Way of the Knights

Chapter 943: Finale

To tell the truth…

Be it the God Emperor or the Abyssal Race in general…

They never really stood a chance.

Don’t be mistaken. The Abyssals are extremely strong. They are probably the most fearsome race to ever exist in the entirety of the Outer Worlds and they didn’t became strong through luck, they reached their current state by relying to their own craft and smarts.

Nobody could match them on a head-on clash, they’re are that strong. And if their power continues to grow this way, they will truly become the rulers of everything.

Unfortunately, they got too absorbed in their own ways. Got so drunk in power that they’ve become careless. In addition to fate playing games with them, in the end they met their downfall.

They would’ve imagine that they invoked the ire of something they could never hope to match.

Their arrogance was the main cause of their downfall. And their mistake was taking their sweet-ass time in this invasion. Had they chose to use their warping mechanism to arrive as quickly as possible, things might’ve went their way.

But since they chose to look down on Humanity, they paid dearly for it.

They’ve given Humanity enough time to prepare for their arrival.

They’ve also given Raven enough time to enter his seclusion and not only achieve the Path of the Absolute but also firmly stabilize his foundations.

Yes. Just before the disaster struck, Raven received a stroke of immense luck and manage to step on the path that nobody else reached before.

He became the Absolute One.

The true ruler of everything and nothing. The one who knows everything and is everywhere. The one who decides what goes where and what happens here. The one who transcended the very Fundamentals, Concepts, Laws and Principles.

It is him.

Upon reaching stage, Raven could no longer be identified through anything. Even he himself doesn’t know what he has become. The power-scaling lost its meaning for him since he is power. He decides what it shall be and how far it can go.

The moment he transcended, he knew got this feeling of being able to do everything yet nothing at the same time.

It’s like there’s so many things that he could do and try, yet since there’s so much, he doesn’t know where to begin. He doesn’t know where to start which is why he ended up doing nothing.

Even considering the fact that he could do something, it’s would only end up quelling his curiosity since in truth, everything is fine as it is. Those that meant to exist already exists. Those that were meant to be extinct are all gone. All kinds of developments and possibilities already manifested.

So in the end of the day, there’s no need for him to do anything. His existence was not really. And that’s probably why nobody reached this far in to their cultivation.

There’s simply no need for it.

But then again, this is the true Transcendence. There’s no need to doubt Raven’s power and authority. In truth, he could squashed the Abyssal Race between his fingers if he wanted to. He could end them all in mere seconds. The only reason why he didn’t do it, is because this isn’t his fight alone.

Being the Absolute One meant becoming truly free from the shackles of ‘Everything’ and keep ‘Everything’ as is. That’s all there really is to it.

It’s really nothing worth to be obsessed about as he discovered. So it was kind of a let down if Raven’s being completely honest.

This is why Raven found it so hilarious that Augustus was so adamant that he was meant to be the Absolute One. He was so obsessed by it that he thinks it’s something so impressive, but in truth it is not. Also, add the fact that he called him a fake was the cherry on top knowing what he knows.

The moment Raven transcended his shackles, there was no commotion that happened.

Well, there kind of was but only he could feel it. Others couldn’t because it something that goes beyond their known senses. Which is why Luna and the rest wasn’t aware that he indeed reach this stage.

Raven didn’t really intend to keep this as secret for them. That being said, it’s also useless to tell them anyway. Like what was mentioned earlier, it’s really nothing too impressive even if you considered that he’s the first one to achieve it.

In addition to that, there will come a time when they’ll arrive at this stage anyway. They’re all Immortals at this point so what’s the big deal right?

Now, going back to the current time. Raven swiftly ended Augustus’ life.

He didn’t even need to raise his hand at all. He just needed to declare that he wants this one to disappear and the world will obey him. That’s all he had to do this entire time yet where’s the fun on that?

But well…he’s bored now so Augustus’ can now dissipate into nothingness. He will never be able to return again. Something like him will never exist again since Raven erased all possibilities of another Augustus happening.

Once the God Emperor died, it marked the true extinction of the Abyssal Race.

The ones that had cause so much suffering to many. The ones that terrorized the either Outer Worlds. Raven’s nemesis.

They’re all gone. Felled by his own race and hands.

The debt of his previous life are now settled. Raven felt unprecedented peace and calmness through this.

All of his hard work paid off. From this point onwards, he can finally live his dream life.

Work is done. He can rest. But not just yet.

This place still needs to be cleaned-up after all.

Raven placed his hands on his back and started walking away.

As he did so, Paradise bowed down to his will. Every infrastructure that still bears traces of the Abyssals were erased. The only thing that remained were tools that Raven thought interesting and unique. He planned to give it to his people to play with later.

As for the Forbidden Ultima Core, it already served its purpose. Though it is nice, neither Raven nor Humanity needs it.

All he could see from it was an endless sea of anguish and torment. Cries of the races and creatures that the Abyssals conquered for their own use.

With a single thought of his, he settled them down. The core was dismantled into nothingness and the residual souls were whisked away by him.

He sent them to a far corner of the Outer Worlds and gave them new homes, there they will be reborn again and again until their resentment washes off until they pass on peacefully.

Raven would watch over them of course. He would make sure that no more Abyssal Race should appear.

As for what remains of Paradise well…Raven has his own uses for it.

Since he has become the true ruler of everything, Raven decided to do something for his race as his farewell gift. He’d be retiring from the Dawn Council’s responsibilities after this so he figured why not.

He doesn’t have to plunder resources from the Outer Worlds since he have some that he can use. Remember his Inner Cosmos? The Galaxy he inherited from Geezer? And now Paradise as well? Not to mention the Crest of Order Luna has and the ocean of resources under his name…

With all this in available to him. Building a true Utopia for Humanity shouldn’t be too difficult.

But that can be done later, for now…Raven wants to return home.

His march back home was glorious.

He wasn’t aware that everyone was watching his fight against the God Emperor. He made sure to silence their conversation but their battle raise so much commotion that everyone could feel it.

The moment he won, the suppression that Humanity felt as a whole, disappeared. That was a huge sign that they’ve truly won.

And what a crushing victory that was.

Everything, from start to finish, was all arranged by the man who’s marching towards them right now. He’s the very reason why they won this war. Without him, who could say what Humanity will end up as?

It was under his brilliant mind and his encompassing intellect that they crushed their opponents under their heels.

Time and time again, this man proved to them why he sat on the throne as the strongest, and why people chose him to be their true leader.

Raven was met with cheers so loud that it shook the entirety of the Divine Realm. Everyone was jubilant and hailed him as living legend. Humanity truly united under a single banner and everything can now return the way it was.

With this man looking after them, they have no reason to fear anything.

Raven smiled brilliantly upon seeing this.

He achieved his goal. He answered to his destiny, his calling.

From the very moment he started cultivating in this life up until now, he only had one reason behind all of this hard work. One reason why he chose this difficult path.

‘To become a Knight that can stand tall against all odds in order to protect all he holds near and dear to his heart.’

This was the goal he worked so hard to achieve.

This…is his way of being a Knight.

-End-

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