Infinite Mana In The Apocalypse

Chapter 4305: This is MY Way! IV

When he asked such a question, he had to decide for himself what was his beginning!

His beginning.

At this thought, a billowing storm of snow picked up around Noah.

And in the snow, an illusory image of a dilapidated apartment began to form in front of him as it displayed a scene from years ago!

It displayed the scene of him Looking at a glistening skill book that stated...[Fireball].

Yes. This was his beginning!

The moment that he awakened was his beginning.

When he did so, he had not yet formed his Tyranny and Quintessence and Cheats and all these other glamorous and glorious parts of him.

All he had was...

”Mana.”

HUUM!

As he said these words, the illusory image of his younger self touched the skill book that disappeared into light into his body.

It acted as an initiator, as if something was turning a light bulb on. The illusory body of his younger self was then filled with boundless, intricate lines of Mana.

Mana!

”Oh, Mana!”

HUUM!

Noah’s eyes shone with a glorious light as the storm around him picked up even more, his eyes radiating tendrils of blue mana at this moment!

Did he invent Mana, or did he simply discover it?

The answer was clear. Like Principles... Mana had always been there, whether he knew it or not. He found it and became it.

In the very beginning, before he had built anything else, all he had was Mana.

So for his Way of existence, for the System of Existence that he wanted to forge... the path was undoubtedly and explicitly Mana!

Within it...the idea of Infinity was held. The idea of Quintessence was held. The idea of Tyranny burned!

He smiled brilliantly as he turned towards the holographic, crimson-blue figure of RUIN/EDEN, who had been observing him with her usual, analytical calm.

”We should be ready to finalize the new system of existence,” he said, his voice a low, resonant hum that seemed to make the very snowflakes around them vibrate with purpose.

”One that integrates the many systems of power that we have come across, and even the ones that we have forged ourselves. Take these ideas in my mind and actualize them for me, will you?”

RUIN/EDEN’s illusory form, that perfect, beautiful fusion of Ruination’s tragic grace and a system’s cold logic, smiled.

She bowed deeply, a gesture of profound, absolute loyalty.

”Yes, Master.”

An instant later, Noah’s body, standing at the center of the frozen, primordial expanse, became a beacon!

A beam of incandescent blue brilliance, the very color of his infinite, boundless Mana, shot out from him. It did not strike the ground or the sky, but seemed to pierce the very fabric of reality itself, crawling upwards towards the endless, chaotic heavens of the Earliest Folds!

Waves and tendrils of this same blue mana began to snake around his figure, a glorious, swirling storm of pure potential.

He closed his eyes, his entire being focused on this singular, monumental act of creation. He was not just building a system; he was a blind man grasping towards and sensing a new Way!

As he did so, prompts, rendered in that new, vivid crimson-blue, bloomed before his eyes.

|You have begun to consciously walk your chosen Way of Existence.|

|This is a heavy and irreversible step. By choosing this path, all other potential ’Ways’ become secondary, tributaries to this one, great river.|

|You are embarking on the Way of Mana.|

|To truly and completely embody this Way, to achieve the distinction of ’THE,’ is a journey that may require eons. You are still a long, long way off.|

|But the first step has been taken. The first course of action toward this grand design is being enacted.|

|The boons for embarking on this Way will be determined and granted after you have taken your first course of action towards it...|

HUUM!

After he had taken his first course of action?

After he had forged his system of existence, is that right?

Noah smiled at such a thought.

At this moment, the holographic, crimson-blue figure of RUIN/EDEN burned brightly before him, stepping gracefully out of the swirling azure storm as if she were its master.

She looked at him, at the raw, untamed power he was unleashing, and her smile was a thing of sublime, analytical beauty.

Her voice echoed in his mind, a symphony of logic and ruin. As she spoke, her hands, elegant and ethereal, began to move, weaving the very air into holographic displays that bloomed around them in the swirling snow and mana.

”Based on all known data, your core authorities, the principles of [Perpetual Harvest] and [The Cheating Architect], and your stated goal of creating a scalable, universal methodology for your burgeoning Civilization, I have finalized the schematic.”

Her voice formed words and not purely a prompt!

She raised a hand, and the swirling blue mana around them seemed to part, revealing a grand, floating title composed of pure, informational light.

”I present to you...”

|THE WAY OF THE MANA ARCHITECT|

|CORE PHILOSOPHY:|

|All power, all authority, all existence, stems from a single, fundamental source: Mana.|

|Glyphs, Haki, Armaments, Arcana... these are not separate, competing systems. They are merely different expressions, different languages, for the one true grammar of existence. This grammar is Mana.|

|This System of Existence, [The Way of the Mana Architect], is a unified methodology that integrates all known forms of power under a single, cohesive framework. It is a path of progression open to any existence, from the weakest manaless being to a Primordial creature.|

...!

Oh!

The Way of the Mana Architect! This was the proposed name of the new System of Existence!

”You are not just a wielder of these disparate forces, Master,” RUIN/EDEN explained, as her hand conjured an illusion.

A single, brilliant blue thread of Mana shot out, then split, weaving itself into the distinct forms of a Glyph, an aura of Haki, a shimmering suit of Armor, and a glowing Arcana card.

”You are the source from which all these expressions flow. This system simply gives that flow... structure.”

Noah watched, his eyes shining with a cold, tyrannical light. He nodded, a silent command to continue.

”The system itself,” she continued, ”is built upon the one authority that allows for such a unification.”

|THE SKELETON: THE CHEATING ARCHITECT|

|This entire System is built upon the foundation of your [Principle of the Cheating Architect]. It is the operating system, the underlying code.|

|Primary Function: The Principle allows this System to ’cheat’ the established rules of existence. It creates loopholes, bypasses limitations, and finds the most efficient, often paradoxical, path to power.|

|Civilization Boon: As the creator, you are the Architect. You can alter, update, and deploy ’patches’ to this System as your understanding grows. You can create unique ’exploits’ or ’backdoors’ for your most trusted followers.|

...!