Infinite Mana In The Apocalypse novel Chapter 4031

Chapter 4031: Give Everything! II

She looked at him with those impossible eyes that contained folds within folds.

"You no longer have that luxury. You are now Fearless in truth, not just in word. Every decision you make from this moment forward will be because you choose it, not because fear drives or restrains you."

Noah absorbed this, feeling the truth of it in his existence. His weavings did indeed cycle faster, his complexity and purity drawing in from the atmosphere at rates that would have been impossible before.

"I should thank you," he said, meaning it despite the strangeness of thanking an Inevitability for anything.

"No," she replied, that dangerous smile returning. "You should thank yourself for being wise enough to listen. Most would have fought. Most would have died. You chose to trust the incomprehensible, and that... that is what separates those who transcend from those who merely exist."

|Timer: 38:42 remaining|

Noah looked at the remaining time glowing in his vision, his gaze sweeping across the field of slumbering Inevitabilities that surrounded him like monuments to contradiction.

The human-formed Inevitability who had opened his eyes to such terrifying truth still stood nearby, her presence making reality uncertain about its own rules.

A question formed in his mind...practical, necessary, born from logic rather than the fear he could no longer feel.

"What about the next time I meet an Inevitability?" His voice carried the weight of someone already calculating future encounters. "Would I have to continue giving one of my Everythings for every Inevitability I meet?"

The woman’s smile grew mysterious, containing secrets that predated the concept of mystery itself.

Without warning, simply existed beside another slumbering form.

Her hand touched what might have been its surface, and another Inevitability stirred to wakefulness.

This one was different yet fundamentally the same...a massive wriggling humanoid form that couldn’t decide if it was flesh or possibility. It nudged its enormous head toward her with movements that spoke of affection, like a child greeting a parent after a long sleep.

The gesture should have been impossible for something that existed to devour, yet there it was.

Then it sniffed, turning toward Noah with senses unknown.

What happened next shattered another assumption. The Inevitability smiled...an expression that required redefining what smiles meant, and let out a sound in a language that Noah did not understand.

It was acknowledgment. Recognition. Perhaps even respect.

It did not attack!

"You see," the woman began, her voice taking on the cadence of fundamental truth being revealed, "after one initially gives away an Everything, Inevitabilities are able to inherently sense this. It becomes part of what you are...or rather, what you aren’t."

She stroked the massive creature with casual affection that suggested eons of familiarity.

"Our Way of Existence does not drive us to seek other Everythings from you once you’ve given freely. You’ve proven you understand the exchange, the balance, the nature of what we are. Only if you make the intention to give away another part of your Everything will Inevitabilities happily come over...if they are near, if they are interested, if what you offer appeals to their particular hunger."

Her expression grew more serious, the weight of warning entering her tone.

"Many are unable to continue giving other parts of their Everythings. The first loss might strengthen them, but the second could unmake them. The third might erase them entirely. THE Creature could give away many Everythings and still be okay...still be more than okay, still be THE Creature. But not many are like him." 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

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