Where worlds begin, the concept of time itself holds no relevance, and stars are within one's grasp, beings of absolute power uphold the delicate balance of mortal and immortal worlds. A grand council of such beings govern the power of the absolute, and maintain order as their judgement calls. Their powers unfathomable to a mortal, yet for many of such beings, even such extraordinary power is insufficient.
However, some beings can never truly have enough, and such is the case of an unwelcome guest in the realms of the absolutes, an individual of unknown origin and indiscernible power, merely walking the realm of the grand council, smirking to himself as the universe itself ripples around him as if agitated by his mere presence. The man stops dead in his tracks as the ether before him ripples unnaturally, splitting reality for a brief moment, and manifesting three other beings before him, their mere presence so charged with a tangible energy that every particle ceases its movement, as if awaiting permission to continue their behaviour.
Glorious wings sprouted from their backs, gracefully raising them off the ground.
The bulky and muscular one spoke in a deep arrogant voice, his black hair flowing smoothly through the realm's cold and still air. His black cloak rippled as his imposing yet beautiful wings flapped slowly. "Return the 'Letter', you are nowhere near powerful enough to oppose the Lord. If anything, this is the most foolish choice you could have made… mortal."
"And what if I don't, brute?" The man asked while a sly grin creeped onto his lips "I suggest you go on a low-carb diet, you've gotten quite a bit fatter since the last time I saw you." The man replied in a mocking tone, which the being did not seem to like.
"Looks like you won't learn without a good thrashing..." The being's voice rumbled throughout the realm as the very material used to make the realm shook as if in fear. Black scales appeared on his wrists, and slowly extended down his arms, coating them with impenetrable obsidian. Bulky gauntlets formed around his fists which he then raised while planting his feet into a fighting stance.
Just as his body twitched forwards and leaned into an attack, the older being barred him with his sword. The cold and still air of the Realm of The Supreme God itself seemed to crack alongside the nearby pillars made of heaven's most durable and powerful metal , Barbadium.
"Stop that, Ryo. Your actions could anger the Great Sage, and He will make you regret every single punch." The being warned, his eyes still fixated onto the man before them. "Even if it does not, the supreme council of dragons was already on the brink of defeat due to this man years ago. You mustn't be foolish and repeat the same mistakes. He has become stronger , I can feel the immense pressure of his mana."
The older dragon lowered his sword, allowing the dragon called 'Ryo' to gauge his opponent's mana briefly, after which he too lowered his fists with a subtle hint of fear.
The older dragon's silver hair was neat buzz cut and he wore a black shirt and black jeans.
"Ah come on Mr. Seungjae… we have gotten stronger as well, haven't we?~ Besides, he's just a puny human, no matter what they do, they remain powerless before our kind, we've slain plenty of them in the past~"
The third dragon spoke with a teasing and carefree tone, which then shifted to seriousness in the blink of an eye.
"Besides, this time… we're not alone." The third being mused with a smirk before snapping his fingers, sending a ripple through the space around him like droplets in a pond.Gates formed from the ripples, from which emerged thousands upon thousands dragons in a humanoid form.
The third dragon wore a pair of ragged and dirty gloves, nowhere as divine looking or gracious as the weapons of the other two. However, they radiated such an immense pressure that any normal mortal would've been crushed to utter ruin merely by coexisting in the same domain as them.
The Third Dragon's white hair weaved from the pulse of mana coming from his plain looking gloves, revealing a pair of proud and arrogant eyes, opened wide with clear excitement. The grandiose presence of the Third Dragon and the immense pressure his weapon alone was able to produce, was nothing short of frightening.
"Yeoui." The man's voice and presence shook the realm as a staff with a golden-hooped design on each end and inscriptions manifested in the left hand of the man as his cloak rippled. The man folded the sleeves of his shirt. He had a mechanical arm in place of his left.
"Ahahaha , I still remember when he lost to us and we cut off his left arm , isn't that right K-"
Just as he was about to speak the man's name , Ryo clamped a hand over his mouth.
"Do not under any circumstances muster his name , have you already forgotten about the forbidden name , Dae-Jung?!"
"Whoops , my bad , a slip of tongue , yeah?" Dae-Jung said with a teasing grin which implied it was no mistake.
All of their eyes diverted to the man as the inscriptions of the staff he held glowed a bright gold.
They all took a defensive stance , something told them that this man was upto no good for the dragons.
[Active Skill: God's Child has been activated]
The notification appeared on an interface window in front of the man as the staff glowed with 'Blessings of the gods' and the man swung the staff , shaking the entire realm and breaching the gate to the 'Realm Of The Gods'. The staff hit Ryo in the face , launching him straight out of the realm of the 'Supreme God'
Seungjae teleported all of them to outer space to prevent the Divine Council from being damaged further and angering the almighty snd powerful gods that ruler over it. Ryo crashed into mars , destroying half of it. He got up with a bloody nose and blood running down his chin and a dent on his face where the staff had hit him.
He had a huge grin on his face and unleashed some of his power along with the other 2 dragons. The pressure crushed planets. Ryo appeared behind the man and punched him on the back of his head as Seungjae slashed at his chest and Dae-Jung touched the man on his right arm. "What use is one arm? Let's take it away too!" Dae-Jung said , activating his power.
[Active skill:Nullification [Grade:SS+] has been activated]
[You have nullified the effects of Soul touch]
[Passive Skill: Regeneration [Grade:SS+] has been activated]
Such notifications surrounded the man , this time visible to the dragons , this was nothing short of intimidating for the dragons , he had just single-handedly dealt with one of the most powerful powers in the history of the universe.
"Is this all it took for you to shit your pants? I'm disappointed, Supreme Dragons" He put mocking emphasis on "Supreme Dragons" which Seungjae hated.
Seungjae lunged at the man with his divine sword; it managed to cut through him this time , although it was quickly regenerated.
"That all you got , old man?" The man taunted. A vein popped at Seungjae's forehead and he failed to intercept an attack which hit him right in the solar plexus , knocking the wind out of him.
The man continued his attack with a powerful strike on Seungjae's head from above while also keeping Ryo and Dae-Jung at bay , using the staff with much expertise and practice, attacking them in all directions.
All of a sudden , the man changed his focus from Seungjae to Dae-Jung.
The staff quickly changed into strings which wrapped around Dae-Jung's arm , cleanly cutting it off.
Dae-Jung flew back in surprise. He looked at the place where his arm used to be , regenerating slowly.
However , one thing he did not notice was the divine cloud 'Geundowoon' right behind him.
When he noticed , it was too late. The cloud struck him with lightning from behind , leaving a hole right through his chest where his core was, burning off all his protective clothes and his skin
His muscles were badly torn and burnt , his regeneration had been halted due to the effect of the divine lightning.
He saw the man's mocking grin right before he plummeted to perhaps his death.
Seungjae made an attempt to teleport Dae-Jung back to the house of the Supreme God but his attempt was stopped by the man who swiftly struck him multiple times on vital spots with his staff , momentarily throwing him off balance before the cloud came right above Seungjae.
Right before the man could command the divine cloud to strike Seungjae , he was punched through planets and out of the galaxy by Ryo.
Seungjae and Ryo followed him in an instant and continued their combo on him.
Strange notifications surrounded the man as he continued trying to regenerate.
[Passive Skill: Regeneration has graded up to (??????)]
[Active Sk ha lve p t (????)]
[Interface is glitching]
[Cannot calculate stats]
[You are Immeasurable]
[Interface notifications shutting down]
The Interface had given up on calculating the stats of the man and his skills. He was far too powerful for this prototype of the Interface
The balance of the universe shifted as someone rivalling the gods even that , a mortal had appeared.
Seungjae was forced to kneel to the unfathomable pressure. Ryo was trying his best to resist , blood spurted out of his nose and he spewed blood out of his mouth , his eardrums burst , blood ran out of his ears and his vision was starting to get blurry as blood ran down from his eyes until he was forced to kneel as well.
Both of them were hit by the divine cloud , Geundowoon as they kneeled and fell down to god knows which galaxy.
Before falling , Seungjae had snapped his fingers before losing consciousness and opened the gate for the millions of dragon soldiers.
The dragons had realised the threat and transformed into their true state. All were full-fledged dragons now , the Supreme dragons did not get the chance to transform as they realised their defeat was inevitable.
The millions of soldiers rushed at the man who simply created a path of golden light and walked through the crowd as the dragons were flattened to make way for him.
Just as he thought he was finished and lowered all his defense , two golden palms appeared on both of his sides but stopped just as they were about to close. The man felt fear for the first time the entire fight and finally spoke. "You finally showed yourself huh , Seo-woon?"
A figure stood flying atop the man , large wings even more Glorious than the Supreme Dragons sprouted out of his back. The very word 우월 (Superiority) engraved onto both his red pupils.
"You as a mortal, dare not call me by my name, weakling. I go as the Dragon King. Your time has come , you have become dangerous and are to be cleared of all your sins until now as per the instructions of the Supreme God and his council."
His voice sent shivers down the man's spine as his mana filled the entire space around them.
The man broke out of his fear and the smirk slowly curled back up onto his lips.
"Aw , so soon? I wanted to write a complaint to the Council that their Interface is glitching." The man said before summoning Poseidon's trident in his right hand and Yeoui in his left. The Helm of Darkness of Hades on his head and the divine armor of Karna Kavacha. He got into a stance.
The Helm of Darkness did not strike fear into the Dragon King at all , he had achieved Nirvana and grown accustomed to such. Just as the Dragon King was about to fight , a golden light shimmered throughout the entire Universe and the man's ears , mouth and eyes bled as he was forced onto one knee under the divine pressure.
Every nerve in his body told him to run away. This was very clearly the Almighty Supreme God, Tathagata or more commonly known as Buddha.
"You mustn't trouble yourself this much, Seo-Woon." The figure became more visible as the golden light died down.
"Yes , Master." The dragon king said kneeling while facing the Supreme God. "You must not deal with such weakling mortals known as humans , I will take care of him , this test is over , I have the answer I need." Tathagata sent the man flying to the divine court where fate itself is decided with a single flick of his finger. The man's body had died , he was allowed to speak with only the grace of Tathagata
"Would you like to join my court , you are quite powerful as a mortal , imagine the power you would have as a god." Tathagata said , looking at the man below him , his hands joined together. "No thanks , fuck you… and your court.." The man said , showing his middle finger to Tathagata.
A vein popped on Tathagata's forehead as he composed himself. "Very well , I shall banish you to Tartarus for all of eternity. So be it."
Tathagata was so agitated by the man's gesture that he had forgotten about the 'Letter'.
Right before he was banished to Tartarus , the man used one last skill to do something one might call foolish.
[Main Skill: Gift (Immeasurable) has been used]
[The Supreme eyes and-]
[Interface has been stripped from individual]
[Stripping of all skills]
[Failed to reset Stats]
[Interface has shut down]
Tathagata turned to the god sitting on the edge of the court watching everything happen and spoke "The experiment is successful , start the spread of the Interface , Architect.
—End of Prologue—