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whoosh dorian’s body blurred
in a split second, he landed down on the ground next to bane, his movements incredibly quick
for, in that moment, dorian had drawn upon both the law of lust and the law of chastity, simultaneously, for the first time
when he did so, he felt the world around him seem to shift
similar to how it functioned in his perfect body state… everything slowed down
this increase was hugely noticeable
the world around him slowed down by at least 50%
the law of chastity and the law of lust had almost identical effects
by using them both at once, dorian was able to increase their overall effectiveness
each law slowed the world down around him by roughly 25%, with his current understanding
when he used them both at once, these two laws seemed to work together and slowed reality to roughly half its normal speed
‘wow
‘ his only thought was one of awe
everything around him was moving at half speed
of all the seven great laws of the demonic race that he had acquired, this law was the one that most impressed him
his understanding of it was still only middling, yet if he fully mastered it, he instinctively felt that he could slow the world around him by more than 25%
perhaps by 30%, or 40%, or even more, he was unsure what the upper limit would be, especially when combined
even further, the fact that the law of chastity of the seven virtuous laws had a similar effect and could even be combined was huge news to dorian
the increase was far more noticeable in his balance demon form, his best humanoid close combat form
as he landed down next to bane, he lashed out with his claws in an almost lazily fast strike
his hand slammed into the huge, muscular character from his memories… and instantly killed him, ripping his heart and chest apart in one single motion, sending red blood spattering everywhere
‘oh, right, he was just an above average human in the movies
‘ the bane that dorian was familiar with wasn’t that strong of a character when compared to beings like him
boom dorian felt an explosion shake the air as obelisk the tormentor and thanos began to battle
explosions of light and sound seared out as reality itself trembled
the two beings were colossally powerful in their own right, thanos with his infinity gauntlet and obelisk with, well, himself
great beast, i admire your strength, but i cannot allow you to upset the delicate balance of this contest! thanos’ deep voice echoed out as he and the huge blue demon separated temporarily
obelisk was standing upright with blue energy crackling around his arms, his eyes flashing, while thanos had his hand stretched out upward
gworrrnnn a laser beam of blue energy shot forward and slammed into thanos
this beam twisted at the last moment as it was about to hit him, the powerful attack absorbed into his infinity gauntlet
thanos then shot the attack back at the towering god beast, knocking it several dozen meters through the air
when the creature landed, it formed a crater of cracked earth and fallen trees, sending up a shower of wood and stone shrapnel
so be it, beast
thanos called out loud,hup! thanos made a large, jerking motion, as if he was pulling something hard
the extremely powerful infinity gauntlet on his hand flashed, light sparking off of it
a moment later, dorian’s eyes widened in awe
for, in the sky far above, he could now make something out
a huge object, hurtling towards them
thanos had pulled earth’s moon out of orbit and brought it blasting down towards where they were
are you an idiot?! you brought down the entire moon to deal with a single being here?! this will wipe out th- oh right, this is all a fake earth
dorian caught himself mid-yell as he watched the unfolding scene of apocalypse before him
strike me down, anakin, and i will only return stronger than before!”huah! over to the side, dorian witnessed a somewhat familiar scene
obi-wan being killed by darth vader, the duel they had apparently ending
‘how would darth vader even eat a hotdog? he doesn’t look like he wants to take that mask off
‘ the character wore a large black mask that obscured his face
roaaaaar! obelisk the tormentor let out a rage-filled roar as it saw the moon descending upon them
even dorian was shaken, despite knowing this was all fake, as he watched the gargantuan rock plunge towards them
large clumps of the moon seemed to fall apart, shooting down ahead of its main body in waves of flaming meteors
it was horrifying to see
the moon blocked out the sun and the sky, a huge piece of white and grey rock that stretched more than 2,000 miles wide
the meteors that fell from it cascaded through the air, a true ending of the world
dorian felt the air tremble around them as the moon penetrated the atmosphere, huge vibrations of heat and pressure shaking reality
my god… what do i do? dorian stared up at the massive rock, his heart dropping
how on earth was he supposed to do literally anything about that?!there are no longer any hot dogs remaining! thus, the champions hot dog eating contest is complete! the judges are now tallying the numbers! as he was facing his death, trying to think up a plan, a loud voice cut through the mess of the world around him
dorian spun to the left, staring
the panel of human judges were all currently sitting down casually, talking amongst themselves, ignoring the literal millions of tons of rock that were hurtling towards earth, about to cause its complete destruction
the results are now tallied! the judges called out confidently, apparently unaffected by the quaking waves of heat and pressure as the atmosphere of earth began to dissipate
gworrrnnn obelisk shot another towering laser beam at thanos, one that thanos promptly reabsorbed and shot back as the two began to duke it out
darth vader, meanwhile, silently looked at where the corpse of obi-wan had been
upon his death, the body had vanished, disappearing
the winner, with a grand total of 1 hot dog eaten, is the demon challenger dorian! dorian blinked
‘that’s right… almost all of the tables and hot dogs were wiped out by the explosions from bane and obelisk
the heat and pressure waves from the descending moon must have wiped out any remnants
‘ he slowly came to the realization as more explosions shook the air between the dueling foes
‘i managed to snag a single hotdog and ate it quickly… many of the characters that showed up from my memories were villains, all from movies or tv shows
as such, they all attacked each other without eating, causing the contest to be thrown into disarray…’ as he realized that he had won the contest, dorian felt a feeling of epiphany settle upon his shoulders
he felt energy swarm his soul, a familiar feeling descending upon him
green, vibrating energy surrounded his body, wrapping around his soul like a warm blanket
it was relaxing and energizing, filling him with satisfaction
he was undergoing another baptism of the laws of the universe directly
this time, for the law of gluttony
as the world around him fell apart and dorian was about to vanish, teleporting away after completing the inheritance, he heard a voice call out in his head, ‘what is going on?! what are these creatures?! how are they doing what they are doing?!’ the frantic voice of the array genie continued, ‘what kind of past did you have?! what is going on?!?!’ whoosh dorian vanished, leaving behind a collapsing world and a greatly panicked bubble