A Moment Suspended in Infinity
Kael had made his choice.
As his foot left the unseen surface of the void, the entire cosmos trembled. He could feel the fabric of existence resisting, as if some universal law had just been shattered. Time cracked. Space twisted. Reality screamed.
But he did not stop.
For the first time in all of existence, someone had taken a step beyond what was meant to be known.
The void responded.
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The Collapse of Boundaries
A great tearing sound erupted—not from around him, but from within him. His mind expanded, his soul stretched across dimensions that should not exist. It was as if every moment of time, past, present, and future, had been compressed into a single point—and he was standing at the very center of it.
Visions assaulted him.
The birth of the first light.
The war before time began.
The forgotten gods who fell before creation even took form.
They were not memories, nor prophecies. They were truths, raw and unfiltered, cascading into his mind like a flood with no end.
And in the heart of that infinite storm—
He saw Her.
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A Voice That Should Not Exist
"You have seen."
The voice was not spoken. It was simply known.
Kael turned, though he had no body in this place. Before him stood a figure that defied all definition. A shadow of infinite stars. A presence both divine and mortal. A paradox wrapped in an enigma.
And yet—he recognized her.
"You…" His voice wavered, though he did not know why.
The being stepped forward. "Do you understand now, Kael?"
He did. And yet he didn't. The knowledge burned in his mind, too vast to process, too infinite to grasp fully.
But one truth shone through the chaos.
He had always known her.
From the very beginning. From before he was a god. From before he was even himself.
She had been waiting.
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The Answer Hidden in the Void
"What is this place?" Kael whispered.
The being smiled, though it had no face. "The place beyond gods. The place before gods."
"And you?"
The being's form flickered, shifting between countless faces, countless voices. "The first. The last. The one who was forgotten."
Kael's eyes burned with newfound clarity. He had seen gods. He had battled against the very concept of existence itself.
But this… this was something else entirely.
"You are not a god."
"No."
"You are not a being."
"No."
Kael's breath shuddered. "Then what are you?"
The being finally stilled. And in the silence, it spoke a truth that shattered everything he had ever believed.
"I am the question."
And suddenly, Kael understood everything.
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The Final Truth
The universe was not built upon gods.
It was not built upon laws.
It was built upon a single, eternal question—one that had never been answered. One that could never be answered.
Until now.
And Kael was the answer.
The moment he had stepped into this place, he had become the key to the ultimate truth. The one being who could choose what existence itself would become.
The weight of it was immeasurable. More than the power of the gods, more than the endless cycle of life and death, more than the fabric of time itself.
It was everything.
And he had to decide.
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The Choice That Ends and Begins All Things
The being watched him, waiting. There was no urgency, no pressure. Just expectation.
Kael clenched his fists. This was beyond any battle he had fought, beyond any enemy he had faced.
Because for the first time—
There was no enemy.
No obstacle.
Just himself.
"What happens if I choose?" he asked.
The being's voice was soft, yet it reverberated through infinity. "Then reality will become what you decide."
Kael's breath was unsteady. He looked beyond, into the endless unknown, into the countless possibilities that stretched before him.
He could remake everything.
He could end everything.
Or… he could return.
And at that moment, he knew what he had to do.
Kael lifted his gaze, his eyes burning with a resolve beyond gods, beyond time, beyond even existence itself.
And he took the final step.
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