Rewind ti a mont — back to the climax of the Void civil war.
Deceit and Destiny were fighting in deadly earnest. Chaos, ever the master provocateur, stirred things up with relish. Under the combined "efforts" of three deities, the Void collapsed entirely.
This mirror-image of reality was frozen, shattered, and sent plumting — collapsing toward infinite nothingness. If this continued, the entire universe would crumble from the imbalance between reality and the Void, with the real world collapsing toward pure Existence just as the Void now did.
When that happened, aside from the lofty Them far above, the universe would be swept clean — leaving only two "colors": black and white.
That was an outco none of Them wanted.
The commotion had grown truly staggering — rivaling an actual God War. The spectating deities hadn't expected the Void to actually fight for real. Now, no one could sit still.
One by one, They descended around the battlefield, pouring divine power into holding back the Void's disintegration.
But not every deity was working to salvage things. At least one of Them seized the chaos to dive into the fray — attempting to accelerate the universe's "Oblivion"!
Yet what this interloper didn't anticipate was that the two Void deities — who'd been tearing each other apart monts ago — both pulled their punches the instant He entered. In perfect unison, They turned on Him!
Before two masters of the era, this deity didn't dare linger. He paid the price and fled.
To prevent Him from stirring more trouble, Death sighed and drew His scythe — that blade forged from countless shards of divinity — and stood guard at the outermost periter.
At that mont, a pair of eyes swirling with chaotic white miasma looked toward the three deities at the storm's center, and scoffed:
"The Void plays a fine ga of chess. But isn't your thod of rejecting Oblivion's approach a bit underhanded?
If all divine communication were conducted like this, what peace would this universe ever know?"
The battle at the Void's center didn't pause for even a heartbeat in response to that scoff. If anything, the fluctuations intensified. Both Void deities were giving everything — though one of them still had the leisure to answer the mockery from outside.
Naturally, His response was also mockery.
"Hee~
How entertaining. You want peace with that foul mouth of yours? Just sew it shut and the whole universe will be at peace.
Not just peaceful — blissfully quiet."
"..." Folly's eye twitched. Then He laughed scornfully: "Give it up. You can't provoke My anger. And I won't follow Oblivion's example of annihilating My own brain. I will not join your battle — and don't think you can use this to test ."
"Ha — you really think the Void wants to target you?"
The laughing voice erged from the battlefield again, followed almost instantly by a frigid one:
"As if you're worthy.
When the Void wants to strike you, it needs no reason."
With that, a terrifying blast of Destiny power actually split from the raging Void collision — streaking toward the spectating Folly!
Destiny!
She'd suddenly broken from the lee and charged at the deity who'd displeased Her.
As for why She was displeased — no one knew. But this attack forced Folly to take things seriously.
He recognized it wasn't a probe. He instantly deconstructed the incoming divine power and returned fire with equal force. Two Destiny-caliber strikes collided head-on, detonating with enough force to nearly blow this fragile, god-maintained Void to pieces.
Seeing Folly deconstruct Her power, Destiny's expression grew colder. Seeing Destiny refuse to stop, Folly furrowed His brow:
"Foolish. Manic. Purposeless.
You want the era to walk toward the fixed — yet your rage is incinerating that very fixed path.
Don't let the divine na 'Destiny' beco a joke. There are enough fools in this world already."
"..."
An indiscriminate AOE attack, without question. But in the current situation, no one was about to argue.
All the gods knew: you couldn't out-argue Folly, just as you couldn't reason with Deceit.
Yet these words clearly ignited an even greater fury in Destiny. She abandoned Her offensive against Her twin deity and redirected all attention to this second deity of Chaos.
It seed the Void was about to declare war on Chaos. And at this critical juncture, Deceit appeared — materializing behind Destiny, pointing at Folly and chattering away:
"Who's the foolish one here?
You don't actually think Chaos has three gods and therefore three tis the fighting power, do you?"
As He spoke, His gaze swept past Chaos — His recent co-combatant — then drifted to Silence, who had stayed far, far away and hadn't uttered a single word throughout.
The mockery in those eyes was unmistakable: the Void has two. You only have one. Where do you get the nerve?
Folly fell uncharacteristically silent. Indeed — if the Void stopped its infighting, then in the current power dynamics, He'd inexplicably beco the prey.
He frowned, sensing sothing was off. But what He didn't expect was that things would only get worse.
"The Void doesn't need two shares of fighting power. You and I aren't finished!"
Destiny didn't appreciate the assist. She scoffed and charged straight at Folly. Deceit, unwilling to leave Her unsupported, helpfully followed.
Folly braced Himself, not daring to let His guard down. Just as He tried to deconstruct the incoming twin assault — the entire Void offensive suddenly collapsed on its own!
"!!!"
"BOOM—"
Every deity's expression transford. Because they'd all seen it clearly: at the very mont Deceit had joined Destiny's attack, this Void facade had once again used a "deceit" to fool everyone — including His own twin — and struck Destiny down mid-charge with a devastating blast of Deceit power!
Deceit had succeeded!
And in that instant, Destiny's eyes flew wide. She felt Her authority leaving Her. Felt soone invading Her divine core. Though the process was brief—
In that fleeting heartbeat, three streams of Destiny light shot from the lee toward the heavens, then streaked like teors in three different directions!
The gods sensed what that power was. One by one, Their expressions turned grave as They watched the battle's center, each internally raising Deceit's threat level again... and again!
When... had He acquired such terrifying authority-stealing capabilities?
Those three blasts of Destiny power involving faith determination were clearly the result of Deceit openly stealing Destiny's authority with a single strike. But this unprecedented, never-before-seen ability — why hadn't it been written into the Convention when the Convention was established?
This Void facade had actually hidden this trick from all the gods?
Hidden it until only now?
Was that possible?
Not likely!
But if the one in question was Deceit...
Then anything was possible!
The gods recoiled in shock. Even Folly's brow dropped.
This scene genuinely surpassed Their imaginations. By Their understanding of authority seizure, any deity wishing to use another's authority needed to ticulously study and fully comprehend it — only then could a fraction of that authority's power be wielded.
This ant mastering a new authority demanded enormous amounts of ti — potentially lengths beyond human imagination.
Even Folly and Truth — the fastest learners of authority — probably couldn't suddenly deploy the other's authority mid-battle.
Yet now, Deceit had done exactly that.
Who would dare approach Him?
If He launched another war and weaponized others' authorities mid-combat...
The consequences were too terrifying for even the gods to contemplate.
So They fell silent. Withdrew. Distanced themselves from the battle's center. And jointly invoked the Convention — summoning the Justice of Order embedded within it to halt this universe-purging "civil war."
Not because They didn't dare fight. But because They knew: as long as Deceit didn't wish to self-destruct, the Convention's protection ant even a united front couldn't erase Him.
This deity born of the Void had already exploited the universe's greatest loophole in this Void-dominated era!
"You summon . For what purpose?"
Order's resonant voice rang across the universe, guiding everything in this fragile Void toward balance and law. But at that very mont, a voice cold enough to freeze the oceans cut directly through Order's pronouncent, enunciating word by word:
"This is none of your concern!
Today — the Void will have only one!"
"BOOM—"
The worst-case scenario materialized. Destiny had lost control to fury.
Every deity's color changed. Only Deceit remained unmoved — even laughing.
"Hee~
You still want to fight?
Too bad. I'm tired today. Let's reschedule."
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