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This was the Endpoint, a place outside of the universe. Alovenus had named. It was the final point of everything, as well as the beginning. All worlds and all timelines connected to this place.
Universes here were something like programs installed on a computer. There was a lot of saved data, each datum being a separate parallel world. Once someone left a universe they would find countless more universes, or programs, all collated within folders. However, if they then looked past those folders, they would find that the folders were themselves contained in more folders. Past that, many more like them would be found if someone were to leave the computer itself.
The place Alovenus ruled over was something like thus. Everything connected to this space, a world only for Alovenus that no one else should have been able to enter.
There was no concept of size in this space, as once Ruphas and the other two had crossed through the universe itself, they had become equal to Alovenus. They, who should have been nothing but specks in a vast universe, had undoubtedly come as true enemies.
At this point, the very concept of time no longer existed, so Brachium's once-per-day limit could basically be ignored.
"Even if their was someone labelled as the strongest among these characters in a setting this overwhelming, things would be flipped upside down by nothing but one word from the author, or in other words, God. That being that there was an even stronger character able to defeat the first character with but one punch."
Alovenus giggled again, showing her absolute confidence in her victory, in her power. I can't lose, There's no reason I would. Even if there were, I could just go above it. I can make as many settings where I am the strongest as I please. Reason is nothing. Providence is nothing.
"I'll start by telling you this: my power is endless. I can layer setting upon setting. For example, even if you all manage to obtain some sort of ability or power to defeat me, I would be able to answer it by saying, 'Those abilities and powers will not work on me. I am strong enough to defeat you all with a single one of my fingers.' Do you think it childish? Well, that's because it is. I won't deny it. But things like this are far more powerful than pretentious, unmoving settings that go on forever."
This is all just a competition of will. It's because I keep thinking useless thoughts like, "I'm at the limit of my strength," or wondering how strong I really am, that I got caught up like this. What's important here is just forcing things to be the way I like it. There doesn't need to be any reason or logic behind that. Those are just useless.
Concepts, providence, laws, and limits—all of these are decided by gods, so it follows that none of them exist in their dominion. We would have had to create them on our own.
What I have to do is paint over this pure-white canvas of a space and insist that I’m right.
I'm proposing that this should be 1-A.
Now some people my be going "but didn't Ruphas reach her level, isn't that an anti-feat?" Nope, as this was sufficiently explained. Alovenus is an idiot who just left the universe made of her power up for the taking. With one of her avatar's Dina and an item designed to give control of the universe all available for Ruphas use.
I took out the Key to Reach the Heavens and activated it. When I did so, the ownership of the universe shifted to me. This universe had already been tossed aside, so it was free for me-the one with the key-to claim, though I still wasn't able to stop it's destruction, of course.
I laughed and activated a skill, one of Aigokeros's, This universe was the magic of the Goddess, and now that she'd abandoned it, it was mine. So naturally, it was within my right to absorb it all.
This universe was a magic spell, and spells were made of mana. Mana was a piece of the Goddess's power, as well as experience itself. This all made a certain thing possible. I would fuse myself with the universe and reach the realm of divinity.