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Frank's last trial was simple.

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He needed to fight against his trauma of losing his father.

Surpass his insecurities.

And test his own willpower.

Would he be able to hurt his own father?

The answer was simple.

Frank darted towards his father like a flash of golden starlight, reaching his face and punching it with enormous might, as if an entire star clashed against the figure of his father.

BOOM!

Frank's father however resisted the hit, as his face simply twisted and went back to normal, a gentle smile emerged from his lips.

"Good… but you lied, Frank. That is not all of your strength…" said Frank's father, raising his hands, as out of nowhere, countless stars began to shower over Frank's entire body, crushing him into the ground!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

"The path you want to walkthrough will be filled with difficulties, there is-"

"Shut up, I am not done yet!"

Frank suddenly broke through the shower of stars through the release of an enormous shockwave of soul power, flying like a meteor towards his father and raising his legs, kicking his stomach with enormous force!

BOOM!

"Unnggaaahhh…!"

Frank's father cried in pain!

However, Frank's eyes were blazing with undying determination!

If he had to kill this clone of his father to get out of here, he would do it!

Frank then twisted his body, as if he were a giant drill, he began to spin and gather enormous quantities of soul power that showed themselves like blue light and countless starlights!

BOOM!

Impacting his father's body while in midair, Frank quickly raised his hands!

"Here, have a taste of it!" he roared, as countless stars began to fall over his father, one by one, generating enormous explosions of pure light!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

"NNnghhh…! F-Frank…! You've… really grown up! …But not yet! I am going out without going all out myself! Even if I am a mere Will, do not underestimate the will of your father!" roared Frank's father, as he unleashed an explosion of cosmic power and flashed back towards Frank!

BOOM!

His fist crashed against Frank's face, as Frank's fist crashed against this father's face at the same time!

Frank's fists were engulfed by the power of stars, while his father's fists were infused with the power of the cosmos!

Frank's fist fell over his father's body, generating enormous explosions that shake the entire universe around them!

Clash! Clash! Clash!

"Good! Keep going, surpass your limits, my son!" laughed Frank's father, as Frank grew more and more furious!

"Always so condescending! I guess that's how you are…!" roared Frank with a crazed smile, as he kicked his father into his stomach while using his fists to crush his head into the ground!

BOOM!

"Nngggaaahh…!"

Frank's father cried in pain again, as he sensed his very existence slowly fragmenting!

This was it!

Frank had finally achieved it!

The power to damage the Will of his father!

This Will was the last piece of his power, whenever he managed to defeat it, all the power he unlocked would be finally his!

Frank flashed towards his father, his eyes filled with blazing determination!

However, Frank's father was not going out without a fight, he needed to give his son the best challenge he could have!

After all, wouldn't his son, who is giving his all, feel disappointed in his own father if he were to hold back against him?

He needed to go all out, to recognize Frank's strength, which was worthy of his own!

"Shattered Star!"

Suddenly, Frank's father pointed his fist towards Frank, as time slowed down.

Frank's eyes opened wide as he saw his father's fist reach his chest, and suddenly distort time and space itself!

Just what… was this attack?!

Frank glanced as space and time distorted, generating a strange warping effect.

As if an entire star was shattering into pieces, Space and Time shattered to generate an incredibly powerful explosion!

Even if this were inside an Inner Space where only Frank's soul existed… this attack could easily destroy his soul into nothingness!

However, Frank did not felt angered or scared, he felt happy!

BOOOOOM!!!

An enormous explosion unfolded, as Frank had to resist the power that could literally shatter entire stars!

"Would I… one day be able to wield such power?!" wondered Frank as he gritted his teeth.

"You've always had it, Frank! Dimensional Sever!" said Frank's father, using his hand as a blade and slicing down, unleashing a powerful slicing attack towards Frank, enough for it to slice dimensions!

Frank gritted his teeth as he suddenly took ahold of the power of Shattered Start, using his entire soul and even unleashing the power of the Ancient One within, using its gigantic black tentacles to support him in grabbing this power!

"Oh? The Ancient One is helping him…! …No, Frank is simply wielding it as his own power!" thought Frank's father, as he saw Frank send back the enormous power of Shattered Star back to his father, impacting Dimensional Sever and creating a loud explosion that distorted space all around, generating cracks as if space itself was like glass!

CRASH!

Space suddenly broke, as an enormous black hole emerged…!

But how was this possible?!

Wasn't this just… Frank's mind or something?!

The black hole began to make everything chaotic, as a spatial storm unfolded, thunder began to crackle everywhere as an immense amount of energy was being sucked by the black hole!

"This…" muttered Frank.

"Haha! Excellent! Indeed, Frank, this is not simply your mind… In fact, this is a Pocket Universe created by your own soul! Soon enough, you will realize its true power… But for now, there is only one thing you must do!" laughed Frank's father, as he flashed towards Frank and wielded… the very power of the Black Hole!

How could such a thing even be possible?!

Frank was startled, but he could not falter!

He could not have any more fears!

He needed to fight, to improve, and to win!

Frank gritted his teeth, as he unleashed all the power of his soul and the Ancient One within, fusing himself with it to acquire the power of Chaos!

FLASH!

Suddenly, Frank once more took the form of that monstrous black demon with red tattoos all over his body and enormous black horns growing from his head, as a third, crimson eye emerged on his forehead!

Ancient Abyssal Demon Transformation!

By fusing himself with Chaos, Frank was able to achieve this new level of power!

However, this was not all, as Frank was also a Dracolich!

Enormous draconic wings made of black bones emerged on his back, as an armor of black bones, enormous claws, and a giant black bone blade appeared!

He was ready!

He was going… all out!

"Hahaha! Good! Frank, now! Prove yourself to me… Prove that you have truly matured, my son!" roared Frank's father, clashing against Frank with the power of an entire Black Hole, compacting it as a gigantic sphere of darkness and throwing it at him while charging all of his power into it!

Frank gritted his teeth as he received the enormous attack with his giant blade and bony black claws!

CLASH!

"I will prove you that I am not the same as before, old man!" roared Frank, going all out as his wrathful roar resonated within the depths of his power, flashing with enormous dark and yellow light!

The gigantic sphere of darkness started to distort, the energy it was trying to absorb from Frank suddenly became way too unstable, the very Black Hole began to tremble, to crack, even!

Crack… crack!

"W-What?! He is cracking this… attack?! What kind of… power! This is way more than I expected…!" thought Frank's father, as he saw his son completely destroy his attack and rush towards him!

Frank's father unleashed all the power left within him as an explosion of iridescent yellow light, as Frank's darkness clashed against it!

BOOM!

Frank's father glanced at his son, as his darkness and light combination was superb, greatly overpowering his cosmic starlight!

He saw as Frank's fiery and angered face showed an enormous conviction, his blazing crimson eyes and his long fangs… this was the fierceness and determination of his son.

He was going to change his destiny!

He was going to change the destiny of everyone in the entire universe!

The Overseers… everyone!

Frank's father smiled warmly at his son…

Countless memories of his life began to flash through his mind, every memory of his son dying and dying again…

The sorrow of all those lives lost…

And his constant reset of the world…

Over… and over again.

Defying the laws of existence, just for his selfish desire to see his son grow into an adult.

For hundreds of times.

Thousands of times…

Ten of thousands of times…

He wanted to see him grow…

He wanted to see him develop… into a fine man.

"Frank…"

When he saw him finally grow…

He finally saw him develop…

When he finally saw him go through so many hardships…

When he saw him discover who he was…

He was so happy…

So, very happy…

"My son…"

Frank's eyes opened wide, as he saw his father's entire body fall into particles of light…

His hand gently touched Frank's face, as he caressed him.

"You've grown so much… Frank… Keep going… And make sure to… treasure those you love… Because emotions… are the only thing that makes us who we are…"

"F-Father…"

"Never forget… who you are…"

Frank's father began to cry tears of happiness, as he faded into light, and unified back with his son.

Flash!

Frank glanced at this light as it dissipated, the last bit of his father…

Tears began to flow out of his eyes unwillingly.

"Hahh… You were just a Will… Did you had to be… so… emotional, old man?" he muttered, covering his eyes from the tears, as the world around him began to slowly dissipate.

However, Frank quickly wiped out his tears, as he glanced at the sky.

"I will make sure to… find you…" he muttered, as a bright, blinding light encompassed his entire body…

Flash!

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