These would be prayers for alchemy to sweep through the world and create a miracle He made them without having a method in mind just needing to have a powerful Nether weapon prepared
He glanced around with todayÆs efforts he had probably gotten halfway to the point he wanted He would need to buckle down for the next two days to finish in time After this thought he allowed himself one of his brief naps He lay down and allowed his mind to drift
But exactly thirty minutes later his eyes snapped open He had work to do
He relaxed as much as he could and ignored the developments in significance Instead he began cataloging the Aether of the memory Once he had realized the trick of borrowing the desires of Pine to help leverage his will he had stumbled across another fruitful avenue of consideration the System
The Overlay System hadnÆt been created yet in the Second Cohort meaning its underpinnings mostly passed without anyone noticing but it remained a central force in the shape of interactions Randidly hummed to himself trying to borrow DeganawidahÆs effortless ability to clear away the noise and see the core
Because there was one core mechanism in particular that he wanted to utilize
Congratulations Your Skill Architecture of the Primordial Ways has grown to Level 971
unfortunately while the idea seemed like a revelation when he had it discovering the active portions of the Nexus proved to be more difficult
Any insight Randidly asked Neveah after several fruitless hours
As RandidlyÆs plans had solidified and begun to have a more productive shape gradually the amount of negativity and fear his Soulbound companion radiated began to decrease So he felt rather cheered when she sent him an exact impression of the shape of the Aether construct he was looking for
Randidly pulled back and expanded his senses reaching and reaching his awareness rushing out across the massive planet on which the Second Cohort occurred Further and further until his senses began to grow fuzzy stretching past the hazy limits of the planet’s atmosphere into the space around it
No life existed off the surface of the superplanet The universe around the Nexus was empty It simply served as a backdrop for the main event
With a headache brewing Randidly stretched his awareness out to the far reaches and then turned it inward The Aether constructs had been inserted into the essence of the Nexus with a less sophisticated method than the citizenship but based on a similar methodology The functioning portions of the Nexus were invisible unless you were looking from the proper direction
A glittering wonderland of complex Aether cogs searing energy bindings and vast systems to create and distribute energy and collect ideas briefly stopped Randidly dead Ferris wheels of gold and crimson rotated slowly motes of blinding light flaking out from the edges A huge river of information flowed through a complex series of maze like pathways the absorption and redistribution of image shapes throughout the universe The whole arrangement seemed to breathe as he watched pulsing with vitality He had sensed the presence of these workings for most of the last ten years of his life But now with the overlay System stripped bare he could see the pure genius of the arrangement
He bit his lip CanÆt waste too much time admiring I have a job to do
RandidlyÆs senses hunted through all the energy taking mental pictures for Neveah but seeking his quarry And after about fifteen minutes he found it A smile stretched across his face He rubbed his hands together smug with satisfaction Well what have we here
Randidly gazed down at the complex mechanisms of the Nether that would open it up and gulp down a new Cohort
Chapter 2270
Tomorrow Elhume confirmed looking around at the three individuals he had gathered to help with the creation of humanity as well as the Prophet who constantly lingered around The group didnÆt have the sort of professionalism he would have wished but it would have to do At the very least he trusted the Patron of the Deep and the Patron of the Borrowed With their efforts they could cover up for the disturbingly young looking Engraving expert the Patron of the Deep had invited
The strangerÆs ability to incorporate both Aether and Nether together would be a nice touch but it didnÆt make Elhume any less wary
The Patron of the Deep frowned The drawback of his prodigious talent was that he possessed opinions on everything And needed to share those opinions lest they swell his body until it popped Should we truly attempt something so momentous while the Nether forces siege our far shores Perhaps remaining in reserve to reinforce
We need to act at that exact moment while hostile parties will be distracted ElhumeÆs eyes flicked to the Prophet who had put forth this plan in the first place but ultimately agreed it was the most expedient
That impression remained in him even now Yet he felt like he had begun to drift The space around his thoughts crackled with static electricity seeming to imply that if he touched them or tried to alter them he would be shocked After a strange moment of disembodiment where Elhume felt unmoored from what he had just been saying he clenched his teeth and continued to speak The working we do will attract a great deal of attention and require us not to be disturbed This is the best chance
But the casualties without our presence The Patron of the Deep saw the logic in what Elhume said yet remained uneasy His body hummed with his tension
ElhumeÆs strange premonition that the buoyant Patron of the Deep would soon pop strengthened His untouched thoughts crackled surly yet demanding attention He did his best to ignore those distractions even as the back of his neck began to prickle We fight for the soul of the isolated universe If we allow Pine to die what does it matter who wins the war All with sink into the absence he leaves behind
The Patron of the Deep bit his lip and warred internally for several seconds Elhume felt a vein in his temple throb He needed the Patron of the Deep not just for his particular flair in creation but for insurance To be sure after simply following the damnable advice of the Prophet and seeing the solutions they brought seem diminutive next to the problems that kept cropping up
The static in ElhumeÆs head buzzed He looked at the Patron of the Deep like a cut of meat rather than a friend and confidant A soap bubble on the surface a bath
The Patron of the Deep sighed The fat of his neck jiggled Perhaps you are correct Dramatic epochs inevitably populate themselves with cutting choices The universe seeks to teach the unfortunate mundanes that you cannot have it both ways So it falls until our responsible shoulders to make the proper determination
When the Origin Beast had finished with his poetic waxing the group got down to brass tax discussing the humanity they would be creating The shape the capabilities and inevitably the costs they would pay in order to in the words of the Patron of the Deep draw forth the raw clay of potential from the etherÆ
Despite the continued crackling emptiness of ElhumeÆs head he felt good about the process The young Engraver brought by the Patron of the Deep surpassed his expectations almost instantly providing creative solutions His style was unique but the competency he demonstrated quickly rid Elhume of the flash of doubt and confusion he had felt when the man had arrived
After they finished the Patron of the Deep drifted off with the unfortunate Engraver in his wake refusing to cease gushing about how great humanity could become with the proper guidance The Patron of the Borrowed nodded and departed as well Which left Elhume alone with the Prophet
He pressed his lips together We cannot simply stave off another problem Pine cannot survive at this rate I believe the inclusion of certain restrictions will serve us well
The ProphetÆs disgusting bulging eye on his chin glimmered with poorly concealed glee The proper bindings written into the essence of humanity with ensure