Chapter Ten, Hierarchies, Dimensions.
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He sat in a chair of condensed white energy. A throne of sorts, which was directly aimed at the vast reality before him.
"Following the fatelines, it should take anywhere between four and six million years for apocalypse to commence." Reality pulsed with a golden light, sound being transmitted directly to the figure sitting across from it.
"Hmm... So long!" The Architect—the seated figure—spoke.
It was an interesting sight.
A conversation between the only two cosmic entities in existence.
The only two people ranked in the Cosmic Order!
Existence followed a hierarchy...
Worlds, stars, solar systems, galaxies. That was the bottom of the barrel. Following, were universes, their clusters, and then realities. Realities could be singular, or be layered into dimensions. Dimensional Realities were often much larger than the normal.
Of course, beyond all of this, was existence. The grand, massive, everything, that encompassed all there was to be.
That was the hierarchy of existence.
Power had a hierarchy as well!
The Mortal Ladder, the Astral Ladder, and then the Cosmic Echelon.
The Mortal Ladder was divided into seven levels. Seven levels that equated to the power of Worldly Minds.
The peak of the Mortal Ladder was just below a world in strength.
The Astral Ladder was divided into four more levels. A level eight creature could wield the power of powerful planets. The ninth level equated to solar systems.
The tenth was a massive jump, equaling the weakest of galaxies, all the way up to the most powerful. The eleventh would put an entity on par with galactic clusters. Galaxy filaments, ranging from two, up to even millions.
Beyond this, was the Cosmic Echelon! The ranks in which deities stood! Powerful figures of realities, dimensions even. At this point in time, considering there was only one reality, the Architect deemed it fit to end the hierarchy here.
The Cosmic Echelon consisted of four more ranks. Level twelve, universal creatures. Level thirteen, universal clusters, filaments, multiverses.
Level fourteen is where one would stand on par with a normal reality. Fifteen would bring about dimensional entities. Currently, that was as far as things went.
The entity that the Architect was conversing with at the moment, actually stood at the bottom of the fourteenth level.
Indeed! Fate Controller Maria could tap into all of Fate, and all of its power! She could manipulate every corner of reality, and control the destinies of the most powerful creatures! None had as vast reserves of energy as she did.
"I think I will use this time to reserve the top... Seven. I''ll reserve the top seven spots in the Cosmic Order. You and I are the first two. I will create five more to stand alongside you... No, I will create... Six more."
With a smile on his face, the Power Network experienced a small change.
Maria rose up to number one on the Cosmic Order, and above her stood the Zeroth place.
None below the top ten could see the zeroth place, but those within it could.
In the future, those within the top ten would see {Controller Maria} at number one, while only {The Architect} stood above her.
The Zeroth Number!
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The Architect floated aimlessly, spinning around with his arms outstretched.
"Hmmm... Haaaa..." He breathed in and out, absorbing the monstrous and rampaging energies around.
Deep within a nebulae, he resided, absorbing the essences into his body.
Not, in a... capture these energies for myself, type of way...
But a... filter and repurpose method.
The massive nebulae, containing enough energy to bake countless worlds into paste... It was all being filtered.
The task was slow, grueling from an outsiders perspective, but the Architect did not care. He enjoyed relishing in the passage of time, and he enjoyed using powers separate from what he was born with.
He was using the power of this reality to create something, not his own omnipotent energies.
Of course, his plans would be realized sooner or later.
BOOM!*
Stemming from this portion of reality that was coincidentally in the center of it all, a gaping hole appeared. The bright space filled with energy sunk into itself, as if poked through by a pencil. Some of the energy in the surrounding was violently sucked through, being forced into the new space by the intense gravitational forces.
The Architect freely fell into this hole, a bright smile on his face. A golden hue of light followed him into the hole, shaping itself slowly as this new darkness was filled with the powerful energies from what could be dubbed the largest nebulae in history.
Slowly, the gaping hole closed itself, finding the portion of star energy feasible enough. Directly after, the cloud of golden light that had followed the Architect, condensed itself into a more physical shape.
Following the composition of the Architect, a human body condensed.
"Oh! So quick!" The Architect exclaimed, a smile on his face.
He was slowly spinning around, twisting and turning with interest.
He had a knack for the effects of absent gravitational forces on a physical body...
But that knack was currently outweighed by the formation of a new corporeal form. He slowly spun to a stop, smiling towards the graceful and elegant creature that had joined his presence.
A woman of tan skin, and a brilliant blonde hair color. So bright, that it seemed white in spots. Bangs fell to her forehead, but her hair was pulled back to accentuate her sharp tipped ears. There was a veil, equipped to the back of her head, holding her hair back in place.
She wore cloths and elegant jewels. Her next was lined with a golden necklaces, and gold dangled from her ears. Her breasts were covered with cloth, as well as her lower have. A cloth skirt was worn, and an almost translucent shawl was wrapped around her back, held in place by her arms.
She was a beauty for sure.
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-Fate Controller Maria (mar-ee-uh)-
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The Architect held his smile. He breathed systematically, letting energy seep into the surroundings. With each breath he took, her form seemed to solidify more and more.
A smile emerged on her face, her eyes still closed shut. She basked in the slowly accumulating energies...
"Haha! How does it feel to have a physical form!" The Architect quaked. With his question, more and more energy roiled out into space, filling the area with a cerulean blue haze.
"A-Amazing, Great Architect..."
Her creator smiled.
A small problem that the two cosmic entities had encountered, had been solved.
As a cosmic creature beyond the normal parameters, Maria''s conscious could not reside at a singular point within reality smoothly. The best she could do was spread her entire mind across everything, so her presence was not so powerful and disruptive. If she were to descend all of her mind to a single point, reality surely would not be able to handle it.
There would be instability, fractures, damages.
It was simply not possible...
A singular low level reality could not house a reality level expert.
Of course, opening a higher-dimension would solve this problem!
The Architect used the vast star energies alongside small slivers of his own strength to open up a new dimensional plane. Now, this large low-level reality had become dimensional. A smaller, but grander dimension was opened above the core reality. With the energy the Architect was constantly pouring into it, this small space had already received countless qualitative boosts.
One breath here would be like giving a human all the calories they would ever need to absorb in their lifetime. Of course, this atmosphere was far more nurturing, warm, and fulfilling.
This place was built to contain higher entities.
It was a strong space, Maria''s physical body was able to freely move about without creating any sort of instability.
Her power could be seen leaking out into space just a few inches from her, but it was easily contained by the dense powerful energies around her.
In this place, it was rather hard to toy with reality.
Despite being able to utilize the Code of Fate to it''s upmost ability, she was hardly able to manipulate regions more than five meters from her.
The amount of energy escaping with the Architect''s each breath...
Was just that much!
Here, her infinite power was constrained! But it allowed for her to exist calmly! She did not have to strain to spread out her strength and awareness! But in return, she could not even do so if she wished!
"How... Magnificient! I can''t believe I can say I witnessed the creation of a new dimension!" Maria exclaimed, a warm smile on her face. There was reverence in her eyes as she looked around. She traced the floating streams of light and power.
It was all... unbelievable!
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