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The Ghosthound straightened and turned around Only then did Pine become aware of the two figures slumped on the ground Do you hear that Fiero And Elhume whatever is left of you we need your help To save the Nexus

To save your son

Chapter 2453

After Randidly spoke he looked at the slumped form of Elhume for any hint of a response Despite the potent physicality in that body that Randidly could sniff a mile away his spine bent like a sagging vine he hunched forward with hollow eyes Knuckles that had once threatened to inflict so much hurt and pain on existence now scraped harmlessly against the ground Only the vaguest whiff of ElhumeÆs image clung to his body with so many other aspects scooped out and pilfered by others

His words were countered by the silence and apathy of a broken man

How strange it was Randidly thought as he stared at one of the founding forces of the Nexus He almost felt regretful That IÆve spent so much time and effort trying to catch up with you and now suddenly IÆve passed you and left you so far behind

The moment of asking stretched From ElhumeÆs psyche there wasnÆt even a ripple of recognition Yet Randidly didnÆt panic or press despite his secret worries He didnÆt pivot and take in PineÆs response knowing his main goal was just not to mirror the universe soulÆs desperation While others made more concrete preparations for the miracle Randidly would attempt today he needed to lay some emotional groundwork And this was part of the process

A lesson he had embraced his whole System existence but one given name by meeting the memory Devick Not a Truth but an opinion A perspective by which he would live his life

Be unreasonable and expect the world to follow

When it became clear that ElhumeÆs consciousness hadnÆt even taken notice of them a twisted shadow leaned forward An opportunity left untouched was an opportunity that could be taken The Patron of the Borrowed seemed to have twisted further stewing in the bitterness of their failure to stop Randidly

FieroÆs gaunt eyes were filled with hate his tails limp behind him He looked the two new arrivals up and down with a sneer Randidly Ghosthound you certainly are quick to forget old grudges We will not help you We have no desire to help you Not when we can finally break out of this hellish prison of pain and regret

The air around them vibrated briefly although they were far away from the impact point Randidly still knew that the reinforcements from the Alpha Cosmos had again stalled out the falling Pine

His sharp emerald gaze studied Fiero perhaps because he knew he still could not study the small form of Pine who he had brought here Also because he felt a strange gush of amusement imagining himself as the angel on PineÆs shoulder and Fiero as the devil Stay focused Randidly We arenÆt out of the woods yet

Randidly scratched his chin considering the stance he should take opposite this twisted shade Elhume and Fiero had possessed conflicting ideas for how the issue of the destabilizing should be resolved which manifested in a thousand years of contentious shadowy struggles in the Nexus But RandidlyÆs appearance had changed the situation both had realized that if he had been given additional room to grow he would eclipse them All their efforts would become moot

They had worked together springing a trap against them and fighting him as one Randidly had struggled but overcome their combined efforts Which left Fiero and Elhume with no choice but to invite a foreign power to settle the issue one way or another Yet now that Laplace had been handled

I wonder which of them invited PanguÆs subtle touch into the Nexus Randidly pressed his lips together as he spared the limp and wan Fiero a glance Then he looked away back to the inert Elhume His eyeline traveled on there to land softly on Pine He ignored FieroÆs vicious snarl and spoke to his target Because in the end the devil was powerless to stop him All you need to do is ask Pine But it needs to be you

I do not understand your fixation Randidly Ghosthound Pine yipped out the words while his ears flopped across his face Why must I ask

It has to be you Randidly repeated without changing his tone

Meanwhile Pine raised his voice and looked at anything but the still form of his adoptive father Any other individual would be a better option for this foolish quest In the end my feelings on the Nexus they remain neutral I do not have hope that this trial can be overcome I know the costs we bear every second we continue to resist the inevitable I am not the best choice for this query Your insistence is asinine

Ah kid Randidly felt strangely mature a very inappropriate feeling for one facing off against the soul of the universe into which he was born Yet he could sense PineÆs real fear that caused him to balk that the universe soul would ask for help like he had so many times before and he would be ignored Randidly did not release the small puppyÆs gaze He will hear you this time He will answer

Fiero cackled You are a fool This bastard could so little handle his own emotions that he gave them all up I am him almost entirely But I am not blinded by sentimentality I will never

Even Pine seemed content to ignore the Vulpine There is no need to discuss this further I have decided I will not Upon reflection allowing the natural progression of developments is what I as a neutral party should endeavor to do

I canÆt do this without your help I canÆt help the people of the Nexus alone They need you to ask

Your continued insistence on this irrelevant detail is beginning to leave me quite infuriated Randidly Ghosthound I have made my stance clear

Please I know how much has been asked of you I donÆt love being one more person to ask you to give But please Pine

The asker will not affect the response He will not answer Consider his current condition

And that will be fine When youÆve done all you can IÆll let the matter drop

Are you sure about this

Do you have another plan He countered

He could feel her exasperation But outside

IÆve got a plan for that Randidly replied

You always do Haah letÆs ignore the costs for now I suppose Just the results of your brilliant plans have sometimes been mixed This is it Randidly IÆm warning you not to act too wild not now not with everything on the line But yes we have made all the preparations on our end

One last miracle then Randidly nodded sharply His body pulsed and hummed as he spun his Nether Core faster and faster For now he ignored the budding possibility of a Samsara that continued to develop within him He gushed with significance It flowed out of him in every direction spilling out to adjust the Nether content in the whole of the Nexus

Randidly Ghosthound knew that just as important as the deception of the trick was the stage beneath it With sheer force of power emerging from his Vessel he expanded the stage to cover a whole universe

Congratulations Your Skill Randidly Ghosthound Executive of Nether Reborn has grown to Level 2100

Congratulations Your Skill What the Ghosthound Sows He Will Soon Reap Has grown to Level 1921

Congratulations Your Skill Heraldic Tongue of the Alchemist has grown to Level 1882

Congratulations Your Skill Randidly Ghosthound Executive of Nether Reborn has grown to Level 2237

Randidly reached out and put his hands upon Elhume and Pine still staring deeply into each otherÆs soul a raw and vulnerable question and answer in the progress of its exchange We need to go They are ready for us

His Alchemist’s Passport flickered While Fiero cursed and swiped out with greedy hands the trio had vanished The Patron of the BorrowÆs power was too broken to stop them Randidly didnÆt return to the floor of the PinnacleÆ chamber where the Alpha Cosmos continued to battle back the line of darkness but transported the group above the battle lines

As they arrived a vicious wind raked across the three of them but no one flinched Randidly looked up the group seeming to stand right in front of the accumulation of negative impulses tainted images and death from three thousand years of the Nexus It was a wall of oblivion swirling in front of the group It pulsed and seethed almost as though their presence made it restless It bulged outward a water balloon ready to rupture and dump tainted images through the whole of the Nexus