Infinite Mana In The Apocalypse

Chapter 4420: You Hold My Everything II

The advancement from The First Farmer’s accumulated efforts fully distributed across his Civilization’s architecture, demonstrating how even tragic conclusions could fuel future growth.

Now, for any entity to even contemplate penetrating his defenses, they required an excess of 300 Quintillion Complexity and Purity, and membership in established Civilization.

They were dual prerequisites that eliminated vast majority of potential threats!

He was growing steadily, systematically, and building foundations that would support eventual confrontation with THE entities themselves.

He continued deliberately avoiding comparison with others regarding progression velocity, because...

”Comparison is the thief of joy, and in my case, probably also the thief of sanity. If I spent time measuring my advancement against beings like THE Living Paradox who have cultivated across eons, I’d either develop crippling inadequacy complex or dangerously inflated ego depending on how I chose to rationalize the disparity...and my ego is not that big, is it...?”

....!

He smiled calmly.

It was better to focus on his own glorious trajectory, celebrate the incremental victories, and acknowledge that the only meaningful competition is against his previous self!

....!

He smiled at his own philosophical meandering as he also considered the boons of The Primus Mana Glyphs of Perpetual Harvest...two hundred Glyphs that could each grant 1 Quintillion Complexity and Purity for the next 24 hours.

That represented total of 200 Quintillion waiting to be distributed!

His initial instinct was consuming all empowerment personally, but... he wanted to test something specific. And the subject of this experiment was The Living Order herself...Sigrid!

He walked across golden sands toward The Abode of the Early Creature where Sigrid currently resided.

The Abode that now contained countless pocket dimensions where Barbatos, Adelaide, Athena, and other members of his modest harem were...cultivating in various forms.

After all, in existence, there existed different methodologies of advancement!

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Inside The Abode of The Early Creature, Osmont.

Though it appeared as grand tribal building outwardly on the Early Veiled Shore, internally it stretched into blue-gold stellar hall surrounded by numerous doors leading to different pocket dimensions...each one customized for specific purposes or residents.

At this time, within one particular pocket dimension.

The space shone with white and blue radiance as rivers of pure Order intermixed with currents of blue Mana in complex patterns.

Apart from the radiant sea below, there existed reflecting sea above, and suspended between them were stellar white rivers moving with absolute precision...each droplet following trajectory ordained by Order.

On the golden sands of this place reclined the primary body of Sigrid, adorned in loose damp white robe that clung to her curvaceous figure.

Her dark-and-white hair shone with radiant glow, wet and hanging over shoulders and across robe in a gorgeous artistic disarray.

The Mark of The Palisades floated above her head like ethereal crown, making her entire figure appear even more radiant...like a radiant fairy from ancient times contemplating mysteries in sacred space!

At this moment, Noah materialized and sat beside her on the sandy beach, breathing deeply of potent atmosphere saturated with Mana and Order while asking casually.

”What’s occupying your thoughts?”

She replied while leaning her shoulder against him, her head tilting to rest upon his shoulder.

”I am contemplating my place in all this. Whether I am merely bringing trouble through my connection to Order, or if I will accomplish something genuinely significant with it. Burden or asset. Problem or solution.”

Trouble, or something significant.

At such words, Noah smiled and looked out at the brilliance of Mana all around them.

”Why not both? Most truly interesting things in existence manage to be simultaneously problematic and invaluable. And I can’t get enough of trouble.”

...!

As soon as he articulated such words, radiant green-gold rivers of light began descending from above...a manifestation of Perpetual Harvest’s accumulated empowerment.

They crashed onto Sigrid’s figure with concentrated force, and with each blast of brilliance she absorbed, she felt her power explode upward by full 1 Quintillion!

She looked toward Noah with dazzling eyes.

”What is this?”

It constituted stupendous sensation as beside her, Noah simply smiled.

”Just some empowerment stemming from efforts of failure...The First Farmer’s accumulated harvest transformed into elevation. I have been reaching significant milestones recently and I want to observe if something notable occurs when you achieve a sufficiently profound threshold of your own.”

...!

Sigrid trembled at his words.

This entire time, he had been giving and giving everything to her without expectation of reciprocation or demand for equivalent exchange.

Resources, protection, opportunities, affection...lots of affection, and just...everything.

She desperately wanted to provide something substantial in return!

To produce tangible results worthy of his investment.

Sigrid bit her lip as her hand found Noah’s strong hand, her fingers intertwining with his.

When she spoke, her voice emerged with intensity.

”I will not claim to comprehend all intricacies of existence. I will not pretend to understand how existential forces truly operate at fundamental levels. But... you must understand one thing. And that is...you hold MyEverything. Not metaphorically. Not an exaggeration. You possess the entirety of what I am and what I might become. My Order. My essence. My potential. My heart. My Everything...It is all yours.”

...!

A blinding light of Order pulsed at such declaration, and Noah looked toward Sigrid with somber recognition of what she was truly offering.

Empowerments continued descending upon her as she maintained unwavering gaze, eyes set with determination!

Prompts materialized at this moment!

|The Resurgence of THE Living Order, a critical component of a once-grand Civilization, has completely given itself to you and your Civilization|

|PERMANENT CONSEQUENCE:|

|The Civilization of Order has forever lost opportunity to be restored as independent Civilization|

|However, it possesses potential to rise from ashes as something grander through integration with your Primordial Civilization of Mana and Hunger|

|Order can thrive through Mana and Hunger as symbiotic rather than competing principles|

|FUTURE BENEFITS:|

|After reaching significant developmental milestones, Past Features of The Civilization of Order will be permitted to bloom within your Civilization|

|Access to refined authorities, architectural principles, and strategic capabilities accumulated across Order’s existence will become available|

...!

BOOM!