Is being lost truly such a bad thing Perspective makes the miracle And my perspective
Randidly felt a new possibility beginning to take form as the Alchemist walked steadily forward and raised his hands
All the ingredients were accounted for And although the formula was half finished the Alchemist couldnÆt control his wild anticipation I have an idea And the consequences heh hahahahah I cannot even fathom what will result
But it will truly be miraculous You will no longer resemble them
Randidly wavered even as his feeble Nether began to gather almost instinctually The significance formed a maelstrom around his torso His focus flicked to the observational patterns waiting on the base of the Aspect With so many threats arrayed around him Randidly couldnÆt help but hesitate Overcoming the Samsara is one problem but if Pangu has intentions for the Nexus
The three Moiraes moved together and stood next to the Alchemist The grin upon the DoveÆ MoiraeÆs face became eerie No that is the beauty of this It will foil them all The only problem is whether it will grant us power enough to overcome an Eternity
It will The Alchemist affirmed but the Three Moiraes remained silent Even the Apostate Moirae did not seem confident The Alchemist shook his head At the very least the Grand Fate will be strengthened by the Penance being created And is our Grand Fate not a near ideal weapon against this Eternity Just repeat after me
My Penance
My Penance Randidly wheezed out the words Yystrix tightened her grip on him but he no longer held back the full force of his Vessel His imagined lungs expanded He took in the breath to say the next words
is to be deaf to Truth
Fully formed the dearly held wish and the grim resolve to endure the implications of this statement grew tall in RandidlyÆs heart If they wish to weaponize my Truths I will abandon them If my current Path tempts the foolish into monstrous acts of sacrifice I will leave no trace of the heights I can reach I need not immortalize my existence to purchase power
My fickle legend will be the only evidence of my passage
The painful contractions of his Soulspace stilled He released a slow sigh and opened his eyes Randidly Ghosthound had been born with fierce emerald irises His images and image physicalizations had only strengthened this until his eyes appeared faintly luminous
Yet after a single blink those iconic eyes shifted His iris and sclera turned entirely black Only the former pupil retained the bright verdant color wrapping his gaze in an eerie intensity
Your Nether Core is experiencing an extreme reaction Determining results
Congratulations you have formed a Nether Penance The Empty Vessel Forsakes the Path Examining effects
Randidly felt like he floated through himself witnessing all the subtle contractions of his Aether as it grappled with his new existence He saw the beams and bolts of the edifice he had built over the past twenty years
Without a single change in expression he began to rip out the foundation
Truth was a vague word especially in the context of the Nexus The expression of his Penance hummed with all the implied meanings not referring to honesty or reality but to Truth It had many forms and was tied into the underpinning of the entire image system of the System Perhaps most accurately Truth was a resonance between a shape and the Pinnacle
RandidlyÆs strange new gaze had an implacable quality as he seized huge chunks of Aether and just tore them away He carved back the facade and soon found the glowing support structure beneath it all
The better the Truth the more powerful the resonance the easier it would be to cross to the Pinnacle At the Pinnacle the Truth would begin to alter the world Randidly let go of the possibility Or rather he would be numb to the opportunity He would not hear the fundamental resonance of the universe telling him it was ready to change to fit his image
But itÆs more than just that isnÆt it RandidlyÆs eyes narrowed The light in front of him those bones beneath all his accomplishments began to turn chaotic
The Moiraes raised their hands coating their fingers in this pure and powerful significance thicker and more brilliant than any his Nether Core had made in the past Randidly GhosthoundÆs whole existence began to contract
Warning Please note that all Penances come with a deep cost
Empty Vessel Forsakes the Path The rare and powerful Penance received by Randidly Ghosthound with unsympathetic eyes The Penance radiates a deep repudiation of the System and its bloody implications Although the Path may lead ever onward your feet will no longer follow It is an extremely potent Penance that will affect Randidly Ghosthound for the rest of his existence The physicality of his Vessel is greatly strengthened The incorporation efficiency of Nether and Aether into the functioning of his Vessel is greatly increased His skin has become incredibly resistant to foreign energies
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Yet Randidly Ghosthound can no longer perceive the appropriateness Truth although he can still wield images and be hurt by the weaponized Truths of others Only his own instincts will give him feedback Randidly Ghosthound can now walk freely to the Pinnacle but he would not sense it or be able to benefit from the experience A similar block will prevent him from acknowledging Eternity
You canÆt have it both ways Nyx had said to him
Randidly felt his lips twitch What if I donÆt even bother to choose I wonÆt even notice the branching Path in front of me IÆll just continue advancing So long as I move as I donÆt cease struggling I will eventually overturn it all
Congratulations You have completed the Ashes of Helen the GhosthoundÆs Bloody Knight Path
Congratulations You have completed the Eyelids of the Grey Creature Flutter Path
Congratulations You have completed the Keyholder of the Infinite Nether Passages Path
Randidly reached out His hand sank through the deteriorating bricks down through all the layers His Nether Penance pulled and pulled the substance finally beginning to condense But also you are how they got here too arenÆt you If thatÆs the case I think itÆs time for me to try another method
Congratulations You have completed the Achieving a Mille I Path
Congratulations You have completed the Care of the Pantheon Path
Congratulations You have completed the Homunculus Advances the First Self Vivisection Path
Randidly offered his pyramid of Paths a Cheshire smile I could build you up higher and higher I would obtain power this way Yet heh IÆm tired of advancing in ways you expect
He looked at the brick at the top of the pyramid his most recent Path
Congratulations You have completed the Reality from Echoes Moirae and Alchemist Ascendant Path
His arm stretched down through the pyramid to touch the first brick The steps that had started it all
Congratulations You have completed the Newbie Path
IÆve come a long way from being a Newbie haven’t I Randidly narrowed his focus to his finger LetÆs bring this Legend to its conclusion
His finger thrust out the greatest spear stroke he had ever executed Randidly felt that Shal would have been proud RandidlyÆs first and last Paths shattered to pieces and the rest started to twist and fall upon one another in a spitting mass of energy
His heart contracted His Penance condensed
The small wisps of Nether held within his person which possessed all the substance of mist fragments curling around dew sprinkled grass spun together and flowed into those broken remnants of Paths Nether coated their edges and pulled them together Each began to overlap with the others pressed and squeezed in repudiation of the edifice they had built
Randidly watched without regret
A nebula formed A nebula that moved in two directions at once the shapes folding inward while flattening outward The overlapping planes of its shape fractured and refracted It was a shadowy flower a ruptured perspective an all consuming abyss Unmoored from the spectrum of resonance Randidly needed to find a new balance