You RandidlyÆs eyes widened It was like a switch had been flipped All the remaining exhaustion that had huddled in the corners of RandidlyÆs body evaporated Because an aspect of his Fateset clicked into place the changes he could affect in others did not always have to be changes they wished for
And right now it seemed he had inadvertently brushed up against a possible change within this old Nether being
Would it truly be so monstrous not to march toward some arbitrary self finale Deganawidah RandidlyÆs blood sang with Nether and Aether His Fateset pulsed He felt the path forward illuminated by shrewd instinct and equipped with all the thoughts and preparations Randidly had poured into this night over the last week
His thoughts raced in rapid recalibration The problem he had encountered earlier was the identity of the impossibility he fought against He had thought it had to do with the creation of the Stillborn Phoenix image as a complete being but in retrospect it was his preconceptions making the task seem impossible Had he not listened to his instincts previously he might have even come to meet Deganawidah and substituted this beingÆs preconceptions about predestination for an impossibility to be destroyed But now he knew the whole point of the second attempt was to accomplish the original goal of the Upper Sonora to make the memory a true alternate existence Randidly could see this would just be a step in the right direction
Another detail snapped into place A little more of his path became illuminated filling his chest with certainty He would shatter the false impossibility of Deganawidah that blocked his way so he could square off against the real ones Momentum to attack a true precipice
The last detail which plagued Randidly was what he would do with the failed remnants assuming he truly encountered another impossibility Which considering the purpose of his three challenges and the three unintended consequences would have caused Neveah to throw a conniption fit
But I bet IÆll figure it out standing on that threshold Randidly hummed to himself He nodded satisfied
We are incompatible Deganawidah announced With no more warning than that he thrust his hand forward Behind him a suffocating deluge of old history flowed to snuff Randidly out
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Each of ElhumeÆs breaths came labored His eyes were bloodshot as he considered the stump of his arm Drops of blood leaked out and spattered against the ground Opposite him the Patron of the Borrowed leaned forward and talked rapidly with a soothing tone But somehow the brief confrontation with Hungry Eye had amplified the volume of the static crackling in his head The words were completely inaudible
His image had shattered but the sonic void had risen in its place And he felt weirdly calm That at least was a comfort He knew what had to be done
Take it from me Elhume growled He rolled his shoulder forcing a few more drops of blood out through the scabbing flesh
FieroÆs words trailed off He looked at Elhume with worried eyes his eight tails flicking back and forth behind him You What
Take the wound ElhumeÆs throat itched He needed a drink of water The static sounded in his ears like ocean waves crashing against rocks ever present and relentless He wished it would vanish He didnÆt know if he could stand the silence it would leave behind As you have for so many other impediments take it from me
DidnÆt we decide we shouldnÆt proceed any further After all the mental
Take it Elhume snapped The edges of the static had barbed edges the longer he sat here the more it rubbed him the wrong way shredding the last of his patience He needed to be moving acting solving the problem
Saving his son no matter the cost
After hesitating for several more seconds the Patron of the Borrowed let out a soft sigh He reached out with his long fingers and took from Elhume leaving him with more space for the hollow static to spread and dominate
The storm of significance whipped itself up into a frenzy a destructive physical presence looming above Randidly Ghosthound
The first wave of Nether hit Randidly but his images endured well enough He continued to be slapped around like a lackey in the arena of Nether patterns but his images had also been repeatedly sharpened within the memory to the point that they could flare against the tide of Nether and hold their own
Still the muscular hand and its few fat fingers careened toward RandidlyÆs chest His eyes glittered Then letÆs get the opening dance number out of the way ErebusÆ Baleful Waltz Marred Yet Reliable Foundation of Yggdrasil Severing Tide of Amenonuhoko
Randidly slithered forward gracefully avoiding the heavy palm of Deganawidah He felt the patterns of the Nether flow even if he couldnÆt resist them with the produce of his own Nether Core And with Yggdrasil reinforcing his body and the Dread Homunculus sharpening his movements he cut along those subtle dividing lines to counterattack
For now the Stillborn Phoenix waited in the wings for its time on stage The event horizon swirling around his left hand steadily grew in size His emotional sea sizzled and contracted more and more of its potency flowing into the Egg of Depression
In the back of his mind he could feel the image rushing toward a transformation All it needed was for Randidly to finish laying the foundation
As DeganawidahÆs gaze pivoted sideways to follow RandidlyÆs movements the heavy blade of the Acri tail struck downward From the Chaotic Sea Abrupt Reverberation ChimeraÆs Suffocating Rebuke The First Tree Suffers Only Fealty
Congratulations Your Skill From the Chaotic Sea Abrupt Reverberation has grown to Level 921
Congratulations Your Skill The First Tree Suffers Only Fealty has grown to Level 967
His Nether Core keened and wobbled its equilibrium broken with the sheer force of the significance pumped into his body along with the body blow Randidly also felt one of his ribs pop but it didnÆt break Gritting his teeth he wrapped both his hands around the arm and tugged Deganawidah forward His eyes widened when he discovered that through some Nether nonsense RandidlyÆs Primordial Nether Juju could barely budge this foe
The close proximity was a double edged blade On the one hand Randidly could feel the Stillborn Phoenix swirling and howling to be unleashed His emotional sea shrieked pressurized to the point of shattering his self control The event horizon on his left hand grew devouring some of the dangerous Nether and beginning to attack DeganawidahÆs body directly In addition the Acri tail struck again and again widening the cracked defenses of Deganawidah
On the other hand DeganawidahÆs dense Nether began to rip into RandidlyÆs images At the same time the physical restrictions of having so much dense Nether gathered into one spot because difficult to wade through
Flashing his teeth Randidly pushed back to create a small amount of space and then pounced back forward with harpoon Acri This time Deganawidah sneered The Second Drowning Pestiferous Flux
The Nether between Randidly and Deganawidah exploded Randidly couldnÆt help but release a hiss of pain as this wave of energy began to eat away at his flesh and his images while also knocking him back a few meters While his mind still spun Deganawidah took his heavy steps forward and threw another punch
Randidly gritted his teeth feeling the pressure of Nether on his body growing With the damage Deganawidah had inflicted with his first punch he barely maintained the flow of Nether through his body Resisting the dominant patterns of the Thrice Drowned was impossible
Yet he could still force his way physically forward swiping his left hand to devour some of the resistance and then shimmying through the brief weakening He skittered forward feinting left and then twisting around DeganawidahÆs left side The Acri scorpion tail flexed high above his head but Deganawidah Snorted Pestiferous Flux