I Can Assimilate Everything - Chapter 582
Chapter 582: Ambush! I
The Mercury Guardian and Jornaga went on to fully clash with each other as Achilles observed them with one eye while he moved forward with Rose toward the barrier.
Combat at Pre-THE scales was something to study when you had the chance, and he wasn’t about to waste this opportunity to see how beings at that level actually fought.
His body became wrapped in the Civilizational Authority of Dreams as he used his elevated power to forcefully bypass the rivers of ambient Alchemical authority flowing through this space.
The environmental defenses tried to transmute his existence into something easier to manage, but his Dream-enhanced resistance pushed through without difficulty as he rapidly neared the barrier.
The Mercury Guardian looked back at them during a brief pause in its exchange with Jornaga, and it roared out with genuine distaste.
“You approach what you don’t understand! Turn back now and you may not perish!”
The threat was absolutely clear in its blazing copper-green eyes, and Achilles and Rose ignored it completely as they continued forward.
The two of them arrived before the barrier moments later, and Rose went forward wordlessly with characteristic calm focus.
Her hand touched upon the barrier’s surface.
Both she and Achilles felt the immense seas of Civilizational Authority contained on the other side pressing against the containment with pressure that would’ve crushed most beings just from proximity.
And when he focused his enhanced perception on examining this barrier’s structure, a prompt bloomed with technical details.
|Sacred Civilizational Holy Land Barrier – Alchemical Resonance Configuration|
|This barrier represents the pinnacle of Alchemical defensive techniques, forged through transmutation of base materials into conceptual absolutes that resist all forms of conventional attack.|
|The structure employs seven overlapping layers of different elemental compositions, each designed to counter specific types of authority-based assault.|
|Durability Assessment: This barrier could withstand even one hundred consecutive blows from a Pre-THE Existence without showing significant degradation, as each impact strengthens the remaining layers through resonant feedback.|
Achilles smiled lightly when he read this analysis. He didn’t need to attack this thing at all, and Rose didn’t need anywhere near one hundred attempts.
All she needed was…
“Assimilate.”
Her voice was silent, spoken only for him to hear.
The figure of Rose had her radiant verdant fiery hair begin to whip around wildly as power surged through her transformed physiology, and the seemingly impenetrable barrier in front of them shockingly had a huge crack echo outward through its structure!
BOOM!
It bent and twisted as if being devoured by singularity rather than simply damaged, and moments later the entire barrier was flowing into Rose’s outstretched hand like liquid being consumed.
Her entire body began to glimmer with immense power as she integrated what she was consuming, and Achilles remained positioned behind her watching for any dangers while executing his own part of the plan.
He stretched out his hand and opened his palm to reveal a singularity of silver-gold authority that looked like nothing more than a mere grain of sand.
Yet the moment he released this seemingly harmless particle from his grasp, it began to emanate soft laughter that echoed with existential significance. From this deceptive grain, the glorious figure of THE Endless Dream manifested as projection of her power rather than her actual presence.
She was just a manifestation, but she watched with satisfaction as the huge crack Rose had initiated spread across the barrier like spiderweb.
From the growing breach, rivers of THE Civilizational Authority of Alchemy began to spill out in torrents, and Eyyanah opened her mouth to begin consuming the flowing power like a black hole while she also sent words directly into Achilles’s mind.
“Big guy, how come I didn’t know there were two of you who could do this ridiculous Assimilation thing?” Her mental voice carried mischievous amusement.
“You told Cyna this was your wife, but I didn’t know she had the same capabilities as you. I was actually planning to use honey pot trap to keep you around me long-term, but I’ll cancel that plan for now…or maybe include her in it…haha!”
Her tone was playful as she said this, and even though she’d sent these words exclusively into Achilles’s mind through their connection, somehow in front of him he saw Rose turn toward the manifestation of THE Endless Dream with sharp eyes.
As if she’d somehow heard exactly what was said despite the private communication.
Everything was proceeding smoothly as the barrier filled with concentrated Alchemical authority flowed into Rose’s existence, and from the cracks spreading through this breaking structure, even more seas of THE Civilizational Authority of Alchemy were flowing toward THE Endless Dream’s projection.
And at this time, Eyyanah’s voice echoed again in Achilles’s mind with warning that carried genuine concern.
“That old bastard of Alchemy might manifest soon through one of his vessels. Even though we’re all collapsed and operating at diminished capacity, with careful usage of THE Civilizational Authority we can momentarily express our true power through living members of our Civilizations.”
Her mental tone became more formal as she provided the proper designation.
“THE Sovereign Catalyst is what the leader of the Civilization of Alchemy calls himself. Pretentious title for someone who got himself collapsed, but he’s legitimately dangerous if he manages full manifestation…but I can take care of a single him.”
After she said this, Achilles scanned their surroundings carefully to identify exactly where this sort of elevated power would erupt. Eyyanah had stated she’d handle it so long as the barrier was breached, but he wanted to be ready regardless.
And his eyes turned sharp as he quickly snapped his head toward the Mercury Guardian who was still fighting Jornaga. At this exact moment, it roared out with maddening fervor and erupted with power that smashed the titan away with devastating force.
The horrifying scene that followed made Achilles’s entire body tense with readiness.
The Mercury Guardian’s body ballooned up grotesquely and distorted as waves of THE Civilizational Authority erupted from this creature with intensity that suggested something far more significant than simple defensive guardian.
What was unique and absolutely concerning was that Achilles didn’t sense just a singular Civilizational Authority from this monstrous being.
The body of the Mercury Guardian completely split apart like egg hatching to unleash two titanic manifestations of entities that burned with THE Civilizational Authority at scales that dwarfed everything else present.
One manifestation blazed with pure Alchemical principles, its form constantly transmuting between different states!
The other manifestation held a sickly obsidian hue of concentrated death that was unmistakable!
Death!
It was Necrocracy’s signature, and the presence was overwhelming in its concentrated malevolence.
…!
The moment this second authority expressed itself, Achilles had his gaze become genuinely somber as he recognized the implications.
THE Endless Dream also became visibly disturbed, her manifestation’s face showing lividity as she roared out with shock.
“You absolute fucker! You actually joined hands with the one who collapsed you?!”
…!
Immense danger descended upon their position as an unexpected alliance revealed itself at the worst possible moment.
Achilles found his comparatively modest figure standing in the midst of titans whose power exceeded his own by margins that made direct confrontation potentially suicidal.
This whole thing had just become significantly more complicated!