A Scheme of Ascendance

Books floated around the seer like a solar system, answering his hunger for knowledge like an imminent echo of a valley. Characters jumped to life as if that was their purpose all along, to serve the seer and fuel his wisdom. 

"How can we fight such a thing?" asked Arthur, his mind preoccupied with the looming threat of a seer who could not only see through the world, but reshape the past itself. It seemed almost impossible. 

"There is a reason that the power balance exists in the world," said Sier as he turned toward Arthur, his violet eyes squinting at him. "No one can defeat the empyreans backing every nation." 

"What about Osian the Invincible?" asked Arthur with a smile that seemed to trigger the seer's frown. The fact that Arthur himself defeated an empyrean known as invincible disagreed with Sier's argument.