ALL NOVEL Chapter 145: The Symbol of 'Power'!
Aucuses raised the blot and looked at it silently for a moment before instilling his authority in it.
The blot transformed into a bolt of lightning and struck his chest. From him erupted a vast and unbounded aura, enveloping the infinite sky and limitless ocean.
An ancient will that had been weakening suddenly flared up its mighty tentacles in his soul, as if wanting to tear his persona asunder.
Pain!
An inconceivable amount of pain erupted from within his soul, coursing through every part of his body. To say it was excruciating and agonising would be an understatement; he felt as though his entire body was being slowly stretched apart while being pierced by thousands of cold blades.
His face twisted in agony as sweat fell from his brow onto the ocean, evaporating everything in its path. He knelt on the ocean's surface as the twisted mummers intruded into his mind.
Boom! Boom!
The figure of Aucuses suddenly emitted infinite blots of lightning, aimed at the sky. It spread across the entire infinite sky like throne branches, forming a silver "forest".
The boundless oceans began to surge with massive waves that rolled towards the southern and northern continents, reaching stormy clouds.
The continents began to shake to their very foundations, causing massive structures all over the world to collapse one after the other.
A swath of dark clouds began to imprint their mark in the infinite sky, forming an abyss of stormy clouds that seemed to engulf the eternal sun.
The entire world was enveloped in a cataclysmic aura. In a daze, Mortal and Extraordinary looked at the cataclysmic sight that dawned within a second, while Gods turned their gazes to the boundless oceans, to the location where Aucuses was ascending.
A dark hand reached out from the eternal night and waved at the approaching tsunami, causing the restless waves to immediately smooth out and fall apart in serenity.
A massive broadsword bathed in twilight emerged from the waning twilight, sending a beam of orange light streaking into the abyss of storms, instantly dividing it in two. The storm clouds faded away in the twilight.
Atop the crumbling palace of eternity, a massive inverse scale appeared, emitting a bronze light constituted of a law, sweeping the continents and stopping the rumbling from spreading further.
Meanwhile, in the centre of the silver "forest," a massive luminescent tree rose up, dwarfing everything. Its roots reached the core and its branches reached the horizon, emitting a gentle aura. It exerted Earth's authority, temporarily halting any disaster across the globe. The silver "forest" faded away before it could tear the sky asunder with its tendrils of lightning.
It also encircled the central region, embracing Aucuses and blocking any malicious power from interfering with his ascension.
In a colossal white tower near the ruins of the masin, an old man with long beard looked out of the window from the tallest floor onto the central region with his starry eyes twinkling. His hold on a white book tightened.
His grip on the book suddenly loosened and his starry eyes dimmed as his gaze swept towards the dark hand and gigantic broadsword extending from eternal night and waning twilight.
The old man sighed deeply, turning away from the window and walking to the table in between the bookshelves, where he sat on the chair in front, placing the book on the wooden table and opening it.
The pages turned on their own as the old man looked around his tower, seemingly waiting for the pages to settle.
Amanises' betrayal came as a complete surprise. He deduced Aucuses was putting on a front to set up a trap for him or Leodero, while also having a last card up his sleeve to deal with them.
In the end, he did not take the risk, whereas Leodero did.
Amanises was the one who eventually accompanied him. Whatever card he has, at least both of them should be able to bear it.
But she betrayed him. It was all a ruse from the beginning. The ruse that managed to fool both reality and him, 'Ominiscent one'.
The old man shook his head, a wry smile on his face. It was pointless to wallow in the past. Aucuses is already on his way to becoming a dual-pathway god.
With the Sun and Tyrant authorities combined, he will soon become the symbol of 'Power.' He can't stop it, even if he really wants to. He has far too many allies watching his back.
By this point, he realised he had mostly lost the path of the Almighty to Aucuses.
But he wasn't going down without a fight, even if it meant his death in the end.
He wasn't going to back down in fear or caution for his life, as he had done for most of his life.
Not Anymore.
The old man turned to face his book. The pages finally stopped turning, settling on the final page.
There was a drawn picture of a massive silver moon high in the sky, reflected in the boundless black ocean.
The image was serene yet eerie, beautiful yet repugnant, purifying yet tainting, orderly yet contorted....
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Aucuses knelt on the surface of the boundless oceans, a pair of fiery wings erupting from behind his back, sending a blaze of golden fire at the luminescent tree, rattling it.
His mind was being assaulted by twisted murmurs that were tearing his psyche apart. It was a mash-up of every blasphemous sound in existence, thundering and reverberating through his mind over and over.
Aucuses remained conscious despite the excruciating pain coursing through his entire body, soul, and mind, though his firm will was shaky under the assault of the ancient will.
As golden blood spurted from his lips, he gritted his teeth. The murmurs increased as if noticing his deteriorating condition.
"Enough!" He roared.
The luminescent tree cracked in the middle, splintering its branches apart. Even so, the tree's embrace did not loosen, but rather tightened.
"Aucuses..." a voice broke through the murmurs.
Aucuses gradually felt love, endless love of his beloved. He could sense his angels' concern. He sensed his beleivers' sincere and pious prayers.
His dimming eyes gradually regained their radiance. Thousands of suns bloomed in brilliance in his soul, resisting the will. The murmurers in his mind fractured as he used his authority to literally shatter it.
Aucuses rose from the raging surface of the ocean, his figure bathed in light and lightning. His two long wings changed, with the feathers on the right wing encased in pure light and the other in white lightning.
He finally suppressed the ancient will in his body with his sheer will and anchors, which actually weakened even further with his victory.
Once he raised his hand, a flash of lightning erupted, transforming into a blue sceptre. A blinding ray of light morphed into a white crown above his head.
Lilith appeared above him, floating. With a relieved smile, she took the crown in her hand and placed it on his head.
Aucuses finally raised his spectre at the sky, his lips rising to form a psyched smile.
A bolt of white lightning flared up, ascending to the astral world and imploding into light.
The light roared in an instant, illuminating the corrupted planets outside the barrier, nearby star systems, and even a portion of the Milky Way. It was as though a bright star rose from within swirling galaxy, dwarfing everything.
It heralded the birth of the symbol of 'Power'!
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