Not so Powerful

After absorbing all the skills, August sensed that there was still some consciousness left in the orb.

He teleported and appeared near the cube. There was some tiny resistance, but this was nothing for August, now that the monster lost all its energy. He touched the orb with his index finger.

'Aquire'

[ Skills acquired : Absorb(SSS), Shadow Void(SSS), Dark matter manipulation(SS), Quantum Force Channel (S=>SS), Authority(S=>SS),Transform(S)]

'Finally'

' System, does this entity has a system.' August inquired.

[ Scanning…]

[ Discovered foreign power..]

[ The data is encrypted in the foreign system ]

[ Decoding the data..]

[ Progress.. 1% ]

[ Progress.. 2%]

While the system was busy decoding the foreign system and acquiring data, August tried to absorb the condensed quantum force in the core.

[ Absorbing.. ]

..

..

After some time, August, who was absorbing the condensed quantum force with his eyes closed, heard a notification.

[ Absorption complete.]

[ Initiating Assimilation ]

[ Calculating life force..]

[ Calculating Quantum Force..]

[ Calculating Resonance …]

[ Generating compatible channels..]

..

..

[ Assimilation complete ]

[ System updating…]

[ Merging all information…]

[ Creating new database… ]

[ System updated. ]

[ New information gained ]

August looked at the newly gained data from the assimilation. There was a lot of improvement to his stats as well as the system.

He checked his stats first.

The system projected a big panel in front of me.

[ Stat updates:

[ Level adjustment : 203=> 433 ]

[ Strength : 221=> 475 ]

[ Agility : 178=> 460 ]

[ Vitality : 1088=> 1533 ]

[ Dexterity : 33=> 125 ]

[ Assimilation stat acquisition ]

[ Resonance : 1.0075 => 1.0175 ]

[ Assimilation skills acquisition ]

[ Authority : S=> SS ]

This was a great improvement. Even though the fight dragged on for too long, in the end, it was worth it.

August looked at the Authority skill, which was upgraded by absorbing the quantum force of the monster.

The upgraded 'Authority' Skill will cover a distance of 100 kilometers. This was a great improvement from the earlier limit of 16 kilometers. The effect will diminish at the edges but still, it was a huge boost.

' Show me the newly acquired data.'

[ New skill ranking system discovered]

[ Continental < Planetary < Starry < Constellation < Galactic < Universal ]

[ From the new data, the resonance defines how much control over the quantum field you have and how much power you can draw from it. ]

[ After decrypting the foreign data, I've come to the conclusion that Universal rulers have the resonance of 1, but they acquire it through consumption of quantum fields for millions or billions of years. Host acquired the ruler authority because there was no ruler present in this dimension. So even though you have acquired the resonance of one, you don't have the equivalent quantum force accumulation. ]

' So I need to absorb more quantum force to completely get the powers of Universal ruler.'

[ Affirmative ]

[ The condensed quantum force can be absorbed in two ways. First, you can absorb other quantum life form's force fields. And the second is, to absorb the quantum field of the universe. While the first process is faster, absorbing the innate quantum field of the universe takes a tremendous amount of time.]

' Why isn't there any innate quantum life forms in this universe.'

[ There is a high chance that our universe also has quantum life forms, but they are very far away. There are some regions of the universe that are more dense in quantum fields than others. Although the chances of quantum life forms being in this universe are high, it doesn't mean they are powerful enough. This process takes very long. The host received the resonance of one, which could also imply that the universe didn't have a Universal ruler at the moment. The other rulers might be galactic level at most.]

' Hmm, I thought my powers were at the upper echelon but looks like I've been fighting with small fries after all.'

[ You are a Universal ruler only in the title, you just acquired it recently. On the cosmic scale, a month is nothing. Even a millennium is nothing to the Universal rulers.]

' Hey, you seem to talk a lot more.'

[ The upgrade allowed me to develop my consciousness more. I can perceive more things.]

' Then you can be fully-fledged consciousness if we keep this up ?'

[ Yes ]

[ According to the data I decrypted, there are many factions from different dimensions trying to take a share of this universe.]

[ This Continental ruler comes from a dark matter universe. They identify themselves as Shadow devourers. ]

' So they are like wolves trying to snatch an unguarded fawn. Not on my watch.'

[ They've been trying to invade this dimension after the incident, but the cracks were not open until last year.]

[ They are sending low-level rulers to this dimension to seize the life energy, either by absorbing their life essence or controlling them with systems to work as pawns. ]

' This is more serious than I imagined. Did you find out anything about when they are going to send high level rulers?'

[ According to the data, not yet. The cracks are not stable enough for high level rulers to pass through. They can only send a fraction of their power to this side. If they forcefully open the cracks, they might collapse forever. So they are waiting for the cracks to widen. ]

' And they are using the consciousness of the lifeforms to power those altars, to speed up the process. The controlling of the systems is also part of that. The more foothold they can create, the easier it will become to conquer. Damn rulers.'

[ The speed at which the cracks are opening is increasing day by day. If this continues, it will take ten years to completely open the cracks, and the Universal rulers can enter this dimension. ]

' Ten years, that's not too bad.'

[ Let me remind you, sir, the Universal rulers can control all of space and time. They can destroy our universe or consume it in a matter of seconds. If a universe doesn't have a Universal ruler, it is almost impossible to defend against other universal rulers.]

' They are that powerful.'

[ Apart from that, the planetary rulers and starry rulers will be coming out in months. They are exponentially powerful than continental rulers.]

' What exponential? Give me a number.'

[ About order of 3 ]

' Are you fucking kidding me?' August, who rarely curses, said the F-word after a long time.

August realized how terrifying those rulers were. The level of the continental ruler was 655, so the Planetary ruler will be almost...

[ Level 281,011,375 ]

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