Meanwhile Future Devick continued to inspect the twitching baby in her hands Then she nodded in satisfaction She truly seemed prepared to raise this strange self made baby although it was hard for Randidly to picture her having any sort of nurturing instinct in her after what she had witnessed
Before she left however she turned and made several sharp gestured with her hand toward the two stone pillars Do not think youÆve escaped culpability Especially now as you refuse to speak to me For dealing me such a grievous blow hehe I first will erect a barrier here that provides additional physical suppression It will therefore be impossible for anyone to walk this Path to the summit This Path of Blood will rot
The stone pillars glowed as some new restriction activated Then she drew a complicated swirl in the air However just in case I will also leave a curse here Any who dares walk through to the summit will bear a jinx left by me It will consume them if they donÆt kill you Let that be the cost for fraternizing with this damned Master
Then that shade turned and left The mist receded somewhat leaving Randidly alone in the area with the shades that followed him to this point Both the short and long haired Devicks looked bitterly at the two stones releasing mist
The short haired one spoke first Ignorance is truly bliss A mandate to kill the Master or die That old bastard wonÆt be easy to drag down Is there really no other way to proceed through to the summit
The long haired version spun and snarled at the other Devick You truly wish to still go to that place After how much weÆve lost
I know that arriving there will earn me nothing But there is always meaning in accomplishing your goals If not for that curse
Randidly felt a very foolish and particularly stubborn part of himself rising to the surface as he began to walk forward He could already feel additional formations engaging around him laying thick bands of force across his body His unwillingness to meekly ascent burned emerald in his eyes There might be a jinx left by you but weÆve already come all this way It would be a shame to turn around now so close to our goal LetÆs at least give it a try
You will die Even slightly unhinged do you think my displeasure is easy to bear The long haired Devick hissed Once you are afflicted there will be no escape
Shrugging Randidly didnÆt bother with the shades any longer Besides as he stepped forward he felt them all silent A massive working of significance stirred to life behind him At the same time the physical restriction grew Randidly couldnÆt help but laugh the restriction reached 99% of his physical prowess
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Randidly walked right up to the two stones observing the mist It wasnÆt the Grand Pattern here that restricted the way forward but a simple increased weight formation Randidly felt his arms begin to tremble His weight was tripled and he was pressed down to 1% of his Stats To most people this was an impossible weight But for him
Primordial Nether Juju made it simplicity itself Randidly stepped into the mist A swirling pattern emerged on the two stone pillars But the pillars werenÆt the main source of its power The horrible working drew most of its power from the hundred odd mounds spread throughout the area
As advertised a jinx began to seep down into his body But as Randidly felt it he showed a vicious grin His formidable annihilating force of Nether mobilized in his chest as he read the notification
Congratulations Error Due to unusual circumstances you have gained the Skill Cursed Fates of the Unborn Lvl 1
I can feel all the horrible karma contained in this Skill His Nether billowed out through his body and kept the madness tinged emotions at bay But also
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Randidly wanted to stand arms akimbo and laugh as the sea of significance pressing down on this place surged into his body The Future Devick finally paid back the Nether investment by letting me absorb the significance of all these unfortunate souls And then some
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Randidly lowered his head and advanced Rather than walking he mostly had to raise his leg and swing the foot around to place back down in front of him He had the physical prowess to overcome his magnified weight but the combination of restrictions on him interacted in strange ways His more minute muscle groups that relied on tendons could barely move leaving the process almost entirely to the bigger muscle groups
Above him the sickly red lines crawled across the stone pillars More and more significance flowed along into his body and toward his new Skill drawn like iron shavings to a massive magnet Taking another step Randidly marshaled more dense Nether to his Willpower and prepared to annihilate this dangerous new Skill before it could affect him much
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After the enormous burst at the start the influx of Influence from the mounds began to slow However the significance continued to wrap around Randidly and invigorate his Nether Core The mist thickened as he delved deeper into the final path and the ground sloped up beneath him His legs trembled slightly from the strain the additional elevation wasnÆt as easy as Randidly expected
One step at a time RandidlyÆs morose expression was the only constant as he toiled
Thick drops of sweat oozed down to his chin where they then hung until they were dislodged by the quaking jolt of his footfalls However that was the least of his worries Randidly began to hear and see deformed twisted infants floating around him watching him with dead white eyes and vanishing when he turned to regard them directly
Their forms varied and he couldnÆt examine them too closely but their base form seemed to resemble a fleshy spectral slug At their tip a pinched face of jumbled features broadcast some combination of pain fear and bitterness
This Despite his extensive experience fighting while in the Nexus it was an entirely new sort of unsettling to have the seething mist around you morph into cast aside babies when you werenÆt looking He took another step up the slope a few drops of sweat fell off his chin Out of the corner of his eyes he could sense a fetus chewing on its own fingers to his left Its mouth sat high in its face so it somehow managed to chew on the digits while peering balefully between his fingers Randidly immediately mobilized as much Nether as he quickly gathered Yea I do not need this sort of distraction when I reach the summit of this place and find whatÆs waiting there
But when he mobilized the Nether the Stillborn Phoenix began to crackle with powerful electromagnetic radiation RandidlyÆs expression softened as he felt the empathy his impossible image had for the cast aside babies that had degraded to become ill will and significance on this isolated mountain
Are you sure Randidly thought The Stillborn Phoenix rumbled affirmatively the black hole continually devouring light and emotion in the surrounding area With his next step RandidlyÆs foot dispersed a thick clump of mist As it spread away from the impact it morphed into a half dozen crying faces that tumbled across the ground RandidlyÆs lips twitched
and will you be able to ah help teach them a bit of discipline
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Congratulations Your Skill Stigma of the Stillborn Phoenix has grown to Level 425
To that question the Stillborn Phoenix could only remain silent Growling to himself at his misbehaving protegeÆs Randidly did his best to ignore the continued appearance of the unborn souls he now carried He allowed the annihilating bath of Nether to disperse at least for now Almost as though they understood they had been spared they grew increasingly bold in their actions The hairs along RandidlyÆs back tingled as tiny hands gripped his skin and skittered through a series of expeditions to investigate his body
But at the same time Randidly ponderously shook his head and stopped ignoring the slew of notifications he received