Ascension of Chaos

Everyone currently inside of Tutorial #10002 immediately stops what they're doing as soon as a new wave of notifications appear in their vision.

To all the participants of the quest, Conqueror of the Maze, the quest has been updated!

Conqueror of the Maze

Objective 1: Kill the Goliath of the Maze

Objective 2: Kill the Wraith of the Maze

Objective 3: Kill the Serpent of the Maze

Silence fills the maze for several seconds before everyone begins discussing amongst their own groups about the results. Because not a single one of them knew about the Successor in their midst.

But now that they know about them, a fog suddenly lifts from their eyes and memory.

As they all remember the girl with wings, eyes, and hair all eerily similar to Chaos's clone.

Meanwhile all of the Primordials outside of the tutorial who are watching show various arrays of reactions ranging from feeling impressed all the way to excitement. And the viewers who had all begun to give up on Ashley immediately either refollow her or anxiously wait for the livestream to return. The notification having also played in the tutorial screen for those who were watching a livestream from the tutorial before it was disabled.

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But at the same time, many viewers are left feeling confused when they see Ashley's new total of potential skills.

A number that has just broken past one thousand despite previously being a little over seven hundred.

Speculation about the new Successor of Chaos quickly floods the System Forums.

All while the source of the new chaos lies unconscious within the Domain of the Goliath of the Maze.

Somewhere Deep in the Universe

A single man can be heard cackling his heart out as he slams his fist into his throne, utterly uncaring of the other Primordials in attendance. As the man keeps his eyes glued to the Primordial Screen in front of him that bypasses a Successor's lock and allows a Primordial to see the livestream even when it's disabled.

On the screen he can see his new, beloved daughter lying broken and beaten on the ground right at the base of a bunch of rubble. Rubble that used to be the goliath she had barely defeated, simply through using its own weight against itself as it crushed its own body in the fall. Just barely missing her in the process.

Mostly.

But now Chaos just can't keep himself from laughing like a madman as he watches her wounds very slowly heal now that her health bars have been fully restored.

"Chaos, we're all glad you've finally found someone you wish to call your own child, but why someone like her?" Justicar asks, truly feeling happy for Chaos even if Chaos causes the Primordial nothing but trouble. And even if the Primordial of Order's biggest responsibility is keeping Chaos in check.

The Primordial of Chaos kicks his feet back as he leans back in his throne, linking his fingers behind his neck while saying, "I knew it the moment I laid eyes on her. She was the one." A faint smirk stretches across his face. "The one."

His words lead the others to silence again.

Eventually that silence is broken by Etheria, Primordial of Magic, as she states, "Chaos, I have been studying this child for a while now-"

"Oh?" Chaos interjects, his smirk growing wider while he raises a brow at her. "Do tell us your hypothesis. I always love hearing your logic."

Etheria frowns at the man, still feeling a little unpleasant from her brief thousand years in a relationship with the man. Then she continues like he hadn't even spoken, bringing up recordings of the girl from various times, "From what I've been able to gather, this Successor of yours seems to grow stronger with every single kill. And it's not just in a matter of levels or growing her skills, but she seems to be gaining new skills entirely. Such as Iron and Stone Skin, Minor Regeneration, and various other skills of the sorts."

Chaos's smirk turns into a full-blown smile.

"Chaos, if my hypothesis is correct-" Etheria begins, only to be cut off by Erebos as he says, "You've chosen an absolute monster as a daughter." Then the Primordial of Sin's own face morphs into a sinister smile. "I love it!"

Erebos ignores the frown Etheria sends him while he moves in a blur straight up to Chaos, sticking his face right in his. And without any fanfare, he simply asks, "Hey, ya wanna give her to me? I could make real good use of her, ya know."

The smile on Chaos's face turns stone-cold and his fist blurs, slamming into Erebos's face without any hesitation. Only for the Primordial of Sin to reappear on his throne with the symbols of sin in his eyes switching from lust and greed to sloth as the man lazily lies down on his throne again and mutters, "Well, if you're not interested, please keep her from causing trouble to mine."

And just as quickly as Erebos's change, Chaos's attitude immediately grows laidback. The man soon floating up off of his throne and holding out one hand towards the screen where Ashley is lying unconscious.

"This child will mark a new era in the universe," Chaos declares, capturing the gazes of all the Primordials who decided to attend this meeting. "An era of Chaos. One where the power structure of the universe will be thrown on its head." His smile grows as he spreads both arms out before hugging himself, seemingly trembling with excitement. "I cannot wait!"

Both of his arms spread out again to face the many Primordials staring at him, or glaring in the case of the Primordial of Order.

"It's been a pleasure seeing you all again, but I have some business to attend to," Chaos says, giving the other Primordials a playful bow while floating upwards, his black, red, and purple raven wings spreading out behind him. "I bid you all adieu! And let us all welcome the Rise of Chaos!"

Then he vanishes in a thunderbolt of crimson energy that strikes from out of nowhere.

Leaving the other Primordials to stew on his words.

And after the period of the disabled livestream passes, everyone in the universe that knows about the Successor of Chaos immediately floods to check on her livestream. Only to find her still unconscious as numerous forum threads pop up theorizing how she managed to kill the goliath.

Ashley

I slowly wake up, feeling nothing but pain across my body. But the pain isn't anywhere near as bad as it was before I fell unconscious. So it's fine.

What I'm more surprised about is the fact that I'm still alive. That and the fact that parts of me are buried under rubble, but not all of me. Since I'm pretty sure the goliath was falling on top of me.

I move a bit, finding all of the rubble conveniently falling or plain rolling off of me. Effects of Unchained no doubt. Then I gradually climb to my feet, placing my hand on the large stone next to me to help support me.

Okay, seriously. What happened?

I look down at myself to find more than a few rips and tears across my outfit. But nothing important is exposed to those annoying followers and viewers I can see growing in number in the corner of my vision. So I don't really care.

What I do care about is the fact that my wounds are far less severe than they were when I blacked out. And while that confuses me at first, the sight of the wounds still gradually healing, along with the ringing in my head followed by quite a few notifications explain why.

First up are notifications detailing that the quest has been completed, along with a list of the top ten contributors, the casual exposing of my identity as a Successor, and the clear fact that I completed a third of the quest myself.

Fun.