Мастер Исандер
Verse and Dimensions: Stories
Finally, The Oblivious Entities confronted Oblivious, attempting to fight against the very thing that they came from. In doing so, however, the Oblivious Entities found themselves concerned by something they had discovered. They detected the presence of alternate versions of themselves, which was highly anomalous considering that every Oblivious Entity was unique in Oblivion. Oblivious ended up defeating and killing the entities rather easily, absorbing them into themself.
The rest of Oblivious' army was disturbed by this display, but before any of them could defect and betray Oblivious, Oblivious killed and absorbed the leader of each group and race, gaining the ability to subjugate them all directly to Oblivious' personal will. Oblivious then proceeded to merge every different species and type of being under their servitude into a single hybrid race: The Composite.
Hyperman and Creator confronted Oblivious directly. Even with the combined efforts of these beings, Oblivious was still far more powerful. Creator and Hyperman realized that the ensuing battle would cause massive amounts of collateral damage to The Barrel, greater in magnitude than the forces of the Divine Ground. And so, they baited Oblivious into exiting The Omniverse, allowing them to do so as well, before they all battled in the metaspace of Beyond. Back within The Barrel, an enormous brawl ensued among every faction, with sides in the war now being completely disregarded as friend turned on friend and foe joined with foe. Without any monocosmic gods present or willing to maintain balance, there was complete chaos. The Mevalkagna did however finally succeed in exterminating the Great Cosmic Republic, dissolving it once and for all.
The literal power vacuum of metaspace greatly reduced the capabilities of Creator and Hyperman, although they still had the power of numbers on their side. They fought against Oblivious together, and it seemed as though they had a fighting chance. Oblivious soon became overwhelmed by all the attacks, and all of their rage and frustration reached its boiling point. Oblivious lashed out at Creator, and having easily injured him before and being infinitely more powerful now, effortlessly annihilated and absorbed him. Oblivious then proceeded to reenter The Barrel, dragging Hyperman with them.
Hyperman remained as the last one standing, and so he charged into battle without hesitation. He and Oblivious battled fiercely. While Hyperman may have grown in power since his last fight with Oblivious, so too did Oblivious' power increase, on an even greater scale. Hyperman held his own for a good while, but soon became exhausted and was starting to have trouble keeping up with Oblivious. However, suddenly some unexpected help arrived: Prismus. Hyperman scolded Prismus for abandoning its post, but Prismus said that current circumstances far outweighed the importance of its job. Prismus whizzed around Oblivious, who suddenly recognized it as the annoying speck which led them to their death in the first place. Angered, Oblivious lashed out at Prismus and viciously attacked it. Prismus attempted to use its size to its advantage and outmaneuver Oblivious, but it overestimated its own abilities as Oblivious finally shattered Prismus, destroying it. Hyperman felt enormous despair at the sight of his only remaining friend’s destruction, and he was disoriented by his grief. Oblivious took advantage of Hyperman's weakness, and crippled him while he was down. But Oblivious did not want to give Hyperman the satisfaction of a swift and merciful death. This was more personal. And so, Oblivious slowly crushed Hyperman's measly nigh-Omnipotent form in the slowest and most agonizing manner possible, and sadistically delighting in Hyperman's screams of pain and suffering. When Hyperman finally drew his last breath, Oblivious unceremoniously absorbed his power before enthralling his corpse under their command.
It was then that Destroyer appeared, having observed the events of the entire war unfold but never intervened as he gained satisfaction from the level of chaos and destruction that was caused. However, now even he admitted that this was too much, and was secretly terrified of Oblivious. And so, in self-preservation, Destroyer made an attempt at diplomacy as he congratulated Oblivious on their actions. Before he could finish, however, Oblivious quickly remembered the terms in which their last meeting ended: with Destroyer smashing Oblivious into a Godverse and killing them. Without a second thought, Oblivious grabbed Destroyer’s entire Godverse, and repeatedly heaved down upon him. Oblivious blacked out from sheer rage, roaring savagely as they continued to slam the Godverse against Destroyer. When Destroyer had been pulverized to an unrecognizable extent, Oblivious finally released the godverse before absorbing the remains. Just like that, The Barrel's three most powerful entities were killed. Oblivious stood proudly above the ruins of The Barrel, content with themself. They had finally won, they had finally achieved their goal, and nobody was left to rival them. But it seemed too good to be true, because it was.
Oblivious suddenly senses the presence of another being. They saw a rift of Blue Flames open before them, as a being exited out from it. At that moment, Kotoblade appeared. He had just gotten done with killing the entire Supergod Council (who were piloting Hellensoerensen at that). By now, Kotoblade was so completely power-crazed, he went on a killing spree through Beyond, and he had now come to annihilate The Barrel. Oblivious, however, could not allow this to happen. They did not want to lose "their empire", and so they fought against Kotoblade. Oblivious was highly confident in defeating and killing Kotoblade, already believing they could have defeated him in the Kalyubi Dimension. To Oblivious' surprise and horror, however, Kotoblade easily gained the upper hand, and quickly was able to destroy the barrel, and with it Oblivious. The irony of it all was almost poetic. The one entity by whom Oblivious met their demise, was the one entity they made the mistake of underestimating. That was Oblivious' final thought before being met with death.
The Re-rebirth of Oblivious
Oblivious was confused when they reawoke later, in the vast metaspace Beyond. This was not what death was supposed to feel like, they were sure. That was when they realized they were not truly dead. Oblivious was still alive. How they survived, they did not know, but it was most likely due to the fact that they had regenerated themself with the powers of all their absorbed contents. Oblivious was immediately reinvigorated by seething rage, not soon forgetting the pitiful defeat they had suffered by Kotoblade. However, while Oblivious may have been insane, they were far from stupid anymore. They now knew the power that Kotoblade had. And with that came a certain level of humbling respect for him as well, as much as Oblivious did not want to admit it. This was a feeling that Oblivious absolutely hated, and so they strived to train themself and increase their power. They rampaged through beyond, destroying countless monocosms(at least, the ones that Kotoblade had not yet gotten to).
Oblivious killed all the weak inhabitants, enthralled all the prominent inhabitants and assimilated all the truly powerful beings within every Monocosm. This was no longer about conquering anything, no longer about establishing any empires. This was purely about getting even. Oblivious then waited, patiently and stealthily. Just as Kotoblade let his guard down, they pounced. This next fight was longer and more drawn out, with both beings being very evenly matched. Oblivious tapped into the fullest potential of their madness and rage, and harnessed that raw force to put an end to Kotoblade’s life. After absorbing Kotoblade, Oblivious claimed his necklace as a trophy, donning it with immense satisfaction. Although they knew it did not truly grant power like so many other beings foolishly thought, Oblivious felt a great personal power that came from wearing it.
With Kotoblade having been dealt with, Oblivious shifted their attention to all of Beyond. They absorbed the power from the lifeless husk of an automaton that was once Hellensorensen, gaining the combined power of all 6 Supergods. They used that power to radically alter Beyond itself. Oblivious merged every single Monocosm together into a single one, melding it together into Beyond. Now, Beyond only contained one single -verse, ruled and overseen entirely by Oblivious. All remaining life within it submitted to Oblivious' rule, serving them faithfully.
The Incursion Advances
All of Beyond belonged to Oblivious now, but soon even this was not enough. Soon, Oblivious wished to expand their territory, and eventually found a way to exit their native Beyond Bubble and enter into Transcendentem, traveling through it with their army. In Oblivious' travels through Transcendentem, they saw many sights, many creatures ranging from the tame to the uncanny, but all alien and bizarre.
Eventually, Oblivious suddenly heard a Voice speak to them. This Voice came not from within Oblivious' mind, but rather traveled through it. The link shared between Oblivious and this voice was most likely created by Oblivious' absorption of the Primary Mind. The Voice spoke in a language of chaos, destruction and insanity, and would have completely shattered the minds of any others who listened to it. But this was a language that Oblivious understood all too well, and so they heard the voice of a reasonable being casually and fluently speaking in an understandable language. The Voice felt potential within Oblivious to sow discord throughout Existence, and so it approached them with an offer. The Voice presented to Oblivious the mental representation of a beyond bubble within this transcendentem which seemed familiar to them, covered in Transcendentem Breaker slime. The voice stated that it was rife with resources and perfect for conquest, promising to Oblivious that the act of conquering it would grant them immense power. This was all that Oblivious needed to hear, and so they advanced through Transcendentem, before approaching the beyond bubble…
The Kalyubi Incursion: Part 2
It was then that five members of the Supergod Council – Paradoxus, Logixel, Unthil, Realitus and Imaginatim – after having come to a compromise in their argument and reaching the conclusion that Naughter was neither wet nor dry, finally noticed Oblivious' horrific deeds, and the arrival of this Dark Oblivious. The origin of the Dark Oblivious, and more importantly where they had come from, was unknown to the Supergods, but they rather preferred it stayed that way so as to not divulge to themselves too many secrets from Beyond their own Beyond Bubble. No matter where Oblivious came from, they were a threat to Beyond and all life within it, and so the Supergods took immediate action in assessing this issue.
Even Logixel, the most lenient and non-confrontational of the Supergods, saw that Oblivious was a very obvious threat. Still, he wanted to try to resolve this peacefully, and so he was first to go forward. Logixel tried to talk down Oblivious, to make them see reason in their actions and surrender peacefully; to which Oblivious responded with a devastating blow to Logixel.
Imaginatim, unaware of the danger of the situation, nonchalantly approached Oblivious as she tried to make friends with them, even as the other Supergods shouted for her not to. Imaginatim disregarded her siblings' warnings however, and as such she paid the price for it when Oblivious knocked her down, temporarily incapacitating her.
Without thinking twice, Paradoxus attacked Oblivious with no mercy, fueling his attacks with blind rage and hatred. But even as he fought Oblivious with no restraint, he quickly became overwhelmed and overpowered, which was not helped by the lack of strategy he had when coming into this fight to begin with. Paradoxus was incapacitated by Oblivious, and he finally realized just how big of a threat he was faced with.
Realitus went up against Oblivious next, appalled and offended by such a "stain" that both Obliviouses had made on his "beautiful monocosms". Realitus could have possibly been able to hold his own, however due to getting too caught up in his own monologuing, Oblivious was soon able to disarm and neutralize him, knocking him down as well.
Unthil decided to take matters into his own hands as he stepped past the fallen Supergods and approached Oblivious, ashamed by the perceived "failure" of the other Supergods. He attempted to troubleshoot the issue with his Omniscience^3, but his self-imposed limitations made it so that he was only comfortable with divinating information from within Beyond. There was one important thing that he could garner however, and that was that he sensed a familiarity within the core of Oblivious. This Oblivious was somehow the original, while the Oblivious they had consumed was in fact not native to Beyond. However, there was nothing else he could read in Oblivious, as they were composed of infinite beings that existed far beyond Beyond, and therefore Unthil couldn't know what they knew, unwilling to look for information any further past Beyond. Unthil thus had no idea how to exploit any of Oblivious' weaknesses, which allowed Oblivious to easily gain the upper hand against Unthil’s weak Omnipotence^2.
It was then that Conceptilum finally stepped in, having arrived when he noticed what was happening. After assessing the threat that Oblivious posed to Beyond, he realized that the only way to truly stop him was by forming Project Hellensoerensen with the other Supergods. This was something he was extremely reluctant about, however. Hellensoerensen was just barely repaired to a state of functionality following the Council's prior battle with Venrensorys, let alone a state of optimal functioning. Therefore, this battle with Oblivious was surely guaranteed to do it in. By now, all the Supergods had finally recovered from Oblivious' initial attacks, and they fully formed Hellensoerensen. Unlike the previous occasion in which Hellensoerensen was used, the Council was now much more co-operative and synergistic in their piloting of the automaton, being able to control it much more fluently. The godly armored mech clashed with Oblivious, beginning with deploying a focused beam of the energy emitted from a blast of Del. Oblivious was impacted head-on by the Del explosion and was knocked down.
Meanwhile, below the towering titans, Hyperman and his army were fighting against Oblivious' army. By now, Creators and Destroyers and Hypermen from nearly every Monocosm had rallied together against Oblivious' forces, as gods clashed with gods. The battle was intense, with both sides struggling. All of Beyond was literally a warzone at this moment, and all the monocosms were beginning to become chaotic and unstable from the use of Hellensoerensen, not mention being abandoned by their respective gods who were fighting against Oblivious' army. Other entities too escaped from the destabilizing monocosms, some to help fight against Oblivious but just as any others taking advantage of the chaos as a distraction and attempting to achieve their own personal ends. Something had to happen fast, lest permanent damage be done to Beyond.
The Supergods were hopeful that it had successfully incapacitated Oblivious, but this hope rapidly dissipated as Oblivious quickly rose back up. The Supergods saw the destabilization of the monocosms, and determined that they should be more reserved in Hellensoerensen's attacks so as not to potentially destabilize the entirety of Beyond. So rather than deploying more weapons, Hellensoerensen instead attacked Oblivious physically, wrestling against it. The two opponents soon found that were very evenly matched in their fight. The Supergods were confused and concerned as to how Oblivious seemed to be predicting Hellensoerensen's moves. It was as if Oblivious already personally knew the Supergods very intimately, to the extent that the Supergods were a part of Oblivious.
Despite the considerable logical solidity and density of Hellensoerensen, Oblivious was still eventually able to physically overpower it, much to the Supergods' horror as Oblivious knocked it down. Before Hellensoerensen even had the chance to rise back up, Oblivious had already pounced on it. They tore away Hellensoerensen's armor, shredding away its layers of trosinic armor before exposing many of its internal mechanisms bare to Beyond. Oblivious reached for the Supergods inside, and managed to snatch all but Unthil (whose station within Hellensoerensen remained undmaged in the assualt). Unthil could only watch in horror as Oblivious devoured the rest of the Supergods in a saturnian display. He felt grief for the apparent loss of the other Supergods. As absolutely insufferable as they were, at the end of the metaday they were all he had. And now they were gone.
Left as the only remaining Supergod, the duty rested on Unthil to solely pilot Hellensoerensen. The mech was extremely unwieldy, due to the combined reasons of it being heavily damaged as well as there having supposed have to been 6 Supergods controlling it at once. Still, Unthil controlled Hellensoerensen with as much concentration as he could muster, and fought Oblivious with everything he had.
Meanwhile, the rest of the Supergods resided inside Oblivious, within "The Belly of The Beast" so to speak. They were surprised to have not died. Due to the Supergods having been eaten wholly alive, as well as being Omnipotent^2-3 beings, it would be a long metatime before they would be completely assimilated into Oblivious (although some likely would have preferred such a swift death to this). As they looked around, the Supergods saw a bizarre sight. All around them were all the rest of the beings that were absorbed and eaten by Oblivious: Creators, Destroyers, Hazard Servitors, Kalyubi Demons and many more. They were not living, but they were not dead either. All the beings' "souls" were one with Oblivious, yet separate. It was a similar scene comparable to Oblivion. Amongst these consciousnesses were even those of another Supergod Council, presumably from Oblivious' Beyond Bubble of Origin. Suddenly, the Supergods were surprised to see the forms of these mangled alternate Supergods suddenly begin to twist to life, as if alerted to their presence. These Supergods were hollow husks, mere perversions of their former selves. All that remained were there physical forms which were hijacked by the External Hazard, and heavily abstracted caricitures of their personalities in life. The "zombies", for lack of a better term, hungrily advanced towards the Supergods.
Back outside of Oblivious, Unthil was still engaged in combat against Oblivious with Hellensoerensen. At the two beings' feet, The Creators and Destroyers and Hypermen seemed to start gaining the upper hand against Oblivious' army. But just as Unthil's focus had wavered to watch this battle, Hellensoerensen was thrown off balance, and Oblivious used this opportunity to take advantage of the distraction and attack Unthil, overpowering him.
Unthil knew, even without his omniscience^3, that he would soon lose against Oblivious if he did not take any higher action. The situation growing ever-desperate, and here a dilemma was presented. If Hellensoerensen attacked Oblivious with its most powerful weapons, it could potentially destabilize and collapse Beyond. However, if he kept holding back, he would allow Oblivious to win. Unthil finally realized what he needed to do. It was a desperate gambit, and the absolute last thing he wanted to do considering all its risks, but the battle had to be moved elsewhere. With a forceful motion, Hellensoerensen rammed itself into Oblivious, driving its elbow into them and pushing both beings through the weakened barrier of Beyond. As Hellensoerensen and Oblivious emerged on the other side, Unthil was relieved that Beyond's barrier had not dissipated. However, it had been so stressed and worn by the forces of this battle that destroying the barrier was still a very possible danger. As Unthil scanned his surrounding environemnt, he saw that a vast expanse of Breaker Slime lay everywhere. The volatility of the Breaker Slime within the immediate environment outside of Beyond had weakened over metatime, but it still was a danger to the extent that it was already beginning to slowly corrode Hellensoerensen, eating away at its exposed mechanisms. Oblivious, meanwhile, seemed largely unscathed, especially considering that they had already passed through the slime when first entering Beyond.
Inside Oblivious, all the other Supergods felt the effects of the battle between the two beings. Their environment violently tremored, being extremely unstable. As the zombified Realitus pounced towards Realitus, the environment shifted again and the Supergods tumbled back from the force of Oblivious getting shoved into Transcendentem. The Supergods fended off their zombified counterparts to the best of their abilities, but found it difficult and uncomfortable to fight "themselves" – or at least, most of them. Paradoxus and Realitus meanwhile had no problem with smashing in the heads of their doppelgangers, which they did do.
The battle between Oblivious and Unthil continued, as he discharged a powerful blast of energy from Hellensoerensen's power source. The beam successfully struck Oblivious, and even visibly damaged them as large parts of their form were burned away. However, Oblivious gave no indication of pain or even an acknowledgment of the injury. They felt no pain, and this didn't even slow them down. Unthil then realized that simply injuring and defeating Oblivious was not enough. They had to be completely destroyed. Even with Hellensoerensen's powerful attacks, Unthil was only just one Supergod, attempting to wield a weapon meant to be used by all 6 at once, and was in disrepair. Unthil knew that the only way to discover Oblivious' weakness was by opening his mind past Beyond, but it was a desperate and risky gambit, even in the current circumstances. Until's mind could be destroyed, or even worse things could possibly happen among other scenarios. But at the same metatime, Unthil knew his entire family was possibly dead, and all of Beyond, possible Transcendentem was at stake. And the breaker's slime continuing to intrude Hellensoerensen and near closer to Unthil's location reminded him that he was losing options.
Reluctantly, Unthil remove his self-imposed limitations, and allowed himself to see everything within Oblivious' mind. The lives of many beings rapidly played out before Unthil. He experienced infinite creations, births, deaths and destructions all in a small portion of metaseconds. And at the end of each life he saw Oblivious. Then, Unthil finally watched the beginning of Oblivious' life, the lives of both Obliviouses, which both transpired in much the same manner. He saw how the Alom from Creators and Destroyers were dumped into an empty monocosm – which Realitus declared to be "Beyond's Best Trash Can" unironically, despite having never actually seen it or having any personal experience with it whatsoever. And then there came a metatime when Xenixel viewed Oblivion as a potential contaminative threat and sealed it off from all the other monocosms in Beyond. This had a detrimental effect on Oblivion's naïve, childlike psyche. It felt a crushing sense of betrayal, knowing that its "parents" thought it to be disgusting and no longer wanted it. Oblivion had been oblivious to the cruel, true nature of its life, and as it was sealed off by the Supergods, it became self-aware of its true self, tearing itself apart with madness and instigating the war amongst the Oblivious Entities.
Despite this seemingly sad display of events in Oblivious' early life, Unthil carried no room in his heart for sympathy. Oblivious had committed many atrocious acts, and for that reason alone they deserved nothing better than death. After looking further through Oblivious, Unthil saw the way in which the other Oblivious that had been split apart shortly before they were consumed by the Dark Oblivious. Additionally, he also witnessed how Oblivion had originally torn itself apart. This was the key, Unthil discovered, to defeating Oblivious. But how would he have been able to get Oblivious' own mind and body to rebel against itself? It was then that Unthil finally saw that the rest of the Supergods were still alive and well within Oblivious. Relieved (although he did not allow the others to know this), Unthil reached out to the Supergods, telepathically explaining his plan. Then, with that, Unthil resumed fighting Oblivious with Hellensoerensen.
Inside Oblivious, the Supergods had largely gained a victory over their zombified selves. Those who remained still tried pursuing them, but the Supergods stopped them by trying to speak to them. They began rousing and rallying together not just the zombiefied Supergods, but the consciousnesses of all the entities that were absorbed. They convinced them, motivated them to rise up and rebel against the being that consumed them. The convinced them to avenge what they had lost, and not allow their plights to remain unanswered. The consciousnesses became motivated, and they all began to collectively resist Oblivious' will, separating themselves from Oblivious' mind. This caused Oblivious' movements to be clumsy and uncoordinated in their fight against Unthil. From within, the Supergods fought their way past many of the Kalyubi Demons and Hazard Servitors that were absorbed, before they began pushing themselves inside Oblivious.
Oblivious' body began convulsing as protrusions pushed themselves outwards from their abdomen. Then, all of a sudden, Oblivious loudly shrieked out as their body was ripped apart from the inside by the other five Supergods, who suddenly burst out from their body. The resulting explosion scattered gory drops of Alom everywhere like rain, as Oblivious' chest was ripped apart and the remains of several entities that they had absorbed spilled out. Unthil knew that the Breaker Slime would dissolve the Supergods if they remained in Transcendentem, so he instantly scooped them into one of Hellensoerensen's hands and returned them to Beyond. As he did this, Unthil was caught off guard when Oblivious savagely grappled onto Hellensoerensen, badly damaged but still determined to kill him. From within Beyond, The Supergods saw the hand of Hellensoerensen (which was still inside the bubble) thrashing about as Unthil resisted against Oblivious' attacks. As a last resort, Unthil ejected himself from his control station, and initiated Hellensoerensen's self-destruct protocol (as the mech was now beyond salvation anyway). As the metatimer counted down to the self-destruction, Unthil manipulated the manual controls of the mech, seizing Oblivious to ensure they couldn't escape. Finally, Unthil the hand within Beyond from the rest of the mech, exiting the mech as it was ejected away and just barely making it onto the hand. He crossed back into Beyond, as the detached hand of Hellensoerensen crushed several monocosms beneath it in its descent.
Meanwhile, Hellensoerensen rocketed directly into the volatile Breaker Slime in open Transcendentem, melting away much of Oblivious as the mech finally self-destructed and exploded. The slime absorbed the energy of the blast, preventing it from flaring into Beyond. However, the chain-reaction between the explosion of energy and the reality-destabilizing effects of Breaker Slime created a side-effect. Oblivious…disappeared. They weren't destroyed in the explosion, they were just gone. The remnants of Hellensoerensen were completely dissolved, leaving behind nothing of the wreckage.
Aftermath
With Oblivious now finally gone, the main priority was damage control. The Supergods proceeded to make quick work of Oblivious' entire army, erasing them from existence. Then, with the aid of some Alom left behind by Oblivious, the Supergods repaired all damage done to all the monocosms in the war. Finally, they placed every being involved in the war back into their respective monocosms. At the end of it all, Unthil finally collapsed unconscious, from the combined mental strain of both piloting Hellensoerensen alone, as well as opening his mind past his normal limit. Unthil remained in a temporary comatose state, but would soon recover and be back to his normal self and at full health. He would be alright. Everyone would be okay.
Epilogue
Where Oblivious had gone, they themself were unsure. All around them were incomprehensible formations rapidly passing by them, as they fell through this infinite abyss for seemingly an eternity of falling through Trancendentem. Finally, Oblivious entered one of these formations, and finally landed. After all they had been through, their body was completely torn and mangled, resembling little more then a dirty mutilated alomic blob with limbs. Oblivious dragged themselves through this place, which was…it seemed to be still Transcendentem. They could not discern any details different from the place they had just been in. Oblivious desperately calling out to the voice who helped them on their journey for some form of aid – however, it too had abandoned them.
Delirious, Oblivious suddenly spotted an odd landmark close by: a tree-shaped omniverse within an empty mononcosm. Extremely exhausted and in pain, Oblivious crawled their way towards the monocosm and and entered it. They approached the tree, rested up against it, and then…