The two stopped dead perfectly equal Laplace twisted around and glared over its shoulder with bloody and blind eyes
Via the Seize Randidly once more began to heal the distorted existence of the Eternity
Congratulations Your Grand Fate Temporal Thaumaturgy Mends Eternity has grown to Level 109
However the ground beneath his feet exploded before he could accomplish much Those four tomes from the convoy halfway through fluttering through their pages emerged and smashed into his body The continued blaze of his Fourth Authority rapidly regenerated his shredded muscles but Randidly frowned
With a single tick of time he made his decision he maintained the First Authority and allowed Laplace to drag him down through the opening and into darkness Two moons whizzed past and shattered his left leg but the wounds healed almost immediately
Across the threshold waited a vicious pressure that dragged them into a fall Randidly gritted his teeth through the pain then realized he recognized this what ravaged them now were the very same forces he experienced from his Hierarchy of Burden
We are right at the edge of the Nexus Randidly whispered feeling the truth of his words through YggdrasilÆs roots stretched out through the surrounding space But as the forces of spatial distortion shattered light radiation entropy and electromagnetic discharge ravaged their bodies he and Laplace tumbled down the abyss running along the true limit of Pine’s corpse They flew close to the edge of a wall of Aether the massive working that sustained the Nexus in the first place
As Randidly gathered all his Aether and Nether pulling Laplace closer to him he hoped they wouldn’t find anything too rotted at the bottom
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The two tumbled over the edge of the threshold and began to fall
Laplace whipped itself around looking at Randidly with hateful eyes Blood had dried into flaking maroon finger paint on its clockface eyes It opened its wide maw filled with broken and chipped teeth and roared at him through the howling of spatial forces and the crackling of electromagnetic discharge
Randidly gripÆs on his foe didnÆt loosen He hauled himself closer following the fat armed serpent as the fell down along the edge of the Nexus Gritting his teeth Randidly gathered all of the power he possessed within his body Power and willingness surged at his touch ready to deal a decisive blow against this Eternity Part of him craved an ending to this long slew of struggles Each surging rush of Nether through his veins whispered of its impending arrival
If anything he began to worry about his Soulspace in the aftermath of his prodding the area had begun to tremble from the notes of his Truths which continued to rise
His expression twisted as he briefly examined his Truths again still climbing hand over hand up LaplaceÆs tail His plan had been to use those three Truths to reach the Pinnacle at the moment he condensed his Grand Fate but
DonÆt fixate Use their power If nothing else IÆm refining them by activating them Randidly bit his lip At almost the same time he felt a roaring crescendo echo out from the Songstress of Absence in the distance She had overcome the tome that had held her back outside the final barrier and now rushed to RandidlyÆs side
Laplace rolled midair trying to dislodge him but RandidlyÆs mouth stretched wide in a malicious smirk WonÆt be getting rid of me that easily
The further they tumbled down the worse the spatial forces became RandidlyÆs body had endured the Hierarchy of Burden in the past but what the Fatepiece had missed was the scope of the powers against them as the two twisted and snapped at each other Each second saw them drifting further away from the protection of the Nexus although Randidly couldnÆt quite tell what their destination would be
Laplace roared again as spatial destruction ravaged both of their bodies the note of its voice rising It was clear that if Randidly decided to force the issue it would stop using its powers to protect itself and lash out
Still with the tight grip of the First Authority in place Randidly dragged himself forward His smile begged for retaliation
LaplaceÆs flesh rippled as it removed the protective temporal barrier and unleashed a few concentrated blasts These time spikes drilled bloody holes in RandidlyÆs chest and shoulders leaving temporal whorls both in the air and in his vessel But as Randidly settled in more to his Grand Fate he easily stitched together the wounds The Songstress released a triumphant cry as she caught back up to his body
A song of utter devastation rippled out through him His skin tingled with it Somehow that annihilation put the dangerous spatial radiation in perspective RandidlyÆs smile widened His eyes traced the way weaponized space and time interacted brushing up against one another to create energy imbalances With his Lethal Tide of Izanami he began to see new currents to mobilize
Within the core of his person RandidlyÆs Truths blazed The continued proximity to each other meant that they had moved closer into alignment This resulted in their powers increasing while also strengthening the pressure Randidly had to endure by housing them
Every detail matters
What you can reach you can touch
If not now it will be never
Laplace howled again and was again ignored The spatial pressure mounted but Randidly conjured his images into his body transforming into one of his image physicalization forms To face the Eternity he became his most monstrous version of himself Bare and gnarled branches from the world tree stretched out from his back like wings His entire head vanished consumed by a keening event horizon His limbs lengthened and sharpened
From his waist stretched a thick tail of woven roots ending in the heavy axe blade of Acri
Laplace unleashed another barrage of temporal spikes and Randidly blurred as he dodged amongst him His Grand Fate healed the worst of the wounds and Randidly arrived right in front of the Eternity At the last second Randidly bit back a curseù right before contact Laplace swung one of his hands with all the stupidly powerful physical force it possessed
Tiamat stepped forward eyes burning with intensity even while Neveah continued to slumber to heal her mental wounds Yggdrasil stretched its branches high creating a rustling emerald canopy The Songstress of Absence still triumphant from overcoming a tome on her own by crooning it to oblivion unleashed her vicious notes within his person
Randidly felt the climax of his Legend approach He shivered in anticipation
His eyes snapped open Laplace howled and howled a storm of temporal destruction that set RandidlyÆs teeth on edge As the Eternity moved closer Randidly settled back into the familiar stance of a spear thrust He had practiced this movement tens of millions of times He knew every pulley of his body every shift on his muscle every explosive delivery of force The repetitions began to accumulate details He grasped no attack as fully as the spear thrust
He had survived and he had advanced He had reached the cusp of the Pinnacle listening to the whispers of the Truths of his body Through the machinations of Yystrix he had been blessed with a Vessel without having to reach the Pinnacle and make his selection
At that moment Randidly remembered the curious eyes of Nyx When you are faced with that choice what will your decision be Will you open the door to a new world or become one You canÆt have it both ways
Randidly forced that thought back His images gathered together within Acri Yggdrasil became the unbreakable shaft Tiamat became the cutting metal head and the Songstress became the sheering edge He thrust his spear to carve out the next beat of his legend
At the last second Sulfur acted independently As the rest of his body executed the thrust the left arm tightened up into a defensive posture pressed up against his ribcage Despite its own depleted health it attempted to protect him
Randidly pierced easily through the temporal waves and then scythed through the front of the temporal storm He saw in the bloody clock faces of LaplaceÆs eyes as the Eternity recognized the simultaneous threat they posed to each other Laplace didnÆt slow his swipe in response And now that they neared each other Randidly could see the powerful temporal tears created by those claws