They had been flying across uncountable distances at a terrifying pace for the last few minutes.
And in that period of time, Noah was not sitting still. He was a silent, captive emperor, but within the internal weavings of his own being, a universe of change was unfolding.
|Master, diagnostics are complete. The ongoing, symbiotic evolution between your existence and [The Aegis of the Architect] is proceeding at a rate that is... frankly, absurd.|
|Post-Battle Analysis: The harvest from the Trolls and the Yeti King was significant. Your own Purity has now reached a baseline of 150 Quadrillion. Your Complexity stands at 90 Quadrillion.|
|System Optimization: Your entire existential framework has been further optimized. I have made significant advancements in nurturing your Principles.|
| - [Perpetual Harvest] has advanced to 55% Maturity. The Seed Glyphs have been forged, and five additional Endowments have been utilized.|
| - [The Cheating Architect] has advanced to 15% Maturity. A total of 15 Seed Glyphs have now been forged.|
|Physiological Update: The process of Existential Hematopoiesis is accelerating. The number of Drops of Blood of an Early Creature across your being and the Aegis has now exceeded 500 Million.|
|The [Ascendran Nodule] has reached 71% completion.|
|The [Cheating Tower of Osmont] is, for lack of a better term, speedrunning its way towards the Fourth Stage.|
|General Assessment: If you were to simply sit still for a few years, allowing the passive evolution between you and the Aegis to continue, you could likely step into the Quintillions and enjoy a restful, prosperous life as a conceptual farmer. But, things are never that easy. Struggle is present. Struggle is real.|
|[The Aegis of the Architect] – Status Update|
|Classification: Growth-Type Symbiotic Living Existential Armor (Phase I)|
|Purity: 520,000,000,000,000,000|
|Augmentations:|
| - [The Tyrant’s Feast]: Actively refines the Everythings of defeated enemies into Purity, adding a percentage to the armor’s reserves and your own.|
| - [Innate Omnichalcum Aura Field]: Now capable of withstanding 520 Quadrillion in damage. Stored Kinetic Energy: 77 Quadrillion.|
| - [Absolute Purity Control]: Your voice is a law to those of lesser Purity.|
| - [Existential Trembling (Active)]: Your will can now induce absolute immobility.|
Oh!
Noah absorbed the data with glory! He was a prisoner, yes, but he was a prisoner who was becoming more powerful with every passing second.
He continued to map the First Folds as they crossed, RUIN/EDEN’s Architect’s Eye drinking in the impossible landscapes, adding them to his own, ever-expanding Atlas.
After another few minutes, after traversing a distance that would have taken lesser beings eons, they arrived.
Before them, nestled in a valley carved by a river of liquid starlight, was a grand, archaic citadel.
It was a city of impossible, breathtaking beauty, a place that seemed to have been sung into existence, not built.
Gilded golden walls, thosuands of miles high, rose to meet the swirling nebulae of the sky, their surfaces etched with the entire history of a proud and ancient people.
Within those walls, impossibly tall towers of white stone and gold filigree reached for the heavens, their spires so fine they seemed to blend into the starlight!
Hundreds of thousands of Early Creatures, their forms clad in robes of white and gold, moved about the city’s vast courtyards and terraces, their collective presence a low, powerful hum of ordered, ancient power.
|Location Identified: [Aethelgard – The Gilded Bastion of The First Leader].|
|Analysis: This appears to be the primary seat of power for the entity known as Gilgamesh in this era. A detailed scan has begun, but a terrifying power, far exceeding the Quadrillions, and the swirling, conflicting weavings of many active Principles, prevent an accurate analysis of all the entities of power and majesty here.|
|Threat Assessment: You have arrived in a region of unprecedented danger and possible opportunities. The highest possible gain from this situation is not escape, but information. A glimpse into how a true Civilization was progressing in the Earliest Folds.|
Noah and Elara were escorted through the great, golden gates of the city, their every move watched by the calm, ancient eyes of the Early Creatures who lined the streets.
Elsewhere.
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