Finally, The First Farr spoke.
His voice sounded rusty from disuse but carried undeniable authority.
"Thank you for what you did. For allowing events to unfold as they naturally progressed."
He paused, golden eyes flickering.
"If I had not experienced that final failure... I may have continued failing effortfully for whatever duration remained before The Fallout concluded everything."
...!
Noah listened without reply.
The First Farr continued with visible earnestness.
"I do want to clarify sothing important. Yes, I did sche against you...that remains an undeniable truth."
His expression tightened.
"But regarding your analogy about catching stealing simply representing the first ti I was caught rather than first ti I stole... suggesting I could have been stealing for eons past..."
He shook his head firmly.
"I truly did not steal repeatedly across my existence. What I did was simply another mistake that led to another failure."
His voice dropped.
"Which ultimately... made way for my effort culminating in collapse itself. And even in that collapse, I paradoxically failed at dying and succeeded in erging once more."
...!
His golden eyes shone with intensity.
"And so my existence has risen while being systematically molded in the concentrated glow of effort."
He gestured at himself.
"I don't just pursue effort, I embody effort itself as I now cultivate the Singularity Principle of Perpetual Effort. My Way... is The Way of Effort."
The Way of Effort!
Noah heard this and titled his head as he voiced out slowly.
"Effort? Are you sure about that? Why not The Way of Harvest?"
The montum of The First Farr faltered as he looked intensly at Noah before he replied.
"No. Effort. Effort is required before any Harvest. Effort is the backbone behind it all!"
HUUM!
The First Farr seed set on Effort as Noah sighed internally and simply nodded. He just thought The Way of Harvest sounded better, but okay!
The First Farr's voice intensified with mounting conviction.
"Regardless of success. Regardless of any harvest or reward. Endless perpetual effort will continue driving existence forward through sheer accumulated persistence."
He looked upward.
"Effort was present when THE Creature established his imnsity and incomprehensible power. Effort was there for all THE Living Existences when they founded their Primordial Civilizations."
His arms spread wide.
"Effort was there for the Inevitabilities. Effort has persisted across incomprehensible eons!"
...!
As he articulated these words with growing passion, the surrounding existence began buzzing.
Trembling.
A glorious symphony descended from conceptual heights, filling the Sanctuary with resonant harmonics.
Reality itself vibrated sympathetically!
From within that symphony, a single word began echoing with
mounting intensity.
EFFORT! EFFORT! EFFORT!
The First Farr's declaration continued as the symphony swelled.
"Effort was present even when all those monstrous beings founded their grand Civilizations!"
His voice rang out.
"And so on this day, after eons of accumulated cultivation, let it be witnessed that I officially follow my Way of Existence that I did not realize in my countless failures!"
His arms spread wide with gesture encompassing everything.
"I did not abandon farming, it will always remain fundantal
component of my nature."
He smiled.
"But the very core principle behind farming itself is effort! The persistent cultivation regardless of whether seeds germinate or harvests succeed!"
His eyes blazed.
"And so I walk The Way of Effort! And so I shall establish... The Civilization of Effort!"
...!
BOOM!
Pure radiant green light emanated from The First Farr's form.
It expanded outward in concentric waves that illuminated the entire
Sanctuary with blinding brilliance!
Existence continued buzzing with validation.
The symphony bellowing the word "EFFORT" echoed across. dinsional boundaries with such intensity that distant territories surely perceived the phenonon!
Prompts materialized before Noah's vision.
A Derivative Way of Effort has been successfully established in your presence, bearing semblance of your influential authority.
The Derivative Way of Existence, specifically, The Way of Effort, has catalyzed ergence of a Derivative Primordial Civilization.
DESIGNATION: The Primordial Civilization of Effort CLASSIFICATION: Derivative of The Primordial Civilization of
Existence (THE Creature)
This Civilization will operate under umbrella authority of THE Creature's frawork while maintaining independent operational
structure.
The First Farr has been designated as The Primordial Sovereign of
The Civilization of Effort.
Your observation and contribution for its establishnt has created
minor resonance with your own Primordial Civilization of Mana and
Hunger.
Mana and Hunger were present during all monts of Effort across
existence.
...!
Noah absorbed these prompts with eyes shining brilliantly.
His existence buzzed with cascading questions.
A Derivative Way of Existence.
Similar to The Great Usurper!
The First Farr had declared and founded his Civilization, and it
manifested as a derivative falling under the bastion of THE Creature's Primordial Civilization of Existence.
Noah's mind raced.
Why is it that out of two beings I've personally witnessed establishing
Ways... both connected as derivatives to sothing belonging to THE
Creature?
When Noah had established his own Civilization of Mana and Hunger,
it was his exclusively.
Not derivative of any overarching frawork.
Independent. Self-sustaining.
So why did others' attempts automatically connect to THE Creature's
authority?
His existence buzzed with imnsity and mounting questions.
Though no imdiate answers presented themselves.
He looked at the figure of The First Farr with asured
assessnt.
"I will accept your assertion that you were not a perpetual thief
across eons."
His voice carried deliberate calmness.
"And we can consider your temporary collapse sufficient repaynt
for your transgression against ."
Noah's gaze was steady.
"I always considered it wasteful that soone of your evident caliber,
soone who had cultivated for incomprehensible duration supposedly pursuing righteous objectives...would simply collapse permanently."
His tone carried genuine acknowledgnt!
"It seed like trendous waste of accumulated potential. But if
that collapse represented the final necessary component for your eons-long existence to bear ultimate fruit..."
He nodded slightly.
"Then perhaps everything worked out optimally after all."
...!
The First Farr smiled with genuine appreciation.
He nodded with acceptance before his expression shifted to concern.
He began looking around the Sanctuary with searching gaze.
Golden eyes scanned every visible territory. "Where is my daughter?"
His voice carried mounting worry.
"I cannot sense Elyndra anywhere within this Sanctuary. Did
sothing occur to her?"
Noah blinked at this inquiry.
His expression beca oddly neutral before replying with careful
calmness. "She is currently... preoccupied with critical cultivation procedures."
The First Farr tilted his head.
"Preoccupied with what specifically? What procedure requires such focus that I cannot even perceive her presence?"
Noah replied with straightforward directness. "Well, if you recall your original instructions... you did send her to
specifically for the purpose of gaining access to Perpetual Harvest." He paused deliberately.
"The objective was propelling her existence and her Nine Principles
forward through systematic infusion of accumulated authority!" Another pause.
"She is currently preoccupied with the... extensive infusion of
Perpetual Harvest into her frawork."
His tone remained clinical.
"The process requires sustained focus and cannot be interrupted
prematurely."
...!
His words were delivered with complete calm.
A clinical assessnt devoid of suggestive subtext!
But when The First Farr fully grasped their potential implications...
His eyes flashed with sudden imnsity!
He looked at Noah with expression suggesting he was approximately
three seconds from initiating violence!
Noah raised his eyebrows.
His expression almost communicated... Try it and discover exactly
how that works out for you.
But instead, his voice erged with firm authority.
"Leave her be for now. She is at critical juncture in her transformation
process."
His gaze was unyielding. "Disrupting her concentration could prove catastrophic. Let's discuss
you instead. With your return and ergence bearing this new
Singularity Principle... do you possess any new information or thodologies for surviving against THE Loom?" He tilted his head slightly.
"Anything beyond the admittedly limited plan of having your daughter
sohow attain THE False designation?"
...!
Did he have plans?
The First Farr was confronted with such pointed inquiry re
monts after his resurrection.
His golden eyes focused with mounting intensity as he processed the
question.
A mont later, shocking words erged from his lips.
"Well... in my state of dissolution and collapse, during that transition between existence and non-existence..." He paused, seemingly uncertain how to articulate it.
"I actually heard the voice of THE Creature speaking directly to ."
...!
BOOM!
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