441 Stalemate (2/2)
”I am your worst nightmare, your path to death, the one to tear down all that you have built, why don't you surrender to me? I can guarantee your life, you can return to your Primordial, you can end this whole thing, live to build another universe, how about it”. Yunan didn't forget to add some persuasion to his words.
Although mental manipulation was too weak to work on a creator and greater gods in general, Yunan never stopped using his spells just because they were ineffective, at worst he would waste a bit of mana, at best it may contain the enemy for a heartbeat, long enough to try something different.
”Never!” Screamed the creator, he went on for another attack with his legion, his attacks were getting more and more desperate, him watching Yunan grow and have easier time each passing day, he was unwilling to accept this outcome, it almost broke his psyche.
How many years did he invest in this universe, how much time did he spend moulding it, each law, each creature, each plant? All that time was about to be characterized as wasted. unless he could kill the Intruder, this was a setback, but not a deadly one.
As long as he could kill Yunan before he reached the next culling, he had time to foster a new generation of soldiers, as long as he could get rid of this scourge, it was enough to survive and thrive once more.
The taunting back and forth never stopped, it only got more sinister by the day, the legion of gods was drying up, not even half as many as the year before, the strikes of the creator dealt less and less damage, Yunan was now disguising his true state after each attack.
He did not risk killing the creator and let the legion of gods live, as soldiers, they were good at breaking oaths and Yunan did not wish to trust them before he forcefully took control over their Fate.
Thus, the sneaky Tasha was the only one making progress in this stalemate, she was getting closer, the universe was not hindering her as much and Fate was not running away as fast as before, maybe she got better at predicting it's location, she did not know.
What she knew was that she was moving better out of instinct, Yunan had linked her to his Fate fragment, that link was her guide. since the Fate of the universe tried to take over Yunan's fragment, it was easier for her to find it.
Through her link with Yunan, she was enjoying the feeling of overwhelming power, Effort had been giving her power boosts when she needed them most, as Yunan gets stronger so would she, that was the benefit of being linked to her boss in every way possible.
Her boss could do anything to her without repercussions, she could die at a thought, but the other side of the coin was getting to see sights, the sights that can only be seen from standing on the shoulder of giants.