She could steamroll his remnant significance and smash her energy against him winning the impromptu challenge
All her deepest wishes flowed through the inky black wave of Nether She rejected this pattern She lashed out The two significances smashed against each other
I will not allow you to do this Her eyes simmered as she looked at Nether King Hungry Eye so close physically wreathed in his resilient Nether But at the moment that their two powers clashed he smiled
She felt the difference immediately in his Nether although it took a bit longer for her to understand the sensation The density hadnÆt changed that much since their previous clashes His methodology had evolved which deserved praise but it wasnÆt to the point that Lowanna wouldnÆt be able to overcome it No it was the depth of his significance that suddenly became overwhelmingly clear
She came with blades and his core threads turned out to be woven steel
The ground beneath the impact point shattered spraying bits of stone The Nether of Hungry Eye rebuffed her sharpened significance after a long moment of strain It seemed to snort in derision at her attempt it clearly announced that it had been struggling against the oppressive of impossibility while her Nether had engaged in no such trials As such it possessed an edge she didnÆt expect
With her attack rebuffed Hungry Eye had a moment he didnÆt waste He stepped forward his Nether reforming and cutting through her briefly disorganized defenses LowannaÆs eyes widened as his Nether curled away a hair away from impacting her directly
Had that strike landed her body would have likely drawn on the forbidden powers instinctively
It is my win Hungry Eye said When Lowanna could only stand and stare at him unable to understand where that last bit of invulnerability had been born he patted her shoulder You spend too much time respecting the forbidden
And you transgress too freely It The Nether Arbiter sighed out the words All the tension left her body She sat on the ground and began to tremble She looked up at him You truly wish for this to be said
Hungry Eye nodded The movement did not come easily She could see the pressure on his shoulders as he assented He understood
For her that sense of gravity was enough Lowanna huffed still surprised she had lost It is not a complicated truth It cannot be if it is to unify all Nether Bonds But we have always known this was the case havenÆt we Otherwise why would the first measure we take of our power be its Weight
Because for Nether beings to be touched by another is to be burdened All connections become restrictions As we exist we grow heavier every moment
Chapter 2311
Randidly left the base of the Nether forces almost forcing his attention away from the ripples moving out from Lowanna after she called all Nether connections a burden He felt the shuddering fractures emerging throughout the accumulated history of the memory as this characterization became irrefutable He ghosted across the battlefield avoiding the intensifying fighting as the Prophet and the Scythe struggled toward her
As Randidly passed through the area of the most violent fighting the Prophet gave him a glance Yet both seemed content to allow the other to proceed unmolested Each had a goal that held their attention The slight decrease in success rate that would result from confronting the other was an unacceptable risk
The cracks in the Nether of the memory continued Not even DeganawidahÆs stabilization could prevent intermittent rumbles
In the end the Nether Beings of the memory would need to confront the Cult of the Savior Looking at the sky it was clear that the karma had been sewn long ago for this meeting Despite RandidlyÆs presence delaying the kidnapping of the Nether Arbiter and the subsequent torture it seemed a variant on the same inflection point would find a way to still arrive
Not my problem Randidly gritted his teeth The rotations of his Nether Core were inconsistent nearly spent to possess the Weight to overwhelm Lowanna in direct contest His head pounded and his reserves were empty One last impossible wall loomed ahead of him With that barrier so firmly in his path he couldnÆt spare the attention for this issue
Parts of the memory would need to resolve themselves without his interference
RandidlyÆs toes curled in the mud and he stepped three more times moving to the prepared area He barely managed to keep ahead of the ripples spreading out through the surrounding Nether Nether as burden became law It had always been true but now it was emphasized based on the fact that the Nether Arbiter herself had pronounced it
It had been necessary but Randidly it would also make his own existence more difficult He could feel his own exhaustion already beginning to accumulate due to the presence of the Alpha Cosmos
To his surprise Devick had actually made good use of the time he had been gone She had drawn about half the pattern he had left for her The Mana depths possessed some unacceptable variance but the details of the lines had been followed faithfully She hunched over as she worked crimson hair falling down over her shoulder For a bit he simply watched her moving intently crimson and black energy flickering away from her eyes as she stared unblinkingly down at her toil
Burdens yes Randidly couldnÆt help but smile as he watched Deivck move The ripples caught up with him soaking into his body That pronouncement even reached through him and into his body the Alpha Cosmos Subtle shifts adjusted the foundation of his existence in ways that could almost be missed Yet he had no doubt that the effects would eventually become undeniable Yet we make them anyway Because it is worth it
Only through connection can we grow
When she noticed him she actually seemed pleased Devick raised the scroll and waved it excitedly a wide grin on her face Hungry Eye I donÆt know what sorta scribbles these fucking are but just sitting here tracing it earned me a new Skill AND IÆve gained almost two hundred Levels in it Seriously if you can casually gain so many Skill Levels on a whim its no wonder you are a monster
Yea something like that Randidly chuckled He rubbed two fingers together to refine Mana then flicked it toward the half finished pattern A bit of his energy shot through the pattern evening out the Mana depth But I need to focus on something else right now Can you finish the Engraving while I focus
She flapped her fingers as if to say wouldnÆt I already have finished if you hadnÆt shown up and distracted me Æ then returned to her work Randidly hopped up to a nearby hill sitting down cross legged and looked at the sky
He took in a deep breath He planned his next steps
A ripple formed in the air as his Codex Hexahedron condensed in front of him He hummed and it shot up into the sky the smaller cubes spreading out to allow the larger cube and its energy field to cover some of the flows of significance hanging there determining the fate of the memory
I need to be more than this Randidly told the storm of significance He breathed deep pulling kinetic energy from the nearby combat and using it to reinforce his body as best he could IÆve done this for so long forcing my way through problems ItÆs worked every time and even I donÆt think I would fail now But also
He thought about NeveahÆs sadness as she pleaded with him to think about his personal costs He thought about the devastated expression on LowannaÆs face as she announced to the world that Nether bonds were burdens He thought about the bright Devick who worked below him now compared to the madness of the modern Devick
Because Randidly knew that the path he walked most closely resembled DevickÆs He saw the prices for continuing to push without acknowledging limits