"Everything has a color; by knowing what color something is, you can see such moments in space and time," she said with a grin as Seth moved aside quickly, avoiding the knife that still managed to cut the side of his face, drawing a thin line of blood.
"Really? What else can that eye of yours do even when not at full power?" Seth asked, looking directly at her eyepatch with genuine curiosity about its capabilities.
"You're about to see!" She roared, not too bothered that her surprise attack failed to land cleanly. After all, she knew Seth was holding back significantly and not using his full power. The only reason she managed to hurt him just now was that that quantum shift had allowed her to bypass Infinity completely. Seth still had his Vector control active, which he didn't fully use to defend, and Lion Heart, which remained completely inactive.
But Mary was also holding back her full power, so she removed her eyepatch slowly and instantly looked at Seth with her unveiled eye, ready to go all out against him and show her true capabilities.
[Name: Mary Walkens
Race: Primal Human
Talent: All Sight (SSS Rank)
Title: [One out of the 18 people with an SSS rank Talent], [Blessed By the Gods Of Wisdom]
Tier: 1 Tier (1/1,000,000 XP)
Combat Power: 13.5 Million (+30% with gear/ x2 Within Territory/??? With Gods Eye)
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Skills: [All Seeing Pupils (4/5)], [Gods Eye (1/5)]
She only had two skills in total. All-Seeing Pupils were what allowed her to see every color in creation without limit or restriction. God's Eye is the ability she gained upon reaching tier one. Currently at level one, it only allowed her to take control of her target's senses and manipulate what they perceived... with Seth being so arrogant and holding back so much of his power, she was able to easily take control of his senses and move in.
She wanted to defeat him, that way… well, bit by bit, marriage wouldn't sound so impossible anymore. Seth had to marry her; this wasn't something born from her lust or anything as base as that, for better than anyone else walking the earth, she understood and truly comprehended just how vast and incomprehensibly large the universe actually was.
The sheer scale of existence was enough to make her, a proud American woman with all her cultural values and beliefs, genuinely accept the concept of allowing her husband to have a harem—something that would have been unthinkable to her in any other circumstance.
Sadly for Mary, Seth was completely immune to her illusion abilities. She discovered that harsh truth far too late, as Seth calmly reached out with one hand, flicking her forehead with his finger, the simple gesture sending her rocketing away at incredible speed, her body rolling on the ground like an out-of-control ball for some considerable time, tumbling and bouncing across the terrain, before she was finally able to stop herself.
"You rely too much on what you see, and not on what you don't see," Seth said evenly, pointing at his own head with emphasis, causing Mary to focus her attention on there and her pupils shrank in absolute shock, seeing and truly perceiving just how overwhelming and utterly immense his willpower actually was.
"Sadly, you would never be able to use your eyes to their full potential for the simple reason, you're a human. You would forever remain weak, because you're human." Seth said softly, his voice quiet and contemplative, although it sounded like he was talking to himself more than to her… yeah, Seth genuinely wanted to change his race.
This is why he had not put on the special gear that was given to him as a reward for his accomplishments; he didn't want to become a primordial human. He was disgusted with the very idea of becoming such a disgusting thing, the concept revolting him on a fundamental level. So, he wanted to change his race entirely; anything would be better than remaining human.
Anyways, Seth fought all of them without hesitation, all of them banding together and teaming up against him, all trying desperately to see just what Seth's actual limit was… but they were left bitterly cursing the universe itself when they realized how ridiculously overpowered Seth truly was. Just why on earth would the universe make anyone this absurdly overpowered?
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Far away, in Texas, Michael could be seen standing and looking up at the live broadcast showing Seth toying with 7 SSS tier fighters like they were nothing more than children. He had his hands casually tucked in his pockets, smirking with amusement while spinning gracefully on one foot, easily avoiding devastating attacks that completely erased a whole mountain range behind him, or tripping someone with minimal effort and sending them rolling helplessly all over the ground.
Even when their collective body was moved to a small island somewhere in the ocean, which luckily had no humans living on it, the whole island disappeared entirely simply because Golden Lion wanted to see the full limit of Seth's true capability and channeled the complete and full power of the sun itself, and called for it to rain down upon this world.
Heat that was powerful enough to erase all life on earth a few months ago hit the planet with devastating force… but Seth controlled all that Vector with ease, and simply threw it back at Golden Lion, who quickly commanded the overwhelming heat to return towards Seth in retaliation… but their two powers canceled out perfectly, showing the entire watching world just 1 stage of his ability rivaled their supposedly unbeatable SSS tier abilities.
"Alright, you guys showed me all of these attacks and stuff, it would be rude if I didn't show you something in return." Seth in the broadcast, said with a confident grin while pointing dramatically at the heavens above. He channeled Nexus barrier into the space directly above him, creating Blue.
"I'm sure many of you watched JJK, right? This is Blue… just 100 times more overpowered." Seth said casually as all of the SSS tier faces paled in absolute horror as Blue began sucking everything in with relentless force. And by everything, they truly meant everything without exception. Be it time itself, be it the fabric of Space, be it all forms of Vectors in existence, it was being pulled inexorably into the small blue orb Seth had carelessly created with barely any effort.
"Come on, if you can't handle this, how would you handle red or purple?" Seth asked with a laugh, his tone almost mocking, stopping the pull as their lifespan, along with many other fundamental things, were being pulled directly into Blue, killing them slowly and painfully even as they desperately tried to resist its overwhelming attraction.
"Wait," Mary said, breathing heavily and struggling for air as she flew towards Seth with great effort. She took a long moment to catch her breath and recover before speaking,
"About your goal to slaughter all monsters… wouldn't it be better to create a galaxy where all races live together in peace? You know, something like those anime?" She asked in a panic, her voice urgent and pleading, making Seth frown for a brief moment as he considered her words.
"You do have a point… okay, but that means no more slavery. Those who have slaves past today will have me to deal with," Seth said directly to the camera, waving goodbye casually before ending the broadcast abruptly.
"He is so strong," Michael said, his eyes bright and shining with admiration, seeing his big brother at work and displaying his incredible power. He couldn't wait for them to meet after so long apart.
Sure, he had a lot of apologizing to do since the entire situation of their breakup was his fault. If he were dead, then would his sister and Seth have broken up in the first place? He had a lot to make up for, but if there was a dream burning in your heart, there was a way forward.
Michael didn't notice his elder sister, who was locked away inside the house, unable to, and unwilling to see Seth's face on the screen. Of course, she was genuinely happy that he looked the same as always, still the light of the room, he had that natural charisma that just drew people towards him effortlessly… she was happy for him, really… but how would she ever meet him face to face?
She didn't want to see him, she was sure he didn't want to see her either, but she couldn't bear to disappoint her little brother, who naively thought he could fix everything that had been broken. She didn't even want to close her eyes anymore, for the memory of that disgusting day would return, forced to endure all that violation, to feel violated and dirtied beyond measure, but to stomach it all for her little brother's sake… it was absolute hell, she never felt clean after that day. Like she had dirtied her very soul and was forever trash, irredeemably tainted…
With the new excitement and anticipation of seeing Seth, Michael began heading towards the capital at a higher speed than before, ready and eager to see his elder brother, completely ignoring the nightmares he was getting with increasing frequency as he neared that place. What were these constant nightmares showing him? Well, let's play them out and see.
[A/N: I fought my laziness and gave you guys one more chapter. Yes, I'm amazing.]