Across the endless layers of the Universe Beyond All Universes, a distortion formed sharp, violent, and desperate.
From it emerged a being cloaked in collapsing light and fractured time.
Its name echoed across realities:
Velkryon, the Infinite Strider.
Velkryon wasn't like the others.
He had crossed timelines faster than causality.
He had outrun collapsing universes.
He had surpassed the concept of distance itself.
His speed was measured as MFTL+, beyond light, beyond stars, beyond most gods.
And yet…
He was terrified.
I will kill Kael Veyris. Velkryon shouted, masking fear with arrogance.
If I strike first if I move faster than thought I can end him.Velkryon moved.
Time froze behind him.
Space tore apart in his wake.
Entire narrative layers lagged behind his motion.
He reached Kael
and nothing happened.
Kael stood there, unmoving.
Not because he was slow.
But because speed no longer applied to him.Kael Veyris existed beyond:
Movement
Distance
Time
Cause and effect
Velkryon's MFTL+ speed…
meant nothing.
Kael tilted his head slightly.
You're fast, he said calmly.
But speed… doesn't reach me. For the first time, Velkryon felt it.
Fear.
Real fear.
His body trembled as Kael's presence alone began to erase his existence passively.
No… no… I can still escape Velkryon ran.
Faster than ever before.
He crossed infinite universes in less than nothing.
He shattered timelines as he moved.
He abandoned causality entirely.
He believed truly believed he had escaped.
But then…
A voice appeared beside him.
You're running the wrong way. Standing calmly in the void beyond motion itself…
Was Antonio.
No aura.
No distortion.
No overwhelming pressure.
Just presence.
Velkryon's eyes widened.
How… how are you here I'm faster than everything.
Antonio looked at him, unimpressed.
You're fast, he said.
But Kael doesn't measure speed.
He paused.
And neither do I.
Velkryon tried to move again
But his speed failed.
Not slowed.
Not blocked.
It simply stopped existing.
Antonio stepped forward.
One step.
That was enough.
He placed a hand on Velkryon's chest.
No running, Antonio said quietly.
And in that instant:
Velkryon's speed collapsed.
His existence unraveled.
His narrative thread vanished across all timelines.
No explosion.
No scream.
Just… silence.Antonio stood there for a moment… then looked back.
Far beyond everything…
Kael Veyris watched, completely calm, his wives beside him.
Kael gave a slight nod.
Good, he said.
Ignisia's flames flickered playfully.
Kaelyra smiled softly.
Eidrya closed her eyes in peace.
Antonio returned instantly not by speed, not by movement, but by presence alone.
He stood before Kael.
It's done.
Kael looked at him.
Well done.
Velkryon (MFTL+ speed) proved that even infinite speed is meaningless before Kael Veyris.
Kael exists at irrelevant speed, beyond movement itself.
Antonio is powerful enough to operate on that same level, effortlessly defeating beings who rely on speed.
No matter how fast, strong, or transcendent a being is
they cannot escape Kael Veyris.