A Brand New History 4

The ruins of R'lyeh sealed completely behind Ian. The lingering aftermath of folded space rippled like water, then finally settled into the deathly still, inky-green depths of the sea. A piece of history had vanished entirely.

A brand-new history spread toward the future.

What Ian had done went far beyond destroying a dream dimension and defeating an incarnation. When he departed, carrying the fully seized authority of [Chaos Erosion/Foundation of Order] and stepping across ripples of space-time not yet fully dispersed, it was an "overwrite" on the level of existence, a "replacement" on the level of authority. As the newly ascended "Chaos Overseer," Ian had also launched a silent yet complete "purification" and "reclamation" of a deeply corrupted "territory."

Within that realm where searing heat intertwined with indescribable icy madness, the illogical structure of space and time resembled a beach about to be swallowed whole by raging tides. Yes.

History changed because of it.

The process was silent, yet intense enough to instantly vaporize the soul of any observer. In the end, there was no earth-shattering explosion, only a "fading," a "dissolution."

Cthulhu's mark of existence, symbolizing ultimate chaos and madness, was slowly yet irreversibly erased from Africa's geological and mystical history, as if by a higher-order eraser. When the last active will and corruptive trait belonging to the Great Old One Cthulhu was removed from Earth's veins and transformed, the river of time and history finally cast off this ancient, mad, and dangerous "reef."

The change occurred.

Like ripples raised by a stone cast into the river of time, the change spread calmly yet resolutely toward the future from that point in the past where "Cthulhu had been completely dealt with."

It was not a savage tsunami that instantly destroyed every existing trace, but a gentler surge closer to