Infinite Mana In The Apocalypse novel Chapter 5010

Chapter 5010: Glorious Purpose! II

Noah had already experienced many large jumps in power over his journey since he first became a Hunter.

Some of these jumps were ridiculous ones where his entire body would explode or get deconstructed before being built again, flesh and bone and foundation scattered across existence before reforming into something grander than what had been destroyed.

Other jumps left him physically the same but granted him something that fundamentally changed how he perceived existence itself, alterations to awareness rather than structure.

The jump from Countable to Uncountable was a unique one.

His existence did not explode and reconstruct, but he still felt such a significant force of change in how he could potentially wield Infinity compared to before. The difference was categorical rather than incremental, a transformation in the nature of his relationship with the endless sea he conducted rather than merely an expansion of how much he could conduct.

Which in itself was an understatement.

He had not had all that long to experiment with what the major differences would have been at Countable compared to Uncountable since he declared himself a finite existence. The transition had happened too quickly, the Sacred Herbs too effective, the progression too urgent for extended contemplation of each stage along the way.

He almost complained that he was progressing too fast.

As he took the multiple roots, he felt his Intermediate Depth and Fundamental Depths all gain that same irresistible feeling of Uncountable. It felt like most of his finite existence now possessed the sturdier, more immense capability of commanding Infinity. Where before he had sensed endless points in sequence, now he sensed endless points between endless points, density that filled every gap his previous perception had left empty.

If he had been a scrawny thing that could barely lift five pounds, he could now lift hundreds and thousands and even millions of pounds compared to before.

But even that comparison of measurements of weight did not do justice to what he could do before and what he could do now. The difference was not quantitative. It was qualitative, a fundamental shift in the nature of strength itself rather than merely an increase in how much strength he possessed.

The only part of him that remained at Countable was his Absolute Foundation, where his derivative Civilizations of Infinite Hunger and Infinite Undifferentiated Fate resided. But after his change, all of them felt like they were simply part of his greater Civilization, the entanglement and distinction of derivative slowly becoming lost as his existence unified around its new understanding of Infinity.

Because the main Civilization of Mana was not officially at Absolute, it felt like the vast majority of his body was completely Uncountable, and only this one last part remained. He had been keeping it for a grander foundation, waiting for the right moment to elevate it properly. But he knew that Absolute Infinity was too far away, and since the rest of his finite existence had achieved Uncountable...

"Take the step."

HUUM!

He smiled as he commanded his existence to complete the transformation.

The moment he did, brilliance began to unfold within him as he closed his eyes to feel it. His Absolute Foundation trembled and shifted, Countable limitations dissolving as Uncountable density flooded through the last remaining portion of his existence that had not yet been elevated. The sensation was completion, wholeness, every part of his finite being now capable of conducting Infinity in its denser form.

All of him would stand at Absolute, and all of him would be Uncountable!

But he frowned soon after because he sensed something.

Well, another one of his bodies within THE Agora sensed something. Three auras of considerable magnitude were breaching into the Shores of Kleos and moving rapidly toward his location, their approach carrying intent that suggested this was not a social visit.

At such a pivotal moment of his transformation did things have to arise? Could he not simply complete his advancement in peace?

He sighed lightly as his body in THE Agora focused on the approaching presences.

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In THE Primordial Archive of THE Agora.

Noah’s seemingly mundane body closed a book that had been shining with stellar obsidian-gold light. The title gleamed across its cover in symbols predating THE Infinite Unfurling: "Architectural Theorems of Scale Transition: Methodologies of the First Primordial Architects."

He had been studying it for insights into what separated THE First Scale from THE Second, seeking understanding that might inform his own unique path.

But he allowed the book to float beside him as he looked up from his research with eyes becoming filled with piercing blue light. He sensed three auras of utmost brilliance breaching into the Shores of Kleos, their trajectory unmistakable. They were coming here, and they were coming fast.

The illusory figure of RUINATION materialized beside him, her blue-gold holographic form flickering into existence with the tragic beauty that characterized her manifestation.

The radiant figure of THE Infiniverse appeared on his other side, multicolored jeweled eyes already focused on the approaching presences with attention.

"Wrap up the devouring of THE Agora."

Noah’s voice emerged calm but heavy with implication.

"It seems we won’t have a moment of peace."

His expression grew serious as he felt the auras more clearly now that they had entered his domain. Two of them blazed with power more terrifying than any Absolute he had encountered. But they should still be at THE First Scale, their authority impressive without crossing the threshold.

The aura of the third was different.

It reminded him of the oppression he had felt from THE Primordial Armor, that crushing weight of someone operating at heights his Scale should not have been able to perceive. The oppression of THE Second Scale. It was likely a Primordial Architect, another ancient being who had achieved what most of existence considered impossible.

"How do you compare to Beowulf..."

"I will have to disappoint. I am not something as simple as Beowulf."

WAA!

"And what might this be?"

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