Atticus's Odyssey: Reincarnated Into A Playground novel Chapter 1248

Chapter 1248: Shatter

Iron Crown’s face was set in a deep frown, unusual considering who he was. His gaze was locked on the child god on the screen, and he was going over everything again and again in his mind.

’He negated the mana.’

They had all figured it out the instant it happened. They had even noticed when he had started trying to glimpse the world’s mana signature.

But the fact that they understood it didn’t make it any less jarring.

’How is this possible?’ That was the question ringing in all their minds.

Mana signatures were complex, extremely so. They weren’t things you could simply see and comprehend. What Atticus had just achieved couldn’t be stressed enough.

Copying the mana signature of a barrier was already considered advanced.

Copying the signature of another being was rarer still, only possible for a very select few, and even then, it took time and effort, like hacking into a heavily secured system.

Even copying the signature of a world was, though rare, still conceivable. But again, it was a process, one that required deep concentration and more time than a mere few seconds.

Yet... it had happened in those few seconds. Right in front of their eyes.

He didn’t just copy it. He reversed it.

’Who is this child?’

His battle with Dronvet was already forgotten. Their minds were fixated on the powers he had just displayed.

His will was too sturdy for someone his age. He had awakened a concept. And he could copy mana signatures as though they were nothing.

Even the representatives from the Middle Plane were staring at Atticus with baffled gazes, some of them now filled with a renewed, burning interest.

As the stars tried to grapple with the events, the realization slammed into them all at once:

’He’s a threat.’

Their eyes turned to Quiet Flame, their gazes narrowed. He had said it before, with so much confidence, that his god would win the Virelenna.

Now... now they understood the weight behind those words.

...

Atticus gazed at the spot where Dronvet had been. His will had enveloped Dronvet’s and absorbed it, yet Atticus couldn’t feel any increase in his own will.

’This is how far I can go on the lower planes.’

Atticus had figured something out during his battle with Dronvet.

’It’s very likely that the other gods are the same...’

His clashes with the gods were, at their core, battles of will. And right now, all wills were likely capped by the limits of the lower planes.

Which meant, when they fought, their wills would be mostly equal. Gaining the upper hand would come down to one thing, Concepts.

But this battle had opened his eyes.

He had thought himself invincible after defeating the Twins of Bloom and Blight, bolstered by the intensity of his burning will.

But clashing with Dronvet had shown him something else. There were other will types out there, ones that could act as natural counters to his.

There were too many unknowns.