Above the universe.
In this place where there is no sound, no image, and not even thoughts can flow freely.
Aron and Wanda could truly see the impact of the chaos wave.
Hundreds of parallel universes were affected by the "NoMorePower" effect!
They became ordinary!
Although that number was still ridiculously small compared to the number of known parallel universes, still, no matter how you look at it, she had at least succeeded!
Wanda, the Lord of Chaos, had singlehandedly rewritten the fate of hundreds of parallel universes.
Those universes would become incredibly boring in the future.
But the good side is…
They would live a truly peaceful life.
No superheroes, no supervillains, no world-ending catastrophes.
The only price was that those universes would be completely reduced to the lowest level, with no possibility of rising again.
Because in American comics, when a character loses the audience, they naturally become a side character.
The same applies to a universe.
"I wonder if the physical avatars of these universes will now die of sorrow?"
At the moment when Aron, looking at the physical manifestations of those unfortunate universes, was sneering,
Wanda, who for the first time had reached beyond the universe, had just begun to adjust and regain her awareness.
And that was thanks to the chaos magic left to her by the Lord of Chaos.
Otherwise, the adaptation process would have taken much longer.
"Ugh!"
"Aron, what just happened?"
Wanda, having regained consciousness, looked around in surprise.
Above the universe everything was white.
Like a blank sheet of paper, or an unfilled document.
The only visible things (more precisely, perceptible) were cosmic bubbles scattered in all directions.
The cosmic anchor, Atleza was right when he said that universes look like bubbles.
Only that's how they appear when viewed from afar.
If one looks more closely at a specific universe,
its shape becomes more defined and eventually takes on the form of its physical avatar.
That is… Eternity.
"Alright, take a deep breath, even though there's no air here…"
Aron rubbed her head.
"How do you feel now?"
"I feel…"
Wanda looked at her hands and sank into shock.
"I feel like I'm… omnipotent!"
As the power of the Lord of Chaos flowed into her,
Wanda's strength had already far surpassed the limits a single universe could bear and stepped into the level of higher-dimensional beings.
In other words…
Provided that Aron didn't use the power of the Vishanti or the power of Chthon,
Wanda's current normal strength had already surpassed Aron's in stability.
After all, Aron's normal form was still limited to the level of a single universe.
"What the hell is happening?"
Aron slightly shook his head. So much effort, yet again he ended up tricked and robbed, still, none of that could outweigh a single moment of reincarnation.
Wanda had simply inherited power from parallel universes and soared straight to the heavens.
"Why don't I have a single well-balanced parallel counterpart?"
"Hmm…"
Wanda heard Aron's grumbling and thought for a moment.
"Aron, as far as I know you…"
"If you discovered that there were other versions of you in parallel universes…"
"I doubt you would cooperate, I'd say you'd do something worse than M-Wanda."
M-Wanda.
That is the Lord of Chaos.
To achieve her goal, she didn't hesitate to kill her own versions from parallel universes, but at least she had a reason for it.
It was a planned and deliberate hunt.
But if in parallel universes there were multiple versions of Aron, all with the same personality… well, that would be bad.
The final outcome… Wanda didn't even dare imagine.
One Aron was already like this.
If there were more, the universe would probably explode.
"Oh, look at her, the moment she gets power, she starts teasing me, huh?"
"If I had an army of my own copies, you'd be the first to suffer, little Wanda!"
Aron said and hugged the higher-dimensional Wanda.
And so, there, beyond the white universe,
remained a small trace.
Well…
The taste of being beyond the universe is truly something else.
...
After some time.
Aron seriously stepped away from Wanda, his face stern.
"Aron, these universes…"
"Should we try to bring them back?"
Wanda blushed.
By bring back, she meant undoing the effect the Lord of Chaos had inflicted on the other universes.
The so-called "NoMorePower."
"I feel like now, with this power, I could restore them… right?"
Wanda said with a touch of uncertainty.
"Try, but I don't think you'll succeed."
Aron said directly, without beating around the bush.
And the next scene confirmed his doubt.
Wanda focused her mind and used chaos magic again, saying: "Let everything be restored!"
But nothing happened.
Those universes still had no superhuman powers.
"…"
Wanda fell silent.
Aron had already expected that.
If "NoMorePower" could be so easily undone,
the Lord of Chaos certainly wouldn't have sealed the wager before death and handed her power over.
Because that would mean all her effort had been in vain.
"No matter, it's not bad, let it stay that way."
"Things are fine back home anyway."
Aron comforted her.
How many Marvel parallel universes are there?
Even if a hundred disappear at once, there are still infinitely many left.
Moreover, for Aron, there was only one universe that truly mattered, the one marked 19999-FL!
As long as the main universe was safe, it didn't matter if the water overflowed elsewhere.
"I understand… Aron, shall we go back?"
Wanda nodded.
She opened a portal to Universe 838 and got ready to step through.
Opening interdimensional portals was now child's play for her, as a higher-dimensional being.
"Stop!"
Before Wanda could step into the portal,
Aron pulled her back.
"You big idiot! What are you trying to do!"
"???"
Wanda looked at him in confusion.
Her thoughts still hadn't caught up to the leap in power she had just experienced.
As soon as Aron explained, she realized just how exaggerated her current power was.
"So now I… can't go home?"
Wanda looked at the space bubbles in front of her, wanting to touch them, but she didn't dare.
She was afraid she might pierce an entire universe with a single touch.
"Don't worry, it's only temporary."
"Our universe will soon evolve, then it'll be able to receive you too, little fatty."
"I told you!"
Aron pounded his chest in a promise.
"…"
Wanda was clearly touched by his words.
She nodded seriously.
Then quietly said:
"You're the little fatty."