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It was the note when Elhume and Fiero joined hands that animated this small bit of struggling life

After looking around the thing crawled away The vision followed the wriggling thing as the maggot grew fatter and fatter until it exploded and transformed into a small lizard

RandidlyÆs eyes widened as he encountered one more surprising truth Pine was not yet dead

As a lizard drawn by the image of his adoptive father Pine moved to an unfamiliar location where there existed two statues Randidly recognized these two although he could hardly believe it He saw a statute of Yystrix and one of Deganawidah although Deganawidah as a young man with a wild and unruly expression

There the lizard waited until

Devick RandidlyÆs whispered The lizard became a bunny and hopped out to talk to the familiar red haired woman He felt a mixture of exasperation and panic how did she always end up in the worst places at the right time

Having seen enough Laplace waved his hand The distorted vision vanished It dragged its body forward following the tether RandidlyÆs gaze sharpened as he lifted his right hand Hey asshole

Laplace looked over its shoulder with a curling lip Then its eyes finally landed on the small and unassuming orb on RandidlyÆs palm For the first time in their confrontation the Eternity seemed genuinely taken by surprise Randidly barred his teeth He unleashed his discovery

The beam of pure white cut forward The flesh of his hand burned away just to release it But when the attack landed on the unprepared Eternity the effect was even more pronounced Rather than its temporal wounds being healed it was simply annihilated Half of its body vanished in a moment of absolute silence

The beam hummed out into the darkness quelling even the silence and stillness

Then Laplace began to wail its body from its stomach down through its tail melted into nothing

RandidlyÆs arm hurt but the effect was almost nothing compared to the obvious agony of the Eternity Just like that LaplaceÆs aura had diminished by half Randidly pulled the last dregs of his Animation Nova through his body restoring his physical form He rolled his shoulders and started forward Perhaps like this

Laplace used its arms to force itself into a sitting position Hate radiated off of its skin and its voice was chilling as it spoke Samsara Fickle Time and Regretful Heart

Remembering the explanation of Nyx Randidly understood that this was LaplaceÆs most powerful move He leapt sideways to avoid it but felt the area around his body turning milky even as he dodged The present situation swirled away and he felt himself falling into his own memories

Chapter 2433

Devick laid on her back her crimson hair arrayed in a fan out from her head She looked up at the distance roof of the strange image space content to just be for the moment The far off sight would stretch away anytime she moved for it yet an almost unfamiliar feeling had settled in the pit of her stomach beneath the places she breathed and digested Even if the ceiling would move away having her image experience such a transformation made her realize she could reach far off goal if she kept pushing

And even if she didnÆt she hadnÆt just given in the contact with Randidly Ghosthound She had felt his burning determination that animated his powerful body Even if she didnÆt reach the goal she would just keep going And that was fine too

Despite these rather revolutionary and unreasonable realizations a prodigious frown covered her face at the conversation topic Which she had started but the little monster was being a real bitch about it

No the whole point is the method by which fire can turn consumption into power ItÆs there that lies its ultimate advantage as an element in desperate situations it can overcome any sort of adversity via sacrifice Devick argued Well obviously blood and madness are also relatively strong but if I had to pick

Fire is an element like any other Her companion currently in the form of a small blue haired monkey countered It also jabbed with its fingers for emphasis in a very insulting manner All elements have advantages and disadvantages This dangerous methodology of which you speak would be completely smothered by the presence of water Just with the restrictive and cool presence the power transformation cannot occur

You have no sense of romance Devick growled How can you judge fighting strength by any metric except the heights of passion to which it can rise

Very easily Using logic

Devick couldnÆt help but laugh She rolled onto her side looking over at the monkey not really remembering why they started talking about this She indulged in a few finger jabs of her own finding the movement very cathartic You know you seem perfectly willing to criticize my choice but you havenÆt offered any thoughts of your own Which do you think is the most powerful element

For several long seconds the monkey fidgeted Its thick fingers picked at its fur Contemplating power has never brought me pleasure

Ugh seriously such a killjoy Devick flopped over onto her stomach She shifted some of her long hair out of the way and then waggled a finger at the creature Just because you have assisted me doesnÆt mean I will let you off the hook How hard is it to make a choice Choosing is the easiest and most satisfying pleasure I have Maybe not the most powerful but which is your favorite element

Once you make a choice your options have vanished You become pinned in place All you can do is wait for disappointment Others will take advantage of your weakness The monkey chittered between its words In the end all elements all choices ow

Feeling very satisfied in her flick to the monkeyÆs head Devick folded her arms across her chest Where did this negativity come from If you felt confident enough to force yourself into my image and provide some minor pointers

I rebuilt you from the ground up The monkey grumbled

Devick grinned then I will graciously take it upon myself to teach you the very valuable tool of being unreasonable No longer will you suffer from petty concerns LetÆs begin immediately Stop worrying about what choices others will make and have some confidence in your own choices I want you to look to the sky and shout your deepest desire

This is foolish

Devick put up finger guns Now you are getting it

They looked at each other for almost a minute When it became clear that Devick would not back down from this the monkey sighed For a little bit more time it picked at its own fur It rocked back on its heels and slowly wrapped its own torso in its long arms It spoke but in a whisper I simply do not wish to die A mundane existence would have been enough But no element can provide that

Then almost to add an even more whimpering note to the admittance it began to cough DevickÆs eyebrow twitched But she couldnÆt justify another flick not when the monkey seemed helpless to stop the coughs And now that Devick looked at her strange companion

WasnÆt it looking relatively wan and pale

Are you really dying Devick asked

They were fighting in the Shaft of the Nexus right before Randidly had been forced to throw himself deeper in order to escape the superior Velio Dunn

Okay letÆs not just play around in here For the first time since entering into the Samsara experience Randidly grasped for his images To his great surprise he found nothing His body was empty of both Aether and Nether The sensation threw him entirely He drifted and therefore wasnÆt prepared when Velio finished savoring the moment of battle and moved again

In a normal fight it would have earned him a mouthful of blood Yet despite the lack of energies through his form his Vessel gave Randidly quite a few advantages

Just like with Aegiant the movements were relatively slow compared to RandidlyÆs current capabilities But he could do nothing but watch as the broader restrictions of this place activated The temporal vortex around him tightened He felt another pure note of meaning animating this memory something akin to a Truth that kept him bound