalleled appearance of an immortal, with long black hair and sharp eyebrows, a high-bridged nose, and delicate lips.
Still laughing, he continued, "AFTER WIPING OUT THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THIS LITTLE UNLUCKY ONE, I WILL BE ABLE TO BUILD MY PERFECT BASE TO BECOME STRONGER AND AVENGE THOSE WHO BETRAYED ME, ATTACKING ME WHILE I ADVANCED TOWARDS THE LEGENDARY DIVINE REALM. HAHAHAHA!"
*crock* *crock*
The sound of someone eating popcorn emerged a few meters away from him, interrupting his vengeance monologue, followed by the voice of a child.
"Who are you, mister? Is it because you're laughing like a crazy person while saying what you're going to do? You're weird." An egg with eyes and mouth, and a body made of energy the size of a child, was eating popcorn while looking at him like an idiot.
Veins appeared on the man's forehead as he shouted, "YOU DARE INSULT ME?! A MERE CREATURE THAT HASN'T EVEN BEEN BORN YET!"
Recalling the lunatic's words and sensing the killing intent, Draco dropped the popcorn and leaped forward.
This place was the fused mental space of the three entities that collided, where their avatars clashed to see who would remain in control.
One entity abstained from controlling Draco's body, and the other... didn't bother hiding his malicious intentions.
*BOOOM**
A loud explosion occurred at Draco's previous location, throwing him far away.
"Not bad, you managed to survive a slap. How about this?" The man said, and without pausing, he charged at his opponent, not caring that Draco was just a child.
Seeing a sword materialize in the hands of this stranger, Draco immediately ran with tears in his eyes.
As if in a cartoon, Draco's energy legs spun rapidly, forming a circle as he fled at high speed. A high-speed chase ensued.
"It seems this little one is no ordinary being, to endure running from me, even though I'm just a fragment of a soul. Let's see how long you can last," the man said, finishing his sentence as he instantly accelerated, catching up to his prey and swinging his sword.
*CUT*
Feeling a sharp sense of danger, Draco immediately dodged to the side, narrowly avoiding the energy sword strike that created a massive 10-meter-long cut on the white ground.
Taking advantage of Draco's desperate move, the man immediately appeared in front of him and swung his sword again.
Draco now knew that running was no longer an option and, still crying on instinct reinforced his hands with more energy, throwing a punch at the approaching blade.
*BAM*
With a loud impact, Draco was sent flying in the opposite direction, with several cuts on his shell, but he survived successfully.
Feeling bothered by having his attack defended, the man says, 'Tch, I don't know why this useless resistance, it's a shame I don't have enough energy to use a skill and send you away in a grand way.'
Draco, feeling pain in his body, rolls to save his life as he senses another attack coming.
*CUT*
Another 10-meter crater is created.
'I can't just stay on the defensive, or I'll die!' Thinking that, Draco immediately gets up after the attack and jumps toward the man, who is surprised by the reaction.
Furious, Draco appears in front of the lunatic who was pursuing him and throws a punch with all his hatred.
The man simply parries the blow with his sword, creating sparks, and takes advantage of the momentum to deliver a reverse kick that knocks Draco down.
'Tough egg to crack. I've been dormant for years, so I can only release all my power little by little.' The man thought, feeling the pain from the blow, but without stopping, he cuts down this stupid being that tried to attack him.
The sword hits Draco directly, but as if he were made of rubber, it simply launches him flying again.
"Hum?" The man is stunned but doesn't stop his pursuit.
When he was about to catch his slippery prey, he hears the boy's voice again.
'You want to fight? Then let's do it!' After taking a beating, a new feeling arises in Draco's heart, the purest hatred and rage against someone who comes into his body and tries to kill him.
A slingshot materializes out of nowhere in Draco's hand, and he immediately starts firing like a machine gun.
Stopping his run, the man immediately begins to parry the projectiles, which are stones.
"Grr!!!" Seeing the man defending everything, Draco becomes angrier and starts checking his energy pockets, shooting everything he finds in them.
'What terrifying shooting speed.' Even though he is a projection of a soul fragment in this space, he still has the cultivation of a nascent soul.
And a bizarre egg with arms and legs was genuinely shredding his attacks.
Suddenly, he sees goo being thrown and steps aside with a big step.
*SPLASH*
A big, chewed, sticky, pink gum falls in its previous position.
"HAHAHA! Take more!" Draco laughs wildly while chewing large amounts of gum and shooting them with the slingshot.
Seeing several being shot rapidly, the man starts getting serious when he realizes that, after being shot, they mysteriously grow in size.
*CUT*
With a slash, the gum is cleanly cut instead of sticking.
Running at high speed, Draco cuts everything that comes his way in the cleanest way possible, showing a great level of mastery.
Draco immediately throws his slingshot, which is immediately cut by the man as he approaches, and then he punches forward with his energy fist and all his anger.
'Gomu... Gomu...' Like in a cartoon, smoke comes out of Draco's ears and nose, showing his irritation.
The man finds it strange for the egg to punch, as he is still far away, but suddenly he glimpses something giant covering his vision.
*BOOOOM*
"AAARGHH!!" With a bang, he is sent flying, with his eyes turning white, by Draco's fist that grew and stretched to hit him.
Panting, Draco immediately takes a door out of his pocket and throws it away.
Preparing another punch, the door opens with a bang, and the man is thrown away by Draco's fist.
*BOOOOM*
The scene is repeated once more before Draco gets on his knees, panting, exhausting all his energy using the 'toon force.'
"YOU BASTARD! I'LL KILL YOU!" After a few seconds of pure silence, a deafening scream of rage is heard from afar.
"Damn it!" Draco says and immediately stands up, transforming his hand into an energy blade.
With a sonic boom, the man appears in his vision, running with bloodshot eyes.
Unlike before, his immortal appearance is replaced by one with bruised eyes, swollen cheeks, bloodied, crooked nose, and disheveled hair.
As if he had taken drugs, the man's speed increased tenfold, but equally, feeling pressured and at risk of his life, Draco, with his immense talent, begins to increase his speed while swinging his new arm toward the man's sword.
*DING* *DING* *BAM*
They immediately engage in a direct sword clash, with several punches and kicks included in between.
'He's blinded by rage, I still have a chance.' Seeing the bloodshot eyes, Draco remembers how his mother used to get angry when his father disobeyed her.
Parrying the lunatic's sword, Draco takes advantage of the imbalance to deliver a reverse kick, imitating what he suffered before.
Before the kick connects to the head, the man ducks and rolls, immediately repositioning himself and attacking relentlessly again.
Gradually, Draco starts copying his opponent's movements.
With several sparks in the air, the confrontation intensifies, and the man seems to regain some sense.
With a bang, the sword flies from the man's hand, and taking advantage of that, Draco immediately tries to cut his neck.
However, suddenly the man's hand hits the side of the moving blade, diverting Draco's arm's trajectory and throwing him off balance.
'I've lost.' That was the only thought upon seeing his sword being deflected.
*BAM*
With a spin, the man's elbow hits Draco's head's side, immediately stunning him.
*BAM* *BAM* *BOOM*
Taking advantage of this, the man immediately unleashes several punches and finishes with a spinning kick to Draco's face, resulting in a sonic boom.
"You're too naive, do you really think I'd fight seriously with an insect that hasn't even been born yet?! I don't even know the sword art properly; I'm a specialist in fist combat. But be glad you forced me, kid; I'll give you a quick and painless death." While saying this, he walks slowly towards Draco, who is now too hurt and exhausted to speak.
With tears in his eyes from the pain, Draco can only hear this annoying voice as he lies there, looking at the strange white space in the sky.
"Last words." The voice sounds above him.
And a face full of bruises and swollen appears in his vision.
His body is all beaten up, and his tunic is torn in some places.
Seeing this, Draco reacts unexpectedly for someone about to die.
"Hahaha! Just a little more punch and I could have made the other eye match the bruise." These words make veins appear on the man's forehead.
But before he can express his rage, Draco recalls some nasty words he heard his father say and the lesson of always humiliating his enemies.
"Go fuck yourself, bitch *spits* hahaha!" Draco immediately laughs after insulting this egocentric lunatic and spitting in his face.
"BASTARD!" The man yells, joining his hands and delivering a heavy blow.
*CRACK*
Which immediately breaks Draco into several pieces, like an empty eggshell, and he disintegrates."