"Although I like watching your confusion," NovelGeek2 said casually, taking another slow drag from his joint, "I'll be short… in order to win this battle. It's not about killing Set or proving you're stronger than him."
With the immense pride NovelGeek2 held for Ash, he would never dare make his final challenge something as simple as destroying a failed protagonist of his own creation.
No — that would be tantamount to disrespect toward all the hard work he had poured into Ash, and all the glory Ash himself had carved across existence.
The question was no longer how strong he could be within his own novel.
It was now beyond that.
With Ash having achieved all his goals — becoming the strongest, attaining complete freedom — that left only NovelGeek2's final ambition.
One he was certain marked merely the beginning of a long, boundless road ahead.
"It's about becoming the Epitome," NovelGeek2 said, his voice carrying quiet weight. "The Epitome of all power in fiction."
