Sakolomé² had returned home.
No sooner had he crossed the threshold than the air distorted, and from this silent vortex emerged… Sakolomé himself.
Sakolomé² — You are finally back…
Sakolomé (nodding) — How much time has passed since I left?
Sakolomé² — Already more than three months.
Sakolomé stood frozen, stunned.Sakolomé — Three months? Hm… yet, I feel as if I only lived a few hours in the castle of the Unforgettable.
Could time flow differently there? There, every instant seemed fluid… but here, the whole world has aged without me.Sakolomé² sighed softly, as if he foresaw the end.
Sakolomé² — I suppose I will disappear soon. You have already received all my information about Wendy and Dan, haven't you?
Sakolomé (placing his hand on his double) — Yes. Everything you experienced, I know it. Because you are me, and I am you.A sincere smile lit up Sakolomé²'s face.
Sakolomé² — Then, that's reassuring. We still have so much to do…They fell silent for a moment. Before them, the future stretched out like a battlefield.
Sakolomé² — The first step will be to settle the matter of Wendy's clan. Then… find Dan's little sister. That won't be an easy task.He paused before changing tone.
Sakolomé² — Regarding the Nemesis system, I discovered something: it is limited by forms of causality.Sakolomé gave a slight smile, almost conspiratorial.Sakolomé — Don't say more.
Everything you know, I also know. But let's go further:
The Nemesis system seems to have been forged by an entity subjected to structuring causality. Not to the mundane rules, but to the heaviest restrictions, those which define and imprison the very structure of existence.
Sakolomé² nodded.
Sakolomé² — Yes… I tested its limits… Every entity is chained to its own causality. From mortals to super-mortals, none escapes it.
Sakolomé — But beyond that, other laws exist.
A being arising from intentional causality — even in its simplest form — is by essence superior to structuring causality, even in its absolute aspects.
Its existence rests on something else: pure intention.
Thus, it can emit intentional waves that completely escape the structure. Nothing that belongs to structuring causality can constrain it, because it is "other" by nature.Let's take an example.
In structuring causality, if a man manipulates fire, this fire burns, because that is its law.
Even mana obeys the rules of the structure.
But in intentional causality, this fire is no longer a simple fire: it is an intention.
It can burn, freeze, cut, soothe… its meaning changes according to the will.
From then on, a structuring being will struggle, or even be incapable, of flaming an intentional being: the fire of one is only a law, that of the other is an intention transcending the law.And beyond that, there is the causality of Silence.
There, all notions are refused, denied.
In this realm, there is no cause nor effect. No "before," no "after."
Fire, whether structuring or intentional, cannot do anything. It doesn't even have meaning, because the very notion of "fire" is dissolved there.For super-mortals, crossing this threshold is a monstrous ordeal. Entering causal Silence means losing all power immediately, since even the notion of power is rejected.
The least resistant are erased to oblivion, because even the notion of "I am" is denied. That is why this domain is called: Zero-Notion.
And yet, a super-mortal who survives in this void can move within it.
Then, it is not mana that he uses — Silence does not know mana. It is an expression of this void, a resonance incarnated in him.
But if he ever reinjects this resonance into a lower causality, such as structuring… reality risks collapse.
Because notions would no longer be able to sustain themselves.That is why a being of Silence is formidable.
It has had to adapt to all forms of causality and master them. Thus, it can reflect lower causalities at will, just like great mythical beings — who have already transcended all systems and causalities by their superiority.
To adapt the Nemesis system to all this, the task looks far more complex than it seems.Sakolomé: I still wonder if it's useful to seek the creature who created this system. It could be the famous Mo-zus… If so, he is surely in the midst of ascending to become a future great mortal. The system probably adapts according to its master.
Sakolomé turned his gaze toward his double: "Thank you for replacing me here."Sakolomé² nodded before disappearing silently, like a hologram.Sakolomé sat at his desk and began writing again in his notebook.He thought, knowing that someday he would offer it to Dan, because he knew that Dan had great faith in him.
This notebook could help him become stronger.
Sakolomé recorded several mythical knowledges about the states of existence of causalities.In structuring causality, more precisely in a given universe, there exist seven layers called Méracloxes, with higher layers transcending lower ones.
Thus, the law of causality within the first Méracloxe — at the center of the universe — is not the same everywhere.The causality in the second Méracloxe is heavier than that of the first and the center of the universe.
Adapting to each level of existence is very difficult, because the more one transcends, the more one risks being crushed by a higher law endowed with superior concepts and causalities, up to the threshold of Delzluhud.
And beyond Delzluhud begin the giant dimensions, where another form of higher causality is imposed: intentional causality, and a similar cycle repeats continuously.Sakolomé reflected then stopped writing. A mortal who becomes a deviant is therefore someone who has forged himself through all forms of causality. Thus, he can control and project expressions of these lower causalities.
Projections… or mana, these are only manifestations that our essence is capable of producing. In structuring causality, mana is structuring; in intentional causality, it is intentional, but it can also be structuring if the individual so decides. In the causality of silence, it is silence, but can also become intentional or structuring. Using the weakest things, you are free to call these projections whatever you want — mana, magic — no matter the term, it only concerns you. All this only aims to describe a projection allowed by a state of existence, nothing more.Sakolomé lay down on his bed, his gaze lost in the void, letting his thoughts drift toward what awaited him the next day.
— Anyway… the sooner it's done, the better, he murmured internally, as if to convince himself.But already, his mind anticipated the after.
— Once all this is finished, I will have to cross a new stage. I will go into the imaginary world of Oniyurei, where intensive training leaves no room for weakness. Only by forging myself there will I be able to claim standing before the goddess Mü Thanatos…A discreet sigh escaped his lips, between apprehension and determination.