A Named World is like a soup.
The World is the like the bowl.
Every single thing inside is a type of ingredient in it, that gives it a unique flavour, and texture.
They provide the world with more possibilitues, enriching it's essence.
But for that too happen, the World must give rise to different kinds of existences-'Status-holders' inside of it.
At the same time, they have to give them a stage, and essentially a role to play. Without a status, they are no different from the World's essence, and thus cannot produce a reaction in it.
And without sufficient time for shimmering, that is, accumulating a history corresponding to their given status, they cannot immerse the soup with their quality, or in other words impact the World.
A single status-holder can hardly impact the World even if given all the time it needs to squeeze out and dissolve it's essence, but that is why, there are trillions of quadrillions of such 'status-holders' each sharing at least a tiny portion of 'one quality'.
As a result that 'one quality' transforms into a 'status-effect' of the entire World.
This is prevalent for almost the majority of common qualities that are shared between the World's status-holders.
'Progression' is the Original Path of Power.
How you progress becomes a new branching path, and is known as the "Path of -" depending on the nature and system one follows.
The World can decide its own Path of Progression, by either banking on the countless variations that may arise from its 'ingredients' or prepare the 'solvent' or water where the ingredients will react.
Every World has an infinite number of ways it can go about when it's comes into existence, at that time it can choose the direction it will go forward with or let everything happen naturally, which is most common.
If a World decides to choose it's own direction or 'solvent', then the existences must follow the rules of reaction that take place in that 'solvent'.
Now their life, fate, status and history must follow this rule, going forward, after a long but sufficient amount of 'shimmering' they become more intricately connected with the World, like a soup- as their belief, the unique quality itself is conformed to the World's working rules.
The rules could be restrictive, or highly volatile, sometimes the bowl cannot handle its own rule and collapse, but in most cases, become completely incompatible, permanently reducing the World's potential.
As a result, a significant portion of the Worlds fail in creating a 'good recipe',
A Power-System.
...
The Worlds I had travelled till now were completely different from one another, so I thought that this is case for most Worlds in the Dimensions.
But, compared to them, this indeed feels like a real World.
Before I was captured, I was able to use my Demonic Sense, enhanced by Barrier Penetration, I could feel different worlds I travelled, so I could immediately tell the difference in 'firmness' I felt after arriving here in this World.
If we go by complexity, the difference would be to like that of a piece of wood to a fully functioning complex-organ system, of a locomotive animal, like a human's.
But the one above and somehow projecting herself infront of me, gives me the same if not outright a concentrated version of that feeling that I witnessed back then.
"Very funny, would you like to hear a joke as well?"
"I'll try my best to get it. No pressure."
I suddey feel like the lighting stopped all of a sudden...
No it has slowed down, the light can't escape this dense atmosphere that has suddenly appeared.
[Host it is advised to prepare defensive measures, permission to deactive Artificial Limiter? (Y/N)]
Not yet.
"What did the Demon King do when backed into a corner by the Coalition?"
Is this some kind of inside joke that needs context to make out? But I am pretty curious about this 'Demon King' and 'Coalition', some kind of folk tale in this world? No maybe something exists or is related to this World itself.
You know what they say, 'It's gotta be important if an important person says so!'
"I don't get it, try again."
"Let me finish it first...P-–—
Chop
Crack
Eh
Tremble...
[IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED:
Upgrade Skill: Complete Regeneration->Absolute Regeneration? (Y/N)]
Why did I?
It seems for some reason I decided to destroy the Crimson Prison before the conversation Starter even ended.
[Selected-(Y). Beginning immediate Skill Upgrade, would you like to use Skill Insta Adapt?
Note: Upgrade speed:(10000%)]
The surroundings become blurred and I feel for the first time that even my 4 figure Space Resistance that I developed cannot withstand the collapse of this space.
Yes
[-100000 AP used.]
Self Annihilation- A skill the system says could completely erase itself from existence, along with everyone inside it, after its analysis.
[Skill: Complete Regeneration->Absolute Regeneration]
At the same time, the Self-Annihilation was able to fit the final puzzle required for my ultimate defensive skill, that I have been upgrading since my first fight with an Eldritch.
FromStandard Regeneration that can only regenerate my outer physique, almost indefinitely, unless an attack directly targetting my existence is thrown at me.
To the Complete Regeneration- that I developed, after my first use of Dimensional Phaser, if it weren't for it, I would have already lost a big chunk of my status, basically ripping away a little bit my Proof of Existence, every dangerous fight.
Whooim(×7)
I hear a familiar sound each repetition echoing faster than the last.
It the sound that makes when a World is collapsing, I have seen a fair share of them, but there I could escape anytime I want.
But this? First of all this entire place has some sort of foreign Power suppression effect, I could break it down if I had sneaked out, but for some reason, I used Dimensionsional phaser to attack the girl.
Pretty sure she was affected outside as well, I guess this world's not gonna leave me alone even if I escape.
The Contraction effect is like being pulled into the edges closing in on me.
Like being at the center of a star's core, stretched thin to radiate outward, but at the same the star decides it's time to turn into a singularity.
And with each contraction, it's effect gets amplified exponentially. Not because it's power increased, but I am closing in on its system of Power, becoming a part of it.
This Crimson Prison is most likely something else entirely separate from this world, I didn't feel something like this from anyone other than that special girl.
It increases its power, the closer it is to destruction. Before the 'prisoner' is aware he is already a part of the Power-system.
Now, the 4 other functions try to integrate into my system:
Power Suppression, Status Deduction, History Searching, and Dimensional Isolation.
The Principle by which it even suppresses foreign powers is that- its trying to completely mold the target Power-system towards its own power-system, as a result the abilities get nerfed.
The Status Deduction can now more effectively break down the power system after the suppression, as the foreign power-systems develops similarities to it's own.
The final Step is the History Searching, which basically takes away everything the Power-System has to offer. Completely making it her own.
Yes, it's probably that bitch's Power-System.
There was no negotiation in the first place, as I am unaffected by the effects, I planned to take a little bit of info, and skiddle away, but she caught on quick, and decided to do the same, get as much information as possible
Before activating Self-Annihilation herself, probably.
But after her last punchline, I attacked subconsciously, triggering the Prison's final two functions
Dimensional Isolation and Self-Annihilation.
Together they form a terrifying combo.
But what is happening right now is something else entirely...
Because of my Reality mangling, the functions that would have been impossible to integrate have done just that.
The prison is taking everything from all directions, chaotically swallowing it's own status, the history, at this rate. Even the World outside is not safe.
I pull out by Status:
[Status:
Name: Host(Temporary)
Physique: Pri#rdi/l De*on(I*an))->Dimensional Phaser(Skill Physique)
Vitality: 9???6?/9?9??9
Strength: 24000(+??????)
Stamina: 35050(40400)
(Skill debuff: -negative 5000+ each attack)
Agility: 28?9?(+??????)
Intelligence: 2500(+??????)
Abilities:
Demonic Sense->Dimensional Sense
Tempered Evolution
(Maximum output ongoing: -50 AP -43 AP -33AP...
Aether Production(amplified)
(Rate: 30 AP/sec)
Genesis Alteration
(Required: Genesis class Item, energy, gene)
Evolution Completed: 1/?
??? Aether-Foetus->Primordial Demon(Infant)
Main Path of Power-
"Endless Evolution"
Evolution Ongoing: -?#1¿ /?
Mutation: 1/?
Stable-'Genesis Core Assimilation'(Genesis Rarity)
Unstable- Genesis Reversal(Progress: 43%)
...]
The rest depends on my whether this works.
[System of Power: Dimensional Phaser
(Active)
Skill: Aether-form(In effect)
Barrier Penetration(In effect)
System skill: Fake Status(In effect)
Combined effect: Can pass through any obstacles, dimensions, or concepts, manipulate or rearrange them, randomly.]
Just as I feel like I'll be spaghettified and curled into an infinitely dense yarn-
System of Power: Passive Adaptation
(Activated)
Ability: Tempered Evolution-
Ensures the physique to remain its original form.
(Mutation rate: -9999999999%)
Skill: Adaptative Tendency-
Gathers samples and adapts to any situation outside the physique.
(Can go back to original physique with time)
AbsoluteRegeneration(New)-
Can withstand the end of existence, indefinitely as long as AP is provided.
Combined Effect: Can adapt to any extreme situation as long as enough AP is provided, endlessly.
The rate of AP production is increased proportional to the damage done to you, with a minimum AP production rate in extreme situations outside of your capability.
If the rate of Destruction is not constant, as in increasing proportionally, then there is an infinite supply of AP, as the minimum AP required to repel keeps increasing in that duration.]
About damn time.
The Red World snaps-
BOOM!!