LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 31: Chapter 31
[STATUS SCREEN]
Name: Ashburn Blackheart
Race: Human/ Monarch
Age: 13 days and 24 hours old
Level: 100
Title(s): [Undead Slayer], [Impossible Killer], [Touched the Void], [Weak Point Attacker], [Triumphant Over Adversity]
[STATS]
HP: Infinite/ Infinite
MP: Infinite/Infinite
HP Regen: Infinite/Infinite
MP Regen: Infinite/ Infinite
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[ATTRIBUTES]
Power: Infinite/ Infinite (100 times weaker off Earth)
Speed: Infinite/ Infinite (100 times weaker off Earth)
Durability: Infinite/ Infinite (100 times weaker off Earth)
Intelligence: Infinite/ Infinite(100 times weaker off Earth)
Charm: Infinite/ Infinite (100 times weaker off Earth)
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[CLASS & SKILLS]
Job Class: Shadow Monarch
Skills: [Shadow Monarch Force], [Shadow Inventory], [Unwilling], [Shadow Weapon Overlord], [Detoxification], [Tenacity], [Longevity], [Shadow Mood], [Shadow Enhancement], +99 self-created skills.
Job-Specific Skills: [Shadow Extraction], [Shadow Preservation (v3)], [Shadow Exchange], [Monarch's Domain], [Shadow Fusing v2]
'System, my stats make no sense. If I have infinite power, shouldn't I just be able to snap existence out?' Ashborn thought, frowning slightly as he examined his stats.
[Host, there are greater sets of infinity. It's difficult to explain in simple terms, so the system did not specify which level of infinity you possess. However, to provide a comparison, you are physically weaker than Thor, who was able to push and overpower the World Engine, a machine embedded into Yggdrasil that harnessed the full might of the World Tree.]
Ashborn sighed, fully grasping the significance of Yggdrasil. He still remembered watching Loki, where the trickster god reformed Yggdrasil to hold together every timeline. But in the comics, Yggdrasil went even deeper than that.
It wasn't just a tree—it was the very foundation connecting every timeline, reality, dimension, universe, and multiverse. Yggdrasil could be considered the veins of Eternity's body. And Eternity? It was the sentient embodiment of the universe itself. However, each individual Eternity was merely a fragment, a single cell within the greater Multiversal Eternity. That was the true Eternity, the one that encompassed the multiverse.
How much power would it take to destroy a dimension? Infinite power, right? But what about two dimensions? Three? Four? What about an infinite number of dimensions layered upon infinite realities? And beyond that—the entirety of the universe itself?
Physically, Ashborn wasn't as strong as Thor. But when drawing upon the [Shadow Monarch Force], he surpassed Thor yet still fell below Odin. That, however, could change. The [Shadow Monarch Force] was the key. If he could push his mastery of it further, and refine it beyond its current limits, then one day, he could rise to a level surpassing even the the top strongest beings in this world.
In just two days, Ashborn's shadows flooded the entire universe. From the depths of Hell to every hidden dimension, every last zombie was claimed, rising again as part of his ever-growing legion.
Zeus, Thor, and Storm were fused into a single entity, Thunder.
The Human Phoenix merged with Surtur, giving rise to Blaze.
Reed Richards, Tony Stark, The Leader, and Peter Parker combined, birthing a new being, The Doctor.
Doctor Strange, Scarlet Witch, and Doom fused, forming the unparalleled Mage.
And Susan… she fused with four of the strongest Celestials, yet under Ashborn's will, she retained her form. She remained Susan.
"My lord, I have come to report—I've discovered more life in the universe." Thunder appeared in the throne room in a flash of lightning, kneeling before Ashborn, who was engrossed in the tablet before him. The Doctor had designed it to help him track all his shadows, making it easier to strategize who should be fused next.
"Who?" Ashborn asked, his brow furrowing as he noticed the unease in Thunder's expression.
"Hades. Bast. Amatsu-Mikaboshi. Seth… and many other gods of death." Thunder's voice was grave. "You need to see this for yourself."
Ashborn's frown deepened. Without another word, he placed the tablet aside and followed Thunder. In an instant, they vanished in a flash of lightning, reappearing inside what seemed to be a mystical laboratory.
In the center of the lab, trapped within a shimmering barrier, were the gods of death. Hades, Bast, Amatsu-Mikaboshi, Seth, and many others stood frozen, their divine forms restrained by an unknown force. Ashborn glanced around, studying the strange laboratory. He searched his memory, trying to recall if he had ever seen this place before in a comic, but nothing came to mind.
"Reverse." With a simple command, Ashborn activated his [Shadow Monarch Force]. The fabric of time and space bent to his will, pausing before rewinding like a recording. The laboratory remained untouched, but its past unfolded before him in ghostly images, revealing the events that had transpired. As time unraveled, the truth emerged—the identity of the one responsible for this.
"This Thanos isn't from our universe," Thunder said, his voice filled with a shock that only deepened when the image of Sentry appeared, except this Sentry was a zombie.
"So, Thanos used Sentry to spread the virus?" Thunder questioned, his disbelief evident.
Ashborn's gaze remained locked on the ghostly scene before him, his mind piecing together the puzzle. "Even beings without physical forms were infected… The only way that makes sense is if the virus is connected to the Void."
Was the Thanos he was looking at from the main 616 universe?
Boom.
With just a thought, Ashborn freed the gods of death. He barely spared them a glance, his focus locked onto Hela. If she was anything like her 616 counterpart, then she had once been a living Infinity Stone, a fact that intrigued him. Was she the same in this universe?
Pushing that thought aside for the moment, Ashborn turned his attention back to the larger issue at hand. "Have you still not found Molecule Man?" he asked, his voice calm but firm.
With Gorr arriving tomorrow, he needed to tie up every loose end. Sentry's mystery had been solved, but the bomb hidden in every universe, Molecule Man was still unaccounted for.
"I looked into the past to find him, but at some point, he just disappeared," All Sight reported, his tone troubled. All Sight was still in Asgard, he didn't need to be near Ashborn for them to speak normally to each other.
Ashborn frowned at the news. All Sight wasn't just any ordinary shadow—he was a fusion of Heimdall, Uatu, Miles Morales, Agamotto, and Sage. A being capable of seeing everything across time and space, past, present, and future, all at once. If even he couldn't track Molecule Man, then something was very wrong.
"What do you mean?" Ashborn asked with a deep frown.
"Something, or someone, didn't want him to be found," All Sight replied, his tone dark. "Before he disappeared, my vision was cut off, completely blocked. I couldn't even perceive the moment he was taken. It's as if something erased his existence while keeping me from ever seeing how."
Ashborn's frown deepened. That was bad. Very bad. If someone could block All Sight, a fusion of some of the greatest cosmic observers, then they weren't dealing with a simple threat. Someone was actively working to keep them blind.
"Forget it," Ashborn said after a moment. "Do you at least know where Gorr is?"
All Sight hesitated before shaking his head. "No. The same goes for Knull. Those two are completely hidden from my sight."