Chapter 270 269. State Of Indifference.

As soon as a second completed in Eshwar's mind, a small crack appeared on the mannequin's neck, which didn't stop until it came back to the start after circling around the mannequin's neck.

The mannequin's head jerked back slightly, beginning to fall off.

BOOM!

With a loud boom, black-coloured smoke seeped out of the crack and formed a spear-like spike that shot out at Eshwar, who was gazing at it as it happened.

'Slow.' He muttered in his mind, gazing at even the smallest of the black smoke's particles as they moved to one spot, slowly forming a spear. Unbeknownst to him, the aether was continuously rushing into his mind after he made way for it to cover his ears from the high-pitched scream of the mannequin. No, that wasn't necessarily a bad thing, but it was making all of his calculative, perceptive, instinctive, and other naturally developed traits run at their highest possible potential, and Eshwar's mind too was running at top gear, analysing everything that he could see and feel, and in the corner of his mind he was also analysing everything he could about the aether.

Though everything seemed slow to him, when he tried to dodge the spear, he found himself unable to do so. Unbothered by the predicament he was in, he began to create new "mana veins" in his body, or, since it isn't appropriate to call it mana, "aether veins" in his body, which were a lot stronger, sturdier, and something that would push his body to the limits. And also something that could go against the laws of the world that restrict everything in existence, and also of the system's which restricts humans to grow above a certain limit, aether's existence itself is like a taboo or something forbidden, because aether is something that "controls" everything in existence, and now, there was somebody who was actually able to control it, that was against every law that defines all of existence, so Eshwar is bound to fail in whatever he was doing, and everybody, the gods, goddesses, transcended, and including Eunomia would do everything possible to stop anything more absurd from happening....

Or so they thought, but when they tried,

<Due to the involvement of the "Third Demon Prince," Vassago, the restraints on the selected target have been broken.> The system's indifferent voice sounded and informed every god that tried to stop Eshwar, by any means required.

(AN: mentioned in ch 110: Void energy)

Eunomia was dumbfounded by what she had just heard. She didn't know what she should do, whether she should be happy for her father or scared because it was about her father, but her thoughts ceased when she remembered why and how the restraints on him broke so easily.

'He is the one that created everything after all, so maybe his Creator's Domain acted when the third demon prince involved himself with Papa and broke the last restraint that was there to keep his very existence safe. I have to warn Papa because now that his soul is no longer confined to anything, if he dies now, his existence may disappear or become another "chaos" itself.' Eunomia thought and didn't bother trying to stop Eshwar anymore.

"I just hope he doesn't change too much." Eunomia mumbled under her breath while floating in a pure white space she created for herself because she somehow liked white better than other colours. Though even those "likes" were something she recently discovered as she talked with her "mother," Isha.

Eunomia was a blob of pure white aether-like energy, but a lot stronger than aether itself. Since she could take whatever form she wanted, she had never bothered with appearances before, but now that she was interacting with Isha a lot, she had been feeling "curious" like a child even though she was omniscient. (AN: just like me, hahaha, only in this story though T-T)

"Haa.... Papa is getting hurt!" Eunomia grumbled with a calm heart because she knew that no matter what, he would win.

'He was already an unfathomable existence.... I don't know what he'll become now.' Eunomia thought with a sigh.

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And the being who was causing the uproar among the godly beings felt something in his mind click in, as if the final piece of the puzzle fell into place, completing the puzzle and snapping Eshwar out of the trance he had been in.

"...." His senses felt profound. His gaze was now wise and calming, as if it hid profound chaos in them.

[Accelerate.] Eshwar suddenly commanded in dragon tongue, as he disappeared, dodging the spike shot out at him, and reappeared right in the middle of the room, floating in mid-air. And complying with his command, the aether zoomed towards him, cruised into his body, and settled in his core, filling it to the brim.

And everything about Eshwar had changed by the time the mannequin had healed completely with the black smoke. Unbeknownst to the mannequin, Eshwar had realised that the black smoke that covered the entire dungeon was nothing but the mannequin itself, and as long as the smoke remained, the mannequin wouldn't die.

".... You shall accompany me until I get used to my current state." Eshwar mumbled with his left hand behind his back and raised his right to the side as a massive wheel of greyish aether swirled a centimetre away from his translucent, light blue-coloured clawed palm.

He was once again in the state of indifference; he had been in this incomplete state quite a few times before, but never in the state he was in right now. The first time he felt what he was feeling right now was when he returned after being under his curse for quite a long time; at that time, his indifference stayed with him for only a few days. The second time was after looking at Isha's life under his curse's influence, where he faked emotions to attract Faye Clayton; that time too he was in this state of indifference for a mere few days, and finally after he realised who he was, that was also a time he was in the state of indifference for quite some time before the "Eshwar" returned, but now it felt different, it felt complete, yet he realised one thing that he wasn't really surprised about,

'I will always be "Eshwar" if I'm with her.' He mumbled in his mind, and his lips curled up into a soft yet genuine smile. And he disappeared from the spot where he floated, together with the massive wheel of aether.