Vile Rabbit-Chapter 126: willful one

The moment the wise one gazed at Apexion, the entire forbidden echo froze, and Apexion felt as if two all-encompassing eyes were staring at him. His body uncomfortably shivered slightly, but his starry eyes remained calm as he asked,

"Have you attained truth?"

As if his question triggered something, the wise one's body started to pulse with a terrifying and indescribable will, so terrifying that once it manifested,

pash!

The entire kingdom shattered apart like glass. Erased. Complete annihilation of every single creature inside, leaving him and Apexion standing in a void of complete darkness.

He vanished and reappeared a meter before Apexion. His body was no longer hunched; his grey hair floated upwards as if it were being blown by a storm, and he gazed directly into the frozen Apexion's starry eyes and spoke in a deep tone,

"Truth? No, I have not attained truth, but I was close, so close." After he spoke, his eyes became unfocused for an instant as if he had recalled something, after which his will vanished, and his hair stopped floating upwards. He then gently tapped the void before his feet, with the wooden cane he was holding in his right hand tap! And,

Shi-shi-shing!

Something unbelievable happened: the kingdom that had just been erased slowly reappeared. It pieced itself back together, piece by piece, like a broken mirror fixing itself. And,

Shing!

The kingdom was back, and everything was exactly the same as it was before. The creatures were still seated around the cottage, chatting with each other cheerfully as if nothing had just happened. ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com

Time manipulation!

That was the word that came to Apexion's mind after he comprehended what had just happened 'reversing time it self' and he was indeed right, for the wise one did have the ability to manipulate time, as he wished to a certain extent.

Time, a concept that he had been trying his hardest to comprehend, but failed on all levels, from the lowest of the tier one true meaning to the law stage.

It was if there was a transcended force denying him access to its glory. If it weren't for him experiencing time and observing the effects of time on himself, he would have questioned, if not completely denied, the existence of time itself.

So, one could just imagine the wonder and shock that pulsed throughout his being after seeing a being casually wielding it like it was nothing, and he couldn't help but wonder what the wise one's purpose was. Why did he demonstrate such a terrifying ability?

Could it be that he was showing him that the countless hidden traps and teleportation formations that he had hidden all over the kingdom were futile? Or could he be warning him, warning him of the horrors of entities of his tier of existence? And since he had lordship over time, it could be that he knew he would be here, or could he have somehow even lured him? And if so, what for?

He wondered and wondered like never before; his thoughts burned and raced like never before, thinking of possible countermeasures. An instant later, his eyes flashed with disappointment and acceptance.

Conclusion: zero possibility of escaping this forbidden echo.

He was completely trapped; there was no way to defeat the entity before him, none whatsoever.

And he couldn't self-destruct, meaning he was completely at the whim of the entity before him, and how could he accept that?

No, he could not and would not. He completely disregarded the instinctive warnings that his existence was giving him.

He and his main self, eyes, simultaneously started to burn brightly with defiance as he was about to do something defiant.

The crown above his main self started to pulse and spin like a tornado, but right before they did what they were about to do, something unexpected happened.

The wise one's deep voice rang out,

"Don't waste your efforts… what you are about to do will not harm me in the slightest. Plus, I do not wish to harm you, and even if I did, I wouldn't be able to completely erase you and your main self from existence, for my existence is currently only limited to this forbidden echo." After he finished speaking, he seamlessly vanished and reappeared seated at the entrance of his wooden cottage, after which he continued,

"You are free to go."

"!"

Hearing this, Apexion's eyes flashed with confusion. Just like that, was he free to go?

"I have already confirmed all that I needed to. Now there is no need for me to keep you here, and I cannot answer the questions you were about to ask me, for answering them will anger entities that the current you cannot fathom… Oh, and before you go, let me give you two warnings.

One: do not become too obsessed with EVOLUTION, for it has a starving will of its own that will bear its fangs at those who sink too deep into it. Two: BEWARE OF THE WEAVING BITCH." After he finished speaking, he waved his right hand backward at Apexion, and,

Whoosh!

An irresistible force enveloped Apexion, and the next thing he knew, his vision shifted, and the world started to spin. The next thing he knew was that he was standing outside the entrance, a few light-years before the crimson dot.

Apexion paused and gazed at the dot for a second; many unknown thoughts flashed through his mind, 'evolution. Weaving bitch?' after which he shot off in a random direction.

Vash!

The forbidden echo did not go as expected; he was not prepared to encounter an entity at that level. He thought that at most he would encounter a being at the 8th tier.

But evidently, he was wrong.

Suddenly, a wooden pendant appeared in his hand. He glanced at it slightly before pouring his energy into it, and in an instant later,

Shing!

The space before him started to warp and twist into a one-hundred-kilometer circular gateway.

He frowned as he gazed at the gateway and saw nothing but ethereal greenness.

He contemplated whether he should enter, and an instant later, he raised his right hand and tapped his forehead. His eyes went blank for a second as he erased almost every memory he had of his main self.

A second later, his eyes flashed with clarity, then he stepped inside the gateway and vanished.

He reappeared in what seemed to be an ethereal garden that stretched as far as his eyes could see. The garden was composed of countless colorful flowers, towering trees, and beautiful plants like creatures with wings on their backs.

Apexion was standing at the center of this garden, before him a wooden six-meter-long ethereal table with countless engravings of an upside-down tree on it.

At the opposite end of the table sat a auraless

middle-aged male; he was clad in a simple green robe, his face was handsome and firm, with piercing emerald eyes and ethereal long green hair that touched the ground behind him.

He had two deer-like antlers on the top of his forehead, and his skin tone was brown, akin to a fertile land.

Apexion's starry eyes darted around as he scanned the surroundings; an instant later, his eyes flashed with understanding—'a divine domain,' he thought to himself.

At that moment, the hanging tree locked eyes with him and spoke, his voice laced with gentleness,

"Welcome to my domain, Apexion. I've been anticipating your arrival." After which, a wooden chair materialized on Apexion's end of the table. Then he continued, "Come, take a seat; we have a lot to discuss, and while we are discussing, let's play a game."

After he finished, a four-meter-long ethereal four-dimensional chess-like board with billions of layers materialized a few inches above the center of the table.

Apexion's eyes shone with countless calculations and unknown thoughts as he calmly took a seat and spoke in a calm tone,

"Let's begin."

…

Meanwhile, inside the forbidden echo, the wise one gazed at the spot where Apexion once stood intensely.

His will pulsed, and the space and time around him were in complete chaos; one instant it was seconds in the past, and the next it was in the future.

The creatures and environment were also trapped in this chaos; they constantly fluctuated between the past and the future, but there was something missing, and that was Apexion.

Theoretically, he who was there a few seconds ago should also have appeared, but he did not.

"Is this because you have taken that step into the future, or is it because of something else? Maybe your fate less… Oh well, it matters not; the seed has already been planted. Hopefully, it blooms into something useful," muttered the wise one, whose real title was 'THE WILLFUL ONE.' An aberrant entity who was horrifying beyond despair, he was also one of the five entities who triggered the Primordial War of the End.

But unfortunately, or fortunately for the universe, entities at his horror were either in a state of perpetual death, brokenness, or sealed.

or else…

Suddenly, his figure shattered into nothingness along with the entire forbidden echo.

Pash!

…

Fun fact:

In the beginning Some time after Apexion defeated the three clans Sky, Ruk, and Barbarian he committed a foul act that was concealed by the masses.

What he did was search for families that only consisted of a mother, son, and siblings. He then murdered the mother and siblings before the son, all while staring with a weird expression on his face. He wanted them to experience what he had experienced.

Beings at the seven tier can produce infinite ascension particles.

The willful one

is currently rank 4 or 5 in the universe strength wise.