"The Everythings of what was collapsed are mine and not mine. They belong to me and they do not belong to me. They must be given to me instantly and they must never be given to me at all."
BOOM!
Noah uttered THE Rite of Paradoxical Inheritance while consuming pieces of THE Hollow Echo, the paradoxical words flowing from his existence with practiced ease as the carved portions of colorless flame began to dissolve into streams of pure authority.
In the next moment, the Immensity and Depths of THE Hollow Echo surged into him like rivers finding the ocean.
The weight was heavy. Even diminished by the destruction of its Manifestation, even weakened by the systematic targeting of its structural vulnerabilities, THE Hollow Echo had still been an echo of THE Creature himself. Its foundations held density that lesser Absolutes could only dream of, and all of that density was now flooding into Noah’s infinite existence with a force that made his blue-gold flames roar brighter!
And where its cut pieces had floated moments before, something else began to form.
Colorless light coalesced into shape and substance, the remnants of THE Hollow Echo’s existence crystallizing into an artifact that pulsed with authority.
Noah looked at all of this calmly.
For this action of momentous achievement, decimating an Absolute without any tricks or external help, without THE Primordial Paradox’s intervention, without relying on anything but his own transformed existence, he breathed in deeply to celebrate the sheer magnitude of what he’d accomplished.
Then... he got over himself.
He didn’t need to be overly prideful or happy. That kind of ego was how beings stagnated, how they convinced themselves they’d reached heights that didn’t require further climbing.
"Just a Hollow Echo of THE Creature. An Echo of an Absolute."
His voice was deliberately dismissive even as the power continued flooding into his foundations.
There was much more to be done, and he wouldn’t let his ego go wild just on this. THE Hollow Echo had been a test of his new capabilities, a confirmation that THE Civilizational Instinctus worked. But it wasn’t the ceiling of what he needed to achieve. It wasn’t even close!
|Absolute Collapse Confirmed|
|You have collapsed THE Hollow Echo of THE Creature through systematic deconstruction of its Civilizational Manifestation rather than overwhelming force. This methodology has been recorded as viable against entities of superior Depth. You have forgone the formation of an Absolute Existential Palace in favor of drawing in as much raw Depth as possible|
...!
|Foundation Status - Updated Assessment|
|THE Surface Depth: Your Immensity now registers at 1,250% comparative weight to THE Primordial Paradox at equivalent stage. This represents 12.5 times the foundation weight that one of THE Four possessed at Surface Depth before becoming an Absolute. No recorded entity has achieved such density at this level while remaining below Absolute classification.|
|THE Intermediate Depth: Your Immensity now registers at 1,200% comparative weight. This represents 12 times the foundation weight of THE Primordial Paradox at equivalent stage. The diminishing returns of higher Depths are evident, as each subsequent level requires exponentially more resources to elevate by equivalent amounts.|
|THE Fundamental Depth: Your Immensity now exceeds what THE Primordial Paradox and THE Creature possessed before their ascension to Absolute. You have surpassed the pre-Absolute foundations of THE Four themselves. When you eventually grasp Absolute Depth, your starting point will be higher than any Absolute in recorded history.|
...!
The numbers were glorious, but Noah processed them with the same deliberate calm he’d forced himself to maintain. Getting excited about numbers alone was pointless.
He’d tested it against THE Hollow Echo.
He needed to test it against things that weren’t hollow!
But even as he maintained his composure, the prompts continued to bloom with information that demanded attention.
|Existential Advancement Detected|
|Various facets of your existence are rising in response to the harvest and the achievements of your temporal traversal. Your Derivative Civilizations strengthen. Your Infinite Hunger deepens. Your connection to Undifferentiated Fate solidifies. All aspects of your being grow heavier with each passing moment.|
|However, one singular facet has been tipped over the edge by this incoming harvest.|
|Your mastery of THE First Tongue has exceeded established classifications.|
...!
|Previous Designation: Perfect Speaker of THE First Tongue|
|You have exceeded this designation.|
|You have attained the distinction of a Native Speaker of THE First Tongue.|
BOOM!
He looked fucking fantastic.
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