He unceremoniously dumped the unconscious bodies through to the Fifth Cohort Rally Station Then he looked upward
Took me by surprise the first time but I wonÆt let it happen again Randidly muttered His focus shifted to PanguÆs Asymptote Nyx well I appreciate your support I suppose you donÆt want LaplaceÆs influence to spread any further Is that why you helped me originally when you provided the Cloak of Utter Night and the Hollow Needle So what can you tell me about the ways you can face an Eternity
Nyx smiled By being an Eternity Or
Randidly grimaced understanding without her needing to finish the sentence He shook his head Just another day in the life Well fine LetÆs see what we can manage MuseÆs Reverie
Existence froze around him The energy halos rippled and came into alignment His awareness bloomed and expanded With this opportunity he needed to lay the groundwork for his third trick
Chapter 2411
The Nether King gathered significance around his fingers Now finally it was time to move forward
The Last Nether King a moniker once threatened by the presence of Randidly Ghosthound but no longer after the strange transformation pinned Devick to the ground and carefully wove threads of Nether together to target a particular connection His eyes didnÆt waver just like he didnÆt in keeping her torso pressed against the ground Every detail entered into his vision History and momentum rode upon his shoulders but he did not slouch
From the corpse of the Nexus he would extract the bones of a paradise for the Nether people A place where they could finally live in peace beyond the reach of Eternities or at the mercy of Pinnacles Hopefully without any of the involved parties noticing his actions until it was too late
His people deserved at least this much after everything they had been forced to endure
Usually Devick jerked and bucked beneath him but his grip was sure Blood leaked out of the corner of her lips and nose from where he had been forced to smash her face into the ground multiple times to ensure she wouldnÆt interrupt the process I would be more concerned with my virtue in this situation but youÆve been almost insultingly clear in your disinterest Ah my womanly pride is hurt
The echoes of their brief and violent conflict still rippled out through the empty chamber of the Pinnacle Blood spatters spread out in random patterns behind him the few signs of their brief and vicious struggle
All I need is your blood fresh from the vein The Nether King grunted as Devick wiggled the fingers of her left hand and corroded some of the Nether KingÆs significance The Nether King pressed his lips together even now DevickÆs image continued to improve in this place at a rate that left him speechless Especially that left hand now had reached the point where she could damage his refined Nether which was why he now spent so much careful effort binding it
The Nether KingÆs next project would take some focused attention That would need to be especially restricted
Father you would still call me persnickety even now huh The Nether KingÆs significance stirred slightly As always the phantom of his father lurked close to his Nether Core a blurry shadow cast by the swirling center of his existence And yet my persnicketiness is what has kept me alive for so long Heh youÆd say it was just luck and not to worry so much wouldnÆt you
Yet no one can deny it is the worrier who has reached these heights and has these opportunities
See when you say things like that I donÆt think you understand how sexual you sound Devick commenced a new round of thrashing but this time the Nether KingÆs bindings held Why should the freshness
After punching her hard enough to break the cartilage of her nose he sat back and regarded her If you are aware I will not be distracted by your antics why do you continue with them I will not waver
You unrepentant narcissist Devick leaned back against the cool ground and spat to the side adding a new tickle of blood and spit to their halo of fluids How dare you assume any of this was for you If anything this is all an elaborate show for Randidly Ghosthound Not sure if this is exactly up his alley but no reason not to add a little special sauce to a routine blood robbery
The Nether KingÆs lip twitched as he looked sideways at the spray of blood and phlegm she produced The greatest luck of your false existence is having a connection to Randidly Ghosthound Other than that you are the picture of disgusting excess I have no idea what he sees in you
Devick smiled at him sweetly her teeth bloody At least he looks at me IÆm just just a walking bag of blood to him
Right before he made his move the Nether King unleashed a dense wave of Nether to suppress her image But right as his Nether Ritual shifted into position around her that glob of spat blood had exploded with her concentrated image raking crimson claws across the bindings even as he formed them The Nether KingÆs eyes narrowed Her left hand flared Her long fingers curled touching and beginning to eat through the core portion of the Nether Ritual
The Nether King stood and slammed his heel against her face The back of her head cracked against the ground and bounced He flicked his fingers and produced spikes of Nether stabbing through the flesh of her left arm and pinning that dangerous hand to the ground before it could get loose His Nether swirled about him the patterns tumbling through an evolution to wrap more tightly around Devick
For a brief moment he glanced at the Nether around his left hand Even now the presence of those fingers deviates from the organic pattern evolution What a frightful witch In a few years exposed to Randidly GhosthoundÆs Nether and Aether what will she become
At first the bonding continued slowly The Nether King could feel DevickÆs continued struggles and regretted not taking the time to beat some more sense into her before he made his attempt Admittedly sense would be a waste of effort his real goal would have been to beat some unconsciousness into her
Too late now The Nether King thought The constant presence of his father in the back of his mind waved a hand DonÆt worry so much Never too late to change your life kid Æ
Then the significance caught and burned with a chemical intensity Strange patterns curled and wilted off of the fake coin The Nether King hissed surprised despite all his preparations for the density and strength of the Nether of Randidly Ghosthound After a few confused seconds where the Nether King wondered whether he would need to force his way forward after all the veil around the Alpha Cosmos wavered and parted
Devick clawed her way out of the restrictions just as the Nether King stepped through the bond into the Alpha Cosmos and shut the door behind him Already he wove his Nether into his body and allowed not even a whisper to leak out through his skin Originally he had believed he would be able to rely on his natural patterns to adjust and blend into the environment but that would take too much time
The Nether King glanced around He stood in space floating between the various planets orbiting through the Alpha Cosmos Around them spun a massive loop Even now he could only look in wonder at the natural currents of significance connecting the various locations
He nodded to himself The first step well the only step LetÆs just do it and worry about the consequences later
The Nether King tapped around lightly with his significance found the scent of what he sought and then became just another breath of significance in the vast river He passed through and rapidly moved through the Alpha Cosmos remaining as inconspicuous as possible So many interesting patterns glittered around him but he dared not investigate
Here he didnÆt need to worry about only Randidly Ghosthound but also the Pantheon Their capabilities were somewhat a mystery to the Nether King so he behaved as conservatively as possible
I have the Name I have the raw significance to Herald a Shallah from nothing but nothing is not the most fruitful soil What I need is the other half the Aether half of the engineered being I will make A Shallah is not just an unsaid name but also a shape without a shape A shapeless feeling Heh the incorrectly termed Nether PrinceÆ is the perfect counterpoint to an unspoken name The remnant of an influential life But it needs to be from a powerful Aether individual And ideally one who possessed at least contact with Nether in their lifetime Plus the selection must be in possession of an upstanding personality they are not the same but they have connections to that original existence