Here's the extra chapter!
Might as well add this early since it's inevitable that we would reach 100 stones today.
Gimme votes!
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Upon witnessing a being beyond human cognition, the first reaction was, naturally, fear, dread, and despair.
But Sora and Shiro showed only one of those emotions: the instinctive fear engraved in the depths of human DNA.
Still, it did not last long, as the fear turned into awe.
They did hug each other like koalas at first, but after realizing that this divine entity had no intention of harming them, they did.
It was far from most of their fear; if he were to say that he was completely out of fear, then it would be a bald-faced lie.
After all, they were in the presence of an extremely powerful entity, whether it was a divine being or not. It remained powerful.
After gathering his courage to ask this entity a question, before he could do so, suddenly an unknown energy was poured directly into their soul, like a cup being filled.
Upon receiving this energy, both instinctively knew what it was called.
Imaginary energy.
An energy that came from philosophical and conceptual ideas manifested.
And the imaginary energy that was poured into them came from the concept [Victory]. Neither of the siblings was stupid; they understood that they were chosen as this entity's followers, or, to be accurate, emissaries of THEIR path.
Their philosophy, wills and goals essentially resonated with [Victory]; after all, they have achieved an undefeated record together.
Without the other, it simply isn't possible. They are each other's half, Yin and Yang.
One can't achieve harmony without the other.
And besides, they know about the path and imaginary energy.
They also learned that the being that 'glanced' at them is called an Aeon.
An entity that ascended using that single conceptual idea to an extreme, creating a path for those who came after him.
THEY are a pioneer of this path and those who came after must follow THEIR philosophy and ideas, unless they can eliminate THEM, they could only walk behind them and more aligned their philosophy and ideas with the original the more powerful they become.
But no matter what, they could never surpass the original unless somehow they were able to eliminate THEM.
Sora couldn't help but sneer at that; he knew that sooner or later some madman or fool would try to do exactly that.
From his perspective, as someone who is the closest to an Aeon, the more he thought about it, the more ridiculous the idea was.
He could clearly sense how overwhelming the Aeon was compared to an emanator like him.
If he were to describe it using an analogy, then it would be like this: if a pathstrider was a cup filled with water and an emanator was a huge bucket with water, then the Aeon is the sea.
No matter how many cups there are, it could never truly surpass the sea.
If ever that day arrives, he would be the first one to watch the show, to see the clowns in the circus.
And the very next moment they were back at their home.
Shiro and Sora looked at each other; they knew that they had transcended humanity in a single step or perhaps a glance.
Feeling the imaginary energy of [ Victory ] in his palm, he created a light orb the size of a ping-pong ball, but he knew how much energy it contained.
If he released it carelessly, the entire city beneath him would disappear from the face of the universe, and probably himself too.
He quickly dispelled it, then looked at his sister and she did the same; both of us were thinking the same thing.
It was to familiarize themselves and practice with their newfound powers.
And because of that decision, they won't be attending school for the day.
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A few hours have passed, and both siblings realized how simple it was to use imaginary energy. They initially thought that they had to practice for at least months or years to progress, but they overestimated how easy it was.
Imaginary energy is simply an idea, a concept tied to their respective philosophy and, for them, whose goals and objectives are exceptionally clear.
It was stupidly easy to create 'skills'. It was already there to begin with; what's the point of grinding when it's already been engraved deep inside you?
If they use game terminology, which isn't exactly inaccurate, the reason why they find it so simple is mainly because they all have the right mindset and spirit, their philosophy aligned with their core beliefs.
It's like having a max-level account, but not having any access to it.
But thanks to obtaining imaginary energy, which was the password all along, they can now use the skills of those max-level accounts with ease.
It even has instructions installed.
Sora has 1 'basic attack' and 3 'skills' and 1 'ultimate'.
It sounds like very little, but trust me, once you know how ridiculous each one of them is, his skills might as well be an entire power system on their own.
For example, his 'basic attack' allows him to use every skill from every character that he ever created.
Do you realize how ridiculous that is?
Some of those characters are basically Gods, but in name.
Although those skills are strictly limited to how much Imaginary energy he could produce.
Now, if you think that his 'basic attack' is crazy, wait till you hear about his first 'skill ': if his basic attack allows him to use every existing skill except the character's ultimates, then this 'skill' allows characterization.
It's basically becoming that character, which includes not only their equipment, titles and even ultimates.
You can't even call it 'cheating' anymore; it's basically using GM privileges.
But like the 'basic attack,' it was also limited by how much Imaginary energy he could generate, but that itself isn't really an issue; he's a bona fide emanator.
Generating an energy comparable to an entire solar system was not a problem, only if he used everything he had.
He wasn't a half-baked emanator.
But that was still far from his ceiling, as he was merely at his initial stage; his potential was way higher than the average emanator.
He has a long way to go on his path.
Either way, his second 'skill' is even more ridiculous than the first; if his first skill was [Characterization], then his second skill is [ Summoning ].
Like his first skill, it has to do with the characters he created; there's no complex explanation for this. He simply can summon his game characters in reality with their powers.
The best part? There's no limit to how many he could summon as long as he has enough 'mana'.
He's overpowered, even though he found it completely broken.
If it weren't for the fact that he knew that there was an even more powerful being above him, he would have thought himself invincible.
But that's just a temporary thought; he isn't actually stupid enough to believe that.
In his pragmatic view of the world, if a being as powerful as Aeon exists, why couldn't another being as powerful, if not more powerful, than an Aeon exist?
While he's powerful, he felt like he was merely a top-tier figure at best; it's his instinct as a gamer telling him.
And finally, for his last skill, which is named [ Blank ] it's even more straightforward than the last two.
Simply put, he could directly 'fuse' with his sister, not in a literal sense but a direct fusion of their imaginary energy, a perfect synchronization of their powers.
Therefore, exponentially buffing his already overpowered skills, directly breaking his current limit.
And for the last one, his ultimate skill.
If you think his previous skills are hacks, then you should know that compared to his ultimate, they're nothing.
To explain in a simple, direct manner, he could create a domain as big as a planet, and if the enemy is within this range, they directly enter his domain without the possibility of escape.
There's simply no escaping at all; as long as the enemy isn't as powerful as an aeon or has a conceptual mechanism as strong as aeons, then it's impossible.
Now the true horror starts within: Sora [ Ultimate ] is called [ Proof Of Victory ].
And its effect was bluntly simple.
Every opponent you have ever defeated or killed, whether in reality, games or in a dream.
You have to fight all of them within the domain, every single one of them.
That's literally it.
It's basically an impossible task; no one is capable of doing such a thing, and if they did, then they're not at an emanator level.
Still, the domain isn't flawless either, as there are two ways to stop it: first, to eliminate the caster, which was an almost impossible task considering entities within the domain would protect Sora with their lives; after all, they were all created by his power.
And the second option was to simply wait for the caster's imaginary energy to empty.
But good luck achieving that because that is harder than simply eliminating the caster, because his third skill is literally perfect energy synchronization with his sister's imaginary energy.
Unless you have more energy than both of them combined, it's impossible.
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A/N: If you think that's ridiculous, wait until you see Shiro's skill
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