As Velnova prepared to leave, a familiar voice rang in his mind. Cold, analytical, and ever-present.
"Notice: Absorption complete. Processing results."
He paused mid-step, narrowing his eyes as the flow of magicules within him twisted. A sensation unlike anything he had experienced before crawled through his core.
Then, the world around him shattered.
Space itself trembled, colors bleeding into one another before dissolving into nothing. The air warped, reshaping into forms that shouldn't exist—impossible patterns that flickered between reality and nonexistence.
His body staggered.
For the first time in a long while, Velnova felt something unfamiliar. His own existence wavered, torn between endless states, like the universe couldn't decide what he was supposed to be.
A sharp breath left his lips.
"New Attribute Acquired: Chaos."
Then, the sensation snapped into place.
The instability remained, but now it bent to him. The raw, untamed force of chaos coiled around his being, no longer resisting, no longer rejecting him.
It crackled like unstable lightning beneath his skin, a force that wasn't meant to be controlled—yet here he was, grasping it in his hands. Unlike Infinity, which granted limitless control over existence, or Nothingness, which erased it entirely, Chaos was something else.
It didn't obey logic. It didn't follow patterns.
It was the essence of transformation—of boundless possibility, of destruction and rebirth, of reality rewriting itself in unpredictable ways.
A slow smirk spread across his lips.
This… this was interesting.
But before he could delve deeper, Raphael's voice cut through his thoughts.
"Notice: Full analysis of 14 Angelic Skills and 5 Sin Skills has been completed."
Velnova's smirk froze.
His crimson eyes flickered with something colder—something calculated.
He had been waiting for this moment.
And as the memory surfaced, a flashback pulled him under.
(Flashback)
The damp, ancient air of Veldora's cave pressed against him like a silent observer. Faintly glowing moss clung to the jagged walls, their dim light casting eerie shadows across the cavern. It was deep underground, isolated from the world—the perfect place for a dangerous experiment.
Velnova sat cross-legged, eyes closed, as calculations danced through his mind.
His goal was clear.
Create an ultimate skill that could extract information without being detected.
Normal investigative abilities wouldn't work. The strongest beings in existence had defensive mechanisms—Ultimate Skills that could counter intrusions, detecting even the most subtle scans.
He needed something that couldn't be detected at all.
Something that didn't exist.
A quiet chuckle left his lips. I already have the perfect foundation.
"Raphael," he murmured mentally. "Let's create something new."
"Understood. Beginning Conceptualization."
A glowing formula took shape in his consciousness. Raphael's calculations unfolded at incomprehensible speeds, shifting, rewriting, and refining the core concept.
Nothingness.
That was the key.
They wouldn't create an investigative ability. They would create something alive.
A parasite—one that was fundamentally absent from existence itself.
"Begin construction."
A flicker of black mist gathered in Velnova's palm. But unlike normal darkness, this wasn't a substance—it was an absence.
It pulsed with an eerie emptiness, a presence so nonexistent that even space itself refused to acknowledge it.
From that void, something began to take form.
A small, insect-like being, flickering in and out of reality. Its body was made of pure conceptual absence—no physical mass, no energy signature, no magicule presence.
It simply wasn't there.
But despite its lack of existence, it moved.
It had a purpose.
It would slip into the very fabric of Ultimate Skills, infiltrating their structure, extracting information without ever triggering a response.
The next step was making it small.
No, not just small.
Infinitely small.
Velnova wove Infinity into the insect's core, compressing its form beyond the boundaries of physical dimensions.
It wasn't just microscopic—it was outside the very concept of size.
Even if someone scanned their own soul, their own Ultimate Skill network, they would find nothing.
Because it didn't exist in a way that could be perceived.
Now came the final touch—stealth.
He wasn't satisfied with making it undetectable.
No, he wanted it to be completely invisible to logic itself.
He layered enhancement after enhancement, distorting its conceptual presence until it was not just ignored, but actively unregistered by all cognitive functions.
Even if someone stared directly at it—even if All of Creation tried to analyze it—it wouldn't just be invisible.
It would be irrelevant.
Nothing to notice. Nothing to question.
As the process finalized, Raphael spoke.
"Notice: New Ultimate Skill Created – Cognitive Erasure: Hollow Locust."
A slow, satisfied smirk spread across Velnova's face.
Perfect.
This wasn't just an information-gathering skill.
It was a virus.
An infection that would burrow into the deepest secrets of the world itself, uncovering knowledge that should have remained untouchable.
This was never just about gaining power.
It was about understanding.
And now, he had everything he needed.
(Flashback End)
The flashback faded, and Velnova exhaled slowly.
His fingers curled, feeling the Chaos Attribute pulse through him.
It wasn't just another tool.
It was the missing piece.
Infinity had given him limitless potential.
Nothingness had given him absolute erasure.
But Chaos…
Chaos was the ultimate wildcard.
It wasn't something to be wielded—it was something that reshaped everything it touched.
And now, combined with the full knowledge of 14 Angelic Skills and 5 Sin Skills, he had everything he needed.
A slow, predatory smile crept onto his lips.
"Now… let's begin the real game."
[A/N:Yeah my little pawn]