The birth of a new world inevitably meant another would be shattered by the violent birth
A thick golden root wiggled out and connected to the wounded form of the Dread Homunculus The healing energy flowed without ceasing circling through the limbs and helping the broken flesh of the image to knit together A little bit of the integrity returned to its body even while its face remained twisted in that vicious smirk
Perhaps with only five minutes maybe even two the Dread Homunculus would have returned to its full and glorious form reinvented and with the clarity of its true emotional affect Randidly Ghosthound didnÆt currently have that sort of time
What will you do That solemn part of Randidly asked his final image searching for its own Path to the Pinnacle When painful collisions are unavoidable when you are pushed to your limits How do you feel
The orbiting moons around the books began to glow Through the haze of shattered space and liquid time Randidly could see the looming form of Laplace slithering closer behind its powerful attack
Are rigid Will you break
The Dread Homunculus released a low groan and slashed with his right hand The claws sank for a second into the dangerous temporal momentum but were then wrenched and twisted until the digits snapped right off The stumps spat out blood but most of the small discharge was lost when the convoy trundled forward and smashed into the Dread HomunculusÆs chest For the second time the image was catapulted against the slightly elastic barrier
Are you supple Will you bend out of your original shape
To RandidlyÆs right from the battlefield between Yggdrasil and the first tome the sound of fluttering pages became increasingly loud But as frantic as the temporal book became it could not force its way past the World Tree The emerald canopy rustled unleashing a deafening pulse of noise that suppressed the book More and more golden veins of energy snaked outward struggling to assist the Dread Homunculus
The Songstress of Absence found a pure note perfectly exemplifying her annihilating music She cut and shredded all the waves of temporal force in front of her Even the pause maintained by the Pantheon shuddered underneath that power A few crescent slices flicked sideways passing out of the space of her tome and sideswiping the convoy
The attack barely made a dent in the maelstrom of the central attack But barelyÆ was enough space for a small flaw in the whirling temporal vortex to spin in the Dread HomunculusÆs direction and give it just a split moment to suck in a breath
Marginally it healed A small amount of muscle and detail wriggled back into black
Then the convoy crunched into its chest temporal waves squeezing the image from one side while PineÆs barrier unwillingly gave ground on the other RandidlyÆs thoughts quivered and then he was there his vessel and the Dread Homunculus superimposed the last defense before Laplace could infect the entire Nexus with its horrible world state image
His body was the spine of this defensive effort
That separate observational part of Randidly abruptly found itself as the Dread Homunculus smirking as the image filled with a wild glee that didnÆt seem to match the current situation at all Yet he felt it bubbling in his chest It was an answer to the question he had been repeatedly asking but one that didnÆt make much sense
What do I feel Randidly raised his head and laughed even as the vice tightened around him The Dread Homunculus image shivered and shifted The small marble of stubbornness that he had taken from Shal had been pressured and pressured until it gleamed like a blazing incendiary diamond
He felt unwilling He felt wronged He felt vindictive He felt challenged
The Dread Homunculus opened his mouth and gulped down the bead of light he had received from Shal His emotions began to sing as he prepared to force the issue of creating a Grand Fate
I feel like I just need to Advance The crooked smile had been drawn in large strokes across his face The rest will work itself out
Chapter 2427
To burn was to exist And it was also enough
The sensation felt strange settling across her but not unpleasant She had become an incarnation of fire in a vast cave The flickering light of the gorgeous flames licking up and down her body provided bright splashes of color Every one of her motions manifested as beauty She swam in the rainbow flame tongues a being of purpose and emotion The more she followed the sensation the larger and more resplendent she became
The cave seemed to stretch up endlessly above her The more she grew taller and yawned wide to expand her lovely manifestations the living embodiment of a vicious wildfire sweeping through the whole area the more the room seemed to expand to contain her Not in a restrictive way but just by being an appropriate size to contain her vast multitudes
She felt full and whole for the first time in her life She felt poised to take the next step She would finally become the woman she had always been meant to be
The firescape trembled The only problem was that now that she was here ready to pounce toward any goal
She couldnÆt quite remember why or how she had gotten here
Which did make the flames of fury running through her being seeth Frustration and determination warred in her chest
Wait a chest Did she have a chest Heat flushed her cheeks which she also didnÆt have She should just be a giant amalgamation of different emotional flames And immense destructive power
Well anyway she was mad because she always seemed to stumble on this step This teetering felt familiar The flames seethed and reached higher searching for a clue Some hints as to what the next step should be She was aware of the small fist of flames that swam through her flames an imitation that was foreign but had long since ceased listening to those flames those flames were obnoxiously self important
The flames curled light a tightening hand A hand that could reach out and force its fingers into any target so long as she willed it So what can I
And then he was there A luminous consciousness touching her shoulder Calm cool familiar and instantly enough to ease her tense shoulders
Devick itÆs time He whispered to her He looked at her with gratitude I need this power of yours
ItÆs all yours She responded The hand of flame relaxed she offered her prize glittering on the lovely palm of sculpted flame She felt a whooshing sense of collapse as much of her emotional force flowed through their connection and filled him dimming the flames until the wildfire was no more and she was just a woman with long red hair
Well not just any woman Devick mumbled A stunning bombshell by any metric
On cue the small fist of foreign flames drifted closer Confusion and disappointment radiated out of it You give everything to him Do you not feel unsatisfied constantly giving so much to other individuals Giving them control
Devick pursed her lips as she glanced at the fist of flames After calming some of her own emotions she said ItÆs not like your entirely wrong I would give him control if he asked for it But in the moment when I interact with Randidly Ghosthound I feel more clarity than at any other moment in my life Will my whole being I say yes to him He makes it so easy
The fist of flames considered that if you give they will take Until you are empty
What will you choose
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A light brush of will selected the final contorted option in the notification A Path with three images blended to become a third Truth The Dread Homunculus laughed again pounding his fist against the temporal barrier with such force that his palm fractured Simultaneously a change occurred in RandidlyÆs Soulspace as he began to lay the groundwork for his final miracle