CHAPTER 169

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The next following hours, I did a lot of Dungeons with Thor, to test things out, beyond having extra help, the dungeons didn't change much, with the exception of the exp buff, and the monsters being generally tougher to compensate for the extra member.

As for Thor.

Well, to say he was elated was coming short.

Thor was ecstatic, once he understood what we were doing, his eyes shone like a kid on Xmas eve.

For him, having the power to create monsters to fight, was indubitably, his words not mine, the best thing ever.

He was so excited, my testing was extended from one dungeon to twenty-two.

I sighed at that because apparently in this timeline it was me who had turned Thor into a gamer.

"That was amazing! No wonder you keep growing stronger, all you do is fight!" Not really, the golems level up for me now, I mostly just do stupidly dangerous quests, and they happen to give me levels, or time walking dungeons, but those are on a ban for now.

"Thor, remember our deal, you get to do dungeons with me, but you don't say a word to anyone, is that clear?" I repeated, for like the hundredth time, just to be sure.

"Worry not, little brother, I shan't say a word, not even to the All-Father!" Thor declared.

"Little brother?" Was I just demoted?

"I mean, I'm taller than you, so yeah," Thor nodded.

Never mind, Thor is being Thor.

"So, tomorrow, same time?" Thor asked, his eyes beaming at the prospect.

"Sure, why not," I chuckled, I might as well use his eagerness to earn me some EXP, while he farms his.

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[The Beyonder POV]

How fun!

He was improving, becoming more complete, less empty.

At this pace, it would only take a few thousand years for him to reach the realm of the impossible, by ignorant standards that is, and I was excited.

Because then, when he reached the realm I belonged to, the annoying being above all would stop protecting him.

Then, I would be allowed to have fun, to see if he would help fill the void within me, the void all creatures have, including the One Above All.

Thankfully, a few thousand years were nothing for me, time was irrelevant when you lived outside time and space.

"I can wait to see how he develops," I chuckled.

But maybe, just maybe, I could push things a bit.

If the One Above All is so fond of this reality, and him, because they are both unique, then, I will simply experiment with him, in another reality, all I have to do is not kill him.

"But what world," I hummed, so many universes, so many realities, which one would push him to become what I needed, which one would push the boundaries of his desire beyond comprehension?

Maybe the Zombie one? It had its merit, and with his power, it would certainly be a challenge to survive there, granting him more power.

"Beyonder," Great, the party pooper it's here.

"One, how you doing," I smiled, without even looking.

"I told you to leave this reality alone," One sighed.

"But One, how can I?! Everything here… everything here breaks the mold! Everything here it's extraordinary, and its uniqueness could be the key to filling the emptiness within us! The key to finding the missing piece that makes every living being incomplete," I replied, excited.

"Nevertheless, I wish to preserve this anomaly intact," One replied, his tone as soft and warm as ever, he really sickened me, so much power, and he was the biggest pansy in the universe.

So much for the strongest being in all of creation, so much for the maker.

"What's the point of life if we don't push it!?" I scoffed, rolling my eyes.

"Life is supposed to grow when it needs to grow, we can't push it, it has to come naturally," One chuckled.

"Is that why you sent that girl there?" I sighed, thinking of that mess that called herself a copy of the anomaly, at beast she was an abomination.

"I did it because she was in need of saving, nothing more, nothing less," One replied, "Though I suppose that's a lie, partially at least, because, in a way, I mostly saved her, because… her world was a mistake I made, a mistake trying to replicate him, a singularity, that in my own hubris I thought I could replicate him, and bless all in creation with his many gifts, never occurring to me that he was perhaps like me, one and only,"

"He is like us then?" I chuckled, "I imagined as much, though he's painfully weak,"

"Give him time," One chuckled, "No everyone is born into power,"

"I suppose so," I sighed.

"Now, leave him be," One added, before going back to his own realm.

He was annoying at times, before Alex he wasn't so hands-on, and that annoyed me.

But for now, I would comply.

Sooner or later, One would slip, and I would push Alex to grow so that he could show me the highs of his desire, his lust for growth, and strength.

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[???????? POV]

So many powerful eyes on that single man, poor guy, I truly felt sorry for him, for it was truly best to be ignored in this cruel cruel universe, attention was never something good, it was always something bad.

But one can't avoid the eyes of the top when climbing that mountain.

"I wonder how far things will play," I mused.

"You are giving him too much thought," The annoyed voice of my companion was heard.

"Because he honestly deserves such," I chuckled, "And besides, he's not a mortal," I frowned, he was the farthest thing for a mortal if he was a mortal as many wanted to believe the outer so-called Gods, would've jumped at the opportunity to devour him, after all, he was a unique dish, and those disgusting eyesores loved that, a one of a kind plate, but they had not acted, because they were terrified and for a good reason.

After all, why would a roach try to attack their clear superior?

It was almost fun, seeing how beings infinitely more powerful than him, feared him, and stayed out of his way, out of fear of awakening something we have no idea if it can be awakened.

"I suppose," My companion sighed, "I wonder why he limits himself thought,"

"The mind is a mysterious thing," I replied, for the mind was our greatest enemy.