Over the next few days, Kayden continued to alternate between consciousness and unconsciousness.
"Healing process initiated," a voice brought Kayden out of his thoughts. He knew he was about to be healed, as he had heard the conversations before. The boy felt nothing for the next few minutes.
"This…" Kayden concentrated as much as possible. "Sis, this is sis." The boy felt, albeit faintly, a little bit of mana. It was a tiny amount, barely enough to perform a basic spell.
Not even lighting a small fire above the fingers would be possible. The first thing Kayden did was... take out all the accumulated hate. With all his willpower and concentration, he began to pluck mana from the will of the world.
Slowly, he imposed his will on her. He was no longer asking, but ordering. The mana would be yours and completely submissive to your desires. Most of the world's will was wiped clean easily, but the remnants were bound tightly to mana.
The boy had no idea how much time he spent cleaning every tiny bit of remaining will. His sense of time was lost long ago. For every 1% of progress, he gained twice the difficulty.
Time passed slowly. Kayden's body was already fully healed. He could get up now and try to live a normal life, but the boy was in a self-induced coma.
It's been three months with Kayden just refining the tiny bit of mana. After all this time, he finally managed to reach the end. There was just something minimal missing.
"Bend over," Kayden ordered in his mind. And with all his willpower, the mana was cleared. "Finally…" The boy couldn't finish the sentence. He found himself floating in the middle of outer space.
All around him were gigantic stars and planets. Kayden felt tiny next to the size of the things around him. No matter where he looked, everything was gigantic.
"Beautiful." That was the only thing he could say. The creation of the universe was a beautiful thing. Kayden had no way of denying the existence of a superior deity. Only a rational being could create something so spectacular.
"But what am I doing here?" He perfectly remembered taking away the mana's will.
CRACK!
Kayden felt crushed to the floor. Every inch of his body felt like he was carrying a mountain. The boy wasn't bothered by the pain and tried to reason what was happening.
Two golden eyes stared at him. He didn't know where they had come from and couldn't even see them. It was information that was introduced into his mind. As soon as he realized this, the weight on his body multiplied thousands of times.
But that wasn't the main thing. A surreal headache took over Kayden. It seemed like all the pain in his life was insignificant next to this. He couldn't even think.
His only action was to stay on the ground. A world of pain was presented to Kayden at an absurd intensity. The nobleman's torture would be compared to affection. Time started to pass.
The only thing keeping Kayden alive was his subconscious willpower. Living was embedded in his soul. He still had many goals in his life. In six months, there hadn't been a single thought inside Kayden's head. But after that, it was different.
Reason slowly returned to the boy. He got used to the pain. This didn't mean he was 100% functional, but he was now able to orient himself. The first thing he noticed was the golden gaze fixed on him.
Kayden stared at him in kind and the pressure in his body increased even more. He didn't care. It was clear to him, after all this time. This was a battle of wills.
Yours against the mana of the world. He did not doubt that he was facing the battle of his life. Either he would subdue the mana or he would be subdued. This last option would probably result in his death.
The pressure in his body increased more and more. He didn't even have a correct comparison to make anymore. The pain in his mind was constant. It was as if this was the most a human being could feel.
Time passed quickly.
Days.
Weeks.
Months.
Kayden remained firm in his goals. After four months, he was able to move his head, it was minimal, but it was progress.
Time passed again.
Days.
Weeks.
Months.
Kayden managed to lift his entire head off the ground. Progress was slow but steady.
Time passed quickly.
Days.
Weeks.
Months.
It had been a year since Kayden regained his sanity and, at that moment, he only had his torso raised, his hands couldn't even support his body, it was practically his abdomen pushing on itself.
Time passed quickly.
Days.
Weeks.
Months.
A year later, control of both of Kayden's hands was regained. Even with all this progress, the pain and pressure were the same, but the pressure continued to increase, Kayden didn't know how far it would go.
And most importantly, at no point did he stop looking at the immense golden eyes floating in the void. He didn't even blink.
Time passed quickly.
Days.
Weeks.
Months.
Kayden managed to regain control of his two legs, practically his entire body was under his control, but he still hadn't been able to get up, his eyes were stopping him.
Time passed quickly.
Days.
Weeks.
Months.
It had been five years since Kayden had been facing the will of the world, that was how long it took him to be able to stand up and find the golden eyes above him, during all that time he could only have the sensation of seeing the eyes.
There were two gigantic golden planets, Kayden couldn't even define where it began and where it ended, each color in the eye looked like a planet, and the eyes were pure gold with some black dots.
Kayden felt in front of a true god, the feeling he had was of insignificance, like a grain of sand in the entire universe, his death or triumph didn't matter at all, in just a few years he would be forgotten in the river of time.
'And? ' Kayden didn't care about recognition or anything like that, that pressure didn't mean anything to him. He understood all this time that he was the god of his existence.
The man was not able to resist his strength, his eyes met with golden eyes. He would no longer be submissive to anyone, they could break his body, but not his will.