253 - End Book 8

He said he's going to send out a call. I assume he will make contact with that which scared the erased one. Likely a magical inter-galactic, or even extra-galactic, community. With their knowledge of the mana and ways of Our universe, combined with his (soon to be) True wizardry and ways of the Old Cosmology, Erick will have a way to destroy the Dragon God. The real question is if gods can even form with only the New universes Mana. We've puzzled out that a combination of the script restricting several forms of worship (sacrifice was a big one, and this was an earlier chapter), combined with Melemizargo killing any forming gods all this time to keep the Red from consuming them to gain power, is why no new gods have appeared on Veird. I can't see any known evil gods living based on what we know. So I see one of three outcomes A) No gods exist outside of Veird. I see this as most plausible since The Erased one has eaten the universe time and time again. If there was any significantly powerful Pantheon out there, they'd of done something by now. B) there are gods out there formed of new universe mana. Perhaps even duplicate gods. Not as in a copy. But say, a second god of magic? Or a second god of the new universes dead? I find this possible, but not exactly likely based off the resons stuff. I expect some powerful new universe wizards or something similar though. Finally, Option C) has me intrigued. It is possible gods have formed based off the mana leaked away from Veird and during the initial creation of Veird after it "Fell" into the new cosmology. However, I find it likely that, if this were possible, The Erased one would have either eaten them by now, or tried to farm them somehow.

Owen Kaz

How the hell is Erick going to get to any nearby world in a reasonable amount of time? Even light stepping will take years, decades, or longer to reach the nearest world. The only way I see him getting to a nearby world with mana is using wizardry to hop across the void. Also, we might get to see some Evil gods who lived!

Pheonixarcher

Hell yea

Jake Martin

it's technically both, as far as my research spat out, as mythology is oral and there are directly conflicting accounts of how it works out. some say that Skoll and Hati are other names for Fenrir. others say that Skoll and Hati are sundogs and moondogs visible at certain times and certain meteorological events. etc etc.

Arcs

I think classically it's not Fenrir but Skoll and Hati who eat the sun and moon, but I suppose as Fenrir eats Thor the lightning god (and is the other wolves father?) It still works pretty well. Either way, loved the chapter and see you after the break!

Vin Reisling

Yeah good book ending. And thanks for not doing a cliff hanger too! Pro packing tip: pack only what you really really need. Basically everything that can fit in your car/truck. Leave the rest. Its far far easier to pack up and then unpack this way. And mover costs are so high for long distances that its usually going to work out about the same to buy new stuff to where ever you move anyways. Also don't try to play packing tetris with your stuff to fit it into tinier spaces. You'll blow so much time you won't believe it packing and unpacking. Boxes of stuff will be laying around for weeks or months afterwards!

tibbish

What an ending to Book 8! And reinforcements?!? Who? Where? An ending that just brings more questions than answers 😭 Great work in getting us invested Arcs!👍🏻

jj

Ahhhh, i reread that ritual again and again. Such an amazing end of book, without bad cliff even! Thank you for book 8. I gotta say that this is my favorite yet. ❤️

Spark

It hasn't been brought up yet, but I'd bet Solomon has at least a single spark of Godhood after this. If not an outright ascension to a minor God of some sort. Gonna be a long wait during this break =P

Emily Gurnavage

HA HA HA HA HA AHHHHHHH, Oh that was EXCELLENT!!!! A danger once hidden in sight plane to see Now barred by infinite symphony Sundering now nothing but its own Trapped by metal, rock, and stone. So let the wizard leave this home To find us hope, in cosmos unknown Thanks Arcs, you made my day.

Owen Kaz

This is going to be a painful 3 weeks, haha. So worth it, however.

Patchumz

Yup, that'll do it.

Alimaeus

Not bad. Not bad at all.

Who said he isn't?

Pablo Barbatto

Ohh ok what an interesting plan, a lot of coordination, but it does seem to work out well so far. It’s cool to see Solomon ascend and become a wizard in his own way. I’m looking forward to seeing how Erick ascends.

Zero

Excuse me, I believe you meant to say, "Erick fucking Flatt!" Carry on, sir.

Collateral_ink

oh yes. We got to see Fenrir eat the sun

Pheonixarcher

Elemental Infinity probably takes up a lot of bandwidth /s

Arcs

Wow that really is a finisher! Amazing pause point 👏

Jackjargon

Glad to see that ARC went with the Shell world idea. Borrowing the mana of 10,000 lives cut short. 10,000 men ascending to wizardry, how is this guy not a god at this point?

Pheonixarcher

jesus fucking christ oh my god

One last adventure with Erick. Can’t wait to read it!❤️

Robbs

I'm not sure how to feel about the introduction and discussion of resons. I suspect with time it'll start to feel normal, but right now it feels like the introduction of some secondary magic system that doesn't make a lot of sense and seems inferior to mana from the Old Cosmology despite currently being IN the New Cosmology and the New Cosmology being bigger.

Matt H

Holy shit.

James Skinner