[...Jeez.]Seeing all the energy control notifications, Sophia couldn't even say anything. Truthfully though, she wasn't amazingly impressed. Dream had already moved on to manipulating dots that comprised all of energy and matter. He could already manipulate all different types of energy. He even developed technology around it like his nanites. It was only now that he got the skills for it.Without much thought, Sophia integrated all these skills under [Particle Manipulation]. Nothing changed when this completed, the skill still just sitting there at MAX level. She nodded at this. [Particle Manipulation] was a far more advanced skill than the energy control skills. Most energy came in the form of particles anyway like photons or bosons or gluons.After these notifications, Dream continued to float there for a long while. Eventually though, he zoned in."Sophia... Did you feel that?"[No, I didn't. What happened?]Sophia shook her head inwardly. She knew something had happened with him
Gradually, the day for the portal to arrive approached. Sophia waited anxiously while Dream buried his nose in study.He solidified his theories about science. Ever since Dream touched the concepts of Ethereal Force and Physical Reality, he felt his understandings of physics and magic rise, especially when he actively studied them. It was like he could easily discover how they worked. This was definitely those concepts at play.Not only that, but they directly boosted his energy regeneration. This naturally meant his soul was stronger overall since it had to support such regeneration. Finally, when Dream looked at his mind space, he could faintly see two shimmering stars at the highest heights. These were the concepts he touched. They were the two tiny wisps he left as a mark on them.From these wisps came boundless power, but he wasn't sure how to tap into it. It was like a door he couldn't cross, forever teasing him with the temptations of what was inside.During this time of wait,
By the 7 day mark within the chaotic void, everyone's bubble had shrunk by half, only a few inches from their bodies. Iris's was even lesser, but Dream found that she could actually use her [Gluttony] skill to eat the power of the void. This had shocked him, but it was a welcome surprise.With Melody's suit reinforcing her bubble, she was also able to hold out. As for Alice, while she could slow the destruction, she couldn't resist it. Her's was gradually pierced into, forcing her suit to manifest and help out.Luna and Dream were the best ones off. Dream had his supplies of aether and could tunnel through the void even without the portal. As for Luna, she could reinforce the space with her orderly powers, fighting the power of chaos.But it was clear they needed to do something. When the 8th day hit, Dream talked to Luna."Help Alice. I'll try and merge your bubbles.""Okay."Luna nodded. The next moment, Dream's power reached through the void. He had to consume tons of aether and en
"Charge!!""Let's go!!""Fight them!"The red army moved, rushing forward to their enemies. The blue army responded at the same time. Arrows, spells, and even people's weapons came shooting through the sky. Waves of dense mana flooded forth, threatening to destroy anything in its way.Dream, who was in the middle of this, frowned. One of these people would be nothing to him, but there were hundreds of thousands. These attacks would collide with him in between."Stay on me."Dream covered himself and Melody in his Will as she moved close. The next moment, metal flooded from his body, covering the two up in a diamond shaped pyramid. Dream enchanted the metal, reinforcing it.*BOOM*Then, the attacks collided. A mass of mana crashed down upon Dream's pyramid, washing over it. This was an insane amount of mana and power. Luckily, most of it was deflected, and he didn't even use much energy."We're moving."The next moment, the pyramid was taken down. Dream grabbed Melody before warping sp
"So Dream, what questions did you have?"Durack asked as he sat down. Dream didn't immediately respond, instead observing the ship he was in.This ship was flying exceptionally fast. Dream had realized that his speed was many times slower after arriving in this world. This was because the space was incredibly stable, resulting in more force being needed to warp and bend it. Dream estimated that his top speed of 10 million miles per hour would be reduced to around 800 thousand miles per hour. This was 8 percent of his previous speed, and it represented the space's integrity that was at least 10 times stronger than the space around Earth.Naturally, this was because of the difference between the inner and outer universe. The inner universe was supposedly the origin of all mystical energies like mana, flux, and aether. And because the material of the inner universe had been saturated for so long, it led to phenomena like this.Despite his reduction in top speed though, Dream still retain
Dream and melody rode with Durack for several hours. Even after half a day, the sun was still high in the sky. Dream did a quick calculation based on the star's movement and discovered that the days actually lasted over 100 hours, while nights lasted the same. Seeing this, Dream took out his pocket watch.He decided to insert another clock. Right now, there were two clocks within the pocket watch that tracked Dream's personal time and Earth's time. These two clocks sat side by side. Now he added a third that tracked this world's time. Each of these clocks held a spatial loop with a ring of light inside, providing the most accurate time tracker one could possibly build. After all, the speed of light was a universal constant. It wasn't subject to the more error-ridden time clickers like atoms and such.These three clocks sat within the watch that slightly grew to accommodate the new time tracker. When he was done, Dream put the watch away. Melody only rolled her eyes, lazily laying back
"Melody, is it? How old are you?"After determining that Melody was going to try and join the branch clan, Vela asked. Age was important in determining someone's talent. If one spent a hundred years just to reach class 4, then they obviously weren't very capable, otherwise they would have pushed through the barriers to each class quickly.Dream knew that the majority of people would never reach class 4. Some people wouldn't ever be able to enter the class 3 realm. They either had poor skills, a weak soul, or just bad perception, making it impossible for them to expand on their skillsets.Dream and Melody, on the other hand, were incredibly talented. Dream had entered the class 4 level after only a few years, and that was only because he held back from advancing for a while. Even now, he could kill class 5's. His soul was extraordinarily powerful, and his skills were so amazing that he had already touched a concept.As for Melody, while she wasn't like Dream, she still possessed incred
After Dream made his little declaration, Vela spoke with doubt."...That's a bit more than I expected. I'd like to see where this confidence of yours stems from. After all, our clan has a long history and fantastic crafters, all of whom have built up our clan's foundation over hundreds of years. It won't be easy to just improve on everything. Plus, how much can one man do?""Mm. Indeed."Surprisingly, Dream nodded in agreement. It truly wasn't easy to simply improve on everything a long standing clan had built. After all, this clan even had class 6's. Those people could surely create many varieties of powerful gear. These pieces of gear would be passed down through the generations, maintaining their glory for the lifetime of the clan.However, this difficulty only applied to those who had shallow understandings of science and magic. Dream was confident in his ability to build up any nation or clan into a powerhouse. Back on Earth, he had legions of billions of bots, millions of which
"What was that?! How do you know the World Eater?"Not long after Luna left, Vursoid appeared in front of Dream. He wasn't the only one. The rest of the asura gods appeared as well.7 gods stood around Dream, who continued to sit lazily in his chair. Truly, any demigod standing in here now might pass out from the stifling Wills. But Dream remained unaffected, simply because he understood far too much about Will.He scratched his head.Dream was honestly surprised. Not by Iris, but by how quicky everyone was able to figure out who he was. Ziji only needed to hear that single name, Dream, and he figured out who he was.Of course, Ziji also knew far more about the universe than Dream. Ziji knew the famous World Eater, Iris, and knew that she had come from a world with an Asura Craftsman. This was Dream's lie that he planted not just in Giros' head, but in his book as well. The book that Giros held carried all the information about the world he oversaw, and anybody above him could look at
Nothing changed much after Luna and Alice appeared. For the next long while, Dream continued to lay back and ponder the universe.In his concept of Physical Reality, Dream was constantly learning all he could from those around him. Vursoid gave the greatest amounts of information while Dream occasionally mined away with Kevin or steal some of Quanta's gadgets.After some time, Dream quickly noticed an abnormality with the others though.None of them attempted to comprehend all aspects of Physical Reality. For instance, Quanta specialized in devices based off of quantum mechanics, but Kevin hadn't the slightest clue about how Quanta's bots worked. For someone who was comprehending a concept, Dream found it shocking to know that they didn't study everything.They all fell into their own specialized paths and pushed that set of knowledge to its extremes. This was very much unlike Dream who worked from the ground up, learning absolutely everything he could across every subject.Dream obvi
Luna and Alice instantly appeared on the other side of the portal, and they looked at their new surroundings.There were tall buildings all around, and people rushing down busy streets. All of them were asuras."The Blood Drop Primary World."Luna mumbled. She obviously had intel on this place, and all the other significant celestial landmarks throughout the universe. Coming here was simple for her.Then, she turned her head, looking at the building beside her."Dream's Armory?"She was a bit stunned when she saw all the thousands of people flooding in and out of this cubic building.Before she could get curious though, she suddenly felt herself shudder. Her soul bond that had been dormant for years was finally strengthened. She could feel Dream on the other side, and immediately knew exactly where he was. Alice felt the same thing.Without hesitation, both of them jumped into the void, appearing on the planet next to the primary world. Specifically, she appeared in Dream's mechanical
The last place Dream stopped was Kevin's mountain. At the base, he walked through the entrance of a mineshaft before descending through the eerily silent tunnels.At first, Dream didn't think that this tunnel could descend very far. From the ground until the edge of this world, one could only descend 2 miles at most. Dream's metal tree rooted a bit over a mile deep before hitting the edge of the inverted world.But Dream was easily able to tell when he went far deeper than what was possible. At some point, he went 20 miles deep. It was only here that he finally arrived at the end of the long tunnel.The sounds of clanging metal rang out as Dream turned a corner. When he peeked out, he saw Kevin digging away with his pickaxe. It didn't look like there was anything special behind his actions, but Dream refused to believe he did this for no reason."If you're here for tutelage, then start digging."Kevin plainly spoke, prompting Dream to conjure a pickaxe out of thin air. Merely using th
A month after Dream officially spread his business, word spread like wildfire.Dream knew it would take a while for publicity to reach him. In truth, he had actually expected a month to be all he needed for his business to explode. And sure enough, it happened exactly as he thought.Dream's bots were too useful. They were manufactured power, something unseen in the wider universe. Dream didn't know of any others, god or otherwise, that could make use of physical energy and arcane transmutation to create bots capable of crushing anything above the class 3 level.After all, normal power was individualized. A person had to increase the power of their souls through skills and levels, opening up larger energy reserves that could be used to move magic with greater power. But these bots didn't need the energy reserves of a soul. They could use energy from physical sources and convert it into magical power.While this conversion wasn't infinite, relying on enchantments to transmute, Dream mad
Orin nodded at Dream."Very well. Your services are welcome. We fight a great many battles with Hell, and these disposable soldiers will help us mitigate losses. Of course, you will be properly compensated. What do you wish for?""Well, first and foremost, I have a sister who needs training. You see, she's an asura who happened to inherit the so called Blood Drop Stance. I'd like her to receive tutelage.""I understand. How about I take her as a disciple?""I like that idea."Dream readily agreed. Of course, Melody's life would be out of his hands if she were being taught by the sword god, but on the other hand, there was no better way for her power to explosively grow. Dream was sure she'd like this idea, and to some extent, he trusted this sword god."Other than that, I need materials. These bots require great sources of power, and strong materials help greatly.""Of course. You'll be paid for their use, and upon destruction, we'll give you the materials to create another. You'll co
The Red Eye clan was exceptionally busy. At the moment, they were making final preparations. Many just stayed in their homes as they were instructed, while people from all over the planet returned to their roots. Like that, everything associated with the Red Eye clan concentrated on their cities.Patriarch Star sat in the capital city. Dream had told them to gather in a select few cities and wait. He also gave them a deadline. At that time, he would move them all, though he didn't say how.They were given plenty of time, and now, they were finally ready. Now, they just waited.That was when Patriarch Star sensed something. Standing, he left the building he was in and looked at the sky.A mile above the city, a hole in space opened. This hole expanded from one mile wide to a thousand miles wide, and it didn't stop there. Everyone on the ground was baffled as the sky became black, turning the city below pitch black as well.After a few seconds though, everyone felt suspended before the
After a few hours, Dream was able to get a hold of the situation.Everyone in Dream's immediate family was marked, their souls taking on this symbol of the ascendency. They also gained titles, but since they weren't Dream's children, their titles were special. His parents had a title displaying their position above Dream and his siblings received a title reflecting their position beside him. Of course, they didn't suddenly gain power equal or above his, or any authority.But surprisingly, they did still gain power. Dream's parents had risen to the class 3 realm, while only one of Dream's brothers became a class 4. While they couldn't compare to Melody's power when she was at the same level, compared to the general populace, they were actually normal.But now, both of Dream's parents spontaneously broke through to have class 4 power. Even Dream's brothers had a burst in power. Not even Melody was spared, gaining more power than all of them.And Dream could feel his effects on them. The
"What the hell just happened?!"As Dream and Tersa hung around outside the planet, there was a ship that suddenly sped toward them. Out came a panicking Melody. Behind her in the ship was their mother."Hi mom!"Dream waved like a child when he saw his mother, ignoring Melody's shock. She waved back, although a bit absentmindedly.Seeing Dream's mother, Tersa became a bit curious, looking at Shannon with wide eyes. At the same time, Melody poked at Dream."What did you do?! Since when do you merge planets just because?!""I didn't do it just because. I did it because I want to take Earth along with me. Now you can see mom and dad whenever you want.""That's true, but at least make some preparations first! You literally just tore the planet apart! People are going crazy! Besides, you left some people behind.""Left people? Oh!"Suddenly, Dream remembered something.Earth had advanced to create megastructures and navigate space. How could they have not colonized other planets like Mars?