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Chapter 1 - Chapter One: Ashes Of Ego

Location: Planet Ego, Universe Wyverno – a world beyond time, beyond space, where cosmic storms dance across twin suns and reality bends to the will of those who command it.

Oblivion stood amid the smoldering ruins of Planet Ego. His parents had just been killed before his eyes. His father, Doctor Valieo, a brilliant and unhinged scientist, had shouted as he fell:

"Make them regret!"

His mother, Manila, loyal and beautiful, whispered as her life drained away:

"Go! Run for your life, sweetie!"

Clutching his chest, Oblivion activated the Chrono-Slice Drive, vanishing from Planet Ego in a flash of impossible light and materializing on Planet Hurricane, the second planet of this solar system.

He stormed into the throne room, trembling but resolute, and bowed to the Absolute King Veyrath, a legend of bloodlust and genius, whose mind had razed entire planets before.

"Your Majesty!" Oblivion shouted. "Planet Ego has been attacked! They're destroying everything—your intervention is needed!"

Veyrath's golden eyes glimmered, skeptical. "planets gets destroyed everyday, child, why should i care?"

Before Oblivion could answer, Lazard, watching the space,he witnessed planet ego's destruction

Lazard then teleports to the king's throne

Veyrath.

"Your Majesty," Lazard said, urgency in his voice. "Planet Ego is being destroyed. The Navids are attacking."

Veyrath's gaze hardened, the floor trembling under his fury. "I see, so they never learn"

He lifted his Mace of Aeons. "Warriors, prepare! Planet Ego must be defended!"

oblivion turned to Lazard. "Who are you? And how did you convince him?"

"I am Lazard," the man replied. "I serve the king. And yes… I know your name. I worked with your father. The king took me because he thought I might be… useful. My father… he died at Veyrath's hands. I had a chance for revenge… I did not take it

" Why didn't you take revenge?" oblivion said

"acceptance." lazard said

"fair, now what do we do?" oblivion said

"You can join through a high-rank connection." Lazard said

"High rank?" Oblivion asked.

"Ranks apply to everyone across every universe," Lazard explained:

Rank 1: Regulator – ordinary people seeking peace.

Rank 2: The Shields – healers for the injured in war.

Rank 3: The Warriors – soldiers executing the king's orders on other worlds.

Rank 4: King/Leader – rulers of planets,

Rank 5: The Watcher –

observing through cosmic telescopes. Lazard had been chosen after the king killed his father.

Rank 6: The Absolute – omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent beings controlling universal fate.

Oblivion's eyes widened. "So much to learn…

" Lets help the warriors"

"Let's go."

In a flash, Lazard teleported them to Veyrath.

"What do you want, Lazard?" the king asked.

"Make Oblivion a Warrior. He's a genius and skilled fighter—he'll be useful."

Veyrath nodded. "Fine, Oblivion, take this shield. Arm yourself."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

They activated the Chrono-Slice Drive, heading back to Planet Ego.

A beam of bright purple struck the planet. The massive spaceship landed. Veyrath emerged first. "You will never learn, Radina," he said, Radina. commander of the Navids, sneered. "You attacked us first, Veyrath!"

"I had every right," he replied.

"You DESTROYED my home planet, Veyrath! You're a monster!"

Oblivion stepped forward, sword in hand. "I know how you feel. That happened to me recently… I won't let it go."

Veyrath roared. "ATTACK!"

The Warriors struck. Veyrath slammed his mace, annihilating scores of Navids. Oblivion sliced one in half, but another struck from behind, smashing him into two Warriors. Blood poured from his nose.

"For me… Oblivion!" he spat, unleashing a barrage of punches that tore through a Navid. A gamma-ray cannon fired from the sky; Oblivion countered, slammed the enemy into the ground, and picked up the weapon, shooting relentlessly.

"Wow… Lazard was right!" Veyrath said. "I like this one."

Suddenly, Radina struck Veyrath from behind. Oblivion and Lazard screamed in unison: "VEYRRATH!!" They ran, but Radina caught Oblivion's punch, throws him at Lazard. Both were crushed, bleeding, unconscious.

Oblivion's mind flickered with memories—his mother smelling flowers, his father working in the lab— then He woke in

All That Is, All That Was, and All That Ever Will Be, a realm beyond dimensionality, space, and time.

A presence brighter than seven cosmos approached. "Welcome to Aethernexus. Call me Aethron. I paused existence to watch you die on Planet Ego."

"I… I want to go back! My friends need me!" Oblivion demanded.

Aethron's voice rumbled. "I offer a deal. I will grant you a fraction of my power to conquer the Omniverse. But when complete, you are bound to me forever. Say" The Absolute Realm!" to return to me . Deal?"

"Deal," Oblivion said.

He reappeared on Planet Ego, screaming: "RADINA!" Teleporting behind her, he slammed her into the mountains. "Echo of Death!" oblivion said, she and her warriors began erasing from existence.

Radina cried: "When he destroys my home, no one helps… but when I try revenge, everyone helps the enemy! That's unfair!"

Oblivion watched, emotionless. Slowly, Radina and her warriors vanished across all timelines and multiverses.

"We won!" he yelled.

Veyrath, stunned: "That… is impossible…"

The king fell. Lazard crawled to Oblivion's feet. "Wha—"

"You, Oblivion, are the new king," Lazard said. Oblivion healed him instantly.

"How…?" Lazard asked.

"Secret powers," Oblivion replied.

The survivors of Planet Hurricane—now Planet of Lost Souls—gathered. Some wept at Veyrath's fallen body; the warriors stood stoic. Together, Oblivion and Lazard buried the king.

"I'm free now… but at what cost?" Lazard murmured.

"It was good while it lasted," Oblivion said softly.

End of Chapter One

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