What have you been fighting Drake Randidly said softly DrakeÆs gaze remained focused on Randidly
Which was why he didnÆt see the refined and molten sphere of metal that smashed into his left shoulder from above Influence of the Molten Core was slightly ungainly but Randidly had simply held it up and let it drop While it was doing so he pressed as hard as he could with his Willpower so that more and more metal was pressed into a smaller sphere By the time it hid Drake it was about the size of a bowling ball
If mass didnÆt work Randidly would use density
As DrakeÆs left arm swung down at his side Randidly grinned
Chapter 902
Thea drew her fingers across ChrysanthemumÆs bony body Even though the entirety of it was wreathed in flames Thea didnÆt feel the slightest bit of warmth In fact she felt cold The strong bones of ChrysanthemumÆs torso were riddled with cracks The wounds bearing the brunt of DonnytonÆs resistance were considerable
While the examination continued Chrysanthemum stoically crouched next to Thea The lines around TheaÆs eyes tightened Even after all the fighting the bear didnÆt seem to feel a hint of discomfort And these sort of wounds would heal quickly
Was this a mistake Thea thought bitterly Her gaze turned to the other Nemesai and the unconscious girl held between them as the Winged Serpent set up two larger teleportation formations But if we didnÆt attack we would have just fallen further behind In order to survive
its really gone to hell hasnÆt it I know you canÆt hear me but Chrysanthemum what should we be doing TheaÆs gaze turned back to Chrysanthemum But of course the bear was silent As she had been silent the entire time since the CreatureÆs strange magic had revived Chrysanthemum
Worse than silent however was blank and unresponsive She followed orders but not much more than that There were a few moments where Chrysanthemum displayed a hair more liveliness but there was one detail in common during all those moments Thea pressed her eyes closed
Torment the Earth child The Creature had said to her Cause chaos Someday that fool boy will create enough connections with his Aether that he will give one to someone who is despicably weak Capture that person and bring them to the spot indicated on this map Then IÆll consider our debt settled
When Thea had asked if Chrysanthemum would regain her consciousness at that point the Creature just laughed
We will find out then now wonÆt we
Winged Serpent hurry Thea said with iron in her voice Her eyes shot open and she scanned the horizon A group from Donnyton is already heading in our direction We need to recover Roy and his new toy as quickly as possible Then we will head into your Zone Seven to see how stable that place really is
The Winged Serpent bobbed his head and continued to draw elaborate diagrams on the ground with its tail Some distance away the Obsidian Duke continued to sweat and channel his energy to recover his body Of them all he had suffered the most damage in this attempt Perhaps even more than Thea
Regina Northwind huh to think that even she is strong enough to fight against a Nemesis
Deep Horror the strange sea monster that was half crustacean and half octopus looked at the Obsidian Duke in concern Is Donnyton truly that powerful IÆm glad I was rear guard in that case
Bah I encountered no resistance worth mentioning Said the newly arrived Nemesai from Zone Eleven He was a tall muscular man closer to orc than human His skin was a grey red color and two large tusks jutted out from his lower jaw He called himself the Wildness
Fucking Nemesai and theÆs Thea thought darkly Just use your name We might die like this
The Wildness sneered at the Obsidian Duke Perhaps you are simply too weak No wonder you have struggled so long against the people of this world
Rather than reply the Obsidian Duke just glowered at his severed leg and continued to heal himself Thea also didnÆt bother to say anything the Wildness had been the one tasked with the kidnapping Of them all he had encountered the lightest resistance But there would be no point in telling him that
Someday he would learn that lesson the hard way
Thea pressed her eyes closed Soon Chrysanthemum Soon you will wake up You have to I know you are still fighting in there
It is ready The Winged Serpent announced
TheaÆs eyes flashed open Then pull him back here Pulling the Ghosthound was done perfectly I thought he was a fool but his plan worked Now we just need to get him out of there before the Ghosthound caught up
The Obsidian Duke looked up from his bloody work with a smirk ItÆs been five days It isnÆt that easy to travel from Donnyton to the World Crater and then search an entire world to find someone
Do you want to risk it Thea asked lightly The Obsidian Duke was silent They both remembered the fight with the Ghosthound in Lake Apollo Where he had fucking emptied a huge amount of space of water and then proceeded to rip the Doctor apart despite the NemesaiÆs interference
No Randidly Ghosthound was not a foe that they could fight directly And it was exactly that sense of helplessness that had both kept Thea frozen and planning for so long While no one knew where the Ghosthound was Thea didnÆt dare act on the CreatureÆs original request even though she identified two targets that were deemed easy
After all he could return at any time An absent Randidly was an ax hanging over her head And there was no real need to be hasty
No Thea would plan and wait until Randidly returned so she could be entirely sure that he wouldnÆt turn up at the wrong point and ruin everything So she had meticulously watched everyone that the Ghosthound had contact with and slowly developed profiles She calculated risks mapped out schedules
She recruited support from discontent groups in the different Zones and built up a following These individuals would never fight but they could feed information to the Nemesai They connected her to the growing underworld of Earth
And the two targets she had finally settled on were related they were siblings Nathan and Kiersty
Of the two Thea instincts told her to attack Nathan He was generally protected by a few high Level people but it was a much less intimidating option than going after Kiersty who stayed in the heart of Donnyton most of the time
Yet the other Nemesai had disagreed One problem with Nathan was that his Class was extremely strange Even the Nemesai recognized that his ability to give Classes to others probably gave him a few offensive Skills that would be extremely difficult to resist What if he could directly attack and hack into their Aether
In addition Nathan was always on the move Harder to predict even accounting for that too And he didnÆt seem willing to let slip information on where he was going None of TheaÆs agents were able to get close to him for very long
It seemed that Nathan was very sensitive to the NemesaiÆs energy because all attempts to draw out information regarding his power by ambushing with Raid Bosses were expertly avoided Time and time again Tykes simply took the young teen and escaped before danger could present itself and force him to act They always seemed prepared
Part of that could be blamed by Ptolemy being there to guide them but still it was an unknown risk that they hadnÆt been able to suss out over a half of yearÆs worth of attempts
And the final argument that the other Nemesai gave for choosing Kiersty was the most infuriating They should attack Kiersty because she was in Donnyton Donnyton was a symbol to this world Ultimately the Nemesai were present in a world in order to cause them to fail their Calamities And they instinctively knew that the best way to do this was to break the symbol of a world
KierstyÆs presence was also relatively predictable Which Thea was able to learn after watching almost identical days from the girl for several months while the details of the plan were slowly built through observation Best of all it was easy for agents to infiltrate the Cult of Arbor