King of succubus

Chapter 466: Who's he? 2

In this world, some things remain incomprehensible to the commons of many living beings; it is not oblivion but something that prevents them from having these privileges.

Power is synonymous with knowledge, and conversely, it is synonymous with ignorance; it is a natural phenomenon that is part of the laws of the universe.

With hindsight, anyone will know that this phenomenon is not extremely rare; it happened with the appearance of primordial beings, who were above the divine mages.

The simple fact of learning their existence was synonymous with problems.

In addition to having a high probability of being attacked by divine punishments, which are actually only regulators (self-defense mode put in place by their creators), it was also possible to suffer other more harmful consequences; such as losing your head or all your level, or even worse, being killed for exceeding these laws.

The same similar phenomenon had occurred with Alvine, who, at one time, aimed to reach the divine rank when he already had a higher power than that of an ordinary divine mage.

Feeling his aberrant and contradictory existence with the laws of the macrocosm he leads in place of his Queen, Shiro, once a judge who dealt with the tribulations of each existence in the territory of his queen (Reha), tried to put an end to his existence during his divine tribulations.

It was not only his own grudge against Alvine but for his duty above all; the proof of this is that he had treated Alvine as an aberration at that time.

This same phenomenon exists and has always existed even beyond the universe. After all, the universes themselves are also subject to interstellar laws; called universal laws.

Apart from Alvine, no other person or entity has shown itself to be the holder of such a law; But this does not mean that he is the only being able to interact with universal laws. Isolet may be also capable of it; there is also the mediator who had cast a supreme illusion arcane on one of Isolet's minions to make her lose consciousness in an endless dream without too much effort.

And he even dared to call the Arcana as basic spells.

Seen from this angle, it is possible that he is also capable of it.

Anyway, The first law that Alvine had awakened was not divine, but a universal one.

--- All seeds, all souls, all skills or affinities, all creatures or laws, all things that contain the slightest ounce of energetic existence, and all things that exist in infinity are made up of unknown and known energies that direct the entire universe. I invoke, by my name, by my authority, by my power, and by my will, the universal law: [universal laws of level one: Absolute absorption]! ---

Such was the incantation he had made to initiate part of his universal law; absolute darkness. Even if he was weak at that time, Alvine did not take long to understand the dangerousness and abnormality of this skill.

For his own good, and that of his loved ones, he put it in the closet and had only used it when he was with his back to the wall, without the slightest hope of tipping over.

Even Greed, who had used the same law, had used Alvine's existence essence and power to cast it; will know why, but he was anything but an idiot.

But if universal laws are stronger than others, what about the arcana?

By comparing these two, the answer will quickly be found based on the number of creatures that can use the arcana; contrary to universal laws.

Anyone who has reached the supreme rank will have access to arcana, they are like primordial and transcendental concepts, but more powerful; which is not the case for the other (universal laws).

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"Do you think he's trying to fool us with his power of materialization?" Isolet requires a thoughtful air, without refuting Alvine's assumptions.

"I won't go so far as to say that I'm right, but that's the impression he left me. I usually unseal everyone's secret from my first time with it, but this guy left me the taste of defeat on my taste buds."

Listening to him, Isolet snorted with irony. "You dare to say that even after everything you dared to do to him? I don't think we have the same point of view when talk of this word, defeat."

"...I needed a pawn who would play its role perfectly, but since you understood my cunning, it is, therefore, a lamentable failure for me. Moreover, I can't complain about having failed; because even if I had managed to keep this guy under supervision, I would have failed for not to have a met with you."

Just finished this sentence, he saw Isolet descend from his knees; probably frustrated to see him use her as a pawn that would cleanse the mediator from his curse.

The latter immediately resumed her adult shape and sat on the chair opposite Alvine.

"I don't like you using me in your plans; it makes me feel like I'm...

She stops halfway through her sentence and raises her head towards Alvine, who is patiently waiting for her to finish her sentence.

[You are not in the best position to give me a moral lesson, you did the same with me when you seized some of my powers, don't forget it.]

Hearing these remarks from Alvine resonate in her mind, Isolet raises her eyebrows slightly. "That's true, but I just wanted to make sure of your intentions."

"I'm not frustrated by that, in our ironic and laughable situation, it doesn't take long before we all become crazy," Alvine responds instantly before she has time to play with words.

"So, what was the conclusion you had?" Isolet then asks.

Instead of answering her question, Alvine takes out a bottle of red wine in his shadow and a goblet glass at the same time.

"I don't have the right?" (She talks about the wine).

"No, you're still a minor for that." He refuses with a fox smile as he half-filled his glass.

"Let's go back to your question. - Instead of talking about a conclusion, I would rather say that it is an impression on my part." He adds by seeing Isolet silent.

"...And what is your impression?" Similar to a predator whose patience was not going to collapse until she had what she wanted.

But her prey was also a predator, something not common in the jungle.

This other predator took all his time, to shake, and smell his wine before swallowing it with a single sip.

He then looks at Isolet. "I've been curious about one thing, from the beginning; what's your name?"

"My name?" She asks while frowning.

"Yeah, now that you seem to remember all previous life cycles, you must surely remember your name, am I wrong?"

"...My name, huh? You ask me something quite unique and unexpected, don't you think? The name is more..--

Alvine shakes his head with a light smile. "I'm not asking you to reveal your real name to me, but the ones you used most often."

"...Hera, Shiarori." She answers unambiguously.

Alvine frowns. 'Hera? Like the goddess of the earth? Also the wife of this god who...-

"No, I had never set foot on the planet you believe, it may be a coincidence with their beliefs." She immediately adds as if she could read in Alvine's thoughts.

"...I see, but on the other hand, I don't understand why you have these two names. Shiraori, huh? This name suits you more than the one I gave you."

"..."

"Well, now, let's think about it more clearly. Names are the representation of us in most cases. For my part, I was once named KARAHAN because I represented absolute darkness; even if this is still the case, my actions and decisions are different from those before.

-As a result, my legend as Black King fades over time. If I continue like this, it wouldn't be surprising if this nickname fell into oblivion; do you guess where I'm going?"

"...I have an idea about it, but I would like to hear you develop it to have confirmation that we have reached the same conclusion." Isolet made this statement while crossing her arms.

"...I see," Alvine murmured while serving another glass.

He then goes on. "This guy introduced himself as the mediator, but also as the one who put order in disorders; a bit like those who persist in playing roles, slaves of the laws in one word.

-Taking this fact into account, plus its unique power of materialization, I would say that it seems fictitious to me; Present but without being so, alive but without being so much, a little like...-

"Space and time, in short." Isolet ends the sentence in his place.

Alvine smiles at her. "You were not lying in saying that you reached the same conclusion as me. But there is something wrong with this conclusion."

Before answering Alvine's hypothesis, she lightly put her hair behind her ears while taking the opportunity to organize her thoughts.

"That's true, space and time may be like wind and earth; but they are not really united by unbreakable ties, they are like Siamese sisters."

"Exactly! Hence my conclusion, which turned into speculation." Alvine retorts vigorously while snapping his fingers as if he were happy to see Isolet take the same dubious path as him.

"This guy can't be time and space at the same time, it's simply impossible; unless... the universe is above below." He then adds.

Isolet remains momentarily silent before opening it. "What if it was the case?"

Alvine froze. "!?!?"

"Do you remember? He told me that he was there to settle all the shits we created; even if I don't know what he means by that, I can roughly feel that this sentence is related to this speculation."

"...But is that really the case?" Asked Alvine with a skeptical air.

"It may be true or false. It may make us believe this, or vice versa."

"..."

"Finally, I'm just putting forward my arguments. We will know sooner or later. But the problem is elsewhere; if he has bad intentions, that's the case, then I doubt that we will fall into a trap that will be more difficult for us to get out of it." She murmured when she saw Alvine remain silent.

As for the latter, he put a foot in the conversation and addressed some details that he had not mentioned before.

"With a little hindsight, I realize that the power of materialization is, somehow, linked to that of space; we cannot materialize a few things elsewhere than in space. But...it is only a deviant element, like wood or snow that is none other than the fusion of two elements, namely water and wind.

-Space, time, light, and darkness, are the four higher fundamental elements that give rise to the sub-elements; but it may have other elements that we do not know, it remains to be seen which ones." He concludes by lying against the back of his chair.