Chapter 1885 Clash of the Titans [14]
As Damien's respect disappeared, the Dark God became more manic.
And as he became more manic, he became more powerful. Damien had the upper hand for a second there, but the Dark God took it back almost instantly.
He pushed him back and forced him into a corner. Damien's energy was special because it could be used very precisely, but it took time to make the necessary calculations.
That amount of time wasn't much at all, but the Dark God was able to prevent Damien from having even a single fraction of a fraction of a spark of a second to think. Using pure volume to overcome any and all obstacles, he created a situation where he held a great advantage.
Damien's memories made him feel endless envy, but he watched them all. He understood the core of Damien's existence extremely well. The problem was that it wasn't very easy to target.
The center of Damien's everything was his own name. It was the pride he held in himself, his integrity, and his morals. To break something like that took a lot of time and effort. Luckily, Damien managed to rile the Dark God up, and the Dark God was someone who had endless power hidden within his envy. His emotions were intrinsically tied to his energy. Damien saw his history, so he knew this for a fact.
When the Dark God was born, he actually had holy energy. He was connected to the heavens through a strange link, which made him a prime hero candidate. If he continued on that path without looking at his brother's achievements, he would've lived happily and achieved great feats.
Unfortunately, his energy was corrupted. When his energy was corrupted, his ego dipped into a pit of envy so deep that it touched upon Nonexistence.
Nonexistence became a crutch for the Dark God. He used it as a way to affirm himself and assure himself that he was not useless. It became his emotional support, and because it liked this position, Nonexistence responded to him.
However, it entertained an emotion it should not have touched. Rather than becoming a pure representation of itself, it became a twisted weapon of his.
It was exploited so he could gain control over Existence, and that Existence which never willingly chose him was corrupted as well.
He treated them as their own beings with thoughts and emotions while he was comprehending them, but he never once maintained that mentality after he came out of the Land of Nothingness.
The two concepts still had their emotions after becoming one with him. They embraced him because he showed them that he was willing to consider them and recognize them in a way that nobody else could.
Now that he was trying to force them together like ordinary energies, what reason did they have to continue listening to him?
Their refusal to bond was something of a rebellion, and he only now realized why they were rebelling at all.
He understood that they needed to achieve a kind of compatibility before they could begin their merger. He was hearing their voices again, listening to their complaints. They felt themselves being heard and could see the qualitative change in the way he handled their energy.
That was when they finally responded. Their energies stopped disobeying his command, and finally, he was able to accomplish the things he desired.
In an instant, he returned to the attack. He used his own energy to suppress the Dark God. His emotion-fueled barrage was unable to stand against his connection to Existence and Nonexistence. The space trembled, and subtly, the Void came closer. Damien split his mind into millions, billions, and used the power of each individual to compute a new concept to either add into Existence or remove. His purpose was one. He was going to completely remove the Dark God's energy from the world. In any other case, this would have been irrelevant, as it didn't have any real effect on their battle. However, Damien's goal was a little different. Physical attacks were meaningless. Any sort of impact taken by their bodies was made inconsequential by the fact that they would always be able to heal back to perfect condition.
Still, Damien closed the distance between them. As the energy blocking his way was destroyed, as the space quaked and adjusted itself to accommodate the ongoing battle, Damien regained control.
He didn't wait a second longer to make his move.
Existence and Nonexistence combined in his hands. Their power was no longer exercised completely separately. They were starting to mingle, a sign that Damien was getting closer to that final boundary. He looked at the Dark God with extreme scorn in his eyes.
"In the end, you are nothing more than a child trapped in his brother's shadow."
With one sentence, Damien waved his hand and destroyed everything the Dark God used to keep himself hidden. For the first time, his true form was revealed to the world.