I Can Assimilate Everything-Chapter 671: Deadly Opportunity! II
Achilles looked ahead with extremely sharp eyes as for him, it was not even a hard decision.
The object that was a target was the Primordial Tendril of Civilizational Fortification, something that granted immediate fortification of one's Civilization by 100 times or more. A Treasure of Observable Existence standing at Primordial Grade, rarer than anything he had encountered since entering this cancerous construct. Well, maybe not as the Half-Formed Heart of a Primordial Architect should be rarer.
It was something he never even imagined existed. But what THE Prisoner managed to bring with this Existential Lattice seemed to be a world of possibilities, treasures and mutations and opportunities that a stunted Observable Existence could never have produced on its own.
For as horrible as Lamashtu was, Achilles definitely had to thank him for all the adversity he brought into this previously stunted reality!
But as for this moment when it came to the standoff they saw in the distance, one could ask how Achilles would go about it.
Fight the four enemies at the level of Absolutes? Assimilate them one by one, however long it takes to break down each? How many tries would it take to assimilate a single Absolute with his risen power and established lineage as a Primordial Architect?
There were many questions in how he could go about it as...
"Assimilate."
He did not even move a single step. Since he knew the details of the thing he was targeting, he simply targeted the assimilation of the Primordial Tendril of Civilizational Fortification directly.
HUUM!
...!
The radiant tendril disappeared from the mouth of THE Abyssal Maw of Infinite Depths.
The massive creature looked down with incredulity, its mountain-sized eyes widening as the treasure it had been moments from swallowing simply ceased to exist within its jaws. The golden vine that had wriggled against its teeth, that it had fought three other Absolutes to claim, was gone.
Rage followed confusion.
THE Coiling Serpent of Undone Things roared out with fury shaking the liquid crystalline sea around them. It believed THE Abyssal Maw had fully devoured the treasure they all wanted, that the larger creature had somehow consumed it entirely while they watched.
THE Crushing Tide of Broken Shells snapped its continent-sized claws with sounds cracking space itself. THE Luminescent Dissolution pulsed with light turning the churning waters into something approaching solid from sheer intensity.
They attacked THE Abyssal Maw without hesitation!
This fucker had stolen what they wanted!
The larger creature roared back with equal fury, infuriated by accusations it knew were false. Its existence gazed around the chaotic sea, searching for any sign of where its prize had gone. Its awareness swept across the liquid crystalline expanse before settling on Achilles and the floating book beside him.
It marked them as suspects instantly.
But the enemies in front of it did not give it a chance to pursue. THE Coiling Serpent wrapped around its massive body while THE Crushing Tide hammered against its scales. THE Luminescent Dissolution released waves of dissolving light eating into its flesh. The battle exploded into violence that churned the entire sea into frothing chaos!
"OOOH!"
Achilles's body began shining with brilliant golden light.
That glorious treasure was already being assimilated into his existence, integrating with foundations that welcomed it like soil welcoming rain after drought. He began feeling its profound effects immediately, authority flooding through his Inner Dominion with force making his purple-gold eyes blaze brighter.
...!
Beside him, the expression on THE Lexicon was something to behold. Its leather face twisted through confusion to astonishment to something approaching indignation.
"That was a bit too easy."
Its pages fluttered with agitation.
"I was expecting you to fight a grand battle that I could record in my pages to further expand my knowledge of existence and you. Something epic. Something dramatic. Something worthy of linguistic preservation."
Its ancient eyes narrowed.
"But all I know now is that you have the capability to say a single word and bypass the Civilizational authority of another entity more powerful than you to internally take things into your own existence."
It floated closer, face pressing toward his with curiosity overwhelming its caution.
"Hey, how did you do that? Is it just the mutation you were born with within this place? Hey? Hey???"
The book with a face continued talking near him, questions piling upon questions without waiting for answers.
But at this moment, Achilles was undergoing a profound set of changes.
|Assimilation Complete: Primordial Tendril of Civilizational Fortification|
|Your Inner Dominion is being fortified and reinforced at unprecedented rates.|
|The Realm of Assimilation has expanded by a factor of 139.|
|The Realm of Chaos has stabilized and deepened beyond previous limitations.|
|The Realm of Apatheia...Assimilation...have integrated more completely with your foundations.|
|All consumed territories are experiencing accelerated development.|
|Additional Information Obtained: The Primordial Tendril of Civilizational Fortification originated from a domain situated between what is Observable and Unobservable. This domain, known as THE Interstitial Weave, exists in the spaces between defined realities. The Existential Lattice has pierced into this domain and altered its weavings of existence, causing treasures and entities from THE Interstitial Weave to manifest within the cancerous construct.|
|THE Interstitial Weave contains things unknown and altered by mutations. Further exploration of areas where the Lattice has breached this domain may yield additional treasures of Primordial Grade or higher.|
...!
Achilles processed this information while golden light continued radiating from his transforming existence.
A domain between Observable and Unobservable! The Existential Lattice had accidentally breached something Lamashtu probably never intended to touch.
His purple-gold eyes turned toward the deeper regions of The Existential Lattice where the prompt suggested more such breaches might exist.
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As Achilles enjoyed an elevation of his foundations and power, things were a bit different on the side of Lamashtu.
The devastating aftermath of battle spread across a region of The Existential Lattice that had been reduced to ruin.
Crystalline structures lay shattered for hundreds of miles in every direction. The biological walls that normally pulsed with corrupted rhythm had been torn apart, purple obsidian flesh scattered across spaces that no longer held coherent form. Rivers of liquid corruption flowed through gouges carved by authorities clashing at levels approaching THE Second Scale.
Lamashtu stood at the center of this devastation, breathing heavily.
Fifty percent of the Absolutes who had been with him were collapsed or had their existences ripped in half. Their bodies lay scattered across the ruined landscape, some still twitching as their foundations tried desperately to reform, others utterly still with the finality of true death.
Fucking trash.
Obsidian garments and broken chains marked them as his servants even in destruction.
Before him... lay the radiant crystalline shining corpse of the mutated creature infected by THE Gamaidjan!
