Will of chaos

“Enough listening to you… enough of this warm-up!!” (me)

“How about we both get serious!!!” (me)

“Silly child!!!” (Phoenix)

“(I need to test…)” (me)

“< 5th Art of the Eclipse Blade: Chaotic Origin >” (me)

“< Incarnation of Anomalous Flames: Nightmare State >” (Phoenix)

Power flows through my entire being, traversing my Soul, touching my Existential Spark and assimilating my entire body; everything I am pulsates and my Will rises.

I feel the power of Chaos originating from the Concept; I know that this concept is not found in the Body, I know it comes from much deeper than just the Soul, it originates from Existence itself.

The Concept of Chaos, the Concept that I have understood and experienced countless times since my rebirth, the Transformation!

The power of the Concept of Chaos was still wild within me; I always had difficulty controlling it, and this was precisely my mistake. Chaos cannot be controlled; it exists to oppose rules, an eternal flaw, an insect in the system, a calamity in peace, a spark of change that will never allow an extreme state of good or evil to be eternally implemented.

In the past, I used the power of Chaos in a complementary way to other techniques, but I never managed to create a technique purely with the power of Chaos, with the exception of the Chaotic Devourer, which was reborn with me, accompanying me throughout my life and evolving alongside me.

That’s when I realized it wasn’t meant to be controlled. Chaos cannot be controlled; chaos is not a tool, chaos is not an energy; chaos is a concept, and as such, concepts are observed or experienced.

I am the Bearer of Chaos, I carry chaos within me, but my Chaos is not the same as that under Paradox’s control; my Chaos is a different Concept, a new transformation, transformation itself, in harmony with nature and at the same time going against nature.

I am Chaos, I am the source and chaos itself. This understanding came after much thought, and as such, the 5th Art of the Eclipse Blade, which I always fought to form, came naturally.

I am Chaos, I am the Blade, I am the Tool and the user. I do not control, I live, and as such, I will act according to my Will!

The two blades in my hands are covered in Starfire. These flames melt the sword and dagger, rising up my arms and assimilating into my body. The Divine Weapons merge into an Eclipse within my Soul. The Concept of Chaos flows from my Existential Spark throughout my being, transforming everything, now one with me.

My body and soul transform not under my control, but through a natural evolution, my Will making itself present as my body grows into a half-Dragon state. Scales form like armor on my body, my horns grow and fragment, remaining together as if in orbit with one another. My red hair becomes ethereal, each strand seeming to trace a path through the universe. My wings become pure energy, floating behind me where an eclipse forms.

My state was simple yet profound. Dragon claw gauntlets form on my arms, each immensely detailed like dragon claws. An independent extension of myself, a fragmented moon and a purple sun, form on the back of my hand.

The power I drew from within me was different; it wasn’t the power of the Law, it wasn’t Divine power, and even less so Anomalous power. It wasn’t something that could be contained within my body because it wasn’t energy, it was a Concept. I was the Concept at that moment, a part of it, and as a concept, it couldn’t be spent, it wouldn’t weaken; it was eternal in its totality.

When I opened my eyes, everything seemed different. I could see all things in constant change: the wind blows constantly, changing intensity and direction; water flows everywhere, never being contained forever, flowing through the earth like a liquid, flowing through the skies like vapor, or flowing through time like ice.

Chaos was everywhere, its Concept present in all things; everything that exists transforms, everything that lives transforms, the state of creation itself is eternal transformation.

“I understand… COUGH!” (me)

Cough! Cough!! Cough!!!

I start coughing up blood, my mind is heavy and my body feels like it’s on the verge of exploding at any moment. This power was too great, the concept was too deep, something was missing, my understanding wasn’t complete, or something else must be missing. I haven’t completed my Concept enough; becoming part of something incomplete is risky.

I couldn’t handle the entire Concept, so I separated a part, creating a cycle of chaos without using my understanding of transformation, just the purest chaos without definition or comprehension.

The Concept within me became shallower and easier to bear, my vision of the Concept around me faded, the power within me was still great, and my instincts grew stronger. “The 5th Blade can’t be that deep… it’ll have to suffice…” (me)

“(You don’t control Chaos… you accept Chaos… your own Chaos…)” (me)

Cough

I started coughing again, feeling my Soul and body stabilizing as blood leaked from my mouth. The Concept was no longer the totality, but only my own chaos, only my chaos becomes a cycle of power within me, coursing through everything I am.

“I didn’t expect this…” (me)

Turning my attention to the Phoenix, I see its body has changed. Once a flaming bird, now a humanoid being. Its smaller body now resembled a woman with grayish skin and long, straight white hair. Her eyes were light blue as she wore a tattered dark blue cloak that seemed burnt at the edges. On her back were two pairs of flaming blue wings.

Her flames were smaller, yet they seemed more intense. I sensed traces of my power within the flames; they were mere remnants of the Nightmare devoured by her.

“These flames can affect the Soul…” (me)

The power of her flames could previously affect the mind, but now I feel something worse. These flames are burning the power of Reality around her, as well as space itself. I also feel the heat of these flames directly in my Soul; this shows her power.

“Are you ready!?” (me)

“You should have ruined yourself when you still could! It would have been less painful for you!” (Phoenix)

She looks at me, our eyes meet, and a sinister murderous intent darkens the skies. Our Auras collide, pushing away the power of reality and splitting this world in two.

Without wasting any time, we both charged at each other. She was testing her power, just as I was. Her flames transformed into whatever she wanted; with just a wave of her hand, her flames became thousands of flaming blue birds flying towards me.

I waved my right hand, and purple flames erupted, creating a cursed wave that exploded all the birds upon impact. Amidst the blue and purple flames, my fist collided with hers. Space shattered, and a Rift formed beside us.

Neither of us paid attention to the rift. Its wings beat forward, each carrying flames capable of devastating this planet. But using my left hand in a fist, I punched one of those wings away, fragments colliding with the other wings, pushing the Phoenix back.

I pursued, giving her no time to escape, but she spun, landing a kick on the arm I used to defend. Now I was thrown into the rift, which warped as my wings expanded, stopping my momentum.

She flies towards me once more, blue flames gathering in her right hand as I smile, the power coursing through my body flowing to my throat as I open my jaws, unleashing a beam of starlight flames that collides with the sphere of Blue Fire she launched at me.

Our attacks were at a stalemate, trying to destroy each other, but she could still move and quickly approached me. I stopped my attack and flapped my wings, flying out of the Rift, which collapsed with the Phoenix’s blue flames.

“< Claws of Chaos >” (me)

“Die!!” (Phoenix)

Without wasting time, I implemented the same thing I did before, letting the power of Chaos flow into my gauntlets just as I did with my weapons previously, but this time I was using the Concept of Chaos; the stellar classes flowed through the openings of the gauntlets.

With a swing of my claws, black lines warped space, cutting the Phoenix’s shoulder, which received this blow to escape the second blow that cut through space, creating 5 rifts in space.

“< Ray of Chaos >” (me)

“< Nightmare Summoning >” (Phoenix)

Combining the power of the two gauntlets, a beam of Stellar Energy forms a column of energy that falls upon the Phoenix. In response, she raises her hands, from where a circle of blue flames becomes a portal. A Phoenix of blue flames, similar to her previous appearance, emerges from within, burning the stellar energy.

The two colliding forces finally caused this planet to shatter, but I and the Phoenix advanced against each other, continuing the confrontation.

Time after time, our blows give way to waves of devastation as we learn more about how to use this power. Increasingly stronger attacks emerge, and soon all the space around this planet shattered, leaving nothing but burning fragments.

“Just DIE!!!!!!” (Phoenix)

“We’re both at our limit, the game is over…” (me)

Denise lunges at me one last time, her entire body burning, covered in wounds, one eye blind, two wings missing, and depressing scars all over her body.

I myself was covered in burns and claw marks, but my recovery was better than hers. I gather my power as I watch her approach.

“I CAN’T DIE!!!” (Phoenix)

“I know…” (me)

As the Phoenix burned, her body turned to ashes, and from those ashes a new form was created. Her flames were stronger, her body more detailed and materialized, her Aura clearly stronger.

“(The final test…)” (me)