The Void
That was all I could see and hear. Complete nothingness in its nonexistence.
Even so, I wasn't desperate or afraid. Quite the opposite, I felt bored. I floated aimlessly in the void, pondering how I had ended up here. I didn't remember much—just a flash of light before waking up in this vast emptiness.
Then, in a sudden shock, my mind was flooded with nearly infinite information. I felt dizzy for several minutes, trying to process it all.
I must admit, I was surprised when I discovered where I was.
I'm in the Nasuverse.
Yes, the very same world where spirits of the past are summoned as waifus to fight in the absurd Holy Grail War nonsense.
But that wasn't the worst of it. What truly shook me was learning which part of this universe I was in—a lifeless universe, dead from its inception. A mistake in the chaotic multiverse of Nasu.
In other words, I'm utterly alone in a universe where even the most basic laws don't exist.
Oh, and one more thing—due to some arbitrary reason, I'm eligible for multiple Servant classes, including Grand Servant status, ever since I was bombarded with this mountain of information about the world.
Now, you might be wondering why I'm not in the Throne of Heroes.
The answer is simple: I'm still alive—in flesh and thunder.
Huh, why did I say that?
Anyway, since I'm alive, I'm a living Servant, not a Heroic Spirit.
The strange part is that not even the information I received explains my situation as a living Servant.
And finally, through some illogical circumstance, I've become a being from another world—more precisely, a god from another reality.
A god I recognized instantly: Zeus Panhellenios.
Yes, the same god often described as omnipotent, one of the most powerful deities alongside his equal, Odin. I now had all his memories and experiences spanning millions of years. My head didn't explode only because my mind was no longer mortal.
Now, I knew how to strike vital points with perfect precision, how the laws of the universe worked in their entirety, and more.
If I tried something...
"Hmm... Personal Status," my voice echoed through the void, shaking the emptiness.
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True Name:???, Zeus Panhellenios
Known As: Father of Olympus, Jupiter, God, Zeus of All Greeks, Zeus of the Philosophers, Tempest, Storm God, Skyfather, King of the Gods
Species: Chief God, King
Gender:Male
Height: 2.01 m
Weight: 254.01 kg
Age: 20?, Incalculable
Blood Type: Unknown
*Birthday: Unknown
Likes: Unknown
Dislikes: Being contradicted, disrespected
Talent: Generating heirs
Natural Enemy: Unknown
Type: Servant
Source: Marvel Comics
Region: Olympus
Alignment: Neutral
Hidden Attribute: Sky
Armament: Master Bolt
Class: Ruler, Foreigner, Archer
Qualified Classes: Caster, Lancer, Ancient God
Special Qualifications: Grand Foreigner, Grand Archer, Grand Ruler
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Most of the information was expected, but I was genuinely surprised to see that he had so many titles. Most of the details on the holographic screen were completely irrelevant—not that I cared about them.
Natural Enemy?
Maybe fate or something along those lines.
The vast majority of the topics were pretty useless, like alignment. Almost everyone these days is either neutral or evil. People only do good things for some reason, almost never out of genuine will. Of course, excluding the saints who are born every millennium.
My classes were Ruler, Foreigner, and Archer.
Foreigner refers to a being that is not originally connected to or born in the world. Pretty self-explanatory.
Ruler is because it's the most fitting class for Zeus. The reason is obvious—Zeus was someone who kept the cosmic balance in harmony with impartiality, even if it required sacrificing entire worlds.
Now, Archer was tied to the lightning bolts he hurled at his enemies.
Well, better to keep going.
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Class Skills
Existence Outside the Domain: EX
Divine Core of the Chief God: EX
Magic Resistance: EX
God's Resolution: B
True Name Discernment: A+
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I'm not really sure if I should be too happy about having such a high divinity level. It makes me highly vulnerable to Anti-Divine Noble Phantasms—like the chains of heaven from that fool, or that cursed concept of ruling over gods.
Still, almost all of my Class Skills are complementary to my Classes.
For example, I possess a Saint Graph, which is a huge mess in itself. A Saint Graph is the core of Servants and beings of a spiritual nature. To be precise, it's called a Divine Core for Divine Spirits in the Nasuverse.
In summary, it's basically the character sheet of an RPG. The Saint Graph is a record of information containing all my physical traits, abilities, memories, and other details.
Now, let's take a closer look at the Class Skills.
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Divine Core of the Chief God: EX
Zeus is not a Divided Spirit or a Divine Spirit, but a true god in the purest sense of the word.
Originally, this would have been a divinity-related Class Skill of the "Foreigner" Class, representing a being that comes from outside the world and doesn't adhere to its laws. Over time, however, it gained new traits and aspects of the "Divinity" Skill, due to ancient legends that named Zeus as the Chief God of the Olympians.
Moreover, because of his existence as a "Skyfather"—a god who has risen to the same level as cosmic entities and represents an entire pantheon on his own—it became possible to create the Divine Core of the Chief God, the ultimate and most powerful divine core of all.
Just as a Heroic Spirit cannot maintain its existence without its Spiritual Core, a god cannot sustain its body without its Divine Core. Destroying Zeus' Divine Core would result in his death.
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So that explains why I have a Saint Graph.
In truth, even without the Divine Core of the Chief God, I would still be a true god.
That's because the gods of Marvel are vastly different from the gods of the Nasuverse in general.
In the Nasuverse, a god is either a natural phenomenon that was deified by a people at some point in ancient history, or a natural phenomenon of nature that suddenly gained some form of consciousness long before humanity even existed in the world.
However, even in the second case, they were still bound by rules, just as the first kind was tied to humanity.
Gods that initially didn't need humanity eventually became dependent on it.
In the distant past, during the Age of Gods, the gods of the Nasuverse were alive and had physical, flesh-and-blood bodies. They also possessed a physical form.
But with the end of their respective eras across the various pantheons at different points in time, these gods were downgraded to Divine Spirits.
The gods couldn't withstand the decreasing supply of Mana and were soon reduced to their current state as Divine Spirits.
The gods of the Nasuverse not only depended on humanity but also required immense amounts of Mana to maintain their living bodies or manifest in physical forms.
This is because their bodies were merely physical manifestations of nature.
I suppose this also included the possession of compatible humans, a tactic gods used as their power waned following the events caused by Sefar around 12,000 BCE.
So, even if a god survived the end of the Age of Gods, they wouldn't endure the post-Age of Gods era due to the lack of Mana in the world.
Even those gods who originally didn't need humanity, like the Machine Gods, to maintain their power, would still be completely reduced to the state of Divine Spirits.
In contrast, the gods of Marvel are living stories. Because of this, they can exist in the same state across all different planes of reality.
Marvel's gods are metaphysically linked to their followers and are empowered by prayers. Prayers make them stronger and more powerful, but that doesn't mean they need faith to survive—far from it.
They embody a concept—in other words, they personify something. For example:
Ares is war across all planes and realities.
Thor is the storm in all worlds.
Hela is death for all beings in the Nine Realms, interconnected across the multiverse through Yggdrasil.
And Skyfathers personify their own pantheons.
The gods can die, but they will later be reborn. For instance, the Olympians are more than just physical bodies; they are potent myths interwoven into collective reality. Thus, they always reincarnate whenever reality remembers them.
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Existence Outside the Domain: EX
A god who does not originate from the World, the Throne of Heroes, the vast Universe of Outer Space, or an Outer Dimension of the Outer Gods. This is a god beyond the comprehension of the World and Humanity, possessing strange powers, without the concepts of deified natural phenomena or natural phenomena that gained consciousness.
A foreign existence that comes from beyond the mysteries, not relying on Magical Energy or Authority like a normal god.
As this is not a normal god born from the concepts of natural phenomena, but rather a god beyond the comprehension of the World—a foreign god that came from beyond the mysteries—the skill level is ranked as the highest, EX, by right.
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It was a skill marking me as someone who doesn't belong to this world.
Well, let's move on to the next one.
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Magic Resistance: EX
A skill that grants protection against magical effects. Unlike standard resistance, which merely rejects magical energy, this skill completely cancels spells.
At this rank, Zeus cannot be harmed even by the magecraft of the Age of Gods, nullifying almost all harmful magical effects entirely.
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This means I'm unstoppable against a mage. But it makes sense—Zeus was capable of going toe-to-toe with Odin Borson, one of the greatest magic users in all of Marvel, due to his Odinforce.
So, it's not strange that he has insane magic resistance. In fact, Zeus himself was a great manipulator of magic, wielding it at a cosmic and divine level.
After all, no mere sorcerer would be capable of imprisoning a primordial like Nyx, let alone fragmenting her powers across the universe.
This makes me wonder—could I learn magecraft? Hmm... Even though magecraft is inferior to true magic, I see a lot of potential in it.
The next skill only reinforces my position as a Ruler-class.
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God's Resolution: B
A Ruler-class skill and the privilege of the Ruler who presides over the Holy Grail War: the right to use Command Spells against Servants. Each Ruler typically receives two Command Spells for every Servant participating in the Holy Grail War.
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This is a skill that, when used correctly, can change the course of a war forever.
I've always thought this ability had a dangerous allure—a very dangerous one. But it will be invaluable to me when the time comes to use it.
Now, the final class skill.
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True Name Discernment: B
A Ruler-class skill that automatically reveals status information such as identity, skills, and parameters to the owner of this ability upon direct contact with a Servant.
For Servants with concealment skills, a Luck Test is required to bypass those abilities.
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This was really useful for someone like me. Even though I have a lot of knowledge about the Nasuverse, that doesn't mean I know every Servant or remember their names.
That would be impossible.
But with this skill, that problem disappears like smoke.
Well, now it's time to check my parameters and personal abilities.
"Parameters." I said, continuing.
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Parameters
Strength: EX
Endurance: EX
Agility: EX
Mana: EX
Luck: E
NP: EX
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Having four EX ranks was truly incredible. But it wasn't surprising, considering I was at the pinnacle of the Greek gods.
In truth, the only one who surpasses me in a single attribute is Hercules, the god of strength and prince of power.
The gods of Marvel are all physically far more powerful than those of the Nasuverse.
There are feats like Thor lifting the weight of the moon as if it were paper or Hercules holding up the Axis Mundi.
This reminds me…
How physically strong I am?
I can lift mountains like paper, but I really don't know its limit.
Even seeing the memories in my mind. There were few occasions when Zeus truly used his strength, aside from his powers.
I'd better stop thinking too much; I don't want to strain my brain too much.
"I was never really one to think," I say aloud, into the emptiness.
I should leave this to my daughter Athena.
Wait... Can I call her "daughter"?
Hmm, well, since I am kind of Zeus, both in soul and body, there shouldn't be a problem...
"Uh..."
Well, I'd better move on to personal abilities.
"Personal Abilities."
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Personal Abilities.
Skyfather: EX
Power of Olympus: EX
Cosmic Awareness: EX
God of Thunder: EX
Clairvoyance: EX
Manifestation Independence (False): A
Allspeak: B
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The personal abilities, literally, all the abilities that Zeus from Marvel possesses.
And strangely, I found it few, unlike the characters from Nasuverse. Marvel characters have a lot of Hax.
Especially the Cosmic-level characters from Marvel.
For example, the Silver Surfer. His power consists of manipulating cosmic power, granted by Galactus. Cosmic Power essentially means controlling and manipulating the universe.
With this, the Silver Surfer has almost unlimited powers if he exploits the cosmic power correctly.
Of course, the powers are limited by how much power he has.
Now apply that, and multiply it by ten times, then you'll get somewhere near the level of a Skyfather.
Starting first with my first personal ability, Skyfather.
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Skyfather: EX
Zeus is a Skyfather in his own right.
A god who has ascended to the same levels as cosmic beings and entities. He is the absolute sovereign of the Greek Pantheon and wields unquestionable authority over all who belong to it or have a blood connection with them.
He possesses the power to turn gods into mortals, elevate the bravest heroes to divinity, and alter the strength of his brothers and children at his will.
When he commands, all obey him, or else, let there be thunder!
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Skyfather was a broken ability.
It was pretty simple to understand: I am the Monarch of Olympus, so everyone in the Greek Pantheon is at my command.
Even the Berserker Hercules can be controlled by me. But I probably wouldn't be able to remove his madness.
However… I don't think this would work on the machine gods, because even though they are still "gods," they are essentially alien ships.
But it would work on their versions of divine spirits and their own human history.
"Hm…"
I just thought of something... is it possible for me to turn those divine spirits into gods again?
In theory, I see a light, but in practice...
It's better to stop thinking about it and move on to the next ability.
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Power of Olympus: EX
Zeus commands all of the Power of Olympus, a force as vast and devastating as the Odinforce, governed by Odin. By controlling the entirety of this power, he holds an immeasurable destructive capacity, capable of destroying entire galaxies with a simple gesture.
His powers are unlimited, and he exerts absolute dominion over the Primordial Forces of the entire universe.
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Basically, it's an Odinforce, but an Olympian version.
This explains my previous question, the other powers just came together in a new ability. Wait… I'm not wrong, this Power of Olympus has been mentioned several times in the old comics.
It just wasn't explained or made explicit that it was a version of the Odinforce for the Olympians.
Well, it seems that here, it was considered a source of magical power, which is the Odinforce.
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God of Thunder: EX
Zeus's ability to generate enormous amounts of electrical energy and project it from his hands in the form of lightning has become his trademark.
His ability to manipulate lightning has proven to far exceed that of the Mighty Thor. His lightning blasts could destroy entire mountains and harm cosmic entities, like Galactus.
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It's nothing new. I really don't need to say much about this.
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Cosmic Awareness: EX
Zeus possesses an almost omniscient awareness of the universe, being able to perceive and understand its workings on a scale far beyond that of common gods. He has an intuitive grasp of the universal meaning and the predestined purpose of each individual, as well as the consequences of their actions. This allows him to know precisely when to intervene and when to abstain.
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This wasn't a surprise. When I was bombarded with information about this body and where I was, I also received information about the workings of this universe.
Which, as I said, was dead.
A universe without suns, space, time, or the concept of reality.
There are no laws because they were never created, no concepts because they never gave birth.
I'm still alive only because of my elevated existence as a god.
I don't die from being in the void, nor from lack of food, even though I feel hunger.
My situation seemed similar to Knull's, the god of the symbiotes.
Who just wandered through the infinite void before the Celestials gave birth to the seventh cosmos.
Which, by itself, is a complete mess.
In short, the Marvel multiverse was neither the first nor the second. Marvel is currently in the seventh cosmos, which will eventually give way to the eighth, which, according to the cycle of the multiverse, will be more perfect than its previous version.
For example, magic only came to exist after the fifth cosmos.
As I said, a mess.
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Clairvoyance: EX
Zeus possesses a clairvoyant power that surpasses the limitations of seeing only the past and future.
He is able to observe any point in the universe, from the most distant events to the most intimate aspects of any being's existence. His perception transcends the conventional barriers of time and space.
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Clairvoyance, an ability of the Archer and Caster classes.
However, my ability surpasses any in the Nasuverse, even Solomon's. The top of the Caster class was only capable of seeing the past and future with his Clairvoyance.
This ability and the Power of Olympus were the reasons I qualified for the Caster class.
I can only imagine Odin's clairvoyance, which was far more powerful than Zeus.
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Independent Manifestation (False): A
It is a special ability that allows Manifestation in Reality without support, without the need for energy cost or summoning by a Master. It can move and jump between any Worlds and/or Parallel Realities and Parallel Worlds.
Effectively, the Ability serves as an enhanced version of "Independent Action."
This ability means a Fixed or Confirmed Existence. Granting Resistance to Instant Death, Time Control Attacks, Mental Effects, and Charm.
Additionally, it does not receive Influence from the Human Incineration Order through Singularities, or even from the Compilation of the Human Order through *****, manifesting as long as the requirement is fulfilled.
This Ability also Declares the Presence of its Holder throughout Space-Time and, therefore, grants Total Immunity Against Existential Threats via the Time Paradox, such as Time Travel.
However, due to being a (False) Ability, most of the Effects of the Ability are lost. Allowing Zeus to manifest in the World in a limited form within a Servant-Class Container, without the need for Magical Energy support or a summoning by a Master. Although Zeus can also Auto-Manifest as a Servant summoned by a Master, reducing the Ability to a version of "Independent Action."
Independent Action: A++
It can operate without a Master and Magical Energy support thanks to its Independent Action Level A++, because it was a Living Being.
It was an ability that breaks the rules and allows continuous Materialization even after the completion of the Holy Grail War.
With an A+ rating that exceeds even an A rating, the support of a Master is unnecessary even when releasing a large amount of Magical Energy, the Noble Phantasm. It also has an effect similar to "Battle Continuation" and is capable of continuing even with mortal wounds on the body.
It is the reduced ability of "False Independent Manifestation" available only when summoned and/or self-summoned with a Limited Class Container.
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A double ability, with independent action included.
Back to Independent Manifestation.
This Ability has many effects that are powerful and terrifying.
One of them is the Manifestation in the World without the support of a Master to provide the link with the World and Magical Energy to maintain the Manifestation in the World.
Additionally, by being a type of Fixed Existence, it grants Resistance to Instant Death, Time Control, and is not influenced by the Human Order, nor by the Human Order's Incineration through Singularities.
It also had resistance to some other minor effects, such as mental attacks and the charm from the Charisma ability.
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Allspeak: B
Zeus can understand and communicate in all languages, Earth's dialects, and alien languages across the vast universe and from other dimensions.
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The only B-rank personal ability.
I can understand why, it wasn't really an extraordinary ability.
Even so, I can't say it was useless; after all, you never know when you'll need an ability like this.
"Then there's just one thing left."
With my personal abilities checked, there was only one thing left to verify.
"Noble Phantasm."
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Noble Phantasm:
Master Bolt: EX
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The Noble Phantasm was somewhat expected by me, even though I knew the absurd things I could do with it.
Well, let's take a look at it.
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Master Bolt
Rank: EX
Type: Anti-universe, Anti-dimension, Anti-concept, Anti-space-time, Anti-galaxy, Anti-constellation.
Range: +999
Maximum number of targets: +999
The Master Bolt. It is the ultimate divine weapon of Olympus, capable of amplifying the power of Zeus's lightning.
The Master Bolt is far more powerful than Mjolnir of the Mighty Thor, which was forged in the heart of a star. Zeus, using the full power of the Master Bolt, can illuminate an entire realm of infinite darkness.
It has the power to harm conceptual beings, universal entities, and primordial aspects, such as the King of Chaos, Galactus, and Nyx.
The Master Bolt was forged by the Elder Cyclopes.
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As much as I know it's Anti-Universe, it's still a surprise to see it with my own eyes. Few Noble Phantasms can actually destroy the universe. From memory, only the Noble Phantasm of Alter Arjuna could destroy and recreate the universe.
Destroying the universe is not my intention anyway. Besides, I don't want to attract unwanted attention.
It's over, finally.
I was floating in the void, thinking about how Knull endured the boredom of being there. I mean, there was nothing to do.
So, I just waited, standing still, playing with my electricity, forming different shapes in the process.
Wait… In the comics, when Thor was the All-Father, he was able to rebuild Asgard.
How about I do the same?
Raising my left hand upwards, a sphere of power engulfed it entirely, and then I made my magic turn my thought into reality.
In the middle of the void, a bubble of pure electricity appeared, illuminating this reality for the first time. The bubble began to grow, expanding until it reached the size of a planet.
And without warning, a massive vortex of black clouds appeared, a storm, but not just any storm. Its size was colossal, even a solar system couldn't compare to this storm. Winds so powerful they could pull planets out of orbit.
Lightning so huge, robust, and strong it could destroy moons. And against logic was the sound of thunder, which every time it struck, the void trembled in fear. A place where no sound was supposed to exist.
A cosmic storm.
That's what I created, continuing to fuel the storm with my power, just listening to the sound of thunder.
Until finally, it was ready. With a thought, the cosmic storm larger than a solar system vanished, giving way to a divine realm with golden palaces, parks, and streets. The mountains were majestic, much bigger than Mount Everest, enormous forests larger than countries.
I present to you, Olympus, the home of the gods.
I teleport to the hall of the gods, the thrones of the twelve Olympians forming a U around Hestia's hearth.
I sit on my throne.
I'd like to test my power, see what I can do. I got a taste for creating Olympus, but in a fight is where I can test my true power.
There's only one place to test my power, the Holy Grail War.
With my Independent Manifestation, I can go to any Holy Grail War.
Strange Fake would be good, but I really don't want to encounter Gilgamesh so soon.
CCC, without thinking.
Grand Order, I'll leave that for the future. Apocrypha is a good place to test my knowledge and battle experience.
But... first, I think I should introduce myself to the Nasuverse. I feel like for some reason, I have to do this...
Hmm, it must be a bit of Zeus' personality taking over me. But how? An act of power? No... a speech, yes, that's it, great.
"Listen to me, my brothers and children…" I murmured softly, extending my arm and opening my hand before slowly closing my fingers.
I held something in the air, which materialized out of nowhere in the form of a lightning bolt resembling a spear, emanating energy in all directions.
"We left the world to mankind, who pollute and destroy it without care. But I say enough! The wheel of fate has turned once again for us…"
I rise from my throne, planting my feet firmly on the ground, raising my dominant arm above my head.
"Tell your companions, tell your masters, the wheel has turned. This is no longer the time you knew. The time of man has ended. The time of fire and lightning has returned, now these are the times of gods…"
I don't know why, but I put on a stern expression, keeping my chest lifted.
"And spread the word, I have returned. The lightning has returned. Zeus has returned!"
I shout, throwing my Master Bolt. A lightning bolt carrying my message, traveling at a speed much greater than light, crossing this reality and taking my message with it.
I sit back on my throne, letting out a sigh, knowing it will be a long journey to Apocrypha.