Almost in a trance she nodded Around her body that crimson cloak of Malice glittered with intensity responding to his request with might Devick might be weak at the moment but her image possessed an aspect that Randidly couldnÆt rival the trait of infectiousness In the present she used it associated with her madness and bindings But with the changes that Randidly had caused he believed she would find a new shape for her prodigious talent
Above the burning sword of light began to fall It now possessed a slender crystalline core that hurt to examine for too long Waves of crackling discharge heated the surrounding air to the point that it became plasma leading to the faint existence of a true flame wrapped around this massive hunk of Aether It seemed the Monarch of Karma had come to the same conclusion They now moved decisively to break the other
LetÆs check your resolve you bastard Randidly showed his teeth
Like a billion times before in his life Randidly thrust his spear
What made this thrust different were the layers that went into it layers he had spent his life discovering and mastering and refining and mixing Yggdrasil gifted resiliency the Dread Homunculus imparted raw intensity and the Songstress of Absence crooned a song of annihilation His emotional sea responded to his desires flooding the thrust with all of the searing intensity he had absorbed from the Alpha Cosmos His physical body withstood the rushing destruction of all these forces pouring them into a honed thrust More and more physical force poured through his muscles and joints runoff energy from the kinetic storm he wielded
Acri provided the peerless tip
The bow on top of the attack was the Nether four corkscrewing flows of energy forming the core Two rushed upward two downward Along the friction points of these interlocking flows a monstrously dense significance gleamed
Randidly thrustù
Congratulations Your Skill Yearnings of the Nether Heir has grown to Level 1190
Congratulations Your Skill NyxÆs Successor Births Fate has grown to Level 1080
The world tore His Skyisland flickered again this time from the eruption of oblivion he unleashed An inky black river expanded into a deluge of force and smashed into the sword of light Aether and Nether grappled with one another in the sky Even through the cataclysmic impacts Randidly saw Mae MyrnaÆs eyes widening in shock
You She trembled as she glared down at Randidly Her hands tightened into fists But she had given up control of her image and could only watch
Instead of overwhelming streams of forceful Nether he had wielded previously Randidly drew out nine threads of Nether These were the purest he could manage Nether Weight forged and hammered and flattened and rolled and compacted until they were the gleaming essence of darkness threads that could have been woven into his Cloak of Utter Night and not weakened its defensive abilities
Nine threads spiraled together The core he created was so solid that Randidly completely depleted the storm of kinetic force around him pouring all that potency into the attack A thin spear of oblivion shot upward toward the Monarch of KarmaÆs Sword
Congratulations Your Skill Yearnings of the Nether Heir has grown to Level 1199
Congratulations Your Skill From the Chaotic Sea Abrupt Reverberation has grown to Level 932
Completing the movement Randidly found his surroundings oddly still Not even a breath of wind remained on the skyisland
Shit shit shit Devick hopped up as soon as Randidly thrust before the two attacks met in the sky and landed on AcriÆs shaft She kicked off and began to dash up the stretching attack showing complete faith in RandidlyÆs words despite her swearing
Randidly watched her assent with glittering eyes The roots that Yggdrasil had routed through the image around her body still moved with her His three images drifted up and settled across her body preparing to join with her strike to give it teeth
A grand artist drew a singular black line rising toward the climax
Spear and sword met in the sky The memory tore under the impact A yawning gulf opened and destructive radiation blasted out in every direction
Randidly gritted his teeth and raised a hand 4% of his Nether Core shifted into motion The First Authority Seize
His Nether Core whined under the strain but the Authority activated Randidly grabbed the edges of the tear and slammed them back into place stabilizing the memory If the way he dispersed the dangerous energy ripples was directly toward the Monarch of Karma wellù that was his prerogative The canopy of the World Tree rustled and the energy behaved meekly before him
Congratulations Your Skill the First Tree Suffers Only Fealty has grown to Level 1009
Congratulations Your Skill Gospel within the Seething Torrent has grown to Level 1025
Spear and sword met for the third time part deux as proper reality was strengthened to the point it could host such an impact A low note of strain rumbled down across the skyland buzzing through RandidlyÆs marrow With the additional strain of the universe radiation the crystalized Aether core of the sword snapped
Devick bounded up along the spear thrust The victory of RandidlyÆs attack was so overwhelming that most of the resulting blast shot up into the sky but still she wobbled Her crimson energy flashed but she did not fall And as the Monarch of Karma stumbled backward she bounced off the black shaft and cavorted back and forth through the air
She arrived in front of Mae Myrna clearly hyperventilating
In what world could you have touched me girl Mae gestured The world rose in support of this claim It prepared to smash down the challenger with impunity Devick did not deserve to be able to bridge the gap
RandidlyÆs Fateset stirred RandidlyÆs images followed
A crimson hare condensed around DevickÆs body as she raised a hand to slash Yggdrasil became the hareÆs muscles and veins The Dread Homunculus became her sharpened claws The Songstress of Absence became her Hungry Eyes as Malice looked upon her next meal
None but this one Devick replied As she slashed her infectious crimson energy blend out into the surrounding space
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A powerful shout pulled RandidlyÆs attention downward even as Devick dazzled as the centerpiece of his three images What he saw there made him blink Fiero the Patron of the Borrowed his body riddled with wounds bounded up off the edge of the skyisland His hands were outstretched desperation clear in his posture His image grasped trying to lock onto Devick as she attacked Mae
Elhume you bastard you even had Fiero borrow your emotions Another piece clicked into place in RandidlyÆs mind Then all those times when the Patron of the Borrowed had those strange monologues
Words that Elhume could never have spoken originally because he had given them away A regret of emotions buried and cast aside This tomb this memory this impossible second chance Randidly eyes narrowed in contempt for several reasons First because FieroÆs wounded form couldnÆt even cover half of the distance from skyisland to where Mae and Devick were No matter who held all the feelings of dissatisfaction nothing could be done about it Second the horrifying impact between spear and sword muddied the energy around their bodies blocking the vulpineÆs image from interfering
Third because Elhume was an even larger coward than he thought
Almost on cue the memory flickered and FieroÆs mouth opened speaking words with no bearing on the current situation Do we truly need to utilize the Hierarchy of Karma against her Is the world she would create truly so vile Why not give her a chance
No one acknowledged the question DevickÆs claw strengthened by RandidlyÆs images slashed out cutting through the suppression of the world state image and sinking into MaeÆs shoulder The woman stumbled back her expression crumbling
Randidly grinned Gotcha
As DevickÆs image penetrated into MaeÆs body the world state image weakened An echo of that attack manifested in the sky as the grey stasis began to corrode The Dread Homunculus wove together all the disparate strands of energy released by the earlier impact YggdrasilÆs roots flowed quickly up from DevickÆs body to sew together the edges of this manifestation The Survivor of the Inhospitable Abyss breathed out pure craving and power to fill it with power