The command was delivered with casual finality, as if reshaping the flow of harvested power was no more complicated than adjusting a faucet.
WAA!
Immediately, RUINEDEN’s holographic form materialized before them, her appearance as pristine and calculated as always.
She performed a slight bow.
"Acknowledged, Master," she said.
"Initializing Harvest redirection protocols up until her Ceiling is reached to ensure no waste and storing the rest of the Harvest for future uses."
Prompts began cascading across Noah’s vision, each one carrying information about the transfer he’d just commanded.
|HARVEST REDISTRIBUTION INITIATED|
|Source: Residual existential essence from 47 Dead Existential Armors (Average Complexity 1000 Quadrillion)|
|Source: Residual existential essence from 23 Prime Dead Early Creatures (Average Complexity/Purity: 2-3 Quintillion)|
|Total Harvestable Value: Approaching 2 Quintillion Complexity and Purity.|
|Projected Final Values: 1.9 Quintillion Complexity, 1.9 Quintillion Purity|
|Warning: This represents an exponential leap that may lead to existential instability.|
RUINEDEN paused, then added with what might have been amusement.
|However, given that THE Living Order is, by definition, the embodiment of stable structure and organization, existential instability is statistically unlikely. Proceeding with full transfer right away.|
HUUM!
Noah gave a nod of affirmation, his expression calm despite the magnitude of what he was about to do.
The sky above the Early Veiled Shore suddenly blazed with verdant-gold light that seemed to pour from nowhere and everywhere simultaneously. The radiance coalesced into a river- no, a tsunami...of pure, concentrated Harvest flowing downward with the inevitability of gravity made manifest.
It crashed into Sigrid like a waterfall of compressed existence, and her form blazed with brilliance that made nearby observers shield their eyes (those who still needed eyes, anyway).
Her hair began flowing upward as if gravity had lost interest in her, and her eyes became luminous points of perfect Order!
And her power...
Her power bloomed upward like a flower that had been waiting eons to finally open.
Trillions became quadrillions.
And finally, settling at approximately 1.9 Quintillion in both Complexity and Purity, the transformation completed.
THE Living Order stood before Noah, her form radiating authority that made the Early Veiled Shore itself pulse with renewed structure. She looked the same physically- same hair, same delicate features, same appearance of someone too young to carry such power.
But everything else was gradually changing.
When she smiled at Noah, the expression carried certainty that would have made lesser beings weep with inadequacy.
"Thank you," she said simply!
Noah smiled back.
"Don’t thank me yet," he replied as he let her adjust to her new power. "That’s just the beginning. You’ll need to be much stronger before we’re done."
But for now, this was enough.
For now, Order had teeth sharp enough to bite back Prime Dead Early Creatures at least!
While Sigrid continued to stabilize her newfound power, her form occasionally pulsing with light as she integrated the massive influx of Harvest, Noah’s attention shifted inward.
To the Principles that now defined his existence.
To the Cheating Architect that had promised to break everything claiming to be unbreakable.
"RUIN/EDEN," he called out.
Her holographic form solidified before him instantly, her expression attentive.
"How can I help, Master?"
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