Against the World II: Transgression
Chapter 3: Nizivia, Vermyna, and the World Observer, part 2
Vermyna let her lips grin. No, he wasn't sure his attack would work. Instead, he believes Nizivia will be able to cope. Vermyna wasn't careless enough to let Nizivia's body go to waste. Not only will he swallow the girl's blood and soul, his body will swallow too. Vermyna would swallow the girl alive and master all her abilities. That way, his strength would increase drastically.
Wanting to prove that her belief was not misplaced, Vermyna raised her right hand to the level of her chin with her fingers slowly bending. This was followed by a super-massive dimensional ball floating tens of meters above it. In the sphere of dimension there is another dimension that is expanding. If the outer dimension ball shrinks, of course the dimension will stop expanding and also shrivel. And if Vermyna destroyed it….
“Feel,” Vermyna muttered as she clenched her right hand tightly, “Dimensions Blast!”
The resulting explosion was so large that when placed on Islan, a crater that was as deep as a mountain would form. However, since Vermyna had inserted it into another transparent dimensional bubble, the explosion only looked like a giant spark that filled the air. In fact, even the sound of his thump was not heard at all. It was as if just a magic attraction intended to entertain.
Vermyna's belief in Nizivia's abilities proved unmistakable as the girl darted out from within the dimension, leaving the transparent dimension shattered and dissipated along with the explosion inside. Surprise waves of thundering shock filled the air, making the water that gave such a huge upward thrust waver to form waves. The island that floated dozens of kilometers from them was immediately pushed like a sailing ship at sea.
“Into Oblivion.”
Vermyna was instantly wiped out, not even a drop of blood remained of him. At least, that was what Nizivia's eyes saw. In reality, it was only Vermyna a second ago. Vermyna was no longer there.
It was impossible for others to be able to do what Vermyna did. Vermyna could do it because he controlled space and time. As light-dependent vision, it is not difficult for Vermyna to put the past in the future—, of course, with certain limits.
“Time Space Magic: Infinity World!”
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Nizivia almost cursed full of annoyance. [Complete Sensory] couldn't tell which Vermyna was real and which one was fake. Out of Vermyna's millions, all of them exuded the same mana and air of existence, and they were all in different transparent dimensions. Nizivia could not even tell if he was still in the same dimension as where the moon was. It also does not rule out the possibility that it is already in dimensions that are in dimensions that are in dimensions that are in dimensions….
Indeed, the environment in which it was located was still the same. Underneath the water that won't make it sink, above it is the dome-like interior of the moon. However, to Vermyna who was unrivalled in space and time, it was not impossible that what she saw was the environment in the past. Alternatively, the dimensions in which it exists are transparent.
Nizivia knew, the only way to overcome everything without trying hard was to master [Complete Sensory] completely. However, it was something that Nizivia could not do. No matter how hard he tried, there was always a barrier that he could not pass. As if, [Complete Sensory] himself refused to master it. It was annoying, but there was nothing he could do.
“Perfect Clone,” Ogre Nizivia, ignore the barrage of dark purple energy lasers that Vermyna millions shot.
A replica of Nizivia soon manifests next to the commander. Nizivia supplies the clones with a certain amount of life energy, putting them in a Concentrated Engulfing Silence activation state.
Nodding at each other, Nizivia and her clone instantly attacked. No matter if there was a million or a billion fake Vermyna, he would destroy everything until he found the real one.
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Vermyna has lost more than five-sixths of capacity where his ‒ Infinity World is the most draining spell mana. It was his ace card to fight an enemy of the caliber of the Spirit Sakhra King. Vermyna couldn't use that spell in a row. Infinity World consumes four-fifths of its mana total. That is, he had to wait until his mana reassembled to use the spell.
The center of this dimension was the safest place for Vermyna to meditate, speeding up her mana production. Vermyna did not like to fight in the minimal conditions. He is not far from narcissistic behavior, but he knows where to prepare.
Vermyna sat in the lotus position, hovering in the colorful contents of the alternating dimensions.
His Infinity World would last at least ten minutes; within that ten minutes he would at least have to restore his mana to half its total capacity. Therefore, Vermyna ignored everything outside the center of dimension and focus. Because of Vermyna's focus, he would not be jolted if suddenly there was a big explosion in front of him.
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There's no end.
That was the conclusion of what Nizivia and her clones were working on. Vermyna for Vermyna they destroyed while ignoring the Vermyna attacks. But they are endless. Even Nizivia did not feel their numbers were dwindling. Counting it by relying on [Complete Sensory] started to make her dizzy herself ‒ the number they felt had increased from before.
Suddenly Nizivia flinched.
What if Vermyna's really Vermyna isn't here? What if the real Vermyna was beyond this dimension—assuming that she was already in another dimension?
Niziva spontaneously changes strategy. He let his clone finish off the Vermyna, while he maximized [Complete Sensory] looking for the dimensional boundary. 1142 kilometers from his position. Nizivia instantly unleashed her full speed and shot towards it.
100 Kilometers of Nizivia travel in one second, making it to the edge of the dimension in 11.42 seconds. And without much thought Nizivia directly smashed her body into the edge of the dimension, making the boundary of the dimension disintegrate—which then spewed it out. The dimension that he came out of it decayed and perished. The Vermyna disappeared, leaving only the Nizivia clone.
Nizivia and her perfect clones found themselves in a dark purple space filled with dark red energy mixed with purple that blew like the wind.
Dimensional bubbles scattered as far as the eye can see. Nizivia could not reach the entire dimension, showing that this dimension was much larger than the previous one.
“Ve-Vermyna coward!” nizivia's growl.
It is unlikely to check every bubble of dimension. It is also impossible to destroy them one by one. The expansion of the Concentrated Engulfing Silence could only crush several at once. Either way, Nizivia will sacrifice a lot of time and energy.
“You need help?”
Nizivia's eyes blinked quickly. The voice just whispered into his head.