Arc 79 - The Nameless One (Part 6)

Nazar was now in the 6th dimensional plane of existence. Lucifer theorised that in this dimension gods live. But Nazar has not seen a sign of it yet. He was surrounded by countless people.

“Do you why you are not being shredded to pieces?”

“No.”

“It is because you are the being from the 8th dimensional plane of existence.”

(Ah. So, it was not a hyper state of consciousness but a higher state of existence? Come on, Zerathos, how did get this so wrong. All this time I thought I had a hyper state of consciousness but it was--Wait, what?)

“Wait, what?” Nazar shrieked in surprise.

“You are a being of the 8th dimensional plane of existence.”

Nazar’s mind went completely blank. His expression was completely blank too.

He was just floating there while everyone else surrounding him.

His mind was blank for five minutes or so.

“WHAT?!?!?!?!?”

“You heard me. You are a being of the 8th dimensional plane of existence. And you are the only one, just like how the Nameless One is the only one living in the 7th dimensional plane of existence. However, he was created before everything, including different planes of existence. So, don't think for a second that he is a being from the 7th plane of existence.”

"Why would I think like that?"

"You look kind of dumb."

These words stabbed into Nazar, like an arrow.

Nazar lowered down and landed. Everyone surrounding him did so too.

Nazar sat on the ground.

He just sat there, holding his head in his hand.

“You are telling me, I am a being of the 8th dimension?”

“Yes.”

“So, I did not mishear you?”

“No.”

“This is so fucked up.”

“Hey, language.”

Nazar gave her a blank look.

“What are you, a child?”

The woman snorted.

“Oi, can you punch me in the face? Please?”

“As the leader of gods, I cannot possibly sink so low to punch you a mere human.”

Nazar gave her another blank look.

“I will do it.” A man raised his hand as he said that.

“Yes, the God of War will do it.”

“God of War? Ares, is that you?” Nazar said.

Nazar was punched in the face. As soon as he got hit, he was thrown away. He found himself in that beautiful blue ocean.

He started to float and went back to where the people were gathered around him.

“Thank you,” Nazar said as he looked at the God of War.

“You’re welcome.”

Nazar sat down on the ground once more.

“So, if I was from the 8th dimensional plane of existence, why was I born in the 3rd one instead?”

“Michael was born in the 3rd dimensional plane of existence. You can be of a higher plane of existence but you can be born in a lower one. Most angels, even now, are born in the 3rd plane of existence.”

“I think I understand?” Nazar thought for a minute. “Anyway, do you guys share the same titles as some angels? Like he was called God of War and I am sure there is an angel of war as well?”

The woman sighed.

“The 6th-dimensional plane existed, but no one lived here. It was until, we were butchered for Michael, in order to fight Lucifer. In our afterlife, we were given a few trials. Anyone who passed was promoted to the god status.”

“...Okaayy...”

“Even till this day, some people from hell and heaven get a chance to be promoted to an angel status. And any angel that dies, they are given the same trial. If they pass, they join us as gods and if they fail, they die as an angel.”

“This… this stuff is too confusing. I would like to go back to the time where I only cared about comics and anime.”

The woman gives him a confused look.

“So, why are you here?”

“That reminds me. Lucifer wants to destroy the Nameless One once and for all. But if he, for some reasons cannot, then I would like your help with it. And also, because I don’t trust Lucifer.”

“And why would we help you or Lucifer?”

“Because… because the Nameless One wants to destroy everything?”

“So? We can survive.”

Nazar stood up.

“So, are you going to see billions of people die?”

“I guess so.”

“Disappointing. I guess I had my expectations very high.“

Nazar started to float.

“And if you are really a God, then where the hell is your benevolence?”

“What will you do for our help?”

Nazar looked back.

“Ah?”

“What will you do for us, if we help you?”

Nazar thought for a while.

“What do you want?”

“After the Nameless One is defeated, we get to keep his power.”

“...?”

“After a powerful being is dead, their energies are left behind. I want you to let us keep it.”

Nazar landed once more. He was thinking hard about it… or that what everyone was thinking.

(They leave energies behind? That is kind of cool? But then it means that they are truly dead, right? I never saw anything like this in comics or anime. Maybe, I will betray them and steal it for myself. Maybe I will become far more powerful than I already am. That will be good. Just kidding, I have way more power than I want.)

“Yes, you can keep it.”

“What if we do bad stuff with it?”

“I couldn’t care less. However, promise me you won’t destroy the universe or the multiverse.”

“And why would we do that?”

“Because every single powerful being wants to destroy everything for some reason.”

“I see. We will help you. But only one of us will do it. Just one.”

“Damn.”

“So, when do we help you?”

“Find me. I am outside the multiverse. Once you do, wait for the signal.”

“Signal?”

“Lucifer. Once you sense or see him, follow him and you will probably find the Nameless One.”

“Damn it. We don’t want to deal with Lucifer. That guy is way too powerful.”

“The Nameless One’s energies for your help. You choose.”

The woman thought about it for a while.

“Okay. One of us will help you.”

Nazar smiled.

“Thank--”

An energy ball flew in front of him.

“Do you have any idea how much energy I just wasted, just to contact you? I was lucky you left the rift open.”

“Oh, hi, Lucifer.”

Nazar looked back and found that he forgot to close the rift.

“Anyway, I entered the 6th dimensional plane of existence. And boy, do they--”

“WHAT?!?! YOU ACTUALLY DID IT?!?! AND SURVIVED?!?!”

“Yeah?”

“This is getting even more interesting.”

“Anyway, one of them is going to help you, just in case.”

“I don’t need it.”

“The more help, the better.”

Lucifer sighed.

The energy ball vanished.

In Nazar’s palm, a bright white energy ball appeared. After a few seconds later, Nazar vanished into thin air. It was different from teleportation. He had ‘revived’ somewhere else. The people who were surrounding him looked confused.

Somewhere else:

The Nameless One was still trying to resurrect Nazar, but it was not working. However, Nazar’s eyes opened. And after a long time, the Nameless One looked relieved.

As soon as Nazar was revived, he punched his God in the face, but it did nothing.

“Phew. I thought you were going to die forever.”

“How much more power do you need? I am not sure if I can handle any more deaths.”

“Just about a few hundred more. In your current level that is.”

Nazar stood up.

“I want this to end as quickly as possible. You have destroyed everything that I ever cared about. So, I have an idea.”

“...?”

“As soon as I change, I will only have a few seconds. Just be done with it quickly. I can’t handle this many deaths. Please?”

The Nameless One nodded.

(Accessing Nazar 10.0.)

His eyes turned completely black.

As soon as he changed, the Nameless One touched him.

As soon as he touched him, his eyes widened.

“Th-this much power? I could have been at full power by now if he… if he used this mode.”

He punched Nazar’s head. He was revived after a second or so.

“I originally needed to kill you a million times more… but now I only need to do it for about 100 more times. Just… just how much power do you hold in this form?”

Nazar blankly stared into the darkness.

“It is my God Slayer mode. I created it based on your avatar.”

“Can… can you really kill me with that?”

“I… I don’t know.”

“I see.”

Nazar looked at him.

“Why do you really want to do this?”

“Well... as my avatar told you, I was jealous of the Supreme One’s power. And he never acknowledged me at all.”

“That’s it? So, you want to destroy everything because you are not getting acknowledged? What are you, a tsundere? Who is jealous because he is not getting noticed by the love of his love?”

Nazar laughed after that.

“I am sure you will understand this.”

“Hm?”

The Nameless One sighed.

“He plays with the universe as he wishes. He plays with the lives of the people in the universe like they are nothing. Even now, the angels are nothing but his programmed killers. They don’t even know it.”

“...”

“He creates all these problems for the universe, so his angels can go and save it. He created the demons as his other hitmen. They just go to war with one another all the time for no reason. It is his entertainment.”

He chuckled.

“I hate him and wanted to destroy everything from the start. But now? Now, I want to destroy him. I don’t want to destroy everything when I can destroy him. And you are the only person who actually has the power to match him. Not me. Not Lucifer. And not anyone else.”

“And everything will be dead if the Supreme One is destroyed, right?”

“...”

“Are you fucking kidding me?”

“No.”

“You want to save everything by destroying it?”

“No. I truly want to destroy the Supreme One and the destruction of everything comes as a reward.”

“...”

“As I said, I don’t expect you to understand.”

Nazar sighed.

“What happens when you get to full power?”

“I will first combine myself fully.”

Nazar made a surprised expression.

“You see when I fought against Lucifer, I lost almost all of my power. So, I had to break myself in half. One to stay somewhere else to try and recover my energy. And this half to try and increase my power differently. Which is why I created you guys. But I couldn’t power you up without a power source. So, I also added an Emily.”

“Two halves, huh?”

“The other half is mostly recovered and we cannot combine ourselves if I am not at the same power level. Once we combine, I will be even above Lucifer.”

Nazar did not say anything.

“So, why don’t you reach the highest level possible, and let’s end this quicker? Everything will end anyway. So, why hesitate.”

“Maybe I just want to fight before giving up?”

“Anyway, before everything ends, I want to tell you how your powers returned.”

“Your avatar said that I was touched by someone or something?”

“But we both know how exactly it happened, right?”

Nazar looked at him in surprise.

“What are you talking about?”

“Ah. So, its true that you lose your memories every time you die.”

“Not always. Just… most of the time.”

“I see. Well, the first you got your power back was because you were killed.”

Nazar’s eyes widened.

“You must ask how I know this, right?”

Nazar nodded.

“When I killed you for the first time, I got all of your memories. Every single one. Even the ones you have forgotten.”

“So, how did I die?”

“You were coming out of your work. You were walking towards the bus stop and someone stabbed you. You ‘died’ on the 31st of December 2017. However, that was when your powers kicked in. Your body vanished from the scene and you unconsciously teleported back into your house. And you wake up at your home, not remembering the whole thing.”

“So, the whole thing with Aarin--”

“Each year she has been trying to return your powers the way Alice had told her. She has been trying it way too frequently. Like at least once a week. So, that is how she thought your powers returned.”

“So, why are telling me all of this?”

“I just want you to know everything before everything dies.”

“Thanks?”

(Accessing Nazar 10.0.)

As soon as Nazar changed, the Nameless One touched him. And then killed him.

(Accessing Nazar 10.0.)

As soon as Nazar changed, the Nameless One touched him. And then killed him.

(Accessing Nazar 10.0.)

As soon as Nazar changed, the Nameless One touched him. And then killed him.

(Accessing Nazar 10.0.)

As soon as Nazar changed, the Nameless One touched him. And then killed him.

It went on for a while. Until he was satisfied. Until he had enough power to combine both of himself.

Nazar’s eyes opened but he could not move. And his God? He was bursting with energy.

The Nameless One’s eyes lit up and he became a being made of energy. After a while, another being made of energy appeared. And as soon as they touched each other, they became one.

The Nameless One’s humanoid figure returned once more.

He stood next to Nazar.

“My sweet, sweet abomination, I thank you.”

The Nameless One touched Nazar, but he did not have the power to spare.

“You could have prevented this.”

The Nameless One raised his hand.

“You could have become the most powerful being and you could have killed me before I killed everything else.”

A planet appeared where they were.

They were on top of the planet.

“Let me tell you a secret.”

Nazar mustered enough strength to look his way.

“I did not destroy the multiverse. I could not.”

He kicked Nazar in the stomach, which threw him away. However, he did not die because the Nameless One was barely using any strength on him. He just wanted to hurt him and not kill him.

“You are a failure. An abomination. Until the end.”

(Lucifer...)

The Nameless One placed his food on Nazar’s leg.

(Where are you?)

“You could have been the strongest but you chose to be the weakest.”

He placed pressure on Nazar’s leg.

CRACK!!

Nazar's leg broke. However, he did not cry out in pain.

(He is already at full power, damn it.)

“But without you...”

(How long is that guy taking?)

“...I would never have achieved my goal.”

(Ah. That’s right. It only has been a few seconds.)

“Me and Lucifer? We will kill the Supreme One.”

BOOM!!

The planet they were sitting on was destroyed.

The Nameless One looked confused.

“What?!?!”

He looked behind him.

And he saw something that he has been expecting, yet not expecting at all.

“Lucifer?!?!”

“Hello, Nameless One.”

Nazar mustered more power and looked at Lucifer.

From Lucifer’s back, 6 wings shot out, instead of 2 wings. He now had 2 black wings, 2 white wings, and 2 grey wings.

“I have been waiting for you.”

The size of Lucifer’s wings increased. He shot them towards the Nameless One.

“Let’s end this once and for all, shall we?”