Panting Devick scooped up the monkey You are not a thing And maybe you are a little unlovable but thatÆs just because you try and do bullshit like this and martyr yourself There is nothing inherently wrong with you
ItÆs all in the arrogant way you act DevickÆs lip twitched but she managed to keep the last part inside
In the end the most unreasonable expectation was just for us to have a happy ending right Randidly Ghosthound
Without hesitation Devick tossed three unsaid words into the pyre of her image
The tome which promised death fluttered its pages and glided forward Using the manipulation of maroon chains Devick raised her hand She felt two dimensional all ill will and a roaring conflagration She would be unreasonable right up until the end Malice rolled its shoulders She was the Merry Consort of Perdition and she would smile and carve a pound of flesh from existence until she had been completely annihilated
If I can reach it I can harm it With eyes filled with madness Devick slashed out with her grey withered god slaying hand She wrung out every ounce of frustration she had felt growing up every tremor in her heart called to the surface when the monkey had talked about being unlovable For all those who found her too muchÆ Devick scratched
Those three words she wanted to say to Randidly Ghosthound sat at the core of her being As the layers of those words burned away novas of pure emotion washed outward reversing the corrupting effects of the chains of madness and suffusing her body with power
Grey fingertip and advancing book met
The pages of the tome fluttered more quickly Several pages began to yellow and rot away corrupted by the powerful viciousness than Devick One page deteriorated so quickly it had vanished entirely before the process of fluttering had been completed The tomeÆs advance briefly stalled out
A corner of the tome turned maroon and then crumbled to black
Laplace unleashed a burp DevickÆs sharpened image wavered and vanished The tome continued forward aimed straight at DevickÆs chest Those three words pulsed and pulsed over and over again Yet each wave was annihilated by the inexorable waves of time She felt her awareness narrow to this single book
I am yours Randidly Ghosthound If this universe is worth so many of your sacrifices it is worth just as many of mine
The chains in her body trembling offering her one last chance as her flesh began to wither and age She ignored it
Devick did not close her eyes She would not look away
Yet abruptly she felt an easing in her heart Devick sucked in a breath filled with shock the restrictions around her had faded She found the source of the experience and her smile widened Actually little monkey I think IÆll be okay Tsk tsk you certainly took your sweet time
A strange sense of tranquility filled Devick as Randidly Ghosthound appeared in front of her He stood tall clothed in tattered rags after a dayÆs worth of intense fighting She could see wounds and burns all across his flesh His black hair was messy Malice whispered that there seemed to be something wrong with him and his eyes had shifted but he offered her the same crooked smile Really the issue is you refuse to wait for me before throwing yourself in harmÆs way
With a single hand he swallowed the tome that had so threatened her
If I wait around during all of your strange little meanderings even I might not be able to keep up with you Randidly Ghosthound Reflect seriously on your wild and unpredictable improvements Even as Devick spoke she was already swaying her mind and spirit overtaxed RandidlyÆs arm snaked around her waist and kept her standing
She gave him a frank look not missing his own tattered body the subtle lines of exhaustion around his eyes I know you are obsessed with ravaging me right now but we have a bigger problem here Besides the monkey has no knowledge of carnal congress between man and woman
Randidly interrupted her with a wicked grin Surely we have time for at least a chaste kiss
Devick blinked genuinely surprised that no nonsense Randidly Ghosthound had gone along with her joke And before she could formulate a response that arm around her waist tightened and she was pressed against him His lips were warm
Tingles radiated out from their multiple point of contact setting off firecrackers in her body She could feel small tremors in his body not from weakness but from control maybe they had been closer to a ravaging than Devick had expected
Then he pulled away and turned to face Laplace As RandidlyÆs eyes narrowed the monkey hopped to stand next to them Randidly Ghosthound I know you No matter how powerful you have become you cannot yet rival an Eternity I shall buy the two of you time
Pine I know you too And I know that even after I defeat this foe you are the one who really needs attention Randidly said but his eyes were surprisingly soft as he looked over at the growing monkey He reached out and touched the beingÆs shoulderù there was a stinging sensation of static as he felt a familiar energy in the monkeyÆs body the arrangements that Elhume made cycling and funneling all the significance back through you so you wouldnÆt deteriorate further youÆll soon collapse under that weight The entirety of the Nexus will be implicated But donÆt worry
Today Randidly unleashed a beaming grin as he pivoted to face Laplace IÆve got one last miracle up my sleeve ItÆs time to finish this
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Devick could barely breathe she was so filled with (questionable) intentions for this dashing hero Taking several steps backward she allowed Randidly space to face off against the Eternity She barely noticed the monkey sidling next to her until it spoke So This is the man who is going to change the Nexus IsnÆt he a little bit of a braggart Hmph hmph I know from experience the difficulties of supporting an entire universe Yet he dismisses my concerns out of hand
Little monkey I didnÆt realize you also had this cute side to you You definitely have a lot of experience supporting a universe but do you think that Randidly would miss your inclination toward self sacrifice after all heÆs been through Devick patted the monkeyÆs back Her expression turned more serious I know how difficult it is to let go of control But you can trust him
Trust has earned me little in the past The monkey said
If all we needed to learn about the future was the past we would be like Laplace Devick countered Time isnÆt fickle for a reason Because the context of our decisions matters Because the tiniest detail can change everything
She could sense the monkeyÆs unwillingness but it remained silent So the two watched as Randidly Ghosthound walked toward an Eternity
For a cosmic dimensional entity you sure bleed a lot Randidly felt quite invigorated as he stepped forward to examine Laplace He almost felt like he hadnÆt been going through a constant series of fights and crazy arrangements over the past six hours
Waves of temporal pressure derived from all the frozen fabric of time stuffed within the Eternity washed against him ground against him with a physical intensity that set his teeth on edge but now he was mentally prepared for it Even as it pressed against him RandidlyÆs aura began to unravel the tight grip Laplace maintained over time His Grand Fate flared and grappled with the EternityÆs aura directly
Congratulations Your Grand Fate Temporal Thaumaturgy Mends Eternity has grown to Level 1050
Congratulations Your Nether Penance Empty Vessel Forsakes the Path has grown to Level 1050
Laplace gnashed its teeth Those hollow eyes hemorrhaging blood due to the clock hands stabbed into their soft flesh fixated on Randidly He could see the agitation in the quivering of the EternityÆs fleshy body it understood that he had broken through its Samsara to return here
It hated him with every ounce of its ancient being