Upon seeing that one of his tentacles had become a part of Fhtagn, the omniscient Charles instantly realized what had happened.0

"Well played. Besides the tattoo on my neck, you actually have other tricks up your sleeve. Your level of skill in this chess game is impressive, considering how you don't even have any consciousness. I'm truly impressed.0

"However, if you think that you can assimilate me with just that, you're being far too presumptuous. We're not that different."0

Charles transmitted that information over to Fhtagn, and every line on his body began to glow faintly. Soon, he found another tentacle with the smallest difference in attributes and appearance from the pitch-black one.0

The white tentacle made out of matter, time, and space rotated, wrapping around...0