Chapter 397: A Sea in Space! II
Achilles gazed upon the veiled Plane of Existence that housed everything he had sworn to protect, his enhanced consciousness tracking the massive waves of energy that coursed through his transformed physiology like rivers of liquid starlight.
The recent assimilation of Voidborn Memorite had elevated his power reserves beyond any threshold he had previously imagined…the rarest sentient crystals in known Star Seas had not earned their classification through mere scarcity, but through the sheer magnitude of force they could provide to those capable of absorbing their essence.
Within his core, an intense sea of purple-blue authority swirled in patterns. The boundless waves of starlight that had become his lifeblood pulsed in harmony with the regulations he had claimed as his own…Destiny, Space-Time, and Carnage flowing together in symphonies of power.
He felt like a conduit for forces that transcended individual existence, a focal point where principles converged to accomplish what had been deemed impossible by lesser beings!
His voice carried across the vacuum gloriously. Magisterially!
"Let the Sea of Thalassara bloom."
HUUM!
The words resonated through dimensional barriers, carrying with them the weight of inherited power that had slumbered for eons awaiting the proper moment of awakening.
"Let the Underwater Empire blaze across the Star Seas once more."
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The universe itself seemed to hold its breath as possibilities crystallized into inevitability.
|Authorization Confirmed: Heart of Thalassara granted expansion permissions and sufficient energy reserves for stellar propagation.|
|Foothold Established: Plane of Existence designated as Ethemia will serve as primary expansion base. Initial propagation will commence from Adrastia Continent Sea of Thalassara reserves.|
|Energy Transfer Initiated: Current power reserves being channeled into Heart of Thalassara expansion protocols. Estimated drain: 90% of accumulated reserves over a one hour period.|
|Expansion Parameters: Sea of Thalassara will start 3,000 miles above terrestrial surface before commencing extra-atmospheric propagation. Total coverage area will encompass the entire Plane of Existence plus 100,000-mile stellar perimeter.|
|Existing Planar Barrier identified. Heart of Thalassara will absorb and integrate barrier energy as additional fuel source. Previous protective measures will be superseded by Thalassarian Dominion Field.|
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As the final waves of information faded from his awareness, Achilles felt his chest begin to split open.
Light blazed from the opening in his torso, carrying within it the accumulated wisdom of civilizations that had once commanded respect across stellar distances!
The Heart of Thalassara emerged from his chest like a newborn star achieving consciousness, its surface pulsing with patterns that painted the surrounding void in hues of deep ocean blue.
As it floated free from his physical form, waves of cerulean energy began radiating outward in expanding spheres.
|Planar Barrier integrity compromised. Heart of Thalassara absorption protocols activated. Barrier dissolution imminent.|
The seemingly ordinary meteor that disguised Ethemia from predators began to pulse! Its outer surface trembled as forces beyond conventional measurement built toward critical thresholds, hairline cracks appearing in the camouflage that had sheltered his world for generations!
Blue light began shining through those cracks like dawn breaking through storm clouds.
And then the transformation began in earnest!
From the Sea of Thalassara already present above the Adrastia Continent, cerulean waves of liquid starlight erupted with the force of controlled supernovas.
They shot outward in all directions, becoming rapid torrents of stellar water that filled the skies and atmosphere with radiance that transformed night into something approaching celestial illumination!
BOOM! BOOM!
The expansion was explosive, overwhelming, a tide of cosmic force that swept across the Plane of Existence like reality itself had decided to rewrite the rules!
Mountains disappeared beneath waves that carried the essence of distant galaxies. Continents became islands in seas that extended beyond the normal boundaries of atmospheric containment.
When the advancing waters reached the clouds and continued upward toward the veiled Planar Barrier that had protected Ethemia from external detection, they did not stop or slow.
Instead, they began consuming the barrier itself, stellar waters eating away at protective measures!
The process was methodical and inexorable…each wave that struck the barrier absorbed another section of its structure, converting defensive energy into fuel for continued expansion until the entire protective shell began to buckle under forces it had never been designed to withstand.
BOOM!
The Planar Barrier shattered like glass struck by cosmic lightning, its fragments dissolving into the advancing Sea of Thalassara as the stellar waters finally achieved their goal of entering outer space for the first time in millennia!
Rose and Arya floated beside him in stunned silence, their enhanced senses struggling to process the scope of what they were witnessing. Around Achilles, the massive illusory form of the Heart of Thalassara pulsed with rhythms that seemed to synchronize with the expansion occurring below them, each beat sending fresh waves of transformation across impossible distances.
"Father," Arya whispered, her voice carrying awe. "It's beautiful..."
And it was. The Plane of Existence that had appeared as nothing more than cosmic debris now revealed itself as a massive orb more than one hundred thousand miles in diameter, its surface gleaming with continents and seas that had been hidden from spatial observation for generations!
But now, instead of camouflage and concealment, it blazed with the glory of stellar waters that formed rings around its circumference like the aurora of a gas giant.
The Sea of Thalassara spread outward from the planetary surface in expanding spirals that painted the void itself in shades of blue. It flowed through space as if vacuum offered no more resistance than atmospheric pressure, creating currents and tides that operated according to principles that redefined the possible.
Even the region where Achilles and his family floated was gradually overtaken by the advancing waters, stellar seas rising around them like gentle embraces from forces that recognized their authority over these expanding domains.
Rose reached out to touch the luminous waters that now surrounded them, her enhanced physiology automatically adapting to an environment that should have been impossible for any form of life to survive.
"This is ridiculous…"
Achilles smiled, his expression carrying satisfaction. Around them, the Sea of Thalassara continued its relentless expansion into territories that had remained untouched by Thalassarian influence for eons.
"It is just…the beginning," he confirmed, "of reclaiming an inheritance. In the future, this sea and the Adrastia name…will not have to hide fearfully!"
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