[Seal Cristoforo's Resonance ability.]
"No!" Feeling the Resonance power in his body freeze as if locked, Cristoforo's eyes nearly split open with rage:
"The script requires satisfying the blueprint of the initial script to change reality. Even I cannot transcend the shackles of the blueprint story. Why can you make whatever you write come true?"
"Oh? So in your hands, this ability has such a big limitation? But in my hands, it is completely obedient in another way."
Noah glanced at Cristoforo, the corners of his mouth lifting into a smile. He couldn't help but give a praise that felt like hitting a weak point:
"Playwright, your Resonance ability is really great!"
"Noah, give me back my ability!"
Cristoforo, whose Resonance power had been sealed, lost all sense of security. Unable to endure the humiliation, he lost his mind and desperately lunged toward the script in Noah's hand.
"You just watch how I develop your ability—"
Noah kicked out, striking Cristoforo squarely in the face and sending him flying heavily.
The tremendous force sent Cristoforo rolling eight full circles across the muddy, puddle-filled street before he finally stopped.
His originally spotless clothes were now covered in turbid mud, becoming a complete mess. His hat flew off, and he no longer had his previous elegant demeanor.
Noah had already picked up the pen again and wrote:
[Tie Cristoforo up tightly.]
Red ropes appeared out of thin air and bound Cristoforo firmly, preventing him from breaking free. He roared in unbearable humiliation:
"Noah, scripts are not used like this!"
[Amplify Cristoforo's pain sensitivity by a hundred times.]
"I said, scripts are not used like this!"
[Cristoforo will remain fully conscious at all times.]
"What are you doing!"
[Exchange Avidius and Cristoforo's roles.]
"No! Noah, you can't do this to me!"
Realizing what was about to happen, Cristoforo went completely mad. His bound body struggled wildly as he desperately tried to escape.
Noah put down the pen and quietly watched Cristoforo writhing and rolling. He picked up the opponent's fallen hat and put it on his own head, imitating the playwright's tone:
"Cristoforo, I hope you enjoy this play that belongs to you."
On the other side, in the real Septimont.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
With Leviathan stabbing out with full strength again and again, the cyan spatial barrier had already developed several meters-long cracks and was on the verge of collapse.
Large amounts of Dark Tide sprayed wildly through the broken gaps. It was only a matter of time before it submerged Lupa.
Crack!
The spatial barrier was completely shattered by a single spear thrust. Leviathan stepped across the Dark Tide through the barrier. Looking at Lupa's panicked face, it couldn't help but laugh loudly:
"Septimont—your god has arrived!"
"Avidius, wake up quickly! Stop being controlled by the Threnodian."
"Despair, be afraid. Even if you scream until your throat breaks, it's useless."
Leviathan waved its hand, and endless Dark Tide roared toward Lupa.
Just as the Dark Tide was about to submerge Lupa, a soft sigh sounded from within the mountain.
A cyan barrier appeared once again, isolating all the Dark Tide. However, this barrier was much thinner compared to the one Noah had casually set up earlier.
Under Leviathan's shocked gaze, a palm-sized noble steed appeared.
"Imperator! How are you here? Wait, why are you so small?"
"..." Imperator remained silent for a moment.
If it hadn't heard the second half of Leviathan's question, it might have explained that Noah had asked it to come and stand guard.
Imperator couldn't hold back and retorted: "Aren't you also very small?"
"I am bigger than you." Leviathan spoke with conviction.
Shaking its head, Imperator said no more. It took one step forward, and a cyan halo shot out instantly, accurately striking Leviathan and separating it from Avidius for the second time.
It had been separated again!
After losing its power, it kept suffering setbacks everywhere.
With no other options, Leviathan could only cry out for help again:
"Playwright, help!!"
As soon as its voice fell, an intangible ability instantly wrapped around it and carried it to the next page of the script.
With just one glance, Leviathan immediately noticed that familiar and terrifying figure.
"Hi~"
Noah greeted the newly appeared Leviathan. His simple words made Leviathan's entire body tremble. It immediately cursed furiously:
"Playwright, are you an idiot!!!"
It needed the playwright to get rid of Imperator, so why did the playwright match it with Noah?
Before it could finish speaking, it felt its body being pulled by invisible threads. It uncontrollably drifted toward Cristoforo, and the two instantly merged into one.
Large amounts of frenzied, evil whispers surged into Cristoforo's mind like a raging tide.
His consciousness, under this powerful impact, was like encountering an earth-shattering tsunami. His originally calm and orderly world of thought instantly collapsed, swallowed by endless chaos and madness.
The pain, amplified a hundred times by Noah's script, made him tremble violently. Veins bulged all over his body, and his protruding eyeballs were filled with large amounts of bloodshot veins, full of agony and fear.
"Aaaaaah!"
Cristoforo screamed in pain. His wails were extremely broken, as if ten thousand needles had pierced his nerves, or as if he had rolled into burning magma. The pain made his soul shudder.
The intense pain made him wish he could completely lose consciousness, but Noah's script had also set that he would remain fully conscious.
Tide erosion marks climbed up Cristoforo's body bit by bit.
Regret. Cristoforo felt immense regret.
Why did he provoke Noah for no reason? If he could go back to the past, he would want to slap himself twice. But there were no ifs.
He had thought his ability was heaven-defying, but he never expected Noah's ability to be far more heaven-defying. He was completely defeated in front of Noah.
Back in Ragunna when Leviathan first reshaped its body, he had mocked Noah for being unable to withstand the mental pollution brought by Leviathan's Dark Tide.
Now it was his turn to be fused with the Threnodian's body, and he similarly had no power to resist the Threnodian's pollution.
If not for the script forcing him to stay conscious, he would have long lost his sanity and become Leviathan's devout believer.
"Hahahahahahaha!"
Leviathan laughed loudly while controlling Cristoforo's body:
"Cristoforo, you have finally come to your senses! As long as you let me erode you, I will dominate everything in this script world."
The sealed Resonance power was violently forced open by the Assimilation authority. All of Cristoforo's power was turned into nourishment for Leviathan.
His body grew rapidly for the second time, breaking the ropes that had bound him. Large amounts of fish scales grew on his upper body, while his lower body fused into a thick, large fish form.
It looked extremely horrifying.
Noah watched the two fuse from afar, his eyes full of contemplation.
In the original plot, the Tacet Discord formed by Mya fusing with the Threnodian was called Daughter of the Sea. What should the current fusion of Cristoforo and the Threnodian be called?
Son of the Sea?
If it drops an Echo... it should? Maybe? Probably be able to serve as Iuno's main Echo.
Never mind. Since I'm in Encore's role right now, if I say it works, it works.
At worst, I'll get banned for seven days.
"Aaaaah!"
"How is this possible! Cristoforo, why are you still conscious?"
The violent roar brought Noah's attention back. Cristoforo before him had finally fused with the Threnodian into one entity, but it still looked like Cristoforo was the dominant one.
He glared at Noah with hatred and demanded:
"Why! Why! Why did you make me fuse with Leviathan!"
"Because..."
Noah pondered for a moment and answered seriously:
"I saw you were an orphan, so I found you a mother."
"Isn't this a good thing? Why are you so worked up?"
"I simply did to you what you did to others. What's wrong? You can't handle it?"
"Noah!"
Cristoforo roared toward the sky. The other half of his tide-eroded cheek suddenly changed expression. Leviathan's voice came from his throat:
"Playwright, stop fighting me for control of the body."
"Impossible, Leviathan. Get out of my body!"
"What are you resisting? With my authority enhancing your script ability, now is the perfect chance to kill Noah."
"No! He can't die. At least separate me first. Noah, quickly get Leviathan out of my body. I'm begging you!"
Two voices alternated from Cristoforo's throat. Different consciousnesses were madly fighting for control of the body.
"Stop fighting."
Noah impatiently interrupted their argument.
"You both have to die!"
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