Epilog: Infinite Possibilities

Epilog: Infinite Possibilities

Terraformed Mars, Olympus Mons, 2072

Youre bored, arent you? Elena asked, stepping up next to Isaac on the balcony.

No? he asked, confused. He was still wearing the bedsheet, and she was clad in a bathrobe. That had most certainly not been boring.

And quite frankly, even if he had been bored, saying so would have doubtlessly landed him in the doghouse until the heat death of the universe.

Elena laughed, laid an arm around his shoulder, and kissed him on the cheek.

I didnt mean that, I meant in general. You teach the next generation, you occasionally help out with problems, but I can feel it. You want to be out there, she gestured vaguely in the direction of the sky.

I like my life, he said. Hed already put his arm around her as well, and now, pulled them closer together.

Im not going to just run off, Isaac protested. She wasnt exactly wrong, there was very little to do that was completely new, hed fought every kind of monster there was, including most [World Bosses].

There were things to look forward to, like when the Deathless Arena finally got out of the prototype phase and he could safely throw down with Sun, or the usual annual big knighthood competition Arthur held in Camelot, and he could still seek knowledge to boost [Assassin of the Logos Blade], but there were limits.

Regular existence with the occasional high point was nothing to sneeze at, nothing to bitch about, and yet

Never said you were, she grinned, But youre not the only one whod love to go streaking through the universe?This chapter is updated by nov(e)(l)biin.com

Isaac sniggered.

What?

Streaking?

Elena laughed, Of course thats where your mind would go.

First, the [Wings of the Void] began to accelerate them.

Secondly, [True Spatial Warp], which hed gotten from the Aspect of the Lord of Time and Space, began to warp space around him, shortening distances ahead of him, the effect boosted by [True Spatial Affinity] from the same Aspect.

And thirdly, the [Skills] from the Aspect of the Cosmic Leviathan kicked in. [Stellar Travel] would make him a hell of a lot faster when moving through space, and finally, [Charging to Infinity] accelerated them through the warp.

Ahead, the universe began to glow blue, while behind them, the world became red.

It was a combination that Isaac never would have figured out if Hermes hadnt told everyone about it in the other timeline.

Alcubierre Bubble (legendary)

The speed of light.

In theory, an absolute rule.

In practice, well, magic exists.

But even when magic is not directly involved, there are ways to sidestep the issue. Wormholes, for one.

And while no one has built one without the aid of magic, the Alcubierre Drive is also a path to getting around that pesky speed limit.

This is the Skill equivalent of that, the ultimate combination of several Aspect Skills (True Spatial Affinity, True Spatial Warp, Wings of the Void, Stellar Travel, Charging to Infinity) allowing the user to warp space-time around themselves to move at speeds that might technically not surpass light speed, but still allows them to win a race against photons.

There had to be so many other combination [Skills] out there, but in the end, he hadnt found any. Yet.

However, he had millennia or even longer to experiment. To explore the universe. At some point, actually get married to Elena. Maybe have kids. Go back to the university and find people to try and walk down exotic paths to power in exchange for support so he could see what happened. Perhaps even find aliens, if they existed?

Finis