As Izael continues to weep for Nahzgor while he floats alone in space, you hear a familiar voice speak to him from behind in a loving tone.
" Do not be bereft, brother. It is just like Our Father told us… We were not all meant to last. "
Aatu says as he gently puts his hand on Izael's shoulder, using his power over Time to restore his brother's physical form back to perfect condition. Izael asks his older brother a question as he continues to struggle with his emotions.
" But why… why must we be the ones that remain? Why must it be us to endure this pain of watching our siblings fall one by one? "
" It was the way our father intended. Reylesh and Nahzgor both fulfilled their purposes to the letter. There was nothing more for them here. "
Aatu replies as he finishes healing Izael, who then turns around and looks Aatu in the eyes while Aatu continues to speak to him.
" The moment we were born, Father told us to fulfill our purpose. You and I still remain because our purpose is yet to be fulfilled… There is one final thing we must do. "
Izael wipes the tears from his eyes before coming to a realization. You can tell from his facial expression that he now has a new sense of clarity before he makes a remark, obviously referencing something that only the both of them know.
" It was always going to be Faerah… "
Aatu silently nods his head before putting his hand on Izael's arm and looking in the direction where you're observing them from. Aatu then closes his eyes as he uses his powers to merge your perception of them with your current position within space and time in the present, and in an instant, the final vision that The Holy Omniverse Transcript was presenting to you fades away and the book closes itself.
As your perception returns to its normal state, you immediately see Izael and Aatu floating in front of you just as they were in your vision before noticing that Izael still has a grief stricken expression from losing his brother. Aatu, however, remains seemingly unbothered by the recent turn of events as he opens his eyes and nods at you with a soft gaze.
" What are you guys doing here? "
You ask them in a confused manner before diverting your attention away from them and towards the light in the distance that's getting brighter as it continues to rapidly approach.
" We never expected you to face The None alone, Abbadon. In this confrontation against all odds that dictates the fate of my father's creation, we are here to fight beside you and back you up. "
Aatu says with conviction as he focuses his attention on the approaching object as well. Izael then speaks to Aatu in an honorable tone as he begins to regain his composure and concentrate on the matter at hand.
" I may not have been able to fight for you back on that moon in the Immortal Realm where you first perished, brother, but I am grateful now for this opportunity to stand beside you against Father's equal. There is no higher honor than to face the end of creation itself alongside the sibling who has always mentored me and helped guide me along the path of Godhood. "
" The honor is all mine, Izael. Together we rose, and if we must, together we will fall. "
Aatu says as the three of you all float in space side-by-side, watching the distant light approach you at an unbelievable speed. Then, almost immediately, the radiant light emanating from the approaching object vanishes with a loud boom as it instantly stops right in front of you, going from 600 million light-years per second to completely still in the blink of an eye.
Aatu stabilizes the fabric of space that was being violently disturbed as a result of this sudden stoppage, and as you look at the face of the cosmic figure that's floating before you, you feel a deep sorrow as you remember the memories of who Tom used to be.
" 𝕬𝖍… 𝕬𝖇𝖇𝖆𝖉𝖔𝖓… 𝕴 𝖘𝖚𝖕𝖕𝖔𝖘𝖊 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖒𝖊𝖊𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖒𝖊 𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝖜𝖆𝖘𝖓'𝖙 𝖇𝖊𝖈𝖆𝖚𝖘𝖊 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖍𝖆𝖉 𝖆 𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖌𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖍𝖊𝖆𝖗𝖙 𝖓𝖔𝖜, 𝖜𝖆𝖘 𝖎𝖙? 𝕹𝖔… 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖜𝖔𝖚𝖑𝖉 𝖇𝖊 𝖙𝖔𝖔 𝖊𝖆𝖘𝖞… "
(( "Ah… Abbadon… I suppose you meeting me here wasn't because you had a change of heart now, was it? No… that would be too easy…" ))
Uphedis says to you as he gleams at you with suspicion.
" 𝕬𝖓𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕲𝖔𝖉𝖘 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝖙𝖔𝖔… 𝖜𝖍𝖆𝖙'𝖘 𝖑𝖊𝖋𝖙 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖒, 𝖆𝖙 𝖑𝖊𝖆𝖘𝖙. 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖗𝖊𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖉𝖔𝖓'𝖙 𝖍𝖔𝖓𝖊𝖘𝖙𝖑𝖞 𝖇𝖊𝖑𝖎𝖊𝖛𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖍𝖆𝖛𝖊 𝖆 𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝖎𝖓 𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖊𝖓𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖒𝖊, 𝖓𝖔𝖜, 𝖉𝖔 𝖞𝖔𝖚? "
(( "And the Gods are here too… what's left of them, at least. The three of you don't honestly believe that you have a chance in challenging me, now, do you?" ))
Uphedis's gaze then drops down to The Holy Omniverse Transcript in your hand as he continues talking.
" 𝖂𝖊𝖑𝖑, 𝖇𝖗𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗… 𝕴 𝖒𝖚𝖘𝖙 𝖆𝖉𝖒𝖎𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖔𝖕𝖕𝖔𝖘𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝖎𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖌𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖘𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝕴'𝖛𝖊 𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖓𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖊𝖉… 𝕾𝖊𝖊𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖈𝖔𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖉'𝖘 𝖇𝖔𝖔𝖐 𝖎𝖓-𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖉, 𝖇𝖊𝖘𝖎𝖉𝖊 𝖆 𝕲𝖔𝖉 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖆 𝖋𝖗𝖆𝖈𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝖔𝖋 𝖒𝖞 𝕱𝖆𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗'𝖘 𝖕𝖔𝖜𝖊𝖗 𝖜𝖔𝖚𝖑𝖉 𝖙𝖗𝖚𝖑𝖞 𝖇𝖊 𝖆𝖓 𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖎𝖉𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖘𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖆𝖓𝖞 𝖚𝖓𝖇𝖊𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖓 𝖒𝖞𝖘𝖊𝖑𝖋… 𝖇𝖚𝖙 𝖎𝖋 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖞 𝖉𝖔 𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖓𝖉 𝖔𝖓 𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖊𝖓𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖒𝖊 𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊, 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖓 𝕴 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖇𝖊 𝖒𝖔𝖗𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖓 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖙𝖔 𝖘𝖍𝖔𝖜 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖍𝖔𝖜 𝖍𝖊𝖑𝖕𝖑𝖊𝖘𝖘 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖙𝖍𝖗𝖊𝖊 𝖙𝖗𝖚𝖑𝖞 𝖆𝖗𝖊.
𝕱𝖔𝖗 𝕴 𝖆𝖒 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖆𝖓𝖙𝖎𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖘𝖎𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝖆𝖑𝖑, 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖎𝖙 𝖎𝖘 𝖆𝖓 𝖎𝖒𝖕𝖔𝖘𝖘𝖎𝖇𝖎𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖞 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖇𝖊𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖘 𝖘𝖚𝖈𝖍 𝖆𝖘 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗𝖘𝖊𝖑𝖛𝖊𝖘 𝖙𝖔 𝖉𝖊𝖋𝖊𝖆𝖙 𝕹𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌… 𝕰𝖛𝖊𝖓 𝖒𝖞 𝕰𝖝𝖊𝖒𝖕𝖑𝖆𝖗𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖉𝖊𝖋𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖉 𝖈𝖆𝖓 𝖘𝖎𝖒𝖕𝖑𝖞 𝖋𝖎𝖓𝖉 𝖆𝖓𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗 𝖍𝖔𝖘𝖙 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖗𝖊𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖓. 𝕴 𝖒𝖚𝖘𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖐 𝖞𝖔𝖚, 𝖙𝖍𝖔𝖚𝖌𝖍. 𝖂𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝕬𝖇𝖇𝖆𝖉𝖔𝖓 𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝖇𝖊𝖋𝖔𝖗𝖊 𝖒𝖊, 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖒𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖓𝖔𝖙 𝖇𝖊 𝖓𝖊𝖈𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖆𝖗𝖞. 𝕴𝖓 𝖆 𝖒𝖆𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝖔𝖋 𝖒𝖔𝖒𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖘, 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖊𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖓𝖆𝖑 𝖈𝖔𝖓𝖋𝖑𝖎𝖈𝖙 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖘𝖔𝖔𝖓 𝖈𝖔𝖒𝖊 𝖙𝖔 𝖆𝖓 𝖊𝖓𝖉 𝖆𝖙 𝖒𝖞 𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖉… 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝖜𝖔𝖓'𝖙 𝖇𝖊 𝖆𝖓𝖞𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖈𝖆𝖓 𝖉𝖔 𝖙𝖔 𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖕 𝖒𝖊. "
(( "Well, brother… I must admit that this opposition is the greatest that I've ever witnessed… Seeing you with the coward's book in-hand, beside a God with a fraction of my Father's power would truly be an intimidating sight for any unbeing other than myself… but if you really do intend on challenging me here, then I will be more than willing to show you how helpless you three truly are.
For I am the antithesis of all, and it is an impossibility for beings such as yourselves to defeat Nothing… Even my Exemplars that you defeated can simply find another host and return. I must thank you, though. With Abbadon here before me, that might not be necessary. In a matter of moments, the eternal conflict will soon come to an end at my hand… and there won't be anything you can do to stop me." ))
Frustrations build within you as you think about how Uphedis is saying these things to you while he's wearing Tom's face, and you bark back at him with a fearless conviction as you stare deep into his glowing red eyes.
" Don't you dare call me your brother because I'm not! You're nothing like Tom! You're a liar!! We are going to stop you here once and for all and set Tom free! "
Uphedis responds in an amused tone.
" 𝕿𝖍𝖔𝖘𝖊 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖇𝖔𝖑𝖉 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖘 𝖈𝖔𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖋𝖗𝖔𝖒 𝖆 𝖒𝖔𝖗𝖙𝖆𝖑 𝖜𝖍𝖔 𝖎𝖘 𝖕𝖍𝖞𝖘𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖞 𝖎𝖓𝖈𝖆𝖕𝖆𝖇𝖑𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖓𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖋𝖚𝖑𝖑 𝖕𝖔𝖜𝖊𝖗… 𝖄𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖍𝖊𝖆𝖗𝖙 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖉 𝖇𝖊𝖙𝖗𝖆𝖞 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖎𝖋 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖍𝖔𝖓𝖊𝖘𝖙𝖑𝖞 𝖇𝖊𝖑𝖎𝖊𝖛𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖒. 𝕴𝖓𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖆𝖉, 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖘𝖍𝖔𝖚𝖑𝖉 𝖇𝖊 𝖌𝖗𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖋𝖚𝖑 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝕴 𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖓 𝖈𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖙𝖔 𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖘𝖔𝖓 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖞𝖔𝖚.
𝕴 𝖔𝖋𝖋𝖊𝖗 𝖕𝖊𝖆𝖈𝖊, 𝕬𝖇𝖇𝖆𝖉𝖔𝖓. 𝕰𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖓𝖆𝖑 𝖕𝖊𝖆𝖈𝖊. 𝕬 𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖙𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖊𝖝𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝖎𝖓 𝖜𝖍𝖎𝖈𝖍 𝖓𝖔 𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖘 𝖒𝖆𝖞 𝖘𝖚𝖋𝖋𝖊𝖗 𝖆𝖘 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖍𝖆𝖛𝖊, 𝖞𝖊𝖙 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖘𝖙𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖋𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖈𝖔𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖗𝖔𝖇𝖇𝖊𝖉 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖔𝖋 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖌𝖊𝖓𝖞. 𝕺𝖕𝖊𝖓 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖊𝖞𝖊𝖘 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖘𝖊𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖏𝖚𝖘𝖙 𝖑𝖎𝖐𝖊 𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖘, 𝕴 𝖆𝖒 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖆𝖓𝖙𝖎𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖘𝖎𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝖘𝖚𝖋𝖋𝖊𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖌. 𝕴𝖙 𝖍𝖆𝖘 𝖇𝖊𝖊𝖓 𝖒𝖞 𝖘𝖔𝖑𝖊 𝖕𝖚𝖗𝖘𝖚𝖎𝖙 𝖘𝖎𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖉𝖆𝖜𝖓 𝖔𝖋 𝖈𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝖙𝖔 𝖗𝖊𝖈𝖑𝖆𝖎𝖒 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖑𝖊𝖓 𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖞 𝖇𝖆𝖈𝖐 𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖔 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖓𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖓𝖊𝖘𝖘 𝖎𝖙 𝖔𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝖜𝖆𝖘. "
(( "Those are bold words coming from a mortal who is physically incapable of harnessing his full power… Your heart and your mind betray you if you honestly believe them. Instead, you should be grateful that I even care to reason with you.
I offer peace, Abbadon. Eternal peace. A state of existence in which no others may suffer as you have, yet you still fight for the coward that robbed you of your progeny. Open your eyes and see that just like all things, I am the antithesis of suffering. It has been my sole pursuit since the dawn of creation to reclaim this stolen reality back into the nothingness it once was." ))
" Your words are meaningless because all of this death and suffering have been a result of you! You claim that The One stole existence from you, but the only reason why it was yours in the first place was because you betrayed Tom and the rest of the Black Traps! Tom was a real brother to me, and for you to stand there, wearing his flesh like a costume and calling me your brother is an insult to who he was and the bond that we once shared!! "
A powerful green aura begins to emanate around you as your heart aches for your lost brother before you open The Holy Omniverse Transcript and hold it telekinetically, floating in space in front of you. Aatu and Izael then both take on a defiant and defensive posture with white and blue divine auras around them respectively.
You then see a sinister and looming black and red aura begin to emerge from Uphedis as his physical form dissolves and distorts the fabric of existence around him as he speaks to you.
" 𝕴𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖜𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖍𝖊 𝖙𝖔𝖑𝖉 𝖞𝖔𝖚…? 𝕳𝖔𝖜 𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖊𝖘𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌… 𝕹𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖑𝖊𝖘𝖘, 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖔𝖚𝖙𝖈𝖔𝖒𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖋𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖎𝖘 𝖚𝖓𝖖𝖚𝖊𝖘𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓𝖆𝖇𝖑𝖊, 𝕬𝖇𝖇𝖆𝖉𝖔𝖓. 𝕴 𝖆𝖒 𝖌𝖎𝖛𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖔𝖓𝖊 𝖑𝖆𝖘𝖙 𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝖙𝖔 𝖘𝖚𝖇𝖒𝖎𝖙 𝖙𝖔 𝖒𝖊 𝖎𝖓 𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖊𝖗 𝖙𝖔 𝖕𝖗𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖌𝖗𝖚𝖊𝖘𝖔𝖒𝖊 𝖉𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖘𝖊 𝕲𝖔𝖉𝖘 𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝖜𝖍𝖔 𝖗𝖊𝖒𝖆𝖎𝖓… "
(( "Is that what he told you…? How interesting… Nevertheless, the outcome of this fight is unquestionable, Abbadon. I am giving you one last chance to submit to me in order to prevent the gruesome deaths of these Gods here who remain…" ))
Without hesitation, you clench your fists as you answer Uphedis with a heartfelt determination that's unbridled and resolute.
" Never. "
Uphedis smirks, looking at your green aura of raw power with a calm and entertained gaze.
" 𝖁𝖊𝖗𝖞 𝖜𝖊𝖑𝖑, 𝕴 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖉𝖔 𝖜𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝕴 𝖒𝖚𝖘𝖙. 𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖈𝖍𝖔𝖘𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖘… "
(( "Very well, I will do what I must. You chose this…" ))
Using The Holy Omniverse Transcript, you immediately materialize Rosium shackles around Uphedis's wrists and ankles in an attempt to immobilize him as Aatu and Izael go in for the kill. Izael materializes a holy blue twinblade as his angel wings explode out of his back before barreling into Uphedis with a thrust to impale him with one of the blades and Aatu teleports behind Uphedis with a glowing white hand that slices through the fabric of space, chopping at Uphedis's neck in an effort to decapitate him.
Uphedis doesn't stress at all as he breaks free from the Rosium shackles and leans forward, evading Aatu's attack and catching Izael's twinblade by the blade with his bare hand. A dark and twisted corruption then begins to quickly work its way up Izael's twinblade from Uphedis's hand until the corruption reaches Izael's grip and begins consuming his arm. Izael yells in pain as he lets go of his twinblade, stopping the corruption from reaching his chest and screaming in agony as his entire arm becomes a void.
Aatu immediately sees this, using his power over space to sever Izael's corrupted arm from his torso before the rest of his body can be consumed; then Aatu duplicates himself one hundred times, surrounding Uphedis in an attempt to jump him with a hundred clones. Izael fights through the pain and regains his composure before materializing a new blue arm to replace the one that he lost, and Uphedis remains calm and unfazed as all of Aatu's clones attack him from all sides. Each clone's strike goes completely through Uphedis as if he's made of a dark fog and Uphedis effortlessly identifies which Aatu is the original one before suffocating him telekinetically. The other ninety-nine clones are immediately turned into a bloody mess as Uphedis peels their bodies into strings using his telekinesis.
Still in disbelief that Uphedis effortlessly broke through your Rosium bonds and the fight has already progressed so fast, you use The Holy Omniverse Transcript to teleport Aatu outside of Uphedis's telekinetic grasp while Izael engages Uphedis from behind at lightning speed. Uphedis, however, without even turning around, holds one hand outwards behind him and catches Izael by his face. Uphedis then begins closing his hand around Izael's skull slowly as Izael kicks his feet helplessly, and Aatu takes on a deadly expression as he materializes a bullet sized object with an infinite mass in front of him.
" RELEASE HIM!! "
Aatu shouts as he shoots the object directly towards Uphedis at an infinite velocity. However, Uphedis clocks this incredible attack and simply holds out his other hand, absorbing the object into his palm which erases it from existence. Uphedis speaks to Aatu like he's a child as he continues to torture Izael.
" 𝕮𝖔𝖒𝖊 𝖔𝖓, 𝖓𝖔𝖜, 𝕰𝖑𝖉𝖊𝖘𝖙 𝕲𝖔𝖉… 𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖘𝖍𝖔𝖚𝖑𝖉 𝖐𝖓𝖔𝖜 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖒𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝖎𝖓𝖋𝖎𝖓𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖊𝖘 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖙𝖗𝖎𝖛𝖎𝖆𝖑 𝖆𝖌𝖆𝖎𝖓𝖘𝖙 𝕹𝖔𝖓𝖊. "
(( "Come on, now, Eldest God… You should know that mere infinities are trivial against None." ))
You attempt to teleport Izael using the book, but Uphedis perceives your attempt to save Izael and begins corrupting him with the hand that's holding him. As the corruption works its way through the rest of Izael's body from his head, you immediately realize that Izael can no longer be saved using The Holy Omniverse Transcript because he's been removed from existence entirely; and as Izael's torturous screams fill the atmosphere as if he's being burned alive, Uphedis grins at you malevolently while he taunts you.
" 𝕯𝖎𝖉 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖞 𝖊𝖝𝖕𝖊𝖈𝖙 𝖙𝖔 𝖘𝖆𝖛𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖘𝖊 𝕲𝖔𝖉𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖆𝖒𝖊 𝖜𝖆𝖞 𝖙𝖜𝖎𝖈𝖊, 𝕬𝖇𝖇𝖆𝖉𝖔𝖓? "
(( "Did you really expect to save these Gods the same way twice, Abbadon?" ))
Amidst Izael's screams, Uphedis goes on the offensive, disappearing and reappearing in front of Aatu in an instant.
As Uphedis goes to plunge his hand through Aatu's chest, Aatu barely manages to retreat, warping his physical form away from Uphedis and appearing right next to you. Uphedis then immediately turns his head in Aatu's direction, almost like he predicted that Aatu would move there and immediately redirects his attack to Aatu's new position.
You instinctively reach down to catch Uphedis's strike but Aatu has other plans, warping the space between you and the attack by creating an infinite distance between Uphedis and yourselves. Uphedis, despite being an infinite distance away, instantly distorts the fabric of existence behind you and Aatu before the tendrils of distorted reality reach out and slit Aatu's throat from behind. Aatu grabs his neck in a panic, bleeding out all over his white suit and attempting to reverse Time on his physical form to recover; but Uphedis doesn't stop his assault, emerging from the distorted reality and punching you square in the mouth to stun you before grabbing Aatu by the bottom of his chin from behind and tearing his head completely off. Aatu's physical form then immediately becomes corrupted and erased by Uphedis, and you're dazed with blurry vision as you try to use The Holy Omniverse Transcript to slow down what's happening.
Uphedis clocks this as well, moving as if he's unaffected by the book before effortlessly closing The Holy Omniverse Transcript with one hand as he chokes you with the other one. Getting in your face, he speaks to you condescendingly.
" 𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖈𝖆𝖓𝖓𝖔𝖙 𝖉𝖊𝖋𝖞 𝖒𝖊, 𝕬𝖇𝖇𝖆𝖉𝖔𝖓… 𝕴 𝖆𝖒 𝖇𝖊𝖞𝖔𝖓𝖉 𝖘𝖙𝖗𝖊𝖓𝖌𝖙𝖍. "
(( "You cannot defy me, Abbadon… I am beyond strength." ))
Uphedis then tosses The Holy Omniverse Transcript away from you like it's just a regular book before he uses Aatu's power to open a portal to The Null right underneath you while he continues to choke you, attempting to push you down into it.
" 𝕴𝖙 𝖎𝖘 𝖔𝖛𝖊𝖗, 𝕬𝖇𝖇𝖆𝖉𝖔𝖓. 𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖓𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗 𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖔𝖉 𝖆 𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖈𝖊. 𝖄𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖛𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖊𝖑 𝖇𝖊𝖑𝖔𝖓𝖌𝖘 𝖙𝖔 𝖒𝖊 𝖓𝖔𝖜. "
(( "It is over, Abbadon. You never stood a chance. Your vessel belongs to me now." ))
" NOOO!! "
You scream before your green wings of raw power explode from your back, sending shockwaves throughout the entire universe that you're currently in. The raw power radiating from your wings is so intense that you can barely keep your physical form intact as you fight back. The portal behind you then closes as you grab Uphedis's wrist that's choking you and headbutt him with all your strength, knocking him backwards and causing him to let go of you.
Uphedis roars in frustration as corrupted red wings of distorted reality that look similar to Izael's explode out of his back as well and he comes back at you, throwing a flurry of strikes at you at an immeasurable speed. You clock these strikes, barely evading them before throwing a few strikes of your own when you get an opening as you both make an absolute mess of the universe. Your hands immediately go straight through him and his strikes continue to barely miss you, but despite neither of you landing any hits, each strike is so powerful that this universe cannot handle them, resulting in both of you ripping the fabric of space to shreds.
As the two of you go back and forth, you notice that Uphedis has a slight smirk as if he's not even straining.
It's almost like he's holding back and savoring this moment, like he already knows he's going to win…
This disheartens you, seeing that he's not even struggling like you are, and you begin to think through every possible way you might be able to defeat him in your mind.
I can't use Rosium against him because both him and his vessel are not creations of The Holy Omniverse. I can't use my power as a Black Trap to siphon the Light from his physical form because Tom was a Black Trap as well, having an existence composed of only Darkness. Uphedis was the one who cursed me with that power in the first place, so even if it was a viable option, there's no guarantee it would work. I just watched Uphedis effortlessly kill Aatu as well, who was the most powerful God of this universe with a fraction of my father's power, so it's safe to say that there's nobody else who is capable of coming to save me. It's just me and him in this fight, and based on how things are already going, it looks like The One was right all along…
I'm not making it out of this fight alive.
Uphedis gets tired of this dance between the both of you and finally chooses to land a kick on your leg, and you immediately feel your femur snap in several places from the incredible force that it just received.
The pain is excruciating and you yelp in agony as you're staggered, then Uphedis uses this moment of vulnerability to throw a hook to the side of your head, dazing you and giving you a concussion. Uphedis then goes for a killing blow, thrusting his hand towards your chest, but you desperately wrap your wings around the front of you which repels his hand upon contact. You then immediately take off in flight at an immeasurable speed throughout the universe that you're currently in to get away, and Uphedis chases you from behind before beginning to teleport and intercept you from all different directions as he distorts the fabric of reality. Barely evading Uphedis, you try to think about what to do next.
My leg…
My head…
I can't think…
This power…
I can barely keep myself intact…
It hurts so much…
Why can't I use my full power…
It can't…
It can't end like this…
A familiar little girl's voice then echoes within your mind as you desperately continue to evade Uphedis, who is now getting closer and closer to catching you.
" It's okay, Star Faller… I'll be waiting for you with Mama and Papa after your fight is over. When you come back to see us, you can teach me how to be super strong just like you so I can help people like you do. "
Mimi…
I'm sorry…
I'm not gonna make it…
Another familiar voice echoes within your mind.
" You were always the special one. Winning this fight is something that only you can do and you've gotta see it through to the end. "
Tom…
He always believed in me…
But he was wrong…
This is something I can't do…
I'm sorry for letting you down…
A third and final voice echoes within your head.
" …There are no decisions more important than your decisions tonight. Your choices will dictate whether my Father's creation lives or dies… and I have faith in you that you'll choose the best outcome. "
Aatu…
It was always meant to end like this…
I never stood a chance from the beginning…
You then realize that Uphedis has been leading the chase this entire time by steering you in the direction of the great origin that's in the center of this universe. The spacetime distorts intensely around this bright amalgamation of stardust and burning celestial mass, which happens to be the exact location where this universe began, and Uphedis finally catches you, tackling you directly into it.
" 𝕰𝖓𝖔𝖚𝖌𝖍! "
(( "Enough!" ))
Uphedis yells as he begins to corrupt this great origin, which then slowly brews and darkens before distorted tendrils reach outwards through spacetime and begin reducing the rest of this universe into nothingness.
As you plunge backwards into this corruption that swallows you whole, it penetrates your skin and seeps into your being. Your wings immediately disappear and you struggle, drowning into this nothingness as it engulfs you before beginning to consume your heart and mind.
No…
This can't be it…
I have to fight… for Mimi… for everyone…
You think to yourself before you begin to feel Uphedis trap your soul within your body and slowly begin to take control.
" NO!! STOP!! AAAGHH!! "
You scream in pain as you writhe around helplessly inside of this nothingness, feeling as if your entire existence is being broken down and scorched at the atomic level.
" 𝕬𝖙 𝖑𝖆𝖘𝖙, 𝕬𝖇𝖇𝖆𝖉𝖔𝖓… 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖟𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖙𝖔𝖌𝖊𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗, 𝖜𝖊 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖊𝖓𝖉 𝖔𝖋 𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖘… 𝕿𝖔𝖌𝖊𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗, 𝖜𝖊 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝕹𝖔𝖓𝖊. "
(( "At last, Abbadon… you will realize that together, we are the end of all things… Together, we are None." ))
Suddenly your vision goes white as if you're back in The Light again, and you immediately fall down to your knees gasping for air.
" Where- where am I? "
You say as you look around, confused about this infinite whiteness that's around you.
" Was it all a dream? "
" ɴᴏ. "
(( "No." ))
You hear The One's voice speak behind you before you turn to the side, looking at him out of the corner of your eye in disbelief. He appears to still be in his form that you once saw when he presented himself to you for the first time.
" ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ɪɴ ᴀ ʀᴇᴀʟᴍ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴜʙᴄᴏɴꜱᴄɪᴏᴜꜱ ᴍɪɴᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ. ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴛɪʀᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ, ᴀᴄᴄᴏᴍᴘᴀɴʏɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ᴏɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴊᴏᴜʀɴᴇʏ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴡɪᴛʜɪɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄɪɴɢ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴀꜱ ʏᴏᴜ'ᴠᴇ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇᴅ ɪᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀꜱᴇʟꜰ… "
(( "You are in a realm of the subconscious mind that I have created for you. I have been here the entire time, accompanying you on your journey from within and experiencing everything just as you've experienced it yourself…" ))
" So you've been inside my head this whole time… what…? "
You ask as you look at The One in confusion and awe, and as you ask him this, the whiteness of this realm immediately shudders before it slowly becomes corrupted by dark tendrils of inexistence that appear all around you.
" ᴀꜱ ʏᴏᴜ ꜱᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴜᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴡʜᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʟɪɢɴ ʏᴏᴜʀꜱᴇʟꜰ ʜᴇʀᴇ ᴏɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴊᴏᴜʀɴᴇʏ, ꜱᴏ ᴅɪᴅ ɪ. ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴍʏ ɪɴᴛᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴ ᴛᴏ ᴏʙꜱᴇʀᴠᴇ, ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴀꜱ ɪ ꜱᴀɪᴅ ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴜʟᴛɪᴍᴀᴛᴇʟʏ ɢɪᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀ ᴄʜᴏɪᴄᴇ ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴᴇᴠɪᴛᴀʙʟᴇ ᴇɴᴅ… "
(( "As you sought after the truth of who you really are and where you align yourself here on your journey, so did I. It was my intention to observe, just as I said I would, and to ultimately give you a choice before the inevitable end…" ))
Your subconscious slowly falls deeper and deeper into this corruption as The One continues to speak to you, and you feel weak as your mind begins to falter.
" ᴠᴇʀᴢᴏ ꜱᴘᴏᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴜᴛʜ. ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴏɴᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴏᴛʜ ꜱᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ. ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴀꜱᴏɴ ꜰᴏʀ ᴍʏ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴏᴅꜱ ɪɴ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ʏᴏᴜ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀᴛʜ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ɪɴᴛᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ… ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʟᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴊᴏᴜʀɴᴇʏ ʜᴇʀᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ʙᴇ ꜱᴇᴇɴ ᴀꜱ ᴀ ᴍᴀɴɪᴘᴜʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴏᴇʀᴄᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ɪɴᴛᴏ ɢɪᴠɪɴɢ ᴍᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ, ɪ ᴀꜱᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ᴏᴘᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴍɪɴᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴛʏ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ᴄᴜʀʀᴇɴᴛ ᴄɪʀᴄᴜᴍꜱᴛᴀɴᴄᴇꜱ…
ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀʟɪᴠᴇ ᴏɴʟʏ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ɪ ᴄʜᴏꜱᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴀᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘʀᴇꜱᴇʀᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪɢʜᴛ ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴀᴛᴛᴇᴍᴘᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇꜰʏ ᴍᴇ. ʜᴀᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴏꜱᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʟɪꜰᴇ ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴅᴀᴜɢʜᴛᴇʀ, ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇ ɴᴏ ꜱᴏʟᴜᴛɪᴏɴ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴛᴇʀɴᴀʟ ᴄᴏɴꜰʟɪᴄᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜɪꜱ ꜱᴛʀᴜɢɢʟᴇ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴏɴᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ɢᴏ ᴏɴ ꜰᴏʀᴇᴠᴇʀᴍᴏʀᴇ. ɪꜰ ɪ ʜᴀᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ᴘᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴇʀᴇ ɪɴ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴍʏ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴊᴏᴜʀɴᴇʏ ᴀɴᴅ ɪɴꜱᴛᴇᴀᴅ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ'ᴠᴇ ꜱɪᴍᴘʟʏ ʟᴇᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ɢᴏ, ᴛʜᴇɴ ɪᴛ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴀ ᴍᴀᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴏɴᴇ ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴏꜱꜱᴇꜱꜱᴇᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ʙʏ ᴍᴇᴀɴꜱ ᴏꜰ ꜰᴏʀᴄᴇ.
ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ɪ ᴡʜᴏ ɢᴀᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀ ꜱᴇᴄᴏɴᴅ ᴄʜᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴀᴛ ʟɪꜰᴇ ʙʏ ᴘʀᴇꜱᴇʀᴠɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴘʜʏꜱɪᴄᴀʟ ꜰᴏʀᴍ ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜ ᴇʀᴀꜱᴇᴅ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴍʏ ᴍᴜʟᴛɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇꜱ. ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ɪ ᴡʜᴏ ᴏʙꜱᴄᴜʀᴇᴅ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴍᴇᴍᴏʀɪᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ɢᴀᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀ ꜱᴇᴄᴏɴᴅ ᴄᴏɴꜱᴄɪᴏᴜꜱɴᴇꜱꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴀ ʟɪꜰᴇ ᴏᴜᴛꜱɪᴅᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴀʙʙᴀᴅᴏɴ ɪɴ ᴏʀᴅᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴜʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴍᴀᴅɴᴇꜱꜱ. ɪ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀꜱᴛᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ᴀᴍ ꜱᴏ ᴅᴇᴇᴘʟʏ ꜱᴏʀʀʏ ꜰᴏʀ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʀᴏꜱɪᴇ… ᴀɴᴅ ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴀʟʟᴏᴡ ᴍᴇ, ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴀꜱᴋ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ɢɪᴠᴇ ᴍᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ꜰɪɴᴀʟ ᴏᴘᴘᴏʀᴛᴜɴɪᴛʏ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ ʀɪɢʜᴛ… ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ᴍʏ ᴏꜰꜰᴇʀ… "
(( "Verzo spoke the truth. The None and I have both sought after your power. The reason for my creation of the Gods in this universe was to keep you on the path that I intended for you… and although your journey here in this universe can be seen as a manipulation to coerce you into giving me your power, I ask you to open your mind to the reality of these current circumstances…
You are alive only because I chose to save you and preserve you in The Light after your attempt to defy me. Had you lost your life after your daughter, there would be no solution to the eternal conflict and this struggle between The None and I would go on forevermore. If I had not put you here in one of my universes to experience this journey and instead would've simply let you go, then it would have been only a matter of time until The None found you and possessed you by means of force.
It was I who gave you a second chance at life by preserving your physical form after you erased one of my multiverses. It was I who obscured your memories and gave you a second consciousness to experience a life outside of Abbadon in order to cure you of your madness. I want you to understand that I am so deeply sorry for what happened to Rosie… and if you would allow me, I would ask that you give me one final opportunity to make things right… This is my offer…" ))
As the corruption continues to engulf your consciousness, you look down at the ground, falling further to your hands now as you get weaker. You feel yourself slipping away and you struggle to hold on as Uphedis continues to take control… until the voice of a woman who you've always held dear can be heard in front of you.
" Abbadon…? "
You look up in disbelief and your vision is a blur, but you can still see Ariel standing in front of you with Rosie beside her, just as they were the day you lost them…
Your voice trembles as you speak to them.
" Ariel… R- Rosie…"
" It's okay, Papa… You've been through so much… Mama and I were waiting for you… "
Tears begin to run down your face as you sit back up onto your knees and your daughter embraces you.
" ꜱᴜʀʀᴇɴᴅᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴠᴇꜱꜱᴇʟ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ꜰɪɴᴀʟ ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛꜱ, ᴀʙʙᴀᴅᴏɴ, ᴀɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪʟʟ ʀᴇᴛᴜʀɴ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ… ᴅᴏ ᴛʜɪꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ᴍᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ ɪɴ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜱᴇᴄᴏɴᴅ ᴄᴏɴꜱᴄɪᴏᴜꜱɴᴇꜱꜱ ʀᴇꜱɪᴅᴇꜱ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ʙᴇ ꜱᴀᴠᴇᴅ ᴀꜱ ᴀ ʀᴇꜱᴜʟᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴅᴇᴄɪꜱɪᴏɴ, ᴀʟʟᴏᴡɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ʟɪᴠᴇ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇꜱᴛ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴍᴏʀᴛᴀʟ ᴅᴀʏꜱ ᴏᴜᴛꜱɪᴅᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴊᴏᴜʀɴᴇʏ ʜᴏᴡᴇᴠᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜ ꜱᴇᴇ ꜰɪᴛ. "
(( "Surrender your vessel to me in these final moments, Abbadon, and you will return to your family… Do this for me, and the universe in which your second consciousness resides will also be saved as a result of this decision, allowing you to live out the rest of your mortal days outside of this journey however you see fit." ))
" Am I gonna die…? What about Mimi…? "
You ask The One emotionally as you continue to hug your daughter with teary eyes before The One gives you his answer.
" ʏᴇꜱ, ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴅɪᴇ. ʙʏ ᴍᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴅᴇᴄɪꜱɪᴏɴ, ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ɢɪᴠɪɴɢ ᴍᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʟɪꜰᴇ ᴀꜱ ᴀʙʙᴀᴅᴏɴ… ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ɢᴏɴᴇ, ᴛʜᴏꜱᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ʙᴇʟᴏɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜ ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜱᴀᴄʀɪꜰɪᴄᴇ. ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀᴇᴅ ᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ᴅɪᴇᴅ ꜱᴏ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ʟɪᴠᴇ… ᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ᴅɪᴇᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛᴇʀ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴍʏ ᴏᴍɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ. "
(( "Yes, you will die. By making this decision, you will be giving me your life as Abbadon… After you are gone, those who belong to this universe will remember you for your sacrifice. You will be remembered as the one who died so they could live… as the one who died for the greater good of my Omniverse." ))
Tears continue to run down your face as your subconscious mind becomes almost completely corrupted, and Rosie lets you go before stepping back towards Ariel.
You take a deep breath, barely able to resist the corruption that's now almost fully consumed your mind as you come to terms with what you have to do.
" Okay… "
You say before turning your gaze and looking up at The One, making your decision.
" I accept your offer. "
You say as you use the last of your strength to stand up amidst the entire subconscious realm being entirely consumed.
After making your decision, you look at your wife and daughter with a loving gaze for the first time in one-hundred eons.
" ᴜɴᴅᴇʀꜱᴛᴏᴏᴅ. "
(( "Understood." ))
The One says before a bright doorway appears behind your wife and daughter, and they both hold their hands outwards towards you. You then look up above you at the crumbling realm one final time with tears running down your face, staring at the corrupted state of this realm around you before muttering your last words.
" I'm- sorry… Mimi… I hope to- see you… again… one day… "
You then take your daughter's hand and follow Ariel and Rosie into the bright white doorway, selflessly paying the cost which was demanded of you by The One.
-
Back at the center of the great origin that's slowly corrupting and consuming the universe, Uphedis realizes that there's something wrong before he's able to completely vacate Tom's vessel in exchange for Abbadon's.
" 𝖂𝖍𝖆𝖙…? "
(( "What…?" ))
Uphedis mutters with confusion from within his void before a bright white light begins illuminating through the eyes and mouth of Abbadon's body. This light is transcendental, shining out all of the corruption around it before The Holy Omniverse Transcript materializes close by.
Uphedis sees the Transcript manifest, looking at it with disbelief from Tom's vessel before reaching out to grab it. However, before he can get his hands on it, the book then violently opens and shoots three glowing white tendrils out of the pages that impale Abbadon's body through the chest and stomach area of his torso.
" 𝖂𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖙𝖗𝖎𝖈𝖐𝖊𝖗𝖞 𝖎𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖘?! "
(( "What trickery is this?!" ))
Uphedis exclaims as The One slowly takes control of your vessel and fully harnesses the Absolute Power from within you.
It's a mere matter of moments before The One has full control, and The Holy Omniverse Transcript immediately slams shut before withering away into dust, having fulfilled its intended purpose. Uphedis then realizes exactly what's just happened before staring at The One with an infuriated expression.
The One, now possessing a physical form for the first time ever in existence, looks at his hands peculiarly before a powerful green aura begins to emerge around him. His glowing green gaze then immediately snaps to Uphedis, and as he speaks, the power of his voice cures the entire universe of Uphedis's corruption Absolutely, leaving the both of them floating in space across from one another.
" ᴀᴛ ʟᴀꜱᴛ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴘᴘᴏʀᴛᴜɴɪᴛʏ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇᴇᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇꜱᴇᴄʀᴀᴛᴏʀ ᴏꜰ ᴍʏ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ꜰᴀᴄᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜰᴀᴄᴇ… "
(( "At last, the opportunity to meet the desecrator of my creation face to face…" ))
Uphedis furrows his brow as he responds.
" 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖈𝖔𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖉. 𝕿𝖍𝖆𝖙'𝖘… 𝖎𝖒𝖕𝖔𝖘𝖘𝖎𝖇𝖑𝖊. "
(( "The coward. That's… impossible." ))
" ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏ ɴᴏᴛ ᴅɪᴄᴛᴀᴛᴇ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ɪꜱɴ'ᴛ ᴘᴏꜱꜱɪʙʟᴇ, ʟᴏʀᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴜɴʙᴇɪɴɢꜱ. ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʀᴇꜱᴘᴏɴꜱɪʙɪʟɪᴛʏ ɪꜱ ᴍɪɴᴇ ᴀʟᴏɴᴇ. "
(( "You do not dictate what is and isn't possible, Lord of Unbeings. That responsibility is mine alone." ))
The One says assertively as he locks eyes with Uphedis, who then asks a question.
" 𝕿𝖊𝖑𝖑 𝖒𝖊 𝖍𝖔𝖜. 𝕬𝖇𝖇𝖆𝖉𝖔𝖓 𝖜𝖆𝖘 𝖎𝖓 𝖒𝖞 𝖌𝖗𝖆𝖘𝖕 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖞𝖊𝖙 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖘𝖔𝖒𝖊𝖍𝖔𝖜 𝖒𝖆𝖓𝖆𝖌𝖊𝖉 𝖙𝖔 𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖓𝖊𝖘𝖘 𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖛𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖊𝖑 𝖇𝖊𝖋𝖔𝖗𝖊 𝕴 𝖉𝖎𝖉… "
(( "Tell me how. Abbadon was in my grasp and yet you somehow managed to harness his vessel before I did…" ))
" ʏᴏᴜ ꜰᴏʀɢᴇᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀʟʀᴇᴀᴅʏ ᴍɪɴᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴏɴᴇ-ʜᴜɴᴅʀᴇᴅ ᴇᴏɴꜱ. ᴜɴʟɪᴋᴇ ʏᴏᴜ, ɪ ɢᴀᴠᴇ ʜɪᴍ ᴀ ᴄʜᴏɪᴄᴇ. ɪ ᴡᴏɴ, ɴᴏᴛ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ɪ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴄᴀᴘᴀʙʟᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴇxᴀᴄᴛɪɴɢ ᴍʏ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴜᴘᴏɴ ʜɪᴍ, ʙᴜᴛ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ɪ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴀʟɪɢɴ ᴍʏꜱᴇʟꜰ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴜᴇ ꜱᴏᴜʀᴄᴇ ᴏꜰ ʜɪꜱ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ… ʜɪꜱ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ. "
(( "You forget that he was already mine for one-hundred eons. Unlike you, I gave him a choice. I won, not because I was capable of exacting my will upon him, but because I was able to align myself with the true source of his power… his heart." ))
Uphedis scoffs in disgust before firing back with a rebuttal.
" 𝕺𝖍 𝖕𝖑𝖊𝖆𝖘𝖊… 𝖞𝖔𝖚'𝖗𝖊 𝖓𝖔 𝖇𝖊𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖓 𝕴 𝖆𝖒. 𝖄𝖔𝖚'𝖗𝖊 𝖆 𝖒𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖕𝖚𝖑𝖆𝖙𝖔𝖗. 𝕬 𝖌𝖗𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖕𝖑𝖆𝖓𝖓𝖊𝖗. 𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖕𝖚𝖙 𝖍𝖎𝖒 𝖙𝖍𝖗𝖔𝖚𝖌𝖍 𝖆 𝖘𝖊𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖗𝖎𝖆𝖑𝖘 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖙𝖗𝖎𝖇𝖚𝖑𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓𝖘 𝖙𝖔 𝖑𝖊𝖆𝖉 𝖍𝖎𝖒 𝖊𝖝𝖆𝖈𝖙𝖑𝖞 𝖜𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖜𝖆𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖉 𝖍𝖎𝖒 𝖙𝖔 𝖇𝖊. 𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖒𝖚𝖘𝖙 𝖙𝖆𝖐𝖊 𝖒𝖊 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖆 𝖋𝖔𝖔𝖑 𝖎𝖋 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖊𝖝𝖕𝖊𝖈𝖙 𝖒𝖊 𝖙𝖔 𝖇𝖊𝖑𝖎𝖊𝖛𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖑𝖊𝖋𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖋𝖆𝖙𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖈𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝖎𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝖆 𝕭𝖑𝖆𝖈𝖐 𝕿𝖗𝖆𝖕. 𝕿𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝖜𝖆𝖘 𝖓𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗 𝖆 𝖈𝖍𝖔𝖎𝖈𝖊… 𝖔𝖓𝖑𝖞 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖕𝖚𝖑𝖑𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖙𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖘 𝖓𝖊𝖊𝖉𝖊𝖉 𝖙𝖔 𝖌𝖊𝖙 𝖜𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖜𝖆𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖉 𝖔𝖚𝖙 𝖔𝖋 𝖍𝖎𝖒. 𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖈𝖆𝖓𝖓𝖔𝖙 𝖑𝖎𝖊 𝖙𝖔 𝖒𝖊, 𝖈𝖔𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖉. "
(( "Oh please… you're no better than I am. You're a manipulator. A grand planner. You put him through a series of trials and tribulations to lead him exactly where you wanted him to be. You must take me for a fool if you expect me to believe that you left the fate of your creation in the hands of a Black Trap. There was never a choice… only you pulling the strings needed to get what you wanted out of him. You cannot lie to me, coward." ))
" ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇ ɪꜱ ɪɴᴄᴏɴꜱᴇQᴜᴇɴᴛɪᴀʟ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍʏ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛɪᴏɴ, ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ᴀꜱꜱᴜʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪꜱ ɴᴏ ʟɪᴇ. ᴀʙʙᴀᴅᴏɴ ɢᴀᴠᴇ ᴍᴇ ʜɪꜱ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ɪ ꜱʜᴏᴡᴇᴅ ʜɪᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇᴀᴜᴛʏ ᴏꜰ ᴍʏ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛɪᴏɴ. ʜᴇ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀꜱᴛᴏᴏᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴇɪɢʜᴛ ᴏꜰ ʜɪꜱ ꜱᴀᴄʀɪꜰɪᴄᴇ, ʏᴇᴛ ʜᴇ ꜱᴛɪʟʟ ᴄʜᴏꜱᴇ ᴛᴏ ɢᴏ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴡɪᴛʜ ɪᴛ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ʜᴇ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴍʏ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴡᴏʀᴛʜ ᴅʏɪɴɢ ꜰᴏʀ.
ɪꜰ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴀʟʟ, ᴀʙʙᴀᴅᴏɴ ʀᴇꜰᴜꜱᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴜʀʀᴇɴᴅᴇʀ ʜɪꜱ ᴠᴇꜱꜱᴇʟ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇ, ᴛʜᴇɴ ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ'ᴠᴇ ʀᴇꜱᴘᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ʜɪꜱ ᴅᴇᴄɪꜱɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʟʟᴏᴡᴇᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴏʟ. ᴛʀᴜᴛʜꜰᴜʟʟʏ, ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ ᴡɪᴛʜɪɴ ʜɪꜱ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ɪꜱ ᴀʙꜱᴏʟᴜᴛᴇ, ɪ ᴅᴏ ɴᴏᴛ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇ ɪ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ'ᴠᴇ ꜰᴜʟʟʏ ᴛᴀᴘᴘᴇᴅ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ ᴡɪᴛʜɪɴ ʜɪꜱ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ʙʏ ᴍᴇᴀɴꜱ ᴏꜰ ꜰᴏʀᴄᴇ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ɪꜰ ɪ ᴛʀɪᴇᴅ. ᴜʟᴛɪᴍᴀᴛᴇʟʏ, ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ʜɪꜱ ᴊᴏᴜʀɴᴇʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɢᴀᴠᴇ ʜɪᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴛʀᴇɴɢᴛʜ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀꜱᴛᴀɴᴅɪɴɢ ɴᴇᴇᴅᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴀ ᴅᴇᴄɪꜱɪᴏɴ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴀʟɪɢɴᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜɪꜱ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴏᴡ ʜᴇ ᴛʀᴜʟʏ ꜰᴇᴇʟꜱ… ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪꜱ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴɴᴏᴛ ꜱɪᴍᴘʟʏ ᴅᴏ ʙʏ ꜰᴏʀᴄɪɴɢ ʜɪᴍ. "
(( "What you believe is inconsequential to me and my creation, but I assure you that there is no lie. Abbadon gave me his power because I showed him the beauty of my creation. He understood the weight of his sacrifice, yet he still chose to go through with it because he believed that my creation was worth dying for.
If at the end of this all, Abbadon refused to surrender his vessel to me, then I would've respected his decision and allowed you to take control. Truthfully, because the power within his heart is Absolute, I do not believe I could've fully tapped into the power within his heart by means of force even if I tried. Ultimately, it was his journey that gave him the strength and the understanding needed to make a decision that aligned with his heart and how he truly feels… and that is something that you cannot simply do by forcing him." ))
Uphedis takes on an infuriated expression as he stares back at The One fearlessly.
" 𝕴𝖋 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖐 𝕴'𝖒 𝖌𝖔𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖙𝖔 𝖘𝖚𝖇𝖒𝖎𝖙 𝖙𝖔 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖇𝖊𝖈𝖆𝖚𝖘𝖊 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖓𝖔𝖜 𝖍𝖆𝖛𝖊 𝕬𝖇𝖇𝖆𝖉𝖔𝖓'𝖘 𝖕𝖔𝖜𝖊𝖗, 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖓 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖒𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖐𝖊𝖓. 𝕴 𝖚𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖗𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖋𝖚𝖙𝖎𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖞 𝖔𝖋 𝖒𝖞 𝖉𝖊𝖋𝖎𝖆𝖓𝖈𝖊, 𝖇𝖚𝖙 𝕴 𝖆𝖒 𝖓𝖔𝖙 𝖌𝖔𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖉𝖔𝖜𝖓 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍𝖔𝖚𝖙 𝖆 𝖋𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙. "
(( "If you think I'm going to submit to you because you now have Abbadon's power, then you are mistaken. I understand the futility of my defiance, but I am not going down without a fight." ))
The One seems appeased knowing that Uphedis intends on fighting back before speaking to him in a calm but wrathful demeanor.
" ɪ ᴇxᴘᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴀꜱ ᴍᴜᴄʜ… ᴄᴏᴍᴇ, ᴛʜᴇɴ. ɪ ᴡɪꜱʜ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴘᴀʏ ʏᴏᴜ ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴏᴍɴɪᴄɪᴅᴀʟ ᴄᴀᴍᴘᴀɪɢɴ ᴀɢᴀɪɴꜱᴛ ᴍᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍʏ ᴄʜɪʟᴅʀᴇɴ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴜʀꜱᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴏᴜʀ ᴇᴛᴇʀɴᴀʟ ᴄᴏɴꜰʟɪᴄᴛ. "
(( "I expected as much… Come, then. I wish to repay you for your omnicidal campaign against me and my children over the course of our eternal conflict." ))
Uphedis snarls as he immediately blitzes The One, but a reality-shattering explosion interrupts his attack as The One takes both of them outside of their current universe into The Holy Omniverse itself, where they're surrounded by a seemingly infinite amount of multiverses. Uphedis looks around in confusion before The One holds out a glowing green hand, speaking to Uphedis like he's a petulant child.
" ʀᴏᴜɢʜʟʏ ᴇɪɢʜᴛᴇᴇɴ ɴᴏɴᴀɢɪɴᴛᴀᴄᴇɴᴛɪʟʟɪᴏɴ ᴍᴜʟᴛɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇꜱ ɪꜱ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴀᴋᴇɴ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴍᴇ… ɴᴏᴡ, ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴇɪɢʜᴛᴇᴇɴ ɴᴏɴᴀɢɪɴᴛᴀᴄᴇɴᴛɪʟʟɪᴏɴ ᴍᴏʀᴇ. ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴅɪᴇ ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪ ᴀʟʟᴏᴡ ɪᴛ, ʙᴜᴛ ꜰɪʀꜱᴛ, ɪ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴀɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ꜰᴇᴇʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴇɪɢʜᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʟᴏꜱᴛ. "
(( "Roughly eighteen nonagintacentillion multiverses is what you have taken from me… Now, I have created eighteen nonagintacentillion more. You will die when I allow it, but first, I command you to feel the weight of everything that I have lost." ))
In an instant, all eighteen nonagintacentillion multiverses around Uphedis converge and collide into him with an explosive force that defies all limits of imagination. Uphedis screams in pain, confused how he's being forced to feel the impact of this attack as he tries to escape the blast by vacating Tom's vessel, but The One's Absolute Power controls what Uphedis is and isn't able to do Absolutely, rendering him powerless and forced to remain in a physical form as long as The One deems it so.
Immediately after Uphedis endures the weight of this incredible explosion, The One teleports in front of him and grabs his head with one hand, putting his thumb in the center of Uphedis's forehead as he speaks.
" ɴᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪʟʟ ꜰᴇᴇʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀɢᴏɴʏ ᴏꜰ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ʟᴏꜱᴛ ꜱᴏᴜʟ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴀᴋᴇɴ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜱᴇʟꜰɪꜱʜ ᴘᴜʀꜱᴜɪᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪꜱ ᴍɪɴᴇ. "
(( "Now you will feel the agony of every lost soul that you have taken in your selfish pursuit to take what is mine." ))
In an instant, The One uses his Absolute Power to force Uphedis to endure the emotional trauma of every single being that he has transgressed against throughout his one-hundred billion year campaign. Uphedis screams as he feels the pain of every person who watched their loved ones cut out their eyes out of madness due to his influence, every God who had died in the deepest despair while they were failing to stop the Valghul who came to consume their universe, along with every person who watched their loved ones get brutally murdered by his red robed followers. The sounds of Uphedis's screams are torturous and agonizing as he bears the weight of this infinite pain and hopelessness that he's inflicted upon others, and The One stares at him with apathy as he continues to speak.
" ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ꜰɪɴɪꜱʜᴇᴅ. ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ᴀʙʙᴀᴅᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʙꜱᴏʟᴜᴛᴇ ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ ʜɪᴍ, ɪ ʜᴇʀᴇʙʏ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛ ɪᴍᴘᴏꜱꜱɪʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇꜰʏ ᴍʏ ʟᴀᴡꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴇxɪꜱᴛᴇɴᴄᴇ. ɴᴏ ʟᴏɴɢᴇʀ ꜱʜᴀʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴜɴʙᴇɪɴɢꜱ ᴘʟᴀɢᴜᴇ ᴍʏ ᴏᴍɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴏ ʟᴏɴɢᴇʀ ꜱʜᴀʟʟ ᴍʏ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ꜱᴜꜰꜰᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏɴꜱᴇQᴜᴇɴᴄᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴄᴀᴍᴘᴀɪɢɴ. ɴᴏᴡ ᴘᴇʀɪꜱʜ. "
(( "You are finished. With the power of Abbadon and The Absolute before him, I hereby command it impossible to defy my laws of existence. No longer shall you or your unbeings plague my Omniverse, and no longer shall my creation suffer the consequences of your campaign. Now perish." ))
Uphedis continues to scream as The One completely wipes him from The Holy Omniverse, killing his physical form and erasing the concept of Nothing and unbeings from ever unexisting entirely… and with Uphedis finally defeated, the inhabitants of The Holy Omniverse are able to exist without the outside influence of The None for the first time in forever.