Infinite Mana In The Apocalypse novel Chapter 3996

Chapter 3996: Trembling! III

Many Dukes throughout the assembled forces looked toward the cluster of Paradoxes with gazes that carried undisguised animosity.

For many of them, the relationship with Living Paradoxes had been defined by warfare that stretched across eons...conflicts in which Diviticus and other Dukes present had killed uncountable numbers of their allies.

The idea of accepting such beings as partners rather than enemies required adjustments to thinking that had been refined through countless cycles of violence and retribution.

In this moment of heavy contemplation, Moiraine began to float back toward Noah’s position.

Yet Noah’s mental voice reached her consciousness with firm instructions that halted her advance before it could draw unwanted attention.

’Do not,’ he conveyed, ’Remain where you are and continue appearing as the source of enhancement that benefits all present.’

...!

His expression grew heavy as he observed this unfolding situation with the seriousness it demanded.

Right now, he seemed to be nothing more than an Extra with very little apparent power while Diviticus commanded center stage.

But this was okay!

Noah released a sigh that carried the weight of choices, acknowledging that he had chosen this path when he made the Festival of War resonate from Moiraine’s position rather than his own.

Not being in the spotlight every now and then was okay.

At this moment of personal reflection, Noah found himself sympathetically understanding how all those discarded extras in his own fable must have felt when their contributions were overlooked in favor of more prominent characters.

The sensation of being reduced to irrelevance despite possessing capabilities that exceeded those who commanded attention was humbling!

It was in this moment of heavy contemplation that existence itself convulsed!

A blaring purple brilliance blazed from above as reality tore itself open to accommodate the passage of someone whose presence was heavy.

From the temporal rift emerged the visage of an extremely gorgeous woman. Her stellar purple hair flowed like liquid starlight given form and direction, while her dress seemed to contain within its fabric the compressed essence of temporal authority refined to its purest expression.

She smoked a pipe whose contents blazed with inner radiance, yet her attention focused immediately upon the figure of Duke Schrodinger with the kind of recognition that suggested their relationship stretched across eons of history. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

"I thought I smelled a dirty beggar in my Transcendent Temporal Folds," she said. "How many millions of years has it been now, Schrodinger? Since when did you let children begin speaking for you?"

As she delivered this casual insult, she barely glanced toward Diviticus, yet that momentary attention carried within it the weight of assessment and dismissal that made the assembled Paradox Duke’s expression grow cold.

This...was Aion, the Temporal Watcher...a being whose authority over time itself had been legendary since epochs that predated current existence!

Toward her provocative words, the beggar-looking Schrodinger smiled with patient amusement that suggested he had been expecting exactly this development.

"Sometimes," he replied, "one has to sit back and let the younger generation lead. Age brings wisdom about when to act and when to observe."

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