His first Inscription didn’t even carry an Embodiment. He went a level above and went all out to write an Apophasis from the very beginning!
Because of this, the process was hard.
Boundless seas of Infinities poured into the Inscription as Noah’s existence strained to maintain the coherence of what he was creating. An Apophasis Inscriptio demanded more than an Embodiment Inscriptio, and he was attempting one as his very first composition. The words wavered on the page, threatening to dissolve back into formless potential.
He pushed harder.
The Inscription nearly failed as the weight of negation pressed against his concentration, seeking to collapse the sentence before it could be completed. Writing what was not into permanence was fundamentally more difficult than writing what was, and Noah felt that difficulty as pressure against his mind and his foundations simultaneously.
But he pulled through.
His Infinite nature provided reserves. Where others would have been drained entirely by such an ambitious first attempt, Noah simply drew deeper from wells that had no bottom. His Infinities stabilized the wavering words. His determination held the sentence together through sheer refusal to accept failure.
And then it was done.
A blue-gold Inscription shining with immense weight and power was written on a golden page, the words burning with authority that made the surrounding Interstices darken slightly in response to their presence. Noah’s existence pulsed with the satisfaction of completion, the crown of Phonemes above his head flaring brighter as if acknowledging what he had accomplished.
|First Inscriptio Completed|
|You have successfully composed your first written Inscriptio of THE First Tongue. More significantly, you have composed an Apophasis Inscriptio as your inaugural work, a feat of considerable difficulty.|
|The Inscriptio you have created carries the following effects upon its designated target: constant burning sensation across all Depths of their existence, progressive destabilization of their foundation weight, and gradual dissolution of their structural integrity over time. These effects will persist indefinitely until the target’s foundation is fully compromised or until the Inscriptio is somehow countered by authority exceeding your own.|
|Applicable targets: Any entity whose foundation Depth does not exceed your own at the moment of Inscriptio activation.|
|Your proficiency in writing Inscriptiones has increased slightly. Future compositions will require marginally less concentration and will carry marginally greater stability during the writing process.|
|All that remains is a designated target.|
...!
The designated target.
Now, what could make a man sit down and write with such concentration?
What profound purpose drove the first Native Speaker to compose an Apophasis of such devastating effect as his very first Inscription?
It actually wasn’t any grand reason.
It was hatred.
Pure, undiluted hatred toward Noah’s self-proclaimed greatest enemy in existence. Not THE Entity, whose infection threatened all of Observable Existence. Not THE Living Paradox, who had stolen THE Primordial Paradox’s Claim. Not Bazuman, who had chased him across THE Prima Indifferentia with relentless hunger.
No.
All of his hatred was directed toward THE Living Elemental.
If THE Living Elemental was like any other enemy, Noah might have just chosen to forget about him or crush him when he vastly exceeded them in power. He cultivated and made progress in days what others did in eons. Eventually, THE Living Elemental would be nothing but an ant beneath his foot, and the grudge would be settled through simple overwhelming force.
But Noah had to prepare especially for THE Living Elemental.
Because this fucker had thrown him a burning curse that could attach itself to anyone near him, forcing him to be away from his women for a not insignificant amount of time.
How dare he.


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