So she had agreed grudgingly After all she didnÆt lead the Nemesai She was just acknowledged as the most powerful and insightful as she had been originally from this world herself She didnÆt quite understand the why but it was clear that all these other Nemesai had their abilities limited when they descended to this Cohort
But Thea could also tell that those limits were slowly disappearing as Earth grew more powerful It made her sad But also happy Because she would do anything to revive Chrysanthemum this time in her entirety And to do that she needed strength
The Winged Serpent spread its wings and the first of the two diagrams began to glow Shaking her head Thea focused on the task at hand When Roy and Drake were retrieved they needed to move as quickly
The portal had something of a homing function so it would appear near both of the keyed in individuals With a crackle of energy a small blue ball appeared over the formation There was a wooshing sound and suddenly the portal expanded to almost three meters tall and one meter wide A door to another world was standing wide open right in front of them
When the portal opened fully and nothing happened there was a moment of silence as no one understood what had taken so long HadnÆt Roy noticed the portalÆs arrival Was he sleeping Eating Or
Then a little skull scuttled through the portal on stubby legs that were clearly fingers its eyes glowing ominously Shut the portal Now
You cannot simply shut The Winged Serpent began to hiss It always hated when people demeaned what it considered to be an extremely complicated and sophisticated proceeding by demanding certain actions of its portals And it was very happy to argue the issue
But Thea cut it off If Roy was this injured God she hoped that small bud of fear in her chest wouldnÆt be correct Better to not risk it The Portal Close it
Did we not want the other The Winged Serpent asked in confusion
On cue a body was smashed through the portal like a rag doll The Obsidian Duke howled in pain as the body crashed into him even as he had almost finished recreating his leg out of polished obsidian
Shit Roy muttered To think that we would get involved in this sort of scenario
THE PORTAL Thea thundered as bleak confirmation dawned in her eyes SHUT IT DOWN
The portal trembled and then began to rapidly shrink From the size of a door it quickly dropped to the size of a chair and then to a basketball But before it could shrink further a single vine slithered through the opening and wrapped up against the top That single vine was soon followed by ten others that spread throughout the circumference of the portal holding it open
Ah this is unusual The Winged Serpent muttered to itself
TheaÆs expression became murderous even as she drew her battle ax and threw her body toward the shimmering portal None of them understood what was happening and everyone else was looking at her panicked expression strangely JUST STOP FEEDING IT MANA
The second before Thea arrived the portal shuddered and was forcibly pulled open to a one meter in diameter circle The roots flexed and the portal groaned further Her ax cut into the roots that were pulled the portal open but there were too many of them She couldnÆt cut quickly enough to slow the portalÆs shuddering expansion
ThatÆs why IÆm saying its strange The Winged Serpent said with audible curiosity in its tone I did cease providing Mana Yet those roots are producing enough ambient Mana that the portal is effectively powering itself I wonder
Does it matter We can just kill whoever walks through the portal Let them come The Wildness said with obvious disinterest He flexed his jaw his tusks extending forward in something akin to excitement Hopefully this foe
Fools Roy said quietly Yet Thea was surprised to hear how excited Roy sounded His jaw clacked in obvious animation A Hero is about to arrive and discover that youÆve kidnapped one of his own I donÆt need to explain to you that one of us is going to die right
The Crown came first through the portal a strangely luminous grey metal with no real adornment Then the short black hair the same sharp features a lean and muscular body A long leafy spear a strange charcoal body armor that covered his torso upper arms and thighs Bare feet
And of course emerald eyes that slid around the group measuring them Those eyes eventually settled on Kiersty
What the hell is going on Randidly Ghosthound said slowly
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Randidly felt rage It drummed in his temples and slammed its fists against his heart His first instinct was to attack immediately But ultimately seeing Kiersty lying unconscious in the strange sea creatureÆs arms gave him pause No it wouldnÆt be smart to rush in directly He needed to remain calm
Quiet down Randidly thought harshly One mistake leads to Kiersty dying Stay sharp
His Crown pulsed in response Small fractions of time ticked past as Randidly finished his step through the portal and swept his eyes across the assembled Nemesai Those that knew him were too shocked to move Those that didn’tÆ were confused
It was a good thing the Nemesai around him seemed to be just as shocked by his sudden arrival as he had been by the strange portal that Roy had fled into At the time he had assumed it was for him and Roy was just fleeing for no reason It was extremely obnoxious that Roy was able to explode what remained of his body to escape the vines so Randidly planned on chasing him down For good measure he had grabbed the mostly crippled Drake and thrown him through
It had worried him that the portal immediately began to sink but he was able to rapidly read the basic structure behind the Skill and flood it with Mana to keep it open It seemed to be a Domain type Skill that utilized the System itself to connect two distant points An interesting application but because it was a Domain and therefore connected to the world Randidly had enough room to slip his own Mana into the air and support the Skill
If it hadnÆt been a Domain
Well he would have felt like a fool for throwing Drake through the portal
The split second of indecision on the part of the Nemesai passed and Randidly watched like a hawk as their muscles tensed Time was slow as he deliberated on his own choice of actions The Crown above his head pulsed again joining the howl for violence They had taken Kiersty Likely they had attacked Donnyton That unavoidable fact was still a raw shock in his mind
But he set those feelings aside What mattered most was keeping a level head and
If you make the wrong move the girl dies The crab/octopus Nemesis yelled like some two bit villain moving his claw to surround her head in a position to smash KierstyÆs head like a rotten melon
But Randidly snapped first The violence in his blood sang with heat and adrenaline
Thea was already in motion to cut Randidly off so he tossed Acri like a javelin at her and used the motion from Raucous PhantomÆs Finale to cross the distance to the sea creature in a split second The punch smashed into the claw and Randidly felt a satisfying crack as the shell shattered
Randidly grinned Not as tough as Drake eh
But he didnÆt stop there As the NemesisÆ eyes widened Randidly reached out and grabbed the cracked arm with his metallic left arm His hand tightened until the could feel the shell trembling underneath the structural strain Stalemate Breaker
Even as the Nemesis howled in horror as its claw was mashed into a pulp RandidlyÆs right hand shot out and pressed against KierstyÆs arm What is within without What without within
With a soft noise Kiersty disappeared as she was spirited away to inside RandidlyÆs Soulskill He said a silent prayer that there wasnÆt some terrible emergency going on inside of him that would put her unconscious body in danger Then RandidlyÆs right hand continued further to seize onto the seashell belt on this fuckerÆs waist You wonÆt be able to dodge this Ignition of the Emerald Essence
Roaring emerald fire that exploded outward from him finally knocked all the Nemesai into frenzied motion The Nemesis in front of Randidly cursed and screamed unable to pull away as Randidly maintained his grip With a widening grin Randidly even pulled the monster closer to himself