Chapter 368: Sunset

Chapter 368: Sunset

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Chapter 368: Sunset

26th April 2015, Remnant

(Jasmine Sayre POV)

Selene looked down but stayed silent, "I understand. I know it doesn't mean much, Morrigan, but I still love you, and I do regret my actions, not because it didn't work, but because I can see the creature, I turned you into. I only wish I could go back in time and yell at my past self for my insecurities, and how much they rotted me from the inside, but I can't. You are the love of my life and I'm not letting you stay alone again. Win or lose, life or death, I will follow you."

I nodded and didn't respond. There was nothing to say after all. Instead, I simply stood up and walked over to the rest of the team. They all nodded at me in greeting, but also stayed silent. We remained that way until suddenly the sky started to darken, and a few bolts of black lightning fell from the sky all around us, followed by loud thunder that shook the earth itself.

I gave my team a solemn look, "He's here."

They all stood up behind me, in the positions that we agreed on before, as we waited for our enemy to reveal himself. The shadows in front of us started to take shape slowly, revealing a sinister figure that seemed to absorb the light itself. I rolled my eyes; Entropy really liked his theatrics. It was hard to see how this behavior was coming from something that was as old as the multiverse.

Finally, the cosmic entity released his shadows and let everyone see his grinning face, "What a nifty place you found, Morrigan."

I simply stayed unmoving in place and quirked him a slight smile, "Hello Entropy."

The two of us stayed silent, unmoving, while my allies shuffled around slightly. None of them had ever seen Entropy, let alone fought him like I have. Selene knew of him, of our encounter, but never experienced one herself, Jean was much the same for that matter. Quill was barely a fledgling when it came to fighting powerful opponents. Hell, he still considers Thanos to be a powerful adversary. And Loki was unconscious during the events of Ragnark, and the fight with Those Who Live Above in Shadow.

The man's grin widened, "Well, I have to say that I'm surprised. This place, I never knew it even existed. A parallel world so worthless that there isn't even any life left. I would have thought that Death or Time would have cancelled this entire universe since it's obviously a failed experiment of some kind."

"I thought it was appropriate for this fight. A dead world for the battle for the multiverse. Don't you think so too?"

I snorted, "Hit a nerve, did I? A true cosmic entity wouldn't react like this. They wouldn't be beholden by emotions like you are now. In your efforts to remove your restrictions to involve yourself in the mortal world, you made yourself one of us. You're very powerful, but by making yourself mortal, you made yourself alive. And that means that you're within Death's realm. You can die now."

"I am Entropy personified. For me to die, Entropy itself would need to cease to exist."

I chuckled, "But weren't you born? You're a being beholden to time, you had to have a beginning. And just like you did, so can another, so can your successor. You can die because another can take your place, another can become Entropy."

That seemed to actually rattle the cosmic entity, "That's impossible. The Living Tribunal will never allow for something like this to happen."

"Even to punish a rogue cosmic entity that broke his laws?" I simply commented.

Entropy just snarled and I smiled, "You wanted to become whole, to have an ultimate Entropy exist in every single reality possible, but by doing so, you jeopardized your own existence. You win, you would win all, you lose, you die. You have never thought about Death before, have you? You're supposed to be the end, the driving force towards a chaotic universe. Do you even have a soul? So, if you die, will you technically fade?"

Entropy started to shake with rage until he calmed down and stilled suddenly. He gave me a cold look before saying, "I am going to kill you today. You're going to watch as I take away everything that gives your life meaning. I will ascend into the being I am supposed to become, and you're going to watch it happen, helpless as I kill your wife and your daughter, even this useless rock that you call a planet, that you've spent so much time and effort protecting. And there will nothing you can do about it but watch and writhe in agony. Only then, will you have my permission to die, worm."

I shrugged, knowing that what he said wouldn't happen even should I lose this fight, "Perhaps that will happen. But I will still perform my duty and fight to stop you. Your road will not be as easy as you think, Entropy."

The cosmic entity nodded, "You still think you can win. It's understandable. But you cannot stop Entropy. You can dread it, run from it. But it comes all the same. I come all the same. And now, here we are. For our duel commences now."

I nodded, "And may only the victor return alive."

With the proclamation, the dimensional doors surrounding Remnant closed permanently. This was a divine pact of sorts. Our battlefield was chosen, and none would leave it but the victor. We couldn't leave Remnant if Entropy was still alive, just as Entropy could not do the same without killing us first.

The fight for the fate of the multiverse had officially begun and there was no way to take that back. My future, my past, my very existence was dedicated to this exact moment, to this exact battle. I could say that I was excited, that I was afraid. But I wasn't. I was just tired.

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