The Call of the Infinite
As Kael stepped through the door, reality fractured.
He was no longer in a place bound by space or time. The stars, the galaxies, the very concept of existence collapsed behind him. He floated in an endless sea of shifting hues, colors that had never been named, sensations that had never been felt.
Then, the Voice returned.
"You have come farther than any before you."
It was not a sound, nor a whisper—it was knowledge itself, flooding Kael's mind with an understanding beyond mortal, beyond divine.
And yet, he was not overwhelmed.
He was beyond that now.
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The Being That Should Not Be
From the depths of the endless void, it emerged.
A figure formed not from flesh, nor energy, nor law, but from pure paradox.
It was too vast to be comprehended, yet it fit within Kael's perception.
It did not belong here, yet it was the only thing that ever had.
It was neither alive nor dead, neither powerful nor powerless. It was, and yet, it was not.
"You seek the final truth."
Kael's gaze was unyielding. "I seek what lies beyond."
The being moved, though it did not move.
It smiled, though it had no face.
And then it attacked.
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A Battle Against Reality
The attack was not an attack.
It was the concept of opposition, woven into existence itself.
Kael raised his hand, not to block, but to deny.
The moment the attack reached him, it ceased to be an attack. It was unmade before it could ever exist.
The entity tilted its head, though it had no head.
"You understand."
Kael's power had already gone beyond creation, beyond destruction. He had reached a state where nothing could touch him.
And yet, the entity did not vanish.
Because it was something beyond even Kael's power.
It was what came before power itself.
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The Final Choice
Kael understood.
This being was not his enemy. It was not something to be fought. It was the last gatekeeper.
It offered something.
A choice.
"Will you step beyond? Or will you return?"
Beyond the entity, the void shimmered, pulsing with something more than existence.
Kael knew what lay beyond.
A path no god had ever walked.
A place where even eternity had an end.
For the first time, he hesitated.
And then…
He made his choice.
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To Be Continued…