"A report has come from one of your clones, host." My ever present companion, Nomad, stayed true to his task like a dedicated butler in my demesne."Show me." I was currently in my study which was very fitting for handling things such as this.
Sometimes I wonder if this little voice in my head was my alter ego, my evil twin, my beloved companion.
A three in one package since it knew everything about my preferences. I quickly scanned the data that appeared before my eyes and knew of its essential contents.
"Ten years, huh." I muttered.
"While in here, more than 900 years had already pa.s.sed by." I added in my thoughts and decided that the likely suspect was probably time dilation.
How fast time flew for me and my family. But nevertheless, I did enjoy every second spent with them. I sighed and set the melancholic thoughts aside.
"Thank you, Nomad. Do tell me the moment another report comes from one of my toys."
"Affirmative, host." For almost a millennium of hacking and intrusion, I still could not bypa.s.s the system given by the ent.i.ty called The Evil G.o.d.
It would be unrealistic to claim that I was not bothered by my continued failures but that did not stop me from pursuing my goals.
It had only fueled my desire to get away from the claws of this mysterious figure.
I reviewed the cultivation manuals I got and immediately acclimated their language as my own to properly examine their practices, techniques, and cultivation stages.
But what took my time the most was the meagre collections of techniques about using the soul as basis for one"s power.
"It seems like I have to wait some more." I concluded after I put the entirety of my knowledge to revise and innovate a cultivation manual of my own.
A specific manual suited for what I wanted to achieve. I closed my eyes in meditation for three more hours before I finally stood up and went out of my sanctum.
a day
a year
a hundred years
a thousand years
an era
an epoch
an eon
and many eons more went by…
"It is time." I was alone in the vaults of heaven as i observed my vast dominion. I did it! I had conquered the entire universe and countless oceans of blood were shed for it.
But that was far from my concern because of the impending threat that called for me. It was unavoidable already.
I tried to resist the pull since it started in the advent of the last era but now it was simply wishful thinking to struggle against the power that was upon my being.
"What comes next, Nomad? What"s behind the door?" I asked after a gate slowly emerged above me. It was so huge that the entirety of its brilliance totally covered the span of my eyesight.
"You shall see when you get there… Damon Everhart. It has been a pleasure watching you grow." Nomad answered and for the first time in our long partnership, called me using my real name.
I had wanted to ask a series of questions but the drag got fiercer when the doors began to welcome me on its slowly opening hinges.
"AHHHHHH!" I roared in clenched teeth as I tried to give it my all to stand my ground in a last show of resistance.
I tried devouring the strange force that wanted to uproot me but same as my previous attempts, no matter how much power up I got out from this unknown source, it was still not enough to repel its irresistible whim.
The strength shown by the mystical doors were very familiar. It defied reality and even that of what I dared to imagine.
"A cheat... like my own… How appropriate…" I lamented inside but gave out a knowing smile amidst the lone battle I waged.
The universe dimmed while I wielded the fullness of its might opposite this numinous door but sadly, it was all for naught. My body was still drawn out into the waiting vortexes in the horizon.
"FLICK!" a finger snap reverberated out loud and everything went still. Before the changes of the last era began, this technique could have held time and s.p.a.ce indefinitely for my enjoyment.
But sadly, all it afforded me today was an insignificant 5 second respite. But I did use it at its utmost.
"The pleasure is all mine… Evil G.o.d…" was my last words before everything went dark.