The corpse regarded him with distaste Do not throw my own words against me Clarity and specificity are qualities worth pursuing This woman did not cross certain lines during her time on the Path to the Pinnacle and because of that
ItÆs exactly this attitude The Don seethed His veins seemed to be on fire He felt the thunder and lightning merging more and more closely with his own image the Grand Fate had almost been totally assimilated by him now Yet still trembling he attacked first with words This is the great truth about the world that is impossible for you disinterested arbiters to understand That there are two types of people Those who must sweat and toil and sacrifice to advance and this group is judged and punished for working hard to get anywhere And then there are those born with a natural advantage whose every stumble is applauded and who always will land on their feet because the world is willing to shift itself to accommodate them Do you not see how the winners are already chosen And you expect me to simply accept your regurgitated shit
His fingers curled static sparking between his fingers How do you think it feels to know your efforts matter less than someone elseÆs pedigree That those in power shape the world to reward the simple act of possessing power while devaluing effort To know you will never be enough a decision was made at my birth and now IÆm just suffering under it
The corpse remained unswayed You killed your way through the Path to the Pinnacle To not blame the situation for the sins you have committed
You made me choose between remaining forever locked out of the chambers of power or killing my way forward Don Beigon growled He barred his teeth I do not regret taking the only opportunity given to me For supporting your fucked up establishment they deserved to die
She found another way The corpse jerked her thumb over her shoulder to indicate the departed Actus Suprem YouÆll find that cleverness and timing can do a lot to improve your life
Don Beigon felt as though all the veins in his upper body tensed and shuddered at her words His hands clenched the arms of his wheelchair snapping Righteous fury filled his body He sang with it He could overcome this corpse pry apart whatever framework animated it and then proceed upward Nothing could stop him so long as he fully embraced the power in his chest
And To finally have vengeance for his wife any price was worth it He became thunder and crimson serpent incarnate
Wait crimson serpent
Congratulations You have experienced a lucky event You have generated the Deviation Rarity DonÆs Deviation (DoD) Calculating effects
Power surged through the DonÆs limbs fizzing like electric discharge and smelling of blood The brief moment of confused clarity was washed away heat and panic and indignation igniting all his brain cells past the point of coherence He laughed again loud and booming as he raised his arms and unleashed wave after wave of copper colored lightning bolts He became the storm of justice to tear down this system that oppressed him and so many others
Can I fight even this Randidly wondered
The Dread Homunculus barred its teeth The World Tree rustled its leaves The Songstress of Absence opened its eye and stared at the new arrival
There is nothing I will not fight to protect my people RandidlyÆs eyes narrowed Although the reactions of my Truths are so strange Why do they shrink before an external shape
Why would you endanger us like this Randidly asked seeking more information
To his surprise Fiero opened his mouth and answered If I have another chance at living in the Nexus I will not lose my mother
Both Randidly and Elhume gave Fiero a sharp look RandidlyÆs one of horrified sympathy for Yystrix Elhume one of bitter fury for the wife that had been pilfered from him But Elhume shook his head and faced forward Randidly could tell the other man attempted to revive his image but he too was suppressed by this EternityÆs approach Temporal distortions may not be an ideal method but youÆve left us with no choice My son Pine he has fallen too far inside of himself At this point we are simply delaying the inevitable But if we intervene before the method of Grand Fates becomes widespread
You are fools Randidly blinked Both of you This none of it will be real Just distortions
Randidly grimaced unable to finish his sentence Existence turned liquid around them His significance attempted to add some weight to the space but Randidly could suddenly feel the way this Eternity used the wound he had inflicted on time to circumvent him Everything began to spiral in on itself The shape was a World State image but one of a power that Randidly had difficulty judging even as he watched it corrupt and spread right before his eyes
His energy halo vision just saw its inky influence seeping outward darkening and spreading without seeming to weaken
Did you not create reality from a memory Elhume said The first is always the most difficult event the second is nothing to speak of
You are not me Randidly countered But he felt a horrified prickling on his skin when Elhume smiled immediately in response In PanguÆs Asymptote Nyx continued to shout warnings
Sure but you are going to help us Randidly Ghosthound Did you ever wonder how we stabilized the method of creating Dungeons once the Nether Kings were hunted to extinction With a little help from Laplace All the time distortions in the Nexus were made possible by him YouÆve been borrowing this EternityÆs power for a long long time ElhumeÆs smile widened A pseudo Hierarchy has been created through repeated use And now finally he can receive the repayment he deserves
From the portal came a lanky serpentÆs head covered in dirty grey hair It forced its way through the portal and the Nexus unleashed a groan like rotten wood about to break RandidlyÆs eyes flashed he decisively pulled back his Nether no longer stabilizing the space
I will not save you from yourself Randidly announced
As the Nexus began to collapse the dirty hair shifted and revealed the face of the serpent With handless clocks for eyes Laplace looked at Randidly Ghosthound Its long tongue slid out between its lips and the collapse ceased Time had been frozen
The ominous color of its energy halo continued to darken More and more of its essence spilled out through the hole an obliterating wave of its Shape forcing the Nexus around it into a different and dangerous form
The Eternity heaved and pulled the rest of its belly dragging body through the portal surrounded by suspended spatial tears Its power radiated off from its body changing the fabric of the Nexus
Randidly wasnÆt sure whether to be relieved or horrified when next it was Pine that released a dangerous shudder Even the massive eclipse in the sky observed the shift and felt unease
Chapter 2408
Devick took the steps upward two at a time unwilling to remain close to either the bitter figure of the Don or the strange corpse for a moment longer than necessary At this point she acknowledged that speed was a more important element than grace and sophistication she currently had no audience to impress Plus the more she ascended the easier the pressure on her image became she no longer needed to reinforce her skin with significance just to avoid being burned to a crisp
And now Devick licked her lips in anticipation Adrenaline from surviving the previous circumstances still pounded through her veins What sort of prize do we get to claim at the top
Light filtered slowly back through the environment She felt like she swam up from the depths of the ocean and could feel the surface approaching by the second The steps remained sized to her legs but Devick felt like she was leaping huge distances with each step that she took Her footfalls were light but they thrummed through her entire body Revitalizing waves of image reinforcement filled her with a comfortable languid relaxation Malice stretched her joints popping pleasantly as any previous damage healed And now that Devick wasnÆt trying to hide her true power from Don Beigon the Merry Bride of Perdition to expand and breathe in the reinforcing power