Chapter 4785: The Ultimate Failure III

And yet, even with the level of power that Tor and THE Living Origin currently held, both had complex expressions.

As if they did not truly want this.

Noah looked at the two of them and shook his head.

He was already receiving an influx of Harvest from the fact that entities who backed his Way of Existence had attained this level of Depth. Their advancement fed into his foundations through the connections they shared.

But with them acting like this...

"Power is power, regardless of where it came from."

His voice came direct and practical.

"A poor man will never question if a mountain of gold fell into his house one day and wallow about it. Why should you two?"

Tor’s gaze was bright as he shook his head.

"Imagine being collapsed by someone, only for that someone later on to say, oh, here you go. A higher level Depth for you."

His voice held notes of bitter irony.

"But alas, you are right. I won’t complain."

...!

The vibrant waves of Hunger from him became even more potent!

His foundation, newly elevated to THE Fundamental Depth, pulsed with appetite that seemed to devour the very air around him. Whatever conflicted feelings he held, they did not diminish the power he had been granted.

Noah looked at the figure of THE Living Origin next.

She stood with serene glory that transcended her previous state. Her form seemed to glow from within, multicolored light playing across features that had been refined by THE Creature’s Embodiment. Her eyes held depths that spoke of authority approaching the threshold of Half-Step Absolute.

"I...have always been chasing after THE Creature."

Her voice came measured and heavy with accumulated history.

"My Everything burned for THE Creature. I first met him in Alfheimr, before he even became an Absolute."

Her eyes grew distant with memory.

"He was brilliant. Every word he said, every action he took... I was enticed completely. I followed him across realms and eons. I gave My Everything I had to support his rise."

Something flickered in her expression.

"But of course, Emotive came along."

Her voice grew harder.

"I truly don’t know what that malevolent creature has to make her jump from one Absolute to another, but..."

She paused.

"I am not satisfied with how I was treated. I do not take this as an answer."

Her eyes blazed with determination.

"So I will seek my own answer. For now, I will return to Alfheimr. There, whether he wants to or not, THE Creature will have to give me an answer."

BOOM!

THE Living Origin said many heavy words!

Her eyes were thinking of none other than THE Creature.

And near her, Noah turned to see the crimson-obsidian gaze of THE First Hunger.

His gaze seemed to only be directed toward... THE Living Origin.

One was looking at someone at an extremely distant place, seeking answers that may have already been given.

While another was looking at someone right in front of them who would not even gaze their way.

The words of THE First Hunger echoed out as he said calmly.

"Alfheimr? I’ll tag along for fun."

His voice came measured and seemingly casual.

"You can navigate there even in THE Fallout?"

He asked this question as if the answer didn’t matter.

Origin looked at him and blinked.

"I will always know my way back home."

BOOM!

With such words, she turned toward Noah.

"I will make this little trip, if that is okay with you."

It almost seemed like she was asking for permission.

Because at this moment, she no longer backed THE Creature.

She backed him instead.

Noah smiled lightly as he waved his hand.

He allowed the emergence of a small Seal of Quintessence to flow toward THE Living Origin. It drifted through the air with lazy grace before settling into her palm, its radiance pulsing with compressed authority.

"Just keep this with you in case of emergencies. If anything happens, let me know."

THE Living Origin nodded at such words.

She and THE First Hunger prepared to make an exit into the Wastes of THE Fallout.

Their destination was Alfheimr.

Where THE Creature had first risen.

—

In THE Agora of Primordial Judgment.

In The Thermae of Cyclic Refinement.

Noah had his struggles across Existence, but he liked when things were comparatively easier as well.

Among THE Four, he was the weakest.

But at this moment, he was getting his dues.

The contribution of 9 new letters to The First Tongue inside THE Agora of Primordial Judgment... how could it be beat? Especially when the rewards stemmed from the very philosophy of Glossarians?

THE Villa Dei Boscoreale which held the treasures of THE Corrupted Vaults of Ginnungagap flowed into him steadily. The entire time, only one Kronos’s Crystallized Moment after another descended. As soon as he finished one, another would float down from the artificial sky. Mythical-tier treasures that should have been impossibly rare fell into his grasp like common fruits from an abundant tree.

In less than an hour in the combined pools of The Thermae of Cyclic Refinement...

His existence felt a sense of exuberance and immensity that gave him a sense of invincibility.

A false sense of invincibility, but it was there nonetheless.

Because after all, the 9 Cycles of Katharsis were all passed gloriously!

His skin shone with a crystalline blue-gold allure as if he was a Primordial treasure given flesh. Light seemed to emanate from within him, filtering through flesh that had been refined beyond normal biological parameters. Every pore radiated authority. Every inch of his form spoke of foundations compressed to impossible densities.

His Depth and Weight felt utterly suffocating.

Even Glossikos, an Absolute nodded as if saying hey, not bad!

|All Nine Cycles of Katharsis have been successfully completed.|

|The Pool of Mnemosyne (Memory): All knowledge you have ever encountered has been perfectly integrated into your foundations. Nothing is forgotten. Everything is accessible.|

|The Pool of Styx (Invulnerability): Your foundations have been hardened against external corruption. Attempts to destabilize your Depth through foreign influence will face exponentially increased resistance.|

|The Pool of Acheron (Sorrow): All painful experiences across your existence have been processed and incorporated into strength. Trauma that once weakened now fortifies.|

|The Pool of Cocytus (Lamentation): Trapped potential that grief had locked away has been released. Capabilities you did not know you possessed are now accessible.|

|The Pool of Phlegethon (Fire): All weaknesses have been burned away with purifying flame. What remains is only that which serves your advancement.|

|The Pool of Oceanus (The Existence-River): Your foundation has been connected to the fundamental flow of Existence itself. You resonate with reality at frequencies that most beings cannot perceive.|

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