Green puss leaked out of the wound from the ticking second hand inserted into LaplaceÆs left eye The strange liquid stained the blank expanse the previous paths of the ooze drying to an offputting yellow brown But around the Eternity its vicious time had regained its stability
With deliberate care the massive serpent creature used its arms to drag its heavy body forward Randidly took his own step forward to face it He felt a sense of unreality as he defended PineÆs Corpse from being desecrated but at the very least a spiteful part of Randidly refused to allow the benefits of the Nexus to flow to this bastard
He would not step back not before this asshole
Cheh maybe Devick is rubbing off on me more than I thought Randidly reflected feeling the heady burn of DevickÆs Truth resounding through to him Yet he did not try and separate himself from the heat If anything he allowed it to echo out from their connection achieving more and more resonance with his Yggdrasil which housed the Inevitable Deviation Promises Doom a DevickÆs Deviation Rarity Skill
With his Penance continuing to show problematic stutters Randidly pushed it to the side He observed the gathering of temporal power around Laplace with a solemn expression His hair fluttered back and forth across his eyes An Eternity looked at Randidly with righteous fury pus still oozing out from its wounded eye RandidlyÆs lips twitched as the monster condensed six floating books
The fat hand gestured imperiously The books slowly opened each to the first page Several strange moons formed around the books and orbited their spines The pages of the books began to flutter forward
Tch so dramatic RandidlyÆs lip twitched trying not to think about how convoluted his Skill names had become
Time wrenched and curdled underneath the pressure of those six books And the more the pages fluttered from the beginning of the book to the end the worse the pressure became The whirl currents of time concentrated into a vicious cyclone
CanÆt just let those gather up momentum RandidlyÆs eyes narrowed Laplace pointed and the first book zipped forward just as Randidly took an aggressive step opposite it Just a look told him that the horrifying force that overwhelmed his body was where these temporal tomes started from there it only went up
This was the genuine power of Laplace the Fickle Crossroads of Time
The toes of RandidlyÆs right foot dug into space trying to find purchase In his heart he felt the potential Truths he had gathered Each came from a different place each hinted at a different Path to the Pinnacle
He had his three base images each with potential and a growing certainty adding an edge to their bite His consciousness shifted away to the other tools he had assembled for his grand miracle
First Randidly acknowledged his own nascent Truth formed with the help of his methodical Alchemist Every detail matters
While the physical changes occurred what was really important was the Truth in RandidlyÆs heart The emotional affect achieved the supportive harmony Yggdrasil had always exemplified The Truth of this core image of Randidly Ghosthound was slow growth and near divinity through nurturing and support RandidlyÆs efforts had been able to provide high quality examples of the former and he could use emotional affect to mimick the sensation of the latter but it hadnÆt been genuine
Now riding on the quickly flowing time Yggdrasil made up all of that ground In only a moment it had existed for several hundred years After three seconds of the hug between book and tree it eclipsed a millennium The World Tree matured
Yggdrasil grew massive and flowering
Laplace howled again its rage palpable The book accelerated the flapping of its pages But although the World Tree shook from the impact it was just a resettling Over a thousand years old the universe supporting tree would not sway against temporal flows of this magnitude
RandidlyÆs chest burned as he felt the keening note of resonance gathering momentum
Warning Strange energy signature detected
Your image is devolving in a dangerous manner Please see your nearest Village Spirit
Your Image Yggdrasil Universe that was First a Tree is approaching a qualitative transformation We suspect this will result in a Pinnacle event
Reach the Pinnacle Now or Delay Now/Delay
Randidly snorted at the sudden choice notification that popped up in front of him It had been a while since he had bothered to notice their passage He pressed Delay feeling a strange sense of separation settle across the World Tree image the Pantheon now acted to maintain that state so he could bring all his images to where he wanted them before he actually condensed his Grand Fate
Book and tree leaned against one another giving themselves fully over to the battle of time Laplace watched an ugly expression on its face Likely it could sense the same outcome that Randidly could Halfway through the book and its fluttering pages it seemed like the attack would not be enough to shatter Yggdrasil
This time when it screamed and pointed the remaining five books shot forward all at once Randidly could only wince and mobilize his remaining two images understanding he was the last barrier before the core area of PineÆs corpse Their power shook space those books might rip their way to Pine all on their own Alright you two This is not a drill Are you ready for the Pinnacle
A ripple ran through the surrounding area The specter of the Dread Homunculus stood by RandidlyÆs side still dragging a long cloak of night that teemed with the unwilling spirits of the dead Its eyes burned with steady resolve Randidly could feel the anticipation it possessed ready to thrust itself forward
Yet it was the Songstress of Absence that cracked open space as she descended
Randidly couldnÆt help but laugh the Siren of the Inhospitable Depths had been waiting a long time for the chance for her solo And now she could sing her heart out without worrying about anything of note being caught in the crossfire
They stood in a corpse surrounded by the dead She could devour it all and the Nexus would only be improved for it
Chapter 2425
Do you sense that
Nathaz Eloise paused in its efforts its many limbs trembling from the exertion It leaned back and looked at its ancestor who had spoken Around them the massive working of their dreams unfolded almost as though it already existed and they were simply excavating it Adrenaline surged through NathazÆs body but the sudden voice brought him back to sloshing consciousness
He looked around He couldnÆt believe how much his spinal column ached His thoughts seemed sluggish How long have we been working on this
Nathaz blinked several times shaking his head obviously it was for the best that he threw himself totally into the labor Only then could they accomplish their goal before Elhume intervened And while it seemed Randidly Ghosthound currently had the situation in hand the dangerous rumbles of Aether and Nether spoke to a balance that could be shattered anytime They needed to work quickly
Just would he really feel this much sense of exhaustion if they had only a small span of time to struggle
After a moment Nathaz recalled the question and cleared his throat Sense what Honorable Ancestor
This shape TuthakÆs features scrunched together as it looked out across the sprawling working that would rearrange the hierarchy within the Nexus Its powerful lines rippled and shifted speaking to its status as a breathing and organic Engraving certainly a masterwork achievement The luminous radiance released by the growing working spoke to their accomplishment Yet Tuthak seemed to hesitate This is definitely the shape we talked about Yet sometimes when I consider the whole
A strange breeze leaned against all their efforts The lights flickered and warped Every time Nathaz felt like he was about to get some clarity on what he witnessed a flicker in the corner of his eye distracted him
He blinked slowly Truly he was frazzled by this toil