When all this was over he hoped he would have the opportunity to return to the tomb with his current accomplishments and dig more deeply into Yystrix But for now time in the Reverie continued to trickle past
He snorted out a breath through his nose the powerful exhalation stirring the glittering lights of the reverie He had spent three of his seven points with four remaining Two points was a steep price for the conversation with Nyx but it had given him quite a bit of understanding of the general situation It wasnÆt a waste
For a brief moment Randidly hesitated His attention turned inward to another troublesome object A frown creased his brows Now at least I have an understanding of why Nyx wished for my assistance But this
His attention flowed to PanguÆs Asymptote the Momento he had received that had allowed him to see a reflected version of existence Randidly gritted his teeth but couldnÆt deny his current accomplishments still heavily relied upon this without the extra layers and connections provided by the Asymptote his current Nether Core would be impossible The energy density needed stability anchors provided by it
He shook his head he couldnÆt waste more Reverie points investigating this matter For now he would need to allow this small mystery to remain
Randidly plucked up another of his Reverie points as he flickered and arrived in the sky above Expira He crushed the Reverie point in his hand and his Fatepieces began to release a bright light This time three manifested around his body Because it was a relatively small task a single Reverie point was enough to fuel the process even with multiple Fatepieces
But even if it was relatively small it was quite necessary for Randidly His awareness spread out as the Codex Hexahedron Visage of Obsession and Dreamcatcher of the Long Night all activated He covered Expira with the Codex isolated with Visage and recorded with the Dreamcatcher
His target the impression of time of the people on Expira
Randidly had witnessed the whole of the fabric of time and understood the wounds weakening it He had even fought against it completely suppressing time for brief moments resisting its endless waves successfully in many others Because of that awareness Randidly had a philosophical soft spot when clashing against LaplaceÆs aura
Although Randidly didnÆt agree that time was fickle his own understanding of time held the possibility of it being warped by a powerful enough individual to resemble fickleness
So now Randidly drew on the Alpha Cosmos filtering down to the base impression of the people who had survived the System feeling their awareness of time He pulled and pulled gathering up their experiences their fear their awareness of the relentless march of time that could bring additional threats their developing attitudes
To the average person time was an inexorable tide Sometimes it paused like how bubble cities were maintained in the early System and sometimes it could be twisted through Dungeons but eventually time always stabilized It pressed forward
Randidly felt a smile tugging at his lips Part of this certainty he now took back from the people he had helped build With the Order Ducis and the challenges against Donnyton and then later with the creation of Kharon Randidly kept reminding Expira that they could not simply rest on their laurels They needed to improve
Because if you did not advance down your Path you would soon find Fate breathing down your neck
The particulars of the threat didnÆt matter what mattered was that the people of the Alpha Cosmos believed time would surely carry those threats forward The ideological battle between those who wanted to stop fighting and those would continue to adventure was ongoing But both sides had an implicit understanding of time that Randidly now needed
The Reverie point flowed out of him
In exchange he harvested the powerful impression of time and stored that within his heart to use as a weapon against Laplace
Chapter 2416
The Monarch of Karma scratched his chin He had been sitting on the outskirts of this area for several hours observing the slow process of maturation for this grand plan The light from the grand array flickered across his face
Because of his aura of deserving that he couldnÆt quite suppress the individuals of the Upper Sonara Society didnÆt discover him They didnÆt deserve to discover him It was a disgusting side effect of the image but one that was convenient in this instance The figures continued to toil below as the thunderous booms of combat echoed out through the Nexus and then still as the almost more ominous silence of dread settled across the deeper layers of the Nexus
The Monarch of Karma glanced toward the point of contention a barrier had been erected preventing the worst of aftershocks from destroying the nearby area But from the deviant image waves flowing out the horrible struggle had reached even a higher peak
Just the faintest whiff of Pine and LaplaceÆs existence leaked out throughout to the wider Nexus but that was enough to fill these individuals with dread The Monarch of Karma didnÆt know the source but he also knew that their time was limited Still he observed unable to decide what he wanted to do The Upper Sonora SocietyÆs actions became frantic They poured more and more of their Aether into the process of carving their grand array By this point the massive working had grown almost ridiculously large so vast it was difficult to keep the whole of it within your awareness at once
The final effect actually left the Monarch of Karma somewhat impressed Because it couldnÆt be witnessed in its totality you could only glance at a corner and create an impression based on that area And when you moved your awareness the goal of the formation seemed to warp the pieces and the impressions you received from examining a single section didnÆt seem to quite match up Perhaps it was the haste of creation or the scope of what these individuals intended to accomplish but the Monarch of Karma wondered if this would have the effect these people desired
But more than the patterns and Engravings they drew what he became fascinated by was the hope they had It was the fuel that drove them onward that allowed them to resist the horrific radiation of the core battlefield The hope that this would change the Nexus and create a better place The hope they could pull this off before their foes were freed up and could stop them
A hope centered around Elhume finally being deprived of the unilateral power to slaughter those weaker than him and starve out those with the potential to be stronger by taking away their Aether
Aether became chaotic but the unifying Nether wove itself together during the collaborative toil They pushed for a new existence in the universe
The Monarch of KarmaÆs heart stirred His eyes brightened lit from within by a sudden insight The problem with this image that has so much righteousness in its ideal yet becomes so warped in practice is that it stems from a singular individual Others become amplifiers but then it becomes a comparison who deserves more The application becomes a hierarchy But what if
The Monarch of Karma licked his lips He knew the dangerous power his words would have but suddenly couldnÆt resist uttering them Because at his core although he didnÆt trust what it had become he still believed in the bright eyes of Mae Myrna when she had created this world state image He believed in that same determination that he had seen in ShalÆs eyes when he had his connection to Randidly Ghosthound severed yet still decided to pursue his former student
What if we each deserve better than weÆve been given And that is enough of a nudge for even the most deserving Upstodatee from
There didnÆt need to be an ordering an allotment based on who deserved more It was enough just that each individual deserved the respect and blessings of life
Beneath the Monarch of KarmaÆs feet his patterns began to stir The sleeping world state image opened its eyes and flowed into the vast array taking form in front of him Perhaps in a more controlled array such an addition would be immediately noticed there were several places where the world state image nudged the Engravings to incorporate this new truth