Alana watched a new layer of tension settle across Randidlys shoulders And what comes next
Before he even finished the question Randidly straightened his eyes widened and he pivoted to look in a certain direction Lady Iellaya laughed In the words of our Actus Suprem that asshole Don will start waving his little prick around And based on her predictions Elhume is gonna come to you with an offer to help suppress this interloper Wouldnt your bargaining position be that much stronger if you and Devick were on the same side for this part
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Randidly Ghosthound stared for several long seconds at Lady Iellayas hand after she offered a path to collaborating with the Actus Suprem Fury curdled in his gut but Randidly didnt indulge it completely
On the one hand he felt guilty he hadnt reached out to their cabal contacting Edraine and Lady Iellaya when he joined the Upper Sonora Society and barged into the crystal prison of Elhumes true body But he hadnt much choice Actus Suprems actions hadnt left him much time to hesitate With a tragedy happening right before his eyes he had moved to stop it
The Dread Homunculus hissed in Randidlys Soulspace Now that same vicious Actus Suprem extended her hand looking to twist the knife in the controlling powers to extract more benefit for herself In a way Devicks frantic efforts to gather Grand Fates made sense It gave her better leverage Yet the second hammer blow
Congratulations Your Skill Ghosthounds Cloak of a Thousand Light Horizons has grown to Level 1150
Congratulations Your Skill Ghosthounds Cloak of a Thousand Light Horizons has grown to Level 1193
Randidly grimaced and rubbed the back of his neck Every second the pressure of Pine increased Calling it pressure however was misleading Because it was a vast absence that slunk closer to the Nexus and gradually demonstrated its destructive impulses Already its consumptive drool seeped down and began to corrode the Aether structures holding the Nexus in place Even for his Vulpis Squad an unprepared glance proved deadly Even for him who had slaughtered a few dozen husks in their escape and grown to Level 99 Randidly felt constant tugs at his significance
He shivered slightly This is why Solomon didnt try to press the issue of me agreeing to stabilize Pine Because once his body was liberated it became inevitable that something be done Otherwise the entire Nexus would collapse beneath Pines weight That fuck
Congratulations Your Skill Ghosthounds Cloak of a Thousand Light Horizons has grown to Level 1197
Congratulations Your Skill Nyxs Successor Births Fate has grown to Level 1109
Do we have time to hesitate Lady Iellaya urged She gestured up at the sky with the hand she hadnt offered Her feathers were pressed flat against her arm winds edged with dangerous energies swirling around them Elhume will throw reinforce the TIer III Nexus citizenship area essentially trapping all that dangerous energy here for the time being While hes busy stabilizing the Nexus you should meet with the Actus Suprem and at least understand what shes offering Its the only logical course of action
Randidly lifted his head slowly Lady Iellaya shes everything weve fought against in the Nexus She did not create this System like like Elhume did but she benefits from it She enjoys the pain it inflicts
Lady Iellaya twisted her lips Morals are the privilege of the powerful Until we assume a more controlling position in the Nexus
Havent I proven that I have the power And its not just me The Upper Sonora Society has a plan that will hamstring the Nexus We dont need to associate with Devick in order to wield this influence And Im sure you know even better than I Randidly examined Lady Iellaya closely opening up his energy halo vision He saw the thin and insidious tendrils of rust madness happily swimming in Lady Iellayas soul all the Actus Suprem touches is affected
Yystrixs patterns get a bit esoteric and for the longest time I wasnt able to piece together the connections Too many organic shapes without guidance BUT based on the rambling journals Solomon provided and Devicks theory not all moments are created equal Not all truths possess the same oomph but maybe they reinforce the vessel at the same rate Thats the trick Variable potencies that generate a vessel at a fixed rate Likely with a Truth already present in your universe one you would need to wrestle with and survive in order for your vessel to catch up and grant you control over a moment
Lady Iellaya smiled talking about the danger of Pine lurking at the Pinnacle So you see it And if an individual attempts to reach the Pinnacle and fails the shadow cast by Pines corpse will grow larger We all will need to reckon with that weight The Actus Suprem might use blunt tools but all her efforts are for the betterment of the Nexus At least in terms of practicality she can be trusted Elhumes weakness is our opportunity
Neveahs excitement cut back across his physical conversation as her fervor built But what if you didnt need to wait for a vessel to form What if you could wrestle control of a moment without committing to a Truth
Congratulations Your Skill Ghosthounds Cloak of a Thousand Lightless Horizon has grown to Level 1214
Another wave of corrosion radiated down from the sky Randidly adjusted his feet and released a slow breath He raised an eyebrow trying not to let Neveahs chaotic mix of realization and excitement leak to show on his features Lets talk then about the blunt tools of the Actus Suprem There is no functional difference between what she is willing to do to achieve her goals and what Elhume has done to maintain his dominance for so long She might behave now but will she continue to do the same when we dont have a common foe
Lady Iellaya shrugged Will you not be there to check her
Maybe Im not being clear Randidly felt a muscle along his jaw twitch He leaned forward allowing some of his strain some of the wild tongues of hunger lashing down against his defensive image He let the Songstress of Absence leak into his pupils and the Dread Homunculus into his voice Why do I need her now
Neveahs babble continued This is a jump but what if the concrete process of the Pinnacle Truth is forming your version of the world That you become a vessel to a Truth that you hold a world So the legacy left to you by Yystrix
Randidly features froze He felt a tingle up across his skin as he began to see the shape that left Neveah practically frothing with anticipation Yystrix gave me all the tools to reverse engineer a vessel So if I wanted I could handle as much strain as I need upon reaching the Pinnacle Without even a Truth I wanted to force upon the world But is there any meaning in doing that
Theres also the matter of this core ritual Randidly Suddenly Neveahs enthusiasm dried up It should excavate compressed significance She didnt just want you to handle the problem she probably wanted you to save her son
All the geniality fell away from Lady Iellaya after Randidly laid bare his antagonism not even noticing his internal realizations Humph You remain infuriatingly sure of your capability Let me assure you the Actus Suprem does not have infinite patience
What happened Iellaya Randidly countered unwilling to waste more time The Alchemist in him was whispering he only needed a few more key ingredients to see the scope of his largest experiment yet When did you decide to side with the bullies
Lady Iellaya offered a joyless smile She manifested her image the massive feathered serpent screaming and spreading its wings But in addition to its sleek feathers and massive wingspan its body was riddled with a network of enflamed crimson veins Its eyes bulged with a horrible barely suppressed pain
I guess I started to understand her point of view Lady Iellaya whispered her voice husky with madness As we stated earlier even the brush of the Actus Suprem can be poisonous
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Neveahs chest felt tight She stood over the pulsing core formation of Yystrix’s final gift following the patterns with her eyes Too many elements vied for her attention at once She needed to handle ten thousand problems which made even nine hundred arms feel overwhelmed This she reflected was probably how Randidly felt all of the time