Sitting on the sofa next to the old man, Magnus felt calm. He could feel it in his soul. He knew that he was stronger than the supposed God.
" You are not a real God, are you? However, I feel like you did indeed create this universe."
The false God shook his head.
" You misunderstand the concept of being a God. I am indeed a God, to the humans, to all life in this universe. However, to someone such as you, a superior, I am no God a mere fraud. It is the same as when a real mage looks at a charlatan and scoffs. "
Magnus nodded at this comparison. He understood. Once, he would have been impressed with the man sitting next to him. Worshipped him even.
" It seems that you climbed your way to the top. How did your soul keep such a youthful appearance despite our true age?"
" Hah, can't believe a devourer knows the meaning of hard work."
The extremely old man scoffed at his apparent interviewer.
" I did work my up... but in multiple lifetimes. I used to send my memories to myself. The "me"s of other alternate universes, my instances. Over thousands of instances, I managed to amass enough power and knowledge to use said power to become what I am today."
" Instances... I would have instances too, wouldn't I."
" Why, thinking of using my method to evade death?"
" No, no. Your "evading death" is garbage."
Magnus lifted his right hand and started chanting to ensure his image is accurate.
" In my right hand, I grasp all my instances. I exist as me, myself and I only. There are no other "me"s, "myself"s and "I"s."
With that Magnus devoured all his alternate selves and converted them into a new ability. He called it ' Anomaly'.
' With this, I will no longer have to worry about temporal attacks.'
" What did you do!"
Magnus' chat partner had jumped to the furthest corner of the room from Magnus. He stared at the boy wide-eyed and shivering. Magnus unfazed got up and prepared to leave.
" Thanks for the tip old man."
Then, the blonde boy stopped time. He had agreed to leave immediately after the meeting after all. And he would, in the rest of the world the foundation's perspective. With a sly grin he exited the room.
Thanks for the chapter! I honestly expected something different xD but this conversation is good too. I am waiting for the next chapters!
What did you expect? Just curious. Might add it in when interacting with a different but similar character that I have in mind.
@EthanPeh I just thought this conversation would be between equal beings, I did not foresee that Magnus would dominate it, that he would be that strong. After all, Magnus is the new "god" and, no matter how brilliant he is, he was only a mortal recently. This is quite a big change, and I expected Magnus to try to better understand divinity and mysticism by talking to SCP-343. But it turned out fine anyway! I liked this conversation too.
Haha I am so loving this
I am watching and waiting. Should you ever drop this I shall be sad.
Lmao! How grim!
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Not possible sir.
@EthanPeh You lie
@Foodisbad Indeed I do lie! This pace is simply good for my mental health.