After the cowards ran away with their tails between their legs, I returned to my now slightly damaged Tower. It would repair itself over time but I needed to have a few words with the servants and Ianara about what they should do while I was asleep.
The servants were outraged when they learned someone dared to attack the Tower of Ur'gazoth and were already halfway out of the door to hunt these fools down when I stopped them. Most of my servants were as fanatically loyal as the servants of Ainz Ooal Gown with the only difference being that I was not a pretended and was in fact a supreme being that knew everything and could do anything.
Despite their anger, they obediently followed my orders and went to work. Ianara was very happy that I decided to take a nap and invited me to sleep with her on her floor as it was designed to be used for sleeping.
That came out wrong, didn't it? Ignore that.
I decided to take her up on her offer and we ended up falling into the realm of dreams near a crystal-clear lake. Despite sleeping, I still had some awareness of what was going around me but the majority of my mind was spending time with my daughter in the dream world she ruled over.
She told me stories of what she did and even though I knew most of them already from watching her, the story of what she did in DC was rather unexpected but filled me with pride.
It turned out that while we were clowning around Earth, she battled over the dominance of dreams with the Dream of the Endless until she ultimately tricked him into giving up his powers and stole them from him. I always thought she never had ambition for power or was the scheming kind but it seems I was wrong, she was my daughter through and through.
After absorbing Dream of the Endless' power, I would say with confidence that she surpassed her sister and could win against her brother after a hard fight. I was a bit disappointed when she told me that the only power she desired was the power of sleep and dreams, meaning she would only get power thirst when it came to these powers but there was nothing I could do about it.
We talked and spent time together for a good amount of time before she left to mess with the dreams of other living beings. I also asked her for a small favor as we parted and that was to spread the idea of the Essences through her dreams. She was confused by the request but that was the first time I ever asked something of her, especially since it was so trivial, but she agreed nonetheless.
Time was even harder to keep track of in the dream world than in the Outerverse but I knew exactly how long I had been napping when I woke up. Exactly 347 years, 8 months, 27 days, 12 hours, and 44 seconds, I could be even more precise but what was the point?
It might seem long but this was in Earth time and out here it wouldn't even count as a short nap, daydreaming at most.
I had successfully adapted to my increasingly fast growth in power and would never again be overrun by sudden bursts of power, at least as long as they weren't external, I'm pretty sure if I take another Essence I would need some time to adapt to it again.
Even if 350 earth years was a short period of time, I had grown significantly during my small nap and it was more than just a growth in energy level and physical strength. Not only had all my abilities and powers shown exponential growth, I was also getting closer and closer to being the very Nothingness outside of existence.
The next essence I was planning to take would be both harder and easier to create than Essence of Blank. The energy needed to create it was many times more than what the already expensive Essence of Blank needed but it would be worth it, at least I was getting some help in spreading the idea of Essences across the Outerverse and its realities, making the creation easier but not less expensive.
Any idea what the next Essence might be? Here's a tip; it will max one of my stats and make the creation of all future Essences a lot easier.
While you guys think about it, I will check on Leo, Freyna, and Viliana and see what I have been missing out on.