"Uggghhhhh..." I groaned in pain..
Everything hurt..
Not a damn spot on my body that wasnât screaming in agony..
The old man hadnât gone easy, it was the toughest fight Iâd ever had..
(A/N: brother is calling a beat down a fight..)
Sure it lasted exactly ten seconds..
Sure I was the only one trying to touch the old man..
Sure I got folded like wet laundry in one move.
But no one needed to know that, so long as I said I fought, then I fought..
But, I couldnât be blamed for my loss, not at all..
Iâd always known the old man was powerful, but it wasnât until I actually faced the man that I knew just what absurdity I was dealing with..
Nothing worked against the man, absolutely nothing..
I threw all I had, from <
Geotectonic architect>
to <
Abyssal Firmament Dominion>,
all were ineffective..
Hell, I even threw <
Abyssal Descent>
on the old man, he just straight up killed the falling sky..
HE KILLED THE FUCKING SKY!!!
How do you kill a collapsing sky? Just what the fuck was that?
It was at this point that I realized just how nerfed my death grandpas had been during our clash, because if valen could "kill" the sky, then what more the representatives of
Death
Itself?
Wanna know whatâs even more ridiculous? The fact that the old man got tired of
<Chaotic Denial>
patching me up during the fight that he straight up stopped it from working..
I was confused until I received this notification..
[You have gained insight into the [SUPREME]<Law of Negation>...
[You have gained insight into the [SUPREME]<Law of Negation>...
[You have gained insight into the [SUPREME]<Law of Negation>...
.....
Another fucking supreme law.
Wasnât this old guy known for his comprehension of
massacre
?
Now, how the hell was he using negation to void my abilityâs activation???
The will to fight left me the moment I saw that, I already knew how horrifying it was to be capable of negating someoneâs abilities, my
Abyssal Firmament Dominion
already dabbled somewhat in that regard, so I knew I was totally screwed...
Hence why I was currently on my back, trying to get some feeling back into anything else that wasnât my head, since that was the only thing I could move at the moment..
"Damn old monster.."
"Hmm? What was that?"
"Nothing.." I hurriedly shut up, far be it from me to court another beating like that..
...
...
A calm and comfortable silence settled between us once more, the old man going back to meditation, while I tried to not feel like roadkill..
"That ability you use, the one that lets you recover, itâs not a healing or regeneration ability, is it?" The old manâs voice broke the silence as he asked..
"Hmmm?"
I contemplated the question, while it wasnât that much of a big deal, still, telling the specifics to others might lead to unforeseen consequences.
Yes, I know I told aunt v about my system and everything, but thatâs different, I could trust that woman with my life,but I barely knew the man before me other than the fact that he was my fatherâs sworn brother and apparently my godfather.
"Yes, itâs not a regenerative or healing ability." I bit the bullet, it wouldnât be that bad even if it came back to bite me in the ass..
"But, how could you tell?" I asked..
"
Negation
had struggled to prevent its activation, imagine that, a
Supreme law
meant to nullify the effects of other abilities and laws, struggling to contain a single ability, it wasnât hard to figure out." The old man replied, eyes still closed in meditation..
I raised an eyebrow.
Heâs just going to casually drop the fact that he comprehended another supreme law like itâs nothing?
"So, youâre just going to drop the fact that you comprehended more than one supreme law and act like itâs natural?" I had to ask..
"Hmm?" His eyes finally opened as he looked at me, confusion clear on his face, a true expression on that stoic face..
"Whatâs wrong with that?" He asked..
"What do you mean
âwhatâs wrong with that?â
Isnât that suppose to be like some secret or something?"
"Ahhh.. so itâs that?" The old man closed his eyes again, breathing steady, but before I could ask again, he answered..
"That fool, Regulus, he always said family doesnât need to keep secrets from family." Damn.
My question got stuck in my throat.
Here I was contemplating if I should trust the guy, but he was already considering me family?
"Heh.. no need to feel guilty, itâs good to be cautious of everyone, it atleast shows youâre not arrogant enough to disclose all your secrets foolishly." The old man laughed, once again seemingly aware of my thoughts..
"Did you... did you know me before now?" I asked, because even if he was close with my dad, being this free with me after just meeting me a few days ago? It didnât feel normal..
"We all did.." he opened his eyes once again, a melancholic smile on his face..
"Your father wouldnât shut up about his beautiful baby boy, how talented he was and how he was going to become the strongest in all of terra,
âheâll be infinitely more powerful than meâ
heâd said."
I listened closely..
"Going on to force roles upon each and everyone one of us, imagine my shock when he slapped the label of godfather on me?
âIf ever thereâs something powerful enough to make me unavailable for the boy, I trust you to carry on where I stoppedâ
heâd said with that annoying laugh of his, foolish man he was."
I looked up, valenâs face had turned towards the blue sky, my eyes widened as I caught the sight of tears trailing down his face, I kept silent, the topic seemed to weigh heavily on the man..
"Heh.. the fool was even muttering something about taking you to the
tower
of
ascension
, saying he had to show you to somebody, rub your talent in their faces, crazy man he was, imagine wanting to take a child to a place as dangerous as the tower, luckily your mother was ther to slap some senses into his head." He shook his head, the smile never leaving his face..
He looked back at me, a radiant smile on his face, he hadnât bothered to wipe the tears, I donât even think he knew they were there, or maybe he just didnât care.
"So yes, my boy, I knew you before this, we all did.."
...
The quiet returned, this time more heavy with feelings..
"How was he, my father, how powerful was he?"
"Powerful enough that I still believe Iâm in an illusion, that would seem more realistic than believing he actually died." Valenâs reply was immediate..
"Because it would make more sense to believe Iâd somehow fallen into a very realistic illusion than to believe that bastard was killed."
"You need to understand, Dante." His expression had returned to that indifferent look he liked to carry around..
"Your father wasnât just strong, he was impossible, an anomaly, something many believed would become the second coming of the great Devourer, only this time many times more horrible, he had enemies too numerous to count, yes, but he was also too much for any of them to be capable of ever doing anything to him, thatâs why I still cannot wrap my head around how he was killed, because in all of terra."
He paused, expression turning solemn..
"There is not one soul I believe capable of contending with regulus, barring the dean of the academy, I do not believe there is anyone capable of contending with your father."
He looked towards the sky as his expression hardened..
"People will say we were rivals during our time and that might have been true during our youth, but along the line, your father got so powerful, I lost the qualifications to look at his back."
"Forget about the obscenity that was his
Draken Bloodline,
a bloodline that made it capable for him to house not just one, but
Three Mythical dragon bloodlines,
that fool went even further."
Here valen paused, he seemed to be weighing his words..
"Heâd gotten into contact with something that even now, there have been no such records, old or new, of anything like that ever being discovered."
He took a deep breath as he prepared himself, the moment feeling heavy..
"
[PRIMORDIAL]<THE END>"
The world glitched the moment those words left his lips, almost as if the words themselves were too heavy for reality..
"Whether it was a law or something else, neither of us knew, but he had gained a rudimentary understanding of that thing.."
"He hadnât even scratched the surface, was what he said, yet the things I saw him do with that... thing.."
"I am sure, with the sole exception of the dean, no one, not a single being on terra shouldâve been able to contend with regulus, much less take him down, because tell me my boy.."
He finally looked at me, "what could possibly kill someone wielding the very concept of
THE END?"
**************
A/N: again, what the fuck? Why does this regulus guy keep feeling like a final boss? How the hell did he even die? People donât even know what a primordial law is but bro already comprehended one? Damn!
*************
Thanks for reading....