Second the strike that wounded but didnÆt break the target sent it careening sideways with a spreading series of cracks
Third Randidly heard a scream and rustle of warning Both the World Tree and the Songstress of Absence reached out to help him but couldnÆt directly intervene Adrenaline spiked through his non body a memory of physicality
Fourth he felt a sharp blossom of agony from NeveahÆs psyche Her consciousness flickered
Reeling from all the rapid developments Randidly turned his focus outward just as the convoy of tomes slammed into him and compressed his body against PineÆs final barrier
Which is why Randidly missed the fifth development until the notifications began to flood his vision
Recalculating Pantheon Intervention Warning
The process of a Grand Fate cannot be halted by outside forces
Congratulations you have chosen the Grand Fate Temporal Thaumaturgy Mends Eternity For the rest of your existence you will be bound to notice and address wounds to the fabric of time in the surrounding universes Although you may put off these tasks for a short while the longer you do so the more you will suffer from this inaction Due to the nature of your selected Grand Fate you will not be drawing power from the Nexus at large benefits will be minor mostly relating to temporal Skills and your abilities as an Alchemist
Every 10 Levels in your Grand Fate gain +1 Privilege of the Half Shallah and +1 Free Stat
RandidlyÆs eyes bulged For a few seconds he couldnÆt quite understand what he was seeing I chose my Grand Fate but
His awareness snapped back to his Sanctum He discovered that his strike had not only wounded the pinpoint Nether Ritual but also sent it careening sideways Instead of settling down into the frame of Aether it had been almost spiked into the pool of Nether
The Path leads ever onward Randidly Ghosthound Good luck
Once in the pool the pinprick had cracked further almost opening along the fracture Dangerous jagged bolts of Nether snapped out building a framework within the pool of Nether New patterns shredded the flows of significance in the pool and left bits of Nether fluttering around like confetti Randidly blinked several times his mind frazzled A pulse ran through his Sanctum But if this has become my Grand Fate what the hell do I do with all these Truths
Because his awareness had gone inward he missed the next development as well A particularly vigorous shove from Laplace forced Tiamat back into his body And then in a massive display of force from the Eternity all of them drilled through the final barrier of PineÆs corpse
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Randidly felt the impact on the solid ground only distantly For better or for worse the developments he refused to acknowledge left him briefly blinded
His head rang his torso ached and his mind continued to spin as he tried to grasp what exactly he had just experienced Different experiences fought for prominence in his bedraggled consciousness
Memories began to flash before his eyes as he wondered how he had arrived at this painful place He felt the first physical impacts of the tomes slamming into this body he felt the triumph of Yggdrasil and the screeching alarm of the Stillborn Phoenix he saw the smirk on LaplaceÆs face as its tongue drilled through his chest and wrapped around his heart
RandidlyÆs eyes snapped open as he clenched his teeth and forced aside his own stupidity He immediately groaned as his vision revealed blurred color and very little else Despite his powerful body being used as a battering ram through PineÆs final barrier did not feel excellent He managed to flop over onto his back and begin to push himself up onto his elbows to get a look around
He saw sunlight filtering through a deciduous forest along a worn dirt path Down the meandering pathway Randidly could also see a small wooden cabin The place felt warm and alive
Abruptly RandidlyÆs expression twisted as the original reason for his distraction reasserted itself Shit what happened with my Grand Fate
Yggdrasil sounded a warning A woozy Randidly spun around to see a net of golden roots weaving themselves together in front of his body and a sneering Laplace swinging one of its fat hands in a wide swipe Randidly was happy to see that Laplace also seemed a bit the worse for wear having passed through the barrier not only was the flesh of LaplaceÆs head discolored as though it had been bruised but the hand Randidly had used to blind its left eye had been bent into a hook and carved its vulnerable flesh
Then the attack arrived and Yggdrasil could only weaken the attack Randidly was sent sprawling backward cracking through a treetrunk and becoming embedded in another As Randidly forced himself back to his feet he felt an unfamiliar tingle emanating from the core of his being
He watched as Laplace turned away and began to draw itself quickly forward in the direction of the small cabin Yet what caused the tingles through RandidlyÆs body were the strange grey whorls left in the air in the EternityÆs wake
He blinked again wondering if he was hallucinating Then all the details of the past minute snapped together what he now saw were the temporal wounds left just by Laplace moving through this area The tingle strengthened as he recognized it Randidly could sense that he could put off addressing them for now but a secret itch would slowly grow
Almost instinctively Randidly raised his right hand He felt the fabric of time stir at his attention Very intuitively he guided the eddies back into alignment The distortions settled the air became clean Bigger wounds would probably require the thread he had removed from his binding to the Alpha Cosmos but these were just messy distortions
Congratulations Your Grand Fate Temporal Thaumaturgy Mends Eternity has grown to Level 2
Congratulations Your Grand Fate Temporal Thaumaturgy Mends Eternity has grown to Level 3
Congratulations Your Grand Fate Temporal Thaumaturgy Mends Eternity has grown to Level 21
Just with those few Levels Randidly felt his connection to the fabric of time growing increasingly strong Now he simply looked at the invisible tear left by the Eternity and it began to knit itself back together His inner image regarding time became increasingly sturdy However his expression hardened
A hammering temporal explosion sent Randidly reeling back and spitting out a mouthful of blood Laplace screamed out its agony as it blinked and struggled to see with wounds to both of its eyes Hitting the ground hard Randidly rolled a bit away He bit his lip not wanting to miss the opportunity to wound this foe His Nether Core still burned with power so he closed his eyes and called on his Authority The Fourth Authority Animation Nova
Life energy surged through his body a brilliant ray of pure genesis birthed by his powerful history With his powerful Privilege of the Half Shallah he sharpened the Authority so it became a directed blast that hit him and only him
Although he didnÆt intend it to be so the sudden surge of wellness and rejuvenation rushing through his person toed the line of a miracleÆ
The few lingering wounds to his body healed at a rapid pace His mental fatigue fell away The blurred and dimmed Tiamat once more blazed with life His emotional sea remained largely depleted but Randidly straightened only a split second after first contact and cracked his knuckles
As Laplace lurched back toward the cabin Randidly noticed for the first time that the revealed entryway was not mundane in the least although the interior of the cabin should have been revealed all he could see beyond the removed cabin door was a deep darkness Before he could close the gap Laplace pushed its fat serpent body through the gap
Bracing his bare feet against the strange ground of this place Randidly pulled the invigorating power of both his Fourth Authority and Yggdrasil through his limbs Translucent Nether flowed rapidly to follow the two flows running counter to one another and creating a rumbling friction With all that power he grasped the tail of the snake and yanked it back