Fiero pulled back with one hand and an incensed Actus Suprem avatar ravaged through the flaw in his defense Yet the Vulpine still persisted gesturing emphatically with his long and skeletally thin fingers Randidly felt the air shiver even through the densely layered distortions they already created
A cloak of darkness manifested briefly upon his shoulders humming with warning at the force moving now against him The flat mirror reflecting Nether connections inside of his body experienced a brief ripple of distaste before drawing a web of connections to restrict any interference
In the next moment Randidly felt the release of several time pulses out from FieroÆs body He barred his teeth even as the tyrant of the Nexus accelerated back away from him with a sudden burst of quickness Or rather than the Vulpine moving more quickly Randidly was simply locked in a temporal morass
The Alchemist licked his lips as he looked at the approaching dense flow of time
Congratulations Your Skill The World Tree Guzzles Even Truth has grown to Level 1309
Congratulations Your Skill DeviationÆs Inevitable Machinations has grown to Level 1811
Solomon snorted With a great effort he tore his attention away from Fiero and looked at Randidly I know we have not yet reached an actual agreement regarding the fallout but subduing Fiero now is most important We can work out the details later With these temporal distortions
Why do people today keep offering to help me with tasks IÆm managing on my own Randidly asked The corner of his mouth turned down The Alchemist whispered furiously to him we was still missing something
You are strong But Fiero is a beast When cornered he still has a few more tricks to throw at you Solomon Rex said He straightened authoritatively His plans are never the most efficient or the most transparent just the simplest DonÆt underestimate that
Fiero growled Bitterness poured out of him in a dense wave His note of truth which Randidly had thoroughly stomped out of the surrounding area with Yggdrasil began to rise again
And in that moment of decision Randidly received a message from Alana Donal
Ah He let out a long breath His emerald eyes brightened with the promise of violence So thatÆs how it is
Alana and the Vulpis Squad trudged through the melee their images restricted by Engravings blasts of temporal distortions scattering their tight fighting groups and waves of porcelain dolls unleashing pure blasts of energy on their flanks At this point the blood spattered across their armor could have been from anyone
Even with Charlotte Wick throwing around veritable tectonic plates they still stalled to a stop against the last line of the working’s defense Whatever secret they guarded they werenÆt making it easy to dig it out
Which makes me sure itÆs worth knowing Alana squeezed her weapon and forced the blade to sweep sideways and deflect a powerful blast of annihilation aimed at her chest She scraped her interior Soulspace and managed to come up with a handful of orange gold light She forced the feeble energy up through her spear and thought about the concept of sharpness
She remembered witnessing an effortless spear thrust from Helen when they briefly trained together A single blow within an unceasing flow that seemed wickedly sharp enough to make all the other strikes relevant
She felt her own exhaustion and how precariously she tiptoed along an abyss She felt the sharpness of the descent if she were to make a single misstep
Alana Donal cut Seventeen porcelain dolls sizzled and deactivated as the energy crescent thrown by her slash bisected them Yet in the next moment a new wave of porcelain dolls swarmed down as numerous as flies
Shit Alana muttered Her mind whirled as she tried to think of possible countermeasures Waves of images buffeted her back as Xershi and Pullas continued a vicious battle She could hear Raymund Ballast bellowing in the background trying to keep the rest of the squad together She could hear EdgarÆs labored breathing although she didnÆt hear even a small breath from Heiffal
Perhaps Alana began to panic but then an explosion from the far edge of the camp pulled her gaze
A new group of soldiers arrived bearing unfamiliar blue armor The hundred strong detachment smashed into the side of the porcelain formations distracting a sizable group and also managing to sabotage one of the major image suppression arrays Alana breathed a sigh of relief
At their head a woman with short blue grey hair stood with her arms folded EdraineÆs eyes flashed as she looked across at Raymund and offered him a solemn nod This might be going off the rails but that doesnÆt mean I donÆt want to be a part of dismantling this tower of shit Recover for a few minutes then breakthrough
Raymund saluted then started barking out new orders The Vulpis Squad hunkered down while EdraineÆs group carved a path through the backbone of the porcelain doll resistance Within a few minutes they destabilized the two other image suppression arrays while only suffering a few casualties
But the strength of the porcelain dolls was their replaceability and adaptability Already more image suppression arrays were under construction The sky still bristled with their stiff limbs But in those minutes the Vulpis Squad got a chance to breathe Their budding Nether Cores wove more significance through their limbs
Raymund looked at Alana Ready
She just grinned and raised her spear A whole cloak of orange gold fire sparkled across her shoulders
Chapter 2398
We are going to make it arenÆt we Heiffal Edgar panted as he did his best to stay in the tight formation of bodies Exhaustion squeezed in between the spaces between him and the other shoulders making him miss the easy fluidity he remembered from his training days
Yet that only made him grit his teeth and struggle harder Because if they failed now
His squad leader barked out a sharp order The extra burden on his back wasnÆt helping but Edgar shifted his weight in the squelching mud and unleashed a blast of annihilating energy over his head Several other squad members did other tasks each addressing a single issue to tackle the larger problem In the sky above the Order Ducis defended against a concentrated ray from the porcelain dolls
EdgarÆs knees trembled and sweat beaded across his face yet he remained standing The kinetic shockwave of the impact slapped him in the face Another sharp bark of orders from the squad leader and they were wading forward again
No matter how difficult it was to bear the weight Edgar knew he carried all their hopes on his back Heiffal had fallen silent since the worst of the fighting resumed but his hand remained tightly gripped on EdgarÆs bicep urging him forward
Brace for blast Vizzeret Clamman bellowed Edgar unleashed another annihilating pulse clearing out the glittering remnants of their previous image to make room for another This time Charlotte Wick filled the space of the entire Vulpis SquadÆs vacated images with a protective pulse The ground beneath their feet firmed Edgar took a step and could feel the dirt congregating beneath his feet A golden dome of light sprung into existence above them Energy filtered down relieving the smallest bit of the groupÆs fatigue
On the scale of the caloric and Willpower debt the soldiers had earned today the healing effect mattered not at all It was hard to even shut out the shouts and the constant whirring to check in with your own body
Each of EdgarÆs breaths felt like they lasted for an eternity Or he moved so frantically that he kept forgetting to breathe
Even with all of the small protections offered by CharlotteÆs image the impact almost toppled Edgar The Vulpis Squad wavered for a second and then Alana Donal howled upward shredding through the blast and opening a Path Ballast trumpeted out a charge order and the whole squad moved Edgar kept his head down watched where he set his feet and prepared his dwindling image reserves for the next challenge The chaos of the battlefield swirled around them like a drunken dream Even if they had a short time to break before this last charge he felt so so exhausted Edgar had to keep a constant cycle of his reasons for trying too hard on repeat in his mind to stay focused