Restoring My Power...

Quantizing into the nearest location from the Cavern of Awe, the Verios Warhammer was actually rather drained of much of its power. Considering that the Insanity itself was already weakened, it would not have enough strength to fully move about as freely as it could.

"Blast... I need a vessel to move this infernal contraption..." It was aware of the power that this former 'Miller Warhammer' was able to use, and the construction of a Gaian Construct would come in handy to wield the weapon on its own... However, first, the Insanity needed to feed.

"Hmmm..." All it could do at this point was start to draw power from what the Hammer was connected to, which just so happened to be both Gaia and Erik. "... Give me your strength..." it muttered, trembling slightly. It would then begin to absorb energy from both sources, little by little, until it had enough to create a Gaian Construct, which would, in this turn, be an Insanity Construct.

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Before the Insanity could get too far, it was met with a towering blazing figure with arms crossed and eyes blazing with a fury like no other; that which was not expressed with anything but sheer presence and eye contact alone. "... I don't like you," he said rather bluntly, "... I'm going to kill you."

Directly after Temper arrived, Erik would too, but not without a showy intro.

As he fell from above, he would do so fist first, so upon hitting the ground, his punch to it would form a crater, one which was about 10 feet wide, and another around the first 30 feet wide. Slowly from this crater he would rise, wielding a black and red BattleAxe, this was the weapon he used ages ago, before he forged the Gaia WarHammer.

Rising to his feet, he would look at Insanity, anger within his eyes.

"You have what belongs to me" Erik would say vibrating the ground below him.

"Yeeeeeeeeeesssssss..." it muttered, falling into the crater that Erik created. It could feel his anger rising, which began to fuel the Insanity further, giving it more of his power than he originally anticipated. From there, a construct started to form, but only piece by piece. This time, a large disembodied gauntlet would form, picking up the Warhammer as pieces more started to form from Erik's own hatred within being fed to the Insanity connected to his soul via the Warhammer. Erik was of no issue, for he would simply feed the Insanity power. However... The burning one... Was a different story. "... If you want it back... then give me your strength, boy. This fiery being before you seeks to destroy me... And, you too, if you harbor Insanity within..." The floating gauntlet rose from the crater and hovered closer to the forest, swinging the Warhammer belligerently as though a lumberjack chopping wood. It crashed into one of the trees, immediately knocking it down and igniting it in flames. Now that the hammer could move, it could harvest energy the way it saw fit. With the immediate consumption of the Tree, the hand would extend and become now a large, powerful arm. "Give me your power..."

"Don't touch it," he said immediately, controlling his own anger in order to ensure he did not succumb to the Insanity and become corrupt. This Insanity was still relatively weak, so disposing of it shouldn't be too difficult. The only issue was that this was a forest and there was a risk of burning it all down if he didn't keep his cool. "I will take care of it. Do not get in my way, or I will incinerate you." This was simple fact of the matter.

He clenched his hand into a tightly balled fist. which would immediately ignite with a beautiful crystal flame tinted in a passionate rouge. "I'm going to kill you," he repeated, walking slowly toward the infected warhammer.

"Im not stupid" Erik would say responding as if he was being mocked. How should he have known Insanity would be created by something that was here all along then unleashed during a test given to him.

Erik was told not to do anything, that was usually the opposite of what he did.

"No one get my power, besides myself" Erik would say letting the hammer go off to the forest.

Watching is attack the forest was something he didn't he didn't like. But for now he remained where he was, watching his Hammer, the Hammer meant to liberate worlds and bring back their natural self was being used for the opposite...

The Insanity knew that it would not be able to face the Shinsanity that stood before it, for it had great power that the Insanity had not yet acquired. However, this forest would prove to be the perfect source of fodder. The tree that was struck down would spread the flames of Insanity to the others that touched it, breaking down the essence of these trees and converting them into more Insanity. The body of the Construct would start to form far more quickly now. "Hahahaha! With an entire forest at my disposal and constantly feeding from this foolish man, I will have enough power to face you, oh burning one!! HAHAHAHA!" The stronger the Insanity became, the weaker Erik would become, almost like it was stealing his life force. It grew to harbor a complete upper body, as well as a torso. With every burning tree, the Insanity gained another part of the body for the construct.

It also was not fool enough to simply wait for its own destruction. So with the infected trees, it would use the power of the Hammer to erect Insanity Trees from the old ones. They would serve as beacons that would ignite other trees and spread their influence all about the forest. At that moment, the Insanity would slip into the fire undetected, deeper into the Great Forest.

"Enough..." he muttered, no longer being able to endure allowing this Insanity to run free. The crystalline flame that flared up around his hand grew larger and larger as he slowly raised it level with his chest. He cocked his fist back and breathed in deeply, "... You don't belong here." He opened his eyes, the red flame suddenly bursting into crystal in the same fashion as his blazing hand. "Die." he muttered calmly, thrusting his fist with great explosive force into the first tree he came in contact with. The crystal flame ignited, bursting over the entirety of the Great Forest to ensure that this creature did not escape, nor that it had the time to do so. The Crystal Flames did not burn any of the trees, but merely purified them and everything that was the Insanity. All that was once 'Insanity' would then become 'Shinsanity,' and thus extra energy for Temper to consume, having him grow more powerful.

His trembling fist lowered slowly, folding into the other as he crossed his arms over his chest and closed his eyes. "... It should be dead. Wherever your Hammer is, it's inside of that forest."

Erik's power grew weaker, and as it did he felt his very life force begin to wane, luckily, Sanctity Treaty Tech was advanced enough to replace what broken portions of his soul were missing with artificial ones, but even then he did not want to become what the General was, or even close.

"I'll never lose my humanity" Erik would say out loud.

This kind of power was out of his league, out of the realm of what the Real Hologram System could do, it was like those pesky Order members from Kwandrivia, or like 80% of the upper echelon from Vescrutia.

Without enough power to escape, nor knowledge of what was to occur, the random ignition of the forest in sheer Crystal Flame would not only douse the Flames of Insanity, but convert them into pure Shinsanity, which would alter the consciousness of the Warhammer into something that seemed to be an extension of the Shinsanity of Fire. Now, the half-formed construct that was nearly complete would hover there, no longer radiating the flames of Insanity.

"Hm? Where am I?" The new spawn of the Shinsanity of Fire had no idea of its consciousness as Insanity, but only as an extension of the Crystal Flame as well as a half-formed construct. It looked around at the forest, finding the flames that surrounded it to be beautiful and filled with energy it could use. "... This place is soothing..." it muttered, touching one of the trees that it felt connected to, somehow. At the touch, the Crystal Flames that coated the tree would be absorbed into the warhammer, adding to its strength and nearly completing the construct's basic form. "This is nice... It's like this whole forest is filled with energy!" No longer concerned with the destruction of the forest, it would instead seek to douse these flames surrounding it by taking them into itself, which would eventually give more power to the now Infernal Warhammer.

Erik walked into these woods, ignoring the fire, he knew the RHS's Enviro Systems would handle that. As he walked he looked to his now Sentient hammer and spoke.

"If it's power you seek, return to me" Erik would say.

"Come to me, and I'll construct you a body that can infinity grow, one not bound by the confines of the Gaian WarHammer." Erik would say, he already had several "Bodies" he would be able to give away.

"Who are you?" the construct responded, unable to retain memories of before the Insanity possessed it. "I don't... Want to leave this nice place. It's filled with this wonderful beautiful fire that doesn't burn the trees... But it gives me strength." It touched another tree, drawing in the Crystal Flame into itself and returning the tree to normal. "Why are you trying to take me away from this good place?" The Infernal Warhammer could not understand why someone would randomly show up seeking to take it somewhere... Nor how it got to this place to begin with.

More of the construct's body formed, this time, creating legs all the way up to the kneecaps. It hovered there, Warhammer in hand, backing away from him and deeper into the forest. "Don't... Don't follow me anymore!! I don't know what you want from me, but I don't see why I should go with you!"

Before Erik, a hologram so real one would think it was real would form. It's showed Erik, using the Hammer, building the Hammer, gathering the resources for the making of the Hammer.

"Everything about you, relates to me. You are mine" Erik would say shutting off the hologram.

The Construct gazed at this hologram in awe, trying to figure out why it was showing this man constructing the weapon that was in its hand. Apparently, the construct seemed to believe that it was the real self and not the hammer. "No... That can't be right! That's... That's not real!!" After touching another tree and absorbing its strength, its legs would form and touch the ground, completing the form of the Construct. "I don't belong to anyone! Especially not someone that would make something up like that!! All of that looks fake!!" Even so, remnants of these memories seemed to resonate with the hammer itself, which sent the construct into a bit of confusion. "... But... you do look... Familiar..."

It shook its head, gripping the hammer tightly, letting it become encompassed in the Crystal Flame. "But I think this is some trick! Get away from me!" It swung the hammer at Erik, creating a Gravity Well that would draw in the remainder of the Crystal Flames that ignited the trees within the area that they were in, whilst simultaneously using this force to pull Erik toward the construct, which would already be prepared to knock him clear out of the forest with a great swing of the hammer.

Erik wouldn't resist, he let himself be pulled by the gravity well, and then watched as his own hammer was swung at himself. But, as the hammer struck Erik, it would phase right through him. Erik was in his Omnifarous state. He wasn't going to attack, or do anything hostile.


"You belong to me, what do I have to gain from lying to a Hammer" Erik would say.

As Erik passed right through the swung hammer, the Construct grew terrified of this man, not knowing what to make of him, nor why he was even here in the first place. "What are you?! Get away from me, you monster!!" The Infernal Hammer, knowing now that it could not hit this man, fled the scene, taking all of the crystal flames with it. The forest would grow dark and the hammer would be nowhere to be found.

Meanwhile, at the entrance of the forest, Temper could see that the crystal flames that once coated the trees were no more. He narrowed his eyes curiously, taking steps into the forest to see what happened. He did not sense anything malicious, but he could feel the presence of his Shinsanity of Fire moving about deeper in the forest. He could feel its fear. "What is that man doing...?"

This Hammer's form was scared, more scared than the General got once his barriers fell. It was a coward in Erik's eyes.

"ONLY COWARDS RUN! Erik would yell out letting his booming voice be carried through the woods.

"It doesn't know how to deal with you," Temper muttered from behind Erik, having found its way into the Great Forest by following the lead of the Shinsanity of Fire, "... Your approach seems to be intimidating it. Flames inspire spontaneity without rationality. It is like a child." Being the Shinsanity of Fire itself, Temper knew all there was to know about how it was reacting. Even as an extension of himself, it was its own being, as well, as would all extensions that were allowed to have their own sentience. "If its flame is of fear, why would you feed the fire by giving it more to burn...?" There seemed to be wisdom in the rather quiet flaming man. Despite how direct and blunt he was, he knew how to not let his flames overcome his words.

"Fear is but a weakness one must overcome if they are to get stronger" Erik would say advancing towards where the missing Hammer was going, or rather just deeper into the forest.