RandidlyÆs lips twitched If they would stop me from being able to control myself IÆll just fight even the people of the Alpha Cosmos Because I am a Legend
Within the depths of PanguÆs Asymptote the Nether Ritual and Engraving combo activated in a searing nova of sizzling light which frothed with energy and then ate itself
For his first trick Randidly Ghosthound created individuals from memory
For his second trick he discarded his reality like an old coat
Chapter 2409
Charlotte Wick swayed slightly while standing at attention as though she wanted so very badly to be pacing back and forth across the grass At her side Jieu Ronault served as a foil the flames of his fire elemental body having been purified and petrified from their last brutal offensive to discover the purpose of the Engraving
His existence didnÆt even quiver He had no breath he had no life he seemed very convincingly to have no emotion
Edgar the most honest of the group wept openly in front of the small and sharply cut stone markers His shoulders shook and every few seconds he used the cuffs of his uniform to wipe away thick waves of tears Around him the other foot soldiers of the Vulpis Squad tried to make up for the breach in etiquette by being physically as transfixed as statues but Raymund Ballast would not reprimand them for any flaws not today Besides his eyes mostly flicked sideways to check on DiOrtho Vant
His discipline holds for now Raymund felt so drained Yet all living beings have a limit Even I
The demon man gritted his teeth his emotions so violent and furious that he stirred up a low wind in the area around him The freshly turned dirt shifted slightly restless in the face of this restless grief
After bowing his head briefly Raymund Ballast lifted his chin and assumed the mantle of the Squad leader Today we bury heroes A moniker earned through sacrifice and dedication Elucidating further cannot capture the risk these soldiers faced nor their willingness to put their lives on the line in order to protect the people of the Alpha Cosmos Their hearts swam through fear without letting it distract from their grim purpose And in fact many on their deathbed wounded and struggling on those alien battlefields only expressed they were sorry not to have done more for their families The Order Vulpis walks into hell itching for their next challenge
Let us hope they need not face it That what comes next for them is writ with serenity and peace
The only thing they needed to do Charlotte Wick whispered Was to make it home with us
Raymund Ballast shot her a reproving glance but continued without acknowledging her breach We will remember their names They trained with us they fought with us and they were the first to die for us So long as the Vulpis Squad exists we will remember them Duon Mlo Tzerik Falnor Heiffal Kimbant Lar Vizzeret Clamman
That fucking dumbass dog The air around Vant snapped Suddenly the Machine Horror was there razing its chainsaw arms grinding its ancient drill teeth screeching out a keening wail of mourning It was a body of jagged edges and barely contained energy Even after an hour of rest and recovery the image proudly bore the wounds it had taken during the fighting leaving huge rents in its sheet metal body VantÆs pupils dilated You if we had stayed in formation you didnÆt need to buy us a last few seconds holding off PineÆs gaze all on your own
I cannot call it festering being composed of metal Raymund thought But this soldier is not in a good place
Vant JieuÆs voice was cool and cutting
DiOrtho Vant gave him two middle fingers for his trouble Seriously why are we fucking acting like he did something great when he gave up his life so easily
Vant Raymund Ballast snapped his teeth shut on the name
The demon man glared at him for several seconds temper and grief igniting into a horrible conflagration The tension hummed the air a mirror of the strange rumbling changes occurring across the sky of the Alpha Cosmos Raymund Ballast did not reach for his image but simply stood and looked
In the end Vant looked away Ballast cleared his throat and enunciated the rest of the names His heart broke at how long the list was With two more deaths they would have lost fully half of their number A few others amongst the foot soldiers began to cry VantÆs display at least waking them up from their shock and giving them a chance to grieve
However finishing the names did not mean that BallastÆs responsibilities had come to an end While various soldiers drifted to the different graves to pay their respect a wild eyed squad leader marched up and asked What now
Several of the other soldiers looked over their eyes somewhat bleak Raymund released an inward sigh And without reading their mood Charlotte Wick stepped forward and executed a sharp salute toward the sky We watch and observe Can you not see that the Ghosthound still fights for us So long as the war continues we must be ready to spring into action at a momentÆs notice We hold our weapons ready waiting for the call
You speak with such absolute confidence Yet I wonder how long that attitude will last Fiero said If you truly possessed this sort of resolve we would not have ended up like this over and over again
Randidly pressed with Grey MonarchÆs Authority isolating the distorted version of his images and bringing them back into alignment When this proved extremely exhausting Randidly began remaking his images from scratch Which proved disturbingly easy as his sharp memory gave him all the details and emotional affects he needed to recreate them
Yea this is going to take some getting used to Randidly bit the inside of his cheek but kept working moving from his images to his body and then from his body to his Nether Core But here he began encountering more difficulties
Immediately it became clear that his efforts stirred the general consciousness of the Alpha Cosmos As he nudged the general world state image a referendum was passed to the mass of consciousnesses providing his legitimacy Could Randidly Ghosthound fight against an Eternity and overcome its mandate The people of the Alpha Cosmos didnÆt have any reckoning of what an Eternity was but Randidly did and a distorted and vague impression filtered down through to them
Could Randidly Ghosthound wrestle and overcome a dimensional horror crawling into the Nexus
Randidly left Elhume and Fiero and was suddenly in the Alpha Cosmos Dusk fell across the mainland of Expira covering the world in twilight He flitted across the sky looking at the way his significance restricted the mandate left by Laplace that time was fickle keeping it from infecting the Alpha Cosmos In his half whole dreamstate he steadily lost ground but would be able to keep the force at bay for a while
The question settled across the isolated universe And unfortunately the initial reaction was not good
Fear and worry exploded within the hearts of the denizens of the Alpha Cosmos a thousand tiny sparks sizzling in the homes and neighborhoods The response came mostly from those who had not developed their Class very far who found pleasure developing lifestyle related Skills who had gratefully put behind them the days they needed to fight to survive and Level
They also reacted most viscerally to the presence of this new monster looming over them
Fathers and mothers sat up in their beds their minds briefly going blank at the prospect of their children being exposed to the danger Partners still awake that night looked over at their sleeping love and considered what it would mean to lose them Teachers hunched over their desks to grade papers flashed back to those early days of the System when violence was rampant and children were often the first to suffer All these individuals didnÆt want this next generation to be exposed to a repeat of that bloody chaos Fear slithered through their hearts its cool scales warping their perspective
The question was about Randidly Ghosthound but all understood how they existed within him at this point So the people began to get distracted If he were to throw down against an extra dimensional being what would that mean for them