An unknown number of Gigaparsecs away from The Primordial Genesis Shore where Noah stood staring at a cage containing a THE level entity he would soon battle, in a vastly different region of Ginnungagap’s chaotic expanse, another scene was reaching its conclusion.
This region was filled with obsidian rivers of concentrated instability that would shred Pre-THE Existences into component particles within monts of contact.
Tor and THE Living Origin floated victoriously over the three Malford Ginnu Lifeforms they had been fighting, their opponents now shockingly bound by chains of Hunger and Origin that wrapped around their malford bodies with crushing authority.
Tor’s obsidian crimson chains pulsed with devouring intent, constantly attempting to consu the Existence of those they held. THE Living Origin’s white gold chains glowed with the principle of reduction, forcing the bound entities back toward their most fundantal state.
Even though these were Ginnu Lifeforms fully capable of using The First Tongue and were operating in Ginnungagap where they faced no suppression from Existence itself, they still had not been able to stand successfully against Tor and THE Living Origin.
Two entities who were actually experiencing a level of environntal suppression themselves due to not being native to this region.
It was genuinely terrifying to think about the power differential that had manifested.
Tor looked down at the bound Ginnu Lifeforms with eyes shining with hunger as he spoke with voice carrying predatory satisfaction.
"I want to eat them. Three whole Ginnu Lifeforms would be an absolutely magnificent feast. Do you have any idea how much my Hunger would grow from consuming entities this ancient and powerful?"
THE Living Origin sighed with exasperation as she replied with calm patience.
"You know you absolutely cannot eat them, you reckless thing. Eat them, and a THE Fundantal Depth of Absolute Sovereignty Ginnu Lifeform will be hunting us down with single-minded dedication. I will leave so very quickly if you actually try it. You can face that wrath alone."
Tor’s face twisted with annoyance as he responded with reluctant acceptance.
"Whatever. We will leave them bound here and continue on our search. Soone will find them eventually and release them once we are long gone from..."
In the middle of his reply, as he was casually talking, his expression suddenly changed dramatically.
His eyes widened as his gaze snapped toward one particular obsidian river passageway with alarm flashing across his features.
At that exact mont, brilliant purple obsidian light erupted from the river as a stream of concentrated temporal authority blood with overwhelming presence.
Soone stepped out from the river of ti itself, their humanoid form burning and completely shrouded with terrifying purple obsidian flas that flickered with impossible patterns.
The entity’s face could barely be seen beneath the concentrated fire, only hints of features visible through the blazing energy.
They stood tall, perhaps seven feet in height, with a build that suggested both power and elegant refinent. The purple obsidian flas covering their body were not chaotic but moved with deliberate purpose, as if each flicker was precisely calculated.
What could be glimpsed of their face showed sharp, aristocratic features and eyes that burned with concentrated purple light. Those eyes held the weight of countless eras, the accumulated knowledge of soone who could observe ti from outside its normal flow.
The very space around this entity seed to bend and warp, not from raw power but from temporal distortion. Past and future flickered around their form, creating afterimages that showed them in different positions simultaneously.
The mont they appeared, THE Living Origin spoke with unusual caution in her normally confident voice.
"Why are you here?"
The afla being smiled while looking at her with a gaze of calmness, as if watching a slightly grown up child who still had much to learn.
When he spoke, his voice carried grand and imposing weight that resonated across multiple temporal frequencies.
"The better question is not why, dear Origin, but rather when. I will say that sothing quite interesting drew here specifically to this point in ti. Not to this location particularly, but to this precise mont in ti. Fascinating, is it not?"
Sothing drew him here. At this point in ti specifically.
The emphasis on temporal specificity instantly caused THE Living Origin and Tor to beco somber as they could only think of one particular anomaly who had been traversing through ti.
In the heavy silence that followed, THE Living Origin looked at this being with calculating focus as she spoke carefully.
"What do you an sothing drew you to this ti specifically? Have you not been existing in this ti like the rest of us? Where have you been? No, the better question is when have you been?"
The entity filled with a terrifying Depth of power that had to be at minimum THE Fundantal Depth of Absolute Sovereignty looked at THE Living Origin calmly with that unsettling smile still fixed on his barely visible features.
His reply ca with imposing weight.
"Ti, Origin. Ti is so critical for Existence that most entities fail to truly comprehend its significance. They experience it linearly, flowing from past to present to future like water running down a hill. They are trapped in the current, unable to see the river from above, unable to understand the full scope of what ti actually represents."
"Many fail to realize that if soone held genuine sway over ti itself, if they could move through its currents with the sa freedom that you move through space, they could accomplish so much that would otherwise be completely impossible."
His purple flas intensified as he continued.
"I personally do not do too much with my capabilities. I observe, I maintain, I ensure certain boundaries are respected. But because I exist with this power, I prevent all others from being capable of violating Existence through temporal manipulation. I protect Existence to continue on as it should, maintaining the integrity of causality itself."
His smile grew slightly wider.
"If there was soone freely traversing through ti who was not , who was making changes or observations or interventions across the tiline, that would be quite problematic, would it not? It would suggest my fundantal role had been compromised sohow."
The faces of Tor and THE Living Origin beca noticeably heavy as they watched this terrifying being, both of them thinking of the sa individual who had been moving through ti recently.
The afla entity smiled once again and laughed with voice carrying strange mirth.
"Hey, why do you two look so guilty? Relax! You personally had nothing to do with any violation of ti. Nobody has actually violated ti’s integrity in any aningful way. You both can relax your guard."
His tone shifted to sothing more casual and familiar.
"Origin, since when did you beco so strung up and nervous? Who is this new company you keep apart from THE Creature? You even stayed deliberately away from Paradox and the others recently, which I found curious. But no matter. What are you doing wandering around Ginnungagap at this ti? Do you need help with sothing? I could assist if necessary."
THE Living Origin shook her head calmly as she replied with carefully asured words.
"Nope. We should be perfectly fine on our own, just strolling around while trying to learn more regarding The Origins of Existence itself. Ginnungagap is an excellent place for such research and exploration."
At such words, the afla entity smiled devilishly while remaining uncomfortably silent, his burning gaze fixed on her with knowing intensity.
Tor’s eyes narrowed dangerously as this being simply nodded after a few seconds and spoke with casual finality.
"I see. Understood completely. If you ever need any help with your... research, I will be around these parts at this particular ti. Just call out to and I will appear. After all, we have to stick together in our little exclusive club, do we not? Those of us operating at this Scale must maintain certain bonds."
With such words, he simply disappeared.
Not through space but through ti itself, his form flickering out of the present mont and returning to whatever temporal location he currently called ho.
Tor imdiately spoke with voice mixing annoyance and grudging respect.
"Is that The Temporal fucker I’ve heard many THEs scared shitless of?"
THE Living Origin nodded as she replied with simple confirmation.
"Yes. He goes by many nas across different eras and regions, but yes, I suppose Temporal fucker can certainly be counted as one of them."
At such words, Tor smiled widely as he spoke with teasing tone.
"Oh, the pristine Living Origin using such vulgar language? Am I actually rubbing off on you after all this ti together?"
THE Living Origin’s calm reply carried her usual composed tone.
"The only thing you are rubbing off on is your general distaste for caution and attraction to danger. Let us keep moving. The more ti passes that we do not find him, the more precarious our entire situation becos. And please try not to talk so much."
Tor’s reply ca with broad smile as he began whistling while floating behind Origin.
"The day I stop talking because so prude tells to is the day I will collapse my own Hunger out of boredom. You just try to keep up with ."
With such words, THE First Hunger disappeared into the chaotic rivers with casual speed.
THE Living Origin followed calmly a mont later, leaving behind three bound Ginnu Lifeforms to be discovered eventually.
But monts after they departed, from the exact area they had left, silent purple obsidian flas flickered again as if they had never actually left at all.
And truly, they never had left.
Yet the perceptions of the terrifying Tor and THE Living Origin, both entities at THE classification with trendous sensory capabilities, had not been able to detect the continued presence.
The outline of the entity surrounded by temporal flas could be seen clearly observing the direction where they had just disappeared, his mouth showing a devilish smile as his eyes were filled with imnse calculating calm.
He had never left.
He had simply made them perceive that he left.
And now he watched them go, knowing far more about their true purpose than they suspected.
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In Existence, there were those who were powerful.
Entities who had reached THE classification, who wielded Civilizational Authority that could reshape reality, who commanded forces that could collapse lesser beings with casual gestures.
These were the titans that others feared and respected, the beings whose nas were spoken with reverence or terror.
And then, beyond that already rarefied tier, there were those who were unfathomably powerful.
Entities operating on scales that made even THE classification seem limited by comparison. Beings whose capabilities transcended conventional understanding of what power could accomplish.
Sotis, many of those who considered themselves powerful would never know when they stood in the presence of soone operating at that unfathomably powerful level.
They would look such entities in the eye, speak with them as equals, and never realize the true gulf that separated them.
Because the truly unfathomably powerful did not need to display their capabilities obviously. They did not need to intimidate or threaten or demonstrate superiority.
They simply existed, quietly observing, occasionally intervening, always knowing far more than they revealed.
This was the nature of true power.
Not the ability to destroy, but the ability to know. Not the capacity to fight, but the capacity to observe without being observed in return.
The Temporal entity smiled, and the smile was gloriously devilish!
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