Chapter 35 - Pieces Fitting Along yet...

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The spear instantly disappeared into the void and a deep silence was the only thing that remained.

Until...

*Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!*

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMM!*

The whole world tuned white for a second.

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*Cough* *Cough* *Cough*

'That was intense...', Ryo looked down at his hand as he felt the golden blood flood through his body. The battle was so intense that it had left him with next to no Paradox Energy.

But he was not at a loss. 

'I have... 'leveled up'? My understanding of Space, Time, and the concept of Infinity have... Increased?' Scanning his Astral Body, he felt that his capacity to hold Paradox Energy and his core ability had increased.

*Sigh*

Sighing, Ryo looked around as he barely stood up on the barren ground. His eyes scanned the surroundings, and his eyes finally landed on a small dark violet diamond-shaped floating just a few meters away from him.

'That thing... it's dropped from that Fish... Should I take it or not?', Even with his exhausted body and brain, his mind was still in good condition. 'Should I take it or not? It could be a trap, or it could be something beneficial...'

<Take it.>

'This voice... The World Tree...?', Ryo's eyes narrowed down as the message once again popped up, but this time he was clearly able to hear it. Still hesitating, Ryo finally glanced at his timer.

[[0:00:11]]

[[0:00:10]]

'I am going to win anyway in the end... For that I will be discarding this body, but... what if this 'thing' will get attached to my Astral Body?', With great stress on his mind, Ryo just stood there thinking about hundreds of possibilities.

His instincts were screaming: 'Grab it!', 'It's very useful!', but he knew for better what was good for him. 

[[0:00:08]]

'If I take the crystal, there is a 40% chance that it will be harmful to me. Like something like a bomb that will explode on contact or being in touch with a high-dimensional object... If I take it, I can grow stronger, but if I don't take it, I will not lose anything.'

[[0:00:07]]

After finally deciding what he was going to do, he looked at the 'World Tree' and after staring at the roots for an instant, which felt like several seconds to him, he decided that it was time to make the move.

Closing his eyes, he used Paradox Energy to gather the information of the Higher Dimension.

Paradox Energy just essentially makes a Higher Dimensional entity semi-omnipotent. It was like magic but without any limitations. The only limitations there are, are methods of gathering the Paradoxial Energy.

To put it simply, if Ryo at that moment wanted to make a thing out of nothingness, he could make it, but it would consume his Paradoxical Energy proportionally. The bigger, stronger, and with more ability, the higher the price.

He could also remove the laws of physics of a whole universe, and it would still exist into existence as long as he had enough energy to perform the feat. 

The only problem with Paradox Energy is that one cannot generate it artificially. One has to break the set rules or be someone who breaks out of them to create new causes and effects. 

[[0:00:06]]

Ryo, being a creature 'outside' of his destined 'death', changed everything, making it so that he had a constant flow of PE. Otherwise, he would not have even an ounce of PE unless either a Higher Dimensional Entity or the World Will provides one.

The only way to get PE is through either breaking the rules of the infinite multiverses while being affected by one, or through constant absorption from the void. This is also affected by the core level, the higher the core level, the faster the PE absorption and PE capacity of an entity.

'I can sense', Ryo's mind washed through the whole multiversal level space as he finally found the place he would have to move to complete the second last piece of the plan. 'Time to move...' 

Just as he focused his attention, the violet gem suddenly glowed lightly as it suddenly rushed at Ryo. 

'I anticipated such action...', With a small twitch in his eyebrow, he waved his hand and created an infinite space between him and the gem. Using a minuscule amount of PE, he made sure to have a backup in case something unexpected happened. 'Even after its death, it's trying to harm me...'

'Huh?', To Ryo's surprise, the violet gem faced no trouble bypassing the infinite space that he created in between him and the gem. 

<Teleport >

Using PE he tried to teleport the gem to another dimension, but to his surprise, the PE felt no control over the gem as it continued to rush at him with accelerating speed. To dodge, he decided to teleport himself.

[[0:00:05]]

'Time is running away...', As he teleported, Ryo could only narrow his eyes. He had neither time nor PE to deal with the 'thing' that was chasing him. 

Paradox Energy was treating the gem as if it didn't exist. It's as if it's not real and it's more of a hallucination and not a real thing.

'Or it shouldn't exist.', Ryo narrowed his eyes. 'I can only play with it for 4 more seconds...'

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[[0:00:04]]

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Ryo tried almost everything in his ability to try to cause harm or remove himself from the trajectory of the 'gem', but to no avail, the violet gem kept chasing him.

[[0:00:02]]

'This cannot go on any further. It will ruin the plan.' As the clock finally reached its designated timer, Ryo decided to finally take a small gamble. 'If I cannot survive this, it will definitely affect the plan, but I still have another way out. Thankfully I had settled and made multiple countermeasures for such situations...'

'I cannot go on any further, not it's either the second one will win or the A.I. will take my place, although it won't be as effective as me, but in the end it will work...', Thinking so, he finally decided to wave his hand as he ignored the Violet gem chasing him and tore the space as he popped into another part of the infinite void.

[[0:00:01]]

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--[Time: While Ryo was fighting the 'being']--

Baal looked at R opening his inventory as he watched the new child being sent to its potential death. 

{R = [Reality] short form} 

He was sitting on a throne, strapped to it permanently as he was forced to in return for great power. His presence caused the space to twist as unknown eldritch beings continued to pour out of non-existence and join in the space forming a never-ending army of agony.

'That child is too precious to be sent to such a place. Sadly, [Reality] got its hand on the child.', Baal narrowed his eyes as he watched the space close up as he silently stared at R. Slowly the red veil trembled as his form was revealed.

"Don't look at me like that. Everything is going as it should be. You were never meant to ascend to the point of being a 'Demon King' and becoming the ruler of the afterlife. It was your luck, and now it's the child's luck to either devorve or be devorved.", With a small emotionless smile, R glanced back at Baal as he sat on the throne of his.

"...", Baal didn't reply back to her. 

Yes, just like Ryo, he was a normal mortal. That's why he was greedy for Ryo, after all, he not only wanted to gain the uncontrollable PE he was releasing, but he was also something to which he could relate.

In a world where everything is run by gains, having something similar to one's self is like a toy to a child.

Having broken from the binding of his world, he became a High-Dimensional World, but due to the schemes of the High-Dimensional being, he was trapped and strapped to the sealing artifact he was sitting on.

The throne trapped him in his dimension, but it gave him absolute control over the dimension he was in; thing means as long as he wills it, he can kill R, or at least try to. In the end, it will depend on who has the highest PE capacity, which Baal was not confident in.

"You can leave now. The child will most probably be killed.", Finally Baal decided to open his mouth and reply; making R give out a fake chuckle, "Don't joke around, you are more confident in him returning than him dying."

Her face returned to an emotionless state as she returned her stare, "Do you not wish to leave the throne? Don't you want to move around freely in the infinite verse? As per our deal, as soon as Ryo returns or dies, I will set you free on condition that you not interfere."

"..."

Baal felt something missing. 

Yes, R was one of the few beings who was involved in his sealing, and he was confident that R would be able to release him. He had used a huge amount of PE, enough to even make him sweat to check the condition.

He knew that there was a high-dimensional being involved in Ryo's supposed 'protector', but him being not as strong as R, he was not sure if 'she' was the one protecting him.

He was indeed very strong in his dimension, but he was not that confident in the outer world. He ranked among higher-ranking beings, but that was all because of the throne he was on.

"Fine.", Saying so, Baal continued to see into the deeper part of his domain and continue watching him struggle with the 'being'. "What are your plans for the 'End'? Are you planning to die or join the 'MONAD'?"

Yes, the end was coming.

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"..."

Looking at R looking back at him without replying back to him, Baal narrowed his eyes as he used his PE... as he was hit with an anti-divination strike on his Astral Body. He was sure that R had poured a large chunk of 'her' PE capacity to even conceal such information.

'...', A slight headache passed his consciousness as the dimension trembled, and he scoffed at R. "What are you even planning, you know that everything will be, in the end useless. You cannot change the status quo. You will never defeat Order or Chaos."

With annoyance, his face returned to neutral like before as the 'headache' turned normal. But the only answer he got was silence, making him scoff again as the dimension returned to silence.

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"..."

Baal and R continued to watch as Ryo killed the 'being', much to the delight of both beings, but just as they rejoiced, they watched Ryo use his PE against something 'invisible'. He finally watched as Ryo decided to open a portal to his dimension.

'...!'

Baal's body suddenly turned cold. 

His body started to tremble as a chill was sent throughout his body. His body warned him suddenly of an impending doom awaiting him. This made his struggle on the throne he was in as R looked at him emotionlessly as he finally understood this was a trap.

"You!", Baal could only watch in horror as R popped out of the dimension he was in, as Ryo entered the dimenion.

As soon as Ryo popped into his dimension, he felt the shackles on his throne break, using the maximum of his ability, he instantly freed himself and opened the portal to rush out of his dimension; to run from the ticking time bomb.

[[0:00:00]]

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**BOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM**

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A blinding white light flashed out from Ryo's body, disintegrating everything, even space and time, removing reality, and reducing the law's control over the dimension.

"..." 

'*Cough*', Baal barely moved into the portal as he was hit by the aftermath of the explosion, destroying almost all of his Astral Body.

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--[Unknown]--

*Cough*

Blood continued to pour out of Baal's body as he felt his body getting broken down, his divinity being broken down. His core was damaged, signifying his losing his position as a 'God'.

At that moment, he knew.

He was dying.

"...", He stared at the hand that had passed through his chest as it grabbed the core of his, and looked at the person who had grabbed it. "[Reality]... So it was all your plan... You were never the one who gave him the power..."

His words were met with emptiness.

[Reality] had stolen his core. This means he is literally dead.

Now either the core is used to give birth to another being like 'him', or another being will be born somewhere out in the infinite multiverse who will rise to the same rank as him at least with the assistance of the [Fate].

"In the end, it was only for the madness that I went to such length, huh." He placed his hand over his eyes as memories passed by in his mind, "Hehahaha hahaha!", His weak yet crazy laughter rang throughout the void.

"Mark my words... [Reality] and [Infinity]! I curse you! I hate you! I hate you! I hate you! I curse you to face the same fate as me! Oh [Fate]... Please make my curse come true!", His words got weaker and weaker with each word, as his eyes began to drain its life.

With a final struggle, he tore the void as he opened space to a small hole in reality.

It was surreal.

A real error that shouldn't exist.

Surrounded by a 'metallic' structure, it was closed off by a door. 

Teleporting his body in front of the 'Gate', he forced out a minuscule amount of PE as he opened the door to [MONAD]. As he walked passed the door, he felt his life slip, as he felt hundreds of eyes fall over his body as he was presented to a whole new 'world'.

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--[Baal's Domain]--

"Hooo... It seems like our little second personality was quite a handful, huh.", A hoarse voice sounded in the empty void.

In the empty void, there was a spherical purple orb floating in the empty void which was previously filled with horror beyond normal comprehension.

With each word spoken, its spherical structure deformed. Tentacles rose from its body as it wiggled and interconnected with each other, tangling into solidity. 

In the empty void, finally, a humanoid body was formed, with a soft emotionless smile. "Finally I am back...", His soft voice could make one feel relaxed yet cautious because of the way it was spoken.

"System."

[ Infinity System

Name: Ryo Otsuki / Code 003 / Code Omega / [Infinity]

Gender: ?Err@r

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Titles: Infinity [Comand over Infinity, Space, Time, Void and Concept of Nothingness increased by ?Erroe?] // God of Abstract [Creative and Abstract Thinking increased by 1000 times] // Lord Shadow [Persuation + 20%, Unnatural Luck + 200%]

Bloodlines: ?Err0r

Core: [Infinity]

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Perks:-

[1. Chunnibyo Effect] // [2. Brave] // [3. Cockroach]

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HP: 20%

MP: ?Non

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Body: ???

Mind: Ex [Cursed by Chaos & Order]

Astral Body (Currently Unusable): X

<Overall Ranking>: Ex

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Unique Points: 3,650,365,001,000

[Show Abilities] [Show Inventory] ]

{A/N: 3+ Trillion UP for killing Billions of High Dimensional beings present in Baal's domain and almost 'killing' Baal.} 

"..."

A window popped in front of the being, and his eyes glanced over the screen for an instant as he looked back at the infinite void. 'Time for my descent.', His smile throughout the whole time remained neutral.

Yes. He had returned.

He was the original personality. He knew about the whole ordeal. And he was the one who planned out the whole thing.

He purposefully used two potions when he went into hiding: Love and Disgust potion.

He was the one who planned the new personality that was born to not 'remember' taking the potion.

He was the one who had planned for the second personality to fight through hell and awaken the system again, thus leading to his resurrection.

He knew that with love, the second personality would try to 'merge' with Zero Two. He knew very well that when the 'second' personality came to the realization, it would already be too late.

The feeling of true love would be too addictive.

He knew that the 'second' Ryo would not be able to kill Zero Two because of it and will try to plan things out for when he tries to gain access to his 'children' that are in Zero Two's womb, and thus will set up a trap to fight 'him'.

 It was he who predicted the whole thing.

From the very start. The moment he opened his eyes to the new world.

But there was a small misconception. The main 'Ryo' knew from the moment that System never had any control over him.

This was from the word 'Age'.

The moment 'Ryo''s eyes opened, his mind was instantly brainwashed. He started to believe that he 'died' at the age of 18. This was but a contradiction. This meant, that from the moment of birth, his mind had started to believe that he was 18 years old when he died.

But this was just a small deception, and it worked against the [System]. 

At that moment, Ryo knew that the [System] could not read into his memory, it worked based on his belief.

This was also the reason when the 'second' Ryo realized the ploy, he was able to deduce a lot of things, and this led to a new 'System Update', leading to the removal of the 'Age' section of the System, as it too realized the ploy from the basic belief of the 'second' Ryo.

Yes, Ryo had managed to deal with a lot of things and planned from the very start about how to use this [System] that wasn't able to read his mind as long as he didn't allow it to.

But luck also played a huge role in it.

"..."

As soon as he looked over the status, Ryo tilted his head. He looked at his body and noticing how he wasn't in great condition, he started to work on it.

<Temporary Infinite regeneration.>

[-100,000,000 PE]

<Infinite Comprehension> 

[-100,000,000 PE]

<Read >

[-1,000,000,000 PE]

Billions upon billions of information started to flood his mind as it was instantly filtered, arranged into his mind, and classified. With the infinite knowledge gathered in his mind, which contained basic information, to almost borderline concealed information, Ryo's smile widened.

As he smiled, Ryo suddenly felt hundreds of gazes eyeing him from outside of the 'World' he was in.

As if sensing danger and being afraid of how they just lost a 'High-Dimensional' friend, they instantly retracted their gazes. "Looks like I am quite popular, huh, System, what's your thoughts?", Ryo chuckled as he commented.

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The only thing that was presented in front of him was empty words, entrapped within the holographic screen.

This made Ryo's smile widen, almost reaching his ears. "I am amazed at how much the 'second' personality has planned for retaliation. To use the 'protection' given to me by "Him", so that even I cannot act so easily to interfere in that world... A loophole... As if a way to keep 'Ryo' safe huh?"

"You do realize that the [Apocalipse] is coming, right?", Ryo's smile turned maniacal. His eyes trembled in anger. "You... You want to sink with me!? Do you understand what you did!?"

[...]

"... Khek", A self-smoking laugh resounded from Ryo's mouth. "Just because you are on the verge of being killed by me, you decided to gamble. You decided to use the 'second' personality thinking that you will be able to threaten me with retaliation!?"

[Yes.]

As soon as Ryo saw the message, his expression returned to normal, "That was the reaction you wanted from me right? But poor you, I had anticipated it.", Scoffing Ryo stabbed his chest as he forcefully removed the [System] from his body.

"I may be killed right now, but do you really believe that it is enough for me to die?", Ryo's face turned emotionless as he once again felt beings trying to 'see' the future, to 'see' through his essence.

"..." <Conceal >

Ryo felt almost more than a Trillion of his PE being removed from his body as he cast the strongest concealment on anything in his regard.

So much so most of the 'High-dimensional' beings forgot that [Infinity] was a thing, and those who still remembered such an element existed, won't be able to find where he is, at least not for a short amount of time which could amount to hundreds of years.

Even with that amount of concealment, one still stood out...

'Her' blue hair waved in the infinite void as she sat on her library's throne. Each book signifies each story, each story signifying a different multiverse. The only thing that stood out was her aura.

While her previous aura was calming, not had turned into infinite madness. Her domain of library which had natural white light illuminating itself, now had a red glow in it. 

As soon as Ryo's eyes fell on her, he felt hundreds of madness-inducing eyes looking back at him, making him feel a small headache that he easily dismissed.

'So you have tried to assimilate a core of another higher dimensional being, huh?', Ryo's eyes remained the same as he instantly concluded what had happened. She had fulfilled all her promises, but the real victor of the whole war was her.

[Reality] 

She was doomed, and she had doomed all of reality.

The [Apocalipse] has begun. She was corrupted. Her trying to assimilate [Demon King] essentially has doomed her concept.

Soon beings, beyond comprehension will start to brew up. No one will be able to stop them. Each will have a high-dimensional core, and have the ability as great as 'High-dimensional' beings.

Every single Higher Dimensional being knew it. Thus they started to enter [MONAD].

If they tried to retaliate against the [Reality], they could win, but for what? The next 'Flood' was coming, and they would have to anyway enter the [MONAD].

But in the face of such a challenge, Ryo redacted his eyes as he laughed out loud. His mouth opened as his voice softly resounded, "I love challenges...", His eyes landed back toward the [System] he had in his hand. 

"So this is my new home, huh? Look like I will be the new 'Demon Lord'."

While his eyes were on the System in his hand, his mind was looking at the violet crystal that was floating in his mind. 

His mind felt weird... It was as if it had formed those 'spiritual worlds' from cultivation. But unlike grassland or any other background, his mind was empty.

'This thing... exists and does not exist at the same time... It feels as if it's not even real... Even [Order] and [Chaos] won't be this much strong, to be able to make something that goes beyond one's paradoxical sense.'

'Furthermore, unlike 'concealment', 'glitch' or 'error', this is something different. If one tries to understand 'it', if any of those abilities were applied to it, then I should have been hit with a headache... But this thing just doesn't exist...'

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<Fate is so unpredictable... Who knows how it will unfold? One blessed by fate found peace in death. Truly ironic... The one who managed all the deaths died. But his end? Or death find something own death?>

<Baal, due to extreme stress from his world, was able unlock Astral Core as he used ability instantly rise in power, breaking past the barrier with talent, only be jumped by a Higher-Dimensional being and replaced him that time's 'Death' God.>

<Truly ironic, once again, as it seemed if Death was truly a weird domain to handle. It meant be replaced... To killed in the end...>

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