He looked at his Existence Corruption Value, watching the numbers that should have been climbing remain mysteriously level.
His smile widened, taking on qualities of power, tyranny, and just a touch of something that might have been madness if it wasn't so deliberately controlled.
"More," he said to the void, his voice carrying waves that made nearby asteroids resonate.
"MORE!" The word erupted from him with the force of stellar wind, his eyes blazing with hunger that transcended physical appetite!
This was the desire to consume concepts, to devour the very building blocks of reality and make them part of himself.
"What else is fundamental in existence that others do not even know about?!" He demanded of the cosmos, his question directed at the only entity he knew was listening.
"What else can I assimilate?! What other pillars hold up this grand stage of existence?!"
Ethemia was silent for a moment that stretched like seconds through dimensions.