And did seem to be restrained by the misty ambient Aether of this place as the Vulpis Squad continued to be It was not that onerous a burden especially not after the sadistic training regimens designed by the Ghosthound and perfected by Alana Donal but those small advantages would add up
Raymund pressed his lips together Forgive my brief madness Charlotte You are correct
A voice that rumbled through the marrow of the listeners bones covered the entire battlefield Randidly Ghosthound You grow quickly You have brought me many gifts Yet this is not enough to earn you clemency
Techetadores eyes glowed The two armies bristled in the general direction of the other but no one made any moves Because opposite the crowned leader of the Nexus the man with a voice that made souls shiver a tall man with black hair lifted his chin He looked into the eyes of Raymunds brother looked at the monster that had possessed him and did not flinch
Randidly Ghosthound grinned
What I bear are not gifts you nameless thief Their leader straightened as he drew on his own power Currents of kinetic destruction galloped out from the wreckage of porcelain dolls they had left in their wake These dark energies wrapped lovingly around his body spinning into whirlpools around his left arm before exploding out and covering the area above their invasion force
And their leader grimaced but only took a single step backward The rebel army shivered Their eyes narrowed with resolve They lifted their own weapons preparing to fight
The unspoken test had been passed
Look at Techetadore Randidly sent in a message distracting Raymund from his worry He looked and his eyes widened A drop of blood crept out of his nose and seeped into the fur around his mouth
I cant afford to be delicate not with him even though the body limits the power he can wield But if Elhume goes all out Techetadore wont be able to withstand it So before that happens
Raymunds eyes narrowed in recognition I observe for the opportunity to liberate my tragic brother
Alana Raymund began but when he turned to the spearwoman she was shaking her head
I would assume command but the Ghosthound wants me to personally greet an old acquaintance Alana said her eyes fixing on a single individual in the mass of Swacc Family fighters Raymund nodded and looked around Charlotte Wick needed to be at the front stabilizing the situation Which left
Shit dont look at me like that DiOrtho Vants eyes widened as Raymunds gaze settled on him He raised his hatchets as though to ward off the oncoming order Look while sitting here safe in the middle is fun the weird thing the Ghosthound added to my weapons is so interesting and Id love to just muck around in the melee
Do not struggle Elhume said The First Fist Dominance
Raymund frowned in rebuke As DiOrtho paled and groaned Charlotte patted him on the shoulder Vizzeret Clamman the obsidian wolf from the Vulpis Squad who had been moping since Vant had been chosen to receive the emotional ghost and he had not strutted smugly past the miserable demon man toward the front of the group
Yet as the pressure in the air changed everyone moved quickly to their positions without a further word Opposite them the Swacc forces roared and swarmed forward aiming to use their superior numbers to overwhelm the Vulpis Squad
As another fist formed above the confrontation between the two armies Randidly waved his hand His cloak of darkness appeared to intensify around his shoulders But then the cloak bulged outward as Randidly shifted to one of his image physicalization forms
The left side of his face vanished engulfed in a swirling maelstrom of darkness The event horizon turned his features unbalanced and monstrous His limbs elongated sharpening at the fingertips and joints the Dread Homunculus covering his skin and empowering his muscles The bulge of the darkness cloak grew and then the whispering barrier slid away revealing two wings of bare roots and craving twisting and reaching for the sky
The image of Randidly Ghosthound spiked upward clashing against the fist that rolled to crush him All the disparate kinetic force of the previous blow whipped back around settling across Randidlys body and empowering him further He blazed above the battlefield their silent sentinel
On the ground Charlotte Wick roared and crashed against the leader of the Swacc forces a four armed humanoid wielding two bastard swords The rest of the Vulpis Squad surged around her to support Charlotte protecting her from attacks from the side while her image grappled with the Armaments of the foe
And my role Raymunds eyes narrowed as he locked onto Techetadores figure More blood seeped out of his nose after the second blow His blood pounding in his ears Raymund settled down to watch and wait
His image hissed and seethed reacting to the power of his desire
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The second impact went much worse than the first image wise During the wind up the punch Randidly could almost feel Elhumes attention shifting from other concerns likely Devicks toil and settling on the possessed body of Techetadore Aether wisped off of the walls and seemed to reinforce the attack The additional focus meant the power sharpened from Elhume being comparable to
Dominant
Randidlys body ached as he flew backward crashing into the wall of the crystal chamber The Aether did not crack in fact the impact caused it to furiously expand He kicked away from the wall both to hurry back to the fight and because if he had stayed it was possible the wall would have tried to expand and settle around his body
Not enough for your former body to have locked itself away but you also wanted to make sure any covetous hands were punished eh Solomon Well I suppose I understand why you would be so petty struggling against someone like this
His vision swam but he stabilized himself He forced aside the surreal feeling of fighting against Elhume even in a projected form and focused This was not the Elhume he had encountered in the memory this was Fiero ascendant and overwhelming after being baptized by the Pinnacle and betraying Elhume
It starts here Randidly breathed out of his nose And it doesnt stop until there is an end
Waves of heat rolled off Randidlys body as he plucked up all the kinetic disturbances and sharpened them into a blade His Homunculis Engineered Adaption his upgraded Vitality hummed to life and increased its Rarity from Legendary to Mythic His Nether Core spun faster and faster unleashing waves of significance that reinforced his body The lingering remnants of Elhumes image were burned away from his skin
His root wings spread wide as he flew forward The event horizon center around his eye widened devouring more of his face The Dread Homunculus fixated on Elhume marking down the impediment in front of him
Luckily Elhume didnt attempt to take advantage of the delay He waited above the grinding forces of the Swacc Family and the Vulpis Squad just waiting for Randidly to return More blood dribbled out of his nose completely unnoticed by the puppet master manipulating the Vulpines limbs
Randidly checked his Nether Core the bubble grew but not quickly enough Sorry Raymund I wont be able to hold back
His hands clenched into fists Shit shit Im finally here huh Im finally standing in front of Elhume I can take his punch Ive improved As long as I keep advancing
As though the monstrous tyrant atop the Nexus had heard Randidlys thoughts Techetadores mouth opened in a creepy smile The light in his eyes grew brighter to the point it began to leak out of other orifices His nose his ears and then the light began to ooze from his skin Another humanoid form stood shadowy and vague superimposed atop the six tailed fox
Randidly Ghosthound Elhume released a breath now almost fully present You will regret this obstinancy
I might die but I will never regret Randidly spat out the words even as he circulated his Aether and Nether as quickly as he could manage It will be a great pleasure to tear down this monstrosity you have built