Will of chaos

Pov Lolth:

Weeks earlier.

I was inside Tarzor, on a planet Lena had claimed as her home. This entire star system serves as a home for Transcendent beings. Cortana also has an affect here, as do the Heralds of Zenos and their Divine Beasts. Each possesses a Planet. These planets orbit the star beneath the roots of the Universal Tree.

I was sitting atop a cliff overlooking a beautiful forest while in my hands was a Grimoire handwritten by Lena, a Grimoire about the magic of Life. It was full of supplementary notes that changed the structure, focus, and sometimes the very effect of these spells.

I was a little frustrated at being used to test these spells while they were still being modified, when the spells themselves were already spectacular.

When I looked back, Lena was kneeling, stroking the head of a female Wolf who was in the midst of giving birth to her pup, her power flowing not to ease the mother’s pain, but rather to make it easier for her to bear.

“My lady, why not stop this Wolf’s pain or help with the birth of the pup?” (me)

“The point is, this Wolf represents a new breed; this is the first female to give birth to her first pup. This experience will be etched for the entire existence of this Breed.” (Lena)

“Everything about birth is important. The mother’s pain serves to hone her resolve to care for the pup, the pup’s weakness serves as pressure to grow faster and thus survive, and much more that you will learn to see.” (Lena)

“Life may seem simple to those ignorant of its wonders, but so many consciousnesses must be intertwined so perfectly for life to flourish and expand…” (Lena)

“A complex tapestry intertwined with all creation to exist, so simple on the outside and incomparably complex on the inside, a dichotomy that enhances such wonder.” (Lena)

“…” (me)

I’d like to say I understand, but I don’t. Sometimes I feel like I understand, yet the more I study, the more there seems to be more to know. Even now, I lose myself in frustration.

“Difficulty with the origin spells?” (Lena)

“Strangely, no. I can understand the spells in the book; they’re impressive. I’ve never seen anything like them in my millions of years of life.” (me)

“It’s these notes that I don’t understand. If I follow them, these spells change completely, and not always for the better. Sometimes they become completely different spells.” (me)

“It’s all very confusing, I don’t understand. There are even spells that have more than four or five different notes, forming completely different spells. There’s one spell in particular that has notes for the notes.” (me)

Everything seems so well explained in the books, but when I try to visualize it, I speak as if it doesn’t make sense. The application also seems confusing. I can’t understand why it suddenly became so difficult.

“Child, so far I’ve been teaching you based on the memories I have of Vida. These spells in the book are also Vida’s magic. They may seem simple, but they aren’t. You understand them due to incredible circumstances that only you experienced, and because you are my main Avatar, as well as the first.” (Lena)

“The notes are my way of modifying these spells, making them the basis for new spells, reborn into something new. I don’t care about the power of these spells, and I just let them flow like the inspiration I felt at the moment.” (Lena)

“But why all this?” (I)

“I am not Life. As I said before, Life may seem simple to outsiders, but its complexity is infinite.” (Lena)

“I don’t want to use the magic of a Concept that doesn’t belong to me, but it’s undeniable that we are still connected. So I’m using Life’s knowledge for myself. I’m giving it a new context, a new structure, and a new method by recreating everything into something new. I affirm my concept and accept my role.” (Lena)

“You were reborn, a Child, and so was I. I was supposed to be a Goddess of Life, but a Mavis like so many others, but Zenos granted me something else: freedom, and from that freedom something else arose.” (Lena)

“I didn’t become Reborn because of Zenos. He simply gave me the opportunity to see beyond Life, not to look at the vastness of its profound simplicity, but rather to embrace a small part of its truth that had been forgotten, to embrace the origin and be a source of new beginnings. That’s how my Concept was born as my own Will.” (Lena)

“You are to me like this mother’s cub. This mother can guide her cub as best she can, but she’s never done it before. She can’t do everything for it either. The day will come when it will have to stop fighting for itself.” (Lena)

“…” (me)

“We are building something new, Lolth… what I do is create the seeds, but I can’t be the one to make them blossom. Much of me comes from Life, so I plant sincere inspiration in you and wait for what will happen.” (Lena)

“I am the source that rebirths, and you must be the one to use what I grant you. I expect nothing from you other than sincere effort and pure Will… so don’t fight what you see and think as you are doing, just let it flow…” (Lena)

“Let it flow…” (me)

——————–

Now.

I was in the canopy of the petrified tree. Sarazar’s power surrounds this entire place. I still think he’s overusing his power, but at least we shared this battle.

“Just as I thought, he chose my collection.” (Phanoth)

“Why do you want to confront us? What’s the point of this fight?” (me)

“You don’t understand the need to possess something. I’m eternal, I can get whatever I want, but to do so, I need to be willing to try.” (Phanoth)

“I spent a lot of time assembling collections about the cycle of existence with Artifacts of Life, Chaos, and Death… but they were just flawed, not representations I liked.” (Phanoth)

“But now I have all three Concepts together in one place, how could I pass up such an opportunity?” (Phanoth)

“< Royal Summon: Hunter Knights >” (Phanoth)

“What have you done…!!!” (me)

“Your senses are better than I expected if you can notice so quickly.” (Phanoth)

Suddenly, a large magic circle appeared between us. It seemed to suddenly open a golden castle gate studded with jewels. It opened so quickly that 50 men and women wearing armor marched out.

I was even more furious at the sight of these people than I had been at the abominations Sarazar was facing.

These people wore full-body armor made of joined metal scales. Each piece of their armor was made from an Origin Artifact with the Concept of Greed. Their weapons varied among multiple types, from daggers, swords, spears, halberds, pistols, cannons, and many others. They were all Origin Artifacts belonging to various different Concepts.

But it wasn’t this blatant ostentation that was irritating me so much, but rather the individuals themselves. Their bodies were still alive, but they had been refined into an Anomalous Artifact containing the power of transformation for creation. I can feel that their life energy seems to come from millions of different lives. Their eyes are opaque and devoid of any attachment to life, resembling corpses.

Their auras are filled with pain, suffering, sadness, anger, hatred, and many other emotions, but the one that predominates is agony. Their souls are still trapped within their bodies. I can feel their souls and the power imprinted on their souls. They are less like people and more like what Zenos calls biological robots.

Their lives have been taken, their bodies modified, their freedom stripped away and replaced with absolute control. Forced to store so much vitality like this, I can’t even imagine what those wretched Greed forced them to do.

“You, like no Avatar, can go against your Concept, can destroy it… so behold these wonders!” (Phanoth)

“My Knights are brimming with Vitality, their minds forcibly kept sane so their Wills would not be destroyed, and their Souls further strengthened as the core of their obedience.” (Phanoth)

“Your attempt to anger me worked perfectly… but you made a huge mistake…” (me)

“GET HER!!!” (Phanoth)

“< Rebirth Origin Magic: Tree of Rebirth >” (me)

“< Greed Origin Magic: Commander’s Presence >” (Phanoth)

“< Rebirth Curse: Release >” (me)

By the time he tried to act, it was too late. I had been storing my power and Concept for a long time. When I released my power, a tree that was my staff grew from my shadow, growing into a small tree with a feminine outline, then its branches dropped exactly 50 ethereal leaves that moved faster than the enemies could move.

As everyone rushed toward me, everyone’s foreheads were pierced by these leaves. I walked past them, trying to maintain my composure, but the magic circles being cast within me were draining my power too quickly. The Tree’s roots wrapped around the enemies, leaving only an enraged Phanoth before me.

“(Something’s not right, it was easier than expected, there was almost no resistance, he doesn’t even seem to be trying to fight…)” (me)

“What do you really want? I know it wasn’t just that.” (me)

“The act didn’t work?” (Phanoth)

“But it doesn’t matter, I already have a good idea of ​​what I needed, you can keep these flaws, I’ll come test my collection again soon, my dear…” (Phanoth)

“< Activate >” (Phanoth)

He throws a coin that disintegrates into particles that swirl around him, making him disappear, nothing remains of him as he disappears.

“What he wanted…” (me)