Yet in the middle of those restrictions grew an entirely obsidian apple Its skin glistened
RandidlyÆs lips slid back from his teeth The Alchemist in him rubbed his hands together at a well made trap Now time to do a little bit of cleaning up Did you really think I would miss your lingering touch Devick
More and more significance and potential congregated along the dense vein of Nether running up through the World Tree Yggdrasil shivered with its presence especially around the dense and unshaped node of energy that served as an endpoint The obsidian apple grew and grew so much raw power fed into it For a long moment there was no movement But then he heard the echo of a mad cackle From a hundred small flaws in RandidlyÆs Aether and Nether little rust colored serpents swam out and couldnÆt resist biting into the power
They all dove straight for the apple Fang after spectral fang pierced through the skin and drank the sweet juice
Randidly smirked His Nether Core accelerated its rotations the gleaming gem at his core growing slightly larger For now he had been able to simply ignore the consequences of grappling directly against DevickÆs image but he couldnÆt allow that to last forever The individual herself had been neutralized but that didnÆt mean the horror she unleashed would behave long term
Unless it was tempted and harnessed The Alchemist snapped his fingers Nether Rituals came to life all along the Nether touched portion of YggdrasilÆs trunk All those small details spun together and snapped into place at the core binding in the canopy
DevickÆs lingering corruption felt his trap close around it and shivered in something like pleasure
Congratulations Your Skill Darkness Withers the Horizon and the Waiting Carrion Grins has evolved into Insatiable Deviation Promises Doom (DD) Skill Levels will be maintained
Congratulations You have incorporated a Second Deviation Rarity into your Skills MuseÆs Reverie +1
IÆll consume you The horror waiting in the branches of the World Tree whispered It tried to move but the thorns of the Nether pathway bound it in place its rage shook the leaves adding an aggressive note to the rustling All along the thick Nether vein running up through Yggdrasil her madness flourished Bright purple and orange flowers bulbed and bloomed and began rotting in rapid succession Compared to the trunk lined with history and stories that stretch became a symbol of overindulgence of self destructive excess
Someday Randidly agreed easily Her aggression became a part of him Or rather it was always a part of him He accepted it and gave it its place within him and his image and suddenly he felt a whole new surge of power running through him His eyes went to Fiero But not yet
Congratulations Your Skill Dawn Opens the Sky and Reality Stirs has evolved into Genesis Opens a Thousand Doors and Baptizes All Comers Skill Level will be maintained
RandidlyÆs spear lashed forward carrying with it the power of his vessel the howling prophecies of DevickÆs madness the accumulation of significance that began when he first learned the Golden Roots of Yggdrasil almost thirty years ago No Skill was more instrumental to his growth no aspect of him was more honed than this
When the attacks met the ground beneath their feet vanished entirely obliterated The clouds vanished driven by fear and self preservation toward the edges of the horizon Spatial tears danced around their bodies The secondary shockwave arrived the ground further away seething and fracturing due to the force of the meeting
Slowly however Randidly pushed Acri forward Within his chest he felt three notes all perfecting themselves the Pinnacle his own variant GhosthoundÆs Deviation and now even DevickÆs Deviation His Soulspace sang as he kept himself just back from reaching the Pinnacle slowly perfecting his truth Randidly Ghosthound leaned back and laughed
Their clash involved powers he at one point couldnÆt fathom Against a being who had simply glanced at him and shattered his Class And now
Now YggdrasilÆs roots drank down FieroÆs power like a child trying soda for the first time
Congratulations Your Skill The World Tree Sips From Every Realm has become the World Tree Guzzles Even Truth Skill Level will be maintained
Congratulations Your Skill The World Tree Guzzles Even Truth has grown to Level 1125
Congratulations Your Skill The World Tree Guzzles Even Truth has grown to Level 1299
Chapter 2396
With the shimmer of temporal distortions above them Charlotte Wick acted as the cutting edge of the Vulpis SquadÆs blitzkrieg into the defensive array Her spine burned animating her entire form into violence She pivoted with grace and wielded huge mallets of force Her image surged in response the ground shaking out its vindictive support
And she fucking enjoyed smashing the porcelain dolls to pieces Her paws lashed left and right each blow containing the force of an earthquake She felt powerful she felt like an incarnation of violence with bits of porcelain fracturing and spitting away from every one of her attacks Perhaps for the first time with the Vulpis Squad surging behind her she truly felt like she deserved the title of Knight of the Ghosthound
That feeling took root in her Nether Charlotte Wick felt a small pop as a Nether Core condensed inside of her and began to rapidly rotate She breathed in a whole new version of herself animating and inflating with the energy she pulled through her limbs
Brace Raymund bellowed out from behind her as almost two hundred porcelain dolls floated up and rolled in front of their advance with gleaming crystal apertures Light snaked across their individual bodies and then crackled form one body to another until a massive collective weapon hovered over the group
Charlotte crooked a finger and the ground rumbled its amusement at their petty resistance The other images of the Vulpis Squad became a buoy around her own granting her strength They cleared out the environment so her image could shine Even now Charlotte felt her skin tingling with the Parable that Alana had given her
Upon Dirt A Mortal Quells the Sky Charlotte planted her feet She brought her two paws together and interlaced her claws She raised her hands above her head
When she hammered the intricate offensive array of the porcelain dolls sputtered and failed And then the porcelain defenders tinkled into a million glittering pieces as the secondary wave of pressure blasted them apart Charlotte Wick leaned back and bellowed out a cry of triumph even as she heard from behind a soft gasp from Alana A split second later CharlotteÆs instincts caught up with the sudden threat she folded waves of natural force into an impromptu armor twisting around
She wasnÆt going to make it
Images clashed and Charlotte felt her fur standing on end She finished her rotation bitter and chagrined By the time she had been ready to respond to the threat another half familiar figure had interceded between her and the assailant Pullas one of the two irregulars who Randidly had left with the Vulpis Squad looked at the ambusher with disdain Xershi what the fuck are you doing here And why are you attacking us
This side just seemed like more fun A slinky metallic liger humanoid gave Charlotte an extremely pointed glance one full of promises of death The bearwoman bit her lip wondering how well she would have fared if Pullas hadnÆt been there Then he unwillingly turned back to face the woman in front of him Besides my creator fights to save our universe After recanting his earlier statements
That fuck approached you again peddling lies HeÆs using you Xershi Pullas said quietly
Xershi fleshed his clawed hands IÆm not being used This side will give me the chance to clash against the Ghosthound and our rivalry
Charlotte couldnÆt suppress a snort at that Seems like you havenÆt seen Randidly lately if you think a grub like you stands a chance
You The liger pounced forward Pullas intervened again a dense aura of death emanating from her body Even CharlotteÆs Primal Ground recoiled somewhat unwilling to pass so closely by her genial death Xershi hissed as their images clashed After a prolonged moment of contact the liger hopped backward and opened up some distance