~ Shadow Copy - One ~
~ Unknown Universe ~
'This universe is dying.' I observed grimly while looking around the universe I came across near my destination. 'And my entry in this place seems to have accelerated the universe's decay. Not that it matters much at this point.'
It didn't take long to locate the last two soul's in this dying universe, especially since everything else is no longer living, even the stars have all died out. Only the phantoms of their once blinding lights remain lighting up the cosmos.
'On the upside, it made finding the last beings of this reality alot easier.' I thought to myself as I took in what once was this universes version of Earth, a now desolate and shadowed barren dying world. Yet, this place still has beings living on it, two beings who I could now clearly sense with my cosmic senses, which tells me that they are also dying along with universe.
Now that I'm this close to them, no, even before I entered the universe, I realized why the aura of these two seemed so familiar. I just confirmed the answer myself when I entered the decaying universe.
Sung Jinwoo, the Shadow Monarch and Igris his Marshall level shadow from Solo Leveling. The Sung Dripwoo. The Aura king himself. The man who went from being the weakest of humanity to the most powerful being in this universe. Sung Jinwoo is literally the heir to this universe's version of Lucifer and Death put together, the original Shadow Monarch, Ashborn. And Igris is one of the first shadows of his army and one of the strongest among the Shadow Monarchs army of shadows.
"This can't be a coincidence." I absent-mindedly say out loud in wonder of the sheer coincidence and timing of this encounter.
Just hour's before, on my way to the Invincible universe cluster's, I was grumbling about not having a infinite storage ability and having to rely upon my limited storage space in my devouring ability. And low and behold. The Shadow Monarch, whom as a byproduct of the system he received to inherit the Shadow Monarchs legacy, was given an infinite storage that is connected to his shadow. A skill I needed and the best version I could ever wish for. 'Odd.'
Even before this coincidence; my awakening within the omniversal void with the inherited powers of Amatsu-Mikaboshi, stumbling onto Alucards; one of my of my favorite Dhampir characters; soul to stabilize my hunger with his millennia of control; even my unchallenged entrances into different universe's without consequences.
Either I'm the luckiest former mercenary turned omniversal void-wandering fledgling vampire god, or someone or something beyond powerful out there is looking out for me in a big way. Oddly the idea of the latter is somehow both comforting and completely terror inducing at the same time. As for the former, an highly unlikely and infinitly improbable likelihood of being that lucky, no matter how I would want it to be.
'Though its not like I'm going to stare a gifted horse in the mouth.' I conclude as decend towards the Shadow Monarchs aura, sensing nothing but desolation, despair and death.
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~ Shadow Copy - Two ~
~ Omniversal Void ~
Stepping out of our chosen Asoiaf alternate universe back into the void I don't waste time on sightseeing or even seeing off the other two shadow copies, I just leave the Asoiaf universe cluster making sure to get some distance from it for what I'm about to do. After clearing the clusters vicinity, I start using every ounce of my cosmic power, pumping it into my astral form; a silverish blue humanoid body with an facsimile of my ethereal but roguish good looks; to both defend myself and to boost my speed for the journey ahead.
As a shroud of dark purple surrounds my astral form while I orient myself with my position within the void and the direction of my goal and destination.
Luckily with my speed and the position of my destination, if it hasn't moved since we last saw it, I should be there and back by the time the boss gets to observer Daenys the Dreamers bonding with a young Balerion, the future Black Dread. Which in turn sets off House Targaryens exodus from the Valyrian Freehold and their impending Doom of their peninsula via the Fourteen Flames erupting. The very cataclysm that spurred my creation by the boss and my impending destination, for our plans for Valyria and its resources and knowledge before the Doom rests upon my ability to complete my assignment as quickly as possible.
So, as soon as I'm sure I'm oriented, I blast off towards the Harry Potter universe cluster's. Hopefully I'll find the perfect timeline for our plans to solidify our future, not just in our Asoiaf universe, but in the wider omniverse itself.
~
By the estimate of my synced up time with my main body, it has been about four days since that day in Winterfell's godswoods. Four days of traveling through the void with no detours, four straight days of a vast emptiness with almost nothing inbetween, and my destination is finally in sight, sort of. Another grand cluster of time-lines and alternate realities bundled in its own folds of space and time within the voids timelessness.
The concepts of space and time are limited in between universe's, the true void has no time nor space within it; not as absolute laws that they usually are; though that changes as you near anything in the void with those concepts inherent within them. Like most universe's with concepts of natural law, space and time is a constant part of what makes a universe what it is on a fundamental level.
Yet the void is different, space and time are not absolute laws. Space folds and fades, time stagnates and ceases altogether within the void between everything.
It's the reason I could get from one cluster of universe's to another in just four days when it should of taken four millennia, or not been possible at all if not for my abilities, and even then fanciful to say the least. It's almost as if I'm being guided by someone or something within the void.
'Thoughts for later... that list seems to keep getting longer.' I reminded myself as I drew closer to the HP universe's.
Much like the Asoiaf universe cluster's the Harry Potter universe cluster's have varied time-lines and alternate realities bundled together in and surrounded by a fold of space and time. Their beginnings and ends starting and ending points invisible even to my perception stretching into the void, and their variations as numerous as any other universe's.
'And nothing here to keep me out, like most of the void, I'm either the predator or the things beyond my power are just ignore me. Another thing on my list of the bizarre things that are, favoring, yet apparently too favoring for me.' I thought to myself as I took my time looking for a good time line to enter.
My requirements for this assignment are important to the boss so there are a few prerequisites that I'll be on the lookout for in the universe I infiltrate.
One, the world should be as close to the canonical timeline as possible. Voldemorts Horcruxes, the prophecy, Harry Potter living with abusive relatives, and Sirius Black rotting in Azkaban.
Two, there should be an opportunity to get the heirship of House Black, how I go about that is left to my discretion. Luckily there are plenty of enough alternate universe's with enough versions to choose from.
Three, I have to attend Hogwarts with Nymphadora Tonks. Which I know is actually one of the most ironclad things I have to make sure I complete. We have had a crush on her since we first read about her character in the books enjoying her personality more than anything. Plus it'll give me plenty of time to finish my plans for Harry, so he won't have to stay with his abusive relatives for as long as he did in canon.
And finally, that there is a wider magical world than the books or movies have shown so far. The theoretical and practical knowledge of the whole of the wizardly world and all that encompasses. More knowledge and hopefully more resources magical or otherwise.
'Found it.'