Chapter 2399
Randidly ripped through the temporal fabric and suddenly several separated timelines crashed together into a messy pile of forces His outside zone the middle borderland where the Vulpis Squad and Edraine had been fighting and also the area above ElhumeÆs body once more were brought into alignment
Gusts of wind blasted out from the sudden ‘imapcts’ but were smothered by an even more ominous presence
Pine manifested in the sky above Randidly opening like the mouth of a vengeful god to swallow them all And then on and on eating through the entire Nexus without ever experiencing satiation The dirt beneath their feet began to steadily vanish scrubbed from existence by the weight of PineÆs shadow
For a split second the people in the middle timeline withered underneath the pressure released by Pine Their images sputtered and shrank This brave group of soldiers had experienced extremely impressive Nether Core development but that just meant they werenÆt instantly gobbled from existence by that ominous mouth in the sky They shrunk and hunched their shoulders their life force stripped from their skin the emotion sucked out from their bodies by that vast absence that had once been a Shallah
The hanging conglomeration of Grand Fates left by Devick wavered uncertainly even their power suppressed by this being
Guided into place by a beacon of rage RandidlyÆs image snapped into existence and extended across them all He wore a cloak woven from a thousand nights he was a World Tree that stood up against the forces of the coming apocalypse he housed an event horizon of his own that released an intoxicating song of annihilation His eyes blazed as he looked up at the situation Pine and Solomon Rex had created
Congratulations Your Skill the Yyrflesh Vessel of Yggdrasil has grown to Level 1455
Congratulations Your Skill The Homunculi Pursues Perfection has grown to Level 1095
They primed Pine to the point he would arrive in the Nexus like a wrecking ball His once empty emotional sea was filled with choppy and thick waters that spun and spat Deep complex currents guided all that potency into destructive whirlpools RandidlyÆs eyebrows drew together They havenÆt been trying to prevent a problem since realizing they could make use of me they have been making the problem worse so I would have no choice but to help or all the people in the Nexus to die
And you thought I would just let this happen
RandidlyÆs protection didnÆt just cover his immediate subordinates below He stood between doom and the rest of the Nexus soaking up the brunt of PineÆs constant need to devour significance In a way Randidly did feel responsible he had liberated the worst and deepest danger from ElhumeÆs frozen body Yet after that point it was the machinations of these two blithe horrors that led to this situation Do the lives of these people really mean so little to you
Congratulations Your Skill Yyrflesh Vessel of Yggdrasil has grown to Level 1481
Congratulations Your Skill NyxÆs Successor Births Fate has grown to Level 1120
Is this what you wanted SolomonÆs voice rose above the dull grinding of reality being stripped away in the presence of PineÆs corpse Mutually assured destruction Randidly Ghosthound
You believe you are so different from us Compared to the clarion release of SolomonÆs voice Fiero whispered But the words carried just as well due to his hissing voice And yet here you are dooming the Nexus in the same way we have Heh not only have you stolen the possibility from us but you are also walking the same Narrow Path to reach the top Your self righteousness didnÆt amount to much in the end
Randidly pressed his lips together More and more of his skin began to burn as he channeled so much of the need of Pine and endured it with his body His halo or protection channeled all the burden onto himself Yet this absence too was a sort of TruthÆ one of a corpse plucked clean by cosmic horrors and infected with their most destructive impulses
But exposure would refine his vessel And then
Due to Hierarchy of Burden +4 HomunculiÆs Engineered Perfection and Carrion DragonÆs Carapace per Level
Due to Visage of Obsession +10 Discretion of the Apostate Moirae +50 Mana per Level
Due to Codex Hexahedron +7 Grim Intuition +6 Chimeric Indifference +10 Stamina per Level
Due to Keystone of the First Ghasthund +8 Predictive Synapses +15 Grey MonarchÆs Authority
Congratulations You have reached Level 100 and unlocked the possibility of creating a Grand Fate
Grand Fates currently available to you Myth of the Alpha Cosmos is open to you Randidly Ghosthound Moirae Chimera is open to you Temporal Wanderer and Cultivator of Miracles is open to you Genesis and Cataclysm the Cycle of a World TreeÆs Seasons is open to you
The Vast and Fleeting Path of the Shallah will soon open to you
Devick sat on her butt looking up at the swirling vortex of energy they had helped to consolidate On either side of her Lowanna and Enmya were similarly splayed out with their limbs stretched wide Their exhausted pants were the only noise left in the destroyed valley
I cannot believe truly how can he contain such darkness Enmya huffed out his words
All living beings contain multitudes Enmya Do not underestimate the complexity of the soul Lowanna chided him Still she also seemed dazed by their recent experiences However the Ghosthound is uniquely animated by the presence of the Alpha Cosmos Even I well I did not expect this It is fascinating
Around them amongst the stretches of broken ground the fractured bodies of the zombie Randidlys lay like a thousand toys discarded by bored children after they broke from vigorous play Devick liked their haphazardly sticking limbs their vacant eyes It simultaneously filled her with a horrified thrill to be standing in a graveyard of his negative emotions Although she hadnÆt served the main role she had fought through his darkness and emerged unscaled
DevickÆs eyes slowly rose and looked at the result of their efforts The thick and dark energy of Nether smoothed and refined itself to the point it had become a translucent membrane of energy with a gleaming emerald core sitting in the center And at the center of the emerald core
It looks like an eye Devick whispered Enmya grimaced
Lowanna gave a slow nod and said Indeed And the balance isnÆt fully complete I would say it currently sits at about 95% it will still accelerate and stabilize further And when that happens Randidly GhosthoundÆs Hungry Eye will truly open He will stand on a new plateau of Nether accomplishment One not seen for ten thousand years
Chapter 2400
Don Beigon felt uneasy looking at the wreckage of the platform Beyond the smoking ground the glittering nebula continued to spin regardless of the mounting difficulties of the assent All the carefully streamlined transactions that should have led to his vengeance began to come up short
He needed an edge Badly
Fighting through the constant assault of the shades on the Path of the Pinnacle had been difficult but well within his expectations Despite the slightly wondrous and astral backdrop of the Path each specter reproduced here was a talented warrior that had an image potent enough to leave a lasting mark on the Nexus Despite that with superior numbers they forced their way forward without much difficulty
Until they arrived at the first of the real challenges the first of the three Guardians left on the Path of the Pinnacle by Elhume The three seals that prevented anyone in the history of the Nexus from reaching the summit of this Path
Their first opponent was a massive brontosaurus skeleton its solid image of history vitality resisting all their initial attacks Only after his personal warriors had started slowing and the Nether Lattice individuals became involved were they able to tear through the GuardianÆs defenses and crack open its resilient image And unfortunately not without a cost
Report Don Beigon rumbled already hating the amount of blood on the ground
The head of his elite soldiers bowed A thousand apologies sir One of our number died in the fight To our great shame three others bear significant injuries They will likely recover by the time we reach the next Guardian but for now our fighting strength is depleted by 25%