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'Italics means he is talking to himself /inner voice'

"inverted commas" means a normal conversation.

"different languages" means speaking in a foreign language.


DEUS EX MACHINA II


I walk through the glass smooth path my fire created.

I entered another sub reality. Through a fiery portal.

The world sings. The earth cries. The birds are silent. The roots stirr. The wind doesn't blow. The sun doesn't show. In the impure red, the bloody darkness, I walk to the well. A severed head lays at the side, it stares at me, silently.

Three women seated beside the well, under a root, stopped weaving threads on a massive loom and stare too.

The ethereal flames on my horns is reflected on their eyes.

"Sisters of fate." I said.

"We saw you devour the primordial one. But your threads we cannot see anymore or touch" The one in the lead spoke, her voice like the serene flow of water.

"I am Skuld, weaver of the future. These are my sisters Uld and Verdandi, loomers of the past and present.

We greet you Lord Deus" Skuld bowed, as did her sisters.

This was the deepest parts of Yggdrasil, a subreality, where the sisters of fate resided. And where the waters of mimir were, the place Odin gained knowledge.

"Do you know what I've come for?"

"That, we do not. But you will bring Ragnarok in the coldest of winters." Skuld affirmed. Her sisters nodded.

"Why?" Prophecies are something I never liked. They're full of shit.

"It has been seen through the threads. Without Nidhogg, the world tree will freely spread its roots without restraint. It will scour the nine realms for nutrients, turning them bare and barren. Asgard, must be…destroyed." the three of them began to speak in harmony.

"The world tree is the energy of life, it must be removed from its physical bounds, it was never meant to be stained by the physical realm, by Odin's tampering , it has been corrupted. Only the everlasting flames and the unique power you will wield, can purify it. In doing so, Asgard will not be spared. For it is built upon the tree. It has aided in its corruption, it must all be purified." they finished.

"HA! The foolish king haha! I warned him! I showed him! But he was foolish! Haha! He wanted his kingdom to reign forever and now it will all be gone! Hahahaaaa! Foolish king hehehe! " The head of Mimir, loudly sneered in laughter and mockery.

Actions and reactions. Consequences. We have a world tree that should provide life now turning parasitic, and it will suck life it was meant to provide out of every world it pollutes so it can grow, the thing holding it at bay, the natural antibody, the dragon was now dead. A classic scenario of 'if I don't stop it, the world, no, universe ends' and to do that I'll have to destroy Asgard, a world full of intelligent life. All because some old king planted a seed, where it should have never been allowed to.

Natural order of things, what goes around comes around. The universe will always find a way to balance itself, a state of equilibrium.

Joy.

"Let the time for that come. For now let Asgard bask in its dawn" I didn't have to do it now, no, I didn't even have to do it. Because why should I? Because she said so, because she saw the future? Fuck prophecies, my life cannot be dictated or predetermined. The future constantly changes, the past alters the present, cause and effect.

I walked to threads woven around a loom, drawn to thin strands to form a fabric, I felt the all too familiar energy signature. This was a part of the great web of life. The one I encountered back on loom world, during the inheritor war.

"Ah! Indeed, you are a wise one" Mimir's head said in realization.

Golden webs strands left my fingers and connected to the strands of the web of life. This must be how spiders felt when they moved around their webs. I had an intrinsic sense of how to navigate the web. It was natural, like using my arms.

I could see infinite realities, infinite worlds. Each connected to the web, the web that covered all things. There were parts I couldn't see, parts that had no anchors, destroyed worlds. But for those I could, I did. I saw the master weaver in loom world turn his gaze to me, he nodded and went back to weaving. This was nigh omniscience, I withdrew my consciousness, the sights of the multiverse fading away, a thick strand was in my grasp when I pulled back my hand. It turned golden and dissolved into my fingers. I felt the link it created to my spidey sense, it felt satisfying and true. I let a breath escape my lips.

There was something else, but I didn't know what it was, it was almost nagging.

The spidey senses were more than just for premonitions.

It was because of the connection to the great web that allowed us to have a precog danger sense and sometimes visions, spider fact for you.

The sisters were stunned stiff. They were supposed to be the only ones who could interact with the threads. But what they didn't know was that the thread itself, was part of the master web. And spiders with enough power, could also utilize it.

…..

"What do you seek, Spider?" Mimir's head tilted it's lips.

"Knowledge and Power" yes. Power at its finest and most powerful but also most esoteric and hardest to wield. Only a certain few could truly handle it. And knowledge necessary for it to function. Where do you think Odin obtained his force? I was on a path to Godhood, it was something I had to do.

"The foolish king also sought those, but there is a price. Only through knowing and sacrifice can you achieve it. What will you offer as payment?" it raised its eyebrows. "You will not gain more than the king, unless your sacrifice is greater"

"Of course" I walked to the edge of the stone well. Even with my vision I couldn't see the bottom of the pit.

"Where are the waters? Where is the wisdom?" I asked.

"There are no waters. The well doesn't grant such, the sacrifice and the ritual does. It brings to surface the wisdom within you. As such you must find your own ritual"

"Do I have to do the same thing Odin did?"

"Only you know what must be done. You must face your fate, godling, as all others do. This is the true path to Godhood. I must warn you, all who fail are harvested"

"But, shouldn't it only be accessible to asgardians" I had the blood of Thor in me. I know, but this was on another whole level. I had to be compatible.

"Ha!" he snorted "Godliness is only obtained through sacrifice, ritual, through making. Not by happenstance or birthright"

"So I question you godling. Can you do what must be done? Is your resolve firm?"

"Yes, is is" I closed both of my eyes and took a breath to calm myself. I brought my hand up to my face and pushed my claws deep into my eye sockets. "Ughm!" I grit my teeth and pulled out my eyeballs, throwing them into the dry well. Hot boiling blood slid down the sides of my face.

I felt something leave me. A piece of my power that resided in my eyes. My body was already working on healing them but they would never be the same.

The well was still dry.

"It needs a true sacrifice godling. Walk your own path." heh, nothing comes for free.

The mid tentacles on my back extended outwards. I grabbed and I pulled! Ripping out flesh and bones with pieces of my spine. I threw them into the well. The pain I was in didn't matter anymore. I felt the new set of tentacles regrowing. I knelt.

"The price is acceptable. Hahaha! Drink of the waters, a sufficient price deserves a sufficient reward" I heard his voice.

Water began to flow over the edges of the well.

I dipped my hands into waters of the well and brought it to my lips, I took a sip…. Knowledge. Future, Present, Past. Knowledge. It's all a great being scheme. It's a never ending cycle! How many times must I go through this!? Look at me, I thought I had knowledge, I was wrong. The firmaments, the others. The cycle, the cycle echoes. Knowledge filled me.

"You must now seek the power of the runes"

I tried opening my eyes, it was still dark. I couldn't see! They regrew, but I couldn't see anymore. My other senses more than made up for the lack of sight.

"How do I read these runes without eyes"

"What are your eyes compared to your power? Ha! Follow the voice godling, you must complete your task. To be reborn you must cast your life aside"

"Haha" I couldn't help but laugh, here I was finding immortality, and I had to die now to complete the ritual. Sure, why not. I've died once, what's one more on that. Haha, I might be going mad.

"Birth requires the sacrifice of life. You must cease to be, so that you will be remade. Call your totem, it will give you sight beyond sight"

'I know you're there. I need you, I really do' Look people, Miles is actually asking for help. What a day it's been.

Something crawled on my back to my shoulders. It was like using the mind stone but easier. I could see beyond the planets. I could see things back on earth, It was like using the web, but this time everything was in my eyes and then something. I could see higher and lower realms. Glimpses of the future, happenings of the present, and occurrences of the past. It was all laid clear before me. On my shoulder was a golden spider with horns. It was the one in my soul realm, it was the piece of my very existence. And through its multiple eyes, I saw.

A spiritual manifestation of Mimir rose from the head. It stretched its ghost form and gestured for me to follow it. We weren't near the well anymore. This was another dimension, in another dimension.

"You need knowledge beyond knowledge. Wisdom beyond wisdom. You need the true magic of the runes. And for that you must walk beyond the steps of the foolish king"

We walked on the stem of yggdrasil. One step at a time, Mimir kept whistling as he brought me before a blood stained branch, our destination.

"This is where the foolish king hung himself, for nine days and nights. Till he was at the brink of death—A sacrifice to himself. And he gained the knowledge of the runes.

You however, will have to thread into the grasp of death, into its reaches!"

I pity the bastard who tries to one up my ritual after this.

"If you fail, you know what comes next" Mimir said.

"I pray in my name that I succeed." I said it in jest but I felt my power respond to my prayer.

As I wrapped the chain over my neck, I felt myself being strangled to death. You have to understand that I was invulnerable, I was powerful in my own right but this chain contained a law. Like an infinity stone, this chain had a specific purpose. And that purpose was to strangle and kill you. I could break it off, but that would render all my sacrifices useless. My body had very strong survival instincts, it was beyond will consuming to watch myself die. The spider, Ravar(that was what I named him), still sat on my shoulders.

/X/

I don't know when, but I had transcended my body. I was seeing the boundary of time, the edges of space, I was seeing the frequencies of things, past the sight of God. The beginning, the runes, the hot, the cold. The dark, the light. Concepts words could never explain, runes, powers symbols, powers. They entered me. It was like a God level acid trip. Fields of equations, 2-dimension fluxes in 5th dimensional paths. Quantum routes and structures, relationships established, cycles of life and death. Patterns the manipulated the infrastructure of matter and reality.

Everything dies, but nothing truly dies. Everything ends, but nothing truly ends.

I was seeing things only a high being should. The chains around me broke loose, but I was already dead.

/X/

Did you know, that the lowest level of hell was cold instead of hot? There's a fact for you. I know who I am, I am man? But I don't know why I'm here or how I got here.

But what was my name? I know, I know it, but I just can't remember it.

There are no nights or days here, it is just me and cold I trekk on. Oh, and the occasional soul I feel floating about, and others frozen in ice. I don't get hungry here, I really don't know why. I can't see either, because everything is still white, my eyes don't open.

The souls just wail in pain. They don't really talk. It's not that painful here so I don't really know why they wail. Couldn't they be more like me and just walk it off. Hah, I must be a really funny person. What's the word again…..comedian! Yes that's the word. Was I a comedian? No I was $&%U%#, huh? What was that.

'You're mine' wow, wow. A woman dressed in black was calling for me. She was very pretty and she had these huge boobs that were barely covered. I'm amazed that she doesn't feel the cold. I'm happy that I could see now, but my eyes were still closed. Shouldn't they be open for me to see?

'Come' she said again. I felt pretty inclined to comply, but I had this nagging feeling that I shouldn't. You know, my mom used to always say something about strangers, I wonder what it was? I wonder who my mom was? Was I born here? No, #$ U%%#.

'I said come!' oh, she's getting angry now. There's something I want to draw, no, write. I've been writing them since I got here, they are symbols. I always have an urge to write it, but was this a good moment? Eh, who cares. I drew my fingers through the snow and made a y symbol with a cross.

Remember. My eyes became heavy, so sleepy.

"Argh" the woman was really strong, woah. She had her hand around my neck and it was glowing. Remember.

I felt something coming, it was my name, what was it? REMEMBER! MILES!

BOOM! An explosion happened in my head. "I was Miles Davis Morales, DEUS"

Get your filthy hands of me Hela. I gripped her hand and wrenched it from my neck, throwing her away.

"You're not death, you just share of a domain she allows you to" I was pulled from hell.

"Hmm" I raised myself from the pitch black ground. Ravar was on my shoulder again. And I was no longer in the cold wastelands of hell.

"RISE, WE HAVE WITNESSED YOUR DEEDS. DEUS OF EARTH. NEW KING OF GODS, YOU WHO HAS TRAVERSED OVER DEATH. YOU ARE WORTHY OF OUR BLESSINGS"

"The 'ones who sit above in shadows' I can see you" they hid behind the shadows of old mighty gods, but I can see through their shadows. I have sight beyond sight. I opened my eyes and their mystery was no more, the power I wield was beyond anything I had ever known and with it I truly saw, it was them in disguise. Asgardians perceived them as old gods, it was the mirror effect, like how each race saw galactus in their own image. But I saw them truly.

"I know who you are" the ones who destroyed it all. The ones who treated us as toys. The ones from beyond.

"SO WHAT IF YOU DO? WE HAVE SEEN PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE. THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO WITH THIS KNOWLEDGE.

YOU HAVE NO EXPLANATION FOR THAT WHICH YOU HAVE NO CONTEXT FOR, YOU ARE JUST TOYS BEFORE US. YOU CANNOT HARM US."

"You who sit above and laugh at us. You who feed on the life cycles of the gods. Things will change, you will be brought down from your pedestal. I know you."

"AND WE KNOW YOU TOO. WE KNOW ALL OUTCOMES. YOU CANNOT HARM US. WE ARE BEYOND YOU, WE ARE BEYOND ALL YOU KNOW. YOU ARE NOT A THREAT TO US"

"No, it'll will be different. The cycle will be broken, I promise you that"

"REALLY, THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING" I felt the mockery in its tone.

"Let's see about it" a portal with runic edges appeared before me and I walked through it.

/X/

"So what will you do?" Mimir asked.

"Follow me and find out" I answered. My voice soaked in overflowing God force. My God force, the DEUS FLOW.

My power was saturated into my armor causing it to change, becoming larger to accommodate my new form. It had intricate patterns and complex designs, hexagonal plates like that of my skin, adorned in black, gold and silver, built to look like a technological God armor. The golden pauldrons on my shoulders matching the gold of my footing. The red gauntlets sharing the same color as my thick luxurious cape. My dark Norse god inspired helmet spoke of power. The suit was smart.

But what truly protected me was the aegis aura, the force field I now subconsciously generated.

"Hehe, of course I will!"

I created another portal that led us to the loom.

"Bringer of Ragnarok, conqueror of death" Her voice, like the song of angels. Calm and beautiful.

"Lord over dragons, King over spiders" the other rises, and says. Her voice like flowing water.

A melodious voice rang, "Ruler of lightning, God over Gods" The last of them says and then they bow in harmony.

"Cease your nonsense, your acts are laid bare before my eyes" I could see the past—postcognition. I know of their tamperings, and manipulations.

My glowing pupil less eyes were reflected on their faces.

"Hahaha! You truly are wise. Yes! I see it now." Mimir laughed.

"DEUS, Son of Earth, Rune King, God lord. You cannot destroy that which is already woven."

They should be allowed to control the webs, not even a strand of it. I see that clearly.

"Although I may not be able to destroy that which has already been written, I can destroy the machine. The loom that takes advantage of the strand and set it free."

"No! No! The power is ours! They gave it to us! You cannot take it away, it is not fair!" they screamed together.

"Yes, you do see the way. I truly am glad that you, have gained the knowledge" Mimir smiled.

Mjolnir ignited with flames and crackled with lightning. I raised it over head.

"HOLD, KING DEUS, YOU HAVE WON OUR RESPECT AND HONOUR! YOU NEED NOT SHOW US YOUR STRENGTH OR WISDOM. WE ADMIT DEFEAT, YOU HAVE BESTED US IN OUR GAME!"

"So you cry like lost children when faced with defeat. I do not need your respect or honor. Just know that we will meet again, and that day will be your downfall" I was going to cut them off of this universe, asgard was their connection point. Well, not anymore.

"COME TO US, JOIN US ABOVE! YOU HAVE EARNED A PLACE AMONGST US"

"With this final act of cosmic ritual, all is complete! " I struck down with Mjolnir. Runes flashed on its head as a mighty explosion shook the universe.

BBBOOOOOOOMMMMM! The sisters were blown away, the tapestry and the spindle disintegrated, the connection of those above forever severed. As a law was created. Ripples spread out through the very fabric of space - time and reality.

-/X/

In asgard, a mighty earthquake shook the very foundations. The magically attuned felt such power that it drove them blank. Loki jolted from the throne.

Heimdal frantically turned his eyes, trying to find something to look at, the power was too blinding.

April felt her connection to her boss, she couldn't stop her smirk.

Thor and the dwarves in nidavellir, held onto weapons, such power has never been felt. Not even Odin after his sleep, had this much magnitude. The God force was pure, the magic in it was absolute. Laws were being made.

Across the nine realms, unexplainable phenomena occurred. Frost in fire, water in sand. Mysteries formed.

The power of a God King was recognized.

Odin smiled, where he sat on earth. He rejoiced, for it has been done. They were free. The fates of people were theirs to mold, it was no longer predetermined or dictated.

A human has transcended. Even above a God. The ancient one, was very pleased.

-/X/

A massive tear was created through the bark of the world tree. It began to suck itself up, like a black hole. The physical tree was dying so the true one may be born. It sucked up the moons and planets in this subreality, it ate up every single star. And then itself. With a blip, it was no more a physical manifestation but a whole new dimension that reaches out to all things alive and living.

I'm this dark, starless reality I stood. In awe of my power. Look at how far I've come. From boy to man to God to God king. Heh, mom would be proud.

Mimir was turning back into his head form.

"Live again in Flesh" I said as runes flashed. His body reconstructing back from matter, the power of my words manipulating matter as I saw fit.

"Haha! God king, you have surpassed all expectations! It feels so good to have a body again! Wait till I see the foolish king, hell never believe it. Haha! So much knowledge to acquire! So much to do!..." I tuned him out when he began droning on.

Another portal was created and we walked through it appearing in the throne room of asgard. I created multiple portals, calling for those I needed here, specifically the asgardians royalty that mattered. The guards knelt as did loki, my aura was spread out. Call it a sense of arrogance, but I deserved the respect and I won't accept nothing less.


*BOOOM! HOW'S THAT FOR A SHOCKER!? GIVE IT UP FOR ALMIGHTY MILES! ZE GOD KING. MILES NOW HAS HIS VERY OWN GOD FORCE. AND HE'S THE RUNE KING. WHOO!

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