That single strike told Damien a lot of things.
Mostly about the Dark God's strength.
Without a doubt, that man was too strong for Damien to face, but that didn't an anything to him.
He stepped off the surface of the True Void World and into the cosmos beyond.
He swam through space and ti, covering great distances with ease as he approached the Dark God.
It only took him a few minutes to reach the black hole.
[You have co.]
That voice rumbled through space. Damien's eyes narrowed as he felt the fluctuations contained within. They were familiar, but at the sa ti, incredibly different.
[Did you think yourself ready to co here?]
"Not in the slightest," Damien responded honestly.
The voice was still touching his soul, making him feel more than just uncomfortable. Still, Damien didn't show fear in front of this enemy.
He couldn't see the Dark God. He couldn't see anything beyond the massive cluster of energy that was disguising itself as a black hole.
That energy, and the voice projected through it, was the impression Damien had of the Dark God.
It was all dark, malevolent, and filled with violence. There was a feeling as if this being represented all of the hostility that existed in the world.
But more than that, Damien didn't feel anything.
'I know he's strong.'
It would be stupid to think otherwise. This was a man who could disperse an attack as strong as that explosion with ease that Damien could never replicate.
And he was familiar. There was never anyone else who felt this familiar.
'Existence, and…sothing more.'
As Damien looked into that darkness, he realized that he and this being were treading the sa path.
Just, their progress was at two exceedingly different levels.
[Why have you co?]
The Dark God spoke again, continuing what he was saying before.
'But it's strange.'
Why did it seem like he didn't want them to et right now? The Dark God…shouldn't he have been reveling in the chance to kill the anomaly that was blocking him from complete victory?
His emotions were unreadable, but Damien felt like the Dark God was completely different from his subjects.
'...and I don't know if that's a complint.'
"You ask why I'm here as if I have the answer. I just got curious, so I ca."
[And you believed I would entertain you?]
"I did."
The fact that they had gotten this far was already enough proof.
The Dark God couldn't converse with people. Anyone who ca as close as Damien would've been disintegrated already, while those who stood far enough to survive would die if they heard his voice directly.
Damien had Existence just as the Dark God did. He was able to ld into the aura that killed others and protect himself against the voice.
For the first ti in a long ti, there was soone the Dark God could talk to.
However, he was an enemy.
[You are a confident anomaly. None have ever dared to test my patience like this.]
"Have any ever dared to kill all of your followers?"
[Many. None of them still live.]
Arrogance.
It was a word that could be used to describe a lot of Damien's enemies, but none of them had it like the Dark God.
This was a man beyond Damien's scope of understanding. He was soone who'd traveled countless cosmos and conquered them, reigning over a number of beings that was simply uncountable.
That was why he was called the Dark God in a world where "Godhood" was no more than a milestone every practitioner aid to reach.
He was the closest thing this world had to a true God.
[Are you curious?]
Damien already said he was, but he decided not to point that out.
[You are a fledgling, aiming to beco like . However, are you aware of anything? Will you be able to do it? And if you do…can you reach "that" step?]
The Dark God sward him with questions that he wasn't expecting to receive.
'What is he talking about?'
He was asking as if he didn't expect Damien to answer.
No, he was talking like Damien reaching his level or surpassing him was simply a pipe dream.
[Damien Void. You think I cannot know you.]
The darkness in the black hole swirled, expanding and contracting like the beating of a heart.
The Dark God's voice beca louder, booming in Damien's ears.
[Your life is clear to . As is your ambition. You have co here because you believe I will not kill you, and you are not wrong. However, do not mistake my actions for pity or weakness.]
VOOOOOOM!
Damien gritted his teeth and raised his arms in front of his face, splitting the wave of energy that flowed towards him.
[Did you believe you would gain sothing from ? Or were you wondering about what I am like as a person? Regardless, you are not worthy.]
It was strange.
The Dark God was definitely threatening, but it was as he said.
'Why don't I feel threatened?'
Damien knew it was stupid to co here. He knew that his enemy wouldn't entertain him or give him anything helpful.
But he was still drawn here. It was as if he had to co. Otherwise, he would infinitely regret it.
'Am I learning anything?'
Damien felt more nothingness from the Dark God than anyone else. He wasn't learning. It was more like his mind was losing function the longer they spoke.
[You killed them all.]
Damien's attention was drawn back to the Dark God. This was the first ti he'd acknowledged what Damien had done to the True Void World.
[Are you trying to conquer my territory?]
Damien frowned.
"I am."
He was honest, since there was no point acting oblivious at a ti like this.
[Is that why you are confident?]
Damien didn't say a word, but his answer was obvious.
Yes.
The reason he was confident enough to co face this being directly was because he had been able to accomplish so much in recent tis.
He'd been able to escape when he needed to escape, and he was able to kill when he needed to kill. Damien found that Existence responded to him better if he just acted as he pleased without requiring justification, so that was what he did.
The cosmos rumbled. It was like…the Dark God was laughing?
[It seems you are yet to understand anything.]
Damien raised his brow in confusion.
[You have co for validation, have you not? You wish to see how your power can compare to mine.]
The black hole shifted with the Dark God's emotions.
[Very well. I will show you the levels you will not be allowed to reach.]
There was no sound, no great explosion of energy.
There was nothing. No phenonon, no change, no difference.
But sothing did change, and sothing was different.
It was just that…
'...in that instant, he made sothing "exist"'
Damien didn't know what had been made, nor did he know where it was, but sothing had just been etched into Existence by the enemy. Even Damien would have to work hard to learn what to actually was.
And as if that wasn't bad enough…
'...he's not anywhere near done yet.'
Nothing was changing. There were no differences.
But Damien…Damien could feel it.
The Dark God was still doing "sothing."
He was ssing with forces far, far beyond Damien's control.
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