Infinite Mana In The Apocalypse novel Chapter 4578

Chapter 4578: The First Tongue IX

In another corner of Ginnungagap, separated by countless Gigaparsecs from the peaceful shore where teaching was occurring, a very different scene unfolded.

While Noah received instruction on a single letter, a Phoneme of The First Tongue, something remarkably similar was manifesting elsewhere with far more violent intent.

The battle between THE First Hunger and THE Living Origin against the three Malformed Ginnu Lifeforms had escalated to a critical point. The serpentine dragon with crystallized obsidian scales had locked multiple heads around Tor’s arms, attempting to collapse his Way through dimensional compression. The massive arachnid struck from temporal angles, its legs piercing through past and future simultaneously. The liquid obsidian mass flowed between solid and ethereal states, absorbing attacks and reforming to strike back.

Tor cursed violently as he sensed something shifting in the fundamental nature of the battle.

"They are doing their monstrous things!" he roared with recognition and mounting frustration.

The three Malformed Ginnu Lifeforms suddenly stopped their physical assault. Their bodies began to vibrate with synchronized purpose, their malformed structures pulsing with concentrated power.

Faint flickers of pure Mana, hidden deep within their core existence, activated simultaneously.

They were speaking The First Tongue!

All three entities began to utter a single letter with tremendous effort and power expenditure. A letter that most closely represented the concept of Fire in existence’s native language.

The surrounding reality responded immediately to their pronunciation.

Multiple Grand Principles related to flame and combustion began to shimmer into visibility throughout the chaotic landscape. The Principle of Consuming Heat manifested as waves of distortion. The Principle of Elemental Fury pulsed with building intensity. The Principle of Rapid Transformation flickered at the edges of perception.

Then Singularity Principles began to respond as well, lending their incomparably greater weight to the utterance.

Three pillars of terrifying flame erupted simultaneously from the Ginnu Lifeforms, each with its own unique coloration based on the entity conjuring it.

The serpentine dragon produced flames of deep crimson mixed with obsidian black, spiraling upward with devouring hunger. The arachnid’s fire manifested as pale violet that existed partially in multiple temporal states, burning past and future simultaneously. The liquid mass generated silver white flames that shifted between solid and ethereal just like its own form!

All three pillars converged on THE First Hunger and THE Living Origin with devastating force.

Tor’s eyes widened with genuine alarm as he felt the concentrated power bearing down on them. This was by far the strongest attack they had faced in this entire miserable encounter!

THE Living Origin was already moving, her Way of Origin manifesting as defensive chains that attempted to bind the incoming flames to their foundational state before combustion. White gold barriers formed in intricate geometric patterns.

Tor released seas of obsidian crimson Hunger that devoured massive sections of the approaching fire, consuming the flames before they could reach them. His jaws opened impossibly wide, creating voids that swallowed existence itself.

The collision created spectacular explosions of conflicting authorities as fundamental concepts warred against each other.

Fire tried to consume. Hunger tried to devour. Origin tried to reduce everything to its source state.

The landscape around them scorched and cracked from the sheer intensity of power being exchanged. Reality itself groaned under the pressure of so many high level Principles activating simultaneously.

But despite the terrifying nature of the attack, both THE entities proved their competence and vast experience. Through coordinated effort and masterful application of their Ways, they managed to defend against and systematically disperse the converging pillars of flame.

Tor stood amidst the dissipating fire with expression of absolute rage. His entire body radiated killing intent as his Way pulsed with fury.

"Okay. Okay! That’s it!" he roared with voice shaking the environment. "I tried to hold back somewhat in this damned suppressive place, but no more restraint!"

His obsidian crimson Hunger exploded outward with terrifying new intensity.

They were holding back somewhat. Because they knew...one should not easily kill a Malformed Ginnu Lifeform! One Ginnu killed would have one branded and hunted down by all other Ginnu as they would not survive Ginnungagap!

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Back on the Primordial Genesis Shore, in the calm and ancient landscape, teaching continued without awareness of the violent events occurring elsewhere.

Ul’moreth settled into a teaching posture, his entire demeanor shifting to that of patient instructor.

|Now, Little Anomaly, I will break down the internal structure of this Phoneme so you can understand what you must reproduce,| he said with measured focus. |Pay attention to every detail, because pronunciation is absolutely critical. A single error in frequency, rhythm, or tonal quality will cause the Phoneme to fail completely, or worse, to produce unpredictable and potentially catastrophic results.|

Noah kept his eyes closed and breathed in and out with steady rhythm as he listened with complete concentration.

|The Phoneme of Fire begins with a rising pulse,| Ul’moreth explained with clarity. |You must start at a baseline frequency that resonates with undifferentiated Mana, then systematically increase the vibration rate. But this is not a smooth, continuous increase. It must follow a specific progression that matches the natural expansion rate of combustion.|

His voice carried the weight of precise instruction accumulated over eons.

|As you raise the frequency, you must simultaneously compress the Mana into tighter and tighter density. This creates internal tension, potential energy waiting to be released. The compression follows an inverse relationship to the frequency increase. As one rises, the other contracts proportionally.|

|When the frequency reaches a specific threshold, one that you will learn to recognize through practice, you must introduce a percussive accent. A sharp spike in intensity that punctuates the rising tone. This accent represents the ignition point, the moment when potential becomes kinetic, when compression transforms into expansion.|

|Immediately following the accent, you must allow the Mana to explode outward in a controlled expansion. Throughout all of this, you must maintain a specific emotional and intentional quality. The Phoneme is not just mechanics and mathematics. It carries meaning, purpose, identity. Fire is transformation, consumption, purification, destruction that enables renewal. Your intent must embody all of these qualities simultaneously without contradiction.|

Ul’moreth paused deliberately to ensure Noah was absorbing the full complexity of what was being taught.

|The entire sequence, from initial pulse to final expansion, must occur within a precise temporal window. Too slow, and the Phoneme loses coherence and dissipates without effect. Too fast, and the structure collapses before it can channel the surrounding Principles. The timing I am about to demonstrate represents the minimum viable duration for this Phoneme.|

The ancient being prepared himself again for another demonstration with teaching purpose.

|Watch now as I speak the Phoneme once more, but this time I will slow down the process significantly so you can observe each component separately. In actual practice, these elements blend together seamlessly, but for teaching purposes, I will separate them for your analysis.|

Ul’moreth began to vibrate again, but this time the Phoneme unfolded in deliberate slow motion.

Noah kept his eyes closed and sensed everything with pure Mana, seeing colors even more vibrantly through his enhanced perception. He could observe each distinct phase with crystalline clarity.

The rising frequency that climbed from baseline. The simultaneous compression that created visible density increase in the concentrated energy. The sharp percussive accent that marked the critical transition point. The controlled explosion outward in geometric patterns.

Rising, compression, accent, expansion.

And threading through all of it like a fundamental melody, the intentional quality that gave the mechanics meaning and purpose!

|Do you see the framework now, Little Anomaly?| Ul’moreth asked with patient instruction. |Each component serves a specific purpose. Remove any single element, and the Phoneme fails. Execute any element incorrectly, and the result will be flawed.|

|This is not simple energy manipulation where close enough produces acceptable results. The First Tongue demands precision because it is fundamentally linguistic rather than merely mechanical. You are not generating fire through brute force. You are speaking a word that means Fire, and existence responds to correct pronunciation.|

|Now, Little Anomaly,| Ul’moreth said with voice carrying both encouragement and challenge. |I have demonstrated the Phoneme twice. I have broken down its internal structure and explained each component. I have given you the theoretical framework you need to understand what you must accomplish.|

|It is time for you to attempt speaking your first letter of The First Tongue. Do not expect success on your initial try, or your tenth, or your hundredth. Most entities require years of dedicated practice before they can produce even a flawed approximation of a single Phoneme. But you possess advantages that others do not. So perhaps you will surprise even these ancient expectations.|

|Speak the Phoneme of Fire. Attempt to reproduce what I have demonstrated. And we shall see how quickly you can learn to speak existence’s native language.|

He felt the beat of his Heart. He felt the rhythm of THE Organ of Civilization pulsing within his existence.

Fire.

And he now simply needed to utter fire in a different language. In THE Language of Existence itself, in The First Tongue.

The rising frequency. The simultaneous compression. The sharp percussive accent. The controlled explosion outward.

|Fire.|

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