Randidly just roared He had wanted so badly to protect the people from Expira And over and over again
Lyra Silver for all her flaws was the first person to ever tell him with her chin raised and sniffing that he wouldnt be able to manage it A single man simply couldnt protect everyone
No powerful Randidly became she had been right about that
She had died because he wasnt enough
Randidly Neveah tried to intercede but already the pressure built and burst within his chest
His scream was completely muted by the event horizon around his head but then the Songstress of Absence amplified and weaponized his wild outburst The Hungry Eye opened and revealed a mouth that screamed of cessation A pure blast of oblivion carved through the wild discordant notes of her image and crashed against Devicks main body wreathed in necrotic power
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All had proceeded without a hitch And that was why he worried
Don Beigon watched the shifting portal to the Path to the Pinnacle Higher and higher they climbed More and more energy flowed through to the grand working he had created His foundations had become incomparably solid He felt some others attempting the Pinnacle but even from here he sensed their wrongness His own note of truth had become loud and clear thrumming through his body
The vibe of the gathered individuals had changed as well as more time had passed and Elhume didnt rip open a hole in the sky and use his fist to grind all their dreams to dust the celebrations became more animated Many had produced mead to share in anticipation They believed more deeply that this might not end in them all being obliterated
Of course the Don knew he would gladly do the obliterating himself when the time came They were fuel nothing more ready for when he had need of them Yet even he couldnt believe that Elhume still hadnt yet made himself known
Could the collapse of his crystal citadel have deeper implications than I suspected The Don felt irritated by the lack of response These details were outside of his predictions He didnt like not understanding the way the situation developed His careful calculations now seemed woefully insufficient
The continued ascension of the portal however calmed him down If nothing else he constantly improved the possibility of reaching the Pinnacle And once he reached that height
Once the Pinnacle comes within my grasp none will possess the power to stop me from bettering this world The Don didnt bother to suppress the smile stretching across his face
A great success yes The humanoid hawk fluttered her wings and floated nearby She watched the whole process in a way that only a predator could with pupils wide and soft
A great success The Don agreed
Congratulations Your Skill Protostar Sears the Fabric of Space has grown to Level 61
Congratulations Your Skill Protostar Sears the Fabric of Space has grown to Level 205
Recalculating
Your Skill Protostar Sears the Fabric of Space is reacting with your Singularity of the Inhospitable Depths Skillset Examining empathy incorporating influences shifting Skill associations
Congratulations Your Skill Protostar Sears the Fabric of Space has evolved into Singularity Engulfs the Finite Skill Levels will be maintained
Randidly gasped as an unexpected blast of force erupted from his chest The unexpected development caused him to stumble But if he were surprised Devick was entirely blindsided Two little fuzzy creatures with misshapen mouths locked onto both of Devicks hands keeping them from moving
For the first time all semblance of cheer fell away from her expression Her thread thin neck pivoted the hollow sockets of her eyes fixating on these interlopers What the fuck are these
Congratulations Your Skill the Twin Lingering Shadows of Misfortune has grown to Level 1199
Congratulations Your Skill the Twin Lingering Shadows of Misfortune has grown to Level 1200
The giggled nervously the sounds echoing
You little shit Devick hissed She was a hateful weightless puppet floating in the midst of all her clinking chains You choose now to throw these in my face What is it jealousy over your mother Does it taste bitter that I had other sons before you ones less perfect Keh You think these little maggots can stop me for even a second
Randidly just watched as Devick ranted He felt curiously detached Part of it was expending so much emotion at once the experience left him hollow and numb But the other part was a strange certainty that he didnt need to do anything further
He felt an invisible hand touch his shoulder The significance was clear he had done enough His role as always was to open the Path
Ill shred them I am all powerful All the aborted flesh and spirit in the world is me All the broken and repressed impulses These twisted failures are me If anything youve only made me Husk Devick gnashed her rotten teeth together The strain was invisible due to her thin arms but Randidly could see space distorting around the bindings A larger tremor ran through the floating moons Devick had affixed in her form as eyes more powerful I can just devour these things the past will never bind me Havent you shown me that Even our pasts we can change with enough power
Her horrible cacophony of bound Grand Fates twisted the world worming their way deeper and deeper into the fabric of the Nexus She took another step toward a horrible perversion of the Pinnacle Devick cackled her jaw clacking in a manner exactly like Ceruleans amusement All of my life can be remade with the proper deviation From now I will work my way through time until every moment is just us the two
A spike of crimson shot down from the brighter of the two hanging moons and pierced through the knot at the core of the partially annihilated Devick Her hands twitched recognizing and trying to block the attack but the twin spirits of misfortune held her fast
Once pierced her core began to whistle like a deflating balloon The madness in the air wavered with uncertainty
Congratulations Your Skill the Twin Lingering Shadows of Misfortune has grown to Level 1220
You sneaky bitch Devicks head whirled all the way around When the second spike came from the reflected eye the husk wrenched until one of the twin lingering shadows tore She caught the second strike and scowled upward
The moons dissolved The spikes flowed down toward the connection point until Lyra stood there head held high one hand buried in Devicks chest and the other caught by the monstrous husks hand Her lips twitched If you can plant self destructive impulses in me why are you being so petty about me doing the same
Ill kill Devick began
But before she could get very far Randidly was there hands clamping down on her shoulders His eyes burned with emerald fire Suddenly he understood how best to unwind this version of Devick You wont get the chance to inflict even one more scratch Actus Suprem
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Randidly had felt the first inklings of Devicks monstrous resistance to adversity when he had battled against her emotions directly He had gathered up all his momentum and edged it with the bleeding blade of his images His fury backed by the Alpha Cosmos had barely managed to make a dent in the grief and scarring that crisscrossed her soul
The impact jarred him worse than even Elhumes punches
She quite like the original Grim Chimera was a being designed for survival Even he didnt know if he could wield enough force to squish and obliterate her hardy and persistent core So instead he stopped pressuring her
From viewing her life from multiple angles the one disadvantage the original Devick possessed is that she was so often the architect of her own doom And her stubbornness meant she often doubled down rather than concede A strength in the right circumstances
A deadly weakness in others
Randidlys Nether Core hummed a misty crystal ball releasing wave after wave of pure life energy His Fourth Energy opened up a wellspring and poured out the thick and intoxicating anima He channeled all that life all that acceptance all that possibility into the husk body of the Actus Suprem