Co of Finality.
It was an elusive existehat started out as the in of honkai. The “game’’ Aleph made it out as such. Several hints were dropped throughout the story chapters until the first part ended.
There wasn’t a clear answer for its ins, only some theories told during the said story.
“I hath seen its attempts to alter thy fate, for it to suffer failure. A momentary misjudgement is capable of faltering its knees.”
Albion’s thick at was remi of that of old English. Perhaps it was its attempts to ‘ie’ the things it had seen through Aleph’s eyes and memories, but a ‘normal at’ came out of its mouth several times.
Aleph chose not to point it out as it would be awkward, more so to a dragon that was 4.6 billion years old.
“Thou hath overlooked it. The colorful soul of thee, as well as the power of aire world in thy grasp.”
“Colorful soul… and aire world..?” Aleph felt fused in Albion’s words. “But why..?”
Through the fusion of Sephira Crystal Fragments, Aleph saw the silhouette of his soul.
It was akin to other souls he had seen—a fuzzy humanoid figure sisting of silver color.
As if seeing through his fusion,Albion’s huge head nodded.
“ oime? Hath it always been untouchable? The sight atop a mountain’s zenith is as such.”
Typically, people could only see clouds on the ground. But, when they climb on a mountain, they would be able to see all sorts of weather phenomena. What’s more, it was a far more exhirating sight pared to being on the ground.
Albion’s words were simple—
There are things one could only see from a certain level.
Unfortunately, Aleph wasn’t there yet.
“For the world that lies in yrasp, the key to its growth lies in what I hath told before. To fight. Only in that way shall the power of its embryo be uhed.”
‘Embryo..?!’
Aleph looked at his unassuming [Embryonic Power System]. Not once had he uimated it.
Just his [Ratio], [Star Rage], and his yet-to-be-explored [Adaptation] was given by it.
Yet, it seemed like he had still uimated its true capabilities.
“It is too slow. There are things only achievable with thy hands. Do not hesitate, ior.”
Albion’s words sent Aleph to a huge realization. He opened one of the previous prompts from before, presumably ohat came from the [Embryonic Power System].
[Avaible version: Cursed Energy, Honkai Energy, Dark Energy, Evolutionary Energy (New)]
Aleph hadn’t tested this fun yet. Cursed Energy was the tamest of them all. Honkai Energy carried risks such as reining in the energy’s nature. As for the Dark Energy, Aleph attributed it to his tact with the [Dark Reactor]. The Evolutionary Civilization’s study mentioned how Dark Energy was one of the fual energies used iime to trao a new height.
Finally…
‘Evolutionary Energy.’
It was a brand ry that came from his tact with the evolution cube’s bck particles. They were the ones who induced Aleph’s current evolution.
‘Sihe iion was too slow…’
[versioed.]
[3.]
[2.]
[1.]
Zap-!
The cursed energy residing throughout his entire body was repced with pure bck particles. The offensive from outside his body induced Albion to further ie its remains into the Emperor-css ICHOR. It beloo Aleph, yet at the same time, it did not.
There was a reason why most MANTISes carried the risk of casg—turning into mindless honkai beasts ontrolled. It was for such a reason that the Active Honkai Rea was usually used as a do-or-die method.
Hum-!
It wasn’t only the outside that ihe iion. Inside Aleph’s body, his geic data began to be altered at its lowest level.
“Keuk..!”
Despite being inside a mental dreamscape, Aleph momentarily grasped for air. He clutched his chest, carefully sensing the long-lost pain from his battles.
The clear blue sky began to be eaten up by the bck particles at a much faster rate.
Albion looked satisfied upon seeing it. At times, all it takes was a single push to peone in the right path.
“May the ime we meet…”
A voice filled with wisdom and majesty resounded in Aleph’s ears.
“...the moment of thy transdence.”
******
Five days had passed since Aleph’s use of the Evolution Cube. Mei went back to the fourth institute with regrets.
Not once had she nor Mobius worried for Aleph’s wellbeing. The vital sensors pced on him was ohing; their trust was another.
Beep-!
Beep-!
Beep-!
The loud arming sounds of the dete instruments did not bother Mobius. After all, they weren’t the ones for the surge of honkai energy, but for other kinds of energy.
Her research dire wasn’t limited to honkai. Only, honkai energy was the ohat offered the greatest results. Most of her resources were poured onto it as a result.
heless, there were still other apparatuses for other kinds of energy.
Hum.
Hum.
Buzz-!
Mobius’ ears heard a cacophony of scratg sounds. The area beyond the gss window—one covered with pure bck particles—seemed blurry. Her eyes narrowed down as she interpreted the phenomena.
“Curvature of space…”
That ‘something’ scratched off against the space, f visual distortions ihe airtight room.
She looked at the numbers and saw that it surpassed the energy geed by a nuclear bomb.
“...Tsk. For once…”
Mobius did something pletely against her beliefs.
Beep-!
“Eh? Why are you calling, Mobius?”
Vill-V’s eic voice came from the other side. Explosions were set off in its background, letting Mobius know that the girl to no good again.
It was always like this. Ever sihe day she redeemed her from that isnd, Mobius’ annoyaowards Vill-V slowly reached its peak.
The only time she actively called her was when Aleph asked for a favor once.
“Help me with something. Hack the satellites and remove all records from a minute ago.”
“Ah? Ah! So that’s what it was!” She replied with a hint of realization. “I was w where that arm came from! So it was from your pce? Did a nuclear bomb explode?”
“...No.”
“Aw… Alright, just a sed…”
Three minutes had passed sihe start of the arms. It showed no signs of calming down. Numerous arms already resouhroughout the entire fifth institute.
Rumble-!
The impact of what Aleph did was extremely visible to the point a strohquake was formed with the fifth as the epiter. Fortunately, the institute itself was built to withstahquakes beyond magnitude twelve.
Ring-!
Mobius saw many names appear on her unication lines. Like bees to a flower, she khey called her to demand for an expnation.
‘I will ha ter. How should I use this..?’
Mobius’ thoughts headed to the person who caused it all. She still hasn’t retaliated from Aleph’s kiss st time.
She unknowingly licked her lips as she thought of it.
“It’s done! I am not sure about the people from other institutes, though…”
Just as Vill-V ehe pletion of the data erasure, Mobius saw ‘white cracks’ appearing on the pure bck particles.
Like a broken co, pieces of it began to fall down. In the instant they met the ground, they turned into nothingness.
Soon, a floating figure was revealed. His arms hugged his knees in a fetal position. His clothes were torn to pieces. Bck scales ly stacked atop his skin. It crept all the way to his shoulders. His hands were turned into cws.
The bck scales covered his entire neck. The remaining portion of his skin was filled with purplish-bck veins. These veins crawled up to his face.
Two crystal-like diamond-shaped horns emerged from his forehead. A thin long bck tail circled around him agilely.
The most noticeable thing was the pair of huge wings on his back. It took the shape of an uneven diamond, with its ends being sharp. It was extremely simir to Albion's true form.
In a split-sed, the loud arms stopped buzzing.
Mobius’ gaze never left Aleph. Thus, she saw it—
The pair of golden pupils that stared directly into her.
