But as the Existential Trembling unfolded...
HUUM!
A golden light erupted from the heart of Aethelgard!
It was not a blinding flash, but a soft, warm, and utterly absolute glow that washed over everything.
And in that instant, the trembling stopped.
...!
The very air, which had been a screaming chorus of impending doom, became still, reinforced, and utterly, profoundly, calm.
|[A grand Principle has been exerted.]|
|Analysis: I have barely managed to decipher a sliver of its nature, Master. It appears to be [The Principle of the Sovereign’s Domain].|
|Effect: Within a defined territory, the will of the Sovereign is absolute. The very laws of existence can be rewritten. In this case, the law ’Existence shall tremble before overwhelming power’ has been temporarily amended to ’Existence shall not tremble, for the Sovereign finds it distracting.’|
WAA!
Noah listened to RUIN/EDEN’s words, his eyes shining with a sharp, analytical light.
Who? Who had unleashed such a terrifying power, a Principle that could impose its will on Existence itself with such casual, absolute authority?
He looked around, but no one had moved.
Vulcan and the others simply smiled, their confidence now seeming less like faith and more like... knowledge.
At that moment, from the ranks of the approaching enemy, a new figure floated forward.
She was an Early Creature of terrifying power, her form clad in a fiery red chiton that did little to hide her magnificent, curvaceous figure.
And she was curveceous!
Her eyes shone with a brilliant, almost manic, light as she smiled and breathed in the surrounding air. Her voice boomed out, a glorious, theatrical declaration.
"Was that the light of The First Leader?! Sir, I am your biggest fan! Why don’t you come out so we can gaze upon you?!"
...!
|[Valkyrie Anastasia]|
|Classification: Elder Early Creature|
|Complexity: 3,800 Quadrillion|
|Purity: 3,900 Quadrillion|
The First Leader. Gilgamesh. The golden light that had just stilled a Fold-wide tremor... it was his?
Noah’s eyes flashed sharply as he looked around, but nothing and nobody rose to answer the Valkyrie’s call. She pouted, a gesture that was both childlike and utterly terrifying.
"It seems like you won’t come out just yet... okay! I know those like you have to make a grand entrance. I shall do the honors. Ahem!"
She waved her hand, and an illusory scroll of pure, informational light materialized before her.
She began to speak, her voice now a formal, ringing proclamation. "I, Valkyrie Anastasia, Blade of the Rising Sun, stand before everyone today to announce the intent of war between The Early Laboratories and Aethelgard! This is due to the repeated and egregious invasions from Aethelgard to steal our weavings of existence, the unprovoked deaths of our esteemed researchers, and a fundamental violation of the sovereignty of the sacred Laboratories of THE Living Concept! This simply cannot be allowed to go on unchecked! That is why we stand here today. To defend... our Way of Existence that has been threatened by Aethelgard!"
HUUM!



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